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If it looks like a communist and quacks like a communist and talks like a communist and says it is a communist, it is a communist. mspart

Found it. https://www.themat.com/news/2023/october/26/mota-pettis-golston-garrett-added-to-u-s-roster-for-pan-american-games Not sending our best to the Games. I thought for the Pan Am Games, we sent our main team. I guess we'll see how they do. Men’s freestyle roster 57 kg – Zane Richards (Champaign, Illinois/Titan Mercury WC/Illinois RTC) 65 kg – Nahshon Garrett (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania/Titan Mercury WC/Lehigh Valley WC) 74 kg – Tyler Berger (Lincoln, Nebraska/Sunkist Kids WC/Pennsylvania RTC) 86 kg – Mark Hall (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania/Titan Mercury WC/Pennsylvania RTC) 97 kg – Kyle Snyder (State College, Pennsylvania/Titan Mercury WC/Nittany Lion WC) 125 kg – Mason Parris (Lawrenceburg, Indiana/Titan Mercury WC/Cliff Keen WC) Coach – Bill Zadick (Colorado Springs, Colorado) Coach – Joe Russell (Colorado Springs, Colorado) Coach – Jake Varner (Port Matilda, Pennsylvania) Team Leader – Rich Tavoso (New York City, New York) Greco-Roman roster 60 kg – Ildar Hafizov (Colorado Springs, Colorado/U.S. Army WCAP) 77 kg – Kamal Bey (Colorado Springs, Colorado/U.S. Army WCAP) 87 kg – Zac Braunagel (O’Fallon, Illinois/Illini WC/Illinois RTC) 97 kg – Josef Rau (Chicago, Illinois/Titan Mercury WC/Wildcat WC) 130 kg – Cohlton Schultz (Parker, Colorado/Sunkist Kids WC) Coach – Justin Ruiz (Colorado Springs, Colorado) Coach – Herb House (Colorado Springs, Colorado) Coach – Spenser Mango (Colorado Springs, Colorado) Team Leader – Josh Weintraub (New York City, New York) Women’s freestyle roster 50 kg – Erin Golston (Lake In The Hills, Illinois/New York AC) 53 kg – Samara Chavez (Arlington, Texas/Team Tornado WC) 57 kg – Xochitl Mota-Pettis (Humble, Texas/Rise RTC) 62 kg – Kayla Miracle (Tempe, Arizona/Sunkist Kids WC) 68 kg – Forrest Molinari (Tempe, Arizona/Sunkist Kids WC) 76 kg – Kennedy Blades (Chicago, Illinois/Sunkist Kids WC) Coach – Terry Steiner (Colorado Springs, Colorado) Coach – Katie Kreibel (Colorado Springs, Colorado) Coach – Nate Engel (Albany, Oregon) Team Leader – Cody Bickley (Colorado Springs, Colorado)

Hey ILLINI - Do you remember Sveda? He was pretty good and very entertaining to watch. mspart

Who is showing up? mspart

From the river to the sea! That is what ethnic cleansing is. mspart

I think when a political organization calls themselves communist it is a good thing to believe them. Xi is not the leader of the democratic capitalists of China. He is the leader of the CCP, Chinese Communist Party. They run everything in China. Did you not get the memo? mspart

Dragging a trailer or hauling a load as a work truck not so good. Need a portable charging station. If only Tesla could have developed his electricity through the air idea. mspart

https://hbr.org/2021/05/what-the-west-gets-wrong-about-china ... One thing hasn’t changed, though: Many Western politicians and business executives still don’t get China. Believing, for example, that political freedom would follow the new economic freedoms, they wrongly assumed that China’s internet would be similar to the freewheeling and often politically disruptive version developed in the West. And believing that China’s economic growth would have to be built on the same foundations as those in the West, many failed to envisage the Chinese state’s continuing role as investor, regulator, and intellectual property owner. ... Many Westerners assume that China is on the same development trajectory that Japan, Britain, Germany, and France embarked on in the immediate aftermath of World War II—the only difference being that the Chinese started much later than other Asian economies, such as South Korea and Malaysia, after a 40-year Maoist detour. According to this view, economic growth and increasing prosperity will cause China to move toward a more liberal model for both its economy and its politics, as did those countries. ... In China, however, growth has come in the context of stable communist rule, suggesting that democracy and growth are not inevitably mutually dependent. In fact, many Chinese believe that the country’s recent economic achievements—large-scale poverty reduction, huge infrastructure investment, and development as a world-class tech innovator—have come about because of, not despite, China’s authoritarian form of government. Its aggressive handling of Covid-19—in sharp contrast to that of many Western countries with higher death rates and later, less-stringent lockdowns—has, if anything, reinforced that view. Quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, it must be a duck. mspart

FIFY. mspart

Oh, he has a club now. mspart

You thought something that most others didn't agree with? Say it ain't so. mspart

You are perhaps the only person in the world that says China is not communist. You need to start a club. mspart

Oh, that's why Egypt has to be convinced to let aid in from their gate. But only stuff is going from Egypt to Gaza, not the other way around. Yeah, they just don't want to be seen as aiding Israel. Right. Keep on believing in fairy tales. mspart

So I lost track, did any left wing moron cop to owning an EV on this forum? Or was the question not clear? Maybe its that no one wants to be identified as a left wing moron. For the record, I don't own an EV. If I went that direction, it would be a hybrid so I could easily get recharged quickly and continue my trip. mspart

You can't convince Plasi or UB that China, North Korea, or Cuba are communist. mspart

This ^ mspart

Israel will not force them into Sinai. Egypt has to be willing and they have not been so willing. Jordan either. Every wonder why the closest neighbors won't let palestinians in? I think tent cities may be inevitable with the destruction Hamas has invited. Head of Hamas doesn't even live there in Gaza, he lives in Qatar, the little rat. Calling the shots from relative safety like the coward he is. mspart

This is unintentionally funny I think. mspart

Amendment I (1791) Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. mspart

I think she is thinking of a bazooka or grenade or mortar. Talk about a moron. AR-15 shoots a 0.223 inch diameter bullet. I'm thinking a deer is quite a bit bigger than that. Heck I shot a deer with a 12 gage slug (0.729 inch diameter) in MN on a farm and we had plenty of meat leftover. mspart

Hey Willie - I guess no one on here is a moron. No one has admitted to owning an EV that I remember. mspart

Yes, this is a deal, except that this is not mainstream i don't think. I used to reload shotgun back in the day. It takes a lot of time and pays off in money if you reload a lot. I don't think it is really that cheap if you count your time. mspart

I disagree with nuance. 1. It is clear that mentally ill people have perpetrated the majority of mass shootings, at least in the last few years. Mental illness does not cause gun violence. But mental illness with gun possession increases the risk of such gun violence. That is incontrovertible. 2. If 15 people in the bowling alley or bar were armed, does anyone think that there would have been fewer firearm related deaths and injuries? I have to believe the shooter would have been challenged and fled or killed and there are fewer firearm related deaths. It won't reduce it to zero due to the element of surprise, but reaction will lesson the death toll. This just seems logical to me. People being armed in their homes only, would not have resulted in fewer deaths in this case in Maine, to the point of the copied quote. mspart

So let me get this straight. If you kill civilians, that is a war crime? Which war has been fought in the last 100 years that has not resulted in civilian deaths? Civilian death and property destruction is the main consequence of modern war. Israel is not targeting civilians. There is no other armed force that I know of that tries to avoid civilian deaths like the IDF. Perhaps US troops do similar. Certainly not Russian troops. So when Israel attacks, they have warned everyone what they are going to do. If civilians are present, they either were prevented from leaving or they are not really civilians. I see this as Israel having done their due diligence to prevent civilian deaths. Please show where Hamas has ever taken this tactic with regard to Israeli civilians. This is just one way to differentiate the tactics used and the intent of the two sides here. In my opinion, Hamas did not go to all out war, they went as far as to initiate an initial skirmish with civilians, not against armed forces. That is a war crime. Mowing down 270 youth at a music/dance get together is a crime, not just a war crime. Burning alive civilians in their houses is a crime, not just a war crime. What did they think would be the response from Israel? Did they think that Israel would roll over? I don't think so. I think they knew the response would be punishing and swift. I think the calculus was that other entities would come to help the fight. Hezbollah is certainly answering that call in a small way. But they were roundly condemned for their brutal and inhuman actions. And now Israel is prepared to take out Hamas as an entity. Is there a reason not to? Hamas' attacks have been constant over the years from Gaza. They had a sort of truce going on and apparently we and Israel relaxed about any violence. Then came 10/7. Israel is understandably incensed and their intent to eliminate Hamas now is also understandable. If Israel wanted to destroy civilians in Gaza, why have they historically provided, food, energy and fuel to Gaza? If Gazans and Hamas disarmed, what would be the result? Peace. If Israel disarmed, what would be the result? Annihilation. This again shows the disparate intent of the two. mspart

Hence Israel has repeatedly told Gazans to get out of the parts of the city that are going to be attacked. If Hamas prevents the movement, which they have done, then who is perpetrating the war crime? mspart