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by Thad
Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:53 pm
Forum: :corncob:
Topic: Trump Leaving Office Poll (Part 2)
Replies: 601
Views: 62420

Re: Trump Leaving Office Poll (Part 2)

I'd take it with a grain of salt given that the source for that is Trump's lawyers, but we'll see. AIUI the reason he went with Chubb on the last bond was they were the only org he could find that would accept real estate as collateral. (Disclosure: I worked for Chubb for 6 weeks in 2011, or at leas...
by Thad
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:01 am
Forum: :corncob:
Topic: Trump Leaving Office Poll (Part 2)
Replies: 601
Views: 62420

Re: Trump Leaving Office Poll (Part 2)

Judge McAfee rules that Willis can continue with the Georgia prosecution provided Wade doesn't. The case is appealable, by either side. Notably, McAfee's decision leaves the possibility open that if the appellate court decides to disqualify Willis, that doesn't necessarily disqualify the line prosec...
by Thad
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:57 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Hot game deals
Replies: 840
Views: 219728

Re: Hot game deals

I do love the over-the-top silliness of Yakuza. And own five games in that series that I haven't played. But OTOH it's not like $10 is a whole lot to ask. I think I got SR2 on GOG or something at some point but I never played it; I hear the Windows version is kind of a mess and doesn't work on moder...
by Thad
Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:29 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Hot game deals
Replies: 840
Views: 219728

Re: Hot game deals

Steam sale's on. Looks like a lot of games on sale that frequently go on sale anyway. If you're in a Toriyama kind of mood, various Dragon Quests are on sale, and Chrono Trigger's $7.50. I think I might go ahead and snag that one; it got panned pretty badly on release but from what I've read they fi...
by Thad
Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:05 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Hey [%target] Whatcha Playin'?
Replies: 1302
Views: 278174

Re: Hey [%target] Whatcha Playin'?

Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story is out, and I'm just going to gush one more time that Digital Eclipse's interactive documentaries are one of the most exciting developments in video game history in years. Minter's something of a blind spot for me. I've heard of Tempest 2000, of course, but had never...
by Thad
Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:27 pm
Forum: :corncob:
Topic: The Democrats Will Also Shit Themselves.
Replies: 334
Views: 59012

Re: The Democrats Will Also Shit Themselves.

Not for nothin', the latest round of "Biden is senile" talk in the media was a result of Robert Hur's summary of Biden's deposition, which, now that we've got the transcript, doesn't really make him look as addled as Hur suggested. I'm not sure I agree with the liberal pundit consensus tha...
by Thad
Thu Mar 14, 2024 3:40 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: SNES Favorite 75
Replies: 99
Views: 4124

Re: SNES Favorite 75

Friday wrote:34. Live A Live

The PC version is currently marked down to $30 in the Steam Spring Sale, for those interested.
by Thad
Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:19 pm
Forum: :corncob:
Topic: QUILTBAG
Replies: 382
Views: 114783

Re: QUILTBAG

So is this... a good thing? like are we supposed to celebrate this? has this defanged the law to where to basically counts as not existing at all? i honestly don't know, i'm not being sardonic. Probably, yeah. There are still plenty of ways to intimidate schools and libraries, but this closes off a...
by Thad
Wed Mar 13, 2024 6:09 pm
Forum: Your Facebook Timeline
Topic: Taxes
Replies: 9
Views: 206

Re: Taxes

Well, I guess I'll try anyway and see how far I get. Welp You can use Direct File if you only want to claim these tax credits: Child Tax Credit Earned Income Tax Credit Credit for Other Dependents You can't use Direct File to: Claim any credits other than the ones listed above I...don't see the ado...
by Thad
Wed Mar 13, 2024 4:27 pm
Forum: :corncob:
Topic: QUILTBAG
Replies: 382
Views: 114783

Re: QUILTBAG

UPDATE: Say gay, Florida On Monday, everything changed. Florida agreed to a settlement that establishes : 1. "The law does not apply to library books." 2. "The law does not prohibit references to LGBTQ+ persons, couples, families, or issues, including: in literature, in classroom dis...
by Thad
Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:35 pm
Forum: Media
Topic: and Dead Tree Comics
Replies: 668
Views: 158431

Re: and Dead Tree Comics

Ultimate Invasion didn't do it for me but Ultimate Spider-Man (by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto) and Ultimate X-Men (by Peach Momoko) are really fucking good and make the case for why this new Ultimate line really is something fresh and interesting and not just another damn superhero reboot...
by Thad
Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:30 am
Forum: Your Facebook Timeline
Topic: Taxes
Replies: 9
Views: 206

Re: Taxes

sei wrote:Looks like you need an id.me account for some of it, which is unfortunate.

Oh, that fuckin' thing. The reason I can't log into the MVD website.

Well, I guess I'll try anyway and see how far I get.
by Thad
Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:31 pm
Forum: Your Facebook Timeline
Topic: Taxes
Replies: 9
Views: 206

Taxes

IRS has launched its free tax filing service, Direct File, in 12 states You can check whether you qualify to use the system at directfile.irs.gov . Based on the eligibility restrictions in the IRS program, the Treasury Department said it "estimates that one-third of all federal income tax retu...
by Thad
Tue Mar 12, 2024 5:51 pm
Forum: :corncob:
Topic: The Democrats Will Also Shit Themselves.
Replies: 334
Views: 59012

Re: The Democrats Will Also Shit Themselves.

Don't know if you've seen the second Daily Show with Stewart yet, but in the opening minutes of the show he responds to his critics getting on him about bothsiderism in what is I can only describe as "exactly how many posters here, on these boards, responded when people pointed out that their ...
by Thad
Tue Mar 12, 2024 3:57 pm
Forum: :corncob:
Topic: GOP Will Shit Itself
Replies: 1223
Views: 256569

Re: GOP Will Shit Itself

+1 Dem in Congress also helps out with current obstructionist bullshit. I mean, obviously it doesn't tip the scales, but cuts the GOP's majority even slimmer. GOP Rep. Ken Buck to leave Congress at end of next week Buck’s decision to step down before the end of his term will trim Republicans’ slim ...
by Thad
Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:08 pm
Forum: :corncob:
Topic: Adventures of the Longest Muskrat
Replies: 541
Views: 56399

Re: Adventures of the Longest Muskrat

Last month, Elon Musk's insane "aesthetics at all cost" design paradigm killed Angela Chao, a billionaire dry-goods shipping mogul (and Mitch McConnell's sister-in-law) Her sister was a pro-deregulation Secretary of Transportation. If someone wrote this as fiction, I'd criticize it for be...
by Thad
Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:29 pm
Forum: Media
Topic: and Dead Tree Comics
Replies: 668
Views: 158431

Re: and Dead Tree Comics

oh hell yeah greg weisman is returning to writing spider-man next year in a book starring both peter and miles calling it "The Spectacular Spider-Men" is going to put my expectations unreasonably high Issue #1 is perfectly good. Didn't blow me away but did a good job setting up what this ...
by Thad
Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:57 am
Forum: Games
Topic: SNES Favorite 75
Replies: 99
Views: 4124

Re: SNES Favorite 75

I haven't sunk nearly as many hours into Shredder's Revenge as Turtles in Time, but it's got a wonderful, varied set of stages, it's stuffed to the brim with fan service but in, like, a way that makes for clever and creative design choices rather than just Memberberries. Like, one stage is a mall an...
by Thad
Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:49 am
Forum: Media
Topic: Op/Ed Sequences that BLAST ASS
Replies: 137
Views: 17358

Re: Op/Ed Sequences that BLAST ASS