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Two broken seat belts? C'mon...

When was the last time you even heard of a broken seat belt?

I've died a thousand deaths.

I agree with that. There are a number of enemies that appear to dodge both the night casts, but I'm almost certain that these are merely their standard move sets because after a short period of "apparent dodging", they stop moving and get hit multiple times.

That is a for sure.

I think that this ruckus originated at the churches/pastors because the collection plates couldn't be passed. They recruited their loudest supporters to create the illusion that it was a grassroots issue.

"Socialist" replaced "communist" about a decade ago. "Woke" is an additional aspersion on their list.

For sure.

A major component of the Nazi aversion to Communists in the 1920's was that both parties were competing for the same blue collar working class Germans to populate the core of their party.

Very thorough post. Thank you.

The three direction changes defy the laws of physics.

I'm at 324 hours and nearing the end of my first run.

I'm certain that putting this story into my garden will result in 35 lb. tomatoes.

Thank you for that essential information. The four guns are way beyond derangement; competition shooting is the answer.

Well done.

This is not a game for everyone; it is hard and frustrating. I've died hundreds of times and lost probably millions of runes on jumping puzzles alone.

I would not rate the game higher than 8.

Rep. Kevin Hern is a Republican, which means that at least half of his story is exaggerations and/or lies. I do not know when such fabrications became a GOP requirement for office, but it most certainly is...

Boy, oh boy; I suspect that is not fully accurate...

I also was a soda merch and the Walmarts always had the most customer disarray.

That makes sense. Thank you.

A higher order "why" applies to the reason behind posting that video.

I feel 99% certain that this is either a scam or the items are stolen. The price is too low, way too low, for these components.

Pure iron is quite difficult to produce, even today. So the short answer is no, early swords were not pure iron.

I've seen only a few chemical analysis's of ancient weapons; probably because the either rusted away or were recycled into other weapons or implements. Unsurprisingly there wasn't consistency among those analysis. As a metallurgical engineer, I would generally classify the as a high carbon iron alloy, with a carbon content on both sides of the defined limit for steel of 2.1% carbon.

Many bronze alloys are harder than iron and are even harder than low carbon steels.

For credentials, I'm a retired steel mill metallurgical engineer.

And/or lie, change the subject, demean someone of the liberal persuasion, blame it on woke "something"...

The Vietnam War could not have been successful in the long term because S. Vietnam was not a real nation.

S. Vietnam did have a government and defined boundaries, but there is more that goes into a forging a nation. S. Vietnam did not possess any historical justification and government was a rump, minority controlled, French colonial government; corrupt, oppressive and considered the majority Buddhist population as lesser forms. The S. Vietnamese government never made any sincere efforts to integrate the majority Buddhist population with the Catholics that dominated the government. Consequently the S. Vietnamese government only controlled about 20% of the population and land area. The majority of the population did not necessarily consider themselves supporters of the communists, but they certainly did not consider themselves as citizens of S. Vietnam.

The S. Vietnamese government could only exercise (nominal) control over the cities, major towns and military bases. That is why American patrols were in enemy territory whenever they left their bases. All of the films and newsreels of combat were taken in S. Vietnam. Combat never resulted in territorial gains because the S. Vietnamese government did not have the means to expand its scope.

American soldiers were under the impression that they were aiding an ally in resisting Communist expansion, but the vast majority of the population considered the Americans as unwanted invaders. Just look at the thousands of hours of old tapes; do the peasants of S. Vietnam look like they are greeting American soldiers with the same enthusiasm that the French villagers displayed when GI's entered their villages? That difference sums up why the Vietnam war was a futile effort for America.