Tower of Pope Paul III, Rome. Demolished in 1886 to make space for the Victor Emmanuel II Monument.
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TIL There is a religion in Vietnam called Caodaism. Its followers believe in a single god who sent many prophets. Some of these prophets include Buddha, Confucius, Jesus Christ, Muḥammad, Pericles, Julius Caesar, Joan of Arc, Victor Hugo, and Sun Yat-sen. It even has a Holy See and Pope figure! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cao…
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Pope Awards Golden Rose to Columbian Priest Victor Zoido

>"Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God."

In a declaration in December of 2021, Pope Francis has seen fit to award Victor Zoido the Golden Rose, an award given by the Papacy as recognition of valor and gallantry. The Pope reportedly felt moved to give such an award, after a report came in of Zoido undertaking a truly Christian move, of turning his personal property and his own church into hospitals and centers of relief. The Pope will also be taking a personal Columbia to visit the " Asociación para la Renovación Espiritual de Colombia a través del poder de Cristo" later this week in order to commend them also.

The Pope issued this decree on a Saturday saying:

>Acts of mercy like this must be recognized, for it is apathy, and the lack of will to help fight this awful pandemic, that not only bring us farther away from God, but farther away from mercy, and an end to the suffering and the eradication of sin. It is for this reason, that I recognize such a gallant act. We must award those who fight and give up parts of themselves in this great struggle.

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can someone find the vine that goes “i can’t believe my wife is missing-out on this search party pass the bacardi boy i’m too turnt” i think it’s by victor pope jr but i can’t find it anywhere
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TIL that St. Victor I, the first bishop and pope of Rome, was Libyan en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop…
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Victor III. 1086-87. A reluctant Pope, he refused to accept the Papacy when it was forced on him by the cardinals, even running away several times. This included spending the first year of his rule in hiding. He also had poor health and died a few months after finally taking the throne. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop…
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Pope Victor Victor the first, last, and only.
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RIP Pope Victor II
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TIL virtually every city in Italy has a street named Via XX Settembre, commemorating King Victor Emmanuel II's defeat of... the Pope en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap…
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Tonight at sunset starts the festival of unleavened bread. Here is Polycrates letter to Pope Victor showing that this is what the early/original Christians observed

This in my view is one of the most powerful pieces of history for people wanting to follow apostolic teachings.

>We observe the exact day; neither adding, nor taking away. For in Asia also great lights have fallen asleep, which shall rise again on the day of the Lord's coming, when he shall come with glory from heaven, and shall seek out all the saints. Among these are Philip, one of the twelve apostles, who fell asleep in Hierapolis; and his two aged virgin daughters, and another daughter, who lived in the Holy Spirit and now rests at Ephesus; and, moreover, John, who was both a witness and a teacher, who reclined upon the bosom of the Lord, and, being a priest, wore the sacerdotal plate. He fell asleep at Ephesus. And Polycarp in Smyrna, who was a bishop and martyr; and Thraseas, bishop and martyr from Eumenia, who fell asleep in Smyrna. Why need I mention the bishop and martyr Sagaris who fell asleep in Laodicea, or the blessed Papirius, or Melito, the Eunuch who lived altogether in the Holy Spirit, and who lies in Sardis, awaiting the episcopate from heaven, when he shall rise from the dead? All these observed the fourteenth day of the passover according to the Gospel, deviating in no respect, but following the rule of faith. And I also, Polycrates, the least of you all, do according to the tradition of my relatives, some of whom I have closely followed. For seven of my relatives were bishops; and I am the eighth. And my relatives always observed the day when the people put away the leaven. I, therefore, brethren, who have lived sixty-five years in the Lord, and have met with the brethren throughout the world, and have gone through every Holy Scripture, am not affrighted by terrifying words. For those greater than I have said ' We ought to obey God rather than man' ...I could mention the bishops who were present, whom I summoned at your desire; whose names, should I write them, would constitute a great multitude. And they, beholding my littleness, gave their consent to the letter, knowing that I did not bear my gray hairs in vain, but had always governed my life by the Lord Jesus.

(Eusebius. Church History, Book V, Chapter 24. Translated by Arthur Cushman McGiffert. Excerpted from Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series Two, Volume 1. Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. American Edition, 1890. Online Edition Copyright © 2004 by K. Knight).

Everyone recognizes that Polycrates was a true saint, that is not something that is debated.

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Is it possible that pope Victor the first was black?
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TIL that there have already been three popes, that were actually born in Africa (Gelasius I, Miltiades, Victor I) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat…
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Pope Victor IV Says Waddup to Death

>Result: Boost to French plots against the Dutch

>Failure: Turns out you aren't as inspiring as you thought you were.

Pope Victor IV stumbled out of his sedan onto a hill with a great view of the French host in the grassy fields below. He'd heard about Protestants rising up in Amsterdam- it was his duty to stoke the fire within the French troops so that they would visit sweet justice upon the heretics. "My beloved children!" cried Pope Victor IV, "children of god, all of you!" A few nearby Frenchmen turned to listen, but 99% of them did not hear the 90-year old's voice, so broken it was from yelling at heretics over the last few decades. "God bless thy purest hearts!" he wheezed. Unfortunately, the Pope did not know French, and spending most of his life speaking Latin with an incredibly thick accent did not help either. Pope Victor IV hacked up a few more blessings and waved a baguette around, then was escorted to his sedan after falling asleep on the grass.

The Pope enjoyed a nice vacation in southern France before returning home to execute caesar and excommunicate Ignus.

Pope Victor IV passed away peacefully in his sleep.

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living with bipolar disorder- victor pope jr youtube.com/watch?v=3U-L-…
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Merchant Patrician-Pope Victor II imgur.com/a/lOydw
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Victor Pope Jr's arm imgur.com/6n1TlMo
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While doing a bit of research on past Popes, I googled Pope Victor I, who is believed to be the first black Pope. His "official" google portrait is quite a standout.
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[OC] I rebuilt the Seattle Supersonics - The Expansion Extravaganza

There have been rumors of a possible expansion, so let’s imagine it does happen, but the NBA decides to only add one new team to the league (sorry Vegas), bringing back the beloved Seattle Supersonics. The Sonics are back babbyyyyyyyy!

Now the Sonics need to build their team from ground up, starting with the expansion draft, and following it with signing players in the off-season.

Here are some simplified terms of the expansion draft:

  1. All 30 NBA teams will have the right to protect 8 players on their roster. Anyone on the current roster is protectable, including restricted free agents. If a restricted free agent is left unprotected by his former team, he is available for selection by the Supersonics, who would then hold his Bird Rights for the up-coming off-season. Teams will typically have 4-7 players unprotected. Unrestricted free agents can neither be protected from nor selected in the expansion draft -- they are essentially ignored.
    Players who are likely to be left unprotected by their former teams include aging, overpaid veterans, unproven bench players, players who do not fit in financially with their team, or who disrupt team chemistry.
  2. The Sonics may only select 1 player per team.
  3. The Sonics must work within 2/3 of the normal rules of the NBA salary cap, so there will be salary-related restrictions which apply to the team's selections. The team’s salary cap for the 2022-2023 season will only be 2/3 of the league cap (112.414 million), meaning 74.93 million. The minimum team salary is also 2/3 of the leagues' minimum team salary (101.173 million), meaning 67.449 million.
    The expansion draft occurs after the conclusion of the 2022 NBA Finals, but prior to the 2022 NBA Draft. The Sonics do not participate in the lottery, but automatically get the 5th and the 35th pick of the draft.
  4. There are no restrictions on player positions during the draft.
  5. The Sonics must select at least 14 players.
  6. Here is a list of the players that each NBA team are, in my opinion, likely to protect, and a list of those who may be left unprotected (not all players are listed, but most of them, and all that have any chance of being drafted by an expansion team):

Atlanta Hawks:

Protected:

  1. Trae Young
  2. John Collins
  3. Clint Capela
  4. Kevin Huerter
  5. De’Andre Hunter
  6. Onyeka Okongwu
  7. Bogdan Bogdanovic
  8. Cam Reddish

Unprotected (Salary this year, Years left on the contract)

  1. Jalen Johnson (2.6 million, 3 years)
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[Game Thread] Washington Wizards (17-16) at Miami Heat (21-13) - 7:30PM EST [NBATV]

WHERE: FTX Arena

WHEN: 7:30 p.m.

TV: NBC Sports Washington & NBATV

RADIO: The Team 980 & Wizards App

The Wizards take on the Heat on Tuesday in Miami at 7:30 p.m. After two-straight road wins over Utah and New York, Washington is coming off a Sunday-night loss to Philadelphia. Miami enters as one of the hottest teams in the NBA, winning four of five and seven of its last 10.

#####PROBABLE STARTERS

WIZARDS HEAT

G Spencer Dinwiddie Gabe Vincent

G Corey Kispert Max Strus

F Deni Avdija Jimmy Butler

F Kyle Kuzma Duncan Robinson

C Daniel Gafford Omer Yurtseven

#####INJURY REPORT

WIZARDS: Bradley Beal (health and safety protocols – questionable) Thomas Bryant (health and safety protocols – out) Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (health and safety protocols – out) Anthony Gill (health and safety protocols – out) Rui Hachimura (health and safety protocols – out) Montrezl Harrell (health and safety protocols – out) Aaron Holiday (health and safety protocols – out) Raul Neto (health and safety protocols – out)

HEAT : Bam Adebayo (right thumb UCL reconstruction – out) Dewayne Dedmon (left knee sprain – out) Udonis Haslem (health and safety protocols – out) Kyle Lowry (health and safety protocols – out) Markeiff Morris (neck – out) Victor Oladipo (right knee injury recovery – out) P.J. Tucker (left lower leg nerve inflammation)

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PL Watch Thread-Saturday-Game week 11

Hello everyone!

Today’s PL matches watch thread.

Man United vs Man City - 0-2 FT

Man United

David de Gea, Eric Bailly, Harry Maguire, Victor Lindelöf, Fred, Bruno Fernandes, Scott McTominay, Luke Shaw, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Mason Greenwood.

Subs: Diogo Dalot, Marcus Rashford, Alex Telles, Anthony Martial, Nemanja Matic, Jesse Lingard, Donny van de Beek, Jadon Sancho, Dean Henderson.

Man City

Ederson, Rúben Dias, John Stones, João Cancelo, Kyle Walker, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Ilkay Gündogan, Kevin De Bruyne, Phil Foden, Gabriel Jesus.

Subs: Scott Carson, Fernandinho, Zack Steffen, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Raheem Sterling, Riyad Mahrez, Cole Palmer, Nathan Aké, Jack Grealish.

Match Updates :

7’- Bailly scored an own goal to open Man City’s scoring

45’- Silva doubles Man City’s lead

88’- Man City penalty shout against Man United


Chelsea vs Burnley - 1-1 FT

Chelsea

Édouard Mendy, Thiago Silva, Antonio Rüdiger, Andreas Christensen, Jorginho, N'Golo Kanté, Ben Chilwell, Reece James, Kai Havertz, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Ross Barkley.

Subs: Trevoh Chalobah, Hakim Ziyech, Malang Sarr, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Mason Mount, Saúl Ñíguez, Christian Pulisic, Kepa Arrizabalaga, César Azpilicueta.

Burnley

Nick Pope, Ben Mee, James Tarkowski, Charlie Taylor, Matthew Lowton, Josh Brownhill, Ashley Westwood, Dwight McNeil, Johann Gudmundsson, Chris Wood, Maxwel Cornet.

Subs: Wayne Hennessey, Nathan Collins, Ashley Barnes, Jack Cork, Jay Rodriguez, Matej Vydra, Erik Pieters, Connor Roberts, Kevin Long.

Match Updates :

33’- Havertz opens the scoring for Chelsea

79’- Vydra equalises for Burnley


Palace vs Wolves - 2-0 FT

Palace

Vicente Guaita, Marc Guehi, Joachim Andersen, Tyrick Mitchell, Joel Ward, Cheikhou Kouyaté, James McArthur, Conor Gallagher, Christian Benteke, Odsonne Édouard, Wilfried Zaha.

Subs: Jack Butland, Nathaniel Clyne, Jairo Riedewald, Luka Milivojevic, James Tomkins, Jordan Ayew, Martin Kelly, Jeff Schlupp, Michael Olise.

Wolves

José Sá, Conor Coady, Romain Saïss, Max Kilman, João Moutinho, Rúben Neves, Rayan Aït-Nouri, Nélson Semedo, Raúl Jiménez, Hwang Hee-Chan, Francisco Trincão.

Subs: Adama Traoré, Louie Moulden, Ki-Jana Hoever, Willy Boly, John Ruddy, Fábio Silva, Luke Cundle, Daniel Podence, Leander Dendon

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Starting keepers in Europe's Top 6 Leagues ranked by save percentage (21/22 league stats)

21/22 League stats only - Source: SofaScore (data provided by Optastats)

Only the keepers who have the majority of minutes for their team are included

Save percentage = the percentage of shots on target that a keeper saves

  1. A. Adán (Sporting) - 85.7%
  2. José Sá (Wolves) - 80.3%
  3. Flekken (Freiburg) - 79.5%
  4. Ramsdale (Arsenal) - 79.1%
  5. E. Mendy (Chelsea) - 78.9%
  6. Bono (Sevilla) - 78.3%
  7. Figueira (Estoril) - 78%
  8. Handanović (Inter) - 77.9%
  9. K. Navas (PSG) - 77.8%
  10. Omlin (Montpellier) - 77.6%
  11. Unai Simón (Athletic) - 77.1%
  12. Diogo Costa (Porto) - 76.5%
  13. Ospina (Napoli) - 76.4%
  14. Pau López (Marseille) - 76.2%
  15. Samuel (Portimonense) - 75.5%
  16. Courtois (Madrid) - 75.4%
  17. Diego López (Espanyol) + L. Felipe (BSAD) - 75%
  18. Luís Maximiano (Granada) - 74.7%
  19. Dimitrievski (Rayo) - 74.6%
  20. Benítez (Nice) - 74.6%
  21. Maignan (Milan) - 74.5%
  22. Varela (Vitória SC) - 74.4%
  23. Kewin (Moreirense) - 74.3%
  24. A. Ferreira (Paços) - 73.6%
  25. Ederson (Manchester City) - 73.5%
  26. Vlachodimos (Benfica) - 73.3%
  27. Riemann (Bochum) - 73%
  28. A. Lopes (Lyon) - 72.8%
  29. R. Sánchez (Brighton) - 72.7%
  30. Sczcęsny (Juventus) - 72.3%
  31. Rui Silva (Betis) + Kiko Casilla (Elche) - 72.2%
  32. Ortega (Bielefeld) - 72.2%
  33. Fabiański (West Ham) - 72%
  34. Provedel (Spezia) - 71.8%
  35. Sergio Romero (Venezia) + Dituro (Celta) - 72.4%
  36. D. Raya (Brentford) - 71%
  37. Lafont (Nantes) - 70.9%
  38. Rui Patrício (Roma) - 70.8%
  39. Ivo Grbić (Lille) - 70.8%
  40. Trapp (Frankfurt) - 70.7%
  41. Alisson (Liverpool) - 70.6%
  42. Hrádecký (Leverkusen) - 70.2%
  43. P. Trigueira (Tondela) - 70%
  44. Lloris (Tottenham) - 69.8%
  45. Frelih (Gil Vicente) - 69.8%
  46. Zentner (Mainz 05) - 69.6%
  47. Matheus (Braga) - 69.6%
  48. G. Rulli (Villarreal) - 69.2%
  49. E. Martínez (Aston Villa) - 69%
  50. Gulácsi (Leipzig) - 68.9%
  51. De Gea (Manchester United) - 68.8%
  52. Álex Remiro (La Real) + Bracali (Boavista)* - 68.8%
  53. Pope (Burnley) - 68.7%
  54. Neuer (Bayern) + Gomis (Rennes) - 68.6%
  55. Skorupski (Bologna) - 68.4%
  56. Gallon (Troyes) - 68.2%
  57. Guaita (Crystal Palace) - 68.1%
  58. Baumann (Hoffenheim) - 68.1%
  59. Vicario (Empoli) - 67.9%
  60. S. Herrera (Osasuna) - 67.7%
  61. Florian Müller (Stuttgart) - 67.6%
  62. Schmeichel (Leicester) - 67.5%
  63. Milinković-Savić (Torino) - 67.2%
  64. Rajković (Reims) - 67.2%
  65. Kobel (BVB) + Cillessen (Valencia) + David Soria (Getafe) - 66.7%
  66. Kawashima (Strasbourg) - 66.3%
  67. Pickford (Everton) - 66.2%
  68. Luthe (Union Be
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Rivals Update/Early Signing Period Primer

It's that time of the year again: recruiting culminates in the early signing period, where the majority of the 2022 class will sign and/or commit. Rivals just updated their rankings as well, meaning all of the prospects will have brand new composite ratings.

As has been discussed prior, On3's creation of their own composite has complicated individual recruiting rankings to an extent. That being said, I've decided to provide everyone with multiple data points for comparison, as well as explanations:

247 Composite - takes the 4 recruiting services (247, Rivals, On3, ESPN), with 247 weighted higher, to create a composite and re-ranks

On3 Composite - takes the 4 recruiting services, all weighted equal, to create a composite and re-ranks

Raw Non-ESPN (NESPN): my own creation: average of just 247/Rivals/On3, without a re-rank

Composite^(2) - the 3 numbers above, averaged without a re-rank

Signees (All expected to sign on Wednesday)

Name 3 Composite Scores Composite^(2)
1. QB Ty Simpson 247: #24 - On3: #28 - NESPN: #33 5* (#28)
2. RB Emmanuel Henderson 247: #30 - On3: #32 - NESPN: #61 4* (#41)
3. RB Jamarion Miller 247: #97 - On3: #90 - NESPN: #93 4* (#93)
4. WR Aaron Anderson 247: #96 - On3: #73 - NESPN: #102 4* (#90)
5. WR Kobe Prentice 247: #147 - On3: #107 - NESPN: #68 4* (#107)
6. WR Isaiah Bond 247: #86 - On3: #116 - NESPN: #129 4* (#110)
7. TE Jaleel Skinner 247: #98 - On3: #66 - NESPN: #70 4* (#77)
8. TE Amari Niblack 247: #173 - On3: #115 - NESPN: #110 4* (#132)
9. TE Elijah Brown 247: #300- On3: #242 - NESPN: #245 4* (#262)
10. OL Elijah Pritchett 247: #54 - On3: #49 - NESPN: #41 4* (#48)
11. OL Tyler Booker 247: #51 - On3: #37 - NESPN: #73 4* (#53)
12. OL Dayne Shor 247: #386 - On3: #358 - NESPN: #350 3* (#364)
13. DL Jahiem Oatis 247: #60 - On3: #78 - NESPN: #94 4* (#77)
14. DL Isaiah Hastings 247: #266 - On3: #150- NESPN: #191 4* (#202)
15. OLB Jeremiah Alexander 247: #8 - On3: #9 - NESPN: #18 5* (#11)
16. ILB Shawn Murphy 247: #57 - On3: #51 - NESPN: #89 4* (#65)
17. DB Trequon Fegans 247: #104 - On3: #157 - NESPN: #162 4* (#141)
18. S Antonio Kite 247: #154 - On3: #156 - NESPN: #167 4* (#159)
19. S Jake Pope 247: #396 - On3: #307 - NESPN: #331 4* (#344)

Note: 4* TE Jaleel Skinner did OV at Miami this weekend the expectation is still that he signs with Alabama on Friday - one to watch.

Commits (Not expected to Sign)

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SERIOUS: This subreddit needs to understand what a "dad joke" really means.

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

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A random, and rather drunk expression of love for the beautiful versatility of Battletech's setting

tl;dr: recently, I realised how amazing it is that Battletech can encompass such a wide variety of themes and tastes within its expansive universe, and it was none other than His Holiness, Pope Leo XXI that helped me with this.

I adore the fact that Battletech can truly be all things to all men.

For people like me, who loved 40K for its Grimdark setting, Battletech delivers in spades - the Succession Wars era is a bleak, dystopian shithole of pointless wars waged by men using ancient relics they cannot replace and barely understand. It is an era where wars are waged over spare parts, and where every battle ultimately serves only to slide all of Mankind further into darkness, for every 'Mech destroyed is another piece of the past consigned to oblivion, never to be replaced.

But from the 4th Succession War onwards, Battletech begins to move forward, and the Clan Invasion is a wondrous setting because it gives us one of the oldest, and most succulent of mismatched conflicts; the advanced elites versus the barbarian horde. I frakking love the Clan Invasion! I love playing as the Clans, outnumbered two to one and still curb-stomping the Inner Sphere regardless. I love playing as the Inner Sphere, zerg-rushing Clan 'Mechs and dragging them down through sheer weight of numbers or desperation gambits. I also have to say that I am utterly fascinated by the Clans, even though I always side with the Sphere when given the choice. I think this dysphoria is the hallmark of a great setting - Irarely experience this kind of factional divide in other universes, where I can easily and emphatically stamp my loyalty with one faction above all others.

Despite not really knowing a lot about it, I'm intrigued by the Jihad and the Dark Age. The idea of Clans and Spheroids intermixing is fascinating to me, and seeing the emergence of 'mixed tech' BattleMechs is something special in my mind. Most settings keep a hard division between factions; 40K's Imperium would never use Tau or Eldar tech, and vice versa; nor do the Rebellion in Star Wars use Empire tech for the most part. But Battletech breaks this rule, with every successive era closing the gap between Clan and Sphere technology, so much so that I honestly believe they will eventually be one and the same.

This brings me to ilClan. I am currently re-reading Hour of the Wolf, and I find myself longing for more novels in this era. I think a second reading helped me truly realise what it is about this era that intrigued me th

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NWA - Hard Times 2 Live Discussion Thread

Card:

  1. NWA World Heavyweight Championship: Trevor Murdoch (c) vs. Mike Knox
  2. NWA World Women's Championship: Kamille (c) vs. Melina
  3. NWA World Television Championship - No DQ Match: Tyrus (c) (w/Austin Idol) vs. Cyon [Special Guest Referee: The Pope]
  4. Grudge Match: Nick Aldis vs. Thom Latimer [No seconds are allowed. If anyone gets DQ'd, they're suspended for 8 weeks.]
  5. Impact Knockouts World Championship: Mickie James (c) vs. Kiera Hogan
  6. NWA National Championship Match: Chris Adonis (c) vs. Judais
  7. NWA World Tag Team Championship: La Rebelión (Bestia 666 & Mecha Wolf 450) (c) vs. The End (Odinson & Parrow)
  8. Colby Corino vs Doug Williams
  9. NWA Junior Heavyweight Championship Qualifying Match: Austin Aries vs Rhett Titus
  10. ROH World Tag Team Championship: The OGK (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) (c) vs. Aron Stevens & JR Kratos
  11. [Pre-show] Jax Dane vs. Matthew Mims (with Crimson)
  12. [Pre-show] NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship: The Hex (Allysin Kay & Marti Belle) (c) vs. Kylie Rae & Tootie Lynn vs. Natalia Markova & Missa Kate vs. Jennacide & Paola Blaze
  13. [Pre-Show] NWA Junior Heavyweight Championship Qualifying Gauntlet Match: Alex Taylor vs. Ariya Daivari vs. CW Anderson vs. Darius Lockhart vs. Homicide vs. Jeremiah Plunkett vs. Jamie Stanley vs. Kerry Morton vs. Luke Hawx vs. PJ Hawx vs. Sal Rinauro vs. Victor Benjamin vs. TBA

PPV available on Fite TV: https://www.fite.tv/watch/nwa-hard-times-2/2pae8/

Pre-Show has 3 matches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O25UCh-hZwE

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Blind Girl Here. Give Me Your Best Blind Jokes!

Do your worst!

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This subreddit is 10 years old now.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

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Dropped my best ever dad joke & no one was around to hear it

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

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Match Thread: England vs Andorra | World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

#FT: England 4-0 Andorra

England scorers: Jesse Lingard (18', 78'), Harry Kane (72' PEN), Bukayo Saka (85')


Venue: Wembley Stadium

Auto-refreshing reddit comments link


LINE-UPS

England

Sam Johnstone, Tyrone Mings, Conor Coady, Kieran Trippier, Reece James (Jack Grealish), Jordan Henderson, Jude Bellingham (Mason Mount), Trent Alexander-Arnold, Patrick Bamford (Harry Kane), Bukayo Saka, Jesse Lingard.

Subs: Kyle Walker, Raheem Sterling, Harry Maguire, John Stones, Jordan Pickford, Nick Pope, Luke Shaw, Kalvin Phillips, Declan Rice.

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Andorra

Josep Gómes, Marc Vales, Max Llovera, Christian Garcia Gonzalez, Moisés San Nicolás (Joan Cervos), Jesús Rubio, Márcio Vieira (Ildefons Lima), Marc Rebés, Jordi Rubio (Marc García Renom), Ludovic Clemente (Alexandre Martínez), Aarón Sánchez (Ricard Fernández).

Subs: Iker, Emili García, Cristian Martínez, Xavier Vieira, Sergi Moreno, Victor Bernat, Francisco Pires.


MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN

18' Goal! England 1, Andorra 0. Jesse Lingard (England) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.

38' Marc Vales (Andorra) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

45'+2' Marc Rebés Yellow Card

62' Substitution, England. Mason Mount replaces Jude Bellingham.

62' On: Jack Grealish|Off: Reece James

62' On: Harry Kane|Off: Patrick Bamford

64' Jordi Rubio Yellow Card

66' On: Ricard Fernández|Off: Aarón Sánchez

71' Christian Garcia Gonzalez Yellow Card

72' Harry Kane Penalty - Scored

74' Substitution, Andorra. Marc García replaces Jordi Rubio.

75' Substitution, Andorra. Álex Martínez replaces Ludovic Clemente.

78' Jesse Lingard Goal

83' Tyrone Mings Yellow Card

85' **Goal! England 4, Andorra 0. Bukayo Saka (England) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jesse Lingard with a cross following a corner

... keep reading on reddit ➡

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What starts with a W and ends with a T

It really does, I swear!

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Do we know if Interest Groups will have an opinion on international conflicts ?

Let's take a historical situation :

You are Napoleon the Third, the italien unification wars are happening, and you are wondering if you should take side. Joining Victor Emmanuel will make for a future powerful ally, of course, but to help him you have to support a war against the Pope. Will there be an outrage (like it happened historically) in all your catholic Interest Groups if you decide to support him ? Will you be able to gain the support of your catholic IG if you support the Pope ? Do Interest Groups have any interest in what's happening in other countries ?

Other example, less historical : there is, for some reason, a heavy turkish diaspora in your country. Enough turks to form an Interest Group. And of course, trouble is happening with the Ottoman Empire. Will your turk diaspora (and their interest group) have an opinion on the side your should join ?

Do we have any info on this ?

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PL Watch Thread-Saturday-Game week 8

Good morbning/ abternoon/ ebening everyone wherever you are!

PL watch thread for the other games today that we can relax and watch after our wonderful game 🙌

What an afternoon 👏

Southampton vs Leeds- 1-0 FT

Southampton

Alex McCarthy, Mohammed Salisu, Jan Bednarek, Romain Perraud, Valentino Livramento, Oriol Romeu, Ibrahima Diallo, Mohammed Elyounoussi, Moussa Djenepo, Nathan Redmond, Armando Broja.

Subs: Theo Walcott, Fraser Forster, Shane Long, Stuart Armstrong, Adam Armstrong, Lyanco, Kyle Walker-Peters, Yann Valery, Nathan Tella.

Leeds

Illan Meslier, Liam Cooper, Diego Llorente, Pascal Struijk, Stuart Dallas, Jamie Shackleton, Tyler Roberts, Mateusz Klich, Jack Harrison, Daniel James, Rodrigo.

Subs: Adam Forshaw, Kristoffer Klaesson, Joe Gelhardt, Cody Drameh, Stuart Mckinstry, Crysencio Summerville, Sam Greenwood, Charlie Cresswell, Leo Fuhr Hjelde.

Match Updates :

53’- Broja opens the scoring for Southampton


Norwich vs Brighton- 0-0 FT

Norwich

Tim Krul, Max Aarons, Ozan Kabak, Grant Hanley, Ben Gibson, Dimitrios Giannoulis, Pierre Lees Melou, Mathias Normann, Kenny McLean, Josh Sargent, Teemu Pukki

Subs : Angus Gunn, Brandon Williams, Andrew Omobamidele, Kieran Dowell, Lukas Rupp, Billy Gilmour, Christos Tzolis, Milot Rashica, Adam Idah

Brighton

Robert Sánchez, Shane Duffy, Lewis Dunk, Dan Burn, Joël Veltman, Pascal Groß, Adam Lallana, Jakub Moder, Marc Cucurella, Leandro Trossard, Neal Maupay

Subs: Jason Steele, Haydon Roberts, Tariq Lamptey, Alexis Mac Allister, Enock Mwepu, Solly March, Yves Bissouma, Aaron Connolly, Jürgen Locadia

Match Updates :

Nothing really happened in this match! Norwich got their second point of the season.


Villa vs Wolves - 2-3 FT

Villa

Emiliano Martínez, Axel Tuanzebe, Tyrone Mings, Ezri Konsa, Emiliano Buendía, John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Matt Targett, Matthew Cash, Danny Ings, Ollie Watkins.

Subs: Ashley Young, Jed Steer, Kortney Hause, Morgan Sanson, Marvelous Nakamba, Anwar El Ghazi, Jacob Ramsey, Cameron Archer, Jaden Philogene-Bidace.

Wolves

José Sá, Conor Coady, Romain Saïss, Max Kilman, João Moutinho, Rúben Neves, Leander Dendoncker, Fernando Marçal, Nélson Semedo, Hwang Hee-Chan, Adama Traoré.

Subs: John Ruddy, Willy Boly, Raúl Jiménez, Daniel Podence, Rayan Aït-Nouri, Luke Cundle, Louie Moulden, Ki-Jana H

... keep reading on reddit ➡

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PL Watch Thread-Saturday-Game week 7

Hello everyone!

PL Watch Thread for today’s games.

Recipes for today’s watch thread:

Chocolate cake recipe

Kebab recipe (Thanks to u/gameofthrowinsmate)

Man United vs Everton - 1-1 FT

Man United

David de Gea, Victor Lindelöf, Raphaël Varane, Luke Shaw, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Bruno Fernandes, Fred, Scott McTominay, Edinson Cavani, Anthony Martial, Mason Greenwood.

Subs : Cristiano Ronaldo, Nemanja Matic, Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard, Alex Telles, Eric Bailly, Donny van de Beek, Dean Henderson, Jadon Sancho.

Everton

Jordan Pickford, Michael Keane, Yerry Mina, Lucas Digne, Ben Godfrey, Allan, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Anthony Gordon, Andros Townsend, Salomón Rondón, Demarai Gray.

Subs : Andy Lonergan, Asmir Begovic, Jean-Philippe Gbamin, Mason Holgate, Jonjoe Kenny, Tom Davies, Jarrad Branthwaite, Lewis Dobbin, Charlie Whitaker.

Match Updates :

43’- Martial opens the scoring for United

65’- Townsend equalises for Everton

86’- Mina’s goal chalked off for offside


Chelsea vs Southampton - 3-1 FT

Chelsea

Édouard Mendy, Thiago Silva, Antonio Rüdiger, César Azpilicueta, Mateo Kovacic, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Trevoh Chalobah, Ben Chilwell, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Timo Werner, Romelu Lukaku.

Subs : Marcos Alonso, Ross Barkley, Jorginho, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Saúl Ñíguez, Hakim Ziyech, Andreas Christensen, Mason Mount, Kai Havertz.

Southampton

Alex McCarthy, Mohammed Salisu, Jan Bednarek, Kyle Walker-Peters, Valentino Livramento, Oriol Romeu, James Ward-Prowse, Nathan Tella, Theo Walcott, Adam Armstrong, Nathan Redmond.

Subs : Fraser Forster, Ibrahima Diallo, Shane Long, Stuart Armstrong, Mohammed Elyounoussi, Ché Adams, Lyanco, Romain Perraud, Moussa Djenepo.

Match Updates :

8’- Chalobah opens the scoring for Chelsea

36’- Lukaku’s goal ruled out as offside

41’- Werner’s goal disallowed after VAR review

61’- Ward Prowse equalises for Southampton through penalty conceded by Chilwell

72’- Ward Prowse receives straight red card for challenge on Jorginho

84’- Werner scores Chelsea’s second goal

89’- [Chilwell scores Chelsea’s third goal ](https://streamwo.com/bev

... keep reading on reddit ➡

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