Jordan Lund

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on *Permanently Deleted* · c/books · 5 pts · 2y

+1 for the Dark Tower books.

But I'd note, there's a dramatic tonal shift between the first half and the last half.

After book 4, you lose the flashbacks to Roland's youth and it's a straight through narrative for books 5, 6 and 7.

I think the accident that almost killed him put the fear of god in him.

on *Permanently Deleted* · c/xbox · -1 pts · 2y

They were, but as somone who has both a One X and a Series X, I did run the game on both and it was not a horrible experience on the One X.

PS4 had it rough and original recipe Xbox One and One S were unplayable, but the One X got by.

But then, I don't think anyone expected the game would need a full overhaul and, what? 3 years before the DLC would come out?

on *Permanently Deleted* · c/xbox · -1 pts · 2y

The game does run. The DLC is not quite the same thing. Good for them for cutting last gen loose. A lot of their problems would have been solved if they did it sooner.

on *Permanently Deleted* · c/xbox · 0 pts · 2y

They bought a last gen console after current gen launched, that's not CD Projekt Red's problem. Last gen is last gen.

The Supreme Court was thrown into chaos because republicans refused to appoint any justices under Obama

Now, now, Obama DID get Sotomayor and Kagan. McConnell only blocked Merrick Garland.

That being said, in my lifetime, Democratic Presidents have only put FIVE members on the court, Republicans got 15. Carter is the one who drew a blank.

Nixon/Ford got as many in their two terms as all the Democrats since then COMBINED.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/members_text.aspx

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader - Clinton
Breyer, Stephen G. - Clinton
Sotomayor, Sonia - Obama
Kagan, Elena - Obama
Jackson, Ketanji Brown - Biden

Burger, Warren Earl - Nixon
Blackmun, Harry A. - Nixon
Powell, Lewis F., Jr. - Nixon
Rehnquist, William H. - Nixon
Stevens, John Paul - Ford
O'Connor, Sandra Day - Reagan
Scalia, Antonin - Reagan
Kennedy, Anthony M. - Reagan
Souter, David H. - Bush, G. H. W.
Thomas, Clarence - Bush, G. H. W.
Roberts, John G., Jr. - Bush, G. W.
Alito, Samuel A., Jr. - Bush, G. W.
Gorsuch, Neil M. - Trump
Kavanaugh, Brett M. - Trump
Barrett, Amy Coney - Trump

It's less the economic definition than it is this:

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/banana-republic

noun - Usually Disparaging.

  1. a small, poor country, often reliant on a single export or limited resource, governed by an authoritarian regime and characterized by corruption and economic exploitation by foreign corporations conspiring with local government officials.

  2. any exploitative government that functions poorly for its citizenry while disproportionately benefiting a corrupt elite group or individual.