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SocialistGamer posted...
Its fun
Seems like it is?

Hmm??

Yep, it's fun.
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ai123 posted...
Iran has plenty of oil.

The problem is that US sanctions make it difficult for them to sell it. And the US is far too busy genuflecting in front of Netanyahu for that to change.
The solution is for Iran to stop spending money exporting terrorism to the Middle East and to stop spending money repressing its people. Also give up any aspirations of getting nukes (get rid of the highly enriched uranium and most of the centrifuges). That would let them have a much better relationship with the West, particularly Europe. Would make the country a lot more prosperous.

Of course, the current regime isn't interested in doing that. The situation is bad enough in Iran itself protests/riots happen, including the most recent wave.
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TheGoldenEel posted...
This is a failure of every Democrat in the senate. That they couldnt keep their people in line, that the leadership they chose failed.

Schumer has long since showed his ass so if they had put someone in charge who actually gives a fuck long ago maybe this would have gone differently

senate dems and by extension the entire party owns this
Government workers weren't getting paid and Republicans don't care. Dems had to consider them in this political calculus. Calling it a failure is a bit much.
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LightSnake posted...
Newsom is a serial killer
Is this an auto correct error? I think that happened to you before.
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Tyranthraxus posted...
I was under the impression the oil money was mostly concentrated in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, and Kuwait.

How much oil does Iran have?
Lots

Iran retains position as OPECs third-largest oil producer: report


https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/508721/Iran-retains-position-as-OPEC-s-third-largest-oil-producer-report

Also, 3rd largest proven reserves going by this. Saudi Arabia and Canada have more.
https://web.archive.org/web/20070613005503/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2178rank.html
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DrizztLink posted...
They surrendered their leverage for a pinky promise that was immediately, predictably, and obviously broken.
As I thought.

BiggCoolDaddy posted...
They didn't have leverage imho because Trump never gave a fuck if snap folks go hungry and his base doesn't give a fuck about the ACA cuz socialism.
Yeah...Dems didn't have the best standing/leverage on this considering how malicious and nasty the GOP and its voters have become (they don't give a darn about government workers). It felt like a question of whether government workers getting paid or preserving parts of ACA was more important. The former is more pressing of course. It is up to the American people to vote properly if the healthcare insurance situation is to ever be fixed.
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A crisis long foreseen

Iran's water crisis has been decades in the making.

Even Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has repeatedly acknowledged the looming threat speaking about water shortages in his Nowruz addresses in 2011 and on other occasions in the following years.
Yet little has changed.

Today, Tehran, Karaj and Mashhad home to more than 16 million people combined are facing the real possibility of their taps running dry.
Makes me wonder. If the country valued better relations with the West and spent more of its money on domestic infrastructure instead of spreading chaos in the Middle East as well as repression of its own citizens, would it have desalination plants that could help alleviate this crisis? They have the oil money to afford them and had decades to do something about it.

President Masoud Pezeshkian has warned that if there is not enough rainfall soon, Tehran's water supply could be rationed. But he said that even rationing might not be enough to prevent a disaster.
"If rationing doesn't work," Pezeshkian said, "we may have to evacuate Tehran."
His comments have prompted criticism in Iranian newspapers and on social media. Former Tehran mayor Gholamhossein Karbaschi called the idea "a joke" and said "evacuating Tehran makes no sense at all".
So the situation is dire enough they are considering abandoning the capital? Granted, my takeaway from this is if evacuation may fix this that means that other parts of the country do have water.
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Kaine said the deal guarantees a vote to extend Affordable Care Act premium tax credits, and also that it will protect federal workers from baseless firings, reinstate those who have been wrongfully terminated during the shutdown, and ensure federal workers receive back pay.
So the part about a vote to extend ACA premium tax credits is wrong?

But yeah, Federal Workers not getting paid during this fiasco is the biggest reason government shutdowns usually don't last too long. Dems are in a bad situation with them actually caring enough that people are compensated for their labor.
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Pretty good movie. Loved some of the homages to earlier movies, like Tessa fighting Dek in a power loader (Aliens) and Dek summoning the Kalisk with fire (Predator 1). The movie had just the right balance of humor, seriousness, and action. And the Death Planet, the main setting, had tons of amazing monsters to keep Dek busy.

Only things that stood out as negative were how the Kalisk got defeated so easily by a single freeze grenade and later died from an explosion from the inside when you would think its regeneration would let it survive that.

Giving it an 8/10...maybe 8.5/10. Probably the second best Predator movie with Prey being third. First remains Predator 1.

DavidZ2844 posted...
For any Bloodborne fans that saw Predator Badlands, did the apex predator that was the main target of the film (Kalisk, I believe), look like Darkbeast Paarl to anyone else? It was the only thing I could think of the entire time as I saw it onscreen.

As someone that has only watched people play those games, it did have a similar aesthetic to Bloodborne enemies.

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Thompson posted...
My head theory says that after cresting a tall wave the bow plunged into an unusually deep through, whereupon the ship's momentum combined with its steep angle negated the bow''s buoyancy and drove it to the bottom. The sudden stop then compressed the keel, catastrophically shattering it at its weakest point. The holds in the stern then flooded almost instantly and took it under the waves in a matter of seconds.
It seems like one of the more popular theories.
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Arcanine2009 posted...
is it cheaper than Uber and Lyft without the tip?
When I briefly looked it wasn't. You would think it would be. Granted, other people may say differently.
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ReturnOfDevsman posted...
https://youtu.be/BwSts2s4ba4?si=E0LIc5vpbqz-A0KE
You would think that with no drivers the cost would be less. But...that wasn't my experience in the brief time I was looking at prices. Does anyone else have any experience with this?
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/50d18359.jpg
LOL
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ReturnOfDevsman posted...
That's the thing, isn't it? They have the tech. They just won't share it.
Dunno about how easy this would be to implement nationwide. Checked pricing and apparently Waymo costs more than Uber/Lyft for now on average. Just my limited experience looking into it in my free time when I learned self-driving cars were actually used in practice.
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
We don't really know how quickly the ship sank, since no one who witnessed the sinking survived

The fastest ship sinking I'm aware of offhand, not counting cases where a ship blew up in combat and sank in seconds, was the RMS Empress of Ireland, which sank in 14 minutes after another ship collided with her in 1914.
The Edmond Fitzgerald sank quickly enough no distress signal was given before vanishing and no one managed to reach a lifeboat. Last message was from the Captain McSorley radioing the Arthur M. Anderson. It was... We are holding our own.

That was around 7:10am. Radio contact was lost around 7:15pm. And efforts afterward couldn't find the ship.

Did some searching online. Being overloaded, low in the water, and having several issues, the ship would have sank very quickly when water started coming in after it likely snapped in two at/near the surface. Definitely faster than the 14 minutes it took for the Empress of Ireland to sink. Trying to find a good number, but many simulations have the bow spiking into the Lake Bottom. It was quick, saying minutes at most is probably an overestimate. Bow itself may have been underwater in seconds.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DgE3g1V129M
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Due to tariffs being a tax on consumers due to businesses not being able/not being willing to absorb the costs and thus will hike prices, all of Trump's claims are full of it.
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Tried to post a guide. Was rejected though.
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Hexenherz posted...
It's always fun seeing those in San Fran, just weird not seeing someone behind the steering wheel and it signals better than human drivers... lmao.

I wonder what the data looks like, does it rely on public mapping data or do they have a proprietary, ultra-high-resolution data set that has each lane mapped out
I visited San Francisco recently. Was very surprised to see these. Didn't trust them so didn't bother trying.
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nocturnal_traveler posted...
Short answer: Texas.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/e766011c.jpg
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Is this all that surprising? The party isn't in power so is recollecting itself after a loss.
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Turbam posted...
What the fuck?!

My response exactly. Amazed at the cruelty of these people. Hopefully all five are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
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Cartoon_Quoter posted...
You really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?
I got you covered.
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Thermador446 posted...
I heard a joke that aliens land, and they talk about this Jesus guy who visited and made their civilization great.

Then they ask what happened with Jesus when he visited here.
So basically what happened in Prometheus (Alien Franchise)? Interesting.
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Arcanine2009 posted...
Gyarados also needs another mega evolution, but being part dragon.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2d9a4cf2.jpg
With an appearance like that, I am surprised it isn't Water/Dragon or Dragon/Flying.
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YugiNoob posted...
Which ones dont you get? Id be happy to explain them :3
Probably in a purged topic at this point. Will ask if I remember.
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YugiNoob posted...
A gallon of water, because butane is a lighter fluid
It took me a minute to get what the joke was.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/3c81ce64.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d0ccebe4.jpg

I got it now though. Pretty good. Just wish I didn't have to think so hard for some of these topics to get what the joke is. Some I still don't get.
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UnfairRepresent posted...
Well I killed the topic
Don't feel bad. I feel I do that a lot sometimes.
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thronedfire2 posted...
it can't be posted here
This is a NSFW site?
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mehmeh1 posted...
he's not into her, that's really all
Well, Gloriosa did age a lot less gracefully then her former first mate Shakky did... Maybe Roger wanted someone younger.

But it does make me think of the timeline of events. Roger mentions when leaving Laugh Tale that he intends to have a son soon. Not sure if that implies he had already gotten together with Rouge or planned to once his journey was over.
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s0nicfan posted...
Now that the flashback within the flashback is running down maybe we can actually get to the part where Harald dies so that we can finally get back to Elbaph where Loki is supposedly trying to rush this along because everyone on the layer above them is dying and everything is on fire.
Thinking about it more, it would make sense to jump 24 years forward and follow-up on this...
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apolloooo posted...
Now I need to know how loki knows all this.
The Odin flashback showed information his 9 Samurai couldn't possibly know either and they clearly weren't explaining this info to anyone. Presumably all he will say present day is his father turned into a monster that killed everyone in the palace and Loki had to put him down.

apolloooo posted...
Also can garp slander finally stop?
He choose to stay with the Marines after they defended the Celstial Dragon's genocide of God Valley (to protect them) while his obvious foil in his son Dragon left soon afterward. That's a tough pill to swallow for a lot of people.

tremain07 posted...
favorite part of this chapter
"This won't go unanswered, Dragon!
BRING IT ON

Bro is sick of this shit and man, Rocks legit has that "How it started" to "How it's going" thing going on
Yeah, it was my favorite part of the chapter as well. So glad the "Dragon does thing" memes are well and dead thanks to this flashback.
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So...a brief summary of the chapter.

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  1. Roger and Garp clash with Rocks and look like they are struggling. They declare an official truce. Garp/Roger tell the Navy/his crew to get off the island.
  2. Shiki and others realize the Rocks Pirates are over and are fleeing.
  3. Gloriosa looks like she is escaping with the Roger Pirates considering the Rocks Pirates are done for.
  4. Big Mom and Kaido are arguing over Kaido's "supposed" lifelong debt. Considering they both ended up at the bottom of a volcano present day, I would say Kaido never paid it off.
  5. Polo Graham (Marco's Dad?) offers to take Whitebeard on his ship off the island.
  6. Dragon (enraged) threatens his commanding officier at gunpoint and demands he bring aboard survivors of the Celestial Dragon's genocide of God Valley. Likely said commanding officier says this won't end well for Dragon.
  7. Rayleigh and Gaban tell the Roger Pirates on the ship to sail out to see and wait. Presumably they are going back for Roger.
  8. IMU!Saturn says that God Valley never existed much like he/she/they said regarding Lulusia.
  9. The other mountain of God Valley was knocked over from Rocks fighting Roger/Garp.
  10. Roger tells Garp if he knew about the government having ties to that "Black Monster" (Legend of Dragoon reference, lol...probably not) referring to IMU!Saturn and calls this an affront to "Justice". Garp agrees. Roger says if Garp wants to leave the Navy, he can join Roger's crew, but Garp refuses as if he does this, who would protect the Marines?
  11. They discuss blasting Rocks with everything they have to overcome Rock's Conquerer's Haki. Presumably Demon Rocks is defeated in the last few panels of this chapter.
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So regarding my thoughts on this chapter...
  • I wonder what ended up happening with Gloriosa and Shakky post-God Valley considering both presumably escaped aboard Roger's ship. Based on what we have seen, they didn't travel with the Roger Pirates to Laugh Tale. No idea. And regarding Gloriosa...her being into Roger makes me wonder why Roger decided to get together with Portgas D. Rouge when Gloriosa was always available. Wonder if we will get clarification.
  • Interesting to see Marco's presumed Dad at God Valley. I think we saw a picture of him in an earlier chapter come to think of it.
  • Dragon's got guts, I will say that, as well as heart. Interesting how his commanding officier seemed fine just leaving innocents to their fate, but Dragon having him at gunpoint got him to "do the right thing". I'm interested to see if Dragon and Garp will meet before Dragon likely decides to part with the Marines to begin his crusade against them.
  • Presumably with Rocks dying here, I presume this is either the last chapter of the flashback or very close to it.
  • I still don't get why the World Government resisted letting Elbaph join when IMU clearly wanted them on his/her/their side. And I'm not sure either why IMU waited 24 years (38 - 14) post-God Valley to Domi Reversi Harald to get the ball rolling. Not sure if we have another flashback after the Gold Valley flashback (which is presumably wrapping up) or whether we will jump forward 24 years to the point Loki has to kill his Domi Reversied Dad. Odd how Loki never told anyone about his Dad turning into a Demon or anything, with Shanks/Gaban not having anything more than unsaid suspicisions more happened on that day.
  • And yeah, I would like to see a movie on the whole God Valley incident, but I'm sure the Anime will do a good job when it gets there.
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Turbam posted...
Name is Psyduck
Not a psychic type
Plus the names are inverted.

The evolution should be Water/Psychic and called Psyduck. And the pre-evolution is actually gold...
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HighSeraph posted...
Until the sharks form a tornado
First thing I thought of when I saw Post 1.
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HighSeraph posted...
Notice how no one cares about Terra not being called Tina?
That was a genuine improvement and was a deliberate choice.
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TFR (total fertility rate)? Always a fun topic.

Japan's is 1.23 from a quick search. Compared to South Korea with a 0.75. Dang.

United States is around 1.62.

And yeah, Israel has a 2.75.
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AceMos posted...
its aerith even the original game agrees thats her name it was just a error in the naming screen

it has been aerith in every single piece of media she has appeared in for over 25 years

let it go
Amazing the repercussions one mistake like this can cause.
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Exdeath and Ultimecia also have naming issues.
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Dungeater posted...
well earth it was nice knowing u

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McmadnessV3 posted...
They do, but by monopoly standards it hasn't hurt the consumers that badly...yet.
That is my opinion as well. And they have made great strides with great features as well as allowng multiple store fronts (key resellers). Steam Proton in particular is amazing, making Linux gaming pretty seamless.

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First, they went after the anti-war voices. Now there are none left, and the repressive machine cannot be stopped, said the Russian political scientist Ekaterina Schulmann.

The Russian repressive apparatus has to fill its quotas. The machine must keep feeding itself, she said.

Repression in action folks. Now its after people who were fine with its previous actions.
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bover_87 posted...
Sorry guys it was me I spilled some beer on the server.
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theAteam posted...
lol
Agreed. This is really funny.
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Rika_Furude posted...
can anyone see my posts, i cant see my own posts

do i even exist
Yes
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Weird how you have to open a topic twice to see the actual messages.
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Error1355 posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/9891065d.pnglol
Not sure what happened. First time I viewed this topic I got this. Second time, loads as usual.
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uwnim posted...
How are the scalpers supposed to afford Christmas if people can just buy one from a store at MSRP?
Get a real job.
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archizzy posted...
Already happening in my state. I work at a power plant so I was aware of this for awhile. Basically Google is paying to reopen this plant that just recently shut down.

https://blog.google/feed/infrastructureduane-arnold-nuclear-plant-iowa/
Nice!
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So more power plants incoming? Hopefully nuclear makes a comeback. Most other green options don't scale well and fossil fuels should be avoided for multiple reasons.
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