It's satire, BB, I recognize it's bleak times for republitarianism now days but libertarians should be used to mockery. Heck, they should welcome it. The old formulation was "first they ignore you, then they mock you, then they fight you and then you win." Using that libertarians have gone from being fought in the Obama years to being mocked and, frankly, are on the very of being ignored. So being mocked should be some comfort.
I don't love the idea of it being Trump again but the stars do seem to be aligning for a Trump renomination. If the GOP's primaries weren't majority take all I'd feel like there'd be more doubt but with a crowded field Trump can easily win with a dedicated plurality.
I think John Puccio is correct that Trump being a shoe in for Biden is likely more correct than not. Biden's sitting in a good position on everything except approval ratings right now*: The economy is still rumbling along with fantastic employment; inflation is falling back towards the Fed's 2% target very well; Bidens play for infrastructure and Global Warming/chips centered industrial policy seems to be performing tolerably and the over/under on Ukraine looks favorable.
There is! It adds some quite neat and powerful huts and an entire new resource: bones decorations and a trading system that comes with it. Leftists would despair- filthy capitalism invades Eden!
Interesting that tools seem to be so advantaged. How is your group dynamic around the wild reward cards?
Fields in stoneage are, of course, quite important because they divert workers from needing to gather foot to more "productive" work. It is very interesting that your group prioritizes hammers over population because my own group considers tools the weakest village play.
Of course the cards play a major element in all this: the point multiplier can dictate what direction you should go. If you get a few population victory point multipliers then obviously you should prioritize that and if you get the tool ones, same. Field multipliers are useless because everyone gets fields whenever they can.
I've found that seating placement can be interesting. Some of our players obsessively persu the wild reward cards and if you have the fortune to sit one or even two seats downstream from such a player you benefit enormously at little cost. It's almost a bit unfair really.
Have you played at all with the Stoneage expansion?
I can't imagine there's enough Coke in the world to convince even the most encrusted exec to take a run at the Children of Hurin, especially since it'd require no small amount of the larger noldor back story.
Yeah Beren and Luthien is an area you could probably do a small focus film off of. But I cannot imagine it'd return the money necessary to cover production costs and the cost of licensing it from the estate.
And seconded on the Hobbit movies. They were an abomination that not even Morgoth could love.
That's plausible, and when you factor in how much money it takes to pry access to those rights from the estate I'd be confident saying that most of the economically feasible content has already been mined out of the body of work.
Not at all, if you're disadvantaged and someone's offering a hand up that's great whether they're faithful or not and for whatever reason they're doing it.
But if you have no truck with religion or much truck with religion it's highly relevant to your interests if the religious are petitioning the civil government to restrict your activities. Religions speak out against sins, but when it comes to advocating that the state impose their particular views of sins on everyone, religious and nonreligious alike, only a small subset of sins get that special treatment from the religious busybodies. Not all sins are treated equal when it comes to when the religious, and in this country that's generally Christians, go out and try and force everyone to conform to their ideals regarding them.
Pinky's point is religion/religious protections (both for and from mind) are explicitly and directly spelled out in the constitution whereas gay rights are not. In our modern times we've read protections for gay citizens into the constitution (and I'd say rightly so!) but it's not literally spelled out in the original text which, to originalist constitutionalists, is a notable difference.
Those are all laudable (except crisis pregnancy services which are in a greyer zone) good works but not anything that the non-faithful have to worry about in their day to day lives. And, of course, none of those are about fighting "sin".
Sure, and I have a general working understanding of Christian theology. But in as much as it matters to non-faithful, the outward political action of these groups is the only element of their life that "matters" even if it's a minor part of the religious "world" of the laity.
In terms of the religious advocating, lobbying, voting and agitating for state laws and interventions, homosexuality, trans matters and abortion are the overwhelming focus of their attention. All the other sins sit far, far, far at the back of the bus.
Is there any religious push for civil penalties for adultery? Or a religious campaign against greed? If so I'm not aware of one.
I grant the priest at the pulpit says all the sins are equal while the parishioners doze and surreptitiously check their phones. But in terms of what the religious advocates and organizations actually take action against, the only sins that matter are the ones that don't effect them much.
*chuckles* Writers rooms are absolute nests of self dealing and nepotism. None of those head-up-their-posterior twits would ever countenance taking ideas from professionals, let alone trying to nap good material from the internet.
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Nope, they're a group of Republicans which is close to the same thing.
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It's satire, BB, I recognize it's bleak times for republitarianism now days but libertarians should be used to mockery. Heck, they should welcome it. The old formulation was "first they ignore you, then they mock you, then they fight you and then you win." Using that libertarians have gone from being fought in the Obama years to being mocked and, frankly, are on the very of being ignored. So being mocked should be some comfort.
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I chuckled very wryly. It's like straight off of Cato.
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I don't love the idea of it being Trump again but the stars do seem to be aligning for a Trump renomination. If the GOP's primaries weren't majority take all I'd feel like there'd be more doubt but with a crowded field Trump can easily win with a dedicated plurality.
I think John Puccio is correct that Trump being a shoe in for Biden is likely more correct than not. Biden's sitting in a good position on everything except approval ratings right now*: The economy is still rumbling along with fantastic employment; inflation is falling back towards the Fed's 2% target very well; Bidens play for infrastructure and Global Warming/chips centered industrial policy seems to be performing tolerably and the over/under on Ukraine looks favorable.
*Of course a lot can happen in fifteen months.
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Good Lord Will I'm so sorry you all had to go through this. What a hair raising experience.
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Insurance rates in Florida went up... like, a lot.
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I feel like I know this but I can't put my finder on what the answer is! Frustrating!
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To be fair to DeSantis polling this early on is far from disputive.
But man that anti-gay homoerotic add his crew put out. What on earth??
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Hahah, yeah I nab them if they're super cheap but anything but bargain basement I avoid so long as I'm downstream of a devotee like you.
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There is! It adds some quite neat and powerful huts and an entire new resource: bones decorations and a trading system that comes with it. Leftists would despair- filthy capitalism invades Eden!
Interesting that tools seem to be so advantaged. How is your group dynamic around the wild reward cards?
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Fields in stoneage are, of course, quite important because they divert workers from needing to gather foot to more "productive" work. It is very interesting that your group prioritizes hammers over population because my own group considers tools the weakest village play.
Of course the cards play a major element in all this: the point multiplier can dictate what direction you should go. If you get a few population victory point multipliers then obviously you should prioritize that and if you get the tool ones, same. Field multipliers are useless because everyone gets fields whenever they can.
I've found that seating placement can be interesting. Some of our players obsessively persu the wild reward cards and if you have the fortune to sit one or even two seats downstream from such a player you benefit enormously at little cost. It's almost a bit unfair really.
Have you played at all with the Stoneage expansion?
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I can't imagine there's enough Coke in the world to convince even the most encrusted exec to take a run at the Children of Hurin, especially since it'd require no small amount of the larger noldor back story.
And it just wouldn't be economical.
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Yeah Beren and Luthien is an area you could probably do a small focus film off of. But I cannot imagine it'd return the money necessary to cover production costs and the cost of licensing it from the estate.
And seconded on the Hobbit movies. They were an abomination that not even Morgoth could love.
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Concurred, if anyone could have done it, some of the hard core fans could have.
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That's plausible, and when you factor in how much money it takes to pry access to those rights from the estate I'd be confident saying that most of the economically feasible content has already been mined out of the body of work.
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Give him time. Heh.
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Not at all, if you're disadvantaged and someone's offering a hand up that's great whether they're faithful or not and for whatever reason they're doing it.
But if you have no truck with religion or much truck with religion it's highly relevant to your interests if the religious are petitioning the civil government to restrict your activities. Religions speak out against sins, but when it comes to advocating that the state impose their particular views of sins on everyone, religious and nonreligious alike, only a small subset of sins get that special treatment from the religious busybodies. Not all sins are treated equal when it comes to when the religious, and in this country that's generally Christians, go out and try and force everyone to conform to their ideals regarding them.
"
Pinky's point is religion/religious protections (both for and from mind) are explicitly and directly spelled out in the constitution whereas gay rights are not. In our modern times we've read protections for gay citizens into the constitution (and I'd say rightly so!) but it's not literally spelled out in the original text which, to originalist constitutionalists, is a notable difference.
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Those are all laudable (except crisis pregnancy services which are in a greyer zone) good works but not anything that the non-faithful have to worry about in their day to day lives. And, of course, none of those are about fighting "sin".
"
Sure, and I have a general working understanding of Christian theology. But in as much as it matters to non-faithful, the outward political action of these groups is the only element of their life that "matters" even if it's a minor part of the religious "world" of the laity.
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I'd say it accurately enough describes most of the Catholics and the Mormons political activity as well.
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In terms of the religious advocating, lobbying, voting and agitating for state laws and interventions, homosexuality, trans matters and abortion are the overwhelming focus of their attention. All the other sins sit far, far, far at the back of the bus.
Is there any religious push for civil penalties for adultery? Or a religious campaign against greed? If so I'm not aware of one.
I grant the priest at the pulpit says all the sins are equal while the parishioners doze and surreptitiously check their phones. But in terms of what the religious advocates and organizations actually take action against, the only sins that matter are the ones that don't effect them much.
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Talk is cheap- actions speak louder than words.
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*chuckles* Writers rooms are absolute nests of self dealing and nepotism. None of those head-up-their-posterior twits would ever countenance taking ideas from professionals, let alone trying to nap good material from the internet.
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I saw that analysis on Dark Lord Tom and laughed so hard because it made so much sense!!!