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Got it right. 6-0 Amine. Head judge sucks apparently.

They don’t show the video reviews eh?

Someone explain how they got 4-4 from that? Saying Blue initiated that flip to back even though blue was cradled,?

Thanks guys. Am on phone, not a great setup. Your updates and info are appreciated.

Timing on Spencer?

Wow — Chamizo down 6-1 going into 2nd … staging comeback … not gonna make it … and yet, he does! Big TD with 3 seconds left. Wins 10-8!

He has to change it … and fast … right? Predictions? Hoping to laugh a bit here.

This is pretty powerful. Signed by many Jewish students at Columbia University apparently. https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vRQgyDhIjZupO2H-2rIDXLy_zkf76RoM-_ZIYsOfn9FkI7TETgRtOfXK9VobMvGh6iEZfDPgALXJTCR/pub Note - this pretty much equates being Jewish with Israel. I do agree with @uncle bernard that this should not be done. I believe one can be anti-Zionist and not be anti-Jew / anti-Semitic. I get that some disagree with that. Still, a powerful read. The fact that there were some anti Israel protestors right after Oct 7 is still mind boggling to me. I remember being disgusted at the time.

I was following the logic. Made sense. I would have put money down on Coleman. But I’m reminded again and again that there are many variables hidden from many. So much that goes on in life. Personal life, career. Who knows if there was a snag that was hit, or something that really drove Coleman to need change. We shall see if more comes out over time.

This is exciting. Will be very curious. Other coaches are getting nervous about their pipeline right about now.

I figured someone would use this to crap on Pyles. Too good. From Pyles, right off bat, they hired a firm to help find a coach. Before OTTs. Had serious candidates but couldn’t land them. So Pyles was right — hard looks elsewhere from the start. Then DT reached out … hmmmm. And yes, Pyles thought the answer was no … turned out to be wrong. What an idiot!! This assumption that there was a presumptive heir has been a bad one apparently. No matter how logical it seemed.

Feeling DT can do better staff wise than Gilman. Don’t know the guy, and DT is smarter than me at this stuff. But just seems like he could attract someone even better for his staff.

Shit. I’m answering. If you set up a program to find threats against planes, one of the things that is doing is deterring attempts. That is a WIN! When you set up a system to prevent X but that system is not perfect, does that mean to have no system? Search online on how many things the TSA does find. Google is your friend. Is it perfect no. Does it serve as a major deterrent yes. You do your side no favors by continuing with these posts. Some are likely a bit embarrassed.

Your last few posts get across your intelligence on the matter. I’m done. Peace.

How can you say it is not an actual risk? Please prove why it is not.

How often has the presence of police prevented a crime? Give me a number. If you can’t … well … I guess that means we should eliminate police. How many invasions did National militaries prevent. comical.

This reply makes you sound like a spoiled child. Oh no, you need to take your shoes off. Can you picture the situation where people are afraid to fly? How impactful that would be? You sound like someone that has never led a large organization and had to make hard decisions. Shoes were proven to be an article of clothing that needed closer inspection. So people made the hard decision to do so. Oh no! I could appreciate your points on the Patriot act but now I realize I was being generous. Instead you are a professional whiner.

Who said I’m on the right? Did you see the last part of my post?

Were you alive on Sept 11, 2001? Did you experience it? What were the odds of another similar or mass terrorism driven casualty event to follow in the next 10 years? I thought damn high at the time. Didn’t happen. How was this was prevented? Intel. A government must protect it’s people. That said, I’m not expert on the ins and outs and gov’t power may be being abused. I don’t know. So I support pressure from people like yourself to drive oversight and accountability.

I don’t know. I would suggest that an Israeli leader should not give details on this either. What they do or do not know regarding activity of AJ employees is intelligence itself. They don’t need to, not should they justify it. That said, I recognize that this is opaque. However, neither you nor I deserve info on this. I served, I dealt with classified info. Intelligence can be gleaned from startling ways. One way to avoid, be silent.

Good answer. Israel is at war. @braves121- you are sounding like a child on this. During war, yes, certain civil liberties are curtailed. National security during a war is a major issue and steps are likely taken, to be careful, that would not be taken during peace.

WSJ had an interesting article regarding the amount of training prep went into the protests. Smart.

As I reflect - I don’t know that Hamas will surrender. Probably won’t. But they will get whittled down enough to all for major operations to end. Not sure how Israel will unwrap themselves as an occupying force. They tried to let Gaza self govern. Terrorists were elected. Didn’t go well. I expect this whole thing will continue to suck for a long time.

Fundamentally we differ on some key points. 1) I believe Israel is not ethnically cleansing Gaza. You do. The facts are on my side. There are not 800,000+ dead. Israel is actually allowing aid in. If they were ethnically cleansing this would not be the case. To say otherwise is ignoring the facts on the ground. There are many dead, but this is not cleansing. 2) I believe Hamas knew that their actions on Oct 7 would draw Israeli fury and would result in innocent deaths because they knew they would be hiding beneath and behind innocents. For this, they should be called out for their offenses and tactics and no quarter should be given. It is Hamas that deserves the scorn, more than Israel. You won’t acknowledge that Hamas wanted this and made it happen. 3) I believe Israel is at war and war is ugly. Particularly with Hamas using the tactics they are. I believe Israel is trying not to kill innocents. If they were not we would see fire bombing and carpet bombing, and no aid being admitted. I believe they have done badly in some situations, as the U.S. has, as any invading army has over the centuries. Pressure to do better is fine. But calling out genocide or ethnic cleansing is ridiculous. Oct 7 does give Israel the right to kill Hamas - and if that means innocents die, that is a bitter result that Hamas is causing through their actions. To you, Hamas can fire mortars, invade Israel, inflict terrorist attacks, then run back under the cover of innocents and Israel would just have to take it. Or send troops in small groups, go door to door, and go through tunnels. No airpower to help, no heavy weapons. Sure, that would go well. I’d like to see you or any of your loved ones on the tip of that spear. It is naive on its face. 4) I believe world opinion can have impact on Hamas. They did what they did with world optics in mind. To think otherwise is naive. And yes, I believe that protestors, making world news, while slamming Israel, also saying that Hamas is evil and should surrender, would make a difference in the grand scheme of things. Would show them that their tactics are causing blow back and they are losing friends and supporters. Q - when protestors in the Middle East protest Israel or the U.S. and burn effigies, why do they do it? To get a message across. Protestors here can do the same to Hamas. I also believe that by being so plainly, and only anti Israel in their chants and their signs, they are missing an opportunity to win friends by getting across that violence as a whole is a bad approach. That they don’t agree with Hamas either. Hamas should surrender. If they did this, they would gather more support. You seem to disagree. 5) I believe most leaders in this kind of situation would surrender. Recall most wars. Surrender is an option. It would protect innocents. The fact that Hamas is not surrendering is interesting. They want more innocent blood spilled. I believe that. You don’t acknowledge this. 6) Real solutions? Hamas surrenders only if so much of what they (you) want is given to them? What? You call that real? That is fantasy. There is NO WAY this kind of action can be rewarded. My thought on unconditional surrender is more realistic. The dogs will be drastically reduced. They must learn that their tactics don’t work. And the people that support them must reconsider their support. 7) I thought we were in some agreement on the following … You acknowledged that the protestors (of which you are one) feel that Hamas is on their side for the broader picture. It makes it hard for them to criticize Hamas. They may not like Oct 7, but still on the same side big picture. Feel free to further clarify.

Hard to write out on a phone but will try to address. 1) call for a ceasefire? That is all you want? I thought you wanted an end to the bloodshed? No? A pause isn’t what is needed. Do you not agree that after the atrocities and purposeful, targeted mass murder, rape and kidnapping of innocents by a Hamas that Israel has a right to defend itself, hunt down, and destroy the perpetrators and those that enable it? I’m sure you do. Now, how to do that. How about sitting on border and asking Hamas to come out of their holes and from behind innocents and fight in the open, and yes, there is open space, even in Gaza. Ha! Israel would have preferred that but Hamas decided to PURPOSEFULLY hide under and behind civilians. They wanted Israel to have to kill innocents to get to them. The anger should be with Hamas and their cowardly evil ways. 2) Real world context? I’m expressly including that. I’m asking protestors, yourself included, to protest Hamas as well. Protest their expressly purposeful mass targeting of innocents, raping them, and kidnapping them. Scream for Hamas to surrender to end this. This will likely be as ineffective as the current goal of destroying Israel. Agreed. But at least it would show that they care about innocents and not simply eliminating Israel. It’s willful blindness regarding the act that resulted in Israel’s rage. You do acknowledge that they are on Hamas’s side. Hamas is on their side. That is a good step. Admitting it. Fine. To be honest with intentions is a good thing. The protestors are on the side of Hamas and thus will not say anything bad about them. Will not make demands of them. They are good with Hamas continuing to fight and launching attacks from civilian areas. They just don’t want Israel to try to get to them anymore. You recognize human emotions. Do you recognize the human emotions of people in Israel? People with their past? The spectre of real genocide the looms over them. The wars fought to eliminate Israel? Surely, with a focus on human feelings, you can empathize with the horror their culture and people have dealt with as they try to protect themselves from aggressors, terrorists, and those that would seek to eliminate them from what they consider their homeland. Yes, this is complicated. Very. There are two sides. Great people have tried to reach deals. Two state solutions have been put on table. Arafat came close but the politics are very complicated within the Palestinian / Arab camps. As it is in Israel. That said, Oct 7 was the work of animals. Those that say — well, we are going to shy away from it, and minimize it because they are on my side … well, that shows your colors. At the end you say Hamas should surrender but you have conditions. No, no conditions. Unconditional surrender. They do not deserve conditions. By you needing conditions, you defend them … hold them out to be heros. Make is so their evil is rewarded by the outcome you want. Again, you show your colors. No. No conditions. Surrender and face punishment so that innocents no longer need to shield your cowardice. Regarding Israel, they do have blood on their hands. Their allowance of settlements in the West Bank should be condemned, protested, and stopped. I agree. I do not sentence them to mass slaughter, rape and kidnapping.