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It is true. Whether the Congress was Dem or Rep, Republican presidents have never been good at lowering deficits. Clinton balanced the budget, and Obama got it down from the high recessionary deficits.

The one time I was actually gleeful to "shit" on someone was Charleston Heston. I didn't even have a strong dislike for him (even though I thought his gun positions have been harmful), but after he died, people said, "*pries gun from fingers* Too soon?" and when admonished, I think somebody, maybe @CitizenVectron or @Ricofoley, said, "C'mon, this is a once-after-a-lifetime opportunity." I died. Not like Heston, but I did.

That was me, but I was quoting someone from Reset. It really is a game that's fun, has a lot of cool stuff, but rough around the edges partly because they had 50 people working on this for the longest time instead of a Santa Monica/Guerrilla/Naughty Dog-sized team. Hell, the dip to black transitions remind me of the first Uncharted big time, haha. I'm glad it's apparently selling well. Bend's grown and I hope they can carry this into something even better next gen. For now, I'd say this is EASILY a very good game.

Maybe it's like the PS4 updates and added stability.

Man that's sad. That's something that continues to be a huge problem with multiplayer games. If you break out like Destiny or Fortnite, you're a smash. But if you either have huge problems or just don't catch on, nobody can really find out what they're missing.

"Don't blame me. I'm from Massachusetts!"

So here's the story: More in the link.

450 million it fucked everything up.

Man I hope she gets the nomination now so I can quote this post and go orly and then you can go k.

Fuck you I am the cheese I am the best character on the show. I am better than both the salami and the bologna combined.

The large field works against him, imo

https://www.vox.com/2019/4/29/18522472/infrastructure-trump-nancy-pelosi-chuck-schumer

If Hillary won Texas, she probably would have won Arizona as well (similar to Trump being competitive in a state like Michigan meant he was also competitive in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Minnesota). I think the big thing is that the idea some Democrats had that the west was ripe for expanding the electorate was true. New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon (which used to be more competitive), Washington and Arizona either trended Democratic or are trending Democratic. Underappreciated now, but California used to be either solidly Republican or a Republican-leaning swing state. And Texas, based on its demographics (more than Hispanics, there are also many young liberals who have moved there) and proximity to the west, continues to be a target with tangible gains already felt this decade. To give an idea of the west in general and how Republican it used to be, these are the maps from 1952 onward: 52: 56: 60: 64: 68: 72: 76: 80: 84: 88: There were some cracks in 1988, but gee zuz, it used to be so freaking Republican. tl;dr: Texas is trending Democratic, and many gains/much progress has been made trying to turn it blue. It's still a state that favors Republicans plenty with a very conservative Republican base there. Turning Texas doesn't mean the GOP is ending, but it does give Democrats a big advantage with the big states. They have to maintain a broad coalition and not lose the upper midwest as well.

The one I'll always quibble with is anyone who thinks the one from A New Hope is good. How it resolved is great and memorable, but hell no was it a good piece of action on screen. Empire's, though, with Vader fighting one-handed and performing Force moves that Luke wasn't prepared to handle told a great story. The Last Jedi's "battle" was also terrific in its story. The whole cinematography, the AT-AT shot, GAH, I love watching that.

I'm still a big believer that Texas will be competitive within the next decade, if not next year (depending on the candidate and circumstance). I enjoy it, and I get why many wouldn't, but if you ever watch video of old election nights, it's amazing what states are surprises or historic wins. "Holy shit, Bill Clinton won NEW JERSEY AND VERMONT HOLY SHIT WHEN'S THE LAST TIME THEY DID THAT?!"

You shall likely learn the more people get to know the people running!

I've honestly never thought of it that way, but perhaps being a Catholic for a period of time just made the Episcopal Church appear more welcoming. I know my parents left because they disliked the church and my dad just ended up thinking religion as a whole is a sham while my mom is more spiritual (she thinks something happens besides ceasing to exist but isn't sure what).

I came out with smoke coming out of my mom and then the new Pope arrived.

I was born Roman Catholic, so I guess that works. Genuinely appealing. They're quite welcoming to the LGBTQ demographic, which has been comforting to many of my religious gay friends (and yes, while I'd agree with many here that I don't make sense of a gay person turning to Christianity, I'm not going to bother them about it because no), but they actually really impressed me when our AP US history and government teacher, an Episcopalian, died a year after we graduated. I've never laughed that hard at a funeral; when we say that a funeral is a celebration of life, this one REALLY felt like a celebration. It felt very warm and it explained a lot about our teacher, who was a wonderful human being. EDIT: I actually never thought about how it sounded, but I guess it does sound pretty good.

Ah yes, that's right! Looking back, he was walloped 60-39 percent.

If I ever converted, it'd be to Episcopalian.

I really want the talking heads who say "Biden can win but not Warren or Sanders" to explain the reasoning besides got instinct about "moderates."

He's the Senator who stepped down and allowed Democrats to pick up the seat for six years in 2012. He also was one of the Republicans with whom Obama worked when he joined the Senate.