Pattern Ghost

It's possible they're near something essential on the grid, like a hospital.

I'm pretty sure that means that we'll have copious conspiracy theories about his death. I suppose those would be a fitting tribute to his life's work, though.

Ah hah! I knew I forgot one. Yeah, I started around 2000 or 2001 when Cybergames was still running it. The NGD was a bit of a cesspool back then. We've gentrified it over the years.

To quote the great sage Google, when asked "What is the price of liberty?":

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Or Georgia.

Glad she's OK. With that windshield replacement, I'd advise her sell that car once it's fixed for one with a factory-fresh windshield.

And yet they remain fully prepared to continue using him and his base to further their political and personal agendas.

Lifeboat

French vanilla

Sorry, bad habit from analyzing camera footage of use of force incidents all day. While sitting in my armchair, of course.

Bodycam footage I linked earlier, just embedded for everyone's viewing convenience.

I don't think you're the one crossing lines here, LL.

I linked the actual body cam footage earlier in the thread, which makes what was going on very clear.

That's completely fair. I didn't find the sitcom bits interesting either. It was a case of too much backdrop, not enough plot advancement in the first couple of episodes, as you wait for the clues to drop. I do think it's going to pick up the pace going forward starting with 4, but I can see how the first three, especially the first two, episodes are a chore to get through.

OK, I think you're being way too generous, but I'll go ahead and PM you my address so you can send your refund check to it. Thanks, man!

It doesn't. It requires the audience to know that Vision is supposed to be dead, and have a passing familiarity with the characters from the movies. My wife can barely remember their movie story arcs, and has never read any comic with either character in it, and is following along just fine.

Seems like an overly broad application of RICO. We don't want RICO turning into the next Interstate Commerce Clause.

Diplomacy

Fade to Black

I watched a 3D animated Gantz a little while ago. It was pretty decent.

Helicopter

I've buckled resisting adults into the back of a squad car without resorting to pepper spray, so I'm fairly confident that I could have put a 9 year old in without hurting her, if I had an urgent need. Of course, there begs the question of whether anyone really needed to stuff a 9 year old non-subject who was crying for her daddy into a car for any reason other than the convenience of the officers.

It was real. It was fun. It was real fun! Thanks all. Thanks to those people with shaky hands who accidentally picked mine!