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Folks (And I do mean more than one, not trying to single ANYONE person out, but this seems a good thread to bring it up...again)
 
Only in referring to cancer (the medical condition, not the poster) And COVID (In the Coronavirus thread) are we supposed to use a certain F word on these boards. The Admins have in the past reminded folks that while we tend towards older demographics we want this to be a family friendly board over all. SO...  I mention this now and then, and yet still if I do a search, folks ignore it..a lot.
 
So far my options appear to be...
Start issuing warnings and infractions
Clear them up only to have them happen again
a mix of above
Or... entertain myself in how I edit the F word because it really gets tedious.
 
So if you start seeing comments like "I really fluttershyed up at work today" where you thought more standard language was. Now you know why. 
 
And if I start to think folks are doing this deliberately just to see how fun it could be, I'll consider that making more work for me, surrender, and just go straight to the warnings or more likely infactions.
 
I am getting too fuzzylumpkin old for this Snugglypoo
 
 

The two administrative professionals I work with greatly appreciated receiving the travel mugs that say "Good Morning.  I see the assassins have failed."

There are reports that James Gunn will be working on the next Suicide Squad movie.
 
https://slate.com/culture/2018/10/james-gunn-suicide-squad-2-guardians-of-the-galaxy-3-firing.html

The problem with short installments is that the plot gets choppy after one too many cliffhangers. (At least, in my feeble brain, it does.) That's a generic problem with short installment fiction, so I really don't have a problem with more, shorter installments. They're better than no installments. Problem is, if I can't remember how the plot has developed when the last installment appears, just before  the heat death of human civilisation sometime next summer, well. . . I'll be cheated of my narrative payoff, which will make me one seriously ticked-off food rioter. 

Nicely done.  I wondered how you were going to write your way out of that corner.
 
And our hero should be happy that La'Vesh called him Eel.  Guess the ambassador's a not a fan of Channel 3.  He does seem like the kind of guy who'd watch Channel 6 news.
 
And agreed about the "every little bit moves it along."  No reason you can't post a full chapter in two or three parts.

Not if the Swifties have anything to say about it. 
 

(Short but every little bit to help it move along...)
 
Ambassador La'Vesh did not look happy to visit us in purpose, which was annoying given we'd just taken the loss rather than let his people kill themselves.  A pair of twin medics arrived from his ship dressed in crimson and pink garb rather than the militant uniform. Which made sense. It was kind of cool that some of our shows seemed to be on the money at least when it came to the biological analyzers they had.  They looked us over too.
 
"You're tending to my people?" Lady Obsidian observed, "Gracious. We'll need it. We have a rather big problem in the city by the name of Mr. Brute. He and his cohorts are willing to take down whole buildings. I don't suppose you could help with that?"
 
"Undoing the damage we ourselves have done is one thing, engaging in purely internal clashes between humans, even superhumans, is another, I'm afraid" The Ambassador said "And as a rule, my species doesn't like violence."
 
"For folks who don't like it," Tornado rubbed his shoulder as he watched a medic revive Arctic Fox "you seem pretty good at it."
 
"Not I, personally, but I believe an old Earth saying is that if one wishes peace, they should prepare for war. We want peace very very badly" La'Vesh explained.
 
"Great you're peaceful badasses who study history and want kids to die from cancer… there's kind of a blemish on that last part," Pinprick said testily, "Get to the point where you explain why you think you're the good guys."
 
"Perhaps showing first will drive the sincerity of my telling"  The Ambassador said turning to the troops, "Hyadesians please, lift your visors, helmets and show yourselves."
 
And one by one they did. They were, as I said, an almost angelic looking people. Each and everyone of them could have been a model on earth, odd skin tone aside. Then I realized  how alike they were in more ways than general good looks. Noses, ear shapes, the jawlines, "Wait…" I caught myself from saying 'you all look alike' because God help you if you say THAT with a Southern Accent, instead saying "La'Vesh, is this your family? They…they look like siblings and cousins, each and everyone of them."
 
"And as a Hick, he knows a thing or two about cousins"  Pinprick nodded sagely.
 
I resisted the urge to step on him.
 
"No, Eel, they are not but they are a consequence of the sort of 'cure' you hope to bring to your world. Your cure attacks and reshapes genes. Now, ask yourselves- what keeps it from attacking other genes of choice, what keeps it from being turned not  into a  medical miracle, but a biological weapons meant to target those who are different. Our species found the cure, but … we didn't have the wisdom to realize what some would seek to do with it," The diplomat sighed, "This is our shame, this is the mark of the hatred that engulfed our forefathers."
 
"Targeted Genetic genocide?" Lady Obsidian said, "But that's destructive to everybody, it would be like a sentient potato famine. The very next plague your bodies weren't' ready for would…"
 
"Sweep through the 'perfect people' and kill them in record numbers, that too, happened" La'Vesh said, "The Utopia of just a few who think they know best became hell for an entire species. Tell me, Samaritans, how is your species doing in dealing with unity and not seeing fellow humans as 'the other'?"

Frankly, I find the nu52 turning her into the daughter of zeus far more jarring departure than the movie starting in WW1.
 
but that's just me. I liked the whole crafted from clay bit

New One up !
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1143.html

We have to almost assume Trump's not going to get a 2nd term, altho that doesn't amount to a Dem in the WH.  There still exists a chance that Trump won't be the nominee, for one reason or another.
 
Will retaking the WH matter w/o the Senate?  That said, if the Dems can manage a better candidate, coattail effect *should* come into play enough to get the Senate.
 
Impeaching Trump is still possible, IMO;  impeaching Kavanaugh?  Not a snowball's chance.
 
Add seats to the Court?  Arguably the worst idea I've ever heard.  First, it slams to door on actually governing, as it's such a blatant, partisan move.  It'd 100% lock us into Partisan Wars, IMO.  Beyond that, there's a HIGH risk it'd backfire.
 
No way you can pass a "law" to circumscribe the SC.  Not possible.  First, it'd have to be a constitutional amendment, and that....NOT a chance.  Second, again, start considering the consequences.  Something like this passing?  I'd feel some pain if I moved....but I'd be moving.  DISASTROUS idea.  The only reason this isn't worse than the notion before is, it's got zero chance of happening.
 
Trying to do #5 is overt, outright tyranny.
 
The hope is, the undercurrents that do exist in the younger generations...diversity tolerance, anti-gun violence, anti-bullying...translate moving forward.  For a variety of reasons, tho...I doubt it.  There are undercurrents, obvious and inobvious, that suggest there's not much chance of that.

Classic costume appears in a new extended trailer

Personally, I object to Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, not (just) because he appears to have problems controlling his urges (lust, drinking, anger) and not (just) because his decisions show support for an agenda farther to the Right that I'm really comfortable with.
 
 I object to Justice Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court because when given a chance to state unequivocally that all Americans are equal under the law, up to and including the President, he couldn't do it. This, and this alone, tells me that he has no place on the highest court in the land.
 
Your mileage may vary, of course.

Chuck Dixon's work on Nightwing remains some of my favorite to this  day

Re: Jokes
 
Guys,
 
 
 
 
 
I never quite figured out why the sexual urge of men and women differ so much. And I never have figured out the whole Venus and Mars thing. I have never figured out why men think with their head and women with their heart.
 
 
 
For example, one evening last week, my girlfriend and I were getting into bed. Well, the passion starts to heat up, and she eventually says "I don't feel like it, I just want you to hold me."
 
I said "WHAT????!!! What was that?!" So she says the words that every boyfriend on the planet dreads to hear... "You're just not in touch with my emotional needs as a woman enough for me to satisfy your physical needs as a man."
 
She responded to my puzzled look by saying, "Can't you just love me for who I am and not what I do for you in the bedroom?"
 
Realizing that nothing was going to happen that night, I went to sleep.
 
 
 
The very next day I opted to take the day off work to spend time with her.
 
We went out to a nice lunch and then went shopping at a big, big unnamed department store. I walked around with her while she tried on several different very expensive outfits. She couldn't decide which one to take so I told her we'll just buy them all. She wanted new shoes to compliment her new clothes, so I said lets get a pair for each outfit. We went onto the jewellery department where she picked out a pair of diamond earrings.
 
 
 
Let me tell you...she was so excited. She must have thought I was one wave short of a shipwreck. I started to think she was testing me because she asked for a tennis bracelet when she doesn't even know how to play tennis.
 
I think I threw her for a loop when I said, "That's fine, honey."
 
She was almost nearing sexual satisfaction from all the excitement.
 
Smiling with excited anticipation she finally said, "I think this is all dear, let's go to the cashier."
 
 
 
I could hardly contain myself when I blurted out, "No honey, I don't feel like it." Her face just went completely blank as her jaw dropped with a baffled "WHAT???!!!" I then said, "Really honey! I just want you to HOLD this stuff for a while. You're just not in touch with my financial needs as a man enough for me to satisfy your shopping needs as a woman." And just when she had this look like she was going to kill me, I added, "Why can't you just love me for who I am and not for the things I buy you?"
 
 
 
 
Apparently I'm not having sex tonight either.

Yeah, he was great until Ingko had Wu shoot through him.

Carter was 40 years ago, though.
Mitch McConnell is the living embodiment of cynical,  bad faith, hyperpartisan politics.   If you want real compromise,  removing him as the leader of Senate Republicans seems like step 1.

Actually, reality is starting to look like the Marvel Universe.
 
A Valkyrie's sword has been discovered.
 
Elon Musk could, potentially, lose control of SpaceX, leading to him making a desperate private flight, along with his musician partner, a professional astronaut and a random hanger own/family member.
 
Bavaria is engaging in Mad Science. No doubt there is someone in armour and an iron mask behind it.
 
All we need are breakthroughs in military exoskeleton technology, shrinking, and a Big Green Monster.

"Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice."

God Save The Queen!
 
Eight-year-old Swedish-American girl pulls pre-Viking era sword from lake

Canada relieved trade deal done, won't forget Trump attacks
 
For Canada and U.S., ‘That Relationship Is Gone’ After Bitter Nafta Talks
 
One point from the first article really stood out for me: Bothwell, the University of Toronto professor, warned of lingering damage to relations. "Trump treated it like a real estate deal when he was a shyster in Atlantic City," Bothwell said. "But this is nation to nation. And that's different. And it's connected to other things," he added. "Trump really doesn't grasp that and doesn't care."

Pretty much this. When folks say "If you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to fear" or the like, I snort. I've seen that excuse used too often to violate privacy rights. BUT I'm drifting into a whole nother kettle there.
 
But as Dean points out, this isn't a criminal trial, and as you point out we have plenty of other indicators challenging his increasingly shaky looking qualifications, such as ethical standards, which ARE supposed to matter for judges.
 
I believe innocent until proven guilty is essential to a good democracy when it comes to court trials, but this is a job hire, not that. In a world where someone can find themselves denied a job for say "Dude" in an interview or wearing the wrong tie? Kavanugh should have been told 'thank you for your time' and shown the proverbial door.
 
Then again, I thought that when Trump was running and footage of him boasting about grabbing women by the P****y surely he had disqualified himself for PotUS, so what do I know?
 
 

Folks (And I do mean more than one, not trying to single ANYONE person out, but this seems a good thread to bring it up...again)
 
Only in referring to cancer (the medical condition, not the poster) And COVID (In the Coronavirus thread) are we supposed to use a certain F word on these boards. The Admins have in the past reminded folks that while we tend towards older demographics we want this to be a family friendly board over all. SO...  I mention this now and then, and yet still if I do a search, folks ignore it..a lot.
 
So far my options appear to be...
Start issuing warnings and infractions
Clear them up only to have them happen again
a mix of above
Or... entertain myself in how I edit the F word because it really gets tedious.
 
So if you start seeing comments like "I really fluttershyed up at work today" where you thought more standard language was. Now you know why. 
 
And if I start to think folks are doing this deliberately just to see how fun it could be, I'll consider that making more work for me, surrender, and just go straight to the warnings or more likely infactions.
 
I am getting too fuzzylumpkin old for this Snugglypoo
 
 

Dealing with old people who have a growing dementia is ..difficult. I feel for them.
Dealing with a manipulative hag with narcissism disorder so you can't tell when it's the dementia and when it's just her being a grade A b**ch can be a nightmare. But my Housemate can't trhow her mom on the street and I spend more time here soooo....
 
And sorry, folks. Just needed to vent. No, we can't afford to get her in a home, yes we've checked vet benefits, no she can't afford to get a nurse care herself, and when left along she would fall down a LOT partially because she doesn't take her meds on time. This isn't a request to fix the situation, we've explored that. This is just a vent and a need to blow off steam because telling a 76 year old woman to **** the next time she makes a passive aggressive play or underhanded insult is against my upbringing.
 
 
 
 
 

No problem with the FBI investigation, though I doubt much can be made out of it.  The last second means to this seems a little shady but, hey DC, nothing special to see there.
 
But, one part of this has been p!ssing me off.  How people were "horrified" that Kavanagh dared to be "angry" over being accused of rape.  For any normal human, you damn right you would be.  Under the circumstances, I an disturbed by his restraint.   In the same situation, I might have to carted in Hannibal Lecter-style, with someone on the ready with tranquilizer darts.  And even in the aftermath, , my singular life goal would turn into resolving to outlive everyone involved just so in my old age, I could go and urinate on their gravestone.  (Obviously, my lack of tactfulness would discredit me from the Supreme Court .  And while I might be playing this to absurdity.  I can say one thing definitely is I wouldn't have been even a 1/10th as calm-but I am apparently immune to political tact, for better or worse)
 
But, to the heart of the matter, if you don't assume an accused rapist isn't guilty until proven guilty, this should be easy to understand.  I find it quite disturbing and a clear sign of how consumed with political hatred EVERYONE has become to think one accused of rape shouldn't be angry.   The heinous nature of rape and their accusations if possible requires triple checking data and avoiding the jump to conclusion*.  The MeToo movement has made it, intentional or not, no big deal to accuse a man, any man of rape.  And perfectly justifiable if only for the fact they were born with the dreaded Y mark on their genetic coding.
 
In any case, I'm done with this.  This saga hasn't been very conclusive, but quite enlightening.  ANd to point all of this out,  condemns me so be it.
 
*I know in cases in the past I have rushed to judgement myself,  and may in fact make the same mistake again.   But, it is the wrong thing to do, especially given the situation as it stands currently at this moment.
 

A fair summation of the hearing by DeFranco.
 
 
 
 
La Rose.