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  1. Marcus Aurelius

    How do you view the NFL and it's support of blm?

    Pandering to the NFLPA. Inadvertently putting itself into a conversion it should stay out of completely.
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    The era of China’s global dominance is over

    Solid time for Bill Gates to buy back all the Chinese owned landed in America. Buy low, Bill!
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    Rings of Power

    This show has no business being associated with JRR Tolkien. On moral grounds, it pushes shallow, immature modernist philosophy and ideas of power and society, a complete affront to his Catholic faith.
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    Titans Getting New $2b Domed Stadium

    A lot of these owners also own MLS teams. We’re seeing a long term vision of a convergence of uses at these stadiums. 50-55k will be the sweet spot.
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    League Play

    Small clubs like Brentford holding their own against clubs like Chelsea ceaselessly amuses me. We have nothing like it in pro sports here.
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    Great News for a Mars Colony!

    James Webb vs. The Big Bang seems to be the hot topic this week. As some may have predicted, the new telescope is failing to verify the big bang, against the wishes of most astronomers. Instead, it's more or less dissolving the hypothesis as we know it. The age of the universe is still...
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    2023 Pittsburgh Steelers

    Obviously so. It would be a shock to see them go with the QB who gives them the secondmost chance to win. However, I think Rudolph will have to claw his way into the starting position. The team would likely prefer their new FA or first round pick come out on top.
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    Great News for a Mars Colony!

    I believe overcoming low gravity is humanity's greatest challenge in space exploration. The effects on the body during long periods are serious. There will be no shortage of useful native materials or water, and we can ship organic matter as needed.
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    Pittsburgh Pirates Thread

    After years of absolute horror against the Brewers, I'll take it. I'm optimistic they can be a near .500 team next season with just a few added pieces. Rotation: Brubaker, Contrares, Keller, Thompson, Mike Burrows Is this rotation terrible? No. Is it anything more than decent? No. Could...
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    2023 Pittsburgh Steelers

    Word is Trubisky is shyting down his draws. Mason could have first team reps soon. That's the bad news. The good news: Pickett has picked up his game since the pads have come out and has had some second team reps.
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    The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power

    Maui is as real as Gandalf. I believe you understand this but refuse to budge on your stance out of pure spite. Telling people they don't understand the meaning of words when they clearly do is a poor debate tactic. It makes you look foolish. In the future, debate the topic. There is no such...
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    USC, UCLA looking to leave Pac-12 for Big Ten in 2024, though deal not yet finalized

    The Big Ten will likely get their pick of the PAC 12 and then work on a two-fold strategy of gaining a Southern presence and hemming in the SEC via an ACC raid. In the end, the Big Ten will absorb the SEC and the North will win again.
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    The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power

    You're contradicting yourself because you are a racist. Maui is not real. He's a creation for a fictional universe, an Earth similar to ours but full of magic. Sound familiar? His race matters because he's Polynesian, not White. That is clear. Elves and Dwarves races don't matter because they...
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    League Play

    The Crew turned a corner on this season with the Cucho acquisition. What a young player. We should see movement up the table and a solidified playoff spot in the next 6-7 weeks.They have a great deal of momentum heading into a home heavy part of the schedule.
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    The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power

    Complete nonsense. You will not hide behind the "its fiction so we can do whatever we want" cop out. Explain why you are obviously bothered by a white Maui but not black Elves and Dwarves. (You don't really need to. We can all answer that for you. Its rhetorical.) You (and others, apparently)...
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    The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power

    You're fine with breaking these sorts of rules so long as it's white people's stories being changed and white people being replaced in the media. Why don't you explain your thought process?
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    The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power

    They're intentinally breaking continuity harshly and explicitly in order to make the universe "look like real life." The Tolkien universe was created to be a mythological age for Northwestern Europe. What is the Rings of Power doing to honor that and keep in that tradition? Absolutely nothing...
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    The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power

    Making changes are necessary when changing mediums. I don't believe that's been disputed. The nature of the changes are what matter. Tolkien fans are not enjoying the changes to the story universe and are letting people hear it. Mario Puzo was on the writing team for the Godfather. He may have...
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    The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power

    One would assume that buying the rights to a story gives the right to adapt said story as written, and changes made should be necessary to convert to a new medium. This does not apply to Rings of Power. It is not an adaptation. It is an addition to Tolkien's universe based on fragments of the...
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