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Off the Record / Re: Acts of Terrorism megathre...
Last post by Sheilbh - Today at 04:18:53 PMNo it makes sense - I think things are always unclear in these sort of stories and lots of incomplete facts with details emerging slowly.
But from everything I've read and seen, there's been nothing but praise for the police response and it's a tragic accident that caused one of the casualties.
But from everything I've read and seen, there's been nothing but praise for the police response and it's a tragic accident that caused one of the casualties.
#2
Gaming HQ / Re: The NEW New Boardgames Thr...
Last post by Valmy - Today at 04:12:58 PMAny good historical strategy games you guys would recommend? I am looking for a present for my paradox games loving son.
#3
Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...
Last post by Valmy - Today at 04:11:46 PMThe idea we would have a Civil War seems ludicrious because I am not even sure what great cause we would be fighting about. Or what victory would look like. Or even where would be what side.
I mean I live in Texas and my home city of Austin isn't dying for Trumpism.
I mean I live in Texas and my home city of Austin isn't dying for Trumpism.
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Off the Record / Re: Acts of Terrorism megathre...
Last post by HVC - Today at 04:07:36 PMWell then I was wrong 
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Off the Record / Re: Acts of Terrorism megathre...
Last post by Sheilbh - Today at 04:06:30 PMThey thought he was in a suicide vest - he had what looked like a bomb strapped to his waist:
Bomb disposal was called in and after the controlled explosion the police have said the device was "not viable". But obviously they weren't really to know.
Bomb disposal was called in and after the controlled explosion the police have said the device was "not viable". But obviously they weren't really to know.
#6
Off the Record / Re: Acts of Terrorism megathre...
Last post by HVC - Today at 03:59:42 PMThanks for the clarification sheilbh. Still seems like bad training to fire at a suspect armed with a "only" a knife when victims are behind a door. Unless I guess the criminal is coming at you. But police policy and procedure is obviously not my expertise.
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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by HVC - Today at 03:56:13 PMI get what you're saying Jacob, but I guess I'm just not politically minded enough to to parse the political nuance at the moment i hear a joke. Maybe that's a flaw in me, who knows. Now, that not to say I find every joke the punches down funny (nor ones that punch up, for that matter). That's to say I can find a trans joke in bad taste, but not solely because it's making a trans joke but because it's a bad joke.
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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...
Last post by The Minsky Moment - Today at 03:41:20 PMQuote from: Razgovory on Today at 01:23:40 PMIn Palestine so many leftists are promoting the cause of people who are so much worse than Trump or MAGA.
Who are the leftists you are referring to and who are the people you are referring to worse than Trump? Is every Palestinian worse than Trump? The 2 and 3 years olds as well? Is the sizable and well tolerated Palestinian Christian community in the West Bank among the fascist religious fundamentalists we should be condemning?
QuoteIf it ever comes to war with MAGA, and who knows what the future holds anymore, I am sure that the bombing, deprivation, and hunger in the fly-over-states will not pull the heart strings of people. The sympathy for suffering civilians will not be an impediment to victory. It may even be praiseworthy.
Who is fighting a war with MAGA? Who is bombing "fly-over-states"? Is Illinois a fly-over-state? Texas? Wisconsin? Florida?
Honestly, none of this makes any sense. It's like Taylor-Green talking about a "national divorce" when the state she lives in has a Republican governor and two Democratic Senators. How's that going to work out? I live in northern New Jersey, 10 minute drive to NYC. If I want to talk to someone MAGA, I just have to walk across the street and talk to the people whose dogs play with my dogs. My wife can call her Dad. We both can talk to our Charlie Kirk-fanboy son. Which of us do you imagine bombing the other?
#9
Off the Record / Re: What are you listening to?
Last post by Savonarola - Today at 03:35:30 PMPhilip Glass - Einstein on the Beach (1976)
First of Glass's portrait trilogy, which would be followed by Satyagraha and Akhenaten. I had heard "Songs from the Trilogy" before, which contains works from all three operas, but never Einstein on the Beach in its entirety. The works on Songs from the Trilogy are, far and away, the most accessible works from the opera, the rest is kind of strange. The chorus either sing the notes (Do-re-do) or counts (1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4, 2-3-4.) The leads just talk in something that usually sounds like radio chatter. I've never seen it performed (and it's unlikely to becoming to Melbourne, Florida anytime soon) but my understanding is that there's no story, it's just intended as something of an abstract portrait of Albert Einstein. It does have flashes of brilliance, but some of the repetition gets annoying after awhile.
First of Glass's portrait trilogy, which would be followed by Satyagraha and Akhenaten. I had heard "Songs from the Trilogy" before, which contains works from all three operas, but never Einstein on the Beach in its entirety. The works on Songs from the Trilogy are, far and away, the most accessible works from the opera, the rest is kind of strange. The chorus either sing the notes (Do-re-do) or counts (1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4, 2-3-4.) The leads just talk in something that usually sounds like radio chatter. I've never seen it performed (and it's unlikely to becoming to Melbourne, Florida anytime soon) but my understanding is that there's no story, it's just intended as something of an abstract portrait of Albert Einstein. It does have flashes of brilliance, but some of the repetition gets annoying after awhile.
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Off the Record / Re: Acts of Terrorism megathre...
Last post by Sheilbh - Today at 03:33:50 PMYeah - I agree. Although I don't think you can blame the training. The two victims were among those barricading the door to keep the attacker out. They were behind a door keeping the attacker out when the police shot him, killing one man behind the door and wounding another.
Melvin Cravitz was stabbed to death by the attacker trying to keep him out the gate, while the other man, Adrian Daulby, was accidentally shot by the police while they were shooting the attacker - basically he was behind the synagogue door holding it shut.
Another man, Yoni Finlay, was also barricading the door and is in hospital being treated for shooting injuries.
Melvin Cravitz was stabbed to death by the attacker trying to keep him out the gate, while the other man, Adrian Daulby, was accidentally shot by the police while they were shooting the attacker - basically he was behind the synagogue door holding it shut.
Another man, Yoni Finlay, was also barricading the door and is in hospital being treated for shooting injuries.