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Hi John, hoping that the Scottish plate shortage doesn't last too much longer. Thinking of you at this difficult time.

I wish I could simultaneously downvote you for half of this and upvote the other ' I plan on getting the Mass Effect LE but I think im going to wait a bit for the price drop, still have Ghosts of Tsushima to play and Ive been loving Reddead again for a second play through maybe even more then the first.

Got Mass Effect today! Wanted to buy the new Legendary Edition, but got shit internet connection at the hotel so it would take ages to download as the file size is massive... Therefore decided to get the original game for now (even that took me hours to download, and that was less than 7gb), and will look into the Legendary Edition again once I have a stable connection at home at some point in the future (hopefully). Only tried it for 20-30 minutes just now in order to see how it looks and what's the premise of the story, and I think I'm already hooked

It has been 2 years already? Wow.

Hamas will shoot down the drones for playing Western music probably A big part of the issue is combating extremism - Palestinian extremism and Israeli extremism (which, I admit, is less extreme than say... Hamas... but also leads to stuff like those anti-Arab riots and lynchings. The people of Gaza have turned to Hamas, a group of dangerous nutjobs who don't actually care about ordinary Palestinians, out of desperation and failure to see change after Fatah governments were proven to be ineffective... and very corrupt. And Hamas are a lot like the IRI, which ruined Iran - ask my mum or any family member about what happens when you let hardcore religious extremists take power in a country... and they'll tell you, with personal experience, that even after it's been realised the government doesn't care about ordinary people, is corrupt and steals the resources of their people, and is only interested in fighting it's ideological battles rather than improving the life of the people who live there... it's not easy to get rid of them. The best example of this is Iran's first President after the 1979 revolution - he was against the clergy's power-grab of the political apparatus. And, in the middle of his first fucking term, he had to smuggle himself out of the country because his chances of being killed for his political views went through the roof. Hamas are cut from the same cloth as the IRI (they're an Iranian proxy, tbh) - stability and equitable treatment of Palestinians in these occupied territories will weaken their grasp over Gaza. Whereas, I think all of the recent bloodshed only serves to strengthen Hamas's grip on Gaza... which is pretty important for them because they've got an upcoming election (although, I have huge doubts as to how free/fair those elections will be). But they will paint their opposition as silent and weak in the face of Israeli oppression, whereas they can claim they were the only Palestinians in Gaza ready and willing to fight back. I have no idea what to do about extremism on the Israeli side, though. It's a bit like the rise of nationalist extremists in the West - they're dangerous... but I don't really know how to stop the growth of that extremism. It's been a problem for quite a long time... considering the last PM Israel had that seemed genuinely interested in a lasting peace between their neighbors... was killed by a far-right Israeli nutjob. And since then, the PMs they've had have largely been more in line with the extremists of Israel than the more moderate Israelis. Throughout human history, I think extreme religious zealotry typically ends up with horrific atrocities. So it's not really a "new problem" - but it's something that needs to be addressed for lasting peace to be achievable.

Based on what? Vaccine works against the Indian variant so far. Cases aren't spiking. Hospitalisations aren't shooting up dramatically. Deaths are still mega low.

Just give me a few hundred drones equipped with speakers and sent them flying over Israel and Palestine playing this song: But seriously though. The civilian casualties and stories you hear and see about them are just depressing.

Funny that AJ used to get stick for ducking Wilder and then we found out that Wilder’s offer to him involved BT Sport. Then AJ gets stick for ducking Fury and now we find out Fury didn’t have the option to fight AJ in the first place. But also funny how Fury and Wilder fans have never called out them for ducking AJ.

Nowadays - for the most part for traditional reasons. Allegedly, it was introduced as a tribute to the football association that did the most for reintegrating DFB into international football after both world wars i.e. Republic of Ireland. That's probably a myth, though.

Some good news coming from Israel & Palestine, finally! Although it's a bit of a mixed reaction: with Hamas reportedly firing rockets even after the announcement of the ceasefire, a snap poll indicating that 75% of Israelis do not support a ceasefire and would like to see the attacks continue... and Netanyahu making claims about an Iranian drone flying over Israel (he didn't mention where though) which was shot down. I think the most disheartening thing is the news of how unpopular the ceasefire is and how so many Israelis believe the collective punishment of Gaza (which, imo, is inhumane) should continue. Hamas are scum and Israel has the right to defend itself - and I think they've done a good job defending themselves looking at the casualty count in this conflict - but both sides look to be targeting civilians and it's unacceptable from either side.

well at least you knew where the plate was Now we just think you're dead lazy

Finished Mafia 3 definitive edition on the PS4, really good game. Thinking if they make a 4th will it be around his son wanting revenge? Started playing the last of us 1, remastered. Have finished 2 but never played the 1st one. Is really good, for a game which is 8 years old, the remastering really has been done well. Also, I started playing Days Gone, there is a major bug when trying to continue, loading your game. You have to start again to continue playing. Have uninstalled it.