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1. Dwarven Dragon
2. Spark
3. West Midlander

That's the million dollar question, and so far there has been almost no concerete discussion around it. It really is hard to say as it is uncharted territory so far as coalition negotiations go. And the examples at municipal level, well let's just say they aren't exactly enlightening.

I dare say that the ANC and DA would be fairly compatible, as once you get past headline grabbing and not entirely realistic demands on both sides most of the substance of their manifestos can be aligned fairly well. So stuff about more independent electricity producers, their plans for social grants, some tax and spend reforms like zero rating VAT on food can all be worked out. The biggest sticking issue policy wise would be the NHI (NHS) but even with an ANC majority it has a very limited chance of actually being introduced any time soon. In which case the DA could present that as a "win", probably comprising against the fact that the minimum wage and BEE won't go anywhere.

The EFF (and MK party) are harder to predict, but the key demands would almost certainly be around positions of influence and power. For instance, the EFF have said they would support the ANC on condition of Floyd Shivambu (Malema's second in charge) being made finance minister. Which is obviously a move that supports the DA's theory that Malema (and Zuma) are mostly interested in personal enrichment.

In both cases, I think the issue would be less policies and more resource allocation. In so far as a lot of the debate turns a lot more around quality of governance and corruption than it does on specific policy offers.

He's right. If Ukraine loses, it's World War III.

I'm certainly no Marxist. Or Leninist, or Stalinist, or Maoist, or Trotskyist, or Marxist-Leninist, or Dengist or... well, it would take ages to list them all, but you get the picture.

https://twitter.com/bradmossesq/status/1787443699456123142https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1787428730710720615

To be clear: *if* Trump just written a check directly to Stormy (the hypothetical presented by the listener), he could have done that legally under FECA *if* he later disclosed the payment accurately (which of course he never would have done since he was trying to hide it).

IRL, what happened was the money was advanced by Cohen.  That made what happened *both* an illegal contribution (by Cohen over the legal limit) and a disclosure violation (failure to disclose the Cohen illegal contribution and the failure to disclose the reimbursement), which was a crime for which Cohen served federal prison time.

And that makes the falsification of business records a felony under New York law.

Bumping this thread because I finally got my copy in the mail. They were sold out when I first ordered it in January, but now I have the game. Can't wait to play it.

1) West Midlander

In light of the above I am changing my previous vote from...

1. Spark
2. Midlander

..to

1. West Midlander
2. Spark

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The Coalition of Chaos line is now being peddled, and it appears to be on the back of the laughable Sky News projection and such like.

"History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, then as a farce"
Like, do they think the SNP is as scary as it was a decade ago?

Are Guam, the Northern Marianas and American Samoa covered?

Anti-Putin Russian media Mediazona estimate by month of Russia KIA mostly by scrapping obituaries.   This effort seems to have BBC funding.   The KIA rate has clearly been going down these last few months and the breakdown of the type of KIA gives good trends on the makeup of the Russian military at the front.

What observations do you think there are to glean from this data specifically?