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Westworld Season 1 was amazing. Season 2 was less so. If it was directed like The Boys it could be good. There is also "the Last of Us" show, starring Lyannna Mormont and Oberlyn Martell.

Yea propaganda is part of it, but still there is the common sense aspect that it is stupid to fight a war with Russia. Recently the Poland missile problem is case in point- NATO and Russia both deny that the missiles are Russian but Ukraine wants to press the matter. They can't wait to rope NATO into WW3. Democracy in the US works better at the town and county level. The corruption level rises at the state and federal level. At the federal level it is literally just big money and the same group of corrupt people in Congress. In a way the social structure is like 'Old hollywood', a closed-knit group of a few thousand elites. In the spring of this year in there was a local grassroots protest that succeeded in stopping the building of a sanitation facility right across my house. I am pleased that democracy worked in our town. They asked me for a donation but I didn't pay, and the crowdfunded lawyers got the job done.

I also bought a Costco Tuexdo cake. This is a common item there and available all year round. It is $17. Overall I was a bit disappointed with it after reading/watching reviews by Costco shrills. I was hoping that it was as good as a cake from an italian bakery but it was significantly below those standards. But still pretty good. I would give chocolate mousse cake at my local bakery a 5 out of 5. This Costco cake is about a 3.7 out of 5 in comparison. The mildly sweet cake has a very thin layer of fudge on top- way too thin, 2 layers of good dark chocolate cake, one layer of cannoli cream, and one layer of chocolate mousse with brownie bits. I think the main issue with the cake is the inadequate flavor, I was hoping that it packed more of a punch. The dark chocolate portions are adequate but the chocolate mousse/fudge is way too little. The cannoli cream should not be a part of the cake in my view as it doesn't blend well with the rest of the cake. I would have liked the cake more if they used a lot more fudge on top, removed the cannoli cream and replaced it with more chocolate mousse.

He did Westworld, didn't he? Amazon's The Boys is quite good but Rings of Power is a stinker.

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It seems like in a lot of Japanese franchises, the males look very effeminate, like gay male models. And the Japanese tend to make the cheekbones too big and the noses super narrow, like all the white people have nosejobs. Jojo's bizzare adventure is super gay, it's hilarious

The final fantasy character designs (and other Japanese franchises) tend to get my head scratching. They look like teenagers that are part of boy bands/girl groups. But at the same time they don't really look like white people in real life, like they are all a quarter asian.

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I finished half of Storm of Swords. There is a very brief moment of sexual tension in Jaime's thoughts over Brienne that didn't make it to the show. Also the drama with Stannis and the Red Woman, and the prophecy comes across as being inspired by Shakespeare's MacBeth without plagiarism. In Macbeth, the witches are ugly, and are the 'other', while in GOT the beautiful Melissandre is Stannis' advisor. She is a sexy sorceress instead of a crooked nose witch. The rigidity and honor of Stannis is excessive, dangerous even (he is kind of like a less charming Ned Stark) and his enthrallment with Melissandre is a rather interesting juxtaposition. However it hasn't been explored enough in the show and is still mysterious in the books so far. Like Macbeth, Stannis chases a prophecy based on magic. I'm starting to understand why book reads and superfans were so disappointed with season 5-8. These characters were building up to something bigger than what we got in the show.

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Poland blast caused by missile fired by Ukrainian forces at incoming Russian missile - AP | Reuters No indication Poland blast was a deliberate attack, says NATO chief | Euronews It got quickly diffused, it looks like NATO is not interested in WW3 yet 🤣 Ukraine's primary AA defense are ex-Soviet S-300 AA missile systems.

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here is a youtube video comparing the two screenshots. It gives a hint as to what we can expect.