I don’t know – it’s hard for me to see any U.S. ties to Russia…except for the Flynn thing and the Manafort thing

and the Tillerson thing

and the Sessions thing

and the Kushner thing

and the Carter Page thing

and the Roger Stone thing

and the Felix Sater thing

and the Boris Ephsteyn thing

and the Rosneft thing

and the Gazprom thing

and the Sergey Gorkov banker thing

and the Azerbajain thing

and the “I love Putin” thing

and the Donald Trump, Jr. thing

and the Sergey Kislyak thing

and the Russian Affiliated Interests thing

and the Russian Business Interests thing

and the Emoluments Clause thing

and the Alex Schnaider thing

and the hack of the DNC thing

and the Guccifer 2.0 thing

and the Mike Pence “I don’t know anything” thing

and the Russians mysteriously dying thing

and Trump’s public request to Russia to hack Hillary’s email thing

and the Trump house sale for $100 million at the bottom of the housing bust to the Russian fertilizer king thing

and the Russian fertilizer king’s plane showing up in Concord, NC during Trump rally campaign thing

and the Nunes sudden flight to the White House in the night thing

and the Nunes personal investments in the Russian winery thing

and the Wilbur Ross with his Cyprus bank thing

and Trump not releasing his tax returns thing

and the Republican Party’s rejection of an amendment to require Trump to show his taxes thing

and the election hacking thing

and the GOP platform change to the Ukraine thing

and the Steele Dossier thing

and the Leninist Bannon thing

and the Sally Yates can’t testify thing

and the intelligence community’s investigative reports thing

and Trump’s reassurance that the Russian connection is all “fake news” thing

and Spicer’s Russian Dressing “nothing’s wrong” thing

so there’s probably nothing there

since the swamp has been drained, these people would never lie

probably why Nunes cancels the investigation meetings

all of this must be normal

just a bunch of separate dots with no connection.

@dakur: You and all your friends need to confront her (all at once if possible) and tell her to get rid of this guy. She's probably afraid of being alone, (guys like the one you've described always use that as a threat if their partner chooses to break up with them) so all of you will need to show that you're all her true friends and that you're all there to support her.

Call the cops. Goddamn... based on what you've said, the guy sounds like a borderline nutcase, and if he's not clinically crazy, then he's definitely abusive.

@Jacanuk: Yet, look at the states with higher unemployment rates, some of those states are also high on the list in terms of both poverty and poor education.

Top 10 Highest Unemployment

1. New Mexico
2. Alaska
3. Alabama
4. Louisiana
5. Washington D.C.
6. Illinois
7. Tennessee
8. Michigan
9. Georgia
10. West Virginia

Top 10 Lowest Unemployment

1. New Hampshire
2. Hawaii
3. South Dakota
4. Colorado
5. North Dakota
6. Vermont
7. Utah
8. Iowa
9. Maine
10. Nebraska

Source.

@tjandmia: Let's break that down as well.

Top 10 States with the Highest Gun Violence

1. Alaska
2. Louisiana
3. Mississippi
4. Alabama
5. Montana
6. Arkansas
7. New Mexico
8. Wyoming
9. South Carolina
10. Oklahoma

Top 10 States with the Lowest Gun Violence

1. Hawaii
2. Rhode Island
3. Massachusetts
4. New York
5. Connecticut
6. New Jersey
7. Minnesota
8. California
9. Iowa
10. Wisconsin

Source.

Source 2.

Australia gave us Mad Max, which I'll take over Lord of the Rings any day.

It's hard to find a game with compelling writing considering the fact that 99% of video games are all about getting from Point A to Point B and killing anything that gets in your way.

Video games are good in terms of establishing immersive and unique settings. Stories on the other hand have a long way to go.