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I meant generally, doesn't his PPG go up by like 5?

I'm reading the book at the moment and really struggling. I think they made a lot of good decisions with the adaptation.

Yabushige's death is a favourite moment for me, just for the way Asano plays it: no ritual, just an almost casual thrust in the gut. It's so perfect a note for him to end on. All the obsession with death, only to finish his own life with as undramatic and unceremonious a moment as you could imagine. I did read Toronaga as a ruthless manipulator almost from the start - the information is, after all, presented to us to show this. In a way, it's Hiroyuki Sanada's fault: he's just too darn sympathetic. ETA - this is also why I liked Gin so much, and why she's important. Gin sees right through Toranaga.

As I said, I could see them doing that. Hugely resenting the fact that a woman and her “savages” played a big part in their survival, and absolutely preferring a male claimant. ”No good deed goes unpunished, no act of charity unresented.” There are people who hate to feel beholden. What was truly bizarre about the show was to present such an outlook as reasonable. The narrative was that it was awfully selfish of Daenerys to expect anything in return for using her armies against the Dead and Cersei; that of course the North deserved independence under Sansa; and that Jon, not she, was the rightful ruler.

This year he has been pretty mediocre, to be honest. He had two great finishes to win games but overall he has shot quite poorly (his TS% for the series is 46.8) and too much at times and his playmaking hasn't been all that great either. He shouldn't be taking significantly more shots than Jokic, the most efficient scorer in the league.

Is it organic?

I find it uses a lot more coconut, the recipe i make uses creamed coconut, which is like a solid block, and probably insanely calorific.

I agree with you that Hamas needs to quit slaughtering Palestinians (and others). Jewish people shouldn't be held to a higher standard than other peoples. Point me to one instance when they have attacked someone?

Traditional Sri Lankan Chicken Curry recipe as taught by Chef Palitha Dewage. No tomatoes I'm afraid https://www.kannammacooks.com/srilankan-chicken-curry/

That depends on what the 'help' constitutes. The issue re Astapor was that most/all of the cities soldiers seem to have left with Daenerys and that the council she put in charge had no way to project powers. If Daenerys leaves enough soldiers behind, she should be able to prevent/forestall an Astapor scenario. The reason it is important that she comes back is to implement a system to replace slavery. Without a suitable replacement, the region will just revert to slavery again and the only difference will be who is enslaved. So obviously if Daenerys took all possible troops and dragons that would be undesirable (not to mention the supply issue). But say one dragon and a couple of thousand troops, should be good. I am saying that I think based on Daenerys' character she would want to save people without having a reward offered/people demanding she come and save them, based on her wanting to save innocents she would be likely to go, since that is why she is in Slaver's Bay in the first place - the slaves did not offer her anything to free them. Yes it would be really stupid for people in Westeros to demand she helped and then offer nothing in return, or to offer a reward then withdraw it after she saved them. I didn't intend to suggest this.

1. Not a character. 2. Not a living thing. 3. Yes, a person can carry it. 4. Yes, it can fit in a pocket or sleeve. 5. No, it is not metal. 6. No, it is not fragile. 7. Yes, it exists in the current timeline.

by no means an expert so it may just be the recipes I've used, but in my experience more tomato based, a bit hotter, "redder" (less turmeric)

Exists in the current ASOIAF timeline?

Thanks for your clarification. I interpreted your post, apparently wrongly so, as some sort of wider, nefarious conspiration in behind and between the various actors (basically your illuminati/deep state etc. groups that are working from behind the curtains). Yes the US has some power to do what you say. But they have some limits, there are groups they can't influence or can't at the moment. Biden is a post Vietnam debacle politician and he is probably also a cautious person by nature, so he will almost exclusively search a diplomatic solution and everyone knows that and can thus leverage that fact to their advantage (which is what people as varied as Putin or Netanyahu do). There is no strategic ambiguity with Biden, he speaks softly but left the big stick at home. Second the US has pivoted to Asia-Pacific, something done by Obama and further emphasized by both (!!!) Trump and Biden. The disastrous and unpopular experience the US had in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Somalia and Lebanon, makes them extremely reluctant to commit to that region anymore. Further this is an election year and the current congress and thus by extension the current government are basically lame ducks (both Putin and Bibi bank on the fact that in January they might deal with a much more friendly government). The US is not going to risk doing anything major prior to the election, because whatever they do it might give their opponents an advantage. All of that together amounts to the US basically saying fuck you Netanyahu diplomatically, but not following up on that with substance. They have managed to get the Israeli to do the bare minimum such as allowing some humanitarian aid to Gaza etc. but not much more. Which is still better then what a Trump or Bush administration would have done, but I can understand that people expect more.

If she leaves for Westeros in order to help them, she's risking that same thing again. I suppose the answer to this has already been said but i agree with what's been written. Lords and smallfolk alike can choose her as ruler and demand her protection or they can reject her and do their own thing. But the belief that they ought to get the best of both worlds because Westerosi are so cool is baffling. It is not villanous for Dany to claim the throne after risking everything to save the continent, another matter entirely is whether her quest in Essos could survive without her but depending the casualties she suffers, she might need Westerosi help to keep her victories in the East anyway. But it's absolutely hilarious to expect someone to die for you and then, after they have saved you, claim you don't even like them in the first place so they can go now...

Careful man, these guys freak out if you call an open world shooter with light RPG elements like Cyberpunk 2077 barely an RPG. They’ll be triggered if you claim that about Zelda

If ihatecilantro is something you follow, its not for you.

According to legend… Final Fantasy got its name because Square was going out of business and they were going to make one last game. Final Fantasy was a hit and saved the company. As to what makes a JRPG… eh, it’s a little bit of a know it when you see it sort of thing. Story heavy. Not necessarily turn based gameplay, but turn adjacent is an important factor. Generally it’s party based gameplay, but not always. Zelda is most definitely NOT a JRPG. In my book, I never would call it a RPG at all.

So your answer to my question is the United States? I'm trying to understand what the point you are walking around is.

Ordinary folk never want war and never call for war, they are propagandised into it by people who have or want power and see an advantage in starting or carrying on war, and who stand to lose if peace breaks out all over the place. It has always been thus. The motivations are many and varied. It's curious that @Bironic doesn't mention the US, when the US certainly has the power to throw a blanket on the fire. Right now it would seem to be to the distinct electoral advantage of Biden to make Israel cool their jets, so why isn't he? By definition a plan carried out by more than one person is a conspiracy. Every country or group mentioned in your post requires at least two people to conspire to achieve their objectives. So rather odd that you say my post is conspiratorial. Maybe you think I'm being all deep state, illuminati conspiratorial. Why look for shadowy organisations to blame when the ones in front of our eyes are right there not even trying to hide.

Household merger progress update: we emptied and cleaned out my old flat a few days ago, we spent the first night in the new flat ... so I guess we officially live together now. Boxes and bags of stuff are still everywhere and waiting to be unpacked and everything to be put in the right place ... it is stressful. And his flat still needs to be emptied out and cleaned, some thing are still there. And some things are still at my parents' place for the time being. This moving thing is quite a logistic undertaking. The Internet connection here is bad. My poor portable router is working badly here. I hope it improves once we get the actual router and everything.

This doesn't narrow the gap to any meaningful degree though. At the end of the day, these rules are there to ensure financial sustainability and have nothing to do with attempting to level the playing field. Oh, and just to clarify: the anchoring ratio will be tied to broadcasting revenue specifically and not gross revenue of the bottom club's earnings. So if the big spenders want a higher cap then they need to send more broadcasting money to the lowest earners. It doesn't even need to be a generous amount since even a 5 million increase will probably add 25-30 million to the cap.

I never said she should leave everything. I said that she should not stay permanently in Westeros because it could lead to an Astapor-like situation in Essos undoing all her anti-slavery work there, and that prioritising Westeros over Essos because of her desire for the throne, despite knowing what happened when she left Astapor, being confronted with the fact that there is no big pro-Targaryen movement amongst the smallfolk, and the food supply issue would be more villainous, because she is placing her personal desires above the good of other people - this is something that Daenerys has tended to avoid so far. Of course, this is based on my belief that Daenerys would not be able to effectively administer a kingdom that spanned both Westeros and Essos due to logistics.

1. Not a character. 2. Not a living thing. 3. Yes, a person can carry it. 4. Yes, it can fit in a pocket or sleeve. 5. No, it is not metal. 6. No, it is not fragile.

Yeah, but it would still mean thatthe big boys can spend (slightly?) less and thus narrowing the gap to the poorer clubs somewhat. Nobody's arguing about Bournemouth suddenly spending money on par with United, City, Liverpool etc.