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The Official Thread of Systemic Racism
SaysWho? replied to SuperSpreader's topic in The Political Re-Education Camp
Sorry if I missed this, but it's impossible to keep up. I'm 100% sure this is photoshopped but I want to believe. -
"Hello Games co-founder Sean Murray said the studio spent months secretly rebuilding No Man's Sky networking backend to make crossplay a possibility. "A tremendous amount of work has gone into this update and the underlying technology and systems," he said. "We've moved to an entirely new networking architecture, with more flexibility for the future, allowing players to play together regardless of platform.""
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For context, he has been in Congress in 1989, serving the Bronx. He has a primary challenger from the left and was at an event last week in the Bronx talking to the borough president. He really wanted to speak, but there was a long list of speakers. Then he said, "If I didn’t have a primary I wouldn’t care.” The borough president responded, "Don't do that to me. We're not going to do this, we're not politicizing. Everybody's got a primary, you know?" He released a statement later: "In the context of running for reelection, I thought it was important for people to know where I stand, that's why I asked to speak. Of course I care deeply about what's happening in this country, that's what I wanted to convey. I love the Bronx, grew up in the Bronx and lived here all my life. I would not have tried to impose on the Borough President if I didn't think it was important." I can see the most generous interpretation, that he wouldn't be so insistent if he wasn't in a competitive race. And I'm sure internally, anyone would think that. But considering the purpose of the event (I think it had to do with the protests in the Bronx), it's pretty tone deaf.
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Humble and a sense of humor. Watch Obama greet former presidents and watch how Bush reacts to Obama. I always remind people of how bad Bush was and connect the dots from his daddy's "rah rah America, ACLU is unpatriotic because they don't want the pledge in schools" and Bush II's "rah rah America, Cleland and Saddam, Kerry is a wuss" stuff as part of a long path to what got us to Trump. But the "I'd like to have a beer with Bush" persona is real.
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The Official Thread of Systemic Racism
SaysWho? replied to SuperSpreader's topic in The Political Re-Education Camp
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The Official Thread of Systemic Racism
SaysWho? replied to SuperSpreader's topic in The Political Re-Education Camp
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Bush is popular because of his personality since he's easy to get along with, and such a personality shines. It was harder during the Bush years starting around 2004 when his popularity started to sink (though high enough to beat Kerry) because no amount of personality could save him from a terrible Katrina response, a war that cost mountains of lives senselessly, and politics that helped pave the way for Trump. I can, and have, talked to people about how I think Trump is a hideous, terrible president but hasn't quite measured up to Bush's level of awfulness due to policies alone (though at least Bush was more open toward immigrants and signed a big campaign-finance bill into law), and I did say that Trump keeps doing his best to top Bush on the bad president scale. And usually people, including independents with whom I speak, will point that Bush wasn't trying to be as divisive and hateful as Trump. And yes, his rhetoric was better. Yes, Bush is better to people than Trump as was evident with the seamless transition to Obama who campaigned on changing the course of the country from Bush's disastrous policies. And yes, as crazy as it is to think since we were polarized in the 2000s, Bush actually worked with Democrats. People just don't think along the lines of forever hating a president, which is why most former presidents become more popular after leaving office. We can only hope the same won't be said for Trump since people hated him before.
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General Gaming What are you playing today?
SaysWho? replied to CastlevaniaNut18's topic in The Spawn Point
Persona 5 Royal I must be close to 50 hours in and it feels so good to be back in this world with these characters. There's been plenty of new content, but apparently, there's much I haven't seen. I know nothing about it so I'm looking forward to the surprises.