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It is easier to understand if you read what Tim posts in Emperor Palpatine’s voice. “CRUSH. The Resistance”

One of Trumps blunders was losing Bannon and keeping Jared.

Many of my views on this issue have been shaped by Thomas Friedman and Peter Beinart, two extraordinary writers who have studied this conflict for years. They are pointing to a “Nelson Mandela” type figure, currently in an Israeli prison, who might eventually work with Israel towards establishing a peace. Here is the guy they are thinking about: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marwan_Barghouti

I hang with Patriots every single day. You Sir are no patriot.

Interesting you are projecting Marxism toward those on the right given what we are seeing in the streets around the globe. Now I grant you those on the fringe right probably have some things in common with those folks. In this case though, it's not those on the right accusing Biden of genocide, who speak in terms of oppressed, oppressors, and colonizers, and perhaps worst of all are speaking of how evil Western culture is and our capitalist system. Those people in the streets should be thankful for Western civilization and values, most would jail and/or execute them for taking to the streets as they have. They want that freedom and tolerance for themselves, but would be all too happy to take it away from those who they disagree with because they hate our system and what it stands for.

I guess I can say the protests are real now. Free Palestine protestors are blocking every entrance to our plant. I've seen it with my own eyes!

This lazy Fock takes a drug to lose weight and now he throws around fat. Something else you haven’t earned.

I said it’s nit a hate crime according to the FBI/ DOJ. Yeah, workplace violence. You’re an idiot.

He's half way through his 3rd season and his team is leading their division. He took the team to an improbable playoff appearance last season and won a playoff. His rookie season he wasn't great but they had the biggest coaching blunder in recent memory along with no training camp. I get it, he's not putting up 1984 Dan Marino numbers this season, but the team is winning. I don't know of many QBs that win with a bad supporting cast. That's mostly a myth.

It was a great time! Thanks for the hospitality and all the great restaurant recommendations. I may have to put off retirement another 6 months after Silver Oak and Jordan.

I hate the "no you're hitler" game, but this is a bit too obvious on Trump's part. Come on.

Niners healthy, rank them as you like. Niners winning the SB if they stay healthy

"I continue to believe that, no matter what they say or do in anger and hatred, most Palestinians finally want what most people on Earth finally want: to live in peace and safety and financial prosperity with their families around them enjoying life." ******** https://forums.footballguys.com/threads/israel-has-committed-too-many-crimes-it’s-time-to-stop-supporting-them.661756/post-24033954 timschochet: "But the Palestinians are largely extremist. While many of their complaints about Israel are justified, their “solutions” to these complaints are radical and often murderous and evil. I have no sympathy for people who blow up schools and hospitals and never will. We can’t work with such people.... And let me be even further clear: anyone who damns Israel while at the same time making excuses for Palestinian terrorism and extremism is a terrible hypocrite. And if their language against Israel and it’s American supporters is rooted in anti-Semitism (and here I’m specifically referring to Ihlan Omer) then that person deserves universal condemnation. But none of this has anything to do with my opinion about Israel. Just because the Palestinians have acted badly doesn’t mean the Israelis haven’t acted badly. They have. They have committed awful, criminal acts. And frankly this means more to me than the Palestinian bad acts because I expect more from the Israelis. And so I can’t support them any longer. "

Fun Fact. Trump fought hard for Jim to be called “Hero Jim”. When Twain disagreed and stuck with the now infamous name, Trump left the project even though it was 95% his work. That’s how important the black people have always been to Trump.

And FU to McLaurin. Maybe you can wake up and realize your team actually had a game scheduled today.

I am not projecting Marxism on Jerry except for the historical determinism. He seems to believe that people are fixed in their beliefs and will act as we predict they should react based on how they consistently acted before. That’s a Marxist conclusion. Classical liberalism (from which both western liberalism and conservatism derive) takes a different approach.

What exactly is slapping me in the face? Your irrefutable logic that since the Soviet Union fell, Palestinians will peacefully coexist with Israel? You are right, how could I miss it? From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free! Allah Akbar#@! Every post of yours on this topic shows why you belong with the college children in their irrational belief in the goodness of a soulless, terrorist state.

And YOU my friend, are an absolutely perfect example of a conservative so fixed in his conceptions that you can’t see the possibilities for change even when they slap you in the face. And what’s ironic about that is that, in your quest for determinism, you’re a lot closer to Marxism than you think. If you study history, particularly modern history (the last 200 years, since the Industrial Revolution) you discover two absolute truths: 1. Nothing is inevitable. 2. When things happen, they happen very quickly and usually to the utter surprise of the experts. Overnight, the world is different than it was before. Two obvious examples of the 2nd truth are the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of Apartheid. In both instances the world was shocked by the suddenness of events. Can I predict that Israel and the Palestinians will have peace some day and when it will happen? No. But I think it can happen, and we should work to make it happen, and if and when it does the world will be shocked once again.

For 75 years, numerous Israeli leaderships have proposed numerous two-state solutions to numerous Palestinian leaders. Nothing. But this time it will be different. What makes you think that, all of the mostly peaceful protests around the country? Yours is an absolutely perfect example of a liberal incorrectly projecting his (western) ideals on a situation.

I’m actually looking to do this once it gets legalized in my state. SO many ppl here smoke it so I know you’d make a killing off of it

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.

These are the same clowns who screwed up covid, and then said, "well we tried our best." If their best sucks so bad, I don't know why they need to keep trying to participate.

I'll second this - including stupid Thursday games. The only Thursday games should be on Thanksgiving day and maybe the reigning champ hosting the season kickoff game.