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  1. If you are in Austin, you will get good pricing from The Tile Guy. They also have hardwood that will run you about $5 and hardwood tile that is less. Tile flooring costs more to install, though. They don't do installs but they could steer you to the right guy or I could once you pick something out.
  2. I'm not sure if I've been to either. I went to Macaroni's once.
  3. Yes. Sweat. Can someone post the video?
  4. Sounds good. I am writing a rock tune called Over My Head.
  5. Maybe that you are really old?
  6. What did the Yankees say?
  7. The US doesn't want the war to escalate. So, I think the US will take care of them directly.
  8. You really should watch it. The expert does a very good job of explaining the situation. Basically, Iran has the most influence in failed states. It gains support in these failed nations as the people become more desperate. Iran has no interest in having these countries be successful or to help the people because that runs counter to Iran's interests to remove the US from its sphere of influence, to remove the US from the middle east, and remove Israel and replace it with a shia led country. Iran needs combatants not doctors and lawyers. Negotiating with Iran is futile in that Iran sees it as a sign of weakness and as a sign that the US doesn't have the appetite for war. The only thing that Iran understands is a show of power.
  9. I assume that is why we have 2 carrier strike groups, an Ohio class sub, nearby bases... It seems though based on what I've seen from our current government is that the military is there to prevent escalation. However, personally, I think this is the only chance the US will have to eliminate Iran's nuclear program before it has nuclear capability. Some think that it already has nuclear capability.
  10. There isn't one because multiple questions were asked, but.. Iran survives through the misery of Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Iraq. It has no interest in furthering its people's lives. If they become doctors in the US, they are no longer useful to Iran. Iran supposes that the US has no appetite for a direct conflict in the middle east. Negotiations only serve to empower Iran. Negotiations reinforce the idea that the US has no appetite for war. And usually Iran increases its war efforts when negotiations are taking place. The US is currently okay with China purchasing O&G from Iran. Iran used to be at peace with Israel. However, the theocratic government changed that. Iran has been consistent in not wanting peace with the US and not wanting the existence of Israel. Iran may suffer in conflicts but later it usually ends up better off than before the conflict. Iran has taken a macro approach to managing its proxies and hasn't lately delved into the minutia. Hezbollah has enough missiles that it can likely overwhelm the Israeli defense system.
  11. How did Agbo play last week? I didn't hear his name much which is usually a good sign.
  12. Great assessment. I wish people around the world would accept it as truth.
  13. It doesn't help when we have to squeak out wins against teams that we should beat convincingly. If we started blowing out teams that are clearly inferior, the battered horn syndrome would disappear for the most part.
  14. I was reading Wiki regarding ANSWER which is a major organizer for the Pro Hamas rallies. In reading I see a lack of distinction between the far right and the far left. To me all extremists are the same whether they are "Far Right" or "Far Left". Can anyone help make a distinction between the two groups. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.N.S.W.E.R. . Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER), also known as International A.N.S.W.E.R. and the ANSWER Coalition, is a United States–based protest umbrella group consisting of many antiwar and civil rights organizations. Formed in the wake of the September 11th attacks, ANSWER has since helped to organize many of the largest anti-war demonstrations in the United States, including demonstrations of hundreds of thousands against the Iraq War.[1][2] The group has also organized activities around a variety of other issues, ranging from the Israel/Palestine debate to immigrant rights to Social Security to the extradition of Luis Posada Carriles. n October and November 2023, the ANSWER Coalition joined with other groups such as the Palestinian Youth Movement to organize a series of protests across the USA. Many of ANSWER's lead organizers had ties to the International Action Center and Workers World Party at the time of ANSWER's founding. ANSWER has been closely tied to the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) throughout its existence; PSL co-founder Brian Becker is ANSWER's National Coordinator. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_for_Socialism_and_Liberation The Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) was established in 2004 and claims to be active in a wide range of social movements. Notable members include Gloria La Riva, Michael Prysner, and Eugene Puryear. PSL describes its primary goal as the overthrow of capitalism and the institution of socialism.[6] The party's stated goal is to form a "new government of working people". It advocates for recall for all elected officials, supports freedom of speech for the working class, and opposes political lobbying. The party's program states: "Achieving fully developed socialism, a goal that has not yet been achieved anywhere, will open the way to communism and the end of class society."[18] PSL opposes Israel and its interests in the Middle East. It participated in demonstrations against the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in July 2006 and supports the Palestinian right of return.[20] PSL praised the 2008 election of Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.[21] The PSL generally views other self-described socialist countries favorably. It supports Cuba and mourned the death of its former President Fidel Castro;[22] additionally, it has endorsed activities that called for the release of the Cuban Five—deemed political prisoners by supporters—and called for the extradition of anti-Castro terrorist Luis Posada Carriles from the United States.[23] It supports the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela. Historically, it has described the Soviet Union positively, saying that the October Revolution was "the single biggest event that shaped global politics in the 20th century".[24] However, it believes that the New Economic Policy of Vladimir Lenin "led to a re-polarization of social classes, especially in the countryside".[24] The PSL blames the reforms initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev for the dissolution of the Soviet Union.[24] While the PSL has at times been critical of the Chinese government, particularly for failing to uphold certain communist ideals like the abolition of private property,[25] it views the Chinese Communist Revolution favorably,[26] argues that the Chinese Communist Party has made important contributions to socialism and anti-imperialism, and argues that, despite its flaws, a "militant political defense of the Chinese government" is necessary to stave off "counterrevolution, imperialist intervention and dismemberment".[25][27] The PSL has generally defended China's human rights records, denying, for instance, that the Chinese military massacred student protestors in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.[28] The PSL supports China's policies towards Tibet[29] and opposed the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, calling them "chauvinist", "separatist", and "anti-China".[30][31] The stance of the PSL on North Korea is that the country is often unfairly targeted and that the goal of the United States is regime change. The PSL advocates a significant overhaul of US foreign policy towards North Korea, including the lifting of sanctions on North Korea, the withdrawal of US troops from South Korea, and the signing of a peace treaty.[32][33][34] The PSL is supportive of North Korea's nuclear weapons program;[35][36] in the PSL's official newspaper, for instance, Stephan Gowans argued in 2013 that a North Korean nuclear arsenal is "to be welcomed by anyone who opposes imperialist military interventions; supports the right of a people to organize its affairs free from foreign domination; and has an interest in the survival of one of the few top-to-bottom, actually-existing, alternatives to the global capitalist system of oppression, exploitation and foreign domination".[37] PSL has also expressed skepticism towards Western claims of North Korea's human rights record,[38][39] arguing that "conditions in North Korea are vastly better than those in other developing countries" and stating that condemnations of North Korea's human rights records are "thinly veiled justification for U.S. aggression toward North Korea".[39] The PSL opposes the American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War, arguing that the United States' goal is "the projection of permanent imperial power and domination in a region that contains two-thirds of the world's oil reserves".[40][41] It has generally been supportive of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Russian military efforts in Syria,[42][43][41][44] and denies the conclusion of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)[45] and other international organizations[46][47] that the Syrian government used chemical weapons, which are banned under the Chemical Weapons Convention.[48][42] The PSL has been critical of certain intergovernmental organizations, particularly international economic institutions like the World Trade Organization, International Monetary Fund, and World Bank. Its official newspaper published an article stating that the "WTO is one of many institutions, like the G8, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, that undermine the sovereignty of nations by forcing the implementation of disastrous neoliberal economic policies of privatization, liberalization and deregulation".[49] It has further argued that "the IMF works on behalf of multinational corporations, finding natural resources, sweatshop laborers, and consumers for Western capitalism's surplus production" and has called the G20 an "instrument of capitalist plunder".[50][51] It has also called the International Criminal Court a "fake court that has been used as a tool by the imperialists against those resisting imperialist aggression".[33] Anti-war The PSL co-operates with other organizations across the United States in the anti-war movement[52] and is a member of the steering committee of the Act Now to Stop War and End Racism Coalition (A.N.S.W.E.R.). As one of the most active members of the coalition, the PSL has gained notice for successfully forging ties with Arab and Muslim American groups such as the Muslim American Society, Al-Awda and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.[53] The PSL has advocated for the end of the United States military presence in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan, and the closure of all United States foreign military bases.[54]
  15. I assume DDS doesn't mean dentist and SDV isn't a single does vial, other than that I got nothin'. SSGN is just a nuclear sub that carries guided missiles but I guess in this case you mean a sub that has nuclear weapons. Anyway, just looking for clarification.
  16. Bike lanes are better than sidewalks. I'm in the burbs though.
  17. Lower body injury. Sounds like an over-rubbed vagina.
  18. We need Manny Diaz to help us disguise the blitz.
  19. What, you don't like his clothes? Or maybe, you really like his clothes?
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