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  1. Can you elaborate somewhat, after all "extreme left" means very different things in different countries okay, um: I'm extreme left of the American Democrats, but incredibly hampered by a feeling of fatigue and apathy with American politics anymore. The biggest time I've gotten a sense of political belonging was when I attended an anarchists gathering and sitting in on some of the workshops / discussions that were held and reading the literature. But as time went on it seemed to me to declare yourself as anarchist / anarcho communist, whatevs becomes a Thing to the point I can sympathise with Laura Jean Grace's line of thinking with "I was a Teenage Anarchist." I still harbor a lot of the beliefs though. I'm anti capitalist -- like Goh said about a mixed economy -- if you need socialist / communist practices to balance capitalism and prevent the massive inequalities we see today with unfettered capitalism, capitalism just does not work. And that's ignoring the fact that capitalism is a tool of oppression that keeps us focused on providing ourselves with the necessities of life -- food, shelter, clothing and entraps us into wage slavery. Capitalism is what leads to having more peopleless homes than homeless people. Democrats here in America like to say its "Liberals" who brought us things like the 8/40 work week, paid holidays, etc, but really it was the anarchists who DIED to give us that. That's where my biggest focus is I think: worker's rights. I'm a member of a (unfortunately pretty weak) union, but I'm very much pro union -- anything to give us workers power to balance the corporations and the bosses so they don't trample all over us. I actually support gun rights as well. Not to the extremes of some of the conservatives here, but in the context of our current political and social structure (where we have a corporatized State military) I think for the common citizen there should be a logical and reasonable point where "well regulated" intersects with "shall not be infringed" with the 2nd Amendment. I'm perfectly okay with citizens owning AR-15s, they aren't much different from your typical semi auto hunting rifle except they are made up to look scarier / military. I'm pro choice, pro birth control pro healthcare pro marijuana pro education pro union pro guns pro inclusiveness pro womyn pro LGBT pro QUILTBAG pro fair trade anti death penalty anti war anti military anti religion anti corporatism anti neoliberalism anti facism anti nationalism ...I dunno I have a hard time rounding up my political thoughts anymore. oh yea, ACAB.
  2. ungh It's like one of my favorite movies. love it.
  3. Yeah that Splatoon game looks really fun.
  4. I've seen that. A couple of times. Edit: Sorry, I meant the modded trucks with stacks.
  5. well since you qualified this as Nintendo, I guess uh Smash Bros, but Hyrule Warriors looks neat too.
  6. I love about 85% of this article. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/the-pitchforks-are-coming-for-us-plutocrats-108014.html#.U7ldNPldXRt
  7. no there's two seasons, the second one is called Defenders of Berk.
  8. I was happy for the Lawrence Arms, Alkaline Trio, and Rise Against... all in all I think there were like 5 songs I cycled through . Give us a bigger library and don't feel the need to tie a trophy to it.
  9. http://www.vg247.com/2014/06/26/the-28-most-underrated-games-of-the-last-console-generation/ This list is pretty spot on. Bulletstorm. A thousand times Bulletstorm.
  10. I went ahead and spoiled myself and to answer your question, Atomsk: have you watched either of the cartoon series?
  11. Beat Watch Dogs today. Now I'm just running around wreaking havok and doing a lot of the side missions. I really don't understand the hate for this game. Yes - the toned down graphics are disappointing. Other than that its a pretty good open world game with some neat elements. Just wish the music library was a whole lot larger than 28 songs or whatever. And I get the connection on a lot of them, surprised there's no Kanye though. Homecoming would have been a pretty good addition.
  12. Haha hell no, those two are perfect.
  13. It's possible to have an X-Men series without doing actual comic storylines. My main problem with the franchise is the movies just aren't very good. The casting beyond Prof X and Magneto are terrible, the scripts are bad, The movies just do a good job of falling flat on their face and that's about it.
  14. I wonder how much of a decline we'd see if legal immigration was easier and cheaper. I understand the need for background checks and the like, but as I understand it the current process is way too convoluted and really expensive.
  15. The entire franchise is bad, not quite Transformers bad, but close. But if I were to rank them from least shitty to honest to balls bad: First Class > DoFP > BIG STEP DOWN > X2 > X1 > ANOTHER BIG STEP DOWN > The Wolverine > Last Stand > Origins Wolverine Can we just have a full reboot - new cast new everything?
  16. that's supposed to be a fox? I thought it was a stylized "WD" for y'know... WD40
  17. I don't see it mentioned so TTG's The Walking Dead. Bawling
  18. I bought Darkness II the other day and that's the only thing I've bought off the sale thus far. I missed MGR apparently, hopefully it'll come back around
  19. hey that looks like them from the Coming Out of Their Shells promotion. Thanks, Pizza Hut.
  20. Well there's one in a mall by Kansas City, might have to drop in after my daughter's next appointment out there.
  21. also, TME: I wonder if that works within a physical MS store as well..
  22. Americans can't decide on supper or dinner but didn't we have this conversation already
  23. they weren't kidding when they said install times are super long on the xbone...

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