Church is just another form of entertainment for Americans.

you fucking dumbasses started calling it “communism”

Oh sure. That was half the joke of 2009. Insurance lobbyists going on TV and predicting America would become Venezuela for getting subsidized private coverage.

And Democrats were happy to play along. Lieberman filibustered the Public Option from within his own party because the TV news made the bill so unpopular

Apparently a bunch of right wing Internet media keeps trying to name him “Edward Crabtree” and cover up the fact that he’s Muslim

No shortage of American planners. They just work in hedge funds and board rooms

They happily voted for a guy who had a health care policy that amounted to “concepts of a plan” for like a decade now.

They were the same guys voting for Romney in 2012, the man whose health plan was good enough for Obama to crib wholesale.

I can’t think of a single time from last election season where this was agreed upon as a bipartisan issue.

Joe Biden Has Advocated Cutting Social Security for 40 Years

What Bloomberg campaign?

He’s the thirteenth most prolific campaign financier in 2024

This is like the “I’m calling ICE on my neighbors that I know have undocumented family members because one of them voted for Trump”.

I’m sure liberal has done this IRL. The desire to punish brown people for voting incorrectly is strongly bipartisan.

Did they vote for the clowns running this circus?

Giving every die hard Ted Cruz supporter a free pass

I have massive issues with how the game awards runs itself, but the solution isn’t to artificially restrict what a game can win.

It’s an awards show. Everything about it is artificial

Are you trying to say that any game that gets funding of any kind is automatically not worthy of winning?

??? How did you get here?

If a game does the best in multiple categories should it be skipped over just to highlight another game?

It’s all subjective. If you make Balatro and I make BG3, there’s no objective way to evaluate “Best Game” between the two. You’ve got to make some subjective judgement (or just put your hand out and collect bribes).

Giving one of them a full stack of awards doesn’t signal quality, it signals bias.

If an indie studio’s first game wins best indie game how can it not also be the best debut indie game

E33 wasn’t the studio’s first game. So it shouldn’t be winning the “award for debut games” on the ground alone.

But yes, if you’re winning the “indie game” (which E33’s budget shouldn’t have qualified it for anyway) spotlight another game under “debut” even if you’re predisposed to favor turn based RPGs over platformers or puzzle games or simulators. In fact, especially then.

This isn’t just recognizing the game, it’s recognizing the actors.

It’s recognizing the budget more often than not.

Did they bring it about? I seem to recall “Entitlement Reform” as bipartisan issue.

FFS, look at the Michael Bloomberg campaign. And he’s practically running the national party at this point.

Gotta wonder how many of these trained, blooded combat veterans are going to take this abuse laying down.

It’s still nice. Honestly, the reciprocation of appreciation/affection is its own glamour filter. The girl who thinks I’m hot is made hotter as a result.

Guy who is extremely confident he will not go bald.

You can find Larry Summers at both events.

As for the concern about markets, I think it’s exaggerated. Nobody in their right mind is expecting to keep their assets in foreign banks if they pursue a war of agression.

Glances at the US and Venezuela

Glances at Israel and… everyone else

The important thing is to point them at the correct aircraft.

I’m not saying Apple products make you a pedophile.

But it clearly helps.

The liberal wholehearted embrace of Evil Bad Foreigner rhetoric, combined with their cuddling up to AI / Crypto / Silicon Valley MIC, is not giving me a bright picture of the future.