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Sol damn near turned to the dark side out of anger to kill Darth Teeth.

I'm not saying they went in with the intent of murdering everyone, but something obviously happened, which they kept secret. It might well be the same with Darth Teeth that they never find out for sure that he's a Sith or has a Sith master, so they can go on pretending that the Sith are truly extinct up until Palpatine comes along.

It wasn't written by an actual journalist, just some guy on Facebook pretending to be one.

I'm pretty much leaning toward the opinion that everything gets covered up because the Jedi are controlling and arrogant and don't want the galaxy to know their failings. After all, we know Mae's little fire didn't kill the whole coven, and clearly, Sol and the other three dead Jedi kept whatever actually happened under wraps. But, yes, your point about him not exactly saying he's a Sith is also true.

Yeah, I think we'll have to wait until the final episode for the reveal of the master. Also, I kind of don't think Sol was fooled since he said "Where's your sister?" instead of "Where's Mae?" If he was fooled, I guess it's forgivable in that moment since whole world had just been rocked: physically, emotionally, and, most importantly, ethically/morally. The show-runners intentionally have branded both twins with a marking on Mae's forehead and a tattoo on Osha's arm that Sol previously mentioned he didn't like, so this parent trap ruse won't last long. Hell, even Pip and Basil already have it figured out. I'm more interested in finding out whether the Jedi cover this whole thing up or if everyone with firsthand knowledge gets offed before reporting back to the council. I also obviously want to know what the hell they did to the coven and how Mae was selected to be acolyte. What's Qirim's connection to them? Why was he surprised Sol didn't recognize him?

I kind of resent my hometown being on that map, not that it doesn't have a racist past, which I'm sure it did. They say a sundown sign existed before World War II that was taken down when an air force base was opened up for the war (according to oral reports), but there are no public records of it, and I've never heard of it. That's not to say there wasn't, but there's no proof. Moreover, Census data show that the community's Black population grew during the Great Depression while the overall population contracted. I guess if there had been a sign, it was wholly ineffective. Further, I've always been a bit proud that it was the first school district to desegregate its schools in 1954 after the Texas Supreme Court determined that the state government could not withhold funding if they desegregated. After the decision was rendered, they immediately desegregated. Given that, I'd say the community wasn't nearly as backward and racist as would be assumed by being on that map. I'm probably being too sensitive about it, but this kind of shit goes viral without people actually exploring the evidence, which is scant in this case. If there were oral reports, publish them. This should especially be the case since it's on a website with a .edu.

Well, he did have that meeting in the Seychelles with one of Putin's buddies to establish a back channel for communications with the Kremlin, and he also offered his services as a subcontractor to Wagner in Africa.

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Nice rant, aggy. *betters

Those dickheads only wish they had as much personality and were as entertaining as them. Instead, I see them more like a bunch of the dullest numbskulls you've ever met and picture them sitting around recounting lame-ass stories from their freshman year. aggy 1: Hey! Do y'all 'member that time we fucked a sheep? aggy 2: Yeah. aggy 3: That was AWESOME! aggy 2: Hey! Do y'all 'member that time I got caught cheatin' on my meats exam? aggy 3: Yeah. aggy 1: That was AWESOME! aggy 3: Hey! Do y'all 'member that time we dragged a Black dude behind my truck? aggy 1: Yeah. aggy 2: That was AWESOME! Later... aggy 1: Hey! Let's do somethin' fun. aggy 2: Yeah. aggy 3: You know, guys, I've been doin' some joke writin' to make fun of them dern sissy sips. What say we go down to the Dixie Chicken and practice 'em in front of a friendly crowd, stand-up style, for the fall when we hafta start playin' tee-ewe again. You know, we gotta practice for that yell practice so we's can be on our A-game. together: That'd be AWESOME! Yes, they're about as lame as that fake dull story I just told.

Y'all remember how the GQP and their media mouthpieces moved seamlessly on from focusing solely on attacking Blacks after the election to also including LGBTQ+ folks in their crosshairs? A 9-percent point drop among Republicans in support of same-sex marriage in the last two years. A 16-point drop in viewing same-sex relationships as "moral" in the last two years. https://news.gallup.com/poll/646202/sex-relations-marriage-supported.aspx

No, the guy is far more intelligent than the seed kid, and I'm not entirely certain he actually believes what he puts in some of his posts, no matter what he says. I think he knows exactly what he's doing with most of it, which is to act as a shitposting provocateur. In other words, he trolls libs as a pastime on Surly. He knows exactly what those racist Twitter accounts he reposts here are really all about. He relishes in spreading some of the tamest of their vile content under the guise of innocence or relying on the lax moderation of this board, where if you call him out, it'll make you look like you're being too sensitive. I think he's playing a calculated game.

Yep. That kind of shit. I don't frequent that thread, but he posts the same level of garbage in the lol pic thread.

My recollection of him before his recent "coming out" party is his penchant for posting content that puts minority groups (e.g., Latinos, Blacks, Asians, LGBTQ+) in the worst light with bad racial stereotypes or just saying some outright racist stuff. I believe he's been put in timeout a time or two for some of it.

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The big story on "Last Week Tonight" was all about the upcoming parliamentary elections in the UK and how the Conservatives have fucked up everything over the last 14 years, including Brexit obviously. Great episode.

Otto to Aegon and Criston.

I would've liked her to force him to address his "Biden is solely responsible for high inflation" lie.

This is the most worrisome part of it for me. Instead of the masses (even if they were the minority in pre-war Germany) marching to a focused beat toward a fascist end, we're at threat of lazily slouching our way into fascism because we're at the mercy of a lazy-thinking minority thanks to the electoral fucking college. In a twisted way, the contemporary scenario is maybe more insidious because we can look back at history to see where fascism leads. In contrast, the Germans and Italians didn't really have that particular benefit of hindsight.

What's kinda baffling to me are the staunch Ukraine supporters in the DT war thread, who are clearly conservatives based on general posting history and quick-to-blame Biden comments regarding military aid, who will then turn around and still vote for the guy who's basically come out and said he'd yank support for Ukraine and has threatened to pull out of NATO. If this isn't a national security crisis (and not just one for our European allies) that conservatives have always been so keen on, then I don't know what is. I hope I'm wrong about the assumption that they'll still vote for the orange turd. Still, I don't doubt many will overlook that disconnect in the voting booth because of a "party before country" attitude, regardless of what their party has become. Notably, those same posters are also generally silent on the rise of fascistic parties in the EU, such as the National Rally in France or the AfD in Germany both of which are beholden to the Kremlin.

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Exhibit A: Mike Pence

A quiet administrative change advances a far-right Israeli minister’s effort to control the West Bank. Israel is putting key responsibilities in the occupied West Bank under an administrator who answers to a hard-line government minister, Bezalel Smotrich, who favors annexation of the territory, in what analysts and human rights activists describe as the latest step toward the far right’s aim of expanding Israeli settlements there. The administrative move has been a longtime goal of Mr. Smotrich, the finance minister and settler leader, and increases his formal authority over many areas of civilian life, including building and demolition permits, a crucial tool for settlers who view construction as a way to strengthen their grip on the West Bank. It is the latest of several changes over the past two years that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, the most right-wing in Israel’s history, has made to the way that the West Bank is ruled. Since early 2023, the government has eased the planning process for new settlements and gradually transferred more powers from the defense minister, Yoav Gallant, to Mr. Smotrich, a longtime settler activist who wants to prevent the possibility of creating a Palestinian state in the territory. The moves stop short of fully placing the West Bank under civilian control, and they have limited effect in the 40 percent of the West Bank that is administered by the Palestinian Authority, a semi-autonomous Palestinian-run body. But critics say that they collectively take Israel a step closer to annexing the territory in all but name. For decades, Israel has defended its control of the territory there by saying that it is a temporary military occupation since the 1967 war that complies with the international laws applicable to occupied territories, rather than a permanent annexation that places the West Bank under the sovereign control of Israel’s civilian authorities. But the empowerment of Mr. Smotrich, a civilian minister, tests that argument to its limits. The latest move, which creates a civilian head of an area previously overseen only by the military, was finalized by the Israeli military on May 29, according to copies of two military orders seen by The New York Times. It names a deputy head of the civil administration in the West Bank who will answer to Mr. Smotrich, an ultranationalist member of Mr. Netanyahu’s coalition who has a broad portfolio in the West Bank. Settlers like Mr. Smotrich want to build more Israeli settlements across the West Bank on land that Palestinians hoped would be the core of a future Palestinian state. While previous Israeli governments and generals have built and protected hundreds of settlements, the latest order would likely accelerate that process, analysts and activists said. Critics have already accused the government of failing to clamp down on illegal settlement construction and violence committed by settlers, and of thwarting measures to enforce the law. Since the war began in October, the government has cracked down on the territory with near-daily military raids it says are aimed at terrorists. The government has also emboldened settlers and enacted new regulations that have put additional economic pressure on Palestinians. “We are speaking about a change with a very clear political dimension to permit all kinds of plans for building settlements very quickly and without any obstacles,” said Michael Milshtein, an author and expert in Palestinian studies at Tel Aviv University. The military has for decades been responsible for civil administration in most of the West Bank as well as for security, and critics say the shift to civilian administration, a longstanding aim of Mr. Smotrich, ties decision-making more closely to Israeli domestic politics. Analysts noted, however, that Defense Minister Yoav Gallant would retain input and could block certain measures. Aviv Tatarsky, a researcher at Ir Amim, an Israeli nongovernmental organization, said that the order was “historic,” because “for the first time you have in a formal way management in the West Bank that is not done through the army but through the Israeli civil political system.” The civilian political influence over the military administration already existed to some extent, though it was hidden from view, he said, “but now it’s stopped playing the games.” A spokesman for Mr. Smotrich did not respond to a request for comment. The person named to fill the new administrative post, Hillel Roth, is a settler and a member of the religious nationalist community who will likely act to facilitate Mr. Smotrich’s agenda, analysts said. Mr. Milshtein noted that Mr. Smotrich had separately aimed to weaken the Palestinian Authority, which administers some parts of the West Bank. Mr. Smotrich announced in May that Israel would withhold revenue from the authority, worsening its severe fiscal crisis. In June, Mr. Smotrich said that he had ordered about $35 million in tax revenue that Israel collected on behalf of the authority to be diverted to the families of Israeli victims of terrorism. Since Israel occupied the West Bank, previously controlled by Jordan, in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, the government has encouraged Jews to settle there, providing land, military protection, electricity, water and roads. More than 500,000 settlers now live among 2.7 million Palestinians in the territory. Most of the world considers the settlements illegal. Some Israeli Jews justify settlement on religious grounds, others on the basis of history — both ancient and modern — while some say Israel must control the territory to prevent armed Palestinian groups from taking power.