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bolverk

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  1. I refuse to watch, but I want to know what's being said. I figure that's the same for a bunch of us in this thread, so I'm just reposting updates for others to also know.
  2. Not much leadership among the Dems, and you know what they say, "Nature abhors a vacuum."
  3. AOC is live-skeeting this thing.
  4. Earlier today, there was a brownout that caused a multi-vehicle accident north of Pecos, and they had to shut down the highway from there to Carlsbad for a while.
  5. Yeah, about that: The dimensions of the outbreak, which has already killed one child, are unclear. The official case number in the Texas outbreak is most likely an undercount, said Katherine Wells, the director of public health in Lubbock, Texas. The outbreak has largely spread within a community of Mennonites in Gaines County, who historically have had lower vaccination rates and often avoid interacting with the health care system. Ms. Wells said she believed many of those families did not seek medical attention for measles and have not been accounted for in the state’s official numbers. β€œI think it’s probably in the hundreds,” she said. β€œWe know that some of their schools were closed with lots of sick children, but we don’t know who those children were.” Full article: https://archive.is/Zwb3H
  6. PHIL: "Texas is really ugly, you know that? I mean, what could anyone possibly like about this state?" DORMAN: "I like the way it's shaped."
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  8. In all honesty, I think it's a recognition they don't have the offensive capability (e.g., manpower or willingness to sacrifice lives) to take it back and/or deal with the ensuing evacuation along the southerly strategic route, connecting it along the Melitopol to Mariupol line. At this point, I think Zelenskyy would be willing to cede Crimea and Donbas, but that's, unfortunately, not what's in the cards.
  9. The wrestling shit isn't new (still funny), which is absolutely true about how many of our least educated brethren see shit and has been mentioned multiple times in this and other CR threads. What I'm really glad about, though, is that Stewart eventually gets to some of the ideology that's in the mix here. In fact, years ago (2014), Bannon gave a speech at some Vatican Council bullshit thing, basically laying out that Judeo-Christianity (Christendom, as defined by the Rechts) is in a clash of civilizations that's defined by the boundaries of religion, race, etc. Basically, that speech proposes the alignment of "the West" with Russia's assistance against other non-Christian cultures, especially Islam. This was an hour-long kind of speech whose audio I posted, maybe on the old site, but I can't find it now at the moment. Yeah, I think this is, more or less, the vision/plan. The oligarchs will figure it out and agree to whatever terms. Regardless, the US pulls back from the rest of the world to focus on our "sphere of influence," as outlined by the Monroe Doctrine. Perhaps the intention is to make Europe part of Russia's sphere/turf (at least the eastern half) while China takes on eastern Asia and Taiwan, specifically, which I believe is being delayed to allow for Trump and Putin to sort our Euroshit out first and while TSMC ramps up chip production in Arizona. I've no shame in sounding like a conspiracist on this angle, even if it isn't entirely true. Aside from Krasnov/Trump aligning with authoritarian, culturally conservative, and affirmatively "Christian" Russia as some sort of "plan," I do honestly believe that a "deal" of some sort has been made. Edit: I don't know if this is exactly what I was talking about, and I don't think it is, but it's at least a part of his thesis that Islam and Sharia Law are going to take over the West, which sounds so fucking quaint, and anti-capitalist, now.
  10. It's like the color spectrum: ROYGBIV. The stated intent is: Yellow = Easiest Green = Next easiest Blue = Next hardest Purple = Hardest I actually read something in the last few weeks (I can't remember where) that someone looked into how guesses actually play out, and since the game started a few years ago, that's been the overall result, according to whatever data that person was able to get a hold of. I'll see if I can track it down. From my personal perspective, it feels like I've been getting blues/purples before yellows/greens more often, too, but that's only been in the last month or so. Maybe? I don't know if that's really the case, but I'll also say the game has had at least a couple of puzzle masters, and the difficulty level seems to swing back and forth over time. It could also just be stretches of bad luck or whatever affecting perception, but I wouldn't get too worked up or worried about it. It's just a game, though, that I generally play at night right before bed or in the morning with coffee. Edit: I don't think I made up the analysis results, but no dice on finding it.
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