The Current Events Thread

[Brekkjern]

If all previous interviews with Gabe Newell are something to go by, then they are against SOPA. AFAIK they don't recognize piracy as a problem. It is a service problem. Piracy is easier than going to the store and getting something bogged down in DRM that won't work. Steam is just click and go in most cases.

[Syobon]

Turkish government censors Evolution Theory.

[Water]

Okay, this NDAA thing is starting to go a little over my head.

I think this is a bad thing? Or maybe it's not as bad as everyone's been saying? I don't know.

[Tall-Hatted Yanimae]

Where the government is now allowed to imprison and torture an American citizen without trial? I believe that's what I've heard about it. Parent's have been keeping up to date with it better then I have been.

Officials weren't allowed to do that unless they could get you out of the country I think. I'd like to read up more on it because that is immensely scary to me. Especially in America of all places for such a totalitarian move to be made.

[Syobon]

I think we'll just have to hope Obama sticks to his words. What could happen if a new president is elected though?

[Madican]

I think we'll just have to hope Obama sticks to his words. What could happen if a new president is elected though?

It is very rare for a sitting president to lose when running for a second term. To the point that the ideal candidates of the other side are sitting out because if they lost that's it for them. They're waiting for the next one.

This also means that the only people running are the president and a whole bunch of insane wackos.

[Syobon]

Oh wow, that explains a lot actually.

[Kitsune Dzelda]

Ugh, I think to myself " Ill just check and see whats going on int he world, just this once."

And I go, "The News is depressing, go back to playing games."

So I look at the news and now I suddenly just want to go hide under a rock again -_- Doesnt the news have ANY good on it these days? I mean ebyond the blathering and the clownshow that is FOX?

[D-vid]

I think we'll just have to hope Obama sticks to his words. What could happen if a new president is elected though?

It is very rare for a sitting president to lose when running for a second term. To the point that the ideal candidates of the other side are sitting out because if they lost that's it for them. They're waiting for the next one.

This also means that the only people running are the president and a whole bunch of insane wackos.

So, because they don't have a high chance of winning they don't even try, which leads to them pretty sure not winning, which leads to them thinking they don't have a high chance of winning, which leads to them not even trying, which leads...
Really smart.

[Syobon]

No, they wait with trying until the president's second term finishes.

[Madican]

Exactly. They want an ideal shot because like I said, if anyone loses in a presidential election they're gone for good. Look at Al Gore. He had support and almost made it when running against George Bush, but then he vanished from the presidential circuit because no party supports the one who lost.

[Syobon]

Cops refuse to let in guy who scored too high on IQ test.

lolwut

[Trygve]

"daisies you, nerds will rule the world, just wait"

"Not if we can help it."

[Exeres]

Smart people are too good to be shot at regularly.

[SaintCrazy]

So they didn't let him in because they were afraid he'd get bored and leave?

Is this like, a common scenario? I mean have there been any studies showing a correlation, at least?