@YetiMoose@FergusPotatoes@sporadica Turkey pronunciation is wrong. Hence turkiye.
Also who the fuck cares. Grow up. They forced nobody. They just registered their name. Or whatever the fuck
@Britneygeonaivy@RyTheGoat_@Jacobtheclipper oh. ok. i stand corrected. espn has this framed as a BC discussion. as a legacy OKC thunder fan, lol, i could care less for the Knicks, but my disdain is probably more so the NBA refs selectively nitpicking every iota end of game. im guessing exaggerated reaction to a reach-in?
@hasanthehun refs say backcourt vs Knicks other day lol which one is it lol & I know the definition & I dont think calchange is permissible @ anytime RE: Back court & reviewable ONLY when determining if commission of a foul was preceded by backcourt or not
@ityslive@hasanthehun funny, refs say backcourt vs Knicks other day lol which one is it lol & I know the definition & I dobt think call change is permissible @ anytime RE: Back court & reviewable ONLY when determining if commission of a foul was preceded by backcourt or not
@hasanthehun funny, refs say backcourt vs Knicks other day lol which one is it lol & I know the definition & I dobt think call change is permissible @ anytime RE: Back court & reviewable ONLY when determining if commission of a foul was preceded by backcourt or not
@CoachKyHunt@AlvaradoJose15 funny, refs say backcourt vs Knicks other day lol which one is it lol & I know the definition & I dobt think call change is permissible @ anytime RE: Back court & reviewable ONLY when determining if commission of a foul was preceded by backcourt or not
@FlexFromJersey funny, refs say backcourt vs Knicks other day lol which one is it lol & I know the definition & I dobt think call change is permissible @ anytime RE: Back court & reviewable ONLY when determining if commission of a foul was preceded by backcourt or not
At least senile Reagan knew when enough was enough
Trump to Netanyahu in call on Israel striking Lebanon: "You're fucking crazy" https://t.co/LSNpkMkAqb
The Ottoman train famously ambushed by Lawrence of Arabia during World War I on the Hejaz Railway still remains abandoned in the desert of Saudi Arabia today.
The Hejaz Railway was one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects ever undertaken by the Ottoman Empire. Constructed in the early 1900s, the railway was meant to link Damascus with Medina, making the pilgrimage journey to Islam’s holy cities faster, safer, and easier for the empire to control.
When World War I erupted, however, the railway became far more than a transportation route. It turned into a critical military lifeline, carrying Ottoman troops, weapons, supplies, and communications across the desert. That importance also made it one of the primary targets during the Arab Revolt.
Lawrence of Arabia worked alongside Arab forces to organize repeated attacks against the railway. Their strategy was not to destroy the entire system outright, but to constantly disrupt it. Blown tracks, sabotaged bridges, and derailed trains forced the Ottomans into a draining cycle of repairs, consuming time, manpower, and resources on the very line meant to hold the region together.
That is why the abandoned wreckage scattered across the desert still feels so haunting today. It is more than a rusting train left behind in the sand. It is a preserved fragment of a war fought through railways, deserts, collapsing empires, and rebellion.
The Hejaz Railway was originally intended to extend all the way to Mecca, but the outbreak of World War I halted construction before the line could move beyond Medina.