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I donāt fit here. Iām not on the extreme progressive 20% left. Surly CR and DT is like the great film critic Pauline Kael. After Nixon won in an overwhelming landslide over George McGovern in 1972, she wrote- āI donāt know how Nixon won. I donāt know anyone who supported himā.
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Oh, Bolverk, you always have it all figured out! Question- you call the Gaza war a āgenocideā. When I think of genocide, I think of the Holocaust, the Armenians, the Tutsis. If, the Nazis, the Turks or the Hutus had ever offered, in the middle of their genocide, an offer to stop and turn the entire authority to a neutral international body, favorable to the natives, even allowing them to stay where they were but under new authority, the respective Jews, Armenians and Tutsis would have immediately agreed. Hamas hasnāt agreed. Its Allieās in the west support it in not agreeing. I can only assume they believe they can get a better deal if they wait. Is it possible that this isnāt a genocide, but a war, and it is only called a genocide so as to remove any moral authority from the Israelis? One more question- you obviously care about people, just people, of all ethnicities. The Sudan Civil War, which began the spring before the Gaza War- it has hundreds of thousands dead, with maybe half a million dead to forced starvation- who is on the right? What is the right role for the U.S.? I have been trying to learn of it, but it is tough; there isnāt a lot of coverage.
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I read it. It sounds like Mr. Guevara has a good case.
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I have a few questions- you say Mr. Guevara entered legally in 2004, and applied for asylum in 2005? How did he enter in 2004- student visa, tourist visa, or just (as was common once) walk across to a border town for a visit, just showing an ID? His asylum request- is he legit at risk if he returned to El Salvador (hasnāt El Salvadorās governance changed a few times?)? Or, is that just a way to apply for legal residency after overstaying a visa? Is it correct to assume that at no point in the intervening 20 years that Mr. Guevara never visited El Salvador, because, you know, he was at risk? I notice that from 2005-2025, Dem administrations were in charge, and presumably not hostile to immigrants, especially asylum seekers and refugees. Iām curious as to why he was not able to gain legal status. A little googling shows that an asylum seeker may be employed, but must get a renewable permit to work. These permits must be renewed every 150 days. Honest question- is Mr. Guevara diligent about legal filings and the system is just that difficult, or was he lax about some elements, figuring it didnāt matter?
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Is that your idea of a sick burn? Weāre down because our team, Texasā flagship, lost to Floridaās flagship. Meanwhile, TT beat UH in the battle of the SWCās last two joiners. Next Saturday, Iāll be in the Cotton Bowl, cheering on the Horns in the annual blood match with Oklahoma. The nation will be watching. I looked it up on Wikipedia. Next Saturday, TT hosts Kansas. Do you care enough to go?
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Iām not taunting because I want TT to stop aspiring. Iām taunting because itās fun to watch you try and fail.
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No, Iāve been roasting TT for being a program that has never done anything. But, youāve got me- you beat Utah and UH, two programs that have accomplished a fuck lot more than Tech ever has.
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Look, boys, we have a badass here! This Texas Tech fan is going to explain football for us!
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Iām pretty sure that this is just another example of the decades long global conspiracy to hold TY down and keep them from their rightful success.
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This is clearly a well thought out post. Since you have researched so much, I have a couple of questions. 1. You say Israel is āhellbent on wiping out every single person in Gazaā. Over the past two years, the Gaza Health Ministry has reported over 65k deaths from the war. It doesnāt distinguish between combatants and non-combatants. It is up to you to guess why; there are a number of possibilities and they range from charitable to Hamas (no man is an island and the loss of any one of us diminishes us all) to damning to Hamas (their most extreme rhetoric says that every Gazan is to be a Jihadi or a martyr). Naftali Bennett (the out of power partyās leader) discussed this a while back- he said the IDF stats show (when the deaths were at 63k) 10k natural deaths (would have died without the war), 20k combatants and 33k noncombatants. So, my question- you compared this to the Holocaust, saying it is equivalent. Clearly, that is hyperbole, right? Follow up question- there are a lot of definitions of genocide, ranging from the charnel house death camps of Nazi Germany to ethnic cleansing. Do you think one of the definitions of genocide applies here? And if so, which one? Final question, Upper Westside- clearly you have studied this in detail. Yes or no, is Hamas trying to minimize loss of Gazan civilian life? For example- the IDF has an app (most Gazans have smart phones) to let Gazan neighborhoods know when they are coming in, so civilians can leave. Is Hamas facilitating humanitarian corridors, so people can evade the IDF strikes?
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According to Sagarin, Florida would be a 1.5 point favorite over Tech on a neutral field.
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This year will be an interesting test. TT has an incredible history. Since joining the SWC, they have had two seasons of less than four wins (1979 and 1981). They have had two aeasons of more than ten wins (1976 and 2008). They have never won a conference title or even appeared in a CG. They are like a small town west Texas office building- the basement and penthouse are two stories apart. They remind me of what detailed said about Brazil- āitās the country of tomorrow and it always will beā. Can TT parlay an overwhelming financial advantage in an era where that overcomes all drawbacks into a dominant season? I have my popcorn out, waiting to see how they screw it up.
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Art Briles: New Head Coach of Mount Vernon High School in Texas
statsman replied to Landomatic's topic in Football
Baylorās overarching goal was to suppress news and details. They had won the conference, made NYE6 bowls, built the new stadium (their first campus stadium) and the last thing they wanted was for the world to k ow that their programās most successful period was built on a team culture of initiating new players by roofying co-Edās and running trains on them while unconscious. Baylor would write any check necessary to buy silence from victims, and even from Briles once it was clear he was done there. I donāt blame any of the victims for taking the payout, because it was also made clear that anyone who wanted their day in court would not get out unscathed. That tactic worked in that it kept the story suppressed, and had the added benefit of allowing Baylor (and Briles) to run their own narrative about it all being overblown. -
Yeah, it will look more like the NFL, where no one cares if KC lost five regular season games, or the NBA, where a 53 win team can win the championship (college basketball already made that transition decades ago).
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Thanks for bringing this up. Itās very interesting. The B1G schoolsā ADs get more media revenue than anyone but ND. It is telling that all but Michigan and tOSU (who are hesitant) are interested. Couple of points: 1. Private Equity sells itself as maximizing revenue in ways that ADs canāt. 2. Every one of those schools has business schools that claim to be able to teach students how PE works. Can they really not figure out how to maximize revenue on their own? I suspect that this is a function of ADs struggling to meet their House Settlement $20M annual nut, while trying to do everything else they are on the hook for. There is an alternative- Michigan, the Buckeyes, and the other schools that have enough revenue for the demands of this new era, can break away into their own Premiere League division.
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