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That's a good one. Monty Python is good social satire comedy. mspart

Use 2000 series AL rather than 7000 series. Everyone knows the former is more malleable than the brittle latter. mspart

You constantly ask for examples and they are never good enough for you. So why play your game? mspart

It does not fit with the anti-semitic leanings of these people. Look at the demonstrations/riots at colleges recently. Death to Jews. River to sea. Of course they asked a "student" if she said river to sea and she said yes. Asked if she knew what it meant, she could not answer. Useful idiots. Again, the puppet strings are being pulled by Hamas. mspart

He wasn't a fiscal conservative until he had to be. 1994 election kind of forced his hand to moderate his policies. mspart

Projection. D's have already done this. So what's your point? mspart

From Jonathan Turley: https://jonathanturley.org/2024/05/28/the-closing-trumps-final-argument-must-be-clarity-to-chaos-in-merchans-courtroom/ Judge Merchan has ruled that the jury does not have to agree on what that crime is. The jury could split into three groups of four on which of the three crimes were being concealed and Merchan will still treat it as a unanimous verdict. Since when is this a thing? What a crock this whole trial has been. There is no clear cut allegation, no clear cut wrong doing, but as long as jurors think he did different things, there is still a unanimous verdict? This is pure blasphemy in a justice proceeding seeking the truth. Will any appellate court uphold this kind of shenanigan? It is the only way Merchan and Bragg can hope to ensure a conviction because there was no evidence presented to convict Trump on the vacuous charges brought against him. mspart

It's only a problem when that terrorist org kills 1200 and takes 200 prisoners and kills them and hides behind civilians they take no responsibility for and when the aggressor is Israel. If it was Jordan, no one would care. If it was Saudi, no one would care. Only when it is Israel do the loonies come out. Gays for Palestine? Trans for Palestine? You folks would be killed immediately in Palestine no questions asked. Emotional dissonance. Hamas has the strings and are making the puppets dance. mspart

Where were the campus protests? Where were the threads on chat forums? They did not happen to the extent that they have for Gazans. And the only reason why is because it is Israel doing the smashing now. And for some reason that is a bad thing. Folks in the middle east are not coming to their aid. That should tell you something. mspart

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4285905-obvious-to-us-israel-trying-to-minimize-civilian-casualties-kirby-says/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67449383 https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2014/07/gaza-civilian-casualties-while-hamas-targets-innocent-people-israel-tries-to-spare-them.html https://www.idf.il/en/mini-sites/wars-and-operations/operation-pillar-of-defence/how-does-the-idf-minimize-harm-to-palestinian-civilians/ These people say you are wrong. mspart

But did they protest the civilians? That's my point. Did anyone protest the Syrian civilians. Has anyone protested the Ukrainian civilians? Not with near the ferocity of the Gazan civilians. If you can't see that Israel does more than anyone else to minimize civilian casualties, then you are unwilling to see truth. If that is the case, I will agree to disagree with you on this subject. mspart

Ridiculous mspart

Or you can believe what he says on his truth social. It is up to you. But it appears you prefer whatever animates you the most. Good for you. mspart

Again, Hamas, the puppeteer, is pulling strings. War is war. People die. You cannot honestly say any country has done more to minimize casualties than Israel. No country has done as much to avoid civilian casualties. But war is killing people and some will be civilians. https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/costs/human/civilians/iraqi The US killed 281-315K civilians in Iraq. https://www.newarab.com/news/syria-war-death-toll-over-507000-13-years Syria's war has killed more than 507,000 people, a war monitor said Thursday ahead of the 13th anniversary of the conflict which has displaced millions at home and abroad. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1293409/civilian-deaths-related-to-russia-ukraine-conflict/ As of February 15, 2024, 10,582 civilians were reported to have been killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine Is anyone concerned about these civilians who have died like for the outcry for Gazans? Nope, didn't think so. mspart

OK, that article was updated May 21, 2024. On May 22, 2024, the following was reported. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/facing-backlash-trump-walks-back-comments-restricting-contraceptives/story?id=110464898 The former president quickly took to social media to clarify his position, claiming that he was not advocating for restrictions on contraceptives. "I HAVE NEVER, AND WILL NEVER ADVOCATE IMPOSING RESTRICTIONS ON BIRTH CONTROL, or other contraceptives," he posted on his social media platform. So now you get to choose what to believe. mspart

In what context? Because I read that he says he will never support that. mspart

How many innocent German and Japanese civilians were required before their respective countries acquiesced? 1.1-3.7 million Germans, and 500k to 1 million Japanese is the answer you are looking for. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/students-teachers/student-resources/research-starters/research-starters-worldwide-deaths-world-war Was winning WWII more important for us than beating Hamas into submission is for Israel? When Hamas crowds themselves with civilians, then you have to expect there will be civilian casualties. You want zero civilian casualties and that is not how war works. Period. Ghengis Kahn didn't work that way. Atilla the Hun didn't work that way. Caesar didn't work that way. Alexander didn't work that way. Hamas doesn't work that way. To get to unconditional surrender with Hamas, you have to blow them all away or get close enough that they unconditionally surrender. They use civilians as shields. Some will perish. War is hell as was previously said. Hamas has the power to stop this. But they don't and continue to put innocent or not so innocent civilians in danger as human shields so they can get folks like you to say this is unconscionable. It is calculated on their part. Again, they take no responsibility for civilians, that is the job for the UN. https://cis.org/Rush/Hamas-Official-Protecting-Civilians-Gaza-UN-Refugee-Agencies-Funded-US Interviewer: Many people are asking, since you have built 500 km of tunnels, why haven’t you built bomb shelters where civilians can hide during bombardments? Mousa Abu Marzouk (Hamas Political Bureau): We built the tunnels because we have no other way of protecting ourselves from being targeted and killed. These tunnels are meant to protect us [Hamas members] from the airplanes. We are fighting from inside the tunnels. As for the Gaza strip, you know and everybody knows that 75% of the people in the Gaza strip are refugees. And refugees are the responsibility of the United Nations to protect them. I have been saying this and did not make it up. Hamas takes no responsibility for the safety of the Gazans. Yet they are the governing entity of Gaza. Doesn't that strike you as somewhat incongruous? Shouldn't your ire be more directed at Hamas than at Israel? On Oct 7, Hamas counted on Israel retaliating and putting the Gazan people in danger of famine, homelessness, refugee-ism etc. They counted on that so that people get their undies in a bunch. That was their calculus. They are playing these people. These people are jokes and marionettes to Hamas. They are pulling the strings and these people parrot the talking points they want them to. I wonder how feels to be played by Hamas? Because I can see this from thousands of miles away. People should be angry at Hamas for putting the Gazans in this position, that's who they should be angry at. Is it acceptable for Hamas to put 45 lives in danger to save one Hamas soldier or die with that one Hamas soldier? That is what your question really should be. mspart

Jimmy's won-loss-tie record? mspart

Why are you asking? Do you think it will get outlawed any time soon? Millions of women depend on it. Millions of men also depend on it. mspart

That is an important detail I left out. She wasn't that thrilled - NOT. She loved it and thanked me for making it happen. The place was absolutely packed. SRO. I still can't believe that many people wanted to see him, but I have to say they got a great show out of it. Youtube has snippets of the concert from Seattle on line now. It was pretty good. It was at the baseball stadium in Seattle and we were directly across from the stage next to the next to last row upper level. You don't get a whole lot more nose bleed than that. Could hardly see anyone on stage clearly. They were projecting things so that was good. The sound was tremendous and the show was really really good. I can't believe I am saying that about Billy Joel but I have to call it like I saw it. mspart

That's why the senator wrote to the head of the parks dept to understand if this is policy of the Parks Dept. Get this on the record. Yeah, it was a solo act. mspart

I just heard on the radio this morning that it was the head administrator of Denali Park that made the demand. She is a urban planner by education and work experience and recently worked for the City of Portland. Great credential to run a national park. But there you go. It was her call. mspart

Aluminum is used as a conductor in many applications. In fact, I had to run 100 amp service to an out building and the wiring was Aluminum. I was surprised. Lighter but gage needs to be bigger, but it can be used. Its fairly cheap. mspart

Well I went to the Billy Joel concert with my wife. Jason Bonham with his Led Zeppelin Experience (he is the son of LZ's drummer John Bonham and an excellent drummer in his own right). I was more excited about them than Billy Joel. They were good but I have to say Billy Joel was excellent. He sounded like Billy Joel, the voice was still there and strong. His band was really really good. It was more of a rock concert than I figured from him. But the band was extremely tight. I have seen Kansas and Yes, both really good and tight bands, and I rank this concert right up there with that kind of proficiency. I have seen a lot of other concerts and they were good, but I was really impressed with Billy Joel and his band. Very good concert. If he is coming to a town near any of you, I highly recommend it and I don't really like his music all that much. It was a great concert and I had a great overall experience. Thank you to those that encouraged me to go. mspart

Yeah, this is probably not good for wrestling as a whole. I guess we'll see. mspart