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I highly recommend Mike Duncan's Revolutions podcast series about the Haitian Revolution. Mike says that researching that history not only made him cry, but shifted his political views towards the left.

It was @Fizzzzle!

I'll second the Late Bronze Age Collapse Period as well!

And as for the UK...

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You're quite correct! If Saints Row -- a completely developed from scratch project -- fails to meet its financial goals, then I'd imagine that investors will start feeling a little nervous about Lars's recent spending spree.

More than likely higher than that for Saints Row simply because it's not necessary to build the entire project from the ground up.

Hey now - I watched the entirety of Castlevania!

From that trailer, CP2077 has nothing on the anime in terms of an over-the-top depiction of sex n' violence! It's positively tame in comparison!

For me personally, the ultra-violence of the last trailer was just far too much for me.

B.A.N. and Teddy Perkins were definitely unconventional in every sense of the word. Hell, Teddy Perkins could very well be one of the most terrifying pieces of media I've ever experienced!

Beyond "mobilization", I have little doubt that the "nuclear stick" will be brandished in an attempt to intimidate Ukraine and its allies that an attack into the newly-integrated regions of "Novorossiya" will be viewed as an attack on the Rodina itself. Or at the very least, outright state that NATO infrastructure that facilitates the transfer of materiel to Ukraine that eventually is used in Novorossiya will be considered legitimate targets.

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I genuinely do wish that something would come of this, but much like just about every eruption of unrest in Iran, it will fizzle out eventually. I've noticed that the Iranian government doesn't even really bother to engage in large-scale crackdowns during these periodic bursts of unrest as they know that they have limited longevity, so why bother making the effort to quash it?

It's perhaps one of the most fascinating, compelling shows I've seen in ages - it's so very difficult to characterize as to exactly what it's supposed to "be"!

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Just started the third season. Yes, I know I'm sloooooow

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I am utterly speechless.