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Ambiguity about whether or not something counts as a rider. If a bill is exceedingly specific in what it targets, a rider is probably going to stand out. But a lot of bills are vague and sort of lump several different things under one umbrella issue. When that happens, something that one person...

That site is made of win.

No, the former is a side effect of the latter. Climate is a complex system, but one example I remember of an effect of global warming is that higher temperatures overall cause more melting of ice, which can manifest as more precipitation in some areas. But yeah, strictly speaking, "global...

Sarcasm, EB? Over here, we haven't had any snow at all this year (we did get a little bit in early December I think). But that's not because of global warming. There has always been regional variation. Global warming is based on the mean global surface temperature, which really has been going up...

Well, that bolded part is basically what they are. All it means for something to be a rider is that it's a provision that is perceived as not belonging on a bill and is typically included in order to get it passed by letting it "ride" along on the larger bill. Oh, and they've been used to...

Engraged at seeing its last companion fall, the ogre raises its club and prepares to bring it down on Dorgath and... ...the club and its wielder both drop lifelessly to the floor, an arrow having pierced the ogre's heart. However, before Carrow has a chance to gloat, he is assailed by the ghost...

*Cugel will do likewise.*

Well, I was expecting to get back to this the same day, but I've been busy and haven't been online much because of computer problems. Not this computer, actually. My brand new computer that is running a hard disk test right now. Anyway, I forget what I had wanted to say to Train but hadn't had...

I don't think this happens very often. Nor can I think of any particular cases where it wasted a great deal of time and caused problems. But anyway, while you certainly do have a case against it with your point that it allows one branch of government to delay something being passed even when...

Carrow continues to circle around the tomb, avoiding his ghostly antagonist and dropping items along the way. Dorgath begins biting into his rations to stabilize himself, hoping to outlast the ogre he is clashing with... -Kelgar blesses Dorgath with Healing Touch. Dorgath is healed of 7 Wounds...

I don't want to be cruel, but now you're just a little bit more like Dick Cheney. :p

I'm always wary of this sort of talk because when the "founding fathers" are invoked, there's often the implication, intentional or not, that this phrase refers to some nebulous conclave of mystical patriarchs. And that's not the case. They were people. They disagreed with each other. Actually...

-Kelgar fails to bless anything this turn. -Dorgath downs the remainder of the Bugman's XXXXXX, healing 7 Wounds. -Dorgath is at -3 to hit for the next 3 turns. -Dorgath is at -3 to hit for the next 3 turns. -Carrow retreats along the wall and up to the side of the tomb, breaking away from the...

Giant Squid/Knife Fight Monkey 2012 Death Penalty - Don't think of it as a penalty. Think of it as a civic duty. Health Care - Will consist of being fed to GIANT SQUID. Abortion - All children born after the inauguration will be fed to GIANT SQUID. same-sex marriage - All newlyweds will be fed...

Happy birthday.

*Cugel searches the pouches for traps.*

I was going to chime in, but I think Spidey just about covered everything I might have wanted to say.

Cugel will move to finish the hobgoblins. And someone is tending to Kurik, right?

Carrow must move away from the door in order to avoid the ghost, but gets away in order to fire on the ogres. -Kelgar fails to bless anything this turn. -Tripped up by his own movements, Carrow accidentally shoots Dorgath. The dwarf takes 2 damage from the wayward arrow. -An ogre clubs...

Kelgar is reinvigorated by the healing powers of his ring. Fully restored, he presses on against his assailant. Throg drops the lantern and manages to keep it upright, then draws his Hellfire Sword while holding the Sword of Defiance for its defensive property. -Kelgar fails to bless anything...