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What a rather devious way to end the year. So P&R have issued yet another DMCA against Star Control Origins released a few months ago by @draginol

via @mmofallout

mmofallout.com/star-control-o…
@draginol @mmofallout It doesn't have to be true or false as there's a lawsuit going on. If I were to guess, I'd say they did this latest one because they were emboldened by a recent favorable ruling in that case.

courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
It's unprecedented for a third-party to respond so swiftly to take down a product immediately upon receiving notice. But seeing as both Steam & GoG are being sued by P&R, I can see why Steam & GoG would err on the side of caution.

steamcommunity.com/app/271260/dis…
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The legal battle between @draginol and P&F over Star Control, took a very interesting (tip: litigating your case in public is NEVER a good idea. EVER) .

gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-…
@draginol P&F, in what I can only attribute to a serious lapse in judgment, wrote a blog (some of it is a rather dubious take on what constitutes copyright infringement) explaining their view of what is going on. It's quite the read.

dogarandkazon.com/blog/2019/1/2/…
Naturally, Brad published his response to that blog, which at this point, you have to wonder if they are actually listening to their attorneys - at all.

forums.starcontrol.com/492870/at-long…
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Just putting this here for posterity. That time when Chris Roberts again blatantly LIED to Dean over @GamesBeat

Except context to follow...

venturebeat.com/2018/12/20/sta…
@GamesBeat Aside from the fact where their financial "brochure" showed NO SUCH THING. No cash basis. No liabilities. No line item tangible expenses. No balance sheet. No audit claims.

imgur.com/LyeCvzD.jpg

cloudimperiumgames.com/blog/corporate…
Except that if you were "open" the US financials would have been made public, and then nobody would need to be doing back-of-the-napkin math.

Aside from the fact that the financials CLEARLY show that you're spending MORE than you're raising.

imgur.com/Sj7EM8K.jpg
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It's so funny to us how those Star Citizen guys are so completely lost in the delusion, that tweets like this, which are clearly (to someone with half a brain) troll bait, tie their brians in knots. They're actually having a debate about its merits.

Let's ignore the fact that F42 did in fact get a new studio manager (Tim Welch). Not to mention Dan Offner who was made CIG director back in May to babysit a $46M investment recently made public this month.
Chris Roberts really tapped into some people with serious mental issues, and promptly proceeded to exploit them to the tune of $200M.

There's no other explanation. But wait; what comes next is going to be even more hilarious.

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Some few years ago, whilst conducting a research about traffic laws, I stumbled upon a blogger's extremely and vividly apt description of road users' attitude in the country. Just encountered it in my archives again and would love to share
Below are the observations of a foreigner residing in Jos, the capital city of Plateau State. Christie Winkler on her blog “Those Winklers” wrote:
1. Lanes are discretionary and surely one more car can fit – even if yours is going the opposite direction.
After all, every Nigerian driver knows to expect traffic from any direction at any given time. If there happens to be lines in the road, feel free to disregard them to turn, avoid potholes or get to your destination sooner.
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o bozo foi 11 anos do partido do maluf, mais denunciado na lava jato; está na lista de furnas recebendo propina; emprega familiares e servidora fantasma que vende açaí; usou verba pública pra "comer gente"; sua campanha é feita com fake news de caixa 2

esse aí nunca foi honesto
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Against Normalization: The Lesson of the “Munich Post”

By Ron Rosenbaum @RonRosenbaum1

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THE TRUMP-HITLER COMPARISON.
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Sidekan ve Hakurk hakkında tweet dizisi
TSK made the first entrance into PKK held Sidakan district in Dec. 2017, controlling the Kani Rash and Bermiza areas.

TSK, PKK kontrolündeki Sidekan bölgesine ilk defa aralık 2017 tarihinde girdi ve o zamandan beri buradaki Kani Rash ve Bermiza bölgelerini kontrol ediyor.
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More political spin. I was notified of a story on the @samhallsnytt website which led with the very startling headline "Neighbourhood in Västerås taken over by salafism - police deeply worried"

Reading the story you notice that it's based on an article in @vltse
but the author of the piece in Samhällsnytt hasn't actually included a link to the source - just the name of the paper, the date, and the observation that it's behind a paywall.

I respect the VLT paywall so I won't copy and paste the whole article in this
comparison, but if you have a login, it's here:
vlt.se/artikel/vastma…

and I'm going to screengrab little bits of it. I can't imagine that many people are going to read this but if I have to remove the screengrabs someone please just let me know.
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