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Fastbreak

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  1. Less than 2 minutes into the game and Mark Jackson has labeled borderline NBA player Jamychal Green as a "knockdown shooter".

    He’s not the best, but he has shot over 39% from 3 four times in his career.
  2. No, seriously, where is the national outrage about the epidemic of child rape that is found in our religious institutions (most of them seemingly Christian)? 

    Have you heard that some kid might have seen a drag show or that someone might have used the wrong bathroom? With those kinds of huge issues who has time to worry about kids getting fucked in church?
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  3. I've read 1491 and Guns, Germs, and Steel. Indeed, the historical patterns in 1491 and Guns, Germs, and Steel do reveal humanity's greed and barbarism toward fellow humans.
    But, that does not change or excuse the facts of what happened in Texas, especially since the conquering Christians claim to be about peace and love. The Euro-Christians running the state in the mid-1800s approved and unleashed an ethnic cleansing (or genocide) program upon the Indigenous Peoples occupying the territories that became "Texas." The territories were colonized and conquered via mass killings, as happened in the rest of America. Those are facts. (Roma's post above is spot on.)
    To excuse the Christian-led atrocities in Texas is nothing less than the usual "but what about ______" hypocrisy and apologia. Especially since the Christians (and all religions) loudly claim the mantle of peace in the wake of their barbarism. 
    I grew up in Texas and often heard Christians/Evangelicals/Fundamentalists proudly boast that Texas and America were "God's Country." Of course, that can only mean their all-knowing, all-loving God approved of a genocide against tens of millions of other humans across America. So much for the "peace" and "love" of their fellow humans. So much for a loving God. Yet, this staggering hypocrisy damn near gets a free pass across Texas and America and in Surly. 
    Christianity's historical record is clear: colonize, conquer, convert (those left alive). Peace only comes after the blood bath. True in America, true in Texas. 

    One of the very first fairy tales of the Bible is the “loving” God killing almost every person on the planet (old, newborn, still in the womb, crippled, etc) in a huge flood. He loved humanity so much he said “fuck all of it…”.

    So yeah, humans that follow that god are generally assholes.
  4. I just don't understand why the small government folks care about the sex lives of others so much.  Society is fully against the underage stuff, but the consensual adult relationship stuff is none of their damn business.  And for some reason, that's an affront to them. 

    They use a fake and imagined “god” to justify their own insecurities and faults. It’s been that way since the dawn of civilization and the indoctrination of these terrible cults.
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