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  1. Johnson's headache just got worse: Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher will resign early, leaving House majority hanging by a thread WWW.NBCNEWS.COM House Republicans lost another member in Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., on Friday. Gallagher's departure on April 19 will leave Republicans with just one vote to spare on legislation.
    9 points
  2. I think I have most of you on PC, Im AlwaysDyingX on there. I look forward to hiring your pawns! Im trying to muster up the energy to turn the game on but putting down my dog yesterday has really got me fucked up.
    7 points
  3. Democrat who made reproductive rights a campaign focus will win Alabama special election, CNN projects | CNN Politics WWW.CNN.COM Marilyn Lands, a Democrat who made reproductive rights a central part of her campaign, will win a special election Tuesday for an Alabama state House seat, CNN projects. Biden-Harris statement:
    6 points
  4. I think i'm about 15ish hours into the game so far. I'm lvl 20. This game feels like Assassin's Creed Odyssey + Yakuza style relationship systems + better combat. Things im liking so far: Gear system: I've seen some reviewers complain about the overwhelming amount of loot. I find this loot system to be very similar to AssCreed Odyssey, in that you are gonna get a TON of stuff, and then if you are someone that gets some joy out of min maxing stat upgrades on loot there is a TON to play with here. Taking down forts/bases: If you're someone that enjoyed taking down all the forts in AssCreed maps, this is going to feel similar. Relationship systems: There are a TON of characters to meet in this game, and with some of them you can increase your "bond" with them by giving them gifts and talking with them. Some of these characters can assist you as an ally on some missions, and depending on how high your bond with them is will directly impact how strong they are in that mission. This has actually been a lot of fun for me. Colleting things: at the end of the day, like most open world games, this is a collectathon. There are cats to pet, chests to find, fugitives to hunt down, photos to take, etc. And the game does a good job incentivizing you to do it, by giving you clear progress bars of how much you've done in a given area, and by giving you bonuses for completing everything in a given area. The combat: I'm a baby when it comes to parry-based combat games. I'm not good at them. By the time I got to the first boss fight in this game, I instantly needed to turn the game to easy mode. Now, after having played a bit, and understanding the different combat styles of the different weapons, I'm feeling far more confident at the timings of things. And it is extremely satisfying to go up to a group, parry them, get the crit hit, and walk away feeling like a bad ass. (i'll note that i'm still BAD at parrying, but getting better). Things im disliking: The AI is good in combat, but otherwise pretty dumb. They don't seem to react much to dead NPCs, they have pretty limited cones of vision. Taking down bases silently (which is something I loved to do in AssCreed games) feels a little too easy/dull in this game. I've opted to just go in full aggro mode now to most bases. The Glider: the glider is AWESOME. It feels good, controls well, and you can pop in and out of it super easily. But it doesn't feel like the world was really designed with the glider in mind. I almost NEVER use it, unless I happen to be on top of a hill and need to go downhill. But it being used as a way to save time traveling is pointless because of my next point. Fast Traveling: this game provides such a stupid amount of fast travel points. In most zones you are going to find 2 or 3 fast travel points, which is more than enough for how large the zones are. But in cities they give you a fast travel point like EVERY OTHER BLOCK! It's actually just annoying to find the icon I need on the map between all the fast travel icons. ITS FAR TOO MUCH! Other thoughts: Graphics: yeah, the graphics are not up to PS5 standards and it's weird that a PS5 exclusive doesn't look better. That said, do I think it looks bad? No. The world design just looks like its from an older gen console game. But some things, like the character models, armor, and weapons, do look pretty good. Co-op: You can play online co-op with 2 other real players, but only during missions (the same missions where you can bring along allies. So these players would replace the allies). I haven't tried it yet, but it feels... pointless? Those missions are usually pretty short. You are just clearing a base usually. Factions: This game has two factions, and makes you feel like you need to pick a side right away. But the vibe I get is you can work with both sides and it likely does not matter until you need to make a larger choice at some point later on. I'm sure I am forgetting some things. But that's it for now.
    6 points
  5. MTG has filed a motion to vacate Mike Johnson from Speaker of the House.
    6 points
  6. First off, if I’m not mistaken: Psalms is Old Testament so it has NOTHING to do with Jesus, so whoever sent him that had to be trolling. Also, the next verse is kind of priceless: Absolutely amazing.
    5 points
  7. This is Derrick. He is my pawn. I hate Derrick. I hate his face and his stupid voice. If you have the displeasure of crossing paths with Derrick and choose to hire him, be sure to treat him like the piece of dirt he is. Don't bother giving him a parting gift, as I will throw it away and scold him. Feel free to order him to fight the troll alone. Laugh as he gets trampled by the Gryphon. If he calls for backup, just tell him to shut up. Just shut up, Derrick. I don't care about your damn blueberries. If anyone is willing to trade for Derrick, I'll gladly take literally anything for him. Fuck you, Derrick.
    5 points
  8. So I woke up to my girlfriend telling me she doesn't know if we should keep seeing each other. We had a short conversation while I was still in bed, she says "okay, we'll talk later," then we said bye. I ordered a new phone which came in the mail today, and while transferring my sim card from my old phone to the new one, I dropped it on the ground. Apparently it bounced into the fucking netherrealm, because I looked for that fucking thing for like 3 hours and never found it. At some point I sent my girlfriend an e-mail (the only way I know to get in touch with her, neither of us are really on social media) explaining what happened, but by this point it was like 4pm so she's probably not checking her e-mail anymore and she never sees it. At that point, it would have been prudent to go to an AT&T store to remedy the situation - the only problem is I'm not the account holder for my phone, my brother is (reason being he used to work for AT&T so I get grandfathered into an unlimited data plan for $30/month as long as I don't change accounts). So I e-mailed my brother, asking him to give me the account information. He didn't get back to me for like 4 hours, by which point all the AT&T stores are closed. Meanwhile, this whole time my girlfriend is probably thinking that I'm ignoring her. She's probably very, very pissed right now. My brother ended up telling me that I'm not an authorized user on the account, so I couldn't have done anything anyway without either him or my dad there. He tried adding me as an authorized user on his end, but the call wait time was like 2 hours so he said 'fuck it.' At that point, I e-mailed my dad, but he goes to bed by like 8pm, so that's a non-starter. After settling in for a shitty night constantly thinking about what my girlfriend is thinking (either that I'm ignoring her or that something happened to me), I fucked around for a bit until it was time to take the recycling out. I took the recycling out, only to find that I LOCKED MYSELF OUT OF THE HOUSE. We have a spare key, but it's in a lockbox, the combination to which I keep stored in my phone... my old phone... which is inside the house... So, I've been just chilling on the porch for the last ~2 hours, waiting for my roommate to get home so I can go back inside (probably not for another ~3 hours)
    4 points
  9. At this point in American capitalism (I hate to call it "late stage capitalism" because I don't think it's ever really been that different) I don't think institutional reforms are really that possible. Shareholders and private equity firms (when they control the capital) are hell-bent on extracting as much value in the short term, and if boards want to make that harder (by acting more ethically and slowing profits down for safety, etc) then the boards will just be sacked in favour of ones willing to extract more money.
    4 points
  10. 🇮🇱Barbara Sobel🇺🇦 (@barbarajsobel) on Threads WWW.THREADS.NET Dan Rather: After giving it some thought, I am convinced that the real story isn’t just that Donald Trump’s campaign is being vastly outraised by President Biden. It’s that Donald... Apparently Trump had to cancel some rallies because he couldn’t foot the bill in some swing states.
    4 points
  11. Now wait a second: Carlos Marrero (@camarrero) on Threads WWW.THREADS.NET 🚨🚨Wait ANOTHER ONE? 🚨🚨 Report: Texas GOP Representative Kay Granger won’t run for reelection in 2024. Yikes! 😬
    4 points
  12. If the perpetrators are never actually caught or killed, I wouldn't doubt that it is a false flag attack and that they'll blame it on Ukraine.
    4 points
  13. Musk knows so little about so many topics he speaks so confidently about, I’d rather take advice from @ohioguy24 on a random subject than Elon.
    4 points
  14. Republicans reject motion to impeach Joe Biden WWW.NEWSWEEK.COM Democrat Jared Moskowitz tried to put a motion on the table for a vote in an effort to call the GOP's bluff in the Biden probe.
    4 points
  15. Playstation is telling me I'm about 6 hours in and 22% with the story. Personally I don't feel like the game is bloated with systems... just loot. You get a LOT of loot and I end up selling most of it. The combat is not only fun but very deep with the various styles for each weapon. I'm sticking with the single and double swords for now but I can see trying out the spear, and scimitars. There's a LOT to do here but you can just ignore all of that stuff and focus on the main story if you want. I like the setting a lot so I don't mind. I haven't tried co-op yet but I have done two missions that give you the option to find a real co-op partner online, otherwise you get an A.I. partner that you can switch back and forth with. Going from Glider to horse is fun as hell. They really nail traversal in this game. I'm really enjoying the game... so much that I have to actively force myself to stop. Last night I got home, played DD2 for 3 hours, watched an episode of Shogun, then went to play this to finish ONE mission (took a couple of tries because the game isn't easy) and then went back to the quest giver to turn in the quest. I could have fast trevled back to her, but I didn't because I like to explore and came across some other activities that got me side tracked. Sometimes you come across uniquely named Ronin in the open world that you can fight and I wonder if they are avatars of other players. I know Nioh had a similar system. When I was riding around last night I came across one of these guys and he killed me That was when I got off. Fun fact, this game takes place 253 years AFTER the time period Shogun is set in. Makes sense... the foreigners in this game are American and in Shogun, America doesn't exist yet. This game takes place around the same time as The Last Samurai movie I believe. One last thing, one other game that this game cribs from is the Yakuza series, the game DEFINITELY doesn't take itself too seriously at all. As expected it's very "Japanese" in its sensibilty. I agree with most of the points @AshsToAshs made in his post. The A.i. outside of combat is dumb... I blew one guys head off not too far from one of his buddies and he didn't seem to care. Also they won't chase you too far outside of their area and will turn aroudn if you move too far away. This seems to vary depending on the enemy and the activity.
    3 points
  16. He'll let us know his thoughts on China after BYD convinces the Chinese government to seize Tesla's assets in that country.
    3 points
  17. I woke up on Sunday with my body aching, sore throat, very tired - and thought it might be a hangover (though my alcohol intake wasn’t exactly hangover related worthy). Carried on all day then at 4pm staring to fee really shaken and cold - so had a nap and woke up worse. I slept about 12 hours last night r still feel achy, massive headache, no appetite…. Thoughts and prayers please
    3 points
  18. Biden will probably win Michigan and Arizona. Those states' Republican Parties are broke. Then he wins Pennsylvania, and he cruises to reelection.
    3 points
  19. "Hey we should blow up a bridge." "Awesome, what's the best way?" "Dynamite" "Nice, but that would be discovered too easily. We'll need cover." "I agree. We'll plow a giant ship into the bridge at the same time the dynamite blows." And real people believe this. They also likely believe that it was done to cover for/promote minorities being hired in companies.
    3 points
  20. Good financial advice. Not sure about the car advice.
    3 points
  21. Senpapi Gabe (@senpapi.gabe) • Instagram reel WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM 47K likes, 2,987 comments - senpapi.gabe on March 23, 2024: "Some people just stay mad . . . . . . #senpapi #fps #gaming #videogames #dragonsdogma2 #bloodborne...
    3 points
  22. Been playing Ch. 8. Man, is Can't believe I still have a bunch of other places that I'm assuming I'll tackle, such as Also, apparently I and some others were spoiled elsewhere on the internet. Someone posted on a non-spoiler thread thinking they were in a spoiler thread. Understandable mistake, but I didn't need to hear it. I heard My friend told me if that's all that was spoiled, I'm one of the lucky ones, so hey!
    3 points
  23. This game is in my veins! I'm level 34 and having to go to work like an adult this morning was some serious bullshit.
    3 points
  24. I kind of want X to fail and close up shop, so I can watch SpaceX launches on Youtube again. I don't like watching rocket launches in potato resolution.
    3 points
  25. Well I mean fuck hardly anything looks this good. Maxed out with 4k dlaa/120fps and the art along with the image quality my goodness what a change from the ps5 performance mode launch version!
    3 points
  26. Yesterday at PAX East I collected the final Puzzle Swap piece. Took me a week shy of thirteen years.
    3 points
  27. lololololololololol Trump claims he has $500 million in cash, undercutting lawyers' claims on bond money WWW.NBCNEWS.COM The former president must post the bond for the full amount he owes Monday or New York Attorney General Letitia James could try to seize his bank accounts or properties.
    3 points
  28. Went to see this movie tonight. My wife signed up for some AMC rewards program a while back, and sometimes they do member only screenings of new movies. My kids were really excited to go and got extra pumped when we pulled in and saw the Ghostbusters car parked out front of the theater. There was probably 15 people dressed up in full costume and gear which was fun. Most of them were part of the Central Pennsylvania Ghostbusters (didn’t know that was a thing) and they raise money for charity. The screening was in a nice big theater and was rather empty besides us, the “ghostbusters”, and maybe 4 other families. I thought the movie was fun. I’m not the best at rating movies these days. I feel like older kids and teens will like it. Adults will think it’s fine with plenty of “remember that/remember that person” moments. My kids are 10 and 12 years old and they LOVED it. Had some good jump scares for them. The story centers a lot around the girl, Phoebe Spengler, so like the last movie, it feels like it’s geared toward the young adult crowd. Some mild complaints(pretty much spoiler free):
    3 points
  29. Sounds like a poorly managed mess. Credit to the designer, I didn't think it was thrown together, but I didn't come away impressed by the final mission either.
    3 points
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