I mean, I can hold a lot of people in contempt, regardless of their chosen profession. We aren’t even talking about policies that are affecting domestic food production, but rather exports to China that they use to profit from their crops. Essentially, they are reliant on global markets, but decry ‘globalism’ and…

I live in a northern state. Winter is my best and most favorite gaming time. Summer is for being outside. And as someone else noted, I’m sure the bolus of consoles and PCs given during the holidays makes selling new games that much easier.

Sometimes the lowest hanging fruit is the sweetest.

You know, Arabic doesn't use the same numbers as us, actually. When I studied the language, I naively thought the numbers would be the one thing I wouldn't have to worry about, and was severely wrong.

Absolutely! I am all for accreditation where it's due. But I think we are also seeing what that could look like, too, which is any nod to a creator inplies they should be awarded a cut of the profits. It's a tricky intellectual property slope. And all the more difficult as video games veer into these sorts of…

As a drug addict that has eerily similar personal drug use history as Gordon’s interviews suggest, addiction and the substance involved are not necessarily linked. Many chemicals that are habit forming cause physical addiction, that’s absolutely true. But not all do, and not in every person. Alcohol and nicotine are…

Bullshit. The 'middle class's is just a pipedream. Addressing the working class is a much better strategy, cause it actually captures the electorate that don't own houses in the suburbs and send their kids to private school. Pitching to the bourgeoisie isn't going to do the heavy lifting anymore. Prattling on about…

They've already split down those lines. From what I read earlier, the GOP House members were meeting to hash out the votes, but many wouldn't commit until they knew Trump's angle. They didn't want to get caught on the wrong side of the vote, and look soft or weak or anti-Trump or whatever. When he said he would…

From what I've gathered is that GOP'ers in the House wouldnt vote until they knew what Trump would do, because they're so concerned about not crossing him and his base. When he signalled that he would veto, all the Trumpsters in the caucus now will not vote for it, for fear of being seen as at odds with Trump. It…

And for every cover song that kids know but not the original? Or every sampled beat? Where are you drawing culture lines when it comes to this? I think it’s a hell of a claim to say that any African American hip hop artist’s youribe video dance move is functionally a part of African American culture. Which then also…

Yeah, I'm not really sure how that plays out. Does it also mean that these guys are going to shit down every youribe video that is monetized by someone using the dance? Copyright is all about enforcement. It's an awkward place for the people making these dances in many cases, too, who rely on sampled hooks in their…

Miami has arguably been hit harder by the pro sports stadium scam than any other city in America.

Then why in the fuck would the AG offer a settlement to begin with? Why not use the tools of civil litigation to actually get underneath the hood and see what was going on there?

Not for nothing, but the Bills do have the highest ranked pass defense in the league by yards allowed, and second in total yards allowed after this game. The Lions’ performance is actually pretty good compared to the norm against this team. Tre White got burned several times by Golladay, which was severely out of…

Definitely. He absolutely told them to make policy on 'feeling' rather than meaningless numbers.

Let me get this straight:

Very few actual government officials will ever go to jail. He will resign and take a 7-figure job with an oil company or some shit. The laws against government corruption were penned by the very people they might apply to. Just look at what happens to someone who engages in outright campaign finance violations:…

Wait, what blowback? They’re actively supporting policies that WILL kill their children and grandchildren. What amount of evidence would it take to convince them that these policies are to blame, and not something else?

I’m all for tightly woven, well thought out narrative experiences coming from studios that have (and maintained!) strong pedigrees.

A point of pedantry that makes me crazy: Your meat doesn’t contain ‘blood’. It just doesn’t. Blood coagulates at high temperatures, it becomes blood pudding or blood sausage, it’s dark black. Blood is contained in blood vessels, like arteries and veins that you’re certainly not eating in your steak. The red liquid you…