SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘DROS’, ‘Deathchron’, Plus Today’s Other Releases, News, and the Latest Sales
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SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘DROS’, ‘Deathchron’, Plus Today’s Other Releases, News, and the Latest Sales

Top Stories Tamfitronics Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for July 12th, 2024. It’s the end of another week, and we’re not exactly going out with a bang. Three new games today, all starting with the letter D by pure chance. Some new Nintendo Switch Online retro games that no one would have called before they hit. And the lovely, lovely sales we all enjoy blowing money on. It’s a quiet way to finish things out this Friday, but that’s more than fine. Let’s get to the weekend!News‘Starfy’ Arrives to Nintendo Switch Online’s Game Boy Advance AppAnother unexpected drop of games for the Nintendo Switch Online retro apps, this time for the Expansion Pack’s Game Boy Advance library. What makes this one unusual is that...
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The Risky Politics of France’s Hung Parliament
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The Risky Politics of France’s Hung Parliament

Politics tamfitronics World / July 12, 2024In the days since the New Popular Front won the largest number of seats, political gravity has again exerted itself.People are seen celebrating on the statue of Marianne on the Place de la République to celebrate after the Nouveau Front populaire, an alliance of left-wing parties including La France Insoumise came in first on July 7, 2024, in Paris, France.Paris was in a state of jubilation on July 7. Quite literally, a roar of collective joy could be heard from the rooftops of the French capital when at 8 pm the left-wing Nouveau Front populaire (NFP, New Popular Front) was revealed to have won the largest number of seats in the National Assembly, defying expectations of an imminent majority for Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National (RN, National Rally)...
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SERIOUSLY? Biden Slams Media for Treating Politics Like Entertainment or Reality TV
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SERIOUSLY? Biden Slams Media for Treating Politics Like Entertainment or Reality TV

Politics tamfitronics There's a classic line in the 1960s film "Dr. Strangelove": "You can't fight in here, this is the war room!"We now have a modern politics version of that, combined with the usual off-the-charts level of self-unawareness."No entertainment or reality TV stuff in here, this is politics":Biden: It is time for us to stop treating politics like entertainment and reality TV. pic.twitter.com/V3gtjRVlzY— Acyn (@Acyn) July 12, 2024Biden's now reading things like that off the teleprompter because hosts and guests on traditionally lefty media outlets like CNN and MSNBC have said that it's time for Joe to step aside. Biden is, at least in part, blaming the media for what everybody saw at the debate (and on several occasions before and after that particular faceplant):Biden crowd begins booing reporters during this riff.“The press has been...
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