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InkaUtexas

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  1. 19 minutes ago, idigTexas said:

    One is one too many.

    WTF? We all need to be Dallas, San Antonio or Houston fans?

    My reasons for being a Celtics/Sox/Bruins fan is simple. I grew up with a mother who loved sports and is from Boston. I did not live in the US so it was the only tie I had back.

    Fuck the Patriots.

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  2. 41 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said:

    if the celtics lose more than 1 game in the first two rounds i will be very surprised.  if they don't make the finals this year it's going to be a massive, massive failure on their part.

    I think they lose 1 or 2 per series. Law of averages.

  3. 22 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

    Stalin tried that. Need to murder a whole lot of believers. That can be problematic 

     

    This is fine until some settlers terrorize their Palestinian neighbors. Or someone detonates their suicide vest amongst a group of Jewish people

    It will happen. The key is to 1- reduce the events and 2- moderate backlash.

     

  4. 12 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

    The problem is you have a not insubstantial number of loons on both sides (!) who truly believe YHWH/Allah gave their people that patch of dirt, and a substantial number on both sides who exploit and encourage those loons in order to advance their own interests. Then you have “Christian” loons who are rooting for war because that means Jesus is coming back

    How do you fix that?

    I addressed that as an issue a few pages back. That is a major issue. When a Rabbi or Mullah is calling out for their rights over an ancient building (think Dome of the Rock) it is hard to reconcile.

    It is a generational fix. Look at the Balkans. Every second or third generation there is a war over land and religion and history is used to justify it by the aggressor.

    The fix is get kids to play. Get families to inter-marry. The hardline won't do this, but slowly they can be pushed out of day to day society. The Gulf is a good example. What the Mullahs preach on Friday is "allowed" by the government (AKA the Sheik). There are very moderate Rabbis. Amplify their voices.

    Both sides on this need to move back to moderates. Want power? Become a political party. You pick up weapons to seize land (like Hamas did) then you are sanctioned and hammered at the leadership level. Not the foot soldier. Israel needs to stop some of their tactics used before October 7. Start with razing homes and stores if one family member was a terrorist.

     

  5. Just now, B00M said:

    What is this “white mans burden” nonsense? 

    I didn’t realize the EU was still sitting on 200B euros worth of Russian assets — that’s fantastic and fucking hilarious 

    That is without auctioning off assets. Villas, boats, etc. That is currency sitting in EU banks. And Russia. Not sanctioned Russians. I have never seen a number associated with their assets.

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  6. Just now, tx 3 putt said:

    R open apology to putin …

     

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    There are still flights to Russia from Dubai and other places. Can he not go and live there? Putin will hook him up with a Dacha and he can hang out with Seagal

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  7. 8 minutes ago, VivaNaranja said:

    Jesus the Russians literally attacked Arrington's district the day before yesterday....

     

    And of course Nehls voted no. He's such a fuckhead

    Fake news.

  8. 9 minutes ago, troph said:

    I’ve spent enough time around to be under no illusion these moves are starting from a position being ahead. The Caribbean especially is turbo fucked.  South Pacific not so much. But everywhere is playing from behind at this point.

    One client is a NZ company. They do a lot of environment work in the South Pacific. Owner has been working there for about 40 years and says the damage is real and getting worse. His big bitch. Micro plastic and chinese fishing boats, or raiders as he calls them.

  9. 2 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

    Wait, you genuinely believe living in the Middle East for a year means that your assertion is correct? I lived and worked in Riyadh for almost 2 years, so I guess my opinion is roughly twice as correct as yours. As I outrank you, I'm overruling your assertion.

    Just stop already. Even the most insanely Zionist Israeli historians, like Benny Morris for example, don't make this claim. It's a uniquely stupid one that is mostly peddled by Western Christians, who as other posters have said, have traditionally (and more recently) been a much bigger problem for Jews worldwide than Arab Muslims ever have been.

    Ladida. Seven years in the Middle East and worked in every country except Syria. And multiple degrees in International History with a focus on fucked up places. My interpreter for 3 of those years was Palestinian. His family was in the West Bank. He could break bread with an Israeli.

    There are multiple levels behind the current (80 year) conflict.

    1- History over land and water rights. Goes back since the land was settled.

    2- Religion. I am right, you are wrong. External actors need it to continue.

    3- Non-regional events that continue to be pushed there. The Crusades, spread of Islam, the Cold War....

    There is no right or wrong. Fuck, tell me you are engineers without telling me you are engineers.

     

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  10. 3 minutes ago, berlinerbaer said:

    Victoria Sparz

    Damn. Did not know that. I don't track indiana politics.

    Worked for a client up there. Hated when I had to visit. Good breakfasts though.

  11. 1 minute ago, berlinerbaer said:

    How about the one who was actually born in Ukraine?

    Missed that...Who? I did not look at the entire list.

     

     

  12. 2 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

    I would have thought someone with his background would be in favor of killing Russians however it’s done, weird.

    How about the two who went to US Military schools?

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