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11 minutes ago, Lord Liaden said:

Google "Srebrenica massacre." 1995. We aren't trending there, we never left.

 

But I believe the majority of humanity are still revolted by such events, so I haven't given up on us as a species. Our lows have been matched by our highs.

My concern is that the scope and scale of atrocity ongoing in Ukraine has few equivalents in the post-WW2 era--except Rwanda, the Congo, Sudan, and Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge.  That these atrocities are being committed by a permanent member of the Security Council points to an urgent need to either reform the UN or scrap it and start over.  

Welp, we had a good run as a species, I guess.  Bring on the meteor.  💥

22 hours ago, unclevlad said:

 

Then it isn't nationalism.

I think the lines get blurred under those circumstances.  At any rate, pretty sure the Ukrainians aren't the only country with "death to our enemies" in their military anthems.

On 3/11/2022 at 4:53 PM, Ragitsu said:

I must say that I'm still not fond of nationalism.

The one time it's kinda useful is when the enemy is at the gates.  

A couple videos I find entertaining.  The first is a variation on the VDV meme:

The second is the Ukrainian Army anthem, with English translation.  As these things go, it's kinda badass imo.  

A mass death event is under way in Eastern Europe.  The "Civilized world" has a solemn obligation to make the consequences as severe as possible for its perpetrators.

It was headed that way months ago, when Russia started sending Battalion Tactical Groups westward.  2/3 of their ground combat power is now concentrated around Ukraine from 3 directions.  

I lost my father last month.  He was 87.  

My deepest sympathies, Enforcer.  

By the way, if George Perez had only drawn this one cover, he'd still be an all time great:

The amazing fact from reading that article: Bob Newhart is still alive.  He's 92 now.  

The best real world radar system can detect a basketball sized object in geosynchronous orbit, 22,000 nautical miles above the surface.  One could probably extrapolate the necessary telescopic and PER adds to achieve that effect, and assume that's on the low end for a starfaring civilization.  Determining the precise speed and heading of an object further than a light second away is probably going to be challenging.

To be blunt, the Republican party "strategy" is to suppress the vote enough in 2022 to win back the House and maybe the Senate, and then in 2024 if Biden still wins, including in a few key red states, reject the results and install the Republican nominee as president.  There's no plausible scenario where a Republican House and Senate will accept the legitimacy of a Biden win in 2024.  What's sad is that this reality won't dawn on a majority of citizens until after it actually happens.

The Republican party has given up on democracy and they've given up on governance.  All they want now is to rule.

On 3/5/2021 at 1:25 PM, steriaca said:

I live in Milwaukee Wisconsin, which has the urban nickname of Killwakee, the place where young black men go to die. Quite the opposite of Hotlanta, thats for sure.

I think "Bodymore, Murderland" has you beat.

On 2/18/2021 at 1:54 PM, Steve Long said:

 

Have no fear, I'm still working on it, slowly but surely. I'm currently doing a lot of research for it and a nonfiction work-in-progress called The Encyclopedia Of Mages, Magic, And The Arcane (or "EMMA," as I like to call it ).

I wonder about the possibility of doing Mythic Hero as a series of sectional releases, pantheon by pantheon.  That has the merit of not needing to be completely finished writing it before releasing sections.  

On 4/5/2021 at 3:19 PM, slikmar said:

I take this with a grain of salt, but my sister in law said that F/WS was very dark, in tone, not necessarily in appearance. But she tends to find things dark that I do not. I really want to try to watch all these series, especially as Wandavision seems to be a lead in to SpiderMan and Doctor Strange's movies.

Well, I mean, Ep. 4 may have been a bit dark.

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He was 50.  Overdose and heart attack.  8 studio albums.  Not my favorite artist but he had some good songs.  possibly NSFW(explicit lyrics).

Hey, the guy playing Isaiah Bradley played MANTIS!  

3 hours ago, archer said:

 

I'd love Count Nefaria if they put him in his classic costume and eventually treated him as a full-blown supervillain who would inspire other villains to wear actual costumes. (If nothing else, the MCU is missing out on merchandising by not putting villains in colorful costumes in the movies)

 

He could be a mastermind for a few movies maneuvering villains such as the Living Laser, Whirlwind, and Power Man (obviously under a different name to preserve that name for a better project). Then wham in with the "I was just powering you up so I could steal your powers" schtick for the Avengers movie.

I think they could probably either do a Squadron Sinister film or put together a team around Nefaria who's effectively an "evil Justice League" for the Avengers to face off with.

Yeah, whenever the old one was up, I was there for that.  9/11 is kind of a convenient marker in that regard.

I had the idea for something called "biofusion", basically a biological equivalent to nuclear fusion.  Entities with a biofusion metabolism(in my campaign setting, most supers), process food vastly more efficiently than regular organisms do, converting a portion of the mass to energy.  Sufficient energy to punch through steel, run hundreds of miles per hour, fire laser beams from their eyes, and even throw tanks around.  

I mean, holy crap.

I've only seen the first two episodes of WandaVision, but I already have some theories, one of which is that the sitcom homage will "update" over time.  Already by episode two there's a transition at the end to color, much like sitcoms transitioned to color broadcasts in the mid-60s.  Perhaps we'll get a Normal Lear/Brady Bunch/70s homage later in the season.  

There's a lot of false equivalency being tossed around on the right to try to downplay and equate the insurrectionists with BLM, Antifa, and people concerned about Russian interference.  I'm assuming this level of diversion and denial lasts until the first domestic terror act to occur during the new administration, likely committed explicitly in Trump's name.  

1 minute ago, Simon said:

The one thing a tolerant society must not tolerate is intolerance.

Coincidentally this is also the only thing UUs don't tolerate.

Security at Federal and State government facilities should be tripled for the rest of the month.  There's already planning and talk about a new wave of attacks/"protests" on the 17th.  Sedition and insurrection are no laughing matter and a threat to liberty anywhere is a threat to liberty everywhere.