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Comment Re: I remember what I was relieved... (Score 1) 234

The "dictator" that broke Obama-set US policy on Ukraine and actually was the first to ship them weapons and actual military support, not just first aid kits and blankets?

Biden? He supplied Ukriane with PATRIOT missile defense systems, HIMARS, and long-range missiles.

He was hardly a dictator. He had not even expanded the SCOTUS to rubber-stamp his opinions, or argued that his word is the law.

Comment Re:I remember what I was relieved... (Score 1) 234

It's not just Ukraine that has been harmed by the betrayal after they gave up their nuclear weapons. Think about other countries that have or want nuclear weapons, e.g. Israel and Iran. They aren't going to agree to non-proliferation when it's pretty obvious now that any security guarantees aren't worth the paper they are written on.

Comment Re:The disadvantage of a bigger laptop (Score 1) 38

That was the issue with the butterfly keyboard - fragile, added weight and thickness to accommodate the mechanism, and was rapidly overtaken by improving technology. Thinkpad keyboards were also really good in general anyway, so being smaller wasn't quite as bad as with lesser designs that make typing extremely difficult.

The advantages were just too small, and the rest of the machine was compromised to get the size down. It was arguably a bit before its time in that respect.

Comment Re:Thunderbolts? (Score 1) 63

I'd rate Thunderbolts a solid B. It wasn't exceptional, the stakes were nothing new or particularly interesting. I think it also suffered from Bucky and John Walker being under-developed, especially Walker. A potentially interesting character, but the product of a pretty poor TV show.

Mostly though the issue is that they just aren't a very compelling bunch. If you contrast it with Superman, Gunn took that character and really explored how a man with god-like powers and that somewhat simplistic morality he is known for would work in the modern world. The Thunderbolts... Like most Marvel stuff since Endgame, it's just setting up the next thing.

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