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Yes. For the story and the thematic elements throughout the game. It is based on several leaked videos, so may be partially taken out of context.

My comments reflect my personal taste. I appreciate that others may not share them, and in fact may really enjoy the same things that are initially off-putting to me.

In Vancouver, they are having a solidarity protest. White people are listening to poetry readings in front of the art gallery. I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP. edit:

What is the end game here?

Latest on COVID-19 in MN: As state surpasses 1K deaths, protests raise fears of new outbreaks

Authorities, whether America, Canadian, or European, allow peaceful protests and marches to go forward. There is a certain level of tolerance to violence, looting and burning. That is no longer what is happening in American cities at night. The focus is now changing -- and is being partially taken over by people who are less concerned about what happened to George Floyd, and are more concerned with causing chaos. In the past, most of the "anarchists" are white -- and I don't see why this changes here. IMHO, the justifiable cause/frustration of black Americans is partially being co-opted by white left-wing anarchist Americans at night who want to see cities burn. This happened in my city 10 years ago, and IMHO I'm seeing it happened again across the US today.

USA Today is saying their reporters are seeing groups of organized white people committing violence and destroying cities in multiple cities, on multiple nights. Are you suggesting that they are doing this to gather political support for crackdowns?

I’ll be honest in that I have no idea what point you are trying to make.

That’s a hot take. Anarchists joining in does nothing to minimize any black grievances. The story specifically refers to USA Today reporters seeing the groups themselves.

'There are anarchists': Minnesota officials say 'outside agitators' are hijacking peaceful protests This feels very much like the 2010 G20 protests in Toronto, where the locals were largely peaceful, but white left-wing anarchists were doing most of the violence/destruction.

Fixed. Those homes had higher funding, which also allowed them to provide better PPE, and have better practices. Of course, CUPE will always argue it was due to what they were able to negotiate for their members. As Europe/North America shut down to self-isolate for the pandemic, there was a very poor understanding of who would be most susceptible to infection. And LT homes everywhere became sources of infection -- as we move forward a continued focus on protecting the vulnerable populations is critical.

I must have been thrown off by your use of "them" and "chuds". What is the "large right-wing" group that controls our print media? Who controls this group? (And is print media still a force in a country where somewhere ~15% of households actually read a newspaper?) [Does being the largest debt-holder give you any management control?]

The Order -- the gameplay isn't boring as shit this time.

If you don't want the government to know where you are, don't get a phone. Your cell phone knows exactly where it is at all times, and US cell phone companies are very willing to sell that data/give it to the government.

I will take your point on Paul Rivett. I think Bernier has a lot of good policy ideas, however he combines them a racist/xenophobic bent that I find personally disgusting. He pretends like he is not a racist, and can speak in such a way as to try and mask it, but he clearly is. Why is Jordan Bitove a pro-racist chud?

He donated to all of the provincial leadership candidates.

His POV, was that you need a certain volume of virus in your lungs to get infected. Asymptomatic people are shedding the virus while talking (and you are breathing it in), and symptomatic people are coughing/sneezing it into the air. Based on what he is seeing, he doesn't think that the virus transmits easily by touching your face. (This is the complete opposite of the general POV 2 months ago.) Again, he felt that local governments in Canada weren't communicating this, because of how it might negatively change behaviour. HOWEVER, it seems somewhat consistent with what the CDC has posted on their website in the US over the last week.

I was talking to my neighbour, a local doctor, who has been involved with treating COVID-19 patients in the hospital. Current thinking is that the original assumptions about how the virus was transmitted were completely wrong. His take was that you don't get the virus from surfaces (which was the original assumption). Based on what he is seeing, he believes that the medical community thinks that people are getting the virus from extended close contact with an infected individual. (i.e. being within 1 metre of an infected individual, without PPE for 15 min+). He claims that in our area, you won't even get a test if you don't have an extended close contact case with an infected person. Unlike other viruses, you don't catch this from touching an infected surface, but rather by being close to an infected person (whether they are showing any symptoms or not). So, heating up the interior of a vehicle won't help...

What I liked about the first TLoU was the characterization, the interaction between Joel and Ellie, and the somewhat "novel" story (for the time). I thought the gameplay was the worst part of the game. To me, it was a less-than-the-best stealth game. What I see in this game, is sadistic violence. While I thought God of War was over the top, and I disliked the gruesome attacks on mythological creatures, I was able to disassociate somewhat from it. In game like Assassin's Creed, the violence is more than I would like, but I am attacking a bunch of non-personified, copy-and-paste faceless drones. What I have seen in TLOU2, feels more like the player is sadistically killing REAL individuals. I have never felt that way while playing a game, and I don't think I want to.

Is it possible to social distance while you are burning cars and looting Target?

1) I have never seen any suggestion that Jordan Bitove ever supported Maxime Bernier in any way 2) The only suggestion that Paul Rivett "supported" Maxime Bernier, was that he donated some funds to help pay off the debts from his failed campaign run 14 months later. Serious question -- do you think that if someone is helping pay off the campaign debt of a failed candidate more than a year after the leadership campaign , he is 1) doing a favour to the party, or 2) is supporting the candidate? If you want to support a candidate, do you donate in advance? Or, do you donate more than a year later. If you are sensing some passive-aggressiveness/hostility, then you are right. Because, my take is that you have wrongly accused a couple of guys of being pieces of shit without any basis. I'll happily eat crow if you can show me some evidence of these guys being racist assholes. [If your POV, is that they are Bay Street elite, and that makes them somehow deficient, then you'll have no argument from me. But, that is very different from being a "racist right-wing chud".] FWIW, while I don't know either of these guys from Adam, everything I have read about Jordan Bitove has been VERY positive/complementary. Why do you think Jordan Bitove has done that?