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Captainant

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  1. That old dude was released and the suspect is still at large, according to the police
  2. Y'all do realize multiple democratic lawmakers have been ASSASINATED THIS YEAR? Jesus Christ, Johnny.
  3. It never is, after a shooting eh? Funny how that always goes
  4. This is bad and will be used as a reason for more escalation. Charlie Kirk is not someone I'll be sad to leave this world, seeing as he ushered in much of the social hate we enjoy today, but this is only going to engender more hate and violence.
  5. Lemme know if you ever figure out if tariffs have an effect on the economy, scout
  6. what's wild is the even the nazis supported the idea of a Jewish state. It would give them a place to ship all their jews off to - they came to their "final solution" because they just didn't have anywhere to keep all these pesky jews! The nazis wanted all the Jews out of Europe. The Zionists wanted Jews to move to the Holy Land out of Europe. During Kristallnacht, there were mobs chanting ’Juden raus! Auf nach Palästina!’ (Jews out, out to Palestine) as they destroyed jewish businesses. Something, something, horseshoe theory.
  7. And the COVID-19 pandemic was still in its early stages with a vaccine months away. Cmon man, stop being so willfully obtuse and ignorant. It's not a good bit.
  8. One step further, social media is engineered to pick up on outrage content and amplify it to drive more engagement, and make better margins on microtargeted ads. It's not just people using SM to amplify it, the platforms do it too to goose numbers. The administors mistake that cacophony of shit for people actually caring, when they'll have moved on to the next thing if you just tell them to fuck off. Let that snowball, and you're at the point of the governor and president being led by the nose of social media to do whatever they can be outraged into doing
  9. But the "grown ups" in charge being cowards and kowtowing to the performative outrage certainly is. Bunch of weak cowards like Texas Fight hiding behind their lie of "the executive order is da law, sowwee" rather than owning their hate and/or lack of spine
  10. Oh and an update to the Hyundai plant story - people HAD their papers and were abducted nonetheless https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/10/hyundai-factory-ice-raid-legal-visa The document says that immigration agents from Atlanta “determined that [redacted] entered into the United States in [redacted], with a valid B1/B2 visa and [redacted] was employed at HL-GA Battery Company LLC as a contractor from the South Korean company SFA. From statements made and queries in law enforcement databases, [redacted] has not violated his visa; however, the Atlanta Field Office Director has mandated [redacted] be presented as a Voluntary Departure. [Redacted] has accepted voluntary departure despite not violating his B1/B2 visa requirements.”
  11. Really burning bridges on the international stage, wow
  12. It's pretty goofy, but goddamn getting onto the field for halftime is hard to beat! Lotta fun GAMEDAY traditions to get to relive once a year
  13. Excited for the Alumni Band game this weekend! Definitely stopping by with a buddy again, do I just send a DM to pre-buy a couple tickets?
  14. Dude you're quoting a clearly partisan "anti-woke" organization as some sort of reasonable source. Their website has a hotline to "blow the whistle on DEI". I thought pronghorn was banned?
  15. More contemporaneous reporting that make it seem like this is really an under the table deal full of fuckery: (reposting from the NBA subreddit) https://www.thestar.com/sports/raptors/inside-kawhi-leonard-s-bizarre-list-of-secret-demands-from-raptors-and-how-they-line/article_9f1b0398-0ebd-4193-bc06-798efda95023.html Key passages: But multiple sources with knowledge of Toronto’s contract negotiations with Leonard in 2019 told the Star that Leonard’s uncle and representative, Dennis Robertson, made demands that line up almost perfectly with what Leonard reportedly got from Aspiration. According to those sources, who were granted anonymity in order to speak freely about the negotiations, Robertson’s list was long, and absurd. It included a trade for George, which featured an exorbitant price tag. It included a slice of ownership of the Toronto Maple Leafs, which Robertson was told was impossible. But two details stand out, in retrospect. One, Robertson asked for ownership stakes in outside companies: not just the Leafs, which he seemed to believe was separate, but with other companies with whom MLSE had a relationship. And two, the Raptors were told they needed to match at least $10 million per year in extra sponsorship income. Teams are allowed to introduce players to team sponsors; teams cannot negotiate deals, and MLSE was aware of that fact. But it didn’t end there. As one source put it, when told about all the corporate sponsors in Toronto who would be happy to have Leonard as a pitchman, his camp said, “We don’t want to do anything.” Raptors representatives said any sponsor would want to shoot ads or arrange appearances; Robertson reiterated Leonard didn’t want to do anything for the money. That’s when the Raptors realized Leonard wasn’t asking to be introduced to Toronto’s lucrative corporate community; they were being asked to arrange no-show jobs, and arrange no-investment investments. MLSE rejected both proposals.
  16. You're in the same conservative bubble as all those young boys, that's driven and reinforced by algorithmic content recommendations.
  17. CR Post Rules 1) You can't just be up there and just doin' a post like that. 1a. A CR is when you 1b. Okay well listen. A CR is when you post the 1c. Let me start over 1c-a. The post is not allowed to do a mention to the, uh, president, that prohibits the president from doing, you know, just trying to build the wall. You can't do that. 1c-b. Once the CR is in the poster's hands, he can't be over here and say to the mods, like, "I'm gonna post ya! I'm gonna post you out! You better watch your butt!" and then just be like he didn't even do that. 1c-b(1). Like, if you're about to CR and then don't post it, you have to still do a football move. You cannot not do a football move. Does that make any sense? 1c-b(2). You gotta be, football movement with the post, and then, until you just CR it. 1c-b(2)-a. Okay, well, you can have the post up here, like this, but then there's the posters you gotta think about. 1c-b(2)-b. LaVar Ball hasn't been on any NFL teams in forever. I hope he wasn't remembered as an NFL camp body. 1c-b(2)-b(i). Oh wait, he started Big Baller Brand too! That's even worse. 1c-b(2)-b(ii). "If you can't afford the Z02's, you're not a big baller!” --LaVar Ball. Haha, classic... 1c-b(3). Okay seriously though. A CR is when the poster makes a post that, as determined by, when you do a move involving the CR and field of 2) Do not do a CR please.
  18. well I'm pretty sure they're dropping US (made or funded) weapons, so we're already in for a penny in for a pound with Israel
  19. I think a key structural difference you're overlooking is that TV is one-way communication. There's no realtime feedback loop from watcher to TV station, where because you watched one show they start pushing more of that show to you. Today, nearly EVERYTHING is algorithmically driven. Facebook and Twitter will show you ragebait to make you engage more, and then in turn use your posts as ragebait for someone else. Youtube sends young men down the radicalization pipeline with glee, because hours and hours and hours of conspiracy drek means massive advertising revenue numbers and a thriving market. And as a bonus, it comes with a free echo chamber where you aren't even exposed to different ideas except for the express purpose of upsetting you.
  20. I'm not looking for things to criticise, I'm stating concerns over extremely inconsistent play. The short Livingstone pass is the upside - against a relatively pedestrian team and defense. I worry about the downside against MUCH better opponents if we don't start seeing actual development week over week. My issue is not that in week one against the defending champs he had some struggles, it's that he had the same struggles in week two against a WAY worse defense with much less complexity and stunting to make his reads harder like OSU did. Two datapoints lets you draw a line, and I'm eager to see improvement and growth so that line points to better outcomes. And yes absolutely his footwork is better than QE - he's not self-sacking and is successfully extending plays and is manufacturing opportunity. I would just like those play extensions to end with a ball in our recievers hands, not kicking up a rooster tail in the turf
  21. I don't disagree with any of this, but my issue is that Arch has had vanishingly few GOOD throws so far through two games. It's a much more likely outcome that he sails it or throws it down a rope under the recievers feet. He needs to settle down and stop being a headcase, because he's got the time to improve. I (and many others) would feel much better if he were even making a quarter of those throws. Even his long TD that pads his passing numbers was underthrown significantly - the reciever doubling back to catch it out of stride tripped the secondary, but that isn't gonna happen against a competent defense in the SEC. My main worry is that he's going to continue to have massive variance in his play, and our opponents will capitalize on that and we end up with middling record. Talking like "yeah but if we just made this ONE PASS...." takes me back to 2010-16 and that era of Texas football of endless close losses, but for one busted pass or play.
  22. Hate is passed down from generation to generation with great pride. "Heritage, not hate" is usually how you can ID that type of chud.
  23. Have you talked to any trumpers? They don't have the mental capacity to hold more than one thought or concept in their head at a time. Artificially limiting context is a powerful mechanism for reinforcing their delusions. Lulz watch out icono
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