Spartans see Halsey as a mother figure, and Jorge even calls her “Mom” in Halo Reach. Cortana is based on a clone of Halsey’s brain. What about the games refutes this idea? The interactions her and John have just make it creepier, not less accurate.

In the Halo universe, smart AIs like Cortana are made by scanning and replicating a human brain in a process that destroys said brain. Usually the owner of the brain is dead; in Dr. Halsey and Cortana’s case, a cloned brain was used.

Hey now, let’s be optimistic and say 2021.

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Unless you buy California olive oil. Then you know what you’re getting.

That you capitalized Conservative and fully spelled out the word dormitory makes me think that you’re British.

A regional pizza-by-the-slice chain in my area has a rotating slice of the day special. The Wednesday special is pastrami, gourmet mustard, and peperoncini. It’s pretty good.

Campaign money is, as you’d guess, used to pay for campaign expenses. That could be salaries for campaign staff, rent for office space, mail and media advertising, and things like that.

While I agree with you, even before Trump became president, celebrities running for and winning governorships as their first office wasn’t unheard of. Look at Ronald Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Jesse Ventura.

Honestly, even running for city council out of nowhere is going to be a long shot for most people. You need to put the effort into getting to know people and being known in your community long before you ever talk about running for office.

Are you asking how campaign money is used during a campaign, or what happens to leftover money after the election is over?

In addition to gore and nudity filters, there’s now a general mature content filter, as well as another aimed specifically at adults-only games, movies, and productivity software (???) that includes “explicit sexual content.”

The biggest takeaway from me is that the woman in those pictures is supposed to be the same. I never realized. They’re definitely wearing the same ring.

That drawing wasn’t based on Linday Lohan; it’s a traceover of Kate Upton.

You should note that for 360 content, you need to have a credit card associated with your Xbox Live account. Even for claiming free content. It’s a dumb quirk that’s been there for years.

Why wasn’t that weird skanking/Bozo the Clown dance Roth is doing ever used as an animation?

Lore being used this way in gaming is not new; I know it goes back at least to Dungeons & Dragons, though I’ve heard it applied to Lord of the Rings as well, so maybe the usage is even older.

Taco Bell and McDonalds are the holy grail of fast food apps. Taco Bell because it lets you key in all your customizations, McDonald’s because the coupons make it so much cheaper than the menu price.

The First Amendment part would really be icing on the cake, considering that the developers aren’t even American.

Depends on where, really. A member of Congress representing a major city probably held several offices before that. A member representing a rural area might not have, and there probably weren’t that many lower offices that they could’ve held anyways.