Ottoman officials forcibly collected young boys from the empire’s Christian subjects as a form of taxation. They were then taken back to Istanbul, forcibly converted to Islam, and trained to be the sultan’s military slaves, the Janisseries.
Ottomans launched slaving raids into Slavic lands, taking 3-5.5 million Christians as slaves, and the Barbary Corsairs captured over 1 million Christians as slaves in Western and Southern Europe.
Weasel move to say that churches weren’t taxed when all Christians had to pay a heavy Jizya tax, and no new churches were allowed to be constructed, and Christians had no legal rights in courts against Muslims who wronged them.
I keep seeing the Matthew Stanford comment by Hasselbeck. Let’s get a couple pieces of information clear:
Stafford played 12 years in Detroit. He had a career losing record. The team had zero stability. Multiple head coaches, and an 0-16 season. Couple that with being owned by one of the richest families in the USA…
Burrow has a career winning record, 2 AFCC Games and a Super Bowl Appearance under the same HC in 6 Season.
This is not the same scenario.
Navy DT Landon Robinson, who grew up in Ohio, would be honored just to play in the NFL, but…
“My dad always watched the Bengals. He was a big Bengals fan. So it’d be really cool to play for them.”
some thoughts on Lawrence to Cincy...
<buckle up>
Dexter Lawrence is a 28-year old stud
he spent most of his career playing vs elite interior OLs of the Eagles & Cowboys
he's been double-teamed at the highest rate in the NFL
he's now playing in the AFC North
Ravens lost their C
Steelers might start a 42-yr old QB
Browns have Deshaun or Shedeur
Lawrence should FEAST
the Giants were TERRIBLE when he wasn't on the field
last year, even in a "down" year for Lawrence:
Giants defense with...
Dexter Lawrence OFF the field:
#32 YPA (8.4)
#31 sack rate (4.1%)
#27 EPA/pass (+0.13)
#26 pass success (47%)
#23 pressure rate (32%)
Dexter Lawrence ON the field:
#7 pass success (40%)
#8 YPA (6.6)
#9 sack rate (7.7%)
#10 EPA/pass (+0.09)
#22 pressure rate (33%)
that was a "down" year for Dexter
the team was top-10 vs the pass when he was out there
bottom-10 when he wasn't
want a larger sample?
last 3 years:
Dexter Lawrence OFF the field:
#32 YPA (7.7)
#31 pressure rate (29%)
#31 pass success (48%)
#30 EPA/pass (+0.14)
#30 sack rate (5.5%)
Dexter Lawrence ON the field:
#8 pass success (42%)
#8 sack rate (7.4%)
#10 EPA/pass (+0.02)
#13 YPA (7.0)
#15 pressure rate (36%)
and again, the context is VITAL:
he was obviously the #1 best player on the Giants defense
every team knew it
they double teamed him at the #1 highest rate and he STILL made this big of a difference
and that was despite playing some of the NFL's top offensive lines in the NFC East as it relates tot he Eagles and Cowboys for YEARS
oh, and then there's this pretty ridiculous nugget:
“It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers−out of unorthodoxy.”
— George Orwell
Capitalists blame socialists/communists for the dead they are directly responsible for. Like causing intentional famines.
Communists/socialists blame capitalism for all the people it didn’t save. Like people dieing from cancer who couldn’t get cutting edge world class treatment.
It’s like comparing an arsonist to a bystander that didn’t run into the burning building to save people. Both are bad, one is objectively evil.
@EricLDaugh Its amazing this retarded bitch and the council of Karen's behind her ever got elected in the first place
They live in gated communities shielded from the consequences of their narcissistic "empathy"
All while they condemn their own citizens to live in a pvp server
Shortly after J6 @AOC told a story on Instagram where she said there was a banging on her door and she thought the rioters had made it to her office
Conservatives slammed her as her office is not in the Capitol. However Liberals pointed out there are tunnels that connect them.
The only problem? AOC's story took place an hour or so before the Capitol was actually breached
We joked that she must have had foreknowledge the riots were going to happen.
Maybe it wasn't a joke
I’m very glad President Trump is pursuing the death penalty for the attacker. (I would personally suggest bringing back public hangings)
We also HAVE to ensure we go after the soft on crime, liberal DA’s who are responsible for letting animals like this back on the streets.
Anyone surprised at what happened to Charlie Kirk hasn't been paying attention
Go anywhere, reddit, Twitter, ect, and you'll find thousands of unhinged direct calls to violence over politics
Until it's addressed for what it is, things like this will continue to happen
@krassenstein@FBI@FBIDirectorKash@X You thought you were cute with the 8647 tshirts and other coded calls for violence
Now it's happening to you
It's not going to stop, now it's only going to get worse, and no one should have any sympathy for you.
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