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  1. Just now, Buzzrock said:

    No I get it. I just don't like it. Again, Rush and Hannity do that shit a lot. I admit I've listened to them on occasion because the only news radio in my town plays those guys in the afternoon (I don't have satellite radio). They are fucking awful.

    Hypocrisy needs to be pointed out. Especially when it is this bold and brazen 

  2. 3 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

     

    You're not wrong, but I hate this reverse-whataboutism. Who gives a shit what they would be doing? Plenty to focus on regarding what IS happening.

    FYI: this was always a favorite Hannity tactic.

    You miss the point. It’s not about whataboutism. It’s about the constant lamenting a the mainstream media and the Democratic Party. Everything they accuse others of doing, they are in fact doing 

  3. Haven’t gotten to listen to Golden Ear myself but it seems that everything Sandy Gross touches turns to gold. No pun intended. I live in an apt so I can’t blast the audio too much. I have two DefTech SM55s and a Mythos 7 center running through a Pioneer Elite. 

    If I ever decide to commit and buy a house then I will certainly be looking to separates. Anyone have any experience with Emotiva? I have seen good stuff about them and the prices are insane for separates.

  4. 10 minutes ago, maninblack said:

    I'm not believing something pushed by the Kremlin as much as I'm not accepting at face value the story pushed by the Trump admin.

     

    Has Assad committed war crimes during all this? Yes.

     

    Should we intervene militarily? I say no.

    See you boys in the morning. We can argue more later. Smooches.

    This is all anyone was looking for. Straightforward answers instead of whataboutism and moral equivalence

  5. 9 minutes ago, maninblack said:


    No. By believing the story that Iraq state media was peddling over the entire Western world you were aligning with Saddam.

    Like how that works

    Plenty worldwide and in the West disagreed with the invasion of Iraq. In fact this thing called the UN disagreed with it. That’s not remotely similar to believing a conspiracy being pushed by the kremlin and being refuted by the western world.

    Keep dodging though. And maybe I missed it, did Assad ever use chemicals weapons or commit war crimes? 

  6. Just now, maninblack said:


    By saying we shouldn't bomb Syria I'm aligning with Putin is like saying I'm siding with North Korea because we shouldn't bomb them either.

    No. By believing the story that Russian state media is peddling over the entire Western world you’re aligning with Putin. 

  7. 3 minutes ago, maninblack said:


    Yeah probably. I'm under no illusion that he's some awesome guy.

    The reason I asked you that question is Saddam did all the things you accuse Assad of and yes he deserved to die for his crimes against humanity. That said invading Iraq, even if it had been originally sold on the pretense he was a bad guy, led to more loss of human life and a still destabilized country.

    If you want to argue that folks who commit crimes against humanity deserve to die I'm down with that. Typically, a lot of people have to die to make that happen though and we have a lot of stink on us too.

    “Why does Assad deserve to die”

     

  8. 16 minutes ago, VRHorn said:

    Nope, we should not, in a vacuum. The issue is that Assad has no compunction about killing every Syrian he can. As with everything else in the ME, there are no right answers. That said, the moral argument for attacking Assad is pretty solid.

    the whole “no evidence” bit is something you haven’t fully answered. Either Assad has a history of gassing his people or he doesn’t- the preponderance of the evidence is that he did.

    Still unanswered

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  9. Never once did I advocate invading Iraq or Syria. I simply said Pods answered that discussion well. I disagree with some of his opinions. I do think however we needed to respond to what has happened.

    Do you believe Assad deserves to die?

  10. 10 minutes ago, maninblack said:


    I'm not white knighting Assad and I have not ignored the arguments. I've rejected them. The logic behind the given story makes no sense. But hey maybe he's not a logical actor and just when he's about to defeat ISIS he uses chemical weapons roughly 5-10 miles away from the capital knowing that'll likely provoke a response. So the argument for striking Assad has boiled down to he used chemical weapons that harmed and killed civilians.

    My question back is if you believe that do you believe the US should kill more Syrians by launching an offensive eventhough we were not attacked and no evidence has been provided up to this point?

    You can disagree with whether or not we should be involved. That question has been discussed and answered pretty well by Pods. 

    Even if your conspiracy theory is right, which I’m glad to see you trust Russian media but not the US, this isn’t he first time. Assad has committed multiple war crimes. You literally asked why Assad deserved to die. That’s white knighting. He deserves to die for numerous other war crimes he has committed. 

    And yea, maybe the guy murdering children isn’t a logical actor.

  11. 4 minutes ago, maninblack said:

    Again you fail to answer the question and choose instead to attack me. I'm not arguing that Assad isn't a bad actor but if you're going to argue he needs to die at the hands of the United States military I'd like to hear the rationale. Is that unreasonable?

    I’d like to hear rationale for why you’re white knighting a war criminal who has murdered and tortured civilians. 

    People have presented plenty of arguments for why the United States military should be involved. You ignore it because you’re too busy carrying water for Assad and Putin.

  12. 1 minute ago, maninblack said:

    Jesus dude we just dropped ordnance on a country probably killing a lot of civilians and you're fucking bent out of shape about a god damn pizza place that I said was weird. Come back to reality

    That’s the fucking point. You don’t trust anything the government or media or experts tell you but you trust fucking Alex Jones. And then you act like you’re better than everyone when called on your bullshit.

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  13. 37 minutes ago, Walden Ponderer said:

    I may be wrong, but I interpreted LH's comment to be an indictment of the change, not a misunderstanding of it. "It makes no sense" to have a fair catch shy of the 25 be a touchback. Because, you know, it doesn't. It's a stupid rule change.

    It’s a good change if the goal is to prevent players having brain damage.

  14. 10 minutes ago, mdmost said:

    It would be nice if we'd stop prosecuting the Coutinho shit over and over. He's gone and this team is doing okay without him. If you had told me before he was sold that we'd be top 4 in the EPL with CL assured for next season and a chance to go to the UCL finals, all without him, I'd be perfectly fine with him being gone. It all worked out. LFC fans, let it go.

     

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  15. MIB and I rarely agree on virtually anything but I don’t think he’s bitching about Coutinho being sold. He’s just pointing out that there’s no reason to pretend Coutinho wasn’t our best midfield player. 

    And Mo isn’t an attacking midfielder. He’s a forward. Coutinho puts Ox on the bench if he’s here. 

    Do I think losing Coutinho has negatively effected the team? Obviously not. Do I think Klopp would still love to have him? Absolutely. Klopp may not target him on the open market but he certainly fits the style of play Klopp plays. People seem to want to retroactively pretend that he didn’t work hard while here which is false. He pressed well when playing forward and he was our most effective player at advancing the ball through midfield which is something Klopp clearly values.

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