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He was the Chairman of Lukoil, like the website says. Jesus Christ, you're like the George Santos of this forum. When you caught in a lie, rather than fess up, you just double-down with another, even more outrageous lie. Believe me, it does not make you look clever. It makes you look like a clown. Maganov was a critic of Putin. Putin can't take any criticism, so the barbarous pussy that Putin is had him murdered.

There are long lists of these people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspicious_deaths_of_Russian_businesspeople_(2022–2023) "...Ravil Maganov, chairman of the national oil company Lukoil, fell from a Kremlin Hospital window under suspicious circumstances, according to reports: CCTV cameras had been "turned off for repairs", Putin was visiting the hospital the same day, and associates did not believe he was suicidal...". Whether or not you personally witnessed this event is dumb and irrelevant. Do not continue to make a fool of yourself by denying what is documented and common knowledge. You continue to intentionally make false statements of fact, which are easily disproven, and this only makes you come off as a liar. And your continued arrogant refusal to use google translate doesn't make you look any wiser (though at least this time I understood what you were trying to say).

You missed the point. What Jesus said is in the New Testament and therefore supersedes the Old Testament. It is in the New Testament that Jesus said (I believe in the book of Matthew, among other places, though I'm not at home right now so don't have access to my Bible) that those who follow Him don't have to adhere to the edicts of the Old Testament, such as those of Leviticus. This is why most Christian men eat pork and shrimp, aren't circumcised (except in the US), wear clothing with blended fabrics, and so on.

While some Jews do follow the laws in Leviticus, one of the main points of Christianity is that a Christian does not have to follow those laws, so there is no need to desecrate those Bibles. Doing so just shows that that person doesn't understand Christianity. Christians are allowed to wear cotton-polyester and other blended fabrics, eat pork and/or shrimp/shellfish, not circumcise their boys, and sleep with people of the same gender. That's why it's called the New Testament.

Christianity was not always anti-gay. The late Yale Professor John Boswell noted that anti-gay interpretations started around the 12th Century: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boswell "...Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality (1980) is a work which, according to George Chauncey et al. (1989), "offered a revolutionary interpretation of the Western tradition, arguing that the Roman Catholic Church had not condemned gay people throughout its history, but rather, at least until the twelfth century, had alternately evinced no special concern about homosexuality or actually celebrated love between men."..." Besides, the religion is called Christianity, not Paulism. No one has ever claimed that Jesus said anything against homosexuality. Quite the contrary, Jesus is purported to have freed Christians from having to follow the dictums of the book of Leviticus. Those who froth anti-gay vitriol, probably often gay themselves, are simply engaging in the time-honored tradition of scapegoating to distract from real problems. Yes, Paul's words have probably been mistranslated. At best they're ambiguous. That being said, those who follow the Christian faith should be following the teachings of Jesus.

My Russian is terrible. However, at least I understand that, and use assistance when I need to. It's far better than overestimating my abilities and appearing like a jackass. Мой русский ужасен. Однако, по крайней мере, я это понимаю и прибегаю к помощи, когда это необходимо. Это гораздо лучше, чем переоценивать свои способности и выглядеть придурком.

Your English is incomprehensible. Since you can't write in decent English, for crying out loud, just type in what you need translated into google translate. It won't cost you one kopek. Ваш английский непонятен. Поскольку вы не умеете писать на приличном английском, для того, чтобы кричать вслух, просто введите то, что вам нужно, в переводе на Google Translate. Это не будет стоить вам ни копейки.

Trump is also too old and mentally weak. And much, much, worse than that. Hint: try using google translate. It's free.

Well, the movie did focus more on his negative qualities. It did give him some credit, but the credit was muted. More so than Waterloo, his takeover of Moscow was probably more crucial to his downfall. His inability to account for the logistics involved (unlike the Russians, the French weren't willing to resort to cannibalism) caused him to lose the vast majority of his once vast army.

All movies over 2.5 hours long used to have intermissions. Having 3+ hours-long movies without intermissions is a new (and unpleasant) phenomenon. Thankfully, most live theater, opera, etc., still provide for intermissions if the length exceeds 2.5 hours. I certainly believe it would benefit everyone to resume the practice in movies as well. Even for those who can last that long, I'm sure most would appreciate a break after some 2 to 2.5 hours. I don't see who benefits from having these super-long movies with no breaks. I've had kidney stones and don't want to go into these movies dehydrated. Won't do it.

No thanks. I'll wait until it comes on streaming services. I'd rather not be streaming into a diaper or condom catheter... 😉 Kudos for those with large bladders.

Dude, you're resurrecting a 6 week-old post.

You are not being paid, so obviously you don't have to do anything. However, if you dispute facts in an article with reliable references, and you have no references to contradict the other article's references, you're simply acknowledging you're wrong. Nothing wrong with that, but it's a pretty squirrely way to admit you're wrong on this subject.

It's far too early to be paying attention to poll results at this time. Many things will change over the coming months. Biden took some (in my opinion) undeserved hits due to economic woes in 2022 and early 2023, which primarily came from causes way outside of his control such as China's disastrous "Covid Zero" policy and the Saudis jacking up the price of crude oil. Obviously, oil price increases resulted in increased prices in many goods, as did supply-chain issues. Those issues have resolved, and clearly inflation has come way down, along with oil prices. Of course, Xi and bin Salman could still significantly damage our economy if they wanted to, and it may come down to economics. Although I don't know that either meets the definition of dementia, it seems clear to myself and most other Americans that both Biden and Trump have shown cognitive decline, which will likely only get worse over the next 5 years. Neither is a good choice. I have my suspicion that if Biden and Trump get the nominations, neither will want to debate. Third party candidates can also play spoiler roles, as they have many times in America's past. Other Democrats, such as Kennedy, could hand the election to the Republicans. Having two Republicans on the ballot would have the opposite effect. Another unknown is whether Trump will get a criminal conviction before the general election. The Trump team has done everything it can, of course, to delay things, but some trials are set to start soon. I don't think most independents (who always determine the election results) will want to vote for a convicted criminal. So putting hopes or fears on poll numbers now seems a bit silly at this time.

Some guy in Atlanta murdered a Subway employee for putting too much mayo on his sandwich. Then he shot her coworker, for no apparent reason. I hope he never sees the light of day again... 😪 https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2022/06/29/man-suspected-shooting-two-subway-employees-atlanta-identified/

I still get the print copies of The Advocate and OUT sent to me in the mail. When there were print hardcore magazines, I would rifle through them and buy the one with the men I thought would get the biggest loads outa me. One of the most common was Mandate. Sometimes could be Blueboy...

This was the reporting on June 15th of this year (2023): https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-06-15/center-theatre-group-programming-pause-staff-layoffs-turmoil "...Facing a significant budget shortfall, Center Theatre Group on Thursday announced that it would lay off about 10% of its full-time staff and pause season programming at the Mark Taper Forum after “Transparent” concludes its run on June 25. The pause is expected to continue through the 2023-24 season, but there is no confirmed end date yet. The first show to be affected is the world premiere of L.A.-based playwright Larissa FastHorse’s “Fake It Until You Make It,” which was scheduled to open on Aug. 2. Fasthorse was going to be the first Native American writer to have a mainstage production at the Taper, and the postponement marks a disappointing end to a season slated to exclusively feature plays written by women-identifying or nonbinary playwrights, the majority of whom were BIPOC artists...". After completely shutting down, with no plans to re-open, they smartened up and switched to non-woke productions, which the viewing public was actually interested in seeing. QED

One learns something every day! 😃

I never watched Friends much, so I wouldn't have suspected him had you not responded. Well, if he stole that individual joke, he did develop into a whole long (and funny) routine around it, so he gets at least some credit. Also, I suspect that some of these "thefts" are perhaps subconscious or unintentional.

It sounds as though that comedian may have stolen that joke... 😉

My fiance and I were listening to a comedian not long ago, and he was joking at how incomprehensibly Sir Elton John sings his lyrics. For instance, he misheard "Hold me closer, tiny dancer," as "Hold me closer, Tony Danza." I can think of some more recent songs I've gotten the lyrics wrong on. In Doechii's What's Up? song, for example, I thought she was singing "every black boy needs a little love," when in fact she's singing "every block boy needs a little love": In SZA's Kill Bill song, I was wondering why she was explaining why she was getting the sensitive SalonPas, when my beau explained that she was singing "I get the sense that it's a lost cause." 😄 Any songs you've had trouble figuring out the lyrics? 😁

That reminds me of the news clip I remember seeing some 4 years or so ago. They interviewed some idiot who admitted she voted for Trump in 2016. Her foreign-born husband found himself deported to his native country (I believe it was Mexico) due to Trump's hard-nosed immigration policies (her husband got a DUI). Then it was, wah, wah, wah. I should have known I was voting for an asshole. For those with short memories, it was Trump who set up a Muslim immigration ban. The Republican party is not the party for religious diversity. It's the party for the religiously narrow-minded. If Palestinian-Americans, or even Muslims in general, assist Trump in winning, they'll deserve everything they have coming to them. What preposterously short memories! Unfortunately, a lot of other people will suffer in addition to themselves.

Wow. You just admitted I was more right than I even imagined. I just said I hadn't heard of any other theater group going belly-up in LA, and you just admitted that you scoured our entire nation from coast to coast and couldn't find one other theater group, in the entire nation that has had to close shop?? Just a few that have had some cutbacks? Well, while it's certainly a weak apology and admission of wrongfulness, I'll take it. Thanks for confessing you fell flat on your face (and for doing the research)! 👍

C'mon. That self-serving statement is completely ridiculous and you know it. There are almost countless theater groups in the Los Angeles area, and this is the only one I've heard of which has folded. Everyone else has been thriving, and they folded just a few months ago. I suppose it's possible that those who ran that theater group may have been delusional enough to believe that statement, but you are neither stupid nor delusional, so I cannot imagine for a moment that you yourself believe that statement. It should be shameful to even present that statement as evidence of anything. Theater (and opera, etc.) groups depend on donors, subscribers, and ticket holders for their existence. Obviously they pissed off too many of them. Blaming it on the pandemic is absurd.

Well, I do agree that we should end border hysteria. I also agree that Finland could be more generous towards refugees given the much larger burden accepted by other EU nations (as well as the US). I suspect that anyone wiling and able to make such an arduous trek from Syria or wherever to Finland would probably end up being a highly productive member of Finnish society. I also have a suspicion that it's probably in its interest to accept refugee immigrants in order to sustain its population. Finnish citizens have the right to live and work in any EU country, and I imagine that a substantial proportion are more than eager to move to EU countries with less hostile climates. As a physician, if I were a Finnish citizen, I'd try to find a job in a more pleasant EU country such as Malta--or even France, Spain, or Italy.