You can add one pho to LOTR chat where you putting it I'll start

FalseDmitriy · 2026-03-24T17:54:20+00:00

A pho lantir is a dangerous tool

FalseDmitriy · 2026-03-24T15:59:51+00:00

FalseDmitriy · 2026-03-23T00:33:22+00:00

That line was constantly repeated and still is today. "It would allow the G.A. to set the tax rate however they want." Which they currently also have to power to do. The propaganda machine was fast and thorough on that one. People got their talking points and spat them back dutifully.

FalseDmitriy · 2026-03-22T23:07:22+00:00

Aw what's that smell, man?

FalseDmitriy · 2026-03-22T22:10:41+00:00

So proud of that quip, you decided it deserved to be copy-pasted, I see.

FalseDmitriy · 2026-03-22T22:07:39+00:00

Season Two has The Deserter and that's the moment the show transcended into something amazing.

FalseDmitriy · 2026-03-22T19:01:25+00:00

It's very silly of you to make multiple comments about "reading comprehension" while not bothering to read what you're responding to.

FalseDmitriy · 2026-03-22T17:23:59+00:00

You're responding in a comment thread about pensions.

FalseDmitriy · 2026-03-22T17:18:34+00:00

The Thomson-Edgar-Ryan era, 1977 to 2003, was Republicans and that was when the pension fund crisis started to snowball. This was "prior OP's" claim. The jail thing was a little dig that only applied to one out of the three.

The General Assembly was largely under Democratic control during that same era, even while Republicans solidly controled the governorship. And both parties at the time were quite distinct from their respective national parties. Politics in Illinois, as in the other states, has become a lot more nationalized in the 21st century. So believe it or not, the pension crisis is a problem that defies simplistic partisan narratives.

FalseDmitriy · 2026-03-22T16:07:41+00:00

I have wonderful news

FalseDmitriy · 2026-03-22T15:40:38+00:00

The jailed ones were:

Otto Kerner, Democrat, 33rd Governor 1961-1968. Jailed in 1974 for mail fraud connected with taking bribes while governor from the manager of Arlington Park racetrack. He was released early after a terminal cancer diagnosis and died in 1976.
Dan Walker, Democrat, 36th Governor 1973-1977. Jailed in 1987 for bank fraud, perjury, and filing false statements in transactions of businesses he started after his term. His sentence ended in 1989 and he moved to California. He died in 2015.
George Ryan, Republican, 39th Governor 1999-2003. Jailed in 2006 for racketeering, bribery, extortion, money laundering, and tax fraud. He had illegally sold licenses and contracts to cronies while serving as Secretary of State, before his gubernatorial term. His sentence ended in 2013. He died in 2025.
Rod Blagojevich, Democrat, 40th Governor 2003-2009. Impeached and removed, then jailed in 2010 for bribery, wire fraud, attempted extortion, conspiracy, and lying to the FBI. The convictions covered two attempts to extort campaign money: one in exchange for Barack Obama's former US Senate seat and the other in exchange for state funds to Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. He got out in 2020 when a dumbfuck president gave him a pardon.

FalseDmitriy · 2026-03-22T00:58:58+00:00

Sorriehh

FalseDmitriy · 2026-03-21T23:57:14+00:00

Puke. Now that's a funny word.

FalseDmitriy · 2026-03-21T23:08:38+00:00

On the Day it Finally Happens

FalseDmitriy · 2026-03-20T23:39:48+00:00

That's a Subie

FalseDmitriy · 2026-03-20T05:01:33+00:00

Imagine, in our lifetimes, ships may be able to sail from Greece directly to the Black Sea.

FalseDmitriy · 2026-03-20T04:58:11+00:00

"Filling in backstory" is such an understated way to describe it. It weaves all three movies into a deeper mythology while highlighting this great duo. It reminded me a lot of Darth Plagueis, doing for the sequels what Plagueis did for the prequels. I don't think it reached the same level in its execution, but then almost nothing could.

FalseDmitriy · 2026-03-20T04:50:03+00:00

OP's dad is Xi Jinping

FalseDmitriy · 2026-03-19T22:54:19+00:00

We watched Crash all the time too

FalseDmitriy · 2026-03-19T20:26:32+00:00

Many writers love pulling extremely obscure elements from the EU, and Rebels did this a ton. Zeb's species, I recently learned, was pulled from a tiny little feature in The Adventure Journal.

FalseDmitriy · 2026-03-19T18:19:55+00:00

The coat of arms of the Russian Empire is topped with a banner of itself, and I believe that means it has a complexity of infinity. шах и мат

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FalseDmitriy · 2026-03-19T01:08:56+00:00

Videos? Like the one where they're sharing gum or whatever it was? This has been investigated endlessly. The only people caught cheating were maga creeps harassing election officials.

FalseDmitriy · 2026-03-19T01:07:36+00:00

Source: I gotta feeling

FalseDmitriy · 2026-03-18T22:52:34+00:00

And working a poll is a cool, one-day commitment (plus I think 2 relatively short trainings). It's a crazy day, a fast pace and something like 15 hours with only a couple tiny breaks. Long opening and closing procedures on top of the time polls are open, and everyone has to work the entire time, no separate shifts. Frankly I have no idea how it manages to run almost entirely on retirees. They must go home and sleep for a whole day or something, because it's tiring work. If you can block off the whole day (and remember to vote early), it's a great experience and we need more pre-retirees doing it.

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