Posts by rowdytinker3

Look, this is just business as usual in the American sports world. It’s totally normal. I mean, Lebron James was pulling in $90 million straight out of high school just to sign with Nike. Nowadays, any decent prospect can walk away with insane amounts of cash from gear manufacturers. What are you even talking about? Mentioning Mercedes... 🤣 That's a massive expense for a company, for crying out loud. 🙏

It’s pretty obvious if you look closely.

#1: Jordan’s Mother Was a Key Negotiator
Exactly.

That whole Nike deal would've been dead in the water without Deloris Jordan giving the green light—which "Air" makes incredibly obvious. Even though the movie leaves it out, Michael Jordan actually thought about blowing off that Nike meeting in Oregon entirely, but his mom talked him into getting on the plane. In the flick, Michael stays pretty quiet when he shows up, basically letting his parents handle the heavy lifting. And that's accurate, per Vaccaro, who noted, "[Deloris ] was The One negotiating for Her son , for The kind of Life Michael was going to Live." Even though the Air Jordan offer was already unprecedented, Deloris Jordan pushed the envelope even further by demanding her son get a cut of the actual shoe sales. Nika agreed and Michael thankfully followed his parents’ advice.

wiredfalcon2 said:If Macron was actually handing over parts of Ukraine, how do you explain that Macron's France was the single biggest contributor in terms of cash and training for the Ukrainian military between 2014 (after the Crimea annexation) and the start of the full-scale war? Without that training and those resources, the Ukrainian military would have folded in three days. Also, how do you explain why Ukraine is so desperate to join this same EU, when its leading members are basically looking to let Russia take 20% of Ukrainian territory?

See, that's the thing—Index is a textbook Euroskeptic outlet (though mostly they just chase clicks). Just look at any of the columns by Vojković or the takes from Babić talking about how sluggish the EU is, the fossilized bureaucracy, how irrelevant European institutions have become (those MEPs who just sit around doing nothing while we pay for them), or stories about how Putin laughed at the EU and how failed the sanctions were. Index only likes the EU when they're busy arresting local politicians that the site is aligned with (like the GOP), or when they need to make the US look bad by saying "we're the worst in the EU," or mocking domestic conservatives because they don't fit the EU mold.

Like, have you ever actually seen an analysis on Index about which statistical data points the Russian Federation stopped releasing once the sanctions really started biting?
The RF stopped showing data on:
- foreign trade balances
- financial reports for major corporations
- capital inflows and outflows
- imports and exports of gas and petroleum products
- central bank data
- air transport data for goods and passengers
- credit exposure and loan data
and so on...

Never. Just like you've never seen reporting on Index regarding European policies, various infrastructure projects, or anything similar. That doesn't get clicks. Instead, you get some "analysis" of French elections written by a 22-year-old student who clearly hasn't a clue about the French political scene and has probably never even set foot in France.

Just because Index is against the "right wing" doesn't mean they aren't pumping out total bullshit regarding what's happening in the EU—which is exactly what matters here, specifically what's going on with the sanctions.

signed.
It blows my mind, for instance, how a news story from a few months ago about a Yale University study analyzing the impact of sanctions on the RF barely got ten sentences of coverage in the media. No actual breakdown of what was written, nothing. Luckily, the full analysis is available in a PDF for anyone who actually cares, and over a hundred pages long, it provides a solid empirical proof that sanctions aren't working the way people think, but will instead leave a mark on the RF that won't heal for decades.

And honestly, we should all be terrified about how these kids are being raised when you’ve got someone like Bill Gates acting as the spokesperson and you're out here cheering for a notorious criminal like that loser Smith. These kids are just going to grow up to be total idiots, just like their parents. 🤮

It’s honestly pathetic when you listen to some guy like unknown spout his nonsense and then actually start clapping for him. 🙏 🙏

Christian Foster38 said:Now, you just know The New York Times and BuzzFeed are going to start coming for their faces and their families next.

The judge's son smashed up a car while he was drunk five years ago, and her husband runs a company that somehow landed a massive contract in Small Town, USA without even a proper bidding process—it’s the same old story.

Exactly. Because everyone knows American judges are the literal definition of integrity. God forbid we call them corrupt thieves or bottom-feeders. We've got the "most honest" guy on the bench, followed by everyone else from Tony Hawk onwards. Pure cream of the crop.

This is basically the ranking of people who refuse to borrow books from the library because they have no clue where the book’s been, so they figure they might as well just toss it on their own bed. 🤣
Look, you're just going to contaminate your car seat after riding the subway. 🙏

I mean, something had to improve eventually. But I’m curious about this "improvement" everyone keeps talking about, because from where I'm sitting, all I see in New York City is pure chaos and a total mess. 🤷

Who's actually in charge of cleaning up carcasses on the street? There’s a dead cat in my neighborhood that’s been baking in the sun for three days now.

I really think we need to demand that Pepper answers the question of who actually started the war in America. Once he gives us that predictable, dishonest answer we all know is coming, he should be permabanned from this forum. He can go write his garbage on those extremist message boards instead. He’ll fit right in there, circling the drain with the Putin fanboys.

I honestly hope the EU cuts off all the funding to Mexico so they can just sit there and wait for Putin to come save their asses. I'm sure he's dying to hear more from Vučić. 🤣

Anthony Taylor3 said:No, Russia didn't promise NATO wouldn't expand east, Russia didn't station missiles in Poland or Romania, Russia didn't lie about Iraqi WMDs, and Russia didn't back the main factions in Syria.
And they certainly weren't the ones organizing coups in the American neighborhood or installing neo-Nazis to burn people out.
That was the West, and the West is the party you can't trust.
The West loved the Chechens when they were busy killing Russians and leveling buildings in Moscow; back then, streets were named after Dudayev and Zakayev was given asylum. Now, everyone is panicking at the mere mention of Chechens.
It's precisely because you aren't willing to face reality that this is happening in Ukraine.
The world understands that Russia remains a desirable partner because they control the grain, the fertilizer, and the energy—exactly what everyone needs.
Let's be real: you can live without fancy makeup, a new car, or designer clothes. Living without flour and electricity is a much harder sell.

Are you seriously one of those people who thinks Mexicans and Russians are brothers? 🤣

The USA team is an absolute disaster right now. 🙏 🙏

Morgan Morales4 said:I honestly find myself wanting to pull this German minister aside and ask him straight up: why are we buying from Qatar? It’s wild when you think about the legitimate suspicions regarding terror financing—why should the citizens of Germany have to foot the bill for terrorists? It feels like nobody there is actually brave enough to ask him those questions, or maybe they just aren't allowed to.

Honestly, I’d ask you how you can be so illiterate that you don't even realize the word "suspects" doesn't work the way you think it does in English?

I was looking at picking up this monitor:

I’m planning to hook my laptop up to it for work since I'm stuck using a 13-inch screen right now. Honestly, sitting there for long stretches is a total nightmare for my eyes.

Here’s the catch: my desk is pretty small, about 33 inches wide by 21 inches deep. I’m worried the monitor might be too massive for my setup because I'll probably be sitting only about 16 inches away from the screen. I really don't want to waste my money on something that ends up being way too big for my face. Anyone dealt with this before? Any advice? Should I pull the trigger?
A bigger desk won't fit in my room, so that's not an option.

Look, he isn't actually saying how he blew through it... 🙏 🙏 God, this country is a joke 🤣

When's the release date?

goldenhound32 said:Look, here’s my take. To me, Sofia Coppola is a total one-hit wonder. She has Lost in Translation, and honestly, nothing else she’s done even comes close to how beautiful that movie is. I gave The Rocks a five out of ten.

And if you want proof for my theory, she’s actually planning a remake of The Beguiled. 👎

She’s basically a complete flop of a director, someone the world would’ve forgotten ages ago if her last name wasn't "Coppola." 👎

I can't call her a total failure because Lost in Translation is a timeless film. But it’s also true that the rest of her work doesn't even come close to that one.

This movie was just fine for a boring afternoon. Honestly, Rami Malek is a total miscast; his performance felt completely unconvincing to me. Leto is great, though, and Denzel Washington just did his usual routine. The movie itself feels a bit messy, almost like the scenes were thrown together without any real sense of flow... I don't know. It’s not unwatchable, but I definitely expected more.

Honestly, the judge really went out there and absolutely dismantled that Pantera guy in real life, especially after they kept him from having a lawyer for a year and a half leading up to it. 🙏 🙏