Fair enough and I think we got off on the wrong foot. I was somewhat triggered by everyone dog piling on Rafi for making an accurate statement. Whether people agree with the vote or not is more complex, but I think Rafi is fine in his assessment. This is splinter which is political rag with a focus on immigration…

I have this issue and find myself gravitating to competitive multiplayer games lately. Also not a great fit for a long backlog

Im framing it like that because I see the resolution as a political decision and the people voting against it as voting with their principles. Explain to me how voting AGAINST the resolution is also a political decision and not a moral one. You claim that people can believe in these issues but also claim that all…

I don’t disagree. But you have to see that its also not very effective to be seen as the side making concessions all the time. The GOP got CHIP at a discount thanks to the tax plan changes on the ACA individual mandate. We’re being railroaded in the name of a seemingly functioning government.

The democrats look week in taking a fruitless promise from McConnell to “have the debate on immigration” before the next budget resolution. The GOP is ok giving away CHIP because it will already be facing a cut thanks to tax changes that attempt to defund the ACA. So am I happy CHIP was authorized sure. But sometimes…

I never said DACA wasn’t a political issue. I’m making the claim that not all voting decisions are political in nature just because they are of a politicized issue. If a congress person votes for something that is unpopular because he/she believes in it is that a political decision. I’d argue that it isn’t. You may…

Can i agree the stop gap is good because we got something and still lament that our best bargaining chip for DACA was just tossed out the window?

Just like they support DACA for purely political reasons.

Holy shit Rafi you’re getting reamed in the comment section. I’m just here to say you’re headline is spot on. I’m curious if you think the stop gap is at least tangentially a win for dems because of the CHIP funding. That seems to be where everyone is trying to slam you.

Two things of note. The commitment to the DACA debate is a red herring. There’s no commitment to a vote on any particular immigration bill so it will be railroaded by McConnell and Ryan in their respective bodies.
Also CHIP did get funding but its because its already going to see a reduction. CHIP was being funded…

Ok relax friend. The headline isn’t bullshit. This was the best possible leverage on DACA and they just handed it away because they know the GOP is great at making everything look like the Dems fault. The dems will not get anything on DACA and all that will show is a bullshit debate on immigration followed by no…

You’re right Rafi not saying anything about CHIP means he hates it and thinks kids shouldn’t have health insurance
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Also sidenote...you do know that CHIP is already facing severe cuts because it was tied to ACA which no longer has the individual mandate. Its expected to see a 30% reduction in funding by 2021.

This is about leverage and the dems willfully handed over their best bargaining chip. The statement you chided is accurate. Doesn’t mean the stop gap measure is bad since we got CHIP. It just means we caved on DACA for purely political reasons. The true test will be do we cave again in 3 weeks over some other…

Yeah i get worried when I see people take it in my mmr because I know they’re going to burn it when they have no chance of surviving after the stasis wears off. When used effectively though it feels gamebreaking.

It kind of depends. The competitive meta bleeds into high mmr games but down in the boonies of bronze and silver people tend to go with runes that give damage or defense stats. This has at least been my experience.

So I don’t think stopwatch is the reason for all of this...more that its a piece of the larger problem. I read a report that among the 10 games in the nalcs that 60% were using the stopwatch rune and about 50% also paired it with another rune that provides you with free speed boots at 10 min (minus 30 seconds per…

im sure it happens everywhere. Assholes are abundant. My gripe was specifically that they did it to a group with an old woman and a pre-teen. Not sure what your group makeup was at these outings but I don’t doubt they happened. I’ve lived in NYC for about 6 years and NY for 10

When I was a kid before the world series wins of the 2000's my family (mother and grandmother) would get beer thrown at them at Fenway for wearing Jeter jerseys. I wasn’t even a teen. Even though im still a red sox fan you can’t convince me there’s a worse group of people than red sox and pats fans.

I see a lot of positives to this but the one drawback I’ve heard from streamers is that prior to patch the best power leveling was via dungeons. You could run the same slightly underlevel dungeon over and over and gain a few levels that way until you reach the next dungeon you slightly overlevel. Now with scaling this…

I didn’t take her comments as lauding the president as presidential. I think she said her piece pretty clearly. The people that did vote for him wanted this kind of dealmaker president that. Sure some of them (RE: a lot of them) wanted a racist in charge. But I think shes speaking to the Obama/Trump voter that really…