Well originally the federal government was supposed to be constrained with limited power and all the heavy legislative lifting was expected to be done by the state governments. Our federal system was rigged from the beginning to be slow and painful, it was a feature not a bug.

“Not that Obama wouldn’t be a great Supreme Court justice too; he has a background in constitutional law, and I bet his decisions will be a lot more progressive when he doesn’t have to worry about getting reelected or getting approval from a Republican Congress.”

Looked into it a bit last night and there is nothing official or leaked that suggests they’re going to redo KOTOR. That said you can buy and play the game on PC, unfortunately the graphics feel pretty dated. There is a project to update the graphics, but it's basically one guy updating all the textures and models in…

I'd heard it mentioned as a possibility, but I've never heard that anything actually came of it. Come to think of it there might have been an April fools joke involved in this rumor...

Yeah, any time a mechanic just keeps going instead of calling you to see what you want to do, you're getting ripped off (assuming you pay them).

I don't know how reputable the sources are, but a quick Google search suggests his net worth is in the 150-180 million dollar range, so yea I'd say he can likely take on 53 million in debt without too much of a problem.

And yet, somewhat ironically, Christianity would probably have died out had it not been for Paul’s evangelism.

If it makes you feel better you'll likely never have the collateral to go $50 million in debt.

Well some of his teachings were certainly progressive for his community at the time. As you said inclusion of women in important social positions is one example. He was also progressive in what I'm guessing people are calling his anti-semitism in that he fought against the need for non-jews to conform to Jewish…

Check out eBay. My guess is those statues probably still go for between $50-100.

And it failed as a successor to KOTOR1/2. They could easily make a good KOTOR RPG, call it KOTOR 11 and everyone is appeased. Fans of the original series get the game they’ve been waiting for, EA/Disney get piles of money, and they can still keep their cash cow MMO going with new content. There are no losers in that…

Somehow I don’t think that A NeW Hope would have been as successful had it ended with Mos Eisley and the promise that in a few months you’d get to see more Darth Vader and the Death Star in all of its technological glory (for the price of another admission ticket).

On paper there’s a lot of content that you can go through that will give you many hours of entertainment. As a big fan of traditional RPGs and not much of a fan of MMOs I liked SWTOR for a while, but quite honestly even with the new XP system they have (at least for subscribers) it felt like a grind. There are a lot…

He doesn’t remember Drew’s name, hence the pissyness.

Most casual viewers know less than they want you to think they do. If you take some time to learn most of the major rules you’ll be on par with 70% of the people watching.

The SWAT response manual is a better read than the book the Mormons try pushing on you.

If I remember correctly Mulder turns on the conspiracy guys show where he’s talking about 911 being an inside job and Mulder says something to the effect of “why would I be interested in this crap?” Then it gets into the alien conspiracy and his interest is piqued.

Developers charging $40 for early access promise loads more in the future, somewhere down the line? Well consider me shocked!

I could kinda see Obama as Isildur. An unexpected hero who manages to do what many thought impossible at a desperate hour, only to later be corrupted by dark power and cut down by his enemies before he can effectually do anything more of value.

Isn't there a new Harry Potter film coming out in the near future?