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  1. If you told me that people rapidly lost sympathy for the Israeli cause the more they were forced to work with the Israelis I’d absolutely concur as I’ve seen it happen over and over. It’s a statement of fact and not how thing should be. There’s a long history of antipathy towards the Palestinian cause especially from the neighbors that host large Palestinian populations. Being handed the job of keeping a lid on Gaza isnt likely to be endearing.
  2. I’m sorry it doesn’t match your worldview but it’s objectively true for whatever the reason you’d care to think. Surrounding Arab states started viewing the PLO as an existential threat in the 1970s (they tried to overthrow the Jordanian government) and basically all of them loathe Hamas for various reasons— only the Iranians and sort of the Qataris. A huge reason Hamas launched October 7 was to get popular opinion wound up because there was just no focus or energy from erstwhile allies on their cause.
  3. Should have clarified “East Asia.” Pakistan is in Asia too. The Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, etc aren’t going to be doing this.
  4. The IDF has quietly built a really good working relationship with most of these militaries even during the war. They might break the ceasefire ans shoot at locals but not peacekeepers.
  5. No other real choice. Hamas is an Islamic supremacist movement and non-Islamist troops in Gaza would be the end of aby claim they have to rule. And no Europeans or Asians want a part of this. Something in it for Israel, too— historically Arab and Muslim nations and populations rapidly lose interest in supporting Palestine in direct proportion to how much exposure they have to Palestinians. That is for sure a bit of the calculus.
  6. Jimmy Sexton negotiating RN.
  7. I think it’s too early to tell. It’s going to be some time before we get fidelity on what the mandate and RoE is for the peacekeeping force and who will actually make up the boots on ground. Right now it appears to be mostly Arab with some Turks and U.S. advisors not in Gaza. The Arabs are not known for…uh…effectiveness. Likely will be a lot of paying the bad guys to not stir shit up. Israel will be fine with Palestinians killing each other.
  8. It’s a lot easier to turn an 11 win program into a 7 or 8 win program as opposed to a 14 win program. PSU likely to find that out. I used to kind of like Penn State; a hard-nosed football crazed place that’s less insufferable than Michigan and trashy than tOSU. That was before the whole thing where they let a DC rape kids in the shower and didn’t tell anyone or stop it.
  9. The reason this is funny is that they are very likely to end up with a worse coach unless it’s Cignetti.
  10. I think he’d be a better choice than Rhule. And they’d likely pay him less if they can get him to leave.
  11. The only knock against Cignetti is his age, you have maybe 5-6 years of him left. And also whether he wants to jump and how much IU is willing to pay to keep him there for those 5-6 years. They might be willing to redirect some hoops cash to make it enticing not to move. Dude is a badass. “I win. Google me.”
  12. They’ll start to get CFP chatter if they beat ND, although I think the Irish win. Feels like a game where the score will look closer than the game is. Meanwhile this guy wonders why losing by 4 points total to two teams in the top 5 impressed voters more than losing by 71 points total to two teams in the top 5. Illinois basically didn't take the field against IU. They looked like a middling FCS team.
  13. PSU is basically the football school for the Acela Corridor when they are good, and Franklin had gotten the pipeline in order. Northern Virginia to New York. That’s a lot of dudes. It might get chippy with Maryland when they are good or VaTech back in the day at the South end but PSU is not far and is the big choice for DC, Maryland, Penn, NJ, New York.
  14. He could turn them into a 7-9 win team. That never beats Texas or LSU. So far we’ve got these P4 jobs open: PSU, MSU, UCLA, Arkansas, VaTech, Stanford, Okie Lite. Florida is likely getting added to the list. Those are some big jobs and not a lot of sure thing hires. Some mediocre corches gonna get PAID.
  15. I can see Penn State going the way of Tennessee for a while. Pedigree, fans, right pieces but just wandering as conference mates clean up. Although I don’t think Moore at Michigan is the answer which will help. Come to think of it, Heupel has kind of a Franklin-type thus far.
  16. Last year wasn’t a fluke IMO. He won 11 or more games 5/10 years there and another one with 10. The fair knock against him was that he can’t win against the top 10 and get over the hump.
  17. Penn State is a great job. All this “blue blood or not” is meaningless. Massive fan base, massive money, great school, good conference. Franklin had a .700 winning percentage there. They can win big.
  18. Fairly surprised that they moved this fast but they want a jump on things with Florida, UCLA, Arky, VaTech already open and sniffing around. Elko will more likely get paid at A&M. Cignetti is 64 so how much does PSU want to pay for the rebuild that will take a good percentage of his time there. Matt Rhule good possibility. The bloom is a bit off of Matt Campbell’s rose at ISU but he may be ready to restart and he’d be cheaper. Dillingham at ASU? Fisch at UDub? Maybe throw Drinkwitz in there. And they won’t go to the same Vandy well but Lea should be considered all over the country.
  19. OU should have sat Mateer. He was not well and the backup wouldn’t have been less effective. With their schedule better to take an L and get him healthy for later.
  20. Significant overreaction imo. Indiana is a damn, damn good team that will likely be undefeated going into the Big 10 CCG. Oregon will be favored from here on out in all theirs. I don’t look at Tennessee, Georgia Tech, LSU, and UGA and think “yeah, they are better than Oregon.” The opposite.
  21. I’d put Tech and Oregon over Georgia. They are disjointed and uninspiring. I’d also drop Okie a couple. Notre Dame, I think, will end the season in the top 10.
  22. UCLA never had a roster as bad as it looked. It was clear that the team was fumbling around via Foster’s ineptitude and lack of vision. That’s not to say the roster was great or they’re close to a contender, but getting a boost from an energetic coordinator who’s calling games like he has nothing to lose made football fun. Enjoy @Sbbruin!
  23. This entire admin is basically run to appeal to people like Ana. Announce that you’re going to hurt people he doesn’t like then quietly fix it because doing it is tremendously stoopid. Adults bigly in charge. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trump-administration-lays-off-dozens-cdc-officials-nyt-reports-2025-10-11/
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