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  1. I don't know if Tech does or not, but "The Hound" would.make sense. Kind of too obvious though, and I don't know if he deserves the moniker or not.
  2. I like that the guy's name is Baskerville. That's kinda cool.
  3. I dunno. Mediocre in my opinion. What would call a P5 that doesn't make a bowl?
  4. Man, that's still so weird that we're going to see two West Coast teams playing on the East Coast. I looked it up earlier. They seem to be defense contractors based out of Huntsville, Alabama.
  5. Don't the cartels run the avocado market now? Trying to picture a meeting between them and the ad team.
  6. That was a first. They said something about a KC merry-go-round play.
  7. What a great place to celebrate your 21st birthday. Shreveport!
  8. The fuck was #9 doing on the Tech D on that long pass? Reminded me of that gif where the guy was like "Hey, Stop!"
  9. Doesn't look like a terrible turnout at least in the seats near the field. Obviously, it helps the game is being played in LA.
  10. No, I haven't been drinking. Look at the sequence above: 1) Texas Hammer says Islamophobic shit about Muslims having a different idea of what makes a person "good." 2) David responds by saying Texas Hammer must not have been a "history major" alluding to the Crusades. 3) You said that Christianity has moved beyond that and then recounted a story about how you heard some smart people agree with each other that Islam is incompatible with modernity and can't get along with any other religions. Maybe you missed what David was responding to. Again, I was surprised that you told that story within that context.
  11. Then what was the point of you recounting that story in the defense of Texas Hammer's undeniable Islamophobia? Besides, Taylor was clearly wrong.
  12. Fundamentalism, of any stripe, can't accept the practice of other religions. Pew Survey results from sub-Saharan Africa and SE Asia put the lie to the statement that this is an "Islam" problem when it's one of religious extremism. That's the enemy of tolerance, peace, and democracy, which should be fought everywhere. Senegal, Mali, and Djibouti are overwhelmingly Muslim nations, with the first two being very tolerant. Djibouti is less so, but still a majority. Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, and Tanzania all have significant Muslim minorities and still most of the population believes in religious tolerance to varying degrees. Maybe consider how different political situations in each country might account for different sentiments. Now, imagine this question being asked in much of the Deep South or how the answers would be different around our country. https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2010/04/15/executive-summary-islam-and-christianity-in-sub-saharan-africa/ Southeast Asia has a mix of religions among its countries. Cambodia and Sri Lanka are overwhelmingly Buddhist and are the least tolerant among these countries. Indonesia and Malaysia are majority Muslim, and they see a threat from the fundamentalists, not from other religions. But, holy cow, look at Singapore being tolerant as fuck. Many major world religions have a significant presence in Singapore. Among Singaporean adults, 26% identify as Buddhist, 18% as Muslim, 17% as Christian, 8% as Hindu, 6% as a follower of Chinese traditional religions like Taoism or Confucianism, and 4% as some other religion, including Indigenous religions. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/11/20/how-people-in-south-and-southeast-asia-view-religious-diversity-and-pluralism/sr_23-11-20_sea-pluralism_3/ Edited to add: Hornius, man, I'm really disappointed, because I thought you'd be above the Islamophobia shit. The pronouncement that Islam is a uniquely problematic one is the exact type of stereotyping that leads to the lack of tolerance you're bemoaning. And, considering that the conversation you had took place in the mid-1980s with an English historian during the times of the Troubles in Northern Ireland is especially rich, given the conflict between the Protestants and the Catholics.
  13. Wordle 910 2/6 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #188 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 691 7️⃣4️⃣ 6️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Daily Sequence Quordle 691 7️⃣8️⃣ 9️⃣🔟 m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blossom Puzzle, December 16 Letters: B E H A O R T My score: 289 points My longest word: 10 letters 🌹 🏵 🌺 🌼 🌻 🌸 💐 🌷 💮 🌹 #Worldle #694 2/6 (100%) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨⬇️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 ⭐⭐⭐🏙️🪙 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr #travle #367 (14/22) ✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅ https://imois.in/games/travle/ This "okay" score could've been much higher but got stuck waiting for a couple of very common letters of two different plays not show up while the rest of the board filled up. Frustrating with no room to craft together better words. ClickWord.org Daily 315: 499 points (top 30% 🎉) 14 words: ⚛️⚛️🟪🟪🟥🟧🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩 💪 Best word: 116 points 🔥 Streak: 2 days #ClickWord #ClickWordDaily315
  14. That fucking blows. I'm paying for mine, but my daughter, who's away at college, has been signing in to it for years. With Netflix, you're supposed to be able to have up to five different users with their own accounts able to log in. I understand they're trying to crack down on password sharing, but imagine if your cellphone's family plan suddenly required your college kid to ping the tower closest to your house every 30 days or they'd get cut off.
  15. It sounds like the administration has about had enough of Bibi's bullshit. As of now, 85% of Gaza's 2 million people, suffering from disease and hunger, have been displaced while also being bombed in the south where they were told to go. Meanwhile, the administration is looking into the reports of the IDF's alleged use of white phosphorus. Biden Warns Israel It Is ‘Losing Support’ Over War Mr. Biden delivered the blunt assessment of America’s closest ally in the Middle East during a fund-raiser in Washington, where he described Mr. Netanyahu as the leader of “the most conservative government in Israel’s history,” which doesn’t “want anything remotely approaching a two-state solution” to the country’s long-running dispute with Palestinians. The president said that Israel had support from Europe and much of the world as well as the United States, but he added that “they’re starting to lose that support by the indiscriminate bombing that takes place.” The president’s remarks came hours after Mr. Netanyahu pledged to defy weeks of American pressure to put the Palestinian Authority in charge of Gaza once the fighting ends. Mr. Netanyahu ruled out any role there for the authority, which now governs Palestinian society in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. ***** In his remarks at the fund-raiser, Mr. Biden pledged to continue that support for Israel’s effort to protect itself, saying that “we’re not going to do a damn thing other than protect Israel in the process. Not a single thing.” “Without Israel as a free-standing state, not a Jew in the world is safe,” he added. But he also described his response to Mr. Netanyahu’s private assertion that the United States had “carpet-bombed” Germany and dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. “I said, ‘Yeah, that’s why all these institutions were set up after World War II, to see to it that it didn’t happen again,’” Mr. Biden told the donors at the event. ***** Nearly two months of aerial bombardment by Israel and a continuing ground war have leveled much of Gaza City in the northern part of the tiny enclave, which is home to nearly two million Palestinians. More than 15,000 people, including several thousand children, have been killed in Gaza during the fighting, according to the territory’s health authorities. The United Nations says that more than 85 percent of the population has been displaced, with some aid organizations reporting rampant disease and widespread hunger. Mr. Netanyahu says his government is determined to destroy Hamas’s ability to threaten Israel’s population, and has repeatedly warned Palestinians to move south. Some locations in the south of Gaza have also been bombed, drawing criticism from humanitarian organizations. ***** But on Monday, administration officials said they were looking into reports that Israel’s military had deployed white phosphorus supplied by the United States along the border with Lebanon, in violation of international law. That allegation, made in reports by Amnesty International and The Washington Post, represented another potential disagreement between the two countries about Israel’s conduct. Israel’s military on Monday said it complies with international law and denied using the weapon illegally. John Kirby, a spokesman for the U.S. National Security Council, said the United States would be “asking questions” about the incident. White phosphorus is an incendiary, toxic substance used to create light and smoke screens during combat. Its use is not illegal, but deploying it deliberately against civilians or in a civilian setting violates the laws of war.
  16. Two stories up right now that ought to make anyone question the tactics used by the IDF in this conflict, where more than 15,000 civilians, including thousands of children, have already been killed. 1. Three Israeli hostages carrying a white flag were shot and killed by the IDF. On Friday, the three hostages emerged, shirtless, from a building tens of yards away from the Israeli soldiers, bearing a stick with a white cloth, the military said in a preliminary investigation. One of the soldiers, believing they posed a threat, opened fire on the three hostages, killing two of them and wounding the third, the early investigation found. The third fled into the building, from which a cry in Hebrew for help could be heard. The battalion commander ordered the forces to hold their fire. But the wounded hostage later re-emerged, after which he was shot and killed, the military statement said. In a briefing with reporters, an Israeli military official called the incident a violation of the military’s regulations. The hostages may have escaped or been abandoned by their captors, the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity under military protocol. 2. Yet another journalist was killed. That makes 64 who've been killed so far. An Al Jazeera cameraman was killed and the network’s Arabic-language Gaza Strip bureau chief was wounded on Friday during an attack in southern Gaza, Al Jazeera said, the latest in a long string of journalist casualties in the war. The cameraman, Samer Abu Daqqa, and Wael al-Dahdouh, the bureau chief, were covering the aftermath of airstrikes at a U.N. school-turned-shelter in Khan Younis when both were wounded, the network said. Mr. al-Dahdouh told Al Jazeera that he was able to walk out of the area and seek help, but Mr. Abu Daqqa died from his injuries, the network said. In October, Mr. al-Dahdouh’s wife, son, daughter and infant grandson were killed at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, where they had been sheltering. ***** According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, a nonprofit organization based in New York that defends the rights of journalists around the world, 64 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza since the war between Israel and Hamas began on Oct. 7, more than in any other similar period of time since the group started collecting data in 1992. The C.P.J. defines journalists as “people who cover news or comment on public affairs through print, digital, broadcast media and other means,” and media workers as essential support staff, including translators, drivers and fixers. The group has said it does not include people in its tallies if there is evidence of their “acting on behalf of militant groups or serving in a military capacity at the time of their deaths.” ***** International watchdogs have said that an Israeli strike on Oct. 13 that killed a videographer for the Reuters news agency and injured six other journalists was a targeted attack carried out by the Israeli military. Earlier this year, a C.P.J. report found that no one had been held accountable for nearly 20 journalists killed by the Israeli military since 2001.
  17. I mean, who hasn't had sex in the office after hours? Just don't be dumb enough to film publish it.
  18. That YouTube channel is more sketchy than those two somewhat innocuous clips make it seem. Suspicious Observers (Suspicious0bservers) is a pseudoscience YouTube channel run by ex-lawyer Ben Davidson who has a degree in economics from Denison University and a Juris Doctorate from Capital University Law School, but no actual science training. His ideas have been debunked by genuine climate scientists.[1] He has various websites on which he sells his scribblings and tickets to his "annual conference".[notes 1] Davidson makes far-fetched claims about dozens of scientists attending his conferences and conversing secretly with him, but there has only been one notable name at any of his meetings — John Coleman, another notable climate denier. https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Suspicious0bservers
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