Official Current Affairs & Politics Thread II

[gigantes]

Steve Kerr is such a guy.
https://streamable.com/az6lzj

If the Warriors dynasty resumes where it left off, I'm not going to mind *too* much because they sure as hell earned it, and they sure as hell have a great HC-- intelligent, passionate, well-informed, flexible and open-minded. He's got that team playing so unselfishly, and players like Poole and Wiggins are thriving, flourishing... all that. KD leaving them makes more and more sense to me as a guy who wanted to be "special," not fit in so much.

Not trying to slag on Nash especially, but the HC job is clearly way more than just 'managing personalities.'

[Stone]

Steve Kerr is such a guy.
https://streamable.com/az6lzj

If the Warriors dynasty resumes where it left off, I'm not going to mind *too* much because they sure as hell earned it, and they sure as hell have a great HC-- intelligent, passionate, well-informed, flexible and open-minded. He's got that team playing so unselfishly, and players like Poole and Wiggins are thriving, flourishing... all that. KD leaving them makes more and more sense to me as a guy who wanted to be "special," not fit in so much.

Not trying to slag on Nash especially, but the HC job is clearly way more than just 'managing personalities.'

I was all "not he Dubs again" until Kerr put it all out there. His words really resonated with me. I hope he becomes some kind of leader in this fight. I am behind him 100 %.

[GTR11]

Steve Kerr is such a guy.
https://streamable.com/az6lzj

If the Warriors dynasty resumes where it left off, I'm not going to mind *too* much because they sure as hell earned it, and they sure as hell have a great HC-- intelligent, passionate, well-informed, flexible and open-minded. He's got that team playing so unselfishly, and players like Poole and Wiggins are thriving, flourishing... all that. KD leaving them makes more and more sense to me as a guy who wanted to be "special," not fit in so much.

Not trying to slag on Nash especially, but the HC job is clearly way more than just 'managing personalities.'

In 1984, Kerr was an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Arizona when his father, Malcolm Kerr, was assassinated by the militant group Islamic Jihad — targeted because he was the president of the American University of Beirut. A caller taking responsibility on behalf of the group told Agence France-Presse that “not a single American or Frenchman will remain on this soil.”

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1. There's no denying such things is personal for victims of gun violence like Kerr. I don't even want to imagine if I had to go through such tragic situation. Worst thing about all this to acknowledge is, it can be fixed and data around the world back it up.
2. Next year will be failed again. Sometimes you can overcome mediocre coach if you got strong assistants around. You won't overcome disappointment if you got uncontrollable star player along. Thinking that Nash was brought here to manage personalities is salt on top of a wound.

[GTR11]

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[GTR11]

One more piece of evidence how politics never released its handles from sports. It's always political when we do one thing or another whether we like it or don't. Just how it is.

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In today's world nobody just seem to care to hide it.

[GTR11]

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Add the fact we supporting NeoNazi battalions with weapon. I really don't like were we heading. When people say history tends to repeat itself, I guess we are that dumb ass who won't learn. We just went through it in Afghanistan with Bin Laden. Think what these clowns can do.

[GTR11]

I want both Gov and Mayor gone ASAP.

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This will end badly soon, just watch. I miss Bill so much right now.

[GTR11]

I love how this girl does her shows. Very thoroughly thought and easy to coprehand for casual guy. If some have time, my advice to listen to her shows.

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[gigantes]

So... Nixon and the increasingly divisive, hostile right-wing lunatic brigade that succeeded him really are doing it.

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I.e., dismantling democracy, piece by piece.

[Rich Rane]

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[gigantes]

Wow, I really appreciated the below mod post in r/WhitePeopleTwitter/.

First reading it, I was a bit taken aback by the complete lack of intolerance towards the anti-abortion segment of that sub, but then again, it also seems appropriate that there should be no tolerance towards the willfully intolerant, so rock on.

This subreddit firmly believes in and stands up for basic human rights. We promote humane, compassionate and social thinking.

It is an objectively true and repeatedly proven fact that allowing people the choice to plan their families, allowing people to have a say in when they get pregnant, how many children they will have, is promotive not only for individual health, wellbeing, social and financial security and safety. It lifts entire communities out of deprivation.

Family planning is an integral and crucial aspect of upward mobility. It affects everything from the ability to get an education to mental and physical health and direct poverty.

As such this subreddit does not allow anti-abortion sentiments. They are abhorrent and inhumane. The belief that people should be downtrodden, unhappy, poor and grow up in misery is unacceptable.

In addition to that: The only sane word to describe those who would subject a 10 year old girl to this abuse, who would refuse her to terminate this pregancy is monstrous. They are monsters. Their rigid, counterfactual beliefs which defy all fact-based reasoning in order to promote an extremist view which brooks no deviation from a hardline stance, which would seek post-hoc justifications for a nonsensical and damaging policy causes harm. It is in no way a moral or defensible position.

Any person with an ounce of empathy and compassion feels anger at this news. Abject disbelief that an extremist, dangerously fundamentalist minority is able to push their vile beliefs onto an entire population.

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This subreddit will not allow any defense of these actions, including trying to normalise this great evil through "devil's advocate" style arguments. That means that if you say "Oh, but they really believe that.." you will be *banned*. There are no legitimate defenses for this and we don't want to hear attempts at them. People are suffering enough without having to be subjected to justifications for monsters.

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For those who would say: "But it is not illegal, it has been turned back to states rights where it belongs", you will be *banned*.

We don't want to hear it.

The morally and legally correct decision of Roe v. Wade which provided a consitutional protection of bodily autonomy was overturned by an extremist, illegitimate Supreme Court and we are not fooled by the argument that "states may now decide" because we know, you know, that this is just the start. They will not stop.

Now that the right of bodily autonomy has been ruled as no longer federally guaranteed they *will* attempt to illegalise abortion at the federal level.

These extremists, who play Calvinball with law, precedent and procedure, who blatantly interpret the rules as what they want them to mean in the moment to push through their agenda, *will* enact a federal ban as soon as they can cheat enough in elections to "win" a majority in house and congress. They will uphold a vote to do so, hypocritically declaring that "a democratic, majority decision".

You know it, I know it, they are not as clever as they think they are and are wholly transparent.

Now that there is no longer a federal guarantee for bodily autonomy they *will* try to take this right away on a nation-wide level.

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Normally I'd add a conclusion to a text like this, a plan of action, a way forward. But I am not sure one exists.

As most of you, I am dismayed and shocked at this brazen coup at the highest level of our legal system. What can be done? I do not know.

What I do know is that giving up and giving in is not an option. These fascists are a minority. They are loud, they fight dirty and unfair, they are immoral, they are un-American.

What I know is that it is time for the normal, moral and sane majority of Americans to stop taking this lying down. Let your voices be heard. Stand up for democracy and for what is right.

Because despite these dark days: It is not over yet.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WhitePeopleTwitter/comments/vpgpmu/the_christian_taliban/iek1mez/

[gigantes]

LeBron & Steph, boys you gotta step up..

This is Akron, OH, your home town.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/black-man-unarmed-ohio-officers-opened-fire-family/story?id=86149929

At least say something public, pls?

[GTR11]

If you a Socialist and want to see elections being discussed without corporate agenda

https://youtu.be/fL3U2b6RcLA

She's pretty good one

[gigantes]

If you a Socialist and want to see elections being discussed without corporate agenda

https://youtu.be/fL3U2b6RcLA

She's pretty good one

Hah. And in reality, the term "socialists" in the USA is 99% just hostile claptrap that they don't know and don't care about, slung around by right-wing extremists.

Unfortunately, the specific aim of right-wing extremists, building from around the dog-whistle days of the late 60's and Nixon, is to erode democracy such that bigots, bullies, the extreme-wealthy, and corporations are in charge.

We've been seeing this hugely ramping up the past few years, with average wages being heavily punished by the economy, with sh-t wages being offered everywhere, and people naturally passing those garbage offers, then corporations personified by complete dipshits like Elon Musk complaining about all people being lazy!!

Sadly, in the end, "modern democracy" is basically a bunch of maroons voting against their own rights and their own future. Meanwhile, as the worst excesses of global climate change rages ever more harshly.

Predictable idiots 101?

[GTR11]

https://youtu.be/EiAXKiTS6HA
One of my fave guys to listen.
Jacque Fresco is also very informative in his videos and how modern day oligarchy manipulates politicians and mass media.

[GTR11]

If you a Socialist and want to see elections being discussed without corporate agenda

https://youtu.be/fL3U2b6RcLA

She's pretty good one

Hah. And in reality, the term "socialists" in the USA is 99% just hostile claptrap that they don't know and don't care about, slung around by right-wing extremists.

Unfortunately, the specific aim of right-wing extremists, building from around the dog-whistle days of the late 60's and Nixon, is to erode democracy such that bigots, bullies, the extreme-wealthy, and corporations are in charge.

We've been seeing this hugely ramping up the past few years, with average wages being heavily punished by the economy, with sh-t wages being offered everywhere, and people naturally passing those garbage offers, then corporations personified by complete dipshits like Elon Musk complaining about all people being lazy!!

Sadly, in the end, "modern democracy" is basically a bunch of maroons voting against their own rights and their own future. Meanwhile, as the worst excesses of global climate change rages ever more harshly.

Predictable idiots 101?

Being Socialist... became taboo since 1945. People don't even want to be associated with it because of Hitler.

It's shame how people being misinformed what true meaning of the word is.

[gigantes]

Being Socialist... became taboo since 1945. People don't even want to be associated with it because of Hitler.

It's shame how people being misinformed what true meaning of the word is.

Okay, sorry-- but honestly?
How the F-CK did you come to misunderstand the entire situation so utterly disastrously?

[GTR11]

Being Socialist... became taboo since 1945. People don't even want to be associated with it because of Hitler.

It's shame how people being misinformed what true meaning of the word is.

Okay, sorry-- but honestly?
How the F-CK did you come to misunderstand the entire situation so utterly disastrously?

Have to look at the root of the problem. I didn't want to waist time.

[GTR11]

quote="ArksNetsSince99"]

Look for it in previous game thread , personal attack my a$$

Not going into debate with brain dead internet troll like yourself

Thought so. Pathetic you !!!

I can educate you on Uyghurs, Kazakhstan, Russian and South American history all day.

You can’t educate yourself teachers nephew , in the hindsight they had to be terrible teachers themselves, right?

You think you’re all that amazing and smart , yet all you’re is uneducated shmuck with huge ego fulfilling his frustrations on basketball forums

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Come see me in a different thread.

Pick subject you like.

Kazakhstan, Uigurs is where we stopped?

Give you some Chinese history along.

[GTR11]

I really exited for this one