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No. You were. You made it sound like it was about all Palestinians in the U.S. Not even close. Eat crow b!tch. Also, you're wrong and really stupid with almost every post you make here for over a decade.

Today is Veterans' Day 2023. It's my first one stateside in 22 years. This morning, a brisk but pleasant Michigan November, I went to my youngest daughter's elementary school because the school invited veterans for a special event. During the Gulf War, my sister had been in elementary school herself, now her and my wife were parent volunteers. A good fifty or so veterans showed up, all of us were given thank you cards and a paper poppy, my card was from Adelyn- no last name or grade. My coat is unzipped because the weather is decent and I stick the poppy into the least bad place I can, my shirt pocket where it sits rather awkwardly. We all sat in a folding chair and the kids came outside, the K and 1st graders to our left, the 2nd and 3rd graders to the right, the 4th and 5th grades straight in front. For me a niece to the left and another to the right with my daughter straight ahead, but hard to see because she was standing behind a boy bigger then her. The principal at the High School my two older kids attend is there too, his daughter and mine are classmates, and today I learned that he's a Navy vet. The principal made a brief statement, remembering the dead, so I thought of the eight names that needed remembering although none that I knew in life: two guys Jeff Middleton of Kansas and Robert Talley of New Jersey, the two guys who'd died when this BS friendly fire story occurred. We'd go on to lose six more that would die in actual combat: Anthony Kidd, David Crumby, Manuel Davila, David Kramer, Tony Applegate, and James Murray, They had been in my brigade (2nd Armor Division (Forward) out of Garlstedt Germany. Seven of our death were from 1/41. the other, Murray, from 3/66, was also a friendly fire. I was in B Co. 498th Support where we'd lost no one.) The principal invited the music teacher out, and we were treated to a patriotic song and dance performance from each class. It lasted about a half hour or so, my wife was armed with her phone's camera taking photos. When it was done, kids who knew a veteran were invited to stick around a bit longer, the rest would file into the school, so my 3rd grade niece runs up, my daughter comes forward, my kindergarten niece oblivious does not, she walks right back past us and returns into the gym with her class. As we line up to enter the gym as well, I learned that the 5th graders made the paper poppies in art class and that there are a few Adelyns at this school. We entered the gym and there were eight moms volunteering passing out coffee, tea, juice fruit, and donuts... the last two being my sister and wife at the donut station. We gather our goodies and when we get to the end of the line, my sister is upset that only 2/3 of the children are present, and so dispatches her elder daughter to go retrieve the younger one. I take my strawberry donut, orange and both a coffee and apple juice and go sit down with my daughter while my niece puts her stuff down and runs off to gather her sister who comes back and cuts to the front of the line and joins us. She asks about the flower and I begin to tell her it's a poppy and about a great WWI battle that took place in a poppy field in Belgium and how... but she lost interest, so I struck up a conversation with the Vietnam grandpa sitting across from me instead, a man who walks with a cane and takes great effort to stand up. So things wound down, the kids returned to class, there's a large quantity of extra donuts so I get an apple fritter this time. The volunteers have switched gears to cleanup mode. Soon thereafter the gym is turned over to the school staff so they can get started on lunch and we were out of there. Anyway, I wanted to share my Veterans Day experience with you guys on behalf of the Middleton, Talley, Kidd, Crumbly, Davila, Kramer, Applegate, and Murray families. 32 years gone now. In their sacrifice, this is the sort of things they miss: kids, grandkids, song and dance performances, conversations with other veterans, handmade cards and paper poppies, coffee, and donuts. We've got wars waging in Ukraine and Israel right now, lots of other families are going to feel it, but these eight are mine.

Jamel Dean (concussion) and Carlton Davis (toe) are questionable to play in the game. In addition, rookie defensive back Josh Hayes has also been ruled out due to a concussion. They elevated a cb from the practice squad. They are about to be torched by levis.

Total matchup team. I hated them vs PIT, but like them vs TB secondary

Dog sh1t week for props. I'll take a look at the late games tomorrow and post.

agreed.

To see Captain Bone Spurs depicted as a soldier is appalling.

The difference is the motivation. Palestinians don't want a two-state solution because they want Israel eliminate. Israelis don't believe it can work because 75 years of Palestinian terrorist history makes them skeptical. Israel abandon Gaza in 2005, how did that work out? Palestinians elected Hamas, and hilarity ensued.

It would be great if Tim asked his make believe Palestinian friend what his thoughts on the lgbtq+ community are.

The article I linked quotes Trump. And here is another one where his chief of staff confirms he said it. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/03/us/politics/john-kelly-trump-veterans.html

When President Donald Trump canceled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris in 2018, he blamed rain for the last-minute decision, saying that “the helicopter couldn’t fly” and that the Secret Service wouldn’t drive him there. Neither claim was true. Trump rejected the idea of the visit because he feared his hair would become disheveled in the rain, and because he did not believe it important to honor American war dead, according to four people with firsthand knowledge of the discussion that day. In a conversation with senior staff members on the morning of the scheduled visit, Trump said, “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.” In a separate conversation on the same trip, Trump referred to the more than 1,800 marines who lost their lives at Belleau Wood as “suckers” for getting killed. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/

And on brand for HT, a true douche bag.

he throws bricks! but can't catch them.

I’ve lived in Philly for 30 years and seen poop on the streets exactly two times. both times it was mine.

Would you play Dak P vs Giants over Burrows? (sorry for hyjacking the thread)

Happy Veterans Day to all geeks and/or their family/friends who have served

Thanks for sharing, Volty. I've got my flag hanging out front in support of you and all of our vets.

Sure, Tim. Sure you didn't.

Happy Veterans Day and a tip of the cap to all the Geek vets here. Thanks

Does he know you’re of the Jewish faith? Be careful he’s more apt to stick an ice pick in your neck before you could say jack robinson than to shake your hand

Nice job, thanks for sharing.

That's a great movie.

She was good in The Heat.I wouldn’t want to see her nekid though.

Sounds a lot like Andie McDowell. I swear to god, she couldn't act out pain if her hair was on fire.

I was going to post something similar. Damn she was hot in that tank top in King Kong. Especially enjoyed when the strap of her bag accentuated dem tittays! Kudos to the cinematographer for making that excellent choice.