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Keep in mind that a lot of solutions involve techno-babble. If we invert the injection coupling in the port nacelle, we can flush thoramatic particles through the Ionic Decoupler, creating a plasma reaction which should blind everyone in there long enough for a rescue team to beam directly to the ho...

deaddm would only be capable of caring if it were his own arm being blown off (and even then he'd probably say Trump would've blown off more). A yuppie parks along a busy street and without any thought or concern for others around him swings his car door open directly into oncoming traffic. A car, ...

I mean, it's pretty obvious that Hezbollah wouldn't have trusted any devices that Israel had a hand in, which is why Israel didn't reveal that it had a hand in those devices even after they began exploding. Still, people are willingly buying high-tech equipment from Israel including biotechnology de...

Taiwan says that the pagers were manufactured in Hungary.

And perhaps meaningful to many gamers - he had a major role in Conan the Barbarian.

'I Will Never Forget Him': Arnold Schwarzenegger Honors Conan the Barbarian Co-Star James Earl Jones

On August 28th, the poll tracker at 538 had Harris up by 3.6% nationally (47.2 to 43.6). Today Harris is up 2.7% (47.0 to 44.3). The aggregate polls that showed Harris up 3.6% were taken while Kennedy was still in the race. It's not really clear what percentage of his voters are switching to Harris ...

You'll of course note that I pointed out that issues with fairness with Social Security included not fully taxing earned income (the cap) and paying people who had higher incomes more in Social Security benefits than people with lower incomes. That said, Social Security is a good program and I don't...

For those of you interested in what's actually happening, France doesn't have a single retirement age. Some workers, like ballerinas, can retire with a full pension at 42. Nationally, Macron raised the retirement age from 62 to 64. The United States changed Social Security retirement age from 65 to ...

Thanks for running it and thanks for taking some editorial control. I definitely think that helped. Looks like there is a lot we skipped. With a horror theme sometimes the most direct path is best - would it mostly have been better or worse if we hit everything?

Did Curiouser and Curiouser make the queen fight worsem

I know the first Curiouser and Curiouser didn't seem to make things better and might have made them worse, but I'd hope that sometimes it works better. I'd vote to use to at least get a better understanding if they were just an evil trick. I think that with a Resurrection and a Vorpal Sword we're li...

It appears that in the first row is the white queen and a white rook; in the second row is a white bishop and a red queen, in the 4th row is the red king; in the 5th row is the white knight, in the 6th row is the white king, and the 8th row is a red knight. If that is incorrect can you please clarif...

It did refer to the figure as a Knight, but I thought the diadem made it a king. So there's a chance that it is knight instead. Still, I'm fine with trying white king (106).

Well, it sounds like a chess riddle, where title and piece refer to King (11+9+14+7=41).

Normally a knight would have a horse and no crown, so I don't think it could be anything other than King in this case.

Eat the cheese then explore the courtyard.

I like climbing into giant nests. It's probably not wise, but it is fun. I vote (32).

Right is fine. That's up into the rocky ridge, so maybe we'll get a good view of our options.

I thought we were going to be able to use our plant provender, but I guess not. Net loss of 2 Endurance for resting is a shame.

We don't often get the option to rest. I'm inclined to do so. I suspect that the Cheshire Cat is due to turn up, and don't really see any reason to choose left over right or vice versa. Call it 9/10 of a vote.

Agree with slug pellets.

Thinking has been successful before, I give that a half-vote. I'm open to something else if someone else feels strongly about it.

I don't think you understand the French Constitution. Nor would I expect you to. When the 5th Republic was created they very deliberately gave the president powers over the PM and didn't give the PM powers over the president. You might have an argument of INTENT versus RAW, but that's what the court...

Through the looking glass. I'm down for question for a vorpal blade. Snicker-snack!

Yeah, it's weird that France created a strong Executive that makes this totally a possibility and has been okay with it. There are things that can't get done without a PM, but there are a lot of things that can. The PM thing gets solved when someone forms a coalition with a majority and doesn't unti...

Let's use the Gryphon's Feather (356). And eat our last portion of Marmalade whenever we are permitted to do so.

I had posted something then deleted it, but I'll post something along those lines. France's government is referred to as the 5th Republic. This is the 5th Democratic form of government (Constitution) that they've had since the French Revolution. Following World War II, the French government was seen...