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Seriously the Christian Broadcasting Network Who promotes conspiracy theories and pseudo science. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/christian-broadcasting-network-cbn/ Who are trump supporters. Here they are talking about " The faith of Donald Trump " https://www2.cbn.com/video/faith-donald-trump

Higher than normal inflation for the last few years is something that is affecting nearly all countries. It's not just dictated by the economic policies of the different governments/ political affiliation, in different countries. People over here in Aus seem to hold the reserve bank more responsible for high interest rates/ high inflation than they do the government. I have been saying for decades, our economic systems are like a house of cards. One decent " gust of wind " and the whole thing collapses. Seriously Elias what do you believe the result will be when you transfer so much wealth from the " bottom- middle " to the " top " https://www.reuters.com/business/pandemic-boosts-super-rich-share-global-wealth-2021-12-07/

I am not saying you are wrong mate. As you state, we all seem to be coming to the same conclusion. First pairing of Hughes....????? Second pairing of ?????.......Hronek With Hughes in the first PP unit Hronek on the second. For starters I am hoping that Soucy plays a lot more than the 40 games he played last year. I have a great deal of trust in Foote and Gonchar to not only coach the players individually, but also determine who the best defensive pairings will be.

Yes I really miss Cap Friendly. Here is a good tool to work out player buyouts. https://puckpedia.com/buyout-calculator I wonder if it a " coincidence " that Darnell Nurse heads the list at the bottom of the page of people researching player buyouts.

Fantastic movie. I had a soylent green image as my avatar on the old board years ago.

Prices go up and down for various reasons. The biggest being supply and demand. Inflation by definition is the loss of purchasing power. There are a few factors that determine this, not just the prices of goods and services, going up or down. Employment rates, wage rates, that are impacted by employment rates. I could write an essay but the Hawks are playing soon.

I can't be bothered posting the links. However a quick bit of research illustrates that roughly 1 in 6 kids in the US, Australia and Canada live in/below the poverty line. Uncanny how the figures are virtually the same in our societies. Why I bring up kids is they don't make choices that result in this situation. They are, in this case, the victims, of the choices/decisions made by so called adults.

Totally agree with you Hammer. Start paying D-men over 6-7 million bucks and you want them on a line if their own, if not carrying it, being the catalyst. A balanced top 4 would be Hughes...insert partner who shows most chemistry, though Hughes is a player that can drive a line, and make a player better. Second pairing Insert player.....Hronek I don't have access to the stats of players that played with Hronek when he wasn't paired with Hughes. When you are dealing with a salary cap, having close to 16,000,000 tied up on your top pairing, then having to play D-men whose value to the team is between 1 - 3 -4 mill in the bottom 4 ? That's not a balanced line-up.

This isn't even close to how indebted the US was in the 1930's, debt in relation to cash in circulation Currently the US has about 2.3 trillion cash in circulation and is just over 34 trillion in debt. A ratio of 17-1 give or take. Back when Huey Long delivered his, Every Man a King speech. America was in debt to the tune of 272,000,000,000, and there was only 6,000,000,000 in circulation. That's a ratio of 45-1 While Huey was a flawed person he had some great ideas that he was already implementing in his home state of Louisiana. He was running for president, wanting to implement his ideas nationally. Limiting the wealth any one person could hold amongst others. https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/hueyplongking.htm The opening line of his speech " Is that a right of life, when the young children of this country are being reared into a sphere which is more owned by 12 men that is by more than 120 million people " Some things don't change....right ?

Teaching a blind person to Ski. Pete was an inspirational guy. 65 years old, never skied before. I worked with a few " handicapped " skiers. A few us were designing and building the sit ski's in Australia for our friend Mick Norton. Mick was another inspirational guy. Lost the use of his legs in a motorcycle accident. We coached and trained him. We free skied with him, dragging him out to Mary's Slide on powder days. Mick went on to win 2 gold medals at the Albertville Paralympic Games in 1992 My dear friend Mick Mick died 1996 at his home in Melbourne. Rip in peace my friend.

I was serious when I said you don't insult me. I have never seen you insult anyone on this board. You won my heart when you posted about being a meals on wheels volunteer. Again I don't carry malice or anger in my heart. That would only reflect on my character. Anger hurts those the most who carry it.

That's the thing Bob, many of the links I post contain information from people living in the area, experiencing the things we are discussing.

I love you Bobby. You don't really insult me. I don't hold malice in my heart for anyone, anywhere. I just don't like being called a liar and being insulted in other ways. Does anyone ?

The libraries of Alexandria and Constantinople held vast amounts of knowledge even by today's standards. If any person came up with a new idea, knowledge, to do with any subject, they were required to add a copy of what they had discovered, invented, theorised in the library of Constantinople. I watched a BBC series years ago, East to West The journey of Civilization. The turning point, when the west " passed " the east, was the invention of the printing press in the west.

And to add to this " revenge " theme. I certainly want any Russian that is alive at the end of this conflict, that committed any sort of war crime/crime against humanity to be held accountable for their actions. Preferably in a very public setting, similar to the Nuremberg war trials. The irony, for want of a better word, is that the chief prosecutor at those trials, Ben Ferenc was the driving force behind the formation of the International Criminal Court. The same court that America and Russia does not recognise. In regards to Russia itself, we should learn the lessons that WW2 taught us. The Americans rebuilding Germany as part of the Marshall plan, and their efforts in rebuilding Japan after WW2 contributed in a huge way to both nations integrating into our society, and developing into democratic nations. Look at the success of both those nations in the decades after the war. I have always stated, they lost the war, but won the peace.

Exactly my friend. We all make mistakes, it's what we do afterwards that defines us. Also how we deal with the hard times in our lives. But you know what brother, at the end of the day, our lives, it's not what we've done, it's what we've been.

Lines has him at 14 https://www.lines.com/nhl/drafts/2025 Tankathon has him at 20 https://www.tankathon.com/nhl/mock_draft I see he is listed as a Faceoff specialist PK specialist Two way centre Actually loving that EP has added those criteria. If he blossoms offensively, and he already does have some size, well that's the sort of centre teams covet.

I have provided information from an Israeli source, that operation Wrath of God was far more than revenge. I don't want to derail this thread any further. Please post any relevant information in the Gaza war thread.

Here's what I support. Remember my post about the lady who donated her family's land in the Golan Heights to a peace project ? Remember her words that I quoted " You may call me a dreamer " But she's not the only one.

Here you go @RomanPer " We can only trust ourselves Wrath of God in perspective " https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361315238_'We_can_only_trust_ourselves'_Operation_Wrath_of_God_in_perspective " This article contextualises the 1972 Munich massacre as an important factor in the advent of state counter terrorism strategy aimed at foreclosing the next terrorist outrage. " As you can see roman, operation wrath of God was about being pro- active rather than being reactive, to terrorist acts against Isreal/Isreali citizens. Sorry @SilentSam and others for the brief deviation from the topic of the thread.

I am sorry if you were offended by my do some research comment. All the research I have done on operation Wrath of God, leads me to believe that Israel wanted to be proactive, not reactive to terror attacks. They not only targeted terrorists involved in the Munich massacre, they suspected them if committing further acts of terrorism. They targeted other terrorists that they were reasonably certain were going to commit further acts of terror. As I stated, this was a watershed moment for Isreal. If you can provide some links to more information about operation Wrath of God, I am interested in reading it. Edit And read my post again roman. I never stated they made mistakes, even though they did kill a few people that weren't involved, and paid out compensation. I deliberately left that out, as I don't want you to accuse me of being " biased ".

Western suburbs of Melbourne. This is an accurate depiction of the sort of guys we were fighting, and the fights themselves. This was Russell Crowes breakthrough role in a movie called Romper Stomper. He, and other actors hung out in pubs watching the skinheads, studying them, to play them in this movie. Made around the time we were punching on with them. In many ways it's an Australian version of American History X.

I am in total agreement with most of this post. It is not racist to say, that is was western guilt, for well over a millenia of persecution/pogroms culminating in the holocaust, that " western " nations backed the formation of the state of Israel in Isreal/Palestine. There is also no doubt that a great many Jewish people feel a historical/spiritual connection to this land. You talk about a rules based world order, and that's where we start to question, which rules, apply to which nations. The message this war sends to some nations, especially in the south pacific, seems very hypocritical to them. These are just opinion pieces, as the we perceive a rules based order in different ways. As always the key is to " walk a mile in the other person's shoes " " Will the war in Gaza become a breaking point for the rules based international - order https://www.chathamhouse.org/2024/01/will-war-gaza-become-breaking-point-rules-based-international-order Credibility of Chatham House https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/chatham-house-bias/ LEAST BIASED HIGH FACTUAL REPORTING HIGH CREDIBILITY " How Joe Biden sabotaged the world based world order " " By denying that Israel has violated international humanitarian law in Gaza, Washington is discrediting itself and the order that it claims to uphold. " https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/10/biden-israel-gaza-arms-rules-based-order/ Credibility of Foreign Policy https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/foreign-policy/ LEAST BIASED HIGH FACTUAL REPORTING HIGH CREDIBILITY " Why the west should stop talking about a rules based world order " " This vague hypocritical mantra designed by the US dominated world that no longer exists is harming international law " https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/geopolitics/2024/06/why-the-west-should-stop-talking-about-the-rules-based-order Credibility of that source https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/new-statesman/ LEFT BIAS HIGH FACTUAL REPORTING HIGH CREDIBILITY I could post more articles that state much the same thing. These are " western " sources. Again, if one source tells you something, you listen, go maybe, however if many sources tell you the same thing... Well you have to give that idea the credibility it deserves.

For sure there is both anti semitism and Islamaphobia in most societies. As a kid, racism perplexed me, as a teenager/adult it grew to be one of the few things I hate. Hate being such a waste of emotion. A person asked had people ever fought in a war. I haven't been to war per se, however fighting racist skinheads in the western suburbs of Melbourne felt like a Warzone. Theses guys were true neo Nazi's. They had Nazi tattoos and memorabilia. They not only hated Asians, all the Vietnamese that had come to Melbourne after the war, they hated Jews. Armed with batons and iron bars these fights were extremely dangerous. It was because we were off our heads on drugs and alcohol that we probably didn't realise how dangerous they were. I know I quote my favourite Jewish person a lot, it's his lyricism I admire the most. " It's ok, allow yourself a little hate Hatred is not so bad, when directed at injustice You can turn the other cheek, just don't turn the other way " Mike Burkett

I know you don't. Thanks for saying that. However it really hurts when some keyboard warrior accuses you of something that goes against your moral foundation. As @bishopshodan noted, we have been called pacifists, idealists, and these terms are meant as insults. From what I know @bishopshodan while he is a gentle soul, he is not someone you want to fuck with. I know you want peace. I know that you know that I want peace. And fuck those that think it is idealistic and pacifistic to want to Edit Just watching the vid and seeing scenes of student being beings bashed and treated in the same manner back then, as they are know. We now know who stands on the right side of history in regards to those protests. History always catches up with you.