This is so fucked up. I feel really bad for Palace and their supporters. Pure bullshit.

Hmm, Norgaard and his wife just had a kid. I wonder if that’s why it took a little longer than expected for him to have his medical.

Good read, thanks for sharing. This makes me feel a little better about the possibility (or at this point probability?) of us signing him. Hopefully Arteta and his coaching staff can help refine Madueke’s abilities.

Sounds like the Madueke deal is basically done now. 🙃

Hopefully my concerns about him are completely unfounded and he is a fantastic addition to the team.

I’m not seeing it.

It took about 11 years for us to be assigned our new owner, err cat.

Nice! This one came out of nowhere (at least for me).

They don’t need to. There’s always a core of alt-right loud mouths in every parish who try to force their political opinions down everyone else’s throats.

Sometimes it’s the parish priest and their hard-right lackeys. Sometimes it’s leaders in the Knights of Columbus council for the parish. Sometimes it’s just regular church-goers. But there always seems to be a little group of them regardless.

Most parishioners just nod and smile and then disregard those guys. But my point is that even when the church officially forbids political endorsements in a higher level, others do it on a local level.

Yeah, I know what you mean.

I’m seeing lots of chatter now about how we haven’t spoken to them in a couple of days now, and the deal is about to collapse. Though none of the sources are very reliable.

Personally, I think we probably have gone radio silent with them for a day or two, but only as a negotiation tactic. It’s all part of the posturing dance. Their director has been puffing his chest out and talking shit recently. I think this is Berta’s way of saying “Oh yeah? Well we have clout too. And it’s time you realized it. Stop fucking about and come meet in the middle.”

Yeah, that pivot they are attempting is wild. They are trying to cozy up to all the evangelicals and think they can pull some Jeff mind truck to make them forget all the crazy shit they taught from bygone years.

Do they really think the other churches will forget about the golden tablets, Adam-God, moon quakers, sun people, ‘elders’ becoming gods of their own planet/Galaxy/universe, rocks in hats, weird salamanders, etc etc. Because they won’t. (I didn’t mention polygamy or the underage girl hoarding because I’m pretty sure that’s an objective quite a few evangelical leaders hope to achieve eventually.)

The other churches are at best using them in the short term and will ditch them as soon as the LDS Church serves no further purpose. But the church leaders are so high on their own farts that they can comprehend that fact.

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I’ve heard it coming from hardcore Mormons, which I found hilariously ironic - seeing as how pretty much every other Christian Church/denomination doesn’t see them as Christians.

Yeah, it really is shaping up to be a very good window for us.

Eze is one of the ones I’m most excited about. Apart from the fact his style and versatility fits us so well, there’s also the sentimental story with him. He gets to come back to the club he loves but had to leave as a kid. This time as a star. Really hoping his transfer goes through!

Also hoping the Mosquera deal comes back to life.

I really don’t see Rodrygo happening. I heard yesterday that he wants to go to Miami. And they are preparing a bid for him.

I feel bad for all the sane, reasonable people in Texas. I know they are in the minority. But they are getting dragged down this black hole of misery and stupidity too. And through no fault of their own. It’s got to suck to see your vote for common sense and open-mindedness count for nothing year after year.

Texas, you really need to stop electing greedy, sociopathic assholes to public office. I know it’s difficult due to corruption, gerrymandering, and the unflinching stupidity of a small majority of the electorate. But this should be (yet another) wake-up call.

Protestants: “Ahh but that was Catholicism. And Catholicism isn’t Christian.”

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That’s a good point. And to add to it, I’ve tried using Briar as an emergency option if there’s no Internet. And there seems to be a massive flaw in that scenario: you need the Internet to authenticate yourself on the app. So if there’s no Internet it’s useless. I just tried switching off WiFi and 5G on my phone and yup, can’t log in, so can’t use it.

I don’t have any empirical evidence for you on this topic, but in my opinion yes, I think some people are - especially with oral language adaptation. And I think I’m one of them too.

I’ve tried learning French on and off for most of my life. Did it in school for several years, got a French tutor who helped me scrape by with a C in it, spent a few years with it on Duo Lingo (I know I know, that so is far from perfect), spent time watching French news. And after all that I’d say my French language skills aren’t even closer to a conversational level. I especially struggle with the oral side of the language, even though multiple teachers have told me I have a good jack for pronunciation.

I haven’t lived there, so maybe that would push my over the edge? But I don’t know. I think I’m in the same boat as you.

The language your are learning also factors in. I’ve also tried learning Spanish and have found that easier. Meanwhile, I tried learning Mandarin and was completely lost. And English is often described as being ready to learn at as basic level but difficult to master. It’s such a relatively unstructured language with so many weird exceptions.

But with all that said, don’t give up! It might just take longer for the oral part to lock in. And your written English is excellent.

The interesting thing for me is that Grok was originally pretty ‘woke’ itself. Then Musk lobotomized it and turned it into a Nazi.

100% agree about boycotting everything that toxic nepo-baby asshole touches. Tesla, Twitter, Space X, whatever.