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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / label your fellow posters

« on: April 03, 2020, 09:46:56 PM »

no self-identification, only name calling of peer posters.  you can argue why you don't fit into a particular box but can't say why you are a better fit somewhere else.

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Essentially Flyertalk / IRMA

« on: September 06, 2017, 04:34:10 PM »

Some place called Barbuda is wrecked. Much more to come. 

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Kansas State Football / 8-man Football

« on: August 23, 2017, 01:29:12 PM »

A thread for HFBIQ-types to discuss plays and concepts.

The first entry is pretty soft, but look forward to lots of exciting scheming.

https://www.footballstudyhall.com/2017/5/22/15666628/secrets-of-bill-snyder-ball-the-defensive-line-jordan-willis-reggie-walker-will-geary-wizard

If homegrown DL Walker and Dishon make leaps as sophomores rather than enduring slumps while Snyder’s staff builds around them and local products like DTs Will Geary and Mitch Copeland or DEs Tanner Wood and Kyle Ball have strong years then there’s a chance that Snyder could ride off into the sunset after winning one last Big 12 title.

The author, Ian Boyd, is a Texas alum and knows Cat football pretty well.

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Essentially Flyertalk / daris !!

« on: February 27, 2017, 11:34:32 AM »

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Betting on Trump

« on: January 11, 2017, 09:43:53 AM »

http://news.ladbrokes.com/betting/donald-trump-odds

It is now just an even money shot that US President-elect Donald Trump leaves office via impeachment or resignation, according to the latest odds.

Let's keep an eye on this.

To visit UK before the end of 2017     1/5
NOT to be re-elected as President in 2020     1/2
To serve full term    4/5
To leave office via impeachment or resignation before end of 1st term    1/1
To visit Russia before the end of 2017    5/4
Obama still to be sitting President on Feb 1 2017    5/1
Nigel Farage to be next UK Ambassador to the US    7/1

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Kansas State Football / 2016 ESPN.com All-Big 12

« on: December 06, 2016, 12:11:26 PM »

QB Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma:
RB D'Onta Foreman, Texas:
RB Samaje Perine, Oklahoma:
WR Dede Westbrook, Oklahoma:
WR James Washington, Oklahoma State:
WR Allen Lazard, Iowa State:
TE Blake Jarwin, Oklahoma State:
OT Connor Williams, Texas:
OT Dalton Risner, Kansas State:
OG Kyle Bosch, West Virginia:
OG Ben Powers, Oklahoma:
C Tyler Orlosky, West Virginia:
All-purpose Joe Mixon, Oklahoma:
K Cole Netten, Iowa State:
KR Byron Pringle, Kansas State:
Defense
DE Jordan Willis, Kansas State:
DE Dorance Armstrong Jr., Kansas:
DT Vincent Taylor, Oklahoma State:
DT Daniel Wise, Kansas:
LB Ogbonnia Okoronkwo, Oklahoma:
LB Travin Howard, TCU:
LB Elijah Lee, Kansas State:
CB Rasul Douglas, West Virginia:
CB Jordan Thomas, Oklahoma:
S Jordan Sterns, Oklahoma State:
S Nick Orr, TCU:
P Michael Dickson, Texas:
PR Trever Ryen, Iowa State:

2nd team
Offense
QB: Patrick Mahomes II, Texas Tech
RB: Justin Crawford, West Virginia
RB: Justice Hill, Oklahoma State
WR: Jonathan Giles, Texas Tech
WR: KD Cannon, Baylor
WR: Shelton Gibson, West Virginia
TE: Mark Andrews, Oklahoma
OT: Orlando Brown, Oklahoma
OT: Victor Salako, Oklahoma State
OG: Terrale Johnson, Kansas State
OG: Adam Pankey, West Virginia
C: Kyle Fuller, Baylor
All-purpose: Kyle Hicks, TCU
K: Clayton Hatfield, Texas Tech
KR: Kene Nwangwu, Iowa State
Defense
DE: Josh Carraway, TCU
DE: Noble Nwachukwu, West Virginia
DT: Will Geary, Kansas State
DT: Poona Ford, Texas
LB: Jordan Evans, Oklahoma
LB: Travon Blanchard, Baylor
LB: Breckyn Hager, Texas
CB: D.J. Reed, Kansas State
CB: Ryan Reid, Baylor
S: Kyzir White, West Virginia
S: Tre Flowers, Oklahoma State
P: Zach Sinor, Oklahoma State
PR: KaVontae Turpin, TCU

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / election day/night twitter and facebook

« on: November 07, 2016, 02:10:17 PM »

a place to catalog for posterity the as-it-happened takes. only post links and screenshots(preferable) of content created from 7am-2am EST on 11/8 and into 11/9.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / The Management of Savagery

« on: June 12, 2016, 01:04:46 PM »

(I'm pulling from a couple books and articles here. This is meant to be informational.)

The Management of Savagery is a 113-page essay written in 2004 by an Al-Qaeda associated Iraqi named Abu Bakr Naji. "...it posits a world in which the superpower halo of the United States has disappeared and the Muslim world within the colonial boundaries known as the 1916 Sykes-Picot agreement has descended into chaos — “savagery,” as the author bluntly puts it."

TMoS is a manual intending to teach jihadists lessons from past failures and give a common vision for the future creation of an islamic state. It outlines stages of the jihadist struggle around a few main ideas:

Disruption and exhaustion: In which terrorist attacks damage the economy of enemy powers and demoralize their populations.
Management of Savagery: A phase of violent resistance with an emphasis on carrying out acts of highly visible violence intended to send a message to both allies and enemies.
Empowerment: The establishment of regions controlled by jihadists which can subsequently grow and unite toward the goal of recreating the caliphate.

Al-Qaeda's intellectuals believe that ISIS began the Empowerment stage much too soon and this is a main source of the rival faction's disagreement. They(this includes Bin Laden himself) have stated that the Disruption and Exhaustion stage will take decades.


I could go on and on but you can read the thing for yourself online.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / State of the State - case closed, money is bad for schools

« on: January 15, 2015, 11:49:13 AM »

Let's all watch and discuss Sam blaming the poor's position on their unchristian morality.

Bombardier announces layoffs; 620 Wichita employees affected

Go Sam Go!

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / syrian civil war feat. isis

« on: January 12, 2015, 01:41:32 PM »

a very depressing topic.


today, isis hacked the u.s. central command twitter account and posted addresses of generals and their families. a really great move on their part to drag us deeper into the region.

http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/01/12/the-islamic-state-has-conquered-centcoms-twitter-account/

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/01/centcom_sites_hacked.php?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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Kansas State Football / Go KU

« on: October 18, 2014, 03:07:44 PM »

the hawks need a big special teams play if they are going to win today! tough start so far but i like the effort bowan is getting from our fellow kansans.

go hawks! beak 'em.

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Kansas State Football / iowa state roll call

« on: September 01, 2014, 08:50:32 PM »

shitty opponent and location but it's fun to tailgate with friends. are you going?

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Mosul, Tikrit, etc.

« on: June 11, 2014, 03:44:46 PM »

Iraq is doin' real bad.

this is probably a pretty big deal for national security and stuff. let's politicize it!

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / THE RISE OF SWEDEN'S FAR-LEFT MILITANTS

« on: May 30, 2014, 01:50:05 PM »

http://www.vice.com/vice-news/the-rise-of-swedens-far-left-militants

hilarious and awesome. sweden is light-years ahead of everyone else.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / CIA undermined Senate Intelligence Committee investigation into interrogation...

« on: April 10, 2014, 11:14:37 AM »

Some background:
 - Feinstein had been an apologist for the intelligence community until this incident
 - Despite the CIA being under the executive office, Obama says “not something that is an appropriate role for me and the White House to wade into at this point.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/feinstein-cia-searched-intelligence-committee-computers/2014/03/11/982cbc2c-a923-11e3-8599-ce7295b6851c_story.html

tl;dr - The CIA is spying on and manipulating Congress and POTUS says "meh."

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Ukraine and The Slav Winter

« on: January 22, 2014, 07:49:11 PM »

Sounds like a lot of people wanted to get tight with the EU and then Putin put his big nose in and mumped it up and now people are dying and they sent a text to demonstrators notifying them that they are lawbreakers.

That is all I know. Someone link/tell me some better info, please.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Musical Theatre

« on: January 11, 2014, 01:55:32 AM »

it's the best thing in the world behind cat football. what are some of your fav. shows? did you play a lead in high school? tell us about your encounters with this tremendous art.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Five for 2014

« on: December 30, 2013, 10:09:52 PM »

Pick five celebrities who will meet their maker in 2014. At least one selection must be under 40. No picking Winehouse.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / SHOWDOWN: EL RUSHBO VS. THE HOLY SEE

« on: December 02, 2013, 12:32:55 PM »

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/02/rush-limbaugh-vs-the-pope/?hpt=hp_t2

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Fukushima - This Sucks

« on: November 21, 2013, 01:56:35 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiBVBdM77s4

just watch the last five minutes if you don't have eleven minutes. it seems like humanity is done for. someone tell me not to be a COMPLETE chicken little about this, please.

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Essentially Flyertalk / goEMAW Shutdown

« on: October 15, 2013, 11:18:03 AM »

more hostage tactics from the mods this morning. how do you guys feel about it? who wants to bet that we start getting more "reminders" to click on ads and to upgrade our subscriptions to platinum-premium?

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / National Security Agency

« on: September 27, 2013, 11:21:37 AM »

They log every phone call, guys. And the FISA courts that are supposed to check them?

http://epic.org/privacy/wiretap/stats/fisa_stats.html

^Holy crap.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Football is a Meditation on Love (a thread of high quality sports journalism)

« on: August 29, 2013, 11:46:59 AM »

This is where we post sports articles that caused us to think or feel in new and enlightening ways.

http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2013/8/29/4669874/the-business-of-protection

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Typical Kansas Republican

« on: April 10, 2013, 03:09:45 PM »

http://gawker.com/5994272/republican-county-commissioner-who-used-racist-expression-n-word+rigging-during-official-meeting-says-he-isnt-racist-because-he-has-a-black-friend

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Essentially Flyertalk / sd

« on: April 08, 2013, 10:25:13 PM »

is there any chance he sticks with it this time?