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  1. 940 sucks. Denton doesn't have a lot going for it from what I recall, but I remember being completely underwhelmed and annoyed with 940.
  2. Sorry had to do it:
  3. For those who are scrambling to get caught up to speed on Charlie Kirk and what all this means and get a primer, I just read this and it's a great 5 minute recap of his background, political adventures and the fall-out as we know it so far (spoiled because it's long-ish):
  4. Vegas64

    Brazil

    Sets Brazil up for even more tension with the Trump Administration which already cited this case when slapping 50% tariffs on Brazil.
  5. “Was it grace, or was it recklessness? In retrospect, I think it was recklessness.” — Kamala Harris, in an excerpt from her forthcoming memoir, on Democrats’ deferring to Joe Biden on whether he should run for re-election. Harris adds that she believed Biden aides failed to defend her against right-wing attacks and helped fuel negative narratives: “Indeed, it seemed as if they decided I should be knocked down a little bit more.”
  6. I couldn't tell you because I actually wasn't aware of Charlie Kirk's specific opinions before all this. I thought of his name as a far right panderer who does social media and influencing and only heard his name. Like a Candace Owens type. It seems people thought of him as more legitimate about that and gave him fame/infamy. That said, I've always thought well and generally think people thought well of Andrew Ross Sorkin as a journalist, so maybe this colors opinions of him, that is for you to decide for yourself.
  7. SIAP, saw NYT made a comment-- Andrew Ross Sorkin who I've always respected (and his book TBTF was awesome):
  8. Name is not even vaguely familiar like a...Cheryl Miller, Sheryl Swoopes, or Sue Bird. Also assuming you surely meant WNBA not NBA...
  9. What do you mean? He will be sold out by lunch and have the CharlieHat meme coin mining by tomorrow. He hit the alt-right lottery.
  10. I don't know if this is fake or not and like Chef Gusteau says, "Anyone can cook" meaning a chef can rise from any background, but this is NOT the picture I had in mind when the early pages on here were talking about how at 200 yards out the shooter had to be very highly trained, ex-military, professional, etc.
  11. Exactly what I meant when saying "very risky" as in, 90% sure Israel wouldn't dare. But who knows, they are really showing themselves to be brazen and with hubris comes an overreach and then a downfall...
  12. Reading this was almost as traumatic as the video. You have a way with words and in this sense it's awful.
  13. 1000 times this. Say it louder for those in the back.
  14. I was taking your comment about us being in the climax differently.
  15. In one sense, it's actually a win/win that Hamas is abroad and targeted because if Israel was actually only laser focused on getting their revenge and killing Hamas brass, Gaza civilians would be risk free from being collateral damage. But obviously Israel wants all of Hamas, down to the janitor, wiped off earth and they want the territory. And speaking of the IDF and their remarkable ability to execute anywhere on earth, at this point no Hamas senior leader can feel comfortable or safe, right? The pager thing was a masterclass, surgical hits in the hearts of MAJOR cities like Tehran and Doha, etc. The only thing I think giving an ounce of security is that Israel bombing Istanbul or Ankara would be very risky as Turkey is no slouch.
  16. Thanks for sharing these. I had seen he was in the news with a new album and new drama with cardi b, etc. These arent' for me, I can't appreciate them, but gave them a chance.
  17. Actually this discussion just gave me a thought and a bit of a mind experiement. Which politically/religiously/sociologically motivated death will have the bigger effect on their respective environments: Charlie Hebdo or Charlie Kirk
  18. In this sense, it actually best serves Trump and those who would wish to use this event for evil that he was a niche, vaguely known name/face for most people in America. In that way they can now use his name, likeness and image to be used nefariously in anyway they want. I suppose you are right about the vocal minority, but it just doesn't seem like the climax, tipping point or boiling over event that you seemed to suggest. I guess we will see in the coming weeks/months.
  19. Here are my thoughts as an attempt at being objective: It's an interesting conversation because the top brass and head of the snake that is Hamas all dipped out to go abroad to evade prosecution/death. So you have the guys running the on the ground operations, from abroad in places like the aforementioned Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Turkey, etc. I think the extrajudicial killing of these folks is fair war, even if they are abroad (again, their whole intent is to avoid being brought to justice by running from the conflict and operational area), but what seems to me as brazen and an overstep is the attack while on the mediator's soil, at a mediation discussing the first concepts of what peace would look like. I think Qatar has a right to be very upset at the whole thing but specifically even us and the smoking gun is "USA stopped Iran's missiles this summer easily, you COULD have done the same thing with Israel's missiles but obviously didn't. You obviously ok'ed this." I also think the justification of 10/7 by Israel was weird. No duh. The whole thing is in response to 10/7. You can't really use that to justify this unless you are saying that you are going to get your pounds of flesh in revenge as a priority over peace first, which is an obstacle to peace here obviously. The Jerusleum justification from last week holds more weight IMHO, but still didn't go far enough to justify the Qatar boming.
  20. This is an amazing response. No rep for it is borderline criminal. Reminds me of Brendan Fraser and the Whale buzz... complete with the crying at an extended standing ovation.
  21. I don't think I agree with you here. The only reason I know the name Charlie Kirk is because of this messageboard. After his death like 3 friends talked about it. I was on a call with peers at work and someone asked outloud "Who is this Kirk guy that died? just got an alert" from a team of people who watch CNBC daily. I think if you are super active online it probably feels the way you bolded, but I'm not seeing it in real life. The markets have been shrugging off everything. Tariffs, for the most part. Bombing Qatar (Hamas) was a huge deal with huge implications-- barely registered on mainstream media fronts. All anyone cares about in the world I see everyday has been a) Oracle's out of the blue story b) "did you see the new iphone air? when are airbuds 3.0 coming?", and most importantly and the bullhorn in every room c) AI bubble/boom. And that seems to be all the market cares about as well right now. tl;dr Long way to say, I don't agree it feels like a climax. Kirk is not a Lincoln or Franz Ferdinand or anyone else of widespread fame/infamy. He seems to be known, loved or hated, by the chronicaly online and vocal minority.
  22. I wonder if the slashing of white collar jobs that is to come (and has already started) due to AI will change that, though. Maybe "target" schools like the Wall St. model will become a thing for jobs or career paths that right now are super democratized. Either way, if you can either afford it out of pocket or get a great value for it with merit aid, etc., I think there is little downside to going to the best school you can get into I think, personality or not.
  23. maybe take a beat and let things play out and be patient before winding yourself up in these different ways. at least that's how I'm approaching it, because the alternative is just "what if'ing" a dozen scenarios.
  24. When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
  25. Thanks for this. I think then we in fact did NOT go to the same type of college fair lol.
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