Re: Anti-Defamation League Rips ‘SNL’ for ‘Offensive’ Weekend Update Joke About Israel - Yesterday

QuoteSteve G. Sorry, forgot Mauritania. The thread topic, not posted by me, is about Jewish groups condemning Michael Che for his anti-Jewish smear joke. Sorry, after your 24 posts I lost track of the fact that you didn’t initiate the topic. Mea culpa.

Re: Anti-Defamation League Rips ‘SNL’ for ‘Offensive’ Weekend Update Joke About Israel - Yesterday

QuoteSteve G. QuoteDeusxMac QuoteSteve G. QuoteDeusxMac If Israel is a self-declared and self-defined “Jewish State”, how can satire (or even straightforward criticism) of the Israeli government and its actions ever avoid being labeled as “anti-Semitic”?? You mean like the various self declared Islamic states with hundreds of millions of people? Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran come t

Re: Anti-Defamation League Rips ‘SNL’ for ‘Offensive’ Weekend Update Joke About Israel - Yesterday

QuoteSteve G. QuoteDeusxMac If Israel is a self-declared and self-defined “Jewish State”, how can satire (or even straightforward criticism) of the Israeli government and its actions ever avoid being labeled as “anti-Semitic”?? You mean like the various self declared Islamic states with hundreds of millions of people? Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran come to mind immediately. We must

Re: I contend gyms are full of narcissists - Yesterday

“Live fast, die young and have a good-looking corpse!”

Re: Anti-Defamation League Rips ‘SNL’ for ‘Offensive’ Weekend Update Joke About Israel - Yesterday

QuoteSteve G. QuoteDeusxMac For the record: During the satirical Weekend Update “news” segment, Che, the show’s co-head writer said “Israel is reporting that they vaccinated half of their population, and I’m going to guess it’s the Jewish half.” To Steve G’s declaration that it’s a “lie”; by that standard the entire Weekend Update segment is lies. It’s not,

Re: Anti-Defamation League Rips ‘SNL’ for ‘Offensive’ Weekend Update Joke About Israel - Yesterday

For the record: During the satirical Weekend Update “news” segment, Che, the show’s co-head writer said “Israel is reporting that they vaccinated half of their population, and I’m going to guess it’s the Jewish half.” To Steve G’s declaration that it’s a “lie”; by that standard the entire Weekend Update segment is lies. It’s not, it’s SATIRE!

Re: Tiger Woods injured in rollover car crash, extracted with 'Jaws of Life' - 2 days ago

QuoteN-OS X-tasy! I believe the accident occurred a litter further down the hill from the intersection of Hawthorne and Blackhorse -- the circled area in the photo below is where I think the accident most likely occurred. What photo “below”? I’m seeing an aerial photo above your post, and there’s no “circled area” in it. QuoteN-OS X-tasy! Note that he was traveling south on Hawth

Re: Chief of Cherokee nation objects - 2 days ago

QuoteRgrF Maybe the whole Pontiac line will need to be renamed? That would have to be posthumous/postmortem then. The mark was discontinued over a decade ago.

Re: Chief of Cherokee nation objects - 2 days ago

If the name had been intended to mock1 or degrade a tribe/people, then it would definitely be an insult. But the overwhelming majority of uses of Native American names and words are to acknowledge, honor and/or link to their culture, history and capabilities2. 1See Chief Wahoo 2See AH-64 Apache helicopter

Re: Vaccine makers pledge massive boost to U.S. supply - 2 days ago

Quotenumbered I read this morning that 30% of military folks are refusing. Something like 20-25% of folks at the VA. etc. Anecdotal, but some of the sharpest people I’ve met were in the military, and more to the above data, some of the most ignorant and uneducated.

Re: February 19, 1990: Photoshop for Mac only. Photography will never be the same. - 2 days ago

“Photoshop was developed in 1987 by two brothers Thomas and John Knoll, who sold the distribution license to Adobe Systems Incorporated in 1988.” “...Adobe decided to purchase the license to distribute in September 1988. “On March 31, 1995, Adobe purchased the rights for Photoshop from Thomas and John Knoll for $34.5 million so Adobe would no longer need to pay a royalty for each co

Re: Chief of Cherokee nation objects - 2 days ago

Quotepdq I think you have to be careful when naming things after heritage/ethnicity. Quotepdq The standard test I (and others) use in this situation is thinking about how it might look if the company brought out a new car called the Jeep Jew. I think this is a specious analogy; an over generalization that ignores the specific, relevant factors.

Re: Chief of Cherokee nation objects - 2 days ago

There are likely thousands of products that incorporate Native American names, and there are literally thousands of locations across the U.S. that have Native American names. Companies and product names derived from indigenous peoples (list not exclusively American) Place names of Native American origin in the United States

Re: A Trump Party would draw off nearly half of GOP voters - 3 days ago

Quotefauch Trump was the first time since I am eligible to vote that I voted for a Republican candidate for president. It very well might be the last if they go back to putting up establishment RINOs. If there is any lesson to be learned from Trump it is that the career politicians in the Republican Party are completely out of touch with the will of the voters, albeit a substantial number of them

Re: OT but I have a little crush on Judge Lina Hidalgo - 3 days ago

Quoterjmacs I find this statement to be overly oriented toward a gender binary that I think is harmful, if popular. If you don't believe in binary gender (and it would appear you don't, from your statement), you can see how this statement likely reflects unexamined aspects of a patriarchal system that naturalizes the binary, and conceals the political reality of gender inequality, especially in s

Re: Mom (90) wants to get haircut from barber who has already had covid-19 - 3 days ago

Quotemrbigstuff Fwiw, people have now been getting haircuts for probably 8 months or so without it shown to be a high risk activity. Masks all around, and maybe double if she can. The dead coiffed tell no tales. (And how do you get a haircut while wearing a mask?)

Re: Mom (90) wants to get haircut from barber who has already had covid-19 - 3 days ago

Which would make her more miserable? • Sitting around home with long hair • Lying in a COVOD-19 ICU with cut hair

Spring college football? - 4 days ago

How long has this been a thing?

Re: OT but I have a little crush on Judge Lina Hidalgo - 5 days ago

Quoterjmacs QuoteSarcany Quoterjmacs QuoteRolando I think he's using "crush" for "admiration". But: would he use that word for a male official? If not, there's a sexual component and it's reasonable to point it out. Or simply "cis-gendered." People oriented towards a polar gender-identity will tend to admire people of the opposite polarity who have qualiti

Re: A Quite Possibly Wonderful Summer - 5 days ago

Quotep8712 QuoteDeusxMac Quote...summer of 2021 might conjure that of 1967, when barefoot people swayed languidly in the grass, united by an appreciation for the tenuousness of life. 1967 U.S. forces deaths in Vietnam - 11,363 Addressed in the article. Well then I'd have to read it, wouldn't I?

Re: colby ... not cheese - 5 days ago

So, what? Shelby + Cobra = Colby???

Re: A Quite Possibly Wonderful Summer - 5 days ago

Quote...summer of 2021 might conjure that of 1967, when barefoot people swayed languidly in the grass, united by an appreciation for the tenuousness of life. 1967 U.S. forces deaths in Vietnam - 11,363

Re: It's Been a Month - 5 days ago

Quotesekker One way or another, Texans will pay - and I doubt those who made these terrible decisions to maximize $$ will not be held accountable. FTFY

Re: If you were given $1 million, what would you do with it? - 5 days ago

Quotelost in space A million bucks ain't what it used to be!

Re: Explain this - 6 days ago

Do ALL Texans have air conditioning? Across ALL economic levels?

Re: 0 to 200MPH in 4.8 seconds (on a bicycle) - 6 days ago

Awesome bike, but I suspect there are lots of current vehicles that can out accelerate a 10 year old Ferrari.

Re: Funny account of Texas prepper reduced to eating cold beefaroni from a can - 6 days ago

QuoteDennis S There was a guy in college who didn't know how to use a can opener. Once he got it open, he didn't know how to cook Campbell's soup. Mom did all that for him.

Re: Florida Women - 6 days ago

Quotemrbigstuff Was it the Little Rascals show from the 40s (?) where the kids hopped up on each other to impersonate an adult? OT: mostly 1930s (Our Gang)

Re: rolls woody - 6 days ago

Not directly from Rolls Royce, but from coach builder Henry Binder of Paris.

Re: It's official - Kim Kardashian files for divorce from Kanye West - 6 days ago