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Chicago Bulls HC Billy Donovan said Jaden Ivey didn’t “live up to certain organizational standards” Bulls team statement said Ivey’s “conduct was detrimental to the team” The Chicago Bulls have said plainly that they do not support Christians.

Billy Donovan explains the Bulls cutting Jaden Ivey after the guard posted a homophobic video today. “Organizationally, there’s certain standards I think we want to have as an organization and live up to those each and every day.”

OK, since it appears that today is the day to discuss weird cultural differences between Japan and the USA, may I strongly recommend to all of my military history nerd followers that you watch “Girls und Panzer”? It’s anime from Japan. You can find it on Amazon Prime. Bear with me while I explain the insane premise. It’s about Japanese all-girls schools that engage in the sport of “tankery.” These schoolgirls ride around in historically accurate, WWII-era armored fighting vehicles and engage in active combat that appears to include actual HEAT and sabot rounds, except when there is a hit nobody gets hurt and a little white flag pops out of the dead tank. So there is this big tankery tournament. But here’s where it gets even weirder: each school has the vehicles, resources, tactics and uniforms of a WWII combatant. So the US-style school has wayyyyy more logistics than anybody else, the Soviet school goes roaring across the steppes (see the video one comment post below) and the German school has the best tanks that break down a lot. Also the British school takes war breaks to drink tea. Why would I recommend such a silly concept? Because whoever did it went to a fanatical level of detail on the vehicles themselves and the associated tactics and employment, as well as very accurate propaganda themes from the era. It’s so incongruous—highly accurate military history and Japanese schoolgirl anime. And I love incongruity in entertainment. It’s so silly, but in a weirdly addictive way. And I don't even watch anime.

I was today years old when I found out that the Vatican setup a Muslim prayer room last year at the Apostolic Library. Am I the only one who finds this absolutely perplexing and sacrilegious?

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Humor 😬 Different ways people use palm on Sunday 😀😀 Which one are you ?? 🎥 fathersimonteller

BREAKING: Lindsey Graham spotted vacationing at Disney during shutdown. Absolute scum.