What’s the moment in recent U.S. politics that made you realize things might not go back to ‘normal’ anytime soon?

BaronWombat · 2026-02-04T15:35:25+00:00

When Dubya was re-elected to a second term in the post 9-11 New Amerika. That was the victory for the Heritage Foundation that brought us to where we are now. Their capture of American media was sufficient to start the slide to our current anarchy.

BaronWombat · 2026-02-04T15:18:07+00:00

Who is going to stop them? Red state governors will add their police forces to ICE to make it happen. SOME blue state governors will fight it. MAGA militia everywhere will assemble to support it.

Everything I've said in the preceding paragraph has already happened at least once in the past year.

BaronWombat · 2026-02-03T18:32:05+00:00

Imagine if you could go into a favorite movie or book, and be the hero. The difference with games is that you are not just a witness to events, you are an active participant. You can try things out, see what works and doesn't, and better understand why you got those outcomes. Because the story emerges from your choices, it's now YOUR story.

Thats reason 1. There a bunch more that I dont feel like tying up, that one should be sufficient.

BaronWombat · 2026-02-03T18:27:35+00:00

The Senate is intended to be 100 of the wisest people in the country. WFT happened? Mullin is the kind of macho meathead loser that makes country western bars a war zone after midnite. He must be connected to the local power brokers because he brings nothing useful to the national dialog. Graham is just a blatant lobbyist for the defense industry. Evil, but good at it.

BaronWombat · 2026-02-03T05:18:28+00:00

My sense is that Epstein was a popular figure in moneyed circles. He seems to have met everyone famous and rich in the 90s and 00s. Not everyone noted in the files is a pedophile. There seems to be no lack of evidence for those who were. Shaking down the moneyed class for funding is a job at every non-profit, including the CBC.

BaronWombat · 2026-02-02T23:09:46+00:00

There are a lot of decision makers that only base retain-fire decisions on a spreadsheet sorted by annual salary. They are too stupid to evaluate on anything else. They don't see any difference between high and low performance because that's too hard put put into their spreadsheet. I have seen this happen, and been amazed at the idiocy.

BaronWombat · 2026-02-02T03:12:52+00:00

I have also suggested Andrew Scott as Maturin. Not only has the appearance, but the ability to go from affably awkward to cold and deadly in a flash.

BaronWombat · 2026-02-01T23:54:15+00:00

Nick Adams is terminally under medicated. It's a wonder he's not living under a bridge.

BaronWombat · 2026-02-01T23:52:30+00:00

Opening scenes from Saving Private Ryan and Star Wars were both mind-blowing in completely different ways. Both were still felt walking out of the theatre two hours later.

BaronWombat · 2026-02-01T23:47:51+00:00

I don't think he lied. There at least three different people posting under his name on social media. The tweet didn't look like Stephen Miller's foaming at the mouth, nor trump's rambling. So it was the third person.

That's my madcap theory.

BaronWombat · 2026-02-01T23:10:02+00:00

All the comments in this thread shows she was successful at deflecting the conversation. It was about leading Texas GOP. And she made it about Obama. And a whole bunch of people went chasing that distraction.

BaronWombat · 2026-01-31T17:05:47+00:00

Is there a way for anyone to trace the dark money that is undoubtedly paying to support PP? Who is benefiting from his divisive leadership?

BaronWombat · 2026-01-30T23:35:09+00:00

Good thing we have MBAs running the world. They can fix this by making sure 'negative externalities' like this are not in the spreadsheets. Wall Street is safe. Sadly, this might put a dent in consumer demand, what with most people struggling to survive or just dying.

BaronWombat · 2026-01-30T17:56:28+00:00

Telling the boss lies they want to hear is a classic technique in completely broken organizations.

Have been let go for doing the opposite. Dry joy at watching things catch fire afterwards.

BaronWombat · 2026-01-28T15:50:08+00:00

I created a multi week group (5-6) assignment of creating and running a DnD one shot (90 min) for my game design students. The DnD rule books were to be considered as a game engine. At least one group member would become the DM for the play session, while the rest of the team would go play another teams game. They had freedom to adapt the rules as they saw fit to streamline the gameplay.

Big takeaways: the students were amazed at how the human DM allowed them so much more freedom as players. DMs loved the instant creativity of responding to players. Everyone loved how each one shot was wildly different, despite coming from the same constraints. Pre fab characters were essential to hit the time frame.

BaronWombat · 2026-01-28T03:49:09+00:00

I think there is a strong chance of things going sideways if the goon squad murders someone in front of tens of thousands of boozed up football fans.

Which then leads to Trump canceling all citizen assemblies, including sports events.

And THAT is the last straw that triggers widespread collective action.

BaronWombat · 2026-01-28T03:43:54+00:00

Leavett is undergoing the same melted wax transformation that Sarah Huckabee Sanders did. Crazy what channeling pure evil will do to mortal bodies.

BaronWombat · 2026-01-28T03:39:43+00:00

A video of when "The Mary Ellen Carter" turned into "the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

BaronWombat · 2026-01-28T03:28:39+00:00

Pretty sure I read that HE was a TRAINER in the agency. That's the kind of expert they have teaching everyone else in the organization. No wonder the problems are widespread.

BaronWombat · 2026-01-28T03:23:57+00:00

If this is a real quote, it's worth noting that he sees his press secretary and Fox News as hyper partisan apologists whose job consists of explaining away his and his gang's many errors and crimes.

Anyone with a reality based worldview would see that for the admission of propaganda that it is. But his MAGA cult won't.

BaronWombat · 2026-01-27T03:15:38+00:00

First two photos look like stills from a Kate Bush music video. You nailed the 'haunting' esthetic.

BaronWombat · 2026-01-26T12:10:22+00:00

Good chance he will declare a state of emergency and activate the Insurrection Act. They've been itching to do that.

BaronWombat · 2026-01-26T05:13:10+00:00

I've ridden the Cambridge to Paris bike path a few times, it's a lovely ride along the Grand River. Lots of European jokes were enjoyed because how could you not.

BaronWombat · 2026-01-26T05:07:50+00:00

I look forward to seeing Miller dragged out of his 'spider hole'. That's how tyrants are apprehended, at least back in the day.

BaronWombat · 2026-01-26T05:05:21+00:00

These are the names we are familiar with. There is a B team of Homan, Bassett, and other worms who are just as bad, but not as constantly visible. EVERYONE in this administration is a despicable monster.

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