jerryskids

As I expected, nothing from you to address my actual points. It's easier for you to just derp away with labels. Thanks for the W.

Wait, what? You went from "it couldn't happen" to "of course we would let them in!" You are conflating (1) people who are truly fleeing persecution, which would be, I dunno, a few dozen? with (2) people who live in shiothole countries who want to come here, claim asylum, and join the 80% of Somalis on some form of taxpayer-funded welfare.

You can call me a bigot all you want; I've stated repeatedly that I wear that badge proudly when it comes to "concentrations of Muslims." And I know the label is coming from a low-intelligence wokie who can't argue with a single thing I've said (e.g., concentrations of Muslims in Western countries, from much of Europe to Somaliland in MN, are a net negative to those places), let alone the obvious facts that women and LGBTQ folks are treated like animals, but your moral relativism manages to rationalize it. But hey, you can put on your "Queers for Palestine" badge and tell your blue-haired friends how you called the mean internet conservative a bigot.

My guess is that Pitt will try to shut down Achane and make Tua and company beat them. Which wouldn't bode well for me.

Well, I was using hyperbole to make a point. But to your claim: they might, if they crossed our border, claimed asylum, and passed a "credible fear" interview. The degree to which they might pass such an interview depends on the interviewer and/or the policies of the administration.

So, no cost is too high?

Funny, your use of "problematic." You and Moderate TimHauck saw a brown person with an Arabic name and insisted he was Muslim. You also think it's problematic that somebody might convert to Christianity. The possibility of alternatives goes against your group think -- it's critical that the hero be a Muslim, to lessen the fact that a father/son set of Muslim jihadists murdered a bunch of Jews at a Hannukah celebration. I have no problem with individual Muslims doing good deeds, as I've said numerous times including my first post in this thread. As I've also said numerous times, concentrations of Muslims are anathema to Western culture, and create a negative impact roughly 100% of the time. As I've also also said, this moral relativism is bullshiot. The teachings of Islam, top to bottom and front to back, are morally inferior to the teachings of the Judeo Christian West. To use a phrase of yours, full stop. This does not mean that every individual Muslim is immoral, so please don't go that route.

How much money is too much money to get a marginal vetting result so we can welcome in a homeless person from the streets of Kabul who pulled the "asylum" card?

Yeah, that Williams TD on the first drive was a kick in the nuts. Everything was set up for him NOT to get it, but the fantasy gods conspired for him. But I guess Jefferson dropping that easy TD made up for it -- what the hell is wrong with him this year? All I can do is think happy, positive thoughts. Maybe Waddle will get gang raped on the way to the game?

I didn't fall for anything. I said "some reports are saying." That was accurate. It was moderates like you who immediately assumed he was Muslim because of his looks and names. I was merely saying let's wait and see. It appears that he is indeed Muslim. That being said, it's funny that your bastion of truth is some dood named ADAM and that his parents are Muslim, so no way the kid could convert to Christianity. That's never happened before. Sorry, no gotcha for you today, Tim. Must be a day that ends in Y.

We can't vet them. How could we vet them? The only thing you can realistically do is check if they are on known terrorist lists. The alternative is, what -- fly over to Afghanistan and interview all of their family, friends, coworkers, many of whom will be disinclined to help you. It would cost tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars per person (something I'm sure you don't add into your formula for the costs of immigrants) to do harder-than top-secret clearance research on each individual, and even then the results would be suspect at best.

Some reports are saying he is a Lebonese Maronite Christian.

Outstanding! I'd say this guy assimilated better than the terrorist shooters.

I quit

Who?

We are on our 4th and 5th cat, and the wife and I agree that it would be easier to pick our least favorite: Oreo, from our first pair. The other, Edward, was really fun and affectionate. Next we had Ninja, a 20+ lb Maine Coon mix who was super chill. I'd probably pick him mostly because he was the cat our kids grew up with. He was an all black rescue, and two of my three kids got all-black rescues when they moved out (black cats often go unadopted because people have dumb superstitions or whatever). He passed two years ago, and last year we got a mostly-black brother/sister kitten pair who are really great. Cosmo, the boy, is a dog-cat; he fetches balls for treats. Lyra loves to sit on my lap when I take a dump and sleep (this latter one, while cute, might get a little old). She has become more my cat, where Cosmo more often lies on my wife. I could see one or both of these becoming our GOAT.

He got suspended? For what? WTF, there are some pansies here on "my" side of the political spectrum.

I don't think anyone is going to confuse Keanu with Daniel Day-Lewis from an acting perspective, but Wick and Neo are two epic characters, and Wick is... John Wick. I also admire the work he put into his shooting and fighting crafts.

Oof, I missed this thread. Haven't been on here much except for actual FF playoff stuff. :dopey: Also, you haven't seen Bond, Wick, Braveheart, or maybe Mad Max? I didn't exactly go obscure with these movies. You are about my age; how is it possible you've never seen a Bond movie? They were on TV all the time in the 80s and 90s at least.

That's fine. Do you think that a woman finding a rich, successful husband is a unique tale in human history? Women have been mating with powerful men since Ug was King of the Cavemen. You look silly with this track about Trump's grandma. If I were you I'd move on.

Do we at least get to see her fun bags?

Thanks, I hadn't known that. Yes, opportunity. Not entitlements, bilingual schools, etc. For most of our history, people came here (legally) to make better lives for themselves. Any help they received was from their community which almost always was comprised of others from their homeland. If they couldn't hack it, there's the door. They were perhaps too old to fully assimilate or learn the language, but they made sure their kids did.

Yeah, I left the bolded out because it just would add confusion to the reasoning: "hey, if we try and fail, then try and fail again, we can get a FG and still win! Yahtzee!!!"

I see what you mean, but the "vindictive prosecution" was unnecessary for a factual summary. He's facing charges which he's fighting, period. Every perp in prison faced something like vindictive prosecution, just ask them.

The thinking is that it improves the chance of a win vs. a tie. If they are successful, a TD and XP gives them the lead. If they fail (as in this case), they have another shot to go for two if they get another TD - they did get one, and they tried, and they failed again. So obviously it's not a perfect system. It's the kind of thing a team that is out of the playoffs does. Personally, I don't like it, because IMO it sends the message to your team that you can only win with gimmicks.