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#11

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Razgovory - April 19, 2024, 08:24:08 PM

God, I hope so.  This shit actually matters, people are dying.  Congress mostly wants to talk "woke dishwashers" and other pointless bullshit.

#12

Off the Record / Re: Archaeologists do it in ho...

Last post by jimmy olsen - April 19, 2024, 07:56:48 PM

Actual image is less impressive

It's a neolithic stone drawing, not renaissance art.

There are paleolithic paintings that are just as good. As Picasso (perhaps apocryphally said), upon viewing the paintings of Lascaux, "we have invented nothing". Just because these paintings are old doesn't mean they get a pass for being ugly.

#13

Off the Record / Re: Dead Pool 2024

Last post by Razgovory - April 19, 2024, 07:49:36 PM

Daniel Dennett died.

#14

Off the Record / Re: Archaeologists do it in ho...

Last post by Razgovory - April 19, 2024, 07:47:10 PM

Calling it a "nativity" is just clickbait.

#15

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Zoupa - April 19, 2024, 07:44:59 PM

The minute it goes through the planes will be in the air. The DoD has been chomping at the bit for 8 months now and all the supply logistics have been pre-planned with the Ukrainians.

#16

Off the Record / Re: Archaeologists do it in ho...

Last post by viper37 - April 19, 2024, 07:41:20 PM

Actual image is less impressive

It's a neolithic stone drawing, not renaissance art.

#17

Off the Record / Re: Archaeologists do it in ho...

Last post by Razgovory - April 19, 2024, 07:28:44 PM

Actual image is less impressive

#18

Off the Record / Re: Archaeologists do it in ho...

Last post by viper37 - April 19, 2024, 07:21:51 PM

5,000-year-old "nativity scene" reportedly found in Egypt

The rock painting depicts a newborn between parents, a star in the east, and two animals. It was discovered on the ceiling of a small cavity in the Egyptian Sahara desert, Seeker reported. Researchers believe it dates to the Neolithic or Stone Age.


"It's a very evocative scene which indeed resembles the Christmas nativity. But it predates it by some 3,000 years," geologist Marco Morelli, director of the Museum of Planetary Sciences in Prato, Italy, told Seeker. The site reports that Morelli and his team discovered the rock art in 2005, but only now are revealing their findings under the title "Cave of the Parents."

The rock painting, done in a reddish-brown ochre, has several notable features: a headless lion, a baboon or monkey, a star set in the east, and a baby who is slightly raised to the sky, a position that could have signified birth or pregnancy, Seeker reported. 

The rock painting raises questions about the meaning ascribed to nativity scenes long before the birth of Christ. 

"No doubt it's an intriguing drawing," Morelli said. "We didn't find similar scenes until the early Christian age."

That's an interesting read.

#19

Off the Record / Re: NHL Hockey thread

Last post by viper37 - April 19, 2024, 07:09:48 PM

While Israel conveniently diverted everyone's attention away with its attack on Iran, the NHL's governor board could easily proceed to ratify the official move of the Coyotes to Salt Lake City.


Their arena has a capacity of 12 000 seats for hockey.  Plans are in motion to expand it to 17 000, apparently.  No name has been announced for the team yet. 


Meruelo, the current former Arizona Coyote owner has 5 years to buy a plot of land and build a modern arena on it if it wants to bring back the franchise to this desert.  Although he does not require public funding or tax rebates, there are major obstructions to his project: city infrastructures, notably the water needed in a desert city that is already stretched for this resource.


This does not feel like satire:
NHL to expand to every city in North America except Quebec City

If you don't have an NHL ready arena don't worry. Just not speaking french or having a rich history of loving hockey is enough for us!"

#20

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Josquius - April 19, 2024, 04:32:13 PM

So the US might finally be pulling it's head out of its arse.
Apparently a briefing of republican leaders on how Ukraine was going to be crushes by the end of the year without aid played a key role.

I wonder though. Assuming everything gets passed through the house and senate right this instant... When will Ukraine actually get anything?
I hope they have the goods ready to go in Poland.