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  1. 2 hours ago, Pancho said:

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    About the bill's author:

    • Fritts attended Liberty University and the University of Tennessee (I guess he didn't actually graduate).
    • On April 5, 2023, just weeks after a deadly school shooting, he voted to move a bill forward to arm teachers.
    • On April 11, 2024, Frits was one of only two house members who voted against bills SB 1917 and HB 2041 that would ban marriage between biological first cousins.Β 

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    In a joking response, John Ray Clemmons, a Democrat from Nashville, introduced an amendment that would protect fictional beasts.

    "This amendment would make sure that we are protecting yetis, or Sasquatch or Bigfoot, from whatever this conspiracy is that we're passing in this legislation," he said during debate.

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  2. 5 hours ago, Fastbreak said:

    I have an incoming missile

    Here she is graduating from USC with her mom and dad.

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  3. 7 minutes ago, Jhawkmvp said:

    Looked it up. KU was opened for classes in 1866 and the first Black student was admitted in 1876.Β  Old Big 12 universities not listed:

    KU 1876

    NU 1890s? First black football player. Probably first admitted around the same time as KU, but could not find it.

    ISU 1891

    CU 1897Β 

    KSU 1896

    Those schools had black athletes in the 1890s and 1900s from what I can tell, but the Big 6/7, when formed, had rules against black students playing until the late 40s/early 50s, I believe mostly due to MU and OU refusing to play against black athletes. OSU joined in 1958, after black athletes were already allowed to compete.

    Newer additions to the B12 (not listed earlier):

    BYU 1937

    WVU 1940

    UCF 1958

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    Other than Mizzou, I didn't even bother to look up the old Big 12 North schools because, well, you know...

    The only two that surprise me from your research are BYU and UCF. The former because of the LDS church's historical racism, and the latter because it didn't open its doors to any students until 1968. I'm assuming you must've made a typo on that one.

    Regardless, thanks for doing the legwork.

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  4. 10 minutes ago, leaf said:

    From what you posted, how do you get that lsrael is responsible for that?

    Here's the story:

    Gazans attempting to return to homes in north say Israeli troops fired on them.

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    Displaced Palestinians passing through the central Gaza Strip as they try to return to northern Gaza on Sunday.Β  Ramadan Abed/Reuters

    As thousands of displaced Palestinians attempted to return to their homes in northern Gaza on Sunday, Israeli troops fired at the crowd, forcing people to turn back in panic, according to an emergency worker and two people who tried to make the journey.

    Wafa, the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency, reported that five people were killed and 23 wounded by Israeli gunfire and artillery in the incident on Al-Rashid Street south of Gaza City as a crowd of Gazans headed north to their homes.

    The circumstances of the deaths could not be confirmed independently, and the Israeli military did not immediately respond to questions about whether its forces opened fire on Palestinian civilians trying to cross to northern Gaza.

    For months, the Israeli military has barred Palestinians who have been displaced by the war in Gaza from returning to their homes in northern Gaza. It has become a sticking point in negotiations between Israel and Hamas.

    It was not clear why some Palestinians believed that Israel would not block them from returning on Sunday. But they were making the journey on a day when Iran had launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel.

    More than 33,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched its assault there in October, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. The assault occurred in response to the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel that killed some 1,200 people.

    On Sunday morning Jamila Ibrahim, 39, said that she began hearing of some Palestinians who left early and managed to get back to the north. She later spoke with friends who were able to return north. But there were very few.

    Around 10:30 a.m. she and her three children β€” who are between 10 and 17 β€” set out, joining other people on the journey.

    She said there were no official notices from the Israel military, which has occupied large parts of Gaza after it launched a ground invasion, that residents would be allowed to return to their homes. It was just based on word of mouth, as well as people seeing others leaving and being encouraged to join the trek home, she said.

    β€œSome people were scared, they didn’t know what fate they were heading to, they didn’t know what would happen,” she said. β€œSome were happy that they were going to return.”

    Most people were on foot β€” carrying what little food they had or their few belongings in bags and luggage β€” and some paid large sums of money to go by car, trucks or donkey carts, she said. But they all took the same seaside road, heading north toward an Israeli checkpoint that has cut off southern Gaza from the north.

    β€œThere was lots of tension, lots of tension among the people, they were scared they could be shot,” she said.

    Those who tried to cross north in the middle of the night β€” around 4 a.m. β€” managed to make it to the north, she said, based on her conversation with friends who crossed successfully.

    But later that morning, by the time she and other displaced Palestinians tried to follow, Israeli forces opened fire on them, she said.

    β€œAround 12:30 the Israelis started shooting,” she said.

    Mazen Al-Harazeen, a first responder in Gaza, said Israeli forces fired weapons and he did not know how many had been killed, but he said, β€œThere was shooting and martyrs.”

    Early Sunday morning, Avichay Adraee, a spokesman for the Israeli Defense Forces, or I.D.F., wrote on social media that the rumors that the army was allowing residents to return to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip were false.

    β€œThe I.D.F. will not allow the return of residents,” he added. β€œFor your safety, do not approach the forces operating there.”

    Nearly 2 million Gazans have been displaced by the war between Hamas and Israel, now in its sixth month. One of their biggest concerns is when and if they will be allowed to return to their homes, or whether they will be permanently displaced, as previous generations were.

    Around 700,000 Palestinians were expelled or fled their homes in 1947 and 1948 during the wars surrounding Israel’s establishment as a state.

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  5. 3 hours ago, mchookem said:

    my cooter and my pooter

    my juicer and my deucer

    my grumpy and my dumpy

    that's just poetry 🀣

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    3 hours ago, C-Man said:

    All of this. "From my juicer to my deucer" and "my southmouth" had me rolling and then the probing of Gosling's "troll nose" was the kill shot.

    Others she's done:

    My dong hole and my wrong hole

    My grassy knoll and my gassy hole

    My fun bun & mud gun

    My drainer & stainer

    My hog taker & log maker

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  6. 9 hours ago, Bevo said:

    Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets of Niger’s capital to demand the departure of United States troops, after the military government further shifted its strategy by ending a military accord with the US and welcoming Russian military instructors.

    Marching arm in arm through central Niamey on Saturday, the crowd waved Nigerien flags in a demonstration that recalled anti-French protests that spurred the withdrawal of France’s forces from Niger last year after the army seized power in a coup.

    One hand-written sign in English read β€œUSA rush out of Niger”, in a show of support for the military government and its decision in mid-March to revoke an accord that had allowed around 1,000 US military personnel to operate on its territory out of two bases.

    β€œWe’re here to say no to the American base, we don’t want Americans on our soil,” protester Maria Saley told the Reuters news agency on the sidelines of the march.

    The crowd was also heard chanting β€œDown with American imperialism” and β€œThe people’s liberation is on the march.”

    Until the coup, Niger had remained a key security partner of France and the US, which used it as a base as part of international efforts to curb a decade-old rebellion in West Africa’s Sahel region.

    In March the country suspended its military agreement with the US. The US military had some 650 personnel working in Niger in December, according to a White House report to Congress. The US military operates a major airbase in the Niger city of Agadez, some 920km (572 miles) from Niamey, using it for manned and unmanned surveillance flights and other operations.

    A drone base known as Air Base 201 near Agadez was also built at a cost of more than $100m. Since 2018 the base has been used to target ISIL (ISIS) fighters and Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM), an al-Qaeda affiliate, in the Sahel region.

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    Meanwhile, France also agreed to withdraw its troops last September in the wake of the July coup that overthrew democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum.

    The new authorities in Niger joined military-run governments in neighbouring Mali and Burkina Faso in ending military deals with one-time Western allies, quitting the regional political and economic bloc ECOWAS and also fostering closer ties with Russia.

    The arrival on Wednesday of Russian military instructors and equipment was further evidence of the military government’s openness to closer cooperation with Moscow, which is seeking to boost its influence in Africa.

    A few Russian flags were visible at the protest, but some citizens told Reuters on Friday they did not want the welcome Russian defence assistance to lead to a permanent presence in Niger.

    β€œWe must not subsequently see the implementation of Russian foreign military bases,” said Abdoulaye Seydou, the coordinator of the M62 coalition of civil society groups that led anti-French protests last year.

    His concerns were echoed by student Souleymane Ousmane: β€œThis is how the French and the Americans and all the other countries settled in Niger – from military cooperation, they ended up occupying large parts of our country,” he told Reuters.

    It is still unclear, however, if or when the US troops will leave.

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  7. 26 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

    I've been avoiding conflict with old acquaintances on facebook, but I begin to feel like a coward about it. There are such good feelings from people I rarely see who are now clearly somewhere towards the Christian Nationalist Trump part of the spectrum. Somehow, the girls I knew in high school turning into persons like this makes me sad.Β 

    Late teenage girls were generally bold and not as conformist as boys the same age. Beautiful and free-spirited is how I remember them.Β 

    Fortunately, none of my friends are Trumpers. I haven't had to make a decision about them.Β 

    I hear you. As you can imagine, growing up in a small West Texas oil patch town, I knew a lot of loud, brash teenage girls in high school. Some of them knew nothing but privilege growing up. Others were products of "oil field trash" families. Many were like Ruth from the "Ozark" show without the cunning derring-do who've grown up to be a bunch of bitter Darlene Snells. Most of the rich ones turned into Wendy Byrds (a few turned out awesome, though). Still, most are despicable in different ways, but one thing the shitty ones almost all share is a lack of shyness about speaking their politically polluted minds on fucking Facebook.

    I'm not active on the site anymore, but when I was, I decided at some point that there was no good reason for self-censorship. My rationale was that they needed to realize dissenting viewpoints among people they actually grew up with and personally know exist. We Texas progs are often accused of living in a liberal bubble, but I can assure you many of them are more out of touch than you can imagine, still living in the wastelands or now hiding in their North Texas suburban McMansions. Facebook wasn't their personal megaphone to be complete cunts.

    They need to know that the guy they may have made out with, played in band with, sat behind in class, or voted for in a student council election is a gotdam proud liberal who can still out-smart them, out-debate them, and out-asshole them, if needed (I very rarely actually used that last one, to be honest). All of the above also applies to the guys, but, on the whole, they were not nearly as active on Facebook.

    After the 2016 election, one guy I went to high school with now living in Lubbock actually went so far as to create a private FB group for all the other liberals from that town, either still living in West Texas or elsewhere, to commiserate. It was like a Super Secret Squirrel lifeline, which more-or-less acted as a safe place for the liberals who were still living out there among the fascist theocrats and for them to know they were not alone. I can honestly also say I was pleasantly surprised a few times by those who turned out not to be Trumpers.

    I'm not sure what my point is with this rant other than to say why give them tacit permission to think they are in the entitled majority who can bully everyone else with their bullshit. I'm not saying you should be a dick about it, but I also know it's not healthy for someone like you to self-silence. Who knows, you might also end up giving permission for others you know from the past to speak up if they feel like they could be ostracized by all those "mean girls."

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  8. 3 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

    But Israel will. They will push more at Syria and Lebanon proxies.

    There could be something else to consider. SA and Jordan helping them means they might have some leverage on Gaza. More aid, let heavy hits, etc. Not saying for sure, but would be nice.

    Those are great arguments for Israel NOT to respond directly by bombing shit in Iran and instead to keep it all in the local area with proxies.

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  9. 4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

    Does Iran have the balls for a repeat attack ?

    If Israel were to retaliate, I don't see how Iran wouldn't strike back in kind.

  10. 4 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

    My thoughts were it would be a show hit, Israel cannot really hit Iran without shit really going up. So the IAF will focus on Syria and Lebanon when they want to do something vs. Proxies.

    Yeah, Israel regained a bit of moral high ground yesterday with the attack, which was demonstrated by Jordan and Iraq closing their airspace and the former assisting in defending them. While Israel could bypass Jordan by flying over Syria, they wouldn't be able to avoid flying over Iraq. It seems that the Israeli Air Force would have the air superiority advantage over both of them; I do think it's a risk, and I also don't know if Russia has any air assets in Syria nor whether they'd intervene in protecting Iran (their ally in the Ukraine war). So, that's a consideration. And that doesn't even take into account the risks of escalation in a direct confrontation between Iran and Israel.Β 

    If Israel were able to pull off taking out any nuclear facilities or drone manufacturing operations unscathed and without a lot of collateral damage to civilians while also avoiding a wider regional conflict, okay, sure. I wouldn't squawk too much about it. However, I don't think that's feasible any longer. Iran just demonstrated they have the capacity to hurt Israel if they really wanted to with an even larger drone/missile attack. This is a capability Iran didn't have a couple of decades ago when Israel previously bombed nuke shit there.Β 

    Simmer down, oh, control your temper
    Simmer down, for the battle will be hotter
    Simmer down, can you hear what I say?

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  11. 43 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:


    that account is also followed by some navy people I follow, looks real to me

    That's cool. I just recall at one point, I was following two accounts that looked virtually identical with the exact same little logo/icon as the profile pic and both with the name OSINTdefender and realized after a while that one of them was parroting Kremlin talking points.Β 

    Obviously, I only brought it up in the context that someone commented, and I didn't see it reported anywhere, that no one else was saying that US troops were also under attack.Β 

  12. 11 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

    I think it is a bit different. The IAF is an established air force. Israel has a robust anti-air capacity. And the distances are different. Russia shoots at a lot shorter range. sounding like a lot of the intercepts were before they got to the Israeli border.

    Not only the longer distance to anticipate/watch the rockets/drones fly it also seems, quite frankly, like it'd be a lot easier to provide air defense over a smaller territory than a larger one.

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  13. 1 minute ago, mchookem said:

    is this being confirmed anywhere? no mention on tv, still talking only about Iran attacking Israel.Β 

    When I was still on Twitter, I remember one of those OSINTdefender accounts ended up being one that spread Russian propaganda. It looked virtually identical to another legitimate OSINTdefender account.Β 

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  14. 3 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

    Yes. And read the first post again. So if the IAF hits Iran they going to fly around the entire Middle East?

    I can't keep up. Too many moving parts, which I suspect is kind of the point with drones, cruise missiles, and now ballistic ones.Β 

    It'll be a joy (/s) if Hezbollah and the Houthis start shooting off shit next.

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