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@Fan since a Fetus https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_the_economy,_stupid Not directed at you....

It's the propaganda, stupid.

I watched about half of the October 7 documentary, produced by Al Jazeera. I fully understand AJ is state funded media by Qatar and likely more sympathetic to Hamas. But, it's a very well organized picture of what happened. It is violent and used Hamas body cams (explicit stuff is blurred). I do know that what caught my attention were media articles talking about claims that Israel kllled their own civilians. Of the 700+ civilians killed, I think it was about 5% or so killed by Israeli response. Israel just killed aid workers provided from a famous chef's kitchen. Unfortunately, they don't have any credibility in my mind. Too many instances of targeting journalists and medics. Maybe it is not official policy, maybe it's like rogue cops. I think the death tolls of their previous conflicts were 25% Hamas fighters, and 75% civilians.

I am so tired of Donald Trump all the time. If we vote him in he will have and will dominate our national dialogue from June 2015 to January 2029. 14 and a half years. The guy is a gasbag. He doesn't speak for me. He doesn't even speak for his cult members. He represents so much stupidity in actual American politics. He literally doesn't know or care about having a functional American democracy. He plays up the victim card and has taken advantage of Christianity to his own benefit. He never takes responsibility for his actions. He never takes blame, and somehow a decent percentage of Americans support him. He is a racist piece of garbage and has captured the worst in our boomer parents and grandparents. He is a liar, selfish and everything we are supposed to teach our children and grandchildren not to be. All he cares about is making Trump great again. That his VP, cabinet members and former staff as well as a few of his own parties sitting Senators will not support him is incredible. That he is also subject to 4 criminal indictments for his time as President is also incredible. His level of suppiort should be zero. Apparantly I am out of touch with a majority of voters. I know Trump is also a symptom of years of right wing propoganda that has spread through our nation and captured a large population. Sure, its driven by the wealthy desire for tax breaks, and political power. And sure, maybe its also driven by reaction to the "changing world" -- it can't all be as simple as racism, and anti-LGBT plus? The only good thing about a Trump second term is that it will be equally ineffective. If these people really just wanted wealthy tax cuts, they could have gone with Nikki "she's a slam dunk" Haley.... so it's more than wanting comservative policies. It's wanting this piece of garbage to represent you.

Cooking Easter supper the day after... we ended up eating out yesterday which was blasphemy to me. Simple menu Pan seared NY strip steak with garlic/herb rub Double baked stuffed potatoes (TRY THESE!!!) Ceasar Salad....

Are they still around? That's Home Team Sports era. Good for them. I always have thought our announcers were underrated... not just Joe and Craig, but Mel and Phil... (and Buck did grow into that roles).

LSU is a pretty easy team to hate... whoever loses will be salty, and the refs will blow it (after all its female college refs!).

There's a certain age that you grow out of things.... I did see a really good one on Reddit today though.... "I met a woman who was also a data nerd, we tracked our sex for 3 years."

News is so sloppy nowadays I couldn't find how many Justices are on the Supreme Court and what the votes were. 7 Justices and it was a 4-3 vote. The 3 dissents are upset because a health exception would basically open it up to be more like a "pre-Dobbs" landscape. They also mention "fetal personhood." Did conservatives really think that even red states wouldn't want to go back to a "Roe v. Wade" world? This just brings Florida to Roe v. Wade, to some extent.

By my math, bond is due April 4.

Thought we had a thread on this. G'dammit -- why is our government so stupid. Stuff like this feeds conspiracy theorists. "We can't say it's Russia -- but we know it's Russia." Or worse... "Russia is using our stolen tech that we have used on them."

What a **** Trump is. I just listened to him from 2020 election night. He was setting up Jan 6 from election night. He called it fraud from the beginning. Said, "we did win the election." Acted like the election was stolen from him. Wow. Why this isn't all people talk about ...

Man. Missed seeing the Dodgers bottom of the 9th. Please win another chip so people like me can stop beating up on Dave Roberts. Another 110 win season without one will only entertain SF fans...

Can we use this in a political ad for 2024? "What does C-U-L-T spell..." -- yes, this is from 2020, but I'm not sure I saw this back then.

Here is a much clearer article on what happened: https://cnsmaryland.org/2024/03/28/raskin-speech-at-the-university-of-maryland-disrupted-by-protest-over-gaza/ ... and here's an article by the author of the Tweet... https://www.thefire.org/news/no-hecklers-veto-not-more-speech

Conservative, COVID-denialist, likely homophobic, and private/eccentric but one of the most successful women's basketball coach around at the moment is a jerk, controls her program and pushes her players to the limit. But she wins. She has a good reason to hate her dad... and it seems like the article is written from his point of view. It may seem very odd for a conservative homophobic to gain success from queer players and not acknowedge their personalities. but she seems like she treats everyone similarly not the bestest.

I don't feel like we have honest media in this country. Let's be honest. Trump is being boosted by corporate and partisan forces. I read / browse right-wing news, and it's propaganda, plain as day. I look at the by-lines and wonder "who the [heck] can write this [slop]". It's "I'm being paid by [Rich Media Group] to push a right wing agenda." There's nothing (inherently) wrong with that, but there's such a huge cognitive dissonance between what is being pushed, and what the truth is. Complaining that the Trump lawsuit is a "victim less crime". So is bank robbery, am I right? So is insurance fraud, victimless! "Jack Smith's case against Donald Trump is falling Apart" - really? This is speculation, pure speculation. "Panic'd Obama and Clinton Rally to Boost Biden!" "I'm going to quote Jonathan Turley as a legitimate legal expert". "Joe Biden releases half-hearted statement on journalist in Russia..." I know it's hard to avoid editorializing 100%, but every single drip, drop, drag of information is "spun". To the point where there's nothing really "newsworthy" but stuff just gets made up and thrown at the wall to assist in partisan BS. Like the whole "Trump cares about slain law enforcement officials". Just say, "We want to boost Trump hard so we can sell political advertising time!!!!! And maybe we also want tax cuts too!!!"

Quoting my prediction from the beginning: Purdue, UCONN (50%) Tennessee (35%), Duke (10%) I'll concede that I just looked at teams and didn't fill in a bracket. So Alabama/Clemson is the bracket buster. NC State/Duke is also a bit of a buster. We're likely to get Purdue v. UCONN in the final.

Happened to just be watching WWE YouTube.... saw The Rock take Rhodes out stage in the parking lot... plus they had an instagram post after the camera stopped.... What year is it... 2000? Crazy segment...

Maybe sports ownership wise. The A's guy inherited his fortune (son of the founders of The GAP... or is it just "GAP"?). Snyder legitimately hustled for his success.

Is it wrong for me to suggest Jesus was nailed to the cross, so that this guy doesn't have to be? Is there a meme/gif for "over their head"?

Suspense is killing me... I hope it shows up! I was about to repost this one. It's hilarious that the parody has come full circle!

Houston, Purdue, UCONN - all still alive (only UCONN played) Big moves on the second tier Only Tennesee left (and they didn't advance yet) UNC, Iowa St and Arizona OUT! Duke and Gonzaga on the third tier. Best case, I will have 4 of the elite eight. Worse case, 3. Clemson/Alabama is a bracket buster.

@ixcuincle Thats totally astroturf. Biden has turned against Israel. In fact he even acknowledged they have a point. I would love to see interviews with these protestors. Looks like NYT had some interviews. Seems like these protestors also protested muslim ban in 2017. At least the first name I googled...

We ain't even saying it, but UCONN looks like they will be hard to beat.