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At 5/26/14 10:05 AM, Sam-DeanWinchester wrote:

At 5/16/14 09:24 PM, TheKlown wrote: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27424064

We need to step in, even if it means war against Sudan.

It's sad that she going to be put to death over something like that but war shouldn't be created. War will kill more lives then one. It's not worth more lives to die over one.

For the very people who executed her are fools, they are pure-simple fools, the reason why I say this? That's simple, they worship God (The Great Spirit) for all the wrong possible reasons and I pity these fools, whatever they learn this fact the easy way or the hard way matters not but the one thing that matters so is this: Executing a woman just because she's in love with someone is perhaps the saddest and one of the most wrongful illegal form of execution I ever heard of.

On the serious side this forum should have it's name changed from Politics to Formal Talk which includes but not limited to Politics.

As mentioned below and from this link: http://news.yahoo.com/committee-oks-end-door-slot-mail-millions-221201345--politics.html

At 5/22/14 2:10 AM, PAULINE JELINEK wrote:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Americans would no longer get mail delivered to their door but would have to go to communal or curbside boxes instead under a proposal advancing through Congress.

The Republican-controlled House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, on an 18-13 party-line vote, approved a bill Wednesday to direct the U.S. Postal Service to convert 15 million addresses over the next decade to the less costly, but also less convenient delivery method.

Democrats objected to the plan, and efforts in recent years to win its adoption have failed.

"I think it's a lousy idea," Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., said. Other lawmakers said it wouldn't work in urban areas where there's no place on city streets to put banks of "cluster boxes" with separate compartments for each address. People with disabilities who have difficulty leaving their homes could get waivers, and people who still want delivery to their door could pay extra for it — something Lynch derided as "a delivery tax."

The measure falls far short of a comprehensive overhaul most officials agree is needed to solve the postal service's financial problems. The committee's chairman, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., acknowledged that at the outset but said it "provides an interim opportunity to achieve some significant cost savings."

Converting to communal or curbside delivery would save $2 billion annually, Issa said, quoting from estimates that door delivery costs $380 annually per address compared with $240 for curbside and $170 for centralized methods. He said less than 1 percent of all addresses nationwide would undergo a delivery change annually and that communal boxes offer a safe, locked location for packages, doing away with the need for carriers to leave packages on porches and subject to theft and bad weather.

The Postal Service reported a $1.9 billion loss for the first three months this year despite continued cost-cutting, a 2.3 percent rise in operating revenue and increased employee productivity. Package business has risen but the service struggles with inflationary cost increases and a continued decline in first-class mailing as people move to the Internet for letter writing and bill paying.

Postal officials have asked repeatedly for comprehensive legislation giving them more control over personnel and benefit costs and more flexibility in pricing and products. Though various legislative proposals have been advanced, Congress has not been able to agree on a bill with broad changes.

"Lawmakers should fix what they broke, not break what's working," National Association of Letter Carriers President Fredric Rolando said, referring to a 2006 law that requires the Postal Service to prefund its retiree health benefits. Meeting that requirement accounts for the bulk of the postal service's red ink. He said the Oversight Committee's bill is "irresponsible ... bad for the American public, bad for businesses, bad for the economy and bad for the U.S. Postal Service."

The Postal Service has been moving to more centralized delivery for some new addresses but hasn't done much to convert existing addresses, Issa said.

My personal thoughts is that this is a really bad idea, due to the sheer fact it will only create more problems then it can solve. This alone points out that somethings in life just aren't meant to change, you change something not meant to be changed and actually succeed in doing so, that change will revert itself back, more then likely with a vengeance to follow as it will come from the very people affected by the change not meant to be.

At 5/20/14 08:14 PM, Feoric wrote: Sanders will never ever become president. I'm not sure what else there is to say.

If where gonna get anyone for President in the year 2016, it's gonna be a woman.

At 5/16/14 09:24 PM, TheKlown wrote: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27424064

We need to step in, even if it means war against Sudan.

The only thing I'll say at this point is that the Republic of the Sudan will suffer horribly for this act, more then likely by their own hand, sooner or later matters not.

But the one thing that dose matter so is that people in due moment need to one day see Religion more differently, in trade the United States of America will one day have to give Marriage back to the religions respectfully.

The reason? Because if you bring Marriage into Politics, your also bringing Religious Believes into Politics as well, that in trade will violate the Wall of Separation between State and Religion onto itself.

Needless to say, no state will illegality any form of marriage once I'm elected President of the United States as marriages will go back to the religions and ONLY to the religions.

As for Meriam Yehya Ibrahim Ishag, if she ends up getting executed due to Muslim women cannot marry non-Muslims as well as what mentioned on that website link will bring about a major hay-day internationally. That alone points out why bringing Religion into State will do a LOT more harm then good as well as due to the sheer fact the Republic of the Sudan isn't learning what their support to be learning, their own government that is (you know what they say, they won't learn the easy way they will learn the hard way).

At 5/7/14 11:21 PM, PS4Gemz wrote: I have 2 games to name

Psychonauts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQR-OBiHNYo

Kingdoms of amalur: Reckoning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KI9E3T33lM

we need sequels for both IMO

If an actual sequel is ever allowed to happen in the case of Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning: Reckoning then another video gaming company must do it since 38 Studios filed for bankruptcy back in 2012, further more that other video gaming company must hire some of the original people who where involved in it's creation such as Todd McFarlane & R. A. Salvatore respectfully through people like Curt Schilling shouldn't ever be allowed in its involvement (the guy royally screwed a lot of people over when 38 Studios went bankrupt and he better not consider the idea of ever forming another video gaming company ever again).

At 5/11/14 02:02 AM, DoctorStrongbad wrote: Nintendo has been around since 1981. There is no way they would just disappear. The Wii U will increase sales, and Nintendo will continue to be a company for a long time.

Actually Nintendo has been around for much longer then that, they where first founded in September 23, 1889 which is like 100 years ago as they first started out as a card company until 1956 when Nintendo decided to go for new ventures as mentioned here.

What really needs to happen is that Satoru Iwata should consider on resigning in wake of the Wii U's failure, even if that 8th Generation Gaming Console is ever allowed to have success from just 1st Party Titles alone isn't enough.

If your running a company that makes video gaming consoles, you got to have *at least* a good amount of 3rd party support and if you don't have that good amount of 3rd party support, your gaming company will eventually find itself going under if not coming even closer to the point of bankruptcy.

In other words, should the full effects of another video game crash end up taking place, Nintendo will still be around but Nintendo in trade just won't recover from it.

At 5/7/14 06:27 PM, poopmcfarts wrote:

At 5/7/14 06:11 PM, Madjasper1 wrote: Since I'm a video game console collector, I want to find the worst video console ever made. The 2 that I am considering are the Virtual Boy and the Apple Pippin, but those are hard to get.

Anyway, what do you think is the worst console of all time (this includes ripoff consoles like the POPstation and the Wireless 60)

The WiWi that thing was a stupid ripoff, and all the games on it look terrible.

Not to mention the name WiWi alone just sounds utterly bad, I can't even think of anything else that sounds as bad as WiWi other then Wii U.

Needless to say for people who even know what it means is more then enough for people who know what it means to simply gripe.

At 5/6/14 12:48 AM, kazumazkan wrote: somebody recreated the temple of time in the unreal engine 4
this truly looks amazing.
discuss

If The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was actually created in the year 2014 for Nintendo's 8th generation gaming console, the game alone with the Unreal Engine 4 will look just absolutely gorgeous and Michael Eurek work on The Temple of Time with the Unreal Engine 4 without a doubt points out how gorgeous The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time alone will be with just that graphics engine alone.

Just imagine what the characters alone from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time would look like if Unreal Engine 4 was used, the boss fights alone will look stunning, this I have no doubt about.

At 5/6/14 02:13 AM, Shade wrote: I blame @Thor.

I don't even think Thor had anything to do with such, something else had to be the cause to why Roy Sullivan was struck by lightning, in either case that's just got to be painful to despite the fact he survived all those lightning strikes.

The one thing I find without a doubt the most painful thing of all is commuting suicide when he shot himself right in the stomach after being either possibly rejected by the woman he loved, or perhaps from the fear and dread of future strikes, in either case it's without a doubt one of the most painful and saddest death's I ever heard of.

At 5/6/14 02:30 AM, DoctorStrongbad wrote:

At 5/5/14 04:22 AM, Mismo wrote: I must say my favorite GTA game thus far is Vice City. I'm just digging that retro 80s vibe and Tommy Vercetti is my favorite and whatI consider to be the quintessential GTA protagonist.

Vice City had it all, plus the 80's flavor.

While I do like the Roleplaying elements put into Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, I have to admit that Grand Theft Auto: Vice City almost feels like a true classic, considering the fact that Rockstar games did a excellent job making Vice City feel like your actually in the 1980s era while Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on the other hand makes you feel like your in the 1990s era.

In either case, both are excellent games with Vice City being 1st while San Andreas being 2nd on the list.

At 5/4/14 09:36 PM, RydiaLockheart wrote:

At 5/4/14 08:38 PM, Back-From-Purgatory wrote: I've heard getting your eyes lasered hurts your night vision a fair bit. Any experience with that?

The only issue I am having right now is I am getting glare/halos from outdoor lights at night. Not cleared for night driving until Wednesday. Those will go away in less than a week now, but I work from home, so fortunately, I don't have to worry about driving anywhere.

At nighttime, if I'm in a building with normal light, though, my vision is completely unaffected.

Don't worry too much, I'm certain your vision will revert back to it's total normal state once it completely recovers, even if the recovery means just little by little.

At 5/4/14 04:23 PM, ChaRee wrote: A tobacco ban in Tasmania (Australia) has passed a little while ago and now there's a potential look in for a similar ban across all of Australia.

The ban still allows people to smoke but anyone born after January 1, 2000 will never be allowed to buy tobacco products over the counter, regardless of how old they are. Meaning even after they turn 18, 30, 50, etc, they will still be denied the purchase from anywhere that sells tobacco due to their date of birth.

I guess it's a smart move as it doesn't piss off the smokers of this generation, and the oldest person currently affected by this new rule would be 14, and I can assume most parents (even if they themselves smoke a lot) wouldn't want their kids to take up the habit. I understand that kids these days will still smoke if they want to as they're likely to have friends born before 2000 to buy it for them, but it means that in the years coming the youngest age eligible to buy cigarettes will go up and up, until the point nobody can buy them at all.

It has been rumoured that a similar approach will be taken across other countries in an attempt to ban tobacco in the future.

Thoughts? Any angry smokers out there? Any smokers out there that approve of the decision?

People will always find workarounds and use false IDs to work around through that. In other words Tasmanian upper house back in Australia will only make things worse for themselves, some people tend to whack things out of proportion not meant to be whacked out of proportion to begin with.

At 5/1/14 04:24 AM, rendibsivad wrote: Titanfall!! Why you no have single player mode?!! Is anyone else bothered by this? The gaming atmosphere is so great for single player!! It needs to be done... :(

Releasing a console-based video game with no campaign what-so-ever is without a doubt one of the biggest mishaps in video gaming history and Titanfall as well as Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare are one of those sad examples.

My biggest gripe is that a number of those video gaming reviewers gave Titanfall very high ratings and the name Titanfall alone sounds like the worst possible name anyone can think of as the only thing that comes to mind is that a Titan is about to take a major fall, and yes when a titan falls, a titan will fall HARD!

If games like Titanfall make underrated video games from the 1980s and 1990s respectfully look very good then something's wrong, if Titanfall even makes the video game version of ET look really good then something is VERY WRONG!

A video gaming industry that is as big as a titan can even make the fall, hence the name Titanfall.

At 5/2/14 08:36 PM, fourchannings wrote: What the? I thought they stopped with releasing Call of Duty every year.

Activision really needs to consider the idea of slowing down with releasing all these Call of Duty games and in trade make it so they at least take their moments in releasing them at least once per two to three years if not more, otherwise it'll eventually reach to the point where Activision will be making the biggest mishaps that will cause them to make a major fall.

Rockstar games for example had the right idea when they waited a few years to eventually release Grand Theft Auto V back in 2013 as Grand Theft Auto IV was only released back in 2008, if video gaming companies like Activision keep releasing Call of Duty titles once a year, it's going to eventually screeching halt, the same will also happen to not only Activision but to other gaming companies that also keep pumping out gaming titles once a year as well.

At 9/25/13 02:59 PM, Painbringer wrote: Since GTA V is already here, it wouldn't be too far fetched to assume that there will be another one in the coming years called GTA VI.

Since we know nothing about it (so far), where do you think GTA VI is going to take place?

Liberty City and Los Santos are already out, so that leaves Vice City, Carcer City, London, San Fiero and Las Venturas.

So post here if you have that, or any other information about the upcoming game.

And feel free to speculate.

I'm thinking the HD version of Vice City in the case of Grand Theft Auto VI. The reason? Because if your thinking VI in letters, your thinking Vice City itself.

At 4/24/14 01:29 PM, NewgroundsMike wrote: Agreed, that's complete nonsense. Police are there to keep order, not to disturb it. End of story.

In other words, police are suppose to serve the public trust, protect the innocent and uphold the law, if any law enforcer isn't doing one of those things if not any of them, there's corruption going on and if left unchecked for too long will only result dysfunctional not to mention chaos and discord.

At 3/28/14 04:28 AM, Wadezilla wrote: Kids love orange juice, orange juice is made from oranges which are orange. Wade wants to lure more kids here so he figures the color may have some impact.

I wouldn't doubt in some alternative universe where Tom & Wade Fulp focused on making Orange Juice called Newgrounds Juice which actually happens to be a high energy drink that causes people to go hyper assuming if they drank just enough of Newgrounds Juice, the duo from that universe somehow end up in this universe bringing their product on the Newgrounds website then people start making parodies about it, some of them describing the Newgrounds Juice as a powerup while others state its a drug that causes people to go crazy.

At 3/28/14 02:39 AM, Snovv wrote: Why newgrounds is orange?

The meaning of orange as mentioned on this link

To my best understanding, Newgrounds is like a unconventional taste of activity & aroma, because people post movies, games, art work, even audio work on Newgrounds hence the meaning Everything by Everyone.

At 3/27/14 02:44 PM, Supermonkeydude8888 wrote: Obviously he was in support of gun control because it would drive his illegal profits up.

Supply and demand, baby

Irony at its finest is the best way to describe on what's happening when it comes to that news article, needless to say the corruption of that politician became exposed right in the open public.

I have no doubt something like that has been going on for awhile and I also have no doubt their are others like Sen. Leland Yee going gun-control advocate this and gun-control advocate that on the outside and in trade dealing with illegal arms trades on the inside, who are still at large even to this day.

Gun Control won't solve the issues of the violence of today, people just need to be responsible for the very weapons they own, not just guns.

At 2/26/14 08:15 PM, TheKlown wrote:

At 2/26/14 08:10 PM, Camarohusky wrote: Largely a symbollic gesture of displeasure. Youtube is priate, the petitioners are private. No rights trampled either way.

If you don't like it, change the channel. - Common Sense

In other words, a pure Epic Failure when it comes to people trying to ban something not meant to be banned in the first place, because they don't have any common sense, this alone points out how un-wise these people really are.

At 2/23/14 12:52 AM, NuclearInfected wrote: Wow, that cop should be put in jail. There's just no excuse for this bullshit.

Christopher Roupe dies a death not meant to take place and in trade the cop responsible whacked something out of proportion not meant to be whacked out of proportion, in trade a tragedy results and the one responsible for the mess must pay the price for one's actions.

Personally crap like this shouldn't even be taking place and yet considering how crazy things are in this world, it's already been taking place to begin with, the whole incident alone could of been easily avoided.

At 2/16/14 08:37 PM, leanlifter1 wrote: The only thing we know for a fact is that Obama Care really really sucks and is a huge discredited to the American people.

The Healthcare Overhaul and it's website are without a single doubt a joke, it's not the kind of joke I simply laugh my butt at but one of THE most sickest jokes I've ever known.

That Healthcare Overhaul website is only going to keep draining lots of money for the most ill reasons imaginable, it doesn't go for freedom, it in fact goes against freedom itself. Needless to say the Healthcare Overhaul has made things corrupting and complicating, rejecting HIV patents is one of those things.

That said, if I wanted a Health Care system going, I rather go for something pure and simple, easy for people to understand, not this corrupting and complicating crap that causes HIV patients to be turned down from Health Care.

At 2/4/14 06:52 AM, Fluffington wrote: Gay Men Beaten in Russia

What the hell, Russia? The homophobia over there is just disgusting.

Those individuals responsible for beating up people who are lesbian, sexually gay, bisexual and transgender will one day suffer a fate FAR greater then the suffering they bestowed upon those people that simply are sexually gay, bisexual and transgender.

Needless to say discrimination against sexually gay, bisexual and transgender people as well as discriminating activists who support gay rights is simply wrong in every sense of the word!

At 2/7/14 03:36 AM, Polioman wrote: They've been considering mergers for the last month now, and they have a pretty good relationship with them, what do you think?

I don't even think Nintendo would even be able to buy out Sega even if they wanted to considering that Nintendo has already been going downhill as of recent with the failure of the Wii U, they buy Sega now will only do them a lot more harm then good.

If Nintendo truly dose decide to make a 9th generation gaming console and completely ditch it's 8th generation gaming console will likely bring about Nintendo's undoing.

At 2/7/14 09:31 PM, theblackkangaroo wrote: who on here thinks marijuana should be legalized nationally? what are you oppinions?

I for one will intend to legalize marijuana if ever allowed to be elected for oval office in the year 2020 in addition to hemp, and yes I'll legalize it throughout all over the nation marijuana can also be used for medical reasons and hemp can also be used to make paper, think on how many trees you can save.

That said because marijuana is part of the eco system, leave it within the eco system, getting rid of it entirely will only do a lot more harm then good.

At 2/7/14 06:03 PM, NuclearInfected wrote: Yeah, that's bullshit. If you have a lot of money and you're not happy, you're doing it wrong. You need money for pretty much anything that can bring you happiness. Even your friends and family aren't so fun to be around if you or they are poor.

I would rather say more towards the term of people using money to buy whatever makes them happy instead of simply saying that money can't buy happiness, true to the sheer fact that true strength within oneself is something money and credit cards can't simply buy but rather on what people wish to buy on what makes them feel happy.

Taken for granted people always differ from one another as expensive gifts don't always please one single person, in some cases you need a cheap gift to please a single person, it should be noted that depending on the gift that will please a single person will vary from person to person without a doubt. Buying a Collector's Edition of Grand Theft Auto V for example will please one person if such a person likes collectables but in trade won't please another person who isn't interested in collectables.

So dose money not buy happiness? Again I will say, people use money to buy their way to happiness all for different reasons but at the same time can also end up buying sadness as well, all depending on the circumstances involved.

One person's junk is another person's treasure, this alone means if if a person isn't happy with a gift he/she sees it as junk but in trade can become another person's treasure which in trade makes that person happy.

At 1/29/14 02:47 PM, I-Raped-You wrote: I've noticed on Youtube and many forum websites that there is this relentless hate for CoD, but it seems as if the hate ddoesn't go towards the actual franchise itself, it normally spouts on the fanbase.

Why is this?

I don't hate Call of Duty nor any video game in general, I just think that Call of Duty has been done over and over and over to the point where its one of those video gaming franchise that just need to take a rest as mentioned in this youtube video: ScrewAttack's Top 10 Franchises That should Die.

I can understand why that video mentioned such but in my own personal opinion I think some video gaming franchises like Call of Duty & Final Fantasy (even if it means Final Fantasy gets bought out by Mistwalker should Square Enix goes bankrupt) just need to take a break while certain other ones such as Halo as well as Kingdom Hearts as they need to shut down all together once those series come to an official close (such as Halo 6 & Kingdom Hearts III both serving as the final conclusions to the stories).

At 1/24/14 02:51 AM, TheKlown wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LecZaGGDkSU

Hopefully they have a blu-ray, dvd-player, and usb slots so if I want to watch a movie I can put my usb memstick into it. Will see. Introducing the Nintendo Fusion!

I'm not surprised that the Wii U (or should I say the Pee U) ended up as a failure which explains why it flopped, the one thing that did surprised me is that Nintendo is considering on making a 9th Generation Gaming Console.

As soon as I took note of this I was like "you have GOT to be kidding me!* and on the serious side, dose Nintendo even have enough money to produce a 9th Generation Gaming Console so soon? Personally that's just screwed up especially due to the sheer fact that the Playstation 4 and the Xbox One have already been released for nearly two months now.

Taken for granted if Nintendo released their 8th Generation Gaming Console on the same month of the same year the Playstation 4 and Xbox One where being released, things would be much more interesting.

Instead Nintendo is making the wrong possible choices, the current CEO isn't even resigning despite its 8th Generation Gaming Console ended in failure and if it's 9th Generation Gaming Console also flops, Nintendo might as well file for bankruptcy.

At 1/11/14 10:22 PM, DeftonesFan665 wrote: I think the real question is why did you get an Xbox One?

They should just release it on Playstation 3 among with Alien Hominid as soon as the chance to do so is their.

At 9/13/13 08:15 PM, RydiaLockheart wrote: In all seriousness, if we were to raise the minimum wage, how much do you think would be fair? No way to $15, but maybe there could be a sliding scale for places that are more expensive. Like, minimum wage would be a little higher in NYC than, say, Fargo.

Interesting fact: Ohio's minimum wage is higher than the federal, but it's tied to inflation.

Not to mention the sheer fact that constant rise of the minimum wage is only going to make it worse for businesses alike, small businesses will go out of business and big businesses will relocate even outside the United States.

To simply put, raising minimum wage will only make things worse, it will be bad for businesses and worse for the locals as prices for food and water go up due to such an ill-fated reason.

If anything, I say rework the tax codes to improve things and reduce other taxes on a reasonable scale and perhaps offer incentives to companies that offered raises.