Sentences with phrase «as a con game»

If I ruled the planet, religions would would be outlawed as a con game unless each and every part of their dogma was PROVEN TRUE by our 21st century evidentiary standards.

This has led some critics, such as NASA climatologist James Hansen, to dismiss offsets as a con game.

Schindler leaves it to «his» Jews, and particularly to his accountant Itzhak Stern (Ben Kingsley), to understand the unsayable: that Schindler is using his factory as a con game to cheat the Nazis of the lives of his workers.

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But we can make life very miserable for said speakers by sit - ins / walk - arounds by their misguided church, hosing them down as firemen conduct fire drills in areas where these «speakers» spout their «stupidities», insti - tute a tax on all «houses of worthless worship» and sue them for false advertising of beliefs that are simply con games.

It is hard for this generation to understand a phrase like «those wise restraints that make men free,» perhaps because such phrases too often have been used as part of a con game to get youth to buy the illusions of middle age.

No most people would remember me as the guy who said most of the preachers were gay rapists, and the whole thing was a con game.

«It's the ultimate con game if public power is your goal, and as profitable as any religion (as the pope and megapastors have shown), once you get people hooked.»

You posted Quran 2:62 which says Christians and Jews who believe in the lord shall enter heaven and so on, that was when Mohammed was trying to fool Jews and Christians to follow him as a prophet when they refused you know then Mohammed starting giving other verses where he attacked and cursed them to hell, this is how you know the Quran is nothing more then words of ONE MAN AND NOT OF ANY GOD, after all Mohammed began his new religion in a cave when he said some spirit choked him home told his wive and she seeing dollar signs tellls Mohammed you aree a great men lol you must be a prophet, and the con game began from there, Mohammed thought he was possed bythe spirit, by the way which was unnamed, and 13 years later Mohammed would call the spirit Gaberial lol copied from the Bible.

Now you know why we call him the senile fraudster... an old man masquerading as a coach but in reality he is just running a con game, stringing fans along with the promise of «soon competing at the top level» while enriching himself and his master Kroenke.

That was pretty much the game plan last Saturday: Danny Davis & Co. would have to con No. 6 - ranked University of Texas to make folks believe that the Cougars deserved to play host in the Cotton Bowl as Southwest Conference champion on New Year's Day.

We're still not yet at the stage of the debate where the actual pros and cons of the demise of the Union are being considered: this year is all about wrangling over the rules of the game, with both sides striving to set up as favourable conditions as possible to get their way.

The union head who represents Rikers Island corrections officers slammed plans to close the jail complex as nothing more than a «political con game» and a «land grab» that would enrich well - connected real estate developers.

Game and watch naruto, S.A.O, log horizon and many more anime, on the weekends cosplay at some cons as army of two or spider knight!

«As part of the game's announcement at Comic - Con, executive producer Mike Jones indicated these re-releases wouldn't be proper remasters,

The cons were, some questionable voices for certain characters, same level design as before (small tight areas to fight for most part) and did I mention that it was too short of a game.

The game will have a Swing Mode, which will let players use their Joy - Con like a tennis racket — which I'm sure will help make it just as accessible as Wii Sports.

Hank was a covert hero for decades, we discover, and he uses subterfuge like a con game to reel in Scott as his successor, a decision that his daughter Hope (Evangeline Lilly) isn't too keen on, but she helps him train nonetheless.

Lucy Hale stars as a college student who is visiting Mexico when she's conned into playing a supernatural version of the titular game, but discovers that the game doesn't end when she and her friends (including Perrineau) return home.

EXCLUSIVE: Director Adam Shankman is in talks to direct O'Lucky Day, a Paramount Pictures comedy that will star Game Of Thrones «Emmy winner Peter Dinklage as a con man who may or may not be a real Leprechaun, but who certainly passes himself off as one.

During a stage appearance at Comic Con 2017 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Mads Mikkelsen was asked about his role as the villain in Kojima's upcoming game Death Stranding.

As envisioned by Neil Jordan (The Crying Game, The End of the Affair), the con game is mixed with a rather somber drama, making this more of a character study than an ensemble pastiche of humorous twiGame, The End of the Affair), the con game is mixed with a rather somber drama, making this more of a character study than an ensemble pastiche of humorous twigame is mixed with a rather somber drama, making this more of a character study than an ensemble pastiche of humorous twists.

As every Nintendo Switch comes bundled with two Joy - Con controllers, players can easily share the fun of compatible multiplayer games with friends and family * right out of the box.

As a local multiplayer centric game, Super Bomberman R works best in TV mode, with a single Joy - Con assigned to each player.

As promised at San Diego Comic - Con over the weekend, Disney has released a new trailer for Disney Infinity 2.0 showcasing the villains that will be available in the game.

THE SPANISH PRISONER The latest elabo rate con game from writer - director David Mamet stars Campbell Scott as a smart but too - trusting inventor who goes to a Caribbean resort and falls into a dense labyrinth of broken promises and deceit.

I don't see it's difficulty as a «Con», nor do I think that it should lower the final score you give the game.

But just in case you find the game too difficult, try playing on an easier setting as Dark Witch Music Episode: Rudymical has four available (Easy, Normal, Hard and Lunatic, but Lunatic can only be unlocked by beating every stage once), you can of course skip the 1 Player story mode and try out the split screen co-op mode instead, as you and a friend go toe - to - toe against the bosses you couldn't beat, armed with a single Joy - Con Controller each.

The MCM London Comic Con takes place between the 25th and 27th May at the Excel in England's capital, and as ever, there were be plenty of video game - related points of interest among the TV stars, merchandise and cosplay.

With old wounds reopened, Nicky is thrown off his game as we try to keep up with just who is conning whom.

Cons - Some notable characters were missing such as Yoshi and the Koopa Kids -2 nd half of game is mainly a rehash of the first half with a few differences but nothing too noticeable

The game has also seen adjustments to visuals, item drop rates, as has abandoned touch controls in favor of the Joy - Con thumbsticks.

Game Night equally impresses as a long - con gimmick and untrained mercenary gallivanting.

According to the lovely people at the game's New York Comic Con panel, which can be viewed in its entirety on Twitch, Conan O'Brien will serve as a guide of sorts to the open - world gameplay of LEGO Batman 3, which should come in handy as this time around there are entire planets to explore.

As he learns more about his old friend — namely that he was a murderer and thief — Martins finds himself pulled deeper and deeper into a dangerous con game.

But the number of video game panels has grown tremendously as Comic - Con begins to include every entertainment medium out there.

This is despite an opening bit, narrated by Ricky Jay no less, that would seem to indicate a fun and light - hearted romp, as the title characters (played by Mark Ruffalo and Adrian Brody) are established as cunning siblings with a penchant for engaging in almost ridiculously complex con games.

Gal Metal is a motion - based rhythm game focused on metal music, that has the player use their Joy - Con controllers like drumsticks as they drum to the beat to save the Earth from alien invasion.

Revealed in a panel at San Diego Comic - Con (as reported by The Sonic Stadium), Sega's retro homage game will include the Mode 7 - like extra stages included in Sonic CD:

The game will come with a revamped user interface as well as revamped leveling mechanics for the console version, with the Nintendo Switch version offering motion controls and the ability to use 2 Joy - Con controllers in split - screen mode.

You can play Violett in any of the Switch's modes, but using the Joy - Con or Pro Controller to navigate around the game's weird world do not feel as intuitive as using your fingers to actually point and click on the scenes that you are presented with.

Nintendo is bringing Pikmin 3, Wind Waker HD and a handful of other Wii U and 3DS games to Comic - Con International this weekend, as well as to a special gaming lounge adjacent to the convention...

It seems that this is not the case as Harada clarified during a panel at the San Diego Comic Con, he further explained that the game is «proceeding» and is «still in development».

A direct sequel to this game, Donkey Kong Jr., was released the following year; it was the only game to feature Mario as the antagonist, in which role he kidnaps Donkey Kong and cons the ape's son into saving him.

In the same way that the Internet has liberated hordes of people from the oppression of religious doctrine (atheism has exploded exponentially around the globe in the past 10 years), it is possible that «American Sniper's» enormous box office success will backfire as more people wake up to the con game that America's corporate political military junta is running.

While console - style games will likely use them both as left and right halves of a whole, the Switch actually sees each Joy - Con as its own controller, and it allows up to eight of them.

The game will work in both docked, and undocked modes as you might expect, allowing players to grab a Joy - Con each and play anywhere.

Though the biggest panels at Comic - Con can draw close to 6,500, but as Salkowitz observed, «Hey, we're not Game of Thrones!»

Being tricked by a con man, as Melville, a big fan of the Siamese Twins, reminded us long ago, is a price we pay or a risk we take in a confidence game called Democracy.

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Uncle Dave, founder and president of Preditors and Editors, a site every writer should visit prior to circulating queries, (link once again: http://pred-ed.com/pubagent.htm) This type of scheme is based on an age old con - game known as the Spanish Prisoner.