John Magolan

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@donkilmer @dilanesper That's the question, though. Whether Thomas is "getting the job done" depends on what you think "the job" is.

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@ProfMJCleveland Group ties are broken using head-to-head results, not goal difference.

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@redheadranting Best, schmest. But-ee’s and Taco Bell are among our most *American* places.

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@MrRBourne @HayesDean7246 There *was* an obvious error. The linesman flagged the player who scored, but VAR decided he was not offside.

I think (not a VAR expert) the referee could still rule the player who was offside interfered with play, but that’s a judgement call.

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@MarktheRed21 @michaelbd IDK about neocons, and it's not in US interest, but the Israelis are fine with a failed state in Iran that can't fire missiles at Israel or support the 3-H Club (Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis).

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@DrJgps @GlorneC @EWErickson If Israel had a plan and Erdogan hated it, no doubt a key element was “arm the Kurds”. They could be a headache for the Iranian regime, but (like the US Army) the Kurds have no interest in attacking Tehran.

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@glennbeck This is probably the best agreement we could get. That said, it's a bad result, and Trump owns it.

Yes, he is taking heat from all sides, but that's because no side is getting what it wants.

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@ZogUte @Vipullhalde Short answer: yes.

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@USSpaceLawyer @SeanTrende Any deal with the Islamic Republic is going to be (roughly) the JCPOA. It’s how the relevant issues are structured.

That’s why ISR/USA took a shot at regime change. It’s the only way to change the situation. But the internal-to-Iran pieces weren’t in place for it to work.

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@njh287 Sport score site Flashscore displays the FIFA ratings for both teams when you click on game info for the match.

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@Hokieheye @ReubenR80027912 A rule of politics is “If you’re explaining, you’re losing”.

It’s even worse for Trump because he’s not a good explainer.

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@Coach_JayGruden Can I give them a year to build muscle and train basic skills?

Soccer players run several miles each match and carrying an extra 10 pounds of upper body weight is a disadvantage.

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@peterschweizer Option 3 isn't actually what we did.

POTUS chose option 4 - kill Iranian leadership and bomb a wide range of military targets (not just nuclear sites), hoping to achieve regime change by triggering internal chaos instead of invading.

(Spoiler alert: it didn't work.)

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@hegelpill @ArchivistPulp Disney was a great creator, but you have to expand the definition of "writer" beyond all reason to include him.

For screenwriters (movie/TV) we don't have THE ONE, but to start discussion:

Billy Wilder
William Goldman
Rod Serling

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@PeterLucier Many of the best American writers these days are writing screenplays (and sometimes directing) for movies and television.

The format is less than 100 years old, so it's still too early to know who will be THE American screenwriter (or could be somebody not born yet).

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@ManOGod850502 @joelpollak The "next team up" is in charge now. So far it's hard to tell if they are less devoted to the cause than the last team.

In the short run they can't do much for their proxies, but even a small slice of $300 billion can buy Hezbollah quite a few rockets.

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@ManOGod850502 @joelpollak If those were the goals, why was the Ayatollah a Day One target?

Epic Fury only makes sense if the strategic goal was regime change. I get it: rational leadership in Iran makes a LOT of problems go away. But it didn't happen, and bragging about sunken ships doesn't change that.

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@Michael73149527 @varadmehta This is who he is.

It was clear to many people that this is who he always was.

But anyone who said so was instantly accused of "Trump Derangement Syndrome".

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@TVatWork For individuals and good teams it doesn't matter: play better, make more money, win trophies.

The big difference is managing bad teams. US teams can take time to rebuild (including tanking for draft picks) and keep getting their shares of TV money. In Europe you're relegated.

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@ManOGod850502 @joelpollak I think your analysis means the threat was ended last summer when we hit Iran's nuclear facilities, with the condition that "if they repeat, we hit them again"?

If that's right, what was the point of Epic Fury?