I'm sure this must have been pointed out by now, but I just watched Battle of the Bastards — notice how brilliantly oppositional the two battles are. The initial shot (Jon, steadfast, facing a stampede as he raises Nightclaw vs an empty field as Dany approaches, assuring doom), the colour palettes, the screen…

After nearly 40 years, now's your time to shine (under the permanent radioactive cloudbase)!!!!

I'm very, very afraid that China is behind this in the first place…

I think you might be undervaluing the harm that China does to its own citizens. While the US might bomb families using robots, China forces them to work until they starve. It's a tough numbers game to play, comparing those who have suffered under either power…

I think a lot of the missile-range reports are overblown, and we should be skeptical. The 'news' is firing out everything it can, but there's a lot of Dewey defeats Truman in the mix…

(Also remember the paint fumes?)

Ha, no I *cough* you couldn't!!

Yeah, I know. Have you seen the maps of actual effects based on the hundreds of above-ground tests they did in Nevada? (EDIT: I think it was actually less than 100 above-ground tests, but I might be remembering my numbers wrong — regardless, it was close to 1000 tests in Nevada and something like 88 percent were…

Okay, I have to give you that one, well played.

The power-shift has been taking place since Bush Jr. and you're right in that it's been almost exclusively (on the global scale, at least) through soft power. (I won't go through a whole recap of that…I presume you agree).

Oh I'm sure it probably would, depending on weather, particularly through the mountains…by the time it made it, the chances of it being any more toxic than the air that's already on the east coast would be effectively null though

I didn't realize joking about crucifixion was funny, and I'm not Christian. I could make several tasteless jokes about ways to die that are closely tied to religion…shall I list them and ask which YOU think is a laugh? Maybe then we can figure out if I get "humor."

Ahhh, but that doesn't technically count as The Report!! Partial credit, because he WAS in character :p

I meant who would a Democrat 'revere' in the same way Republicans 'revere' Reagan…wasn't making a value statement, and quite enjoyed the discussion that followed (but yeah, I hear you)

I'm a blast once you get to know me.

Where did that come from?

"Already" as if it were so recent…I explained below, but radiation works differently in water than it does in air.

Hahaha, YOU are calling ME a dumb fuck…(sigh) I guess I'm not dealing with a teenager, I'm dealing with a four-year old. 1) There is more nuclear material in a POWER PLANT than a BOMB. 2) The denser something is, the more likely it is to be radioactive. 3) That is why the heaviest elements on something called the…

Yeah, that math adds up! Especially because most winds travel at 545 mph!! Good job!

That's a TOTALLY different thing, dipshit. For starters, air is different than water.