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Ah, I didn't know all that. I pay so little attention beyond captions to these ilks, and often not even that!

Maybe she should volunteer as Bidens VP instead of Trumps. Trump doesn’t have any dogs. While Biden has an especially aggressive one @Relic while I agree with you general statement, Afaik she refrained from eating the dog she put down didn’t she? Maybe that will be the next republican VP candidate: I put my dog down and ate it with some fava beans and a nice Chianti…

Dany will NOT fight the Others

I'm going to make myself unpopular by saying that her putting down a dog is not news. Pet owners offended by her accounts who eat meat are the height of hypocrisy. Don't at me.

To be clear, Lebron had his time. You could argue he had more than his time, since he's already played longer than Kobe, Jordan, Magic, or Bird. I'm not at all sad to see young guys like Edwards and Wemby coming up. It's just always a little sad to see greatness leaving a player. So few athletes get to retire on a high note.

Sure. It's in regard to the institutions of Slaver's Bay. Daenerys has turned up their way of living completely and because of this there will be quite a lot of backlash. Some violent, some non-violent. But all of it is insincere - the former elite in the region does not really have, apart from a few individuals, the will to change. Because if they had they would have done it years ago by themselves. So instead, since they realize they can't win this with force they spend their time with false "compromises" and an appeal toward moderatism. Because all they want is to slow down or stop Daenerys reforms and they have no real intention to act reasonable - they just pretend until they see a violent solution or if they are able to water-down the change enough. Indeed - this is exactly what we see in Meereen. I would argue that more of the opposition that you think requires violence to be dealt with. Or rather - that violence is always a last resort. Daenerys dragons are her "final argument" so to speak and they should be used as one. So what I am suggesting is this - those that take up arms and/or provoke Daenerys should be slain. Violently. The cruxification of the masters should be seen as a positive example here. They did a violent murderous action clearly meant to provoke - and they got served with the same thing back. Very much good justice. Hell, you can even argue that Daenerys were too lenient. Apart from the deaths they also should pay an extra price for acting in this manner in the first place. That should be a 100 or more extra deaths she should have ordered. Anyway, those that constantly try to moderate the revolution should be removed from power and their institutions should be removed or changed if they do not want to play ball. Green Grace is a good example - she is clearly the Harpy and while she acts in public reasonably, this is a front. She has no interest in actually cooperating and acts in secret violently against Daenerys. She should therefore be killed and the institution of Graces should be presented with an ultimatum. Change, die or leave. And if they choose to change this should be evaluated. Maybe let the state (ie Daenerys) choose who gets promoted and not the temples themselves. But how about non-violent people who are not having a dual persona? Ok, let's take Reznak for example. He is clearly a representative of the old elite who only tends to speak up when some of said elite get an "unfair" treatment. He is clearly unsuitable for the job. He should be removed and replaced. As should anyone else who refuses to bow down to Daenerys new Meereen system. We need new people in the mid-tier of the government too. Their competence is secondary to their zeal, in the same way that South got (waaaaay to light) reconstruction after the civil war. And any kind of violent attacks from anti-establishment groups should be met with force. And I see no problem with the torture of the winesellers daughter either. Sure, you can ask her sweetly at first but if that does not yield results...And the child hostages should have been executed for sure. Or not been taken in the first place. Pick one. The point is that the innocent suffering that Daenerys is bringing is insignificant in comparison with the old regime. Yes, kids like Hazzea will die. What of it? People who want unbloody revolutions are either delusional or anti-revolution. And taxes, we should not forget taxes. The economic power of the formers slavers have to be removed and there needs to be a MASSIVE property tax that will need to be redistributed among the populace. In short - no leniency. All of this should also, if necessary, be backed by military might. If the Pahls refuse to pay up...well, then its dragon chow time. Again, violence doesn´t have to be used, but has to be a final resort if words fail. You can protest all you like about the reforms, but they will still happen - with consent or not. And if a Meereen resident is not ok by that, yet do nothing about it violence are not needed. But if the resident do something about it...well, then its time for some more cruxifications maybe. Or dragon dinner. Or something else equally spectacular. So basically Daenerys should do what the Shavepate is suggesting, but say 70% of it. He is slightly too brutal.

"Never ever" is a bridge too far for me. GRRM is pretty clearly a better writer, but mostly empty bookshelves aren't that fun to read. I think I'm just about to the point that if I were allowed to read only one of their catalogues for the rest of my life I'd take Sanderson. (And I say this as someone who thinks Stormlight is losing its way.)

Because his hero got his arse handed to him, and he wanted to drown his sorrows?

Organic as in? If you mean living things or derived from living things or something similar, then no.

I think it goes beyond the fact that she bragged about it but also how happily she narrates that yes, she is a proud puppy killer but only after botching it first, leaving the wounded dog there, going after more ammo, coming back to finish that bastard dog off. Then she realises there's a bunch of people watching this spectacle, her daughter's school bus pulls up and the daughter's first words are "where is 'Toto'?".

777 Partners seem dodgy as fuck. When you consider all the sketchy owners football clubs have had how unreliable do you have to be for the Premier League not to sign off on you? So it's probably not a bad thing they don't seem to be taking over but the problem is Everton now owe them about £200 million apparently.

Thank you very much for the link. I do wonder however, however how much of that growth is just some sort of rebound effect after years of crisis and austerity. Second how much of that growth is long term and sustainable? Tourism for example doesn’t really generate much high-income jobs nor does it need a highly educated workforce and its insane consumption of water (golf courses, swimming pools etc) is directly at odds with agriculture, nature and climate change. The latter of which already hits Southern Europe like a truck, and will continue to increase. If by the end of the century Stockholm has the same temperature as todays Athens most Swedes/humans will probably see that as a plus. The downside will be that Athens will have the temperature of todays Death Valley. Which is dead for a good reason.

Why are there two drunk threads, neither of which are remotely close to 400 comments, both started by you, both started in 2021?

It is, or at least it was where I grew up. An animal that isn't serving its purpose or was dangerous, was gotten rid of in one way or another -- killed for pot, sold, or just killed. Also a lot of them were intended to be killed for food in the first place which is why they are there. And that is for all our food. I don't imagine that's changed. However, why Cruella de Vil believed it was cool to brag about it, in a book, no less, well, that's another kettle of non-stew entirely. I mean, back home and then, if my dad had shot a vicious dog he wouldn't have found it of enough importance to even mentioned it to anybody -- maybe not even us.

And she defends it with saying it's a very common practice on farms which I think some would disagree with. Don't worry, we're all a bunch of puppy killers out here! Can't have those lazy dogs not pulling their weight and trying to create a welfare state.

Europe’s Economic Laggards Have Become Its Leaders More than a decade after painful austerity, Greece, Portugal and Spain have been growing faster than traditional powerhouses like Germany. Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/30/business/europe-economy-inflation-growth.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oU0.8M4t.t9W48IdhdUGN&smid=url-share The caption for a foto illustrating the piece says, "A shopping district in Madrid. Spain’s economy grew faster than the rest of the euro area last year." Which made me think, "We personally contributed well over a quarter million to that with our company within 12 months." Much of this growth is tourism, and these nations are literally being touristed to death, via the unregulated building of massive hotels and so on. The people who must staff and minister to these tourists as on Tenerife have nowhere to live, and the pollution is stupendous. So, destination spots in Spain, as in Italy and France, are attempting to put limits on this.

So ... Administration is a possibility this season. Figures.

Speaking of injuries, for the first season I can remember, we've managed to get through the campaign without at least one of our best players being out for a sustained period of time because of injury. It's been a massive factor in our success. *touches wood*

This is interesting. The White House invited Jonathan Katz to visit. My interview with the president Biden (to me): 'I have made very clear to the Israelis what they have to do in the near term. [And] if they don't, what's going to happen.' https://theracket.news/p/interview-president? His interview recorded on his phone: Katz's analysis of their quick exchanged follows. Katz's video of the entire thing is on his TikTok account, one of which I don't have, so I can't post a link.

Had me in the first half Can you please elaborate on this? Opposition comes in many forms, most of which do not warrant a violent response. Is this in regard to slavery specifically, or just opposing Daenerys in general?

We need to start some sort of "What If" scenario here. "What if Daenerys never go to Westeros" or something similiar and then ask ourselves the question - would such a choice likely mean a better outcome for Daenerys. Not for Westeros. Not for the Starks. Not even for the World. But for Daenerys. What should she do in order to maximize her own outcome and at the same time minimize any risk to her life, her vision and her future for both herself and House Targaryen? For me the data strongly points toward "Stay in Essos". Or to be more specific - Take control over Slaver's bay and slowly expand your empire. Find a husband that you like, get as many kids as possible, conserve your military forces and take few risks with them, raise and train your dragons without regard to possible innocent casualties, promote freedom of speech and freedom for the slaves in general, but kill those that oppose you as violently as possible. Any other takers?

Has anyone ever claimed Zelda is an RPG?

Indeed. The records of Palestinians being attacked by them go back at least to 1947. Or should we confine it only to, o say, only the last three decades on the West Bank?

Elly De La Cruz now has the most stolen bases (18) before May 1st since Deion Sanders in 1997. He has more steals than 16 MLB teams. 8 HR already, too.