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by ProfX
Tue Nov 21, 2023 11:50 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Nikki Haley’s crazed social media proposal
Replies: 15
Views: 4546

Re: Nikki Haley’s crazed social media proposal

The problem with Haley's proposal is how do you verify a person's identity? It's not like you go to a building or a kiosk where you sign-up and provide identification. There are commercial websites that force you to provide your real identity and address (and maybe some banking/credit info) because...
by ProfX
Sun Nov 19, 2023 7:40 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Media
Replies: 206
Views: 54082

Re: Media

You seem to have some kind of background in media, AP doesn't respond to many posts, but I get the sense by his username he works for the AP newswire. Hence he's usually reposting newswire stories. I also know he has Hispanic background. (BTW, I'm assuming he's a he.) I'm really fascinated by the n...
by ProfX
Sun Nov 19, 2023 7:35 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: War and Peace
Replies: 285
Views: 246742

Re: War and Peace

As I recall the policy prior to the pandemic and prior to Trump was that you could not house minors with adults and thus they were separated. I don’t believe separating those kids was someone’s idea of fun and games. No, it wasn't fun and games. I imagine a six year old being taken from their paren...
by ProfX
Sat Nov 18, 2023 11:16 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: War and Peace
Replies: 285
Views: 246742

Re: War and Peace

I didn’t neutralize anything. I also think turning your head when tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors are turned over to adults whom we know little to nothing about and have no way to track or follow up creates any respect for the law. Again, policy is to turn those children over to the close...
by ProfX
Fri Nov 17, 2023 3:29 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: War and Peace
Replies: 285
Views: 246742

Re: War and Peace

I said it wasn’t perfect. Mistakes were made. That's a nice, passive-voice way of neutralizing what happened. Personally, I don't think illegal actions, such as the ones they undertook, create respect for the law. So why then are these DA’s releasing these folks back into the streets to reoffend? U...
by ProfX
Fri Nov 17, 2023 10:11 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: War and Peace
Replies: 285
Views: 246742

Re: War and Peace

So we went from something that wasn’t perfect Yeah, I disagree. The Trump policy (particularly of forcible child separation) was more than imperfect. It also probably was illegal and violated the Constitution and international law. What Trump is proposing he will do if he returns to power (mass dep...
by ProfX
Fri Nov 17, 2023 8:23 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Nikki Haley’s crazed social media proposal
Replies: 15
Views: 4546

Re: Nikki Haley’s crazed social media proposal

On the one hand, I understand her point. Anonymity (or pseudonymity, where people pretend to be other people who don't exist, or are dead, etc.) is used as a shield for some very bad and often criminal behavior, and sometimes even some very sophisticated and malicious disinformation operations. All ...
by ProfX
Fri Nov 17, 2023 8:13 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: War and Peace
Replies: 285
Views: 246742

Re: War and Peace

Biden may not be doing what some people want at the Southern border, (i.e. building as much wall as they want, or placing military troops there, or putting razor wire in our bodies of water) ... I simply disagree he is refusing to enforce the law. He has not disbanded the Border Patrol, nor told the...
by ProfX
Mon Nov 13, 2023 6:47 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: War and Peace
Replies: 285
Views: 246742

Re: War and Peace

I dunno about you but if someone is breaking into my house or pistol whipping me, I don’t want a peace officer. I want a fucking big ass cop with a gun and I hope he/she scares the shit out of the assailant. But that’s just me. I don't care what his size is or the size of his gun, but I'm quite fin...
by ProfX
Mon Nov 13, 2023 6:25 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: War and Peace
Replies: 285
Views: 246742

Re: War and Peace

There is a Nobel Peace Prize. One gets awarded every year. We can debate about recipients. We can smile with amusement on folks like Trump who think they are deserving. But it exists. I don't know if any Peace Prize recipient has yet proclaimed a way to end all war. Nobody knows how to do that. I ju...
by ProfX
Mon Nov 13, 2023 4:14 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: War and Peace
Replies: 285
Views: 246742

Re: War and Peace

Darwin's conception of survival of the fittest is often misunderstood. Fitness isn't always established through conflict, domination, competition, or elimination of other species. In fact, sometimes the fittest species are best able to cooperate with other members of their species for common goals, ...
by ProfX
Fri Nov 10, 2023 9:08 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Predatory Lending
Replies: 28
Views: 7085

Re: Predatory Lending

The subject of the thread is predatory lending. I am in favor of regulations on it. If you want me to know my thoughts on other forms of regulation, don't ask me generically. Ask me specifically. "Tell me the regulations you oppose". OK. Here's one. Many states and cities today in 2023 hav...
by ProfX
Wed Nov 08, 2023 10:03 pm
Forum: Entertainment
Topic: Baldur’s Gate 3
Replies: 13
Views: 7745

Re: Baldur’s Gate 3

Oh and one more thing. All the classes you can't experience as origins or companions you should try, bard, monk, sorcerer. I did. You also can get these as hirelings. Bards are great for support, they can inspire, restore, and augment allies. But they are also spellcasters, with their spells focusin...
by ProfX
Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:35 pm
Forum: Entertainment
Topic: Baldur’s Gate 3
Replies: 13
Views: 7745

Re: Baldur’s Gate 3

So, the game has a crafting system. Alchemy is interesting. You can make almost every potion, through alchemy, though I never found recipes or ingredients for making the best healing or other potions. That's obviously intended and I get why. Similarly, as I've said, you can't seem to make the best e...
by ProfX
Wed Nov 08, 2023 6:16 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Evangelicals and Muslims
Replies: 35
Views: 6433

Re: Evangelicals and Muslims

I'm as opposed to fundamentalist theocratic Muslims as I am to fundamentalist theocratic evangelicals. I'm as "unopposed" to (and even willing to work with) progressive, secular respecting liberal Christians, and Muslims. BTW, what the Quran actually has to say on homosexuality is as littl...
by ProfX
Wed Nov 08, 2023 6:01 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Hamas fires 7000 rockets at Israel, starting major war
Replies: 560
Views: 691521

Re: Hamas fires 7000 rockets at Israel, starting major war

Actually, Iran funds (and controls) Hezbollah, which largely operates out of Lebanon. Hamas is a Sunni militant organization and an outgrowth of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. Most of their external funding comes from Egypt and other Sunni nations. The Russians maybe weren't religious fanatics. Al...
by ProfX
Tue Nov 07, 2023 10:40 am
Forum: Entertainment
Topic: Baldur’s Gate 3
Replies: 13
Views: 7745

Re: Baldur’s Gate 3

Weirdly, the one thing I wanted to mod was a way to get more grenades. I just can't explain it, but ... I love bombs. :mrgreen: But I can't get any of those mods to work. You can buy smokepowder bombs and arrows from merchants, those are nice. Of course my other favorite trick shot arrow is the one ...
by ProfX
Tue Nov 07, 2023 8:13 am
Forum: Entertainment
Topic: Baldur’s Gate 3
Replies: 13
Views: 7745

Re: Baldur’s Gate 3

So, having now finished several playthroughs, let me just say this ... spoiler warnings? The only classes you don't have as companions are bard, sorcerer, and monk. As for races ... nobody is a Dragonborn (though I think canonically Dark Urge is supposed to be one.) Had to try all those (though they...
by ProfX
Tue Nov 07, 2023 7:31 am
Forum: Entertainment
Topic: Miami Vice
Replies: 13
Views: 4971

Re: Miami Vice

When you live in Miami as I do, watching that show was always a treat, mainly because you've often been to many of the filmed locations.

The thing about watching the show now in retrospective is many of those places are now closed or gone.
by ProfX
Tue Nov 07, 2023 7:27 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Hamas fires 7000 rockets at Israel, starting major war
Replies: 560
Views: 691521

Re: Hamas fires 7000 rockets at Israel, starting major war

Well, I've been "radio silent" on everything for a few weeks now. Consider it taking a break from arguing politics. Just had to. I think people may understand. But I'm alive and (relatively) OK. This subject vexes me every possible way. I have around two dozen relatives in Israel, various ...
by ProfX
Fri Sep 22, 2023 4:09 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: American Cities Need Republicans
Replies: 56
Views: 6902

Re: American Cities Need Republicans

Most of our mayoral races are nonpartisan. That said, you can look up the party of the Mayor - they often are registered voters themselves, after all - they just don't run that way (i.e. nobody on the ballot is voting based on party affiliation, which doesn't appear). Thus, 62 of our biggest cities ...
by ProfX
Fri Sep 22, 2023 8:23 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Government shutdown?
Replies: 43
Views: 12461

Re: Government shutdown?

Democrat Taunts GOP Leader With Bill To Block Lawmaker Pay During Government Shutdown Rep. Angie Craig’s MCCARTHY Shutdown Act would make sure lawmakers don’t get paid if the federal government closes due to a spending fight. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrat-taunts-gop-leader-with-bill-to-bl...
by ProfX
Thu Sep 21, 2023 4:11 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Way to go Joe
Replies: 1311
Views: 79241

Re: Way to go Joe

Only because the democratic party chose to oppose the president of the United States and side with the socialist and communist of Venezuela. Uh huh. I'm guessing you said "Venezuela" instead of Nicaragua twice because of a brain fart. Chavez didn't take power there until 1999. https://en....
by ProfX
Thu Sep 21, 2023 10:25 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Tuberville
Replies: 10
Views: 4857

Re: Tuberville

He is a grandstanding idiot of a very particular sort. Sen. Tuberville slammed poetry by US sailors that is a time-honored tradition https://www.businessinsider.com/tuberville-makes-fun-of-poetry-navy-military-time-honored-tradition-2023 The military, he says, is going downhill due to "wokeness...
by ProfX
Wed Sep 20, 2023 4:19 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Disloyal Jews!
Replies: 38
Views: 4960

Re: Disloyal Jews!

Sure, most infamously Father Coughlin, "The Radio Priest". https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/charles-e-coughlin Throughout the 1930s, Charles E. Coughlin was one of the most influential men in the United States. He was a Catholic priest in the metro Detroit area who became ...