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  1. I and about 10,000 others were in the movie The Rookie (2002) starring Dennis Quad. Just in the crowd of a baseball game.
  2. "Amazon coders say their jobs now resemble warehouse work": Pushed to use artificial intelligence, software developers at the e-commerce giant say they must work faster and have less time to think. Others welcome the shift. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/business/amazon-ai-coders.html
  3. Encino man with a current teenager nephew. “This is what passed for comedy in the 90’s bro?” Was the reoccurring theme of feedback along with thinking Pauly Shore’s character was gay. It made me think, back then we didn’t really have mainstream gay characters in mainstream movies and they were just whacky. If encino man was made today, maybe Stoney is a gay highschool supporting character and not just “zesty” as the kids say.
  4. The goal is growth and knowledge and, God willing, ultimately a modicum of wisdom. Even though I'm an ancient person.
  5. @WhatTheBuck @Biff Tannen @wildcat09 - I was wrong. For some reason I thought I remembered that Iran was caught openly flaunting JCPOA but I just looked it up and was wrong-- all the IAEA and flagarant violations were right AFTER Trump pulled us out of the agreement (for reasons I'm still not able to understand) I had misremembered it being before. Or maybe I heard some misinformation at some point and took it as gospel. Either way-- sorry for the derail around JCPOA because you guys are correct. So let's just go back to that, eh?
  6. Wild Robot. I thought it would be better than it was. Thought it was going to be a grittier or better Wall-E, but was inferior in all respects.
  7. I follow you now. I agree the-- whipsaw or roughshod, I guess I'll call it-- way that Trump went about it was not helpful, but I think most who were paying attention saw the JCPOA as an imperfect deal with a bad actor who was doing the bare minimum in optics to keep sanctions off their back. https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2025/05/the-revenge-of-the-jcpoa.html Hank you are Persian. Would have never guessed. You and that other guy who posts here related?
  8. From Semafor (below) that confirms that when unofficial negotiations between Biden’s team and Iran collapsed, U.S. officials cited Iran’s refusal to cooperate on UN nuclear inspections. Specifically, Iran resisted addressing uranium traces found at undeclared sites and blocked International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors. This lack of transparency led Western nations to pass a censure resolution against Iran at the IAEA. https://www.semafor.com/article/06/05/2024/iran-west-tensions-nuclear-transparency-uranium-inspections So yea, I guess if you turn a blind eye to someone not honoring the deal you can pretend the deal is a great success. It's like your wife cheating on you and pretending like you don't know about it so you can say you have a healthy marriage to others. By the way, life comes at you fast and progress enables speed. What took a year in Obama's day to enrich the uranimum and make a nuke, they can now do in days and since Trump's election they've gone from enriching 16 lbs of uranium per month to 75 lbs (and apparently for civilian use you only need a fraction of that, so clearly they are building)
  9. Never gets old. The epitome of infectious laughter.
  10. Pretty cool. And your dad looked like he was awesome for back then.
  11. This is probably the best Italian restaurant I've ever been to (note: I've never been to Italy or the original in NYC): https://carminesnyc.com/locations/washington-dc
  12. Maybe ultimately it's all bluster and comes to nothing and Iran just acts antaganostic as always, but at least it smells like a hint of progress. The alternatives we've seen are either a) JCPOA which according to satellite images and readings Iran was openly flaunting and blowing through civilian grade restrictions to nuclear level uranium enrichment and b) Iran not accepting any foreign oversite. The problem here is Iran not the myriad of countries in a global society trying to come together and be creative in their thinking to police them.
  13. An account with 184 followers has achieved de-escalation between two of the most powerful people in the world.
  14. Okay right-- of course and sure-- I couldn't tell due to how it was worded if you were offering anything deeper than a nod to the historical. At the end of the day the only real way to keep a country for becoming a nuclear state when you don't want them to be one is to strike militarily. And in this climate I think everyone is looking around and seeing that those countries who went rogue and developed nukes are probably better off in a "might is right" world we currently inhabit than those who took the Western's paternal offer of protection in exchange for giving up a nuclear program (e.g. Ukraine).
  15. Not sure what you mean, but it's been credibly reported that Saudi told Iran to take a deal. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/saudi-warned-iran-reach-nuclear-deal-with-trump-or-risk-israeli-strike-2025-05-30/
  16. Wut? By all accounts was working? I'm pretty sure on this thread a few pages back everyone agreed it was FUBAR'ed with Iran openly flouting the agreement. This is one of the few bipartisan agreements and issues that both D's and R's seem to agree on the general problem (Iran). But yes, to your point, nobody in the Trump administration will ever be confused with being diplomatic giants, but luckily enough other countries (and even Arab states) have an interest in keeping Iran in check as well.
  17. Here's the thing... I bought 5000 units at $.16 that Indiana would win the championship game ($800). After game 1 those 5000 units are at $.27 (+$550). Do I take the money and run? If IND can somehow go up 2-0 I should be at $.60 (+$2200) you would think but if OKC wins it's probably back down to .18/.19 range. Or just ride it out and pocket $5k if Indiana can win the series. What would yall do?
  18. What am I missing? How are we folding? The reality is it's a hard ask for any country to not enrich uranium voluntarily. We have put military strikes on the table if they keep it up. Do you think that is folding? Further, our Spcial Envoy Steve Witkoff is working with Iran’s negotiators ::checks notes:: fifth round of talks and Iran is desperate to do a deal before UN/Sanctions rubberband back on them. Reports are they are having rolling black outs and the common folks are getting antsy. The lastest is as quoted below-- seems like a proper use of diplomacy if this is in any way accurate.
  19. Wow this is equal parts hilarious and sad that this is what we are today. Reality Trash TV reaching the world's richest man and the world's most powerful man (by virtue of being the U.S. President) by playing out in something you'd see on an episode of The Surreal House is crazy.
  20. No they haven't. They are pushing for the regional oversight consortium that will allow them to enrich uranium but well below weapons grade %'s (the red-line). Talks are on-going and from what I have read up to today (your article was 3 days ago) are positive and creative in trying to find a solution (the ayatollah's unhinged tweets from yesterday notwithstanding, but nobody takes the ayatollah seriously anymore). Trump was telling Israel to back off Iran because talks were actually progressing-- so no folding of that red line.
  21. Iran’s 60% enrichment is too close to nuclear weapons capability for comfort. The Trump administration has called it a red line and hopes to get Russia and China on board with keeping Iran non-nuclear. The alternative? Trump's been clear: military strikes are on the table. But this is the interesting part: Iran's currently sitting on enough highly enriched uranium for 10 nuclear weapons, according to the latest IAEA report.
  22. One of the largest Hindu temples in North Texas is expanding into Frisco and hopes to bring with it the same spirit of community service it has promoted in the Dallas-Fort Worth area for decades. Over the weekend, members and volunteers from the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Irving commemorated the religious organization’s planned expansion to Frisco with a 3K charity walk to benefit two local organizations in the city. BAPS stands for Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, a worldwide religious and civic organization within the Swaminarayan sect, a branch of Hinduism. In Texas, BAPS also has temples in Austin, San Antonio, Houston and Corpus Christi. With the continued growth of the South Asian community in the region, Patel said the organization recognized a need for a satellite temple in Frisco. Many in the congregation drive more than 45 minutes for weekly assemblies and prayers, Patel said. Last month, the temple got its certificate of occupancy to open its new location on the northeast corner of Preston Road and State Highway 121 in Frisco. The new satellite location will support more than a hundred families who live in northern portions of the Dallas-Fort Worth area and beyond, Patel said. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2025/06/04/baps-mandir-frisco-new-hindu-temple-charity-event/
  23. Nothing is as bad as Quantimanium. Not even the Dr. Strange Horror movie.
  24. Likewise, somehow I had never seen Field of Dreams. Saw it last night. Pretty good stuff if a bit sappy. Love James Earl Jones.
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