DeJoy. Founder of a FedEx competitor called XPO. He’s STILL there due to the way appointments to the office are done, and continues his fuckery. But even he hasn’t managed to fucking privatize the US mail system.
Having played the absolute shit out of all of them at launch, including the non canon ones, Fallout 2 is my favorite, followed by New Vegas and 76. 4 was fun, but I spent more time building bases in 4 than I did in the story.
I’ve probably put more hours in 76 (since beta) than 4 at this point, specifically because it’s multiplayer, and Im pretty sure I had at least 400 hours in four.
Despite the obvious levity, this is actually serious. It was made by why the lucky stiff, a pretty prominent member of Ruby community, back in the day. This, however, was part of his mysterious burnout manifesto, for lack of better term. He really really bloody needed a break....
President Joe Biden has suggested he will appoint progressive justices to the Supreme Court if he wins a second term in the White House in November....
LotR magic is interesting. Sauron bred all kinds of monsters essentially “hacking the system” to produce something in a world where no one but Illuvatar can create life, and Melkor got around the whole life/sentience thing by convincing lesser spirits to inhabit this creations. Balrogs, werewolves, etc.
Other creations Melkor imbued with his own vast power, essentially spreading his “divine fire” out amongst his thralls, and thereby diminishing himself. Sauron eventually does the same, in creating the One Ring.
So, when Gandalf became Gandalf, his power to affect things was explicitly limited. , The basic difference between The Istari and Sauron: they did not seek to usurp their position in ‘the song of Illuvatar’. In fact the five Istari (Gandalf, Saruman, Radagast and the other unnamed two) were maiar spirits that had until that point stayed out of Arda (Earth) and all its shenanigans on purpose!
So, the staff served as a badge of office mostly. And thought it never stated, it’s kind of implied that some of their power is imbued within it. This is why Gandalf looks totally different when he comes back as the White, he took Saruman’s job as the head of the order, and had some more of his power unlocked as a result. The main strength of the Istari was their wisdom, knowing how the world worked and to a point, how “the song” was supposed to go. They were trusted to do the job (of taking down Sauron) because they wouldn’t use their knowledge and power to ‘hack the system’.
IMHO, Gandalf needed his staff not as a conduit of power here, but as an emblem of his station: He had to show Grima that his boss had just been fired.
the wet dream is a transport crashing and a bunch of mk19’s falling out the back, skidding across the highway rubbing their serial numbers off, then bouncing up to land gently in the back of your pickup truck, followed by a half dozen or so crates of mk19 snacks.
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Despite the obvious levity, this is actually serious. It was made by why the lucky stiff, a pretty prominent member of Ruby community, back in the day. This, however, was part of his mysterious burnout manifesto, for lack of better term. He really really bloody needed a break....
Joe Biden issues Supreme Court warning (www.newsweek.com)
President Joe Biden has suggested he will appoint progressive justices to the Supreme Court if he wins a second term in the White House in November....
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