Re: What happens when Hamas stops firing hundreds of rockets - 18 days ago

QuoteRobert MBe that as it may, how I feel about race is a determining factor in my POV and in that regard, race doesn't matter. People are people. However, taking what you've said into consideration, history, tradition, culture, heritage and sense of community, there is still a problem for me. None of it excuses the violence, which to me is a festering wound that kaiboshes any attempts at peace.

Re: What happens when Hamas stops firing hundreds of rockets - 18 days ago

QuoteRobert M Where at all does race play a role in this? Muslim is not a race. Jewish is not a race. Israeli is not a race. Race isn't a factor at all.

Re: Dashcam saved me $$$ - 18 days ago

I had a dashcam in my last car, don't have one in this one. A guy crossed three lanes of traffic to jump into an exit lane at the last second and slammed the rear of my car in that lane. He came at me from such an angle that I didn't see him until he nailed me, but my front/rear dashcam caught him basically entering the lane at a right-angle as he nailed the back of my car, and my car spinning

Re: Two wasps work together to open up a bottle - 19 days ago

Re: What happens when Hamas stops firing hundreds of rockets - 19 days ago

QuoteDeusxMac QuoteSarcany QuoteDeusxMac QuoteSarcany He's faulting one-side entirely and dismissing the entire populace as the only ones initiating violence, conflating the entire Muslim Protestant population of the Palestinian territories Northern Ireland with terrorists. Would this also be "racially charged"? You tell me. So you cannot answer, or you will not answer the questio

Re: What happens when Hamas stops firing hundreds of rockets - 19 days ago

QuoteRobert M Sarcany, You’re the one bringing race into this. Nobody else mentioned it. The again, you also considered shooting thousands of rockets into Israel understandable. Very interesting and troubling. I think it's understandable when BLM protesters throw rocks at cops and when cops retaliate with guns, too. It's called empathy, dude. 'Doesn't mean I favor either option.

Re: We're too busy to take your money just now. Come back tomorrow. - 19 days ago

QuoteN-OS X-tasy! Couldn't he purchase online for in-store pickup? It's a Covid thing, trying to keep people from loitering in the store, and that's exactly what they recommend that you do. They'll even step out with a customer to walk through the purchase in the Apple Store app.

Re: What happens when Hamas stops firing hundreds of rockets - 19 days ago

Quotebtfc But, interestingly: “ Semite, member of a people speaking any of a group of related languages presumably derived from a common language, Semitic (see Semitic languages). The term came to include Arabs, Akkadians, Canaanites, Hebrews, some Ethiopians, and Aramaean tribes. “ Yeah, and the Åryans came from South Asia (India) and Iran, commonly calling themselves "Persian

Re: What happens when Hamas stops firing hundreds of rockets - 19 days ago

QuoteDeusxMac QuoteSarcany He's faulting one-side entirely and dismissing the entire populace as the only ones initiating violence, conflating the entire Muslim Protestant population of the Palestinian territories Northern Ireland with terrorists. Would this also be "racially charged"? You tell me. ...What if they were Jewish? Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or an

Re: What happens when Hamas stops firing hundreds of rockets - 19 days ago

QuoteRobert M Sarcany, Where at all does race play a role in this? Muslim is not a race. Jewish is not a race. Israeli is not a race. Race isn't a factor at all. Racism encompasses false-beliefs on the basis of faith and culture. And white privilege is getting to say "race isn't a factor at all" unironically.

Re: Some good news. Immunity from COVID may last years, even a lifetime. - 19 days ago

QuoteLemon Drop QuoteSarcany QuoteLemon Drop QuoteSarcany QuoteLemon Drop Immunity to the Coronavirus May Persist for Years, Scientists Find ...If you were infected with the virus before being vaccinated. All please read the article if you can It says that vaccinated people who had no natural infection may not need boosters. Together, the studies suggest that most people who have recover

Re: Some good news. Immunity from COVID may last years, even a lifetime. - 19 days ago

QuoteLemon Drop QuoteSarcany QuoteLemon Drop Immunity to the Coronavirus May Persist for Years, Scientists Find ...If you were infected with the virus before being vaccinated. All please read the article if you can It says that vaccinated people who had no natural infection may not need boosters. Together, the studies suggest that most people who have recovered from Covid-19 and who were

Re: What happens when Hamas stops firing hundreds of rockets - 19 days ago

QuoteDeusxMac QuoteSarcany QuoteDeusxMac What “races” are involved in this conflict? Can you elaborate? I was referring to the racism inherent in the assumptions in Robert's post. Could you please show exactly what you’re referring to as “the racism inherent in” Robert’s post; his statement(s) that you’re basing your contention on. He's faulting one-side entirely and dismissin

Re: Some good news. Immunity from COVID may last years, even a lifetime. - 19 days ago

QuoteLemon Drop Immunity to the Coronavirus May Persist for Years, Scientists Find ...If you were infected with the virus before being vaccinated.

Re: What happens when Hamas stops firing hundreds of rockets - 19 days ago

QuoteDeusxMac QuoteSarcany QuoteDeusxMac QuoteSarcany ...The statement appears quite racially charged. I think that term has been so offhandedly used - and abused - that it has become meaningless; and perhaps rightly so. "Since the second half of the 20th century, the association of race with the discredited theories of scientific racism has contributed to race becoming increasingly see

Re: What happens when Hamas stops firing hundreds of rockets - 19 days ago

QuoteDeusxMac QuoteSarcany ...The statement appears quite racially charged. I think that term has been so offhandedly used - and abused - that it has become meaningless; and perhaps rightly so. "Since the second half of the 20th century, the association of race with the discredited theories of scientific racism has contributed to race becoming increasingly seen as a largely pseudoscient

Re: Guardian Staged Photo Of The Day! - 19 days ago

QuoteSteve G. Most of the time, the Israelis phoned the owners and residents of the building to evacuate before they used their weapons. That's an interesting one. seems to provide little other than potential deniability when confronted with the deaths of civilians. The Israeli military has been calling residents, sending them text messages, dropping flyers or firing low-yield bombs onto

Re: Anyone staying up late or getting up early for the blood moon? - 19 days ago

Slept thru it. They really ought to schedule these things better.

Re: What happens when Hamas stops firing hundreds of rockets - 19 days ago

QuoteRobert M The attitude is reflective of seeing what happens when violence and the intent to destroy another country take precedence over peace. Privilege never crossed my mind. Pretending that this is the whole of the story is the height of privilege. The statement appears quite racially charged, and that kind of expression is also privilege. That privilege never crossed your mind is e

Re: The new iMac : just a big iPad according to ifixit - 20 days ago

Quotesekker But you knew the ‘thinness’ could only be possible thanks to glue, right? Same "glue" that's used on the Intel iMacs. Easily broken with the right tool. Problem is that once you're inside there's just the speakers, fans and the logic board. Every major component-failure is a logic board failure. Edit: C(-)ris beat me to it!

Re: Pfizer Covid vaccine side effect - shoulders and upper back pain? - 20 days ago

QuoteDewGuy Don't really have a doctor. Don't have health insurance. Have you looked into whether your state or municipality offers free health care? Or Medicare from your state? My brother went through a bad time a few years ago and discovered that his county offered free health insurance for low-income families. It was real insurance. He got to choose his own doctor with very low co-pays a

Re: Guardian Staged Photo Of The Day! - 20 days ago

Nice to have some shade in the daytime and protection from the wind at night.

Re: Over-reaction by the Allies? Nazis launched 9,521 V-1 missiles in 5 months - 20 days ago

QuoteSteve G. Quotevision63 Quote$tevie Whataboutism in a time machine. Yawn. basically As I've already said, the parody comparison was to remind you once again that Hamas launch a barrage of 4500 rockets on their neighbors. That everyone is not recoiling in horror at this murder attempt is shocking. I'm recoiling in horror that you played up the deaths and suffering in a terrible war for a

Re: Nice summary of what Dr Fauci has said about sars-cov-2 origins - 20 days ago

QuoteAllGold I don't think it escaped from the Wuhan lab. We're talking about a virology lab that deals with infectious diseases. I find it hard to believe they would screw up that badly and break their protocols. BSL-4 and run jointly with the University of Texas. I don't buy it. Didn't happen. Biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) is the highest level of biosafety precautions, and is appropria

Re: Speeding up fusion drive iMac - 20 days ago

Just stick with the external SSD. Breaking a 1TB Fusion drive is not productive. The SSD is too small to be useful.

Re: Looking for (and not finding) an M1 iMac! - 20 days ago

Quoterichorlin A friend ordered a 1tb iMac this Sat and got a mid July delivery date. There's hope that it will arrive a little early. Some orders with mid-June shipping estimates are already marked as shipped. Then again, Seagate just informed us that our latest hard drive shipment has slipped 8 weeks. There's a global electronics shortage. It may get worse before it gets better.

Re: Have you eaten a cicada? Would you be willing to try? - 20 days ago

QuotePeterB QuoteN-OS X-tasy! QuotePeterB Insects are indeed an underrated potential food source. Although domestication/farming might be hard or undesirable for this species, it's already been done for a number of others: You first, friend. I've not tried them, but I know the Insectarium here offers chocolate-covered crickets, amongst other delicacies (WARNING: do not click if you ar

Re: Pfizer Covid vaccine side effect - shoulders and upper back pain? - 20 days ago

One of my co-workers says he felt like his bones were "rubbing" and the muscles in his upper-arms felt battered and torn for several days after his second shot.

Re: Remember the 'endless' war - that ended? - 20 days ago

QuoteRgrF Quotesekker The battle of Ireland, led by the IRA? . Bottom line: The end did not come until after a power-sharing agreement was reached. Can this be a template for ending other, endless wars? A poll of Ulster Catholics and Protestants would probably show that it's an armistice more than an end. It's showing signs of heating up again. “We are now between a rock

Re: What happens when Hamas stops firing hundreds of rockets - 20 days ago

QuoteRobert M Sarcany, Not at all. Just not getting suckered into the discussion about anything other than your assertion that shooting rockets into Israel is understandable. I offered my answer to that particular statement and you've offered nothing that negates my response. It isn't understandable at all. I think this attitude is a reflection of privilege. However imperfect, we have civ