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Woof wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 1:38 pm
IronNeck wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 1:09 am
earendel wrote: Tue May 08, 2018 4:11 pm President Trump pulls US out of the nuclear deal with Iran, citing continuing efforts on Iran's part to develop such weapons and support for terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah and the continuing conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
President Trump also specifically cited Israel's recently intelligence coup that indicated Iran was lying all along and repeatedly violating the deal. He withdraws despite a number of European diplomats trying to convince him to stay, including (interestingly enough) Boris Johnson.
To be clear, Israel's "coup" disclosed that Iran had a weapons program *prior* to the start of the agreement. None of their intelligence, or anyone else's, has suggested that Iran has pursued nuclear weapons since the inception of the agreement.
But it did guarantee around-the-clock saber-rattling on Fox News, which is 45’s sole source of information.
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Um ... just the facts here, please, before this quickly spins out of control. Any editorializing can be done on Reretaken Down.
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Woof wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 1:38 pm
IronNeck wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 1:09 am
earendel wrote: Tue May 08, 2018 4:11 pm President Trump pulls US out of the nuclear deal with Iran, citing continuing efforts on Iran's part to develop such weapons and support for terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah and the continuing conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
President Trump also specifically cited Israel's recently intelligence coup that indicated Iran was lying all along and repeatedly violating the deal. He withdraws despite a number of European diplomats trying to convince him to stay, including (interestingly enough) Boris Johnson.
To be clear, Israel's "coup" disclosed that Iran had a weapons program *prior* to the start of the agreement. None of their intelligence, or anyone else's, has suggested that Iran has pursued nuclear weapons since the inception of the agreement.
Wrong. What's truly astonishing about your claim is that EVEN people strongly in favor of the Iran deal openly admit that yes, Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons. I can quote a number of secondary sources, but here is the primary one, which you evidently didn't watch;



Meanwhile, I would love to know from what source you get that statement, or if it's editorializing?
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IronNeck wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 7:24 pm
Spoiler
Woof wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 1:38 pm
IronNeck wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 1:09 am
earendel wrote: Tue May 08, 2018 4:11 pm President Trump pulls US out of the nuclear deal with Iran, citing continuing efforts on Iran's part to develop such weapons and support for terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah and the continuing conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
President Trump also specifically cited Israel's recently intelligence coup that indicated Iran was lying all along and repeatedly violating the deal. He withdraws despite a number of European diplomats trying to convince him to stay, including (interestingly enough) Boris Johnson.
To be clear, Israel's "coup" disclosed that Iran had a weapons program *prior* to the start of the agreement. None of their intelligence, or anyone else's, has suggested that Iran has pursued nuclear weapons since the inception of the agreement.
Wrong. What's truly astonishing about your claim is that EVEN people strongly in favor of the Iran deal openly admit that yes, Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons. I can quote a number of secondary sources, but here is the primary one, which you evidently didn't watch;



Meanwhile, I would love to know from what source you get that statement, or if it's editorializing?
Take it to Retaken Down otherwise I'll have to call in the big guns. This is definitely not the thread for that.
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Volante wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 7:49 pm
IronNeck wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 7:24 pm
Spoiler
Woof wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 1:38 pm
IronNeck wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 1:09 am
earendel wrote: Tue May 08, 2018 4:11 pm President Trump pulls US out of the nuclear deal with Iran, citing continuing efforts on Iran's part to develop such weapons and support for terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah and the continuing conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
President Trump also specifically cited Israel's recently intelligence coup that indicated Iran was lying all along and repeatedly violating the deal. He withdraws despite a number of European diplomats trying to convince him to stay, including (interestingly enough) Boris Johnson.
To be clear, Israel's "coup" disclosed that Iran had a weapons program *prior* to the start of the agreement. None of their intelligence, or anyone else's, has suggested that Iran has pursued nuclear weapons since the inception of the agreement.
Wrong. What's truly astonishing about your claim is that EVEN people strongly in favor of the Iran deal openly admit that yes, Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons. I can quote a number of secondary sources, but here is the primary one, which you evidently didn't watch;



Meanwhile, I would love to know from what source you get that statement, or if it's editorializing?
Take it to Retaken Down otherwise I'll have to call in the big guns. This is definitely not the thread for that.
Why? Woof disputed a current event of public record. I provided sources/evidence for the claim. He did not.

It's quite telling, though, that you take issue with my factual post, but have no problem with this or this, both of which are blatantly off-topic editorializing. Hmm...I wonder why?
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I will repeat since my earlier post was seemingly overlooked, I have no trouble with this discussion being in Reretaken Down, but please end it in this thread NOW.


You know ... or else.
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IronNeck wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 8:22 pm
Volante wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 7:49 pm
IronNeck wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 7:24 pm
Spoiler
Woof wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 1:38 pm
IronNeck wrote: Wed May 09, 2018 1:09 am

President Trump also specifically cited Israel's recently intelligence coup that indicated Iran was lying all along and repeatedly violating the deal. He withdraws despite a number of European diplomats trying to convince him to stay, including (interestingly enough) Boris Johnson.
To be clear, Israel's "coup" disclosed that Iran had a weapons program *prior* to the start of the agreement. None of their intelligence, or anyone else's, has suggested that Iran has pursued nuclear weapons since the inception of the agreement.
Wrong. What's truly astonishing about your claim is that EVEN people strongly in favor of the Iran deal openly admit that yes, Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons. I can quote a number of secondary sources, but here is the primary one, which you evidently didn't watch;



Meanwhile, I would love to know from what source you get that statement, or if it's editorializing?
Take it to Retaken Down otherwise I'll have to call in the big guns. This is definitely not the thread for that.
Why? Woof disputed a current event of public record. I provided sources/evidence for the claim. He did not.

It's quite telling, though, that you take issue with my factual post, but have no problem with this or this, both of which are blatantly off-topic editorializing. Hmm...I wonder why?
Don't be a jackass. A moderator has asked that this whole discussion be taken to another thread.
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He'll also be showing up in an SCTV retrospective coming out in 2019.
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Heck with it...it almost feels like it keeps happening because of my volcano tags earlier and doesn't want to be left out

Kilauea has been bubbling regularly on the big island of Hawaii. It might even classically erupt like a stratovolcano rather than the shield volcano it is (though not as disasterously).
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hawa ... SKBN1IB2CA
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Volante wrote: Thu May 10, 2018 10:27 pm Heck with it...it almost feels like it keeps happening because of my volcano tags earlier and doesn't want to be left out

Kilauea has been bubbling regularly on the big island of Hawaii. It might even classically erupt like a stratovolcano rather than the shield volcano it is (though not as disasterously).
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hawa ... SKBN1IB2CA
At my last trivia outing they asked what island Kilauea was on during the current events round. Our team was evenly split between Maui and Hawaii. We chose the former even though the team scribe (me) wasn’t sure about it. Wish I saw this post then.

(In fact, as best I can tell, it was posted two hours after that question was asked at trivia!)
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The Hawaiian islands are generally larger the farther south and east you go because the "hot spot" that has been creating them is moving that way. The island gets built up, the hot spot moves away, and the island begins to erode. Also, how long the hot spot is under where the island is created affects its size. Kilauea is where the hot spot is now, and is creating more of the island of Hawaii.
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alietr wrote: Sun May 13, 2018 6:42 am The Hawaiian islands are generally larger the farther south and east you go because the "hot spot" that has been creating them is moving that way. The island gets built up, the hot spot moves away, and the island begins to erode. Also, how long the hot spot is under where the island is created affects its size. Kilauea is where the hot spot is now, and is creating more of the island of Hawaii.
The hot spot under the earth’s crust doesn’t move: the tectonic plate moves over it.
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Volante wrote: Thu May 10, 2018 10:27 pm Heck with it...it almost feels like it keeps happening because of my volcano tags earlier and doesn't want to be left out

Kilauea has been bubbling regularly on the big island of Hawaii. It might even classically erupt like a stratovolcano rather than the shield volcano it is (though not as disasterously).
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hawa ... SKBN1IB2CA
My wife and I drove through Hawaii Volcanoes National Park when we stayed on the Big Island. Kilauea was rumbling at the time, but the park was open. At one of the observation areas, we were greeted by nenes. The nene, a species of goose, is the state bird of Hawaii. I don't know if it has come up on Jeopardy, but it often comes up on the New York Times crossword puzzle.
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In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 unconditional. The law, which placed a federal ban on sports betting in states where it was not already established (namely, Nevada), was challenged by the state of New Jersey. It, along with all other states, are now free to regulate gambling on sports in the manner they wish.
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9021amyers wrote: Mon May 14, 2018 11:16 am In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 unconditional. The law, which placed a federal ban on sports betting in states where it was not already established (namely, Nevada), was challenged by the state of New Jersey. It, along with all other states, are now free regulate gambling on sports in the manner they wish.
What is interesting is that depending on where you are, most of the gambling that is done on sports that people think is illegal is actually legal.

In Pennsylvania, all those Super Bowl block games and NCAA brackets you do at work and with your friends are legal as long as all the money that goes into it is paid out of it--got that straight from the District Attorney.
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The U.S. officially opened its embassy in Jerusalem, moving it from Tel Aviv.
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9021amyers wrote: Mon May 14, 2018 11:16 am In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 unconditional. The law, which placed a federal ban on sports betting in states where it was not already established (namely, Nevada), was challenged by the state of New Jersey. It, along with all other states, are now free to regulate gambling on sports in the manner they wish.
It was actually 6-3. Breyer, Ginsburg, and Sotomayor dissented.
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Bamaman wrote: Tue May 15, 2018 12:56 am
9021amyers wrote: Mon May 14, 2018 11:16 am In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 unconditional. The law, which placed a federal ban on sports betting in states where it was not already established (namely, Nevada), was challenged by the state of New Jersey. It, along with all other states, are now free to regulate gambling on sports in the manner they wish.
It was actually 6-3. Breyer, Ginsburg, and Sotomayor dissented.
Breyer was a partial dissent. He concurred with the majority of the ruling, but they can't score it 6-1-2
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