I'd prefer Demon's Souls III.

The resulting decision was that the NDIC would be closed in 2012, and that $20-million of federal funds would be earmarked for its closure, the reassignment of its responsibilities to other agencies (primarily the Drug Enforcement Agency), and related costs.  Those funds would be paid out through fiscal year 2012 and 2013, and naturally would appear on the federal budget under "National Drug Intelligence Center".

Too Poor To Close?   

You Mayan want to take down your blackout shades, too!

Mustaine is high voltage but low amperage I think, and it's not a recent development.  I remember when he covered some political thing for MTV, and later appeared on Politically Incorrect to talk about it.  As a young metalhead, I tuned in eagerly hoping to see improbably incisive commentary from my guitar hero.  That didn't happen.  However, when he speculated that Bob Dole's crippled hand might be a political ploy it did actually teach me a valuable life lesson on the correlation of virtue with fame. Thanks for that, Dave!

Science Fiction writer and legend Jack Vance performs here on Ukulele and and Kazoo - Simply awesome at that age!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiOt6eW0pZI

Ugh - just learned Jack Vance also wrote the Ellery Queen books? I did not know that - those were my favorite books when I was a kid!

Well, he was one Ellery Queen.
JV is a favorite writer, but not a favorite musician. I am pleased he's still kicking, and jamming.
Free book on his site, if you can bear registration. 

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 Cole was arrested last October on charges that she gave an illegally taped conversation with another Carroll aide to a newspaper reporter.
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Nobody is going to comment on the Action Comics #1? 

"Try again, Doc!"

Order of the Death Knight Templar manifesto, Chapter 208: "Social diseases - Carebears"

 There's an Exit button on the post round scoreboard!  Joy!

Any word on how the ps3 version plays now? Rupert, any comment? You are on it ALOT;).

I started after 1.4 came out.  I've had a small handful of freezes and it will definitely chop if there's a lot going on, but it's been solid mechanically.  Great game, but the PS 'hot key' system sure does suck for a pure spell caster.

Eh, OK.  The PS3 has an HTML browser, after all.

Skyrim lately.  I'll play BF3 (gotta update) or even Red Dead.

This, in fact, is a critical point that I'd first heard on NPR that really turns this case upside down.  If Trayvon was threatened by a man with a gun, his 'stand your ground rights' allow him to pummel that guy in self defense.  If GZ was being attacked (if he actually was, my first thought was that he messed himself up to make it look like SD) by Trayvon who was defending himself...well this makes it a great deal more complex.

Eh. Still same.  If GZ pulled the gun before he was credibly threatened, he's not the defender (and turns out FL is super-serious about that, too).  Otherwise, they're neither one justified in assault (which naturally means they're both perfectly justified in an uncorroborrated account).

My guess is we'll never know. That GZ is not charged and there's rioting in florida as a result.

Well, there are things we'll never know, but it sure seems like there were some witnesses that night.  I just hope if there is more, it's enough to convict.  My own young punk is at UCF.

Harp send me an invite if I'm playing Skyrim or something, although I'm frequently AFK (until I'm in multi, that is).

Just for a second, it said "Laurel and Hardy Sex Bots"... 

I'm compelled to try to recreate Groove Champion every time...

My regular order is either two fish tacos with chipotle ranch, or the chicken JC (a quesadilla).  Don't forget the chips and Who Is Kaiser Salsa?

"True SF", eh?
Heinlein's Starship Troopers, then Steakley's Armor if you want more bugs.
Niven's Ringworld
Asimov, I'll recommend the Robot books instead of Foundation
I really dig Jack Vance (ie the Alaster books, or for hybrid SF/fantasy that heavily informed D&Ds magic system, the Tales of a Dying Earth books).
For something far less technological, you might enjoy Edgar Rice Burroughs' A Princess of Mars (free public domain download on Kindle).  This will also fully prepare you to be disappointed by the upcoming movie!
A couple of other random 'spaceshippy' books I've enjoyed recently:  Schroeder's Sun of Suns and Charles Sheffield's Between the Strokes of Night.

Rush does a better job of keeping pubbies together as a team though.  In Conquest people tend to randomly wander/camp points that aren't currently of any real value.

Not only that, destructible terrain means there's not much to attack/defend by the third or fourth flag change...
I haven't played the beta, and don't have plans to let it sour my excitement (ATB cancelled!) but has anyone seen any improvement in server autobalance from the last versions of BF?

I was on Zoloft for a bit until it seemingly began causing severe heartburn.  I also experienced a dizzy, wobbly kind of sensation when starting and, later, ending usage.  It was actually not unpleasant, and IIRC only lasted a day or two.

I would consider St. Augustine; it's got history, typical beach town attractions, Ripley's Believe It or Not!, a pirate museum, and Anastasia State Park is nice and is right on the beach. 

+1

I'd like to think that if there is a god out there, he has a sense of humor...i mean, he did invent laughter, didn't he?

Scoff!!! "God" didn't "invent" laughter, you creationistic cretin.  Laughter evolved as positive reinforcement when our australopithicene ancestors chewed off their enemies' faces and genitals.

Everytime I see the title of this thread, inside my head a little voice says "aren't we all?"

Yeah, when gas is $23/gallon.   

As much as I'd love to see Anonymous take these assholes down, I agree with the above sentiments that a "church" like this just thrives on controversy and I see little Anon could to to truly destroy this type of hate.

1) Cut off their websites.  Easily done by someone like Anon.
2) Find their funds and cut those off.  Also easily done by someone like Anon.

Then see what happens.

/scoff
If these "champions of free speech" can manage more than a dozen unsolicited pizza deliveries and replacing the homepage with buttsecks.jpg, I'll donate $10 to the Epileptics Foundation of America.  Sensible plans don't generate much lulz, and I doubt they're as sophisticated and ninja-ey as their composite graphic design majors and T-shirt tycoons have depicted them.
[turns Windows firewall back on]

That was actually the most cogent message I've seen from the WBC, and "puddle of pimple-faced nerds" was a splendid turn of phrase; I LOLed.
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link no work.  it did see another article where they respond with 'bring it'.

Sorry.  My post was in reply to Xmann's link to the WBC's response.  The link I gave was made up.

That was actually the most cogent message I've seen from the WBC, and "puddle of pimple-faced nerds" was a splendid turn of phrase; I LOLed.
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The ad campaign for this game sucks.  That is all.

Don't let a dumb ad campaign prevent you from having a great gaming experience!

It's bad enough that I refuse to even consider buying this game.  If I ever play it, it will be a rental only.

100% agreed.  I will never buy this game due to this ad campaign.  It not only insults me as a gamer, but it doubly pisses me off because they show it on Sportsnet during hockey games from 5:00 onwards, multiple times, while my 9 year old and 7 year old are watching.  EA?  Since this game is rated M, maybe you could stop trying to target kids with your ads.  Thanks.

Are you talking about the "your mom will hate this" ads?  I haven't talked video games with anyone lately where the comedic genius of this ad hasn't been specifically mentioned!  I know there's a contingent of gamers who wish gaming in general would be more dignified, but this is mutie space horror, and I think such an approach is appropriate.   
EA is marketing to kids by advertising on ESPN in the early evening?  Is that what you're saying?  Or is it the "mothers" angle to which you object?  Adult gamers have mothers, too.  Maybe you should boycott ESPN instead? They do also cover sports with actual blood and violence (which I recall you aren't crazy about, either). 
I don't even recall any egregious gore or dismemberment in the ad.  Is there some worse commercial I haven't seen?     

I suppose your complaint is that this is some kind of subsidized care and that these people are screwing the insurance company or the taxpayers or something (ie the parents aren't paying directly)?  Is your friend not providing therapy or some service of value that the parents can't do themselves?  Why aren't you instead disgusted with subsidizing this kind of unskilled, generalized care (wiping ass and watching TV)?  You think the parents should be out working overtime or getting their bartending certificates?  Not enough hardship there for you?  It seems to me if everyone had to fold their own laundry (and, really, who couldn't?), this job might not exist in the first place, and your friend would have to complain about another task.

You might investigate melatonin (OTC) before resorting to something like Benadryl.  It's generally considered safe (not sure about a 3YO) and we've used it occasionally on our 8YO.  Of course, there's no defiance component, sometimes he just gets in a phase of waking up and talking to himself for hours, or giggling maniacally (not uncommon in ASD kids, and he is on some other meds).  In fact, we often notice that he's gone off to bed on his own. He likes his door shut and complete darkness.  Weirdo.
Just breathe. There may be some actual perfect parents out there somewhere, but children are always a struggle for everyone at some level, and I often remind myself that they will be forever until death - hopefully mine.
Personally, I like to beat myself up about my youngest's very limited diet.

[Dopethrone]

I got a real Blue Oyster Cult vibe from Ghost, which is not bad.
Pandora clued me in on Electric Wizard; very Sabbathy stoner metal.  Dopethrone and Come, My Fanatics[/b] are their best albums, their later work doesn't measure up for me.
Oh, I hadn't heard Baroness before this thread.  Thanks. A lot.

Saw it the other night with a buddy, who jarringly observed that a woman will apparently still carefully apply make-up when she thinks she's the last woman on earth, or an amnesiac.  My own best MST3kism was less subtle: "Where's Hiroki?" "He split."
It was fun identifying various RE5 influences, but they sure did a half-assed job of explaining Wesker (my RE5 ignorant pal had no idea WTF he was about).  Having played RE5, I was waiting for "Oh noes, a locked beach access gate!!  We have to go back and find the KEY, as we lack climbing abilities of any sort!!" or going through hell to get power to an elevator... that goes up 10 feet. 

Now, just deputize citizens to check for state ID.
Done.

What I don't get is why this has to be a public pronouncement. Why should I care whether she has joined or left some particular cult?

To be fair, she only seems to have announced it on Facebook (Although I also recall do hearing about it when she found religion).  I try not to begrudge the seeker.
Remember the good old days when Lestat was the fruitiest vampire out there?

how do you deal with colonels, by the way?  i spent about 100 shots trying to take one down yesterday with no luck.  didn't even dent his health.   

Headshots, helicopters, (well cooked) grenades, nearby red barrels, ...attached to a sinking jeep maybe? 

The Red Dead Redemption avatar ad on the dashboard says get your Wild West Gear and Revolvers!  yet there are no revolvers.... most blatant false advertising I've seen in years.

I saw that too. I wonder where the disconnect was.

Put on your RDR duster and view your avatar.  Now hold your left stick to the right or left.  Look:  a revolver!

I've enjoyed playing with the minimap off (much more immersive), but I wish they'd make it pop up momentarily when you push Dpad down (which normally zooms map out for a second).  I still like it enough to just manually check the map more frequently (or exercise my dusty memory a bit I guess), and hunt for corpses visually a bit.  It looks nice.
Regarding bugs, I am more tolerant in cases like that:  I'd rather they not worry about every permutation of getting hit by a train during every possible activity.  I like it more than the alternative would be: no moving trains, or they are blocked by invisible fencing.  Plus I get to gripe about how much better I would make it.

PS3 version here, is it so different?
I haven't fallen off a horse yet, of maybe 20 wrangled.  Tap L3 L/R.
Poker AI is indeed erratic with large pots and, additionally, easy to push off of small ones.  Still, it took maybe 3 tries to win, and I'm a decent player (at least in person).
Gadzooks, Horseshoes is a bitch!   Arm swing speed and swing length and release point just seem to combine too wildly to  to figure out.  I won the $1 game in about 6 tries, and it wasn't much fun.  Why would I play a harder more expensive game?  Clothes?  I guess it's better than bowling.
I've witnessed a hay bale defying gravity, to be reminded of it with a touch.
Once,  I pressed up on the Dpad while mounted and my horse reared, dumping me.  Marston jumps up and begins running and will not respond to controller commands!  I remember actually looking at my controller lights to see if it'd died.  Finally I regained control.  Was it some snake fear attack instead?  Weird.
So I guess the good news is that i can keep a different horse at each house, but the bad news is I have to remember which is where?  I can't tell what breed of horse I capture anyway.  Is there anything else to do with a captured horse besides either hitching it or turning it loose?
Having good fun so far (even if Just Cause 2 spoiled me for open terrain).   
 

PS3: Rupyrt

PS3 here, too.
I'm glad they're putting in some wildlife interaction, which I think would add a lot to certain open-world games (I really missed crocs and hunting in Farcry 2, for example).  It also will hopefully add replay value (something Rockstar seemed to totally dismiss in IV.
I'm really looking forward to it.  Are they going to let me carry my gun on a string around my neck?  Eh, blondie?

Ender's Game is fun enough (and of course plenty of other good suggestions here) but if you want S P A C E, I'd recommend Ringworld if you haven't read it yet.
... hmm, GTSF book club?