William Ennin

@DanHaymore @OShitMedia @Steely_Kafka @ggreenwald You are spewing made-up nonsense. The Iranian regime is bad, but so is the CCP, North Korean government, and Putin's regime. I don't support invading any of those countries. Who made us arbiters of what type of governments other nations can have?

@OShitMedia @Steely_Kafka @ggreenwald The result is always the same. Which means the civilized world is forced to either commit suicide or eliminate it's enemies.

Notice that there's nothing in US war demands about regime change, freedom and democracy for Iranians, or even loosening up repression of protesters or anyone else. That's becasue the US doesn't give a shit about any of that. They're just pretexts to sell US wars as noble.

@DanHaymore @Steely_Kafka @ggreenwald The US and USSR both supported many odious regimes during the Cold War, so what it your point?

Nothing? I was a Marine in 1983 and my friends getting blown to pieces in Beirut isn't "nothing". Funding Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis, building IEDs to kill American's in Iraq and Afghanistan is not "nothing". Iran has killed over75,000 INNOCENTS through TERRORISM since 1979 but that's "nothing". You're so blinded by your hatred for Trump that you are completely delusional.

@TimothyPortal @jess_ann_pin This applies to high status men too. The main difference is that the woman initiating FWB needs to be really desired by a lot of other high-status men. Most women don't fall in that category so they can't easily set the terms with high status men.

@williamennin @jess_ann_pin This is only valid if you are talking about men with little to no options and no abundance of it. Guys that can barely attract a woman would behave like you just mentioned in a FWB situation. But i was not referring to those guys in my comment above.

I had a much higher opinion of men when my serious dating experience was low and casual experience was high. Casual relationships that women seek out on their own and define the terms is are the lowest risk type of relationship. The risk comes from emotional vulnerability and from men lying and being disrespectful. Casual might be less rewarding, but it carries the lowest risk of any damage, especially when the woman seeks it intentionally. That does not mean it’s the best model for society or for children. But when women seek it out, it often ends up flipping the stereotypical gender dynamic and leads to the man asking for more so it might work fine for society for women to seek casual but be open for more if the man wants that. People think it’s not in male nature to want more. But I think it really is. The only risk is if you keep them in the casual box for too long they may perceive rejection and resent you for it. For some reason one of my ex fwbs starts yelling at me and calling me names whenever I give him the opportunity for more. He always berates me for other men he thinks I like even if we are just friends. Also, before I started seeking it out, I was going months without sex and only having sex with exes who wanted to marry me, which wasn’t really fair to them. I also got addicted to porn, and I would say casual sex is more healthy than watching porn all the time.

@TimothyPortal @jess_ann_pin This is false. Men are generally territorial. Guys tend to enjoy FWB when they are setting the terms, because it means the woman is really into them and won't sleep with other men. When a woman initiates FWB, it makes men feel insecure because they don't have control.

@jess_ann_pin It’s simply not in male nature to seek for commitment if they are given consistent sexual access without the need of it. Pretty much all male secular population has no issues with the “FWB” moniker. Very few men care about “being used for sex” by women.

@realStevenWalk @Noahpinion How is Ramadan and fasting incompatible with"being America-loving Americans"?

@Noahpinion Keeping shabbos, eating kosher, and sh'miras negiah are not incompatible with being America-loving Americans. Again, you're speaking irrationally in order to reassure antisemites that you're "one of the good ones" (i.e., a house rather than field Jew)

Assimilation should not mean giving up religious practices. What it means is that those religious practices don't separate you from Americans of other religions on a daily basis. (The worst assimilators here by far are the ultra-Orthodox Jews, btw, not Muslims)

@MrSamRayburn @razibkhan @SeanTrende The public universities have had about the same amount of grade inflation over the past few decades.

@razibkhan @SeanTrende Elite universities are still a class thing. That's probably part of why they have this grade inflation. Don't want to upset powerful parents.

the problem with grading at the ivies are filled with really smart kids who always got A's, so doing a ranking on them isn't the same as the general population. back when it was more a class thing there were "gentleman's C" types. almost none now

@TexansEra @JohnCrumplerMD Just because there has not been a contract offer does not mean that it has not been discussed in private. Contract agreements are a 2-way street. The Texans need "volume stats" to be able sell a >60m/yr contract to less sophisticated members of the media and fanbase.

@williamennin @JohnCrumplerMD He was very average this year, imo. Although was better than year 2. Just hasn’t played well enough to warrant an extension. And we don’t know what CJ wants. Cleary the team agrees that he hasn’t played good enough to warrant extension talks at the moment.

Three seasons of 10+ wins, two AFC South titles, and both trending to receive mega-extensions. C.J. Stroud & Will Anderson era for the Texans couldn’t have gone much better than it has.

@TexansEra @JohnCrumplerMD He wasn't "very average" in terms of advanced efficiency metrics like EPA and total QBR. He was better than Herbert, Baker and Darnold. Also, the team doesn't agree that he is not good enough. Caserio and DeMeco have all praised and defended him this offseason.

@TexansEra @JohnCrumplerMD How is being 12th in EPA/dropback and 11th in total QBR, on a mediocre offense with a rookie OC, trending the wrong? The reason they are not extending him yet is because CJ won't agree to a contract smaller than what TLaw and Kyler got-- in terms of cap value(>$60m/yr).

@JohnCrumplerMD While I don’t disagree that a good season will get him paid, I’d argue he’s been trending in the wrong way of a mega extension ever since year 2. If he had put enough body of work together already, they would be eager to get the extension done, which they clearly aren’t.

@IPOTDivineMan @MarkMReidisback @wil_da_beast630 So, share the "hard evidence". I am eager to learn.

@williamennin @MarkMReidisback @wil_da_beast630 Dude, there's hard evidence for all of this. Get your head out of your ass.

Agree or disagree?

@ThatTimeYouSaw @wil_da_beast630 What evidence do you have for any of this?

@MarkMReidisback @wil_da_beast630 This is all made up nonsense. Request for help was not denied in either case. You need to get out of the right-wing conspiracy cesspool.

@wil_da_beast630 Review the evidence. Under Clinton, we got Black Hawk Down, where request for a Spectre gunship was ignored and US troops had to be rescued by Pakistanis and to run the “Mogadishu mile”. Benghazi consulate attack requests for help were also ignored under Obama.

@RJ__NFL @JLSports24 @FBGreatMoments ....it means Brady wouldn't have lasted as long as Baker.

@williamennin @JLSports24 @FBGreatMoments And?

2000 NFL Re-Draft.

@RJ__NFL @JLSports24 @FBGreatMoments Baker was a much better QB coming out of college than Brady was.

@williamennin @JLSports24 @FBGreatMoments Baker left Cleveland after however many years

@RJ__NFL @JLSports24 @FBGreatMoments No. Brady would have been cut in a couple of years. Brady was nowhere near ready to be a starter from day 1. Eric Mangini who was a coach with the Patriots has pointed this out many times. Life is contigent!

@JLSports24 @FBGreatMoments =Marino Tom Brady

@LiranF @CoreyWriting No, he wouldn't. Brady would have failed miserably, and Butch Davis would have been quickly fired. You are engaging in a post-hoc fallacy. Brady wasn't ready to carry a bad team.

@CoreyWriting Butch Davis would have 4 rings as HC more or less

Tom Brady would've been out of the league in 4 years.

@Noahpinion @thorsson_john @Socdem_Michael This was true in 2010, but in reverse. Dems had a higher favorability than the GOP. The GOP went on to win 63 seats in the House. The Dem base has become a lot more similar to the GOP base in terms of its dislike of Dem leaders.

@thorsson_john @Socdem_Michael Literally no. Polls consistently show stronger support for GOP issue positions than Dem issue positions. This is furious, frantic, desperate cope.

Crazy underperformance for the Dems here. Dems don't seem to realize how much America *hates* progressive ideology.

@MavorT @wil_da_beast630 SS and Medicare are not entirely earned. They are redistributionist.

SS and Medicare are programs earned and contributed to by seniors. Many seniors don’t have access to advocates like refugees get from gov funded NGOs. Welfare by its nature increases the cost of living. When it is out of control it makes a huge impact and the vulnerable pay the highest price.

Me too, when I actually see specifically this. But, gotta ask: where does the idea that old people...or, errrrrr...white and ADOS women (!!!)...can't get welfare come from? The two biggest budget drains are Social Security and Medicare, not "Somali fraud" or "aid to Israel."

@KevinBriggs1776 @shadihamid @PeterBeinart Nice, so which election wasn't free? Let me guess...the one that Trump lost?

@shadihamid @PeterBeinart Republicans are the ones fighting for free and fair elections while Democrats are the ones insisting that we can't even have voter ID! Canada, Mexico, and most of Western Europe all require voter ID to vote.

I lay out my case to @PeterBeinart that forcing Israeli Jews to dissolve their own state would be undemocratic, even if we see that as a "just" outcome. But my argument is that it wouldn't be just because it wouldn't be democratic. Full episode: wisdomofcrowds.live/p/peter-beinar…

@rod_rhino @TexansJacob Why is his being "smart enough" to read defenses a thing? It is like asking whether a college student with a good GPA is smart enough to do college work.

@TexansJacob my questions on CJ: can he be a better leader: not moping on the sideline; ability to chew out a supporting cast member for missing his assignment; no “best friends” on the offense? is he smart enough to read NFL offenses?

I don’t really think it’s fair to ask or expect C.J. Stroud to “carry” the Texans offense that they had on paper over the last 2 seasons with weaker run games & OL play. From 2023-2025 Houston is 17th in EPA/DB but 31st in rushing EPA/Rush. In that span Houston hasn’t ranked higher than 19th in PFF team PBLK Grade or team RBLK Grade. Houston has now put a quality surrounding cast with Stroud heading into 2026 and should give him a chance to earn his extension.