I may be showing my age, but I (easily). I really dislike the modern, trope laden mess that the series has become. 

I may be showing my age, but I (easily). I really dislike the modern, trope laden mess that the series has become. 

Can I say something being the second oldest dude here? Game of Thrones premiered April 17, 2011. A sane man occupied the White House, the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell signed, Saddam Hussein dead, Occupy Wall Street, The HARRY POTTER movies ended, and Gabriel Giffords survived a senseless attack. The excitement…

The Unsullied are brainwashed and trained to obey unconditionally, and even when granted his freedom, Grey Worm chose to stand by Daenerys. Combine the psychological damage he grew up through, the loss of his one love, and his queen deciding to attack, and it makes perfect sense, optics be damned.

At least Sallador is…

I am a former Marine. I can tell you from experience that the reports are not only true, but under-reported. Yesterday,the Marine Times ran a story about the lack of basic discipline plaguing the Corps in the 2nd Marine Division. My Division. It is worse than they are saying. Not only that, but there was always,…

I’m actually massively jealous of him getting to do this.

Those who want sensible and reasonable gun control far out number those that don’t. If we all actually vote for people who agree, and against the people in the pockets of big gun, then real change is possible.

Generally the other side has to be willing to compromise and act in good faith as well for it to work.

Ah, once again the Democrats are most concerned about being seen as the “reasonable” party that is willing to work together and compromise. And, once again, the Republicans are going to be able to spin it into a victory and show their supporters that they own those stoopid libruls.

The thing is, this is exactly the problem that the Electoral College was designed to ‘fix’. Where if you went solely by popularity (popular vote), the urban areas would nearly always defeat the rural. If a candidate truly represents the ideals of both, sweeping the country would be easy. Alas, there is a significant…