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Remember when Obama was asked if he could run for a third, and he said he couldn't because it's not allowed. Imagine a President who respects the law, the Constitution, and the will of the people via Congress. Irony is that it was Republicans who put in place the term limits, so Trump is even against his party's previous mandate.

The company does not have your best interest in mind, ever. I'm going to guess the supervisor she opened up to is going to get fired now for not reporting or something.

Biodegradable just means you protect it just like we protect current biodegradable materials. But your #2 stands, the research is great but until I see it in production or on a shelf for sale, it's just research.

Evil people feed off of more than food, water, and air.

There's like five rebel bodies in the very first two minutes that Stormtroopers walk over.

The problem is that invoking the term "civil war" for the US calls on a historical image of two clear sides, or perhaps the very vague handwaving history of the recent movie of the same name. There might finally be some sort of civil unrest against the government in some ways, but it won't be a Blue vs. Grey organized movement. More a fall into chaos where some places will go on as usual, while others might be a war zone type scenario caused by official lashing out at public actions. It's unprecedented, like most of recent events, and unusual because of the size and makeup of the US itself. It won't be like any other civil war.

That only old and/or rich people get to decide on.

No one is surprised at this point. The only variation is the level of acceptance. There's a large percentage that is totally okay with this, and another large percentage that is "what can be done?" apathetic. That's why it continues and grows.

The reporting has changed because there's a political connection. Looking up yearly statistics or individual cases there's no correlation yet to say that there's a huge uptick. This isn't to say that actions taken haven't increases some risks, so I suppose it's still early to say either way for this year.

I think he saw the one possibility early on but because Tony sacrificed himself there, Strange was trying to find anything else. That he couldn't after so many tries would certainly drive a person crazy, and it's reasonable to consider that if you only found one and no others, the probability must be virtually zero.

To further the spirit of the topic:

picture: An individual painting, drawing, or other representation on a surface, of an object or objects; esp. such a representation as a work of art. (Now the prevailing sense.)

image: An optical appearance or counterpart of an object, such as is produced by rays of light either reflected as from a mirror, refracted as through a lens, or falling on a surface after passing through a small aperture. Such an appearance may also be a mere subjective impression on the sense of sight, as an after-image (q.v.), and the negative image or accidental image seen after looking intently at a bright-coloured object, and having a colour complementary to that of the object. An image produced by reflexion or refraction is called in Optics a real image when the rays from each point of the object actually meet at a point, a virtual image when they diverge as if from a point beyond the reflecting or refracting body.

Source: the interweb. Fight me.

We tried that in the US initially, but it grew out of favor. Cult of personality won.

Comedy is a good trainer for dealing with people of all types, and for thinking on your feet. Maybe it should be a requirement for leaders.

I'm partial to "meh."

Snowpiercer, except there's no real plot or change. You are in the car you're in, period.

He's moderator.

Sauron only saw Gandalf as an even more powerful and useful tool for him. Who would want to destroy the Ring? Madness.

Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by neglect, ignorance or incompetence. Jesus, the incompetence.

Also, thinking things are part of a big conspiracy helps some people rationalize that there is intelligence behind all this chaos. Because if that's not true, then there's no one at the helm who has a clue, and THAT is frightening.

Saruman has left himself in chat idle and AFK. He had forgotten to take Gandalf off auto-invite after their ordeal.

How would he know? Oh, right...