Achilles

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/05/john_ashcroft_is_blackwaters_new_ethics_chief.php?ref=fpblg

Just so we're clear, this is the same John Ashcroft implicated in the Valerie Plame leak, Patriot Act, etc. I wonder exactly how they're operationally defining "ethics".

I like to think that mimi and I have some of the better conversations

"Force of the gaps"?

I get the feeling that I'll be playing Morrowind again very soon:

http://bethblog.com/index.php/2011/04/04/must-see-morrowind-mod/

I was expecting the jump. Wasn't expecting it to be by that much though:

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/05/poll-obamas-approval-rating-jums-nine-points.php?ref=fpb

Amen, brutha.

Any word from Sarah Palin?

Agreed. I suspect were going to see a resurgence of violence against Sikhs, etc now that the scab has been ripped off the 9/11 wound again.

Here we go.

http://www.pressherald.com/news/Graffiti-on-Portland-mosque-under-investigation.html

Almost as classy as ham for dinner.

RE: your post in the Obama thread - in social psych there is a concept known as moral dumbfounding. The concept is that people have a knee-jerk reaction to something, then come back (if/when pressed) and fill in their rational/justification for not liking it later. I think a lot of the backlash against Obama is very similar to this. They aren't comfortable with his race, so they come up with elaborate post-hoc reasons for not liking him, his policies, etc. My 2 cents.

"It would be a big mistake for everyone to jump to a conclusion now based on the release of this document, which raises as many questions as it answers." -- Joseph Farah, founder/editor of World Net Daily and key figure in the birther movement on today's release of President Obama's long-form birth certificate.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2011/04/taitz_responds.php?ref=fpblg

Also, when I was a kid, you either had be born in the U.S. or born to a citizen in order to be a citizen yourself. Did that change at some point? Because even if Hawaii wasn't a state, his mother was definitely a citizen.

That's it. I give up.

Oh, and FO:NV is getting another patch soon (PC get it Monday, IIRC).

This: http://www.plughead.net/impressions-witcher-2

And this: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-combat-the-witcher/713171

Coincidentally, I made my pre-order today. I'm reinstalling NWN2/MotB now, but I'm thinking maybe I should be prettying up a W1 save to import for W2.

You and I probably play differently though. I avoid Paragon options unless it makes sense to use them (I hate the quick-time interrupts, my Shepard is too busy saving the galaxy to hold anyone while they cry, and if Miri doesn't want to talk to her sister, then that's none of my business. She's a big girl).

I try to play as close to true neutral as I possibly can (my version of "Renegade"), so being able to make those checks can be tricky.

There is. Unfortunately, neither of us are qualified to read it

Yep. Already jacked up the MBR trying to recover data off the old drive. Getting ready to reinstall the OS.

Did I mention that I transferred my Deus Ex pre-order to ME3?

Still getting DE:HR, but I'm pre-ordering through someone other than GameStop.

Also, finally decided that I'm giving Witcher 2 the first shot. I'll pick up L.A. Noire when I can buy it used.

We take turns pointing out how stupid the people in my state are. Occasionally, we take a break and do the same for people in his state, but those days seem few and far between lately

Off-topic: Get your drive yet? Mine arrived yesterday.

Sean Hannity to host special Fox News report on the problem of media bias.

http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/sean-hannity-to-host-special-report-on-media-bias-for-fox-news.php?ref=fpb

We managed to get out-crazied by the mormons on that one. Who'da thunk it?

This keeps getting better and better:

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/ackerman_to_introduce_bill_aimed_to_squelch_tea_pa.php?ref=fpi

I gotta get the **** outta here.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2011/04/what_would_your_states_be.php?ref=fpblg

Wow. The article completely blows things out of proportion.

President Obama gets snippy with a Texas TV reporter:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theticket/20110419/ts_yblog_theticket/president-obama-gets-snippy-with-a-texas-tv-reporter

"I don't know if we regulate federal elections."

Oh man, I hope she's being cheeky when she says that.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/gov-brewer-az-birther-bill-may-be-shooting-a-little-bit-from-the-hip.php?ref=fpb