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17 to 01: And the Children Shall Lead

We end up arguing D&D stats on this episode, ad infinitum because there's so little else to cover here.

We talk a little evil, but the episode falls far short of demonstrating any actual evil. It's disappointing.

Follow-up: The other Celene Dion song is "It's All Coming Back." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDxoj-tDDIU 

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TRO: 3087 - Annihilator

3087 is a Battletech alternate universe where The Jihad never happened. Instead, political fracturing continues in the wake of the technological and military upheavals of the 3050's. Its history is told through the pages and designs of TRO: 3087. With any luck this series will be the last anyone hears about 3087.

Annihilator ANH-4S
Overview
Reginald Goode created Goode Industries on Mizar in mid-3068, just weeks before the Free Worlds League Militia took the world. For four months, Goode formed relationships with the FWLM quartermasters on planet as well as Blakist personnel who brokered the return of the planet to Lyran control a year later.
Goode Industries provided customization and production of industrial ‘Mechs for a number of clients stretching across the borders of the Commonwealth, the League, and the Blakist-backed Terran Protectorate until the early 70’s. 
It was then that a wave of revelations about their Blakist allies caused The Protectorate to collapse and local governments approached Goode about the production of an affordable, reliable battle ‘Mech to repel raiders and handle urban assaults. The manufacturer was at a loss to develop weapons systems, but intrigued at the profits involved with military hardware contracts so he turned to his Lyran contacts for help.
That contact was Benedict Doge, a fellow technician and veteran from the Federated Commonwealth Civil War. Doge contacted the Dragoons for their Annihilator design. Wildly popular, but jealously guarded, it took months for all four parties to work out an arrangement. The final product has fulfilled its mission across the Lyran Commonwealth and in Dragoons Pact militias for almost a decade.

History of Japan

The Morality of Deadpool

So Deadpool has been out and it was a lot of fun. Pew! Pew!

I wanna talk morality. It’s as close as this movie gets to having a theme. F’r fuckssake, the thing begins with a slo-mo, 3D pan of Deadpool killin’ folks to the tune of “Angel,” which is designed to tell you as quickly as possible Deadpool is no angel.

I'm pretty sure this is the right song.

17 to 01: Spectre of the Gun

I missed a lot on the first editing pass on this so I'll have to set it up and redo it.

This one starts slow, but we really warm up to it. Full warning, we do talk frankly about sex and sexism in this one.

I try to avoid rewriting the episodes, but this one really demands it. Mostly because it has so much potential that isn't realized. We call back to a lot of episodes to try to understand this one, without much success.

Follow-up: Tombstone came out in December of 1993, Wyatt Earp came out in June of 1994.

17 to 01 is available on iTunes. It updates Friday nights at 8:30 PM ET / 7:30 CT. We're also amazingly on Stitcher.

Political Mosh Pit

March 8^th, 2016. Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields approaches Trump, surrounded with Secret Service agents,  as he’s leaving a rally in Jupiter, Florida. Trump declines to acknowledge her and after a few moments his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, pulls Fields back and away from Trump.

The altercation was media fodder for a few days as the Trump campaign at first alleged Lewandowski wasn’t even there, and then that he’d never touched Fields, and then that the reporter had initiated a physical altercation by grabbing Trump. Meanwhile, Fields, with bruises on her arm, filed charges for misdemeanor assault.