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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Tonitrus - Today at 03:18:58 AM

Bay of Pigs 2: Trump Boogaloo?

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Gaming HQ / Re: The Miscellaneous PC & vid...

Last post by celedhring - Today at 02:47:17 AM

Oh, and Diablo II is on Steam, adding a new class:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2536520/Diablo_II_Resurrected__Infernal_Edition/

I loved D1 and played that tons, but I never got into D2 at the time. I kinda liked the simple dungeon delve of the first game much better.

D2 is one of my favorite games of all time, and I make a replay every few years. I'll definitely be getting this... once I have time to play games again 

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Off the Record / Re: Podcasts you like

Last post by Syt - Today at 01:53:06 AM

A couple of months ago Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk started their podcast "Once we were Spacemen" where they talk about ... well, it's all over the place. But these are two guys who are just enjoyable to listen to. And every other show or so they have guests (so far mostly Firefly co-stars).

A few weeks ago, Jonathan Frakes and Brent Spiner started their "Dropping Names" podcast. Where Fillion/Tudyk are audio only and usually via zoom or similar, they have a proper studio setup with in person guests and keep dropping names. Similarly fun to listen to, of course.

Yesterday's "Once we were Spacemen" added a new sound effect to their existing repertoire for name drops. And lo and behold ... what do I see on YouTube today? Nathan and Alan on Dropping Names. Haven't listened yet, but coincidence? I think not!

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Off the Record / Re: Facebook Follies of Friend...

Last post by Syt - Today at 01:37:38 AM

It's legal here too...just confined to a narrowly approved category.

Incidentally, the US has privatized chunks of the prison system and one of the highest incarceration rates, globally.  Honi soit qui mal y pense.

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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Richard Hakluyt - Today at 01:04:24 AM

I believe Minnesota is also a substantial net contributor to the Federal budget. Like many blue states it effectively subsidises red states by being more economically dynamic and productive. Not that this matters when one is playing World of Bullshit.

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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by viper37 - February 25, 2026, 10:37:21 PM

Gonna post this here since Rubio denies being aware of anything.  Obviously.

Cuba killed 4 Cuban-Americans and detained 6 others, coming from a speedboat (really, a boat this time ), armed to the teeth with guns and explosives.

Link

All members of the group were "Cuban residents of the United States," according to the ministry.

The speedboat "was carrying 10 armed individuals who, according to preliminary statements from those detained, intended to carry out an infiltration for terrorist purposes," the ministry said in a statement Wednesday night.

"Assault rifles, handguns, improvised explosive devices (Molotov cocktails), bulletproof vests, telescopic sights, and camouflage uniforms were seized," the statement said

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Off the Record / Re: [Gay] Gay News from Around...

Last post by HVC - February 25, 2026, 10:34:33 PM

It's a slur for trans.

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Off the Record / Re: [Gay] Gay News from Around...

Last post by viper37 - February 25, 2026, 10:33:00 PM

The troon craze

What's a troon craze?  Puberty blockers for kids?

Didn't Sweden and the UK already ban these?

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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by viper37 - February 25, 2026, 10:27:33 PM

The latest:
JD Vance: "We're announcing today that we have decided to temporarily halt certain amounts of Medicaid funding that is going to the state of Minnesota in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people's tax money."

Absolutely unhinged, but par for the course, idiocy and hatefulness from The Regime. I definitely wouldn't have guessed Minnesota to be the major battleground for the Trump War, yet here we are again. 

It makes sense.  Minnesota is a small state, with lesser means to retaliate than California or New York.  Try this with NY or California and these States can enact a plan to resist the Federal govt more than Minnesota I suppose.  Take them one by one, the smaller ones first.

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Off the Record / Re: Facebook Follies of Friend...

Last post by HVC - February 25, 2026, 10:17:37 PM

So they're implementing a caste system?