A lot of the nation is sick of this shit, brosef.

It’s a brilliant idea.

The cartoon’s problematic, having fully embraced the idea that our fight in the Middle East is the “good fight”.

Can you dial the “joyless, bitter fuck” factor here down to, like, a 3?

Okay, NOW you can go fuck yourself. :) Pull the military back, do it especially now that this is an international shitshow and has attracted every would-be racist militiaman within five hundred miles, do it because you hate Republicans, go for it, let a massacre happen. There is no good solution to this shit anymore.…

Who is “bragging”?

My friend, if the vigilantes get free run of the border *without* the military being there - I promise you that these fucking people will commit atrocities the likes of which you do not seem to understand, up to and including the unlawful murder and violent torture of refugees on our soil, and probably in front of a…

Instead you claim that Gen Mattis is the only thing holding our military in check which is flat out false.

I meant the border troops, but your response is a perfect example of why I really don’t want Mattis to leave office.  Bolton as SECDEF would be a racist, violent, warmongering nightmare that would leave our country irreparably damaged, but I’m sure Trump would rather have him than Mattis at this point.

Would you rather have the right-wing “patriot” groups that are headed down there handling this on their own?

I’m not apologizing, panda. I didn’t speak any falsehoods in what I said, even if you wish I would have phrased it more diplomatically. As an anti-war activist, I’ve had some of our servicepeople literally threaten to shoot me and plant guns on the bodies “just like in Iraq”. Abu Ghraib was a thing too.

Absolutely.  I’m familiar with the UCMJ.

...that being said, every few years, when someone updates the general public on the last few years of EVE history, I am hopelessly hooked myself.

There are times I think EVE does a valuable service to humanity by keeping its players hopelessly hooked on the game and away from the general public.

“Pleeze dont pley this gaim rite nw” scrawled in crayon across the patch notes.

Ehhhh. Go have a coffee! See if it’s done when you get back.

You’d be surprised.

Yes.

Exactly. I really don’t know that I agree with the “Mattis should resign” take on this.

There is still a vast, vast difference between NPC’s who simply have a daily schedule - and NPC’s who actually have AI and think and react to their circumstances and the player.