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  1. Totally forgotten about that movie.
  2. I get that and was only pointing out the difference between Hamas-controlled Gaza vs. the PA in the West Bank.
  3. Even more reason to kick out Hamas. Your comment made me look it up, and, apparently, they have breweries in the West Bank -- one of which hosts an annual Oktoberfest-style celebration.
  4. This is probably a really stupid idea for multiple reasons, but what about the Irish, who are famously perceived as being generally sympathetic to Palestinians because of their own history vis-a-vis the UK? Might they be a) willing, b) capable, and c) seen as sufficiently neutral? I dunno. Just spitballin'.
  5. Sadly, you're right. Operating under the assumption that Hispanics will vote for their own self-interest is probably as silly as expecting the same from blue-collar Boomer Anglos.
  6. Yeah, it was in there with the talk about Liberty being a shitty evangelical diploma mill that covers up rape allegations. Is talking about that CR?
  7. It's entirely predictable, and I can only hope the blowback at the ballot box is swift and fierce.
  8. Gotcha. I was reading it as if he wanted their estrogen implants removed along with their sex organs with the implication that transwomen, who have estrogen implants, are guilty of sex crimes against kids.
  9. Maybe I take it as political as the vast majority of misogynists, incels, fascists, racists, homophobes, etc., are on the right, and those are the ones who Elon is boosting on Twitter now. It's kind of getting to be an overt thing.
  10. I don't want to take the fun out of this board, because the humor is a huge element that keeps me coming back. I also don't want to get caught up in spreading bullshit, so thanks, y'all, for clearing that up.
  11. That's exactly what seems to have happened, based on the information that was released last night. Maybe there's other stuff out there, but again, I haven't followed this Epstein shit very closely until last night so it's quite possible (very likely) that I haven't seen what all is out there.
  12. Gotcha. It's hilarious as shit, but I just wanted to know if it's actually true.
  13. @pyrohornIII The only way to combat their bullshit without devolving into an ideologically based argument is to just stick with the facts. Once I posted a summary of the article and the actual text, some of them seemed to come around. You can't reach everyone, but you can reach the reasonable ones. However, I'm sure a few ignored my post entirely based on the last page of the thread. By that point, no one seemed to care except for the most dug-in and committed. Everyone else seemed to move on except for those asshats. I see and agree with your overall point that right-leaning posters, for the most part, don't participate in political discussions here, so they let it slip out everywhere else. Of course, they deny that they're doing it, but that's just a farce. One example that I'm right now trying to figure out how/whether to respond to is in the Youth Minister's (and other pervs) Thread of Shame where Newdoc said pedophiles should suffer the "Removal of sexual organs and estrogen implants for male sex crime convicts," strongly implying that trans individuals are responsible for child molestation when all the evidence says otherwise. It's the second to the last post. I know that it's bait, but no one has really picked up on it yet, or everyone has just decided to ignore it. I do see some of our left-leaning posters make overt cloaky statements in DT now and then, too, especially when it comes to Trump, Elon, and Tucker (when he was still relevant). But most of those are in relation to what shitty people they are as racists, traitors, etc. Edit: One thing that particularly perturbs me in the DT is how wild, unfounded allegations/conspiracy theories (whether political or not) are allowed to proliferate there. And, of course, it's the same right-leaning cohort that participates most in those.
  14. Can I ask where you got this screenshot? Hovering over it shows it's taken from Twitter, but I can't find the original sourcing. Or should I take it that it's a joke?
  15. There's zero evidence he ever went to the island. No, the flight logs haven't been released. (Edit: Getting caught up. I haven't followed this shit until last night, so I don't know if/where flight logs have been released. There weren't any from last night's stuff. Keep reading; see below.) A claim was made that Maxwell flew Clinton to the island shortly after his presidency ended in her original allegations against Epstein. Clinton adamantly denied he ever visited the island. The counterargument is two-fold: 1) The Secret Service would've never let him be flown by someone in a helicopter who had just gotten their pilots license, and 2) there's no evidence of any trip from the Secret Service. https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24253239/1324-epstein-documents-943-pages.pdf Testimony of one of the victims Joanna Sjoberg (note the page number I included in the screenshot): The meat of Clinton allegations in yesterday's release (note the page numbers I included in the screenshots): Examination of Giuffre (victim) during the Maxwell investigation, regarding a story written by Sarah Churcher that Bill Clinton was flown to the island by Maxwell: Do not take this as any defense of Clinton's overall conduct as a person. It is only a reference to yesterday's release to clear up the record so that no one is operating on information that may be false and that, to date, there is no evidence he ever visited the island.
  16. First day of spring semester. Happened before school started. Multiple gunshot victims (no word on deaths). Shooter dead.
  17. Miserable fail. Wordle 929 5/6 🟩⬛🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟨🟩⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Not much better with Connections. Connections Puzzle #207 🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Same with Quordle. Daily Quordle 710 6️⃣4️⃣ 8️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Daily Sequence Quordle 710 6️⃣7️⃣ 8️⃣9️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [coffee break] Better. Blossom Puzzle, January 4 Letters: A E M T N S U My score: 345 points My longest word: 10 letters 🌺 🌻 🌹 🌼 💐 🌷 💮 🌸 🏵 🌺 #Worldle #713 1/6 (100%) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 ⭐⭐⭐🏙️🪙 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr #travle #386 (6/11) ✅✅✅✅✅✅ https://travle.earth ClickWord.org Daily 334: 630 points (top 20% 🎊) 11 words: 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟥🟨🟨🟩 💪 Best word: 98 points 🔥 Streak: 3 days #ClickWord #ClickWordDaily334
  18. That route was discussed up-thread as a viable alternative if traffic was backed up in Baton Rouge. Yes, it's slower under normal circumstances but not that much. According to Google, which owns Waze and incorporates its data, it's 33 minutes longer right now without the huge delays in Baton Rouge that people had to experience coming home.
  19. There's an unnamed senator from Maine in there whose name has been redacted - referred to as "he" in some of the Q&A, so 110 might be "him". (Not sure why there's a strike-thru on the latter part of my previous post. Editing won't let me fix it.)
  20. Come on, man. Can we not use AI-generated shit without disclosing that it's fake? https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2023/05/fact-check-old-photos-of-donald-trump-with-underage-young-women-are-not-authentic-ai-generated.html
  21. Yeah, there's not a lot in there on others, from what I can tell at this point. Dersh needs to be publicly crucified. From the Forbes article, there's more to come though: WHAT TO WATCH FOR It’s unclear how long it will take for all of the unsealed names and documents to be made public. Two people whose names are sealed are appealing to keep their names hidden, including a person described as “Doe 110,” an individual whose “name and association with Epstein has been widely publicized by the media.” Their appeal remains pending. Another person in the case, identified only as “Doe 107,” had already been fighting to keep her name sealed, arguing she “faces a risk of physical harm in her country of residence.” The judge has asked Doe 107—who was not listed as part of the names to be unsealed—to provide additional information to support her case by Jan. 22. WHAT WE DON’T KNOW Who else the unsealed names will include, or what the unredacted documents will say. The full list of unsealed names is believed to include victims, associates and employees of Epstein, which could involve more high-profile names in addition to the ones released Wednesday. The court filing listing the names to be unsealed notes most of the people have already had their association with Epstein publicly reported in the media or in court, and while there is the possibility of explosive claims coming out about high-profile figures, Preska noted the information involving many of the listed people that will be unsealed is “not salacious.” TANGENT Several names will remain sealed in the case. Those associates, referred to in court filings as “J. Doe,” include multiple alleged victims whose allegations have not been made public, with the court ruling their privacy interests outweigh the public interest in their names being unsealed. Others whose names remain sealed include someone who was mistakenly identified and characterized as an “alleged perpetrator” in a photograph and two people described by the court as “classic outsider, peripheral to the events at issue.” The Herald has said it will appeal the decision to keep those names hidden. KEY BACKGROUND Giuffre sued Maxwell in 2015, accusing the Epstein associate of “wrongfully subject[ing] Giuffre to public ridicule, contempt and disgrace” by trying to discredit the alleged victim’s claims about Epstein and painting her as a “liar.” Though the lawsuit was settled in 2017, the Herald has spent the ensuing years fighting for information in the case to be unsealed, and the latest list of names follow a spate of other documents being unsealed in the case, revealing new claims of sexual abuse; that former President Donald Trump appeared on Epstein’s flight logs; and Giuffre testifying Clinton visited Epstein’s private island, which he denies. Epstein, who died in prison in 2019, allegedly abused upwards of 100 victims between 2002 and 2018, and the financier has been linked to a number of high-profile figures, including billionaires Bill Gates and Glenn Dubin and Noam Chomsky, though they have not been accused of any wrongdoing. Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2022 for aiding in Epstein’s abuse and conspiring with him to sexually abuse minors. Giuffre separately sued Prince Andrew for sexual abuse, which was settled out of court.
  22. Born and raised in Wisconsin, served in Army Reserves, went to "Liberty" University, moved to Texas, and became an asshole cop. Another interloping carpetbagger embarrassing the State of Texas. Another Gopper, who should understand the meaning of liberty, working against it.
  23. From what I've skimmed, there wasn't anything damning on either of them. Forbes has a quick summary of the same that I looked at. Derschowitz seems to be one who should be sweating. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/01/03/first-epstein-names-unsealed-here-are-the-biggest-takeaways/?sh=4bf35b30161b In case you're out of free views for Forbes (free link): https://archive.is/PiNhs Link to what I view: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24253239/1324-epstein-documents-943-pages.pdf Reddit has a thread of people going through it:
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