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    Agreed. UN, which is a fucking joke, is only mentioned here when it's convenient. I don't particularly care about the claim regarding land; throughout history land has been conquered by various empires and military forces. Russia is doing that this very moment! Every land is "declared" someone's at some point in time... The goal for most if not all Palestine leaders is the extermination of Israelis and the removal of that country. It's that simple. You cannot negotiate such terms. A two-state solution was not accepted when it was on the table because of that.
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    Big games, against quality opposition can be really different. It's incredible how many players played well below their norm at the same time. It's not surprising either. That extra touch that usually goes unpunished against lesser opposition will get a pool player "in your face" eh. Even Palmer had to hurry his game, losing composure as a result.
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    Sanchez is a decent goalie... "decent" is far from good enough at this level. I wasn't crazy about the performance tbh; did not see the same game Maresca did. Perhaps we simply aren't at that level yet and it showed.
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    I totally expect him to try it, but don't think it's going to work at all. It's missing the key ingredient: the king-like powers of the presidency.
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    The media loves him! I mean journalist may personally despise him, but their employers make a lot of money off of him. i don’t really buy the last minute swings in polls one bit; they just measure different things even if the very same poll. it’s going to be close and tbh if I had to put money down on a winner it would be Trump. And I think dems would deserve a lot of the blame: they have been showing up holding a knife at a gun fight for way too long.
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    She needs liz Cheney for AZ. Would be smart get Liz in her administration. PA is the real danger tho. That was Bidens strength and it was still contentious.
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    Ironically, it was you who connected Harris to Biden/the administration here. Trump's ticket is on immigration: that's all he talks about. Just now in Aurora, CO. He exaggerates and lies constantly, but it brings attention to it, which is what they want.
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    Yeah we know that, and yet they are doing a good job connecting her to Biden… to the administration. Or are you claiming it’s an easy win for Harris? That’s not what I see.
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    If Trump wins, which is looking likely given that his message on immigration resonates with people here, it would have little to do with Israel and a lot to with with Biden's senility, which has certainly not take hold overnight in a day in 2024. His inaction in the past 2 years regarding the election is very telling: presidents defending their term usually go ballistic, and the being the president offers some nice perks when campaigning. Yes, Trump is sounding just like Biden these days, and he is too old for the job, but that does not change 👆 Biden's idea he would pass the "bi-partisan" immigration bill in an election year was cute. The idea that the US would just not help Israel at this time sounds ridiculous tbh.
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    Maher also talks about this in the video I posted His account for who did what also matches what I remember.
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    Agreed, but my point is that people who *believe* a woman commits *murder* with *any* abortion won't ever "let it be." The "do your thing" will never work here, unless the mindset changes.
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    I agree, but does it matter? There are 30-40% of other folks who strongly disagree. Would you rather "exterminate" them? My point is that there will be no progress (as you and I define it) before the mindset is changed. I'm suggesting "politics", as in elections, isn't the answer.
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    For the record, I actually agree 100% with you. And yet, the people who disagree with us, which are many, do deserve representation. Yes, the representation is skewed, but that's natural inertia (religious representation in congress is overblown). It will change, but definitely not in my lifetime, and perhaps not even in yours. You are dealing with the decision as a singleton; folks who disagree with us *believe* that the decision (of an abortion) "kills a baby," so either that view changes, or the same divide will remain.
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    Yup. It gets complicated when we are talking about "one of the three powers" which is what a president should be. Presidents here enjoy even more power given that they control the secret service, FBI, and the military... and assign judges to the Supreme Court which then decide their fate later eh. Supreme Court in the US is another controversial thing, with their life terms and zero accountability.
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    If that were the only case, I'd be happy to just put it down to "crazy" and move on. It is very much a strategy though Deny, Deflect, Delay, and Don’t Put Anything in Writing He and his family met with Brazil Bolsonaro, and after that Bolsonaro started using the very same strategy, even similar terminology. His "find me votes" call was unlawful... there is no "crazy" in that. That's what mobsters do. His actions before and during the Attack on the Capitol were unlawful. The only reason he's not yet in jail is because he was the president at the time, and his lawyers were right about what this Supreme Court would do.
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    Agreed. A valid argument is regarding the poor, who may not enjoy the necessary level of mobility. So, yes, it's complicated. There is also an argument that it's going to happen anyway, so it's an unnecessary risk imposed to both mother and unborn, but goes into the earlier point about mobility.
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    Heh, there is nothing creationist about that comment: it's very much science based. It demands far more years than what creationism accounts for. Natural selection and evolution truly makes no sense if not seen in the right time frame, which is NOT very intuitive at all to human beings given our short lifetimes and memories. This is a complicated subject to tackle in a football forum tho. 😃 👆Regardless, all people deserve representation, but we need to find a balance so that your beliefs aren't imposed onto people who don't share them. For example, a full ban on abortion is a very unpopular take even in red states. Suppose Trump won't manage to "end the world" in 4 years, after all he's a senile 78yo, but that is a very low bar right there. 😅 Another attack on the Capitol when he leaves and his son loses? or maybe another call like "find 11,780 votes" ? Simple question, did Donald Trump lose last election? because he hasn't conceded yet, has he?
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    A child changing a human being is very much coded in our DNA as it happens with most, if not all, mammals. The change is both physical as well as psychological. "Baby smell", the noises they make, their smiles none of that is an accident. Abortion is a complicated subject as it goes into beliefs as well as personal rights and freedoms. Leaving it to the states isn't a terrible compromise to be honest. I totally understand that everyone deserves representation, even if they completely disagree with me. Regarding Trump, "he's not crazy" that's really not the issue. He's unlawful... and people who claim to know what he will do are either liars, delusional, or receive a completely different set of news and information; the latter is a new thing. If disagreeing with Trump, like I disagreed with Bush, was the issue, I'd not be here as often. Trump is the very first "Third World" American president. Blatant nepotism was what gave it away for me. 🙂
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    Enzo had a good game. 2 key passes, and yes, I spotted them. They could've easily turned into assists--real ones not like Cole to Noni (it was all Noni for me). In that regard he is indeed similar to Fabregas, and he's actually more balanced, as in a lot more physical than Fabregas was. IMO folks here focus way too much on the CM pairing. He will likely improve as the team improves.
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    We are clearly talking about different things -- you did not quote the women's rights bit, for example. Israel is very important for the US and its allies and will remain so, whether you agree with it or not. I'm not in the business of deciding what is a proportional response to an act of violence; esp things that may have happened decades ago. Especially when there is religion in the mix. I do however know terrible things happen in war, which includes war-like zones. I doubt that talking about them will make a difference given that that's been happening for many decades. The only solution is for the region to not be a war-like zone even in quiet times. It's easier said than done.
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    The former has always been there; perhaps it's happening more with increased mobility, but it's not a new problem. The latter tho, that's new. Social media gave some groups a "voice", united them, and it raises the volume as much as it likes (or as much as possible for profit). That's precisely the dispute between UK gov and Musk. It's not just Musk's algorithms causing havoc, but all social media. Corporate media also has a "profit problem", but there still more responsibility. There is an editor, someone responsible for what goes out. They can be sued, like Fox New was (voting machines), but what do you do with Social Media? Are you going to sue the algorithms for not being good enough? for not "thinking" about the people? Musk will just yell "free speech" and say the algos should not moderate "free speech", and yet that's all they do all the time by raising the volume so everyone can hear the stupidest shit as long as it causes a reaction (fear, anger, shock).
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    Every military on earth is called "defense" (defense spending), so "resistance" is just an additional step. 😉
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    Agreed. Wouldn’t surprise me one bit to learn he was on a special training schedule to bring his fitness levels up. Playing time is usually limited in such cases.
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    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/04/opinion/yuval-harari-ai-democracy.html "Democracy is a conversation. Its function and survival depend on the available information technology. For most of history, no technology existed for holding large-scale conversations among millions of people. In the premodern world, democracies existed only in small city-states like Rome and Athens, or in even smaller tribes. Once a polity grew large, the democratic conversation collapsed, and authoritarianism remained the only alternative. Large-scale democracies became feasible only after the rise of modern information technologies like the newspaper, the telegraph and the radio. The fact that modern democracy has been built on top of modern information technologies means that any major change in the underlying technology is likely to result in a political upheaval. This partly explains the current worldwide crisis of democracy. In the United States, Democrats and Republicans can hardly agree on even the most basic facts, such as who won the 2020 presidential election. A similar breakdown is happening in numerous other democracies around the world, from Brazil to Israel and from France to the Philippines. In the early days of the internet and social media, tech enthusiasts promised they would spread truth, topple tyrants and ensure the universal triumph of liberty. So far, they seem to have had the opposite effect. We now have the most sophisticated information technology in history, but we are losing the ability to talk with one another, and even more so the ability to listen." Yuval Noah Harari
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