At this point Putin's goal is pure personal survival. He needs to not lose the war because that would make him look weak, which is very dangerous for a dictator. To keep himself alive and in power he is willing to throw any amount of Russian soldiers into the meat grinder.

Israel DOESN'T dictate American domestic policy, evangelical Christians do. They believe that the existence of the state of Israel is a necessary step to bring about the Second Coming of Jesus, so they're all in and absolutely nothing can sway them.

Daggerfall Unity is extremely impressive from what I've seen of it so far. I am interested in what he comes up with.

Yes, the ones here (California) can be set to keep pumping automatically until the tank is full and then stop.

Historically, voters have always blamed the ones making extra demands for shutdowns.

We get along okay. We don't have a lot in common but we can occasionally hang out and have fun playing games or something.

Technically the vegan thing is possible if someone figures out a way to make lab-grown meat work. Definitely more realistic than a non-violent Nazi.

You know, for someone who complains about other people making strawman of them, you sure do seem fond of it yourself.

Someone: "We should reduce our dependency on cars and shift our infrastructure planning toward other modes of transport wherever possible."

You: "SO YOU WANT TO TEAR OUT ALL ROADS EVERYWHERE AND EXECUTE PEOPLE FOR OWNING CARS?!?1!?!1?"

I'm playing Starcraft 1 again. We'll see how far I get this time. I'm not certain I've ever finished all the way through Brood War without cheats.

The hype backlash was a serious issue for that game. People expected it to be something it never could have been.

This is good to see, but I don't think it's anything groundbreaking. Anyone who has been paying attention knows that the way to cure poverty is to give people money, the problem is that the rich and powerful don't want to do that, so it doesn't happen.

Candidates have run from prison before, so I doubt it.