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QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Nov 21, 2012 -> 08:24 PM) As I explained, you cant just split it into 2 countries, because thats not what this is about. Its about a very specific piece of land for the Jews, where the original temple and second temple were built. It just so happens that after the second temple was burnt down, the Christians built the "Temple Mount" on top of the site. After the Christians lost Jerusalem, the Muslims then turned Temple Mount into Rock of the Dome (which I believe is considered the 3rd most holy Muslim site.) Your point about the US is exactly right. While I welcome the fact that we are in a brief moment of history when someone is actually supporting the Jews, I have no doubt that one day that may not always be true. In fact many Jews are very suspicious of the "help" they receive and what the ulterior motives are behind it. For 60 years the Jews have received support, thats a drop in the bucket compared to thousands of years of being persecuted. Lets be clear though. I dont like how the Israelis treat Palestinians. I believe it goes against everything that being Jewish is. That being said, its hard to be compassionate when their leaders repeatedly state that they want to murder me just because thousands of years ago my relatives happened to be Jewish. The part you dont seem to realize is that many Jews believe that they are always fighting to the death for their right to survive. They need to arrange for that piece of land to be shared, basically. Or perhaps self-governed, even. Like the Vatican with a personality disorder.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Nov 21, 2012 -> 08:05 PM) They could really use another center, Noah's playing 39 MPG right now and that's probably not a good thing long term. Gortat is a solid one, and would probably fit okay with Noah at PF. I don't think Gortat is quick enough to play PF. I don't know how he'd fit cost-wise. If he's b****ing about his minutes now, he wouldn't like being our backup C

BTW...I love watching a team whose defense rarely loses you a game. But if I'm choosing between the likely cause of loss being defense or a complete inability to stop the pass rush, I'm choosing the former. I hate knowing that on any given day we may give up 5+ sacks and have even more plays completely wrecked by poor blocking and/or scheming. Such hard football to watch.

What I'm hearing second hand from my dad who listened to the radio earlier, re: Rachal Guy is very emotional and guys on SF knew how to push his buttons. Was getting so wound up he couldn't even play, so he gets benched for Spencer. Gets him even more wound up and he has to leave the team...and no one has spoken to him since. Expected to get released, but I think the team would like to make contact with him first to make sure his mental health is OK

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Nov 21, 2012 -> 07:49 PM) The first thing we need to accept is that there is nothing that the US can do. This is about religion and a stupid piece of land that 3 religions claim as theirs. There is no solution, because the fanatics will never agree. How can you convince a Jew to give up rebuilding the temple? The only possible way their Messiah will return? How can you convince a Muslim to allow the Jews to tear down the Dome of the Rock, in order to rebuild their temple? Well someone can either just deal with things as they are and break the problem into two separate countries. The alternative is fight to the death and I'd like to tell the Jewish community that they're outnumbered 17 million to 1 billion and their "greatest friend" the USA is unlikely to involve themselves in a World War over the issue.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Nov 21, 2012 -> 07:44 PM) That Nate Robinson put back dunk after the whistle was pretty impressive Indeed. Definitely merited a double take on my part

How does Gortat fit on the Bulls?

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Nov 21, 2012 -> 07:28 PM) There are 2 main reasons. 1) Israel provides us with a strategic ally in an area that has oil. 2) Guilt over the US policies towards Jewish immigrants in WWII. Neither of them make it right. I am by no means anti-Jew, but the way we talk about Israel frustrates the hell out of me. If we didn't act like we hated everyone else there because the Israelis do, we might actually have some sway on both sides of the negotiation. Our only sway with the Palestinians and all of their surrogate voices is that we might make up some evidence of nukes in their country and conquer them. If we put away our drones and told those countries that we support them, we'd start making friends. We can also do things like we did in Libya, support anti-dictator policies in a hands off way and make pro-American populaces. I know that "extremists" will probably hate America no matter what we do, but we should make their argument appear as illogical as possible by treating these mostly Muslim countries like equals internationally instead of enemies that we choose to tolerate.

I want to know the explanation for our insistence on the "pro-Israel, f*** everyone else" foreign policy. If you want to broker peace over there, make both sides feel like you're their friend. And maybe convince Israel to quit instigating. But more importantly, don't make it look like Israel is just the USA's little friend amongst all of our mortal enemies. It's called diplomacy and when you're doing that right, everybody is your friend.

Let's be serious though, if the manager and clubhouse didn't love Wise personally, I don't see this happening.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 21, 2012 -> 11:43 AM) Toronto is actually a pretty nice place. Yep. I'm thinking about going to grad school there.

I think we f***ed Danks by moving him up too quickly. I know why we did it, but the fact it took him three seasons to get it going in AAA is proof he could have spent another year or so in AA. He's immensely more talented than Wise, though.

Finally!

How does this stack up? https://blackfriday.bestbuy.com/computers+a...b+memory++black

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 20, 2012 -> 02:49 PM) This thread motivated me. Apparently with the latest OS update, the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 is an incredible steal at that price. Done. I'll probably upgrade it from Ice Cream Sandwich to Jelly Bean upon it's arrival. I'm starting to lean that direction too. I can see the positives with the Nexus 10 over the Galaxy Tab 2...but the price paid for the extras is something I don't have. I think I would need the 10" monitor to really like the device, so I'd rather pay $300 for Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 than $200 for Nexus 7. I think. Anyone hear about any crazy Black Friday deals?

This is a beatdown.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Nov 20, 2012 -> 12:03 AM) The Nexus 10 is the best 10" Android tablet you can buy. The screen is ridiculous, it's vanilla Android, and it will get updated first. No Touchwiz crap, no waiting on Samsung. Did I mention it has the fastest non A-50 series ARM chip on the planet? That $100 is well spent. Unfortunately, its a 100 I don't think I have Should I look at getting a better 7 you think or one of these ~300 10" ones?

So why not this: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-1...0838&sr=1-5 compared to the Nexus 10 at 100 dollars more?

QUOTE (kev211 @ Nov 19, 2012 -> 10:34 PM) Get the ipad mini to piss Joecoolman off. lol they priced me out, big time but otherwise...yes, yes I would

So I was thinking about e-readers in the Book Thread and I got this recommendation from Steve: QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 16, 2012 -> 09:28 AM) Here's the deal. Nook Tablet HD gives you the ability to expand storage, Kindle Fire HD is out of the box easier to install any app. I've had my original Nook Tablet for 11 months now, and still use it every day. It's great. That being said, the competition in the "smaller tablet" has exploded. If I were shopping today, I'd be looking at the Nexus 7 or 10 (probably 10, I love to use my Nook at the gym and stream HBO Go, Amazon Prime Instant Video, or Netflix and just watch shows. Makes burning the calories no big deal. Then just download the kindle app or the nook app and read your books as if it were a Fire or Nook. No real reason to not get something that out of the box opens you up to the Google Play Market. I like the price of Nexus 7....but of course I love the look and feel of the 10. I can't tell if it's a waste to get something the size of the 7 when I already have an iPhone. Meh. Any suggestions? Are there other products I should consider?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 19, 2012 -> 02:08 PM) I just finished "Colonial Roosevelt" by Edmund Morris, which was a great book. I learned a ton about the guy. http://www.amazon.com/Colonel-Roosevelt-Ed...s/dp/0375757074 I read "Theodore Roosevelt and the Idea of Race" and I have to say it would be hard for me to see him in a completely positive light at this point. Beyond anything else, the guy was just crazy.

The part that made the least sense was him running straight backwards as soon as he caught it like it was designed that way

Let the comeback commence

Chance for some redemption I guess

McCown!