@cliff-mashburn said
Unbelievable:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcByq1pXISY

Well - Let's take him out and shoot him! Instead let's elect a convicted fraudster and sexual abuser who fathered 5 kids by 3 different women. I can only wonder what the fine folks at FOX news would be saying if someone names Obama, Clinton, or Biden had done this.

@shavixmir said
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68796363

[quote]US President Joe Biden says he expects Iran to attack Israel "sooner than later", as fears grow of Iranian retaliation over an air strike that killed top commanders early this month.
Israel has not admitted attacking an Iranian consulate in Syria but is widely believed to have been behind it.
US officials have ...[text shortened]... ing and starting whole bloody wars based on lies.

The whole country deserves to be fukking nuked.

Such utter two-faced kunts.
No wonder everyone hates them.


Gee, That's too bad Shav. We really like you. 🙂

P.S. - I didn't know they had faces. 😏

@martins said
Curious

How come a lot of forum posters haven't played a game of chess in over a 100 days?

Just curious

I'll be back one day to play here. Focus is on OTB events now. The Washington Open is in a few weeks - and they don't suffer fools gladly. 😲

@divegeester said
Well not a “game” just chat about the various Generation labels, which one we are, what do we think of the definitions and the various stereotyping and social media blah which goes along with it all.

Here the generation list with a bit of commentary for your reference:

Generation Names

The Greatest Generation – born 1901-1927
These folks were indelibly i ...[text shortened]... is helpful.

https://mccrindle.com.au/article/topic/demographics/the-generations-defined/

Boomer here. Parents were The Greatest Generation - and we were never allowed to forget it! I spent my first 18 years on earth hearing how they: 1. Shoveled 3 tons of coal before breakfast every morning, 2. Walked uphill to school 5 miles a day through a blinding snowstorm (even in June) 3. The wind always blew in your face never at your back, 4. They didn't have food back in those days, 5. When WW2 came along, they built the tanks with 1 arm and fought the war with the other - AND THEY WON! 6. And you kids don't know what "tough" is!! Grrrr 😠

@fartacus said
"The jury consisted of 8 blacks, 2 Hispanics, 1 half-Caucasian, half Native American, and 1 Caucasian female."

WoW...now we know.

That practice was done routinely in the south for decades after the civil war by all white juries when white males were on trial for violence against blacks, so please, spare us your moral indignation. 😴

@averagejoe1 said
One of the simple questions which should be answered in this busy world.
Does anyone watch him read off of a piece of paper that he is going to do this? Does anyone agree with this? Do you know someone who has never been to college who will be assessed money to pay off a person's debts? His graduate school college loans?

One of the simple questions which should be answered in this busy world. - You asked 4 questions here, not one, so which one(s) do you want answered?

Does anyone watch him read off of a piece of paper that he is going to do this? - Who is "him?"

Does anyone agree with this? - Yes

Do you know someone who has never been to college who will be assessed money to pay off a person's debts? - Yes, it's done in Europe all the time.

His graduate school college loans? Yes, those too.

Dear Joe - There are over 35 countries that offer its citizens free college education, So, please - stop treating higher education as if it were an illegal drug.

@wildgrass said
I don't know who needs to hear this, but spending tax dollars getting the speaker of the house together with the loser of a presidential election at Mar-a-Lago to discuss making it illegal for non-citizens to vote when IT'S ALREADY ILLEGAL seems we're getting close to peak MAGA stupidity.

IT'S ALREADY ILLEGAL seems we're getting close to peak MAGA stupidity.


That's close, but promising Mexico was going to pay for that border wall, is still #1 on the stupidity list for me, not surprisingly, most of the MAGA crowd still believes it. 😏

@mchill said
"If this guy owned a funeral parlor, no one would die!"

Michael Douglas (Gordon Gekko) Wall Street - 1987

Divisions within the House Republican Conference continue to widen as 19 conservatives clashed with party leadership Wednesday, killing Speaker Mike Johnson's proposal to advance reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in a 119-228 vote.

Had today's procedural vote to advance FISA reform passed, Congress would have moved closer toward retooling Section 702 of FISA, a provision allowing U.S. intelligence authorities to conduct warrantless surveillance on foreigners abroad. Johnson's bill would have introduced new safeguards to Section 702 data and criminalized the use of backdoor loopholes to collect such data. But - - It didn't happen as Republicans couldn't even agree with each other on what they want.

Do we really want these clowns running the country again? 🤔

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-just-killed-their-own-bill/ar-BB1lpKXP?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=e5ed99f0dea34981bff9ff240db403cf&ei=13

A billionaire, a janitor, and an immigrant sit down at a table with 20 freshly baked cookies on it. The billionaire quickly grabs 19 of them for himself then tells the janitor "You'd better be careful or that immigrant is going to get your cookie!" 😠

@averagejoe1 said
Mr. Biden’s new loan forgiveness is still illegal. The High Court stressed that student loan forgiveness is a major question that requires clear authorization from Congress. But Mr. Biden seems to believe he can jam the courts by automatically forgiving debt before a judge has time to stop him.

The Supreme Court ruled last year that Mr. Biden’s cancelation of $10,000 t ...[text shortened]... icles/joe-biden-student-loan-forgiveness-karine-jean-pierre-supreme-court-7e74383f?mod=hp_opin_pos_1

Aren't you forgetting something?

The Federal Government has forgiven nearly $400 billion in Covid-relief loans to major pharmaceutical companies, this in addition to forgiving hundreds of billions in loans to defense contractors and oil companies, all the while supplying them with subsidies and grants. - just over the last 10 years.

I don't hear you complaining about that. 🤔

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/personal-finance/government-has-forgiven-nearly-400-billion-covid-relief-ppp-loans-n1274618

@sh76 said
Agree with everything, except how do you define "Palestinian land"?

It can't be "land in Palestine" because there was never an independent country called Palestine. If you mean all land, even empty land, that belonged to Jordan or Egypt before the '67 war, then if Jordan and Egypt don't want it, why should Israel not build on it?

then if Jordan and Egypt don't want it, why should Israel not build on it?


Israel uses the Absentee Property Law to claim the lands it forced the Palestinians to abandon in the 1948 and 1967 wars. I find these tactics to be (at best) underhanded, and (at worst) illegal and deeply provocative. The bottom line here is there are many sites within Israel to build on. Put yourself in the shoes of the Palestinians. Is this something you'd consider "the right thing to do?"

@sh76 said
Negotiating them a state where they sit now seems the logical course of action. Of course, they also have to agree not to war on their neighbors.

And therein, as the bard would say, lies the rub.

And therein, as the bard would say, lies the rub. - Inside Man. 2006 😏

I can't claim to have the solution to all this, but what would have helped a great deal, is for these oil rich Arab countries to begin to supply the Palestinians with better housing, hospitals, and food aid, and begin to work with the west to stop these attacks on Israel before they happen, and to insist Israel STOP stealing Palestinian land for commercial development. They must understand they are not going to "drive Israel into the sea" and that a well fed, well housed, well-educated group of Palestinians are far less likely to cause trouble for Israel, regardless of what their official status as a country might be. The Saudi's and others could easily afford to do this.

@congruent said
Nepo now in the lead, Vidit could be in the lead had he won the last two.

Nepo vs Vidit, after Vidit beat Nakamura he then lost the next two games

[pgn][Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.04.07"]
[EventDate "2024.04.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Santosh Gujrathi Vidit"]
[ECO "C67"] ...[text shortened]... 8 38. Rxd5 Bxh5 39. Bc1 Bg6+ 40. Ke5 b4
41. Kf6 Be8 42. Rd8 bxa3 43. bxa3 Bd7 44. Kf7 Kd5 1-0[/pgn]

JMHO - Nakamura has spent a lot of time over the last 10 years focused too much on blitz. He's a very strong GM of course but seems less comfortable with slower time controls.

@shavixmir said
The European Court for Human Rights is deciding on this issue today.

3 different cases are being decided on today. All three (from seperate groups) accuse governments of not doing enough to curb the effects of climate change and that this is endangering their human rights.

What the court decides is binding for countries in the EU. And, obviously, this could have an im ...[text shortened]... g on action vs human rights? And then I feel that it’s overstepping something.

What do you think?

What do you think?

I think the court will do its best to find fair legal rulings, but considering the way the world is today it's nearly impossible to solve one problem without creating 3 more as a result of doing so. I don't envy those judges. 😕