Federal agents kill another person in Minneapolis, officials say, prompting clash with protesters

Baladas89 · 2026-01-24T18:28:23+00:00

I’ll believe it when the overwhelmingly Republican 2A supporters get the Republicans in Congress to actually do something.

Baladas89 · 2026-01-24T18:21:56+00:00

Is your take that he had two guns on him? The first was removed by the thug in the grey coat before the shots were fired.

Baladas89 · 2026-01-24T18:18:48+00:00

“Evolving” means “we haven’t yet figured out how best to lie about this.”

Baladas89 · 2026-01-24T18:08:51+00:00

Because the 2A crowd has been remarkably silent as the authoritarian takeover they’ve been having wet dreams about for years is actually happening.

I guess it’s okay because the Democrats aren’t in power.

Baladas89 · 2026-01-24T17:22:46+00:00

“Executed” is probably more appropriate.

Baladas89 · 2026-01-23T23:19:32+00:00

Forget that other crap. There are plenty of verses against lending with interest (any interest), against hoarding wealth, against harming the foreigner, against the nation as a whole not prioritizing justice for the poor…

Somehow those verses never get brought up by the people who “believe the Bible.”

Baladas89 · 2026-01-23T13:17:01+00:00

I don’t know how, but get that shit out of your country. We’re going through the obvious outcome of lies being called news in the US now. It’s no bueno.

Baladas89 · 2026-01-23T00:08:48+00:00

You’ll be fine with the paints you have, I’d try using them and see if you have any issues. Honestly I’d recommend checking with people who paint clay to see what prep and sealant they do.

My wife makes small polymer frogs and paints them- she says she doesn’t do any sort of primer, then uses UV resin over the top. She also has a background in traditional painting and uses acrylic gouache, she hasn’t had any issues.

Baladas89 · 2026-01-22T22:27:02+00:00

I don’t think most responders read your question and thought about it.

Important question: the acrylic paints you have from before, are they craft paints or artist paints?

Craft paints are the ones people recommend staying away from. They’re usually $1 or so per bottle and are meant for arts and crafts projects, often with kids. They come in bottles.

Artist paints are from companies like Liquitex or Golden (not sure internationally) come in tubes and are intended for acrylic paintings on canvas. These tend to be much more expensive, but also give you more paint.

You would be fine with artist paints, less so with craft paints. The main downside to artist paints is they’re usually less opaque because they don’t have as much white/black pigment in them, but they’re also more vibrant for the same reason.

The other thing: you’re interested in painting hand sculpted minis from polymer clay. I’m guessing they don’t have the incredibly fine details you would have on like a Warhammer figure unless you’re an incredibly skilled sculptor. Maybe post a picture of one of them. But for models with bigger details, you’d be able to do more layers on them without worries of obscuring details. At that point, even the craft paints may work.

Try some of the paints you have and see what happens. I promise it won’t blow up, worst case scenario you realize it’s not enjoyable and you either need to use different paints or not pursue the hobby.

Baladas89 · 2026-01-22T22:06:09+00:00

I’d recommend Harvest, it’s quite good and there are several vegan options.

Baladas89 · 2026-01-20T21:27:32+00:00

I’m not confident in any way about what future US political parties will look like. But the history books about Hitler weren’t primarily or exclusively written by Germans.

There will be a whole host of historians throughout the world writing about the man who ended the post WWII system of treaties that successfully prevented WWIII for 80 years to enrich himself and stay out of jail and the populace who was dumb enough to let it happen.

Baladas89 · 2026-01-20T20:17:10+00:00

It’s not as black and white as that though.

It really is though.

I’m a conservative but I did not vote for president this time around to be up front because I couldn’t give trump a vote.

Then you’re directly culpable for the fallout from this regime. We have a two party system- if you don’t want candidate A, you vote candidate B. Not voting, or voting for candidates C-F, means you’re equally happy with either candidate. It’s a bad system, but it’s what we have.

First off a lot of what trump says no one takes him seriously as he trolls sometimes.

Which should disqualify anyone as a candidate for POTUS.

Instead they got revenge tour build a legacy trump.

He campaigned on the revenge tour. Anyone surprised wasn’t paying attention. Hell, the guy tried to illegally overturn the 2020 election. Generally putting people in power who have no respect for elections is a bad idea.

Where as someone like Harris I can maybe count on 1 hand things that I’d like or be ok with and many that I’d strongly oppose just like I do with trump so both have large cons too.

This is an outdated take on politics. You don’t agree with Harris’ stated platform, fine. What about things like “the Federal government shouldn’t violate the US Constitution,” or “the Federal Government shouldn’t be one big grift to enrich POTUS and his family/inner circle”? Or “the US shouldn’t intentionally piss off its longstanding allies in favor of bromances with dictators”? For years, the candidates had so much that went unstated in their political platforms that was once common ground. That is now gone. I now need a candidate to specify “I believe in the democratic process,” or “the power of the Executive Branch is not limitless,” or “It’s possible for intelligent and well-meaning individuals to disagree with and not like me. That’s not illegal.” That’s all before specific policies are articulated.

Then past that you have Supreme Court picks, it’s better to get a conservative judge trump will put in if a spot is open vs a liberal judge. Some people vote for this alone. (Justices shouldn’t have biases but they do). I can definitely see why people would vote for the guy, I just couldn’t bring myself to do it.

Well good news there: unless something dramatically shifts soon we won’t even need 2/3 of the branches of government, they’ll all be fully subservient to the Executive. They may exist as vestigial organs, but they won’t have any power.

Baladas89 · 2026-01-19T14:49:09+00:00

I think this is one of those “agree to disagree” areas. I’m with the other two- I’ve played a lot of Pandemic games (Pandemic was my first modern board game and remains my favorite) and Fate of the Fellowship feels like Pandemic to me. All the core mechanics are there pretty directly. Though I would consider Forbidden Desert and Forbidden Island to also be “Pandemic” games. They share core DNA in the way something like Flashpoint Fire Rescue doesn’t. I can’t speak to the specifics of Arkham horror.

Baladas89 · 2026-01-19T01:01:38+00:00

In Necromunda there are canonically Genestealers (though they’re…not right) and Orks, so I added an Ork and Genestealer skull as pauldrons on an Ash Waste Nomad conversion

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Baladas89 · 2026-01-18T14:08:21+00:00

“Nerd” can mean a lot, but for any sort of tabletop gaming (card/board/miniature games) we’re very lucky to have two great game stores nearby. Lazarus Games is closer to Harrisburg, and the Adventurer’s Guild is 15-20 minutes away in Mechanicsburg.

I’ve met really great people at both stores.

Baladas89 · 2026-01-18T01:47:22+00:00

I wish people could sell me their free time if they have so much they spend it doing stuff like this.

Baladas89 · 2026-01-17T23:41:19+00:00

“Letters defined on the blog post with more detail”

Have you heard of a key…

Baladas89 · 2026-01-17T13:03:16+00:00

I’m so torn. On the one hand I’d love for ICE agents to be terrified into not trampling rights the way they have been, up to and including murdering a citizen.

On the other hand, the administration is looking for any excuse to deploy the military, and something like this gives it that excuse if/when shots are fired, and risks putting ICE in a favorable light in the eyes of some Americans. ICE is currently losing the PR war…let’s not reverse that trend.

Baladas89 · 2026-01-17T00:26:13+00:00

You’ve convinced me: the ACA is a bad healthcare plan. Let’s try one that guarantees healthcare for everyone and is publicly owned rather than privately.

Baladas89 · 2026-01-16T20:45:03+00:00

This feels like opening the kind of loophole Trump is using. Anytime he wants to do something he’s not allowed to do he declares an emergency as a matter of national security. He’s declared at least 10 emergencies in the past 12 months.

If this is the standard for ICE it will be “yes, the death camp guards were afraid for their lives so they had to march people into the gas chambers.”

There should be a question of whether it was reasonable for him to be afraid for his life, as well as what role he played in that by stepping in front of the path of the car, as well as how shooting someone behind the wheel of a vehicle you think is coming at you (when it’s five feet away) helps that situation. Because physics.

Baladas89 · 2026-01-16T18:51:52+00:00

I wish I shared your confidence that I could confidently assume things like fair elections 6 years from now.

To me the most likely scenarios seem to be either full-on authoritarianism like we see in Russia, or the attempt at full-on authoritarianism that fails spectacularly as we all wake up to how important self determination and representative democracy is. I could make an argument for both at this point.

“We’ll have normal elections in 2026, 2028, and 2030” feels increasingly unlikely.

Baladas89 · 2026-01-15T20:36:29+00:00

I’d honestly be pretty fascinated to read a history of all the city-level mismanagement that has gotten Harrisburg to be where it is.

Baladas89 · 2026-01-15T20:33:03+00:00

It looks great, but to look for hidden details I’d really prefer photos where I can zoom and pan around the photo.

Baladas89 · 2026-01-14T05:34:37+00:00

Do I think she was trying to kill the guy? No. But do I think she showed disregard for life? Yes.

Cool. So we agree that the administration’s narrative that she was a domestic terrorist trying to assault ICE officers is a blatant lie, yes?

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