very average in skill, but I surely love it.
I love chess too, but I'm only mediocre and will only ever be mediocre.
Oh well....
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11The Queen's Gambit (2020) One of the most enjoyable miniseries I've seen in awhile
by TD inthe queen's gambit is a 7 episode netflix miniseries about a female chess prodigy in the 1950's and 60's.. the story chronicles the life of the fictitious character, elizabeth harmon (anja taylor-joy) from the time she learns the game as an orphan clear up to the point where she defeats russian grand master, vasily borgov (marcin dorociński) to become the world champion.. female grandmasters are a rarity, so i was afraid the series was going to morph into an anti-male screed.
(it easily could have).
nearly every male character in the series, from the gruff but kindly william shaibel, the custodian at the orphanage who taught her the basics of the game and fronted her the money for her first tournament to vasily borgov himself is gracious and clearly delighted to play against a woman so talented in a sport dominated by men.. two notable exceptions were her pos adopted father who didn't care about her or his wife and a russian player who got a little salty when she kicked his butt in 21 moves.
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The Queen's Gambit (2020) One of the most enjoyable miniseries I've seen in awhile
by TD inthe queen's gambit is a 7 episode netflix miniseries about a female chess prodigy in the 1950's and 60's.. the story chronicles the life of the fictitious character, elizabeth harmon (anja taylor-joy) from the time she learns the game as an orphan clear up to the point where she defeats russian grand master, vasily borgov (marcin dorociński) to become the world champion.. female grandmasters are a rarity, so i was afraid the series was going to morph into an anti-male screed.
(it easily could have).
nearly every male character in the series, from the gruff but kindly william shaibel, the custodian at the orphanage who taught her the basics of the game and fronted her the money for her first tournament to vasily borgov himself is gracious and clearly delighted to play against a woman so talented in a sport dominated by men.. two notable exceptions were her pos adopted father who didn't care about her or his wife and a russian player who got a little salty when she kicked his butt in 21 moves.
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The Queen's Gambit is a 7 episode Netflix miniseries about a female chess prodigy in the 1950's and 60's.
The story chronicles the life of the fictitious character, Elizabeth Harmon (Anja Taylor-Joy) from the time she learns the game as an orphan clear up to the point where she defeats Russian Grand Master, Vasily Borgov (Marcin Dorociński) to become the world champion.
Female grandmasters are a rarity, so I was afraid the series was going to morph into an anti-male screed. (It easily could have)
It didn't
Nearly every male character in the series, from the gruff but kindly William Shaibel, the custodian at the orphanage who taught her the basics of the game and fronted her the money for her first tournament to Vasily Borgov himself is gracious and clearly delighted to play against a woman so talented in a sport dominated by men.
Two notable exceptions were her POS adopted father who didn't care about her or his wife and a Russian player who got a little salty when she kicked his butt in 21 moves. But every story needs antagonists...
One of the high points for me was when Elizabeth returned to the orphanage after Shaibel's death and saw the cork board where he had meticulously documented her career. Clearly he was as proud of her as if she had actually been his daughter.
One of the only criticisms of the series I've heard that had any merit as far as I'm concerned is that everybody is way too attractive for the roles they're playing, but that really doesn't detract from the story and comes across as petty.
Anja Taylor-Joy won a Golden Globe for her performance and it was well deserved IMO.
Two thumbs up from me
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It took a lot of lies, ignorance and corruption to create CHURCHIANITY!
by TruthMatters inhave you gone back to that- or lost you faith because of 'brothers'?.
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I'm not sure what the right word is (Sad, funny, quixotic?) to describe the use of cult-speak in defense of what is claimed to be the one true faith....
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Interesting Find with Chronology
by Kelley959 ini hope this is in the right area.
i've been studying the 2520 days/years 607/587/586 debacle.
for a while now i have felt 1914 was wrong.
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I agree
ἡ γενεὰ αὕτη doesn't leave a lot of wiggle room. The generation was clearly something that existed at the time the words were spoken.
It's only through typology that JW's and kindred groups have given it a secondary meaning.
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Do YOU Think Biden Actually Won As President?
by minimus inor do you think trump actually won???
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Recount in AZ resumes today.
Developments over the last week or so:
Subcontractor for Cyber Ninjas states that a database directory was deleted based on errors in his R-Studio technician software
Senate President Karen Fann demands a public response from the Board of Supervisors
Trump gets wind of it and claims the entire database was deleted
Board of Supervisors, which is actually more strongly Republican than the Senate, is furious at:
a. Being accused of something illegal
b. Facilitating Biden's victory in Maricopa County
Board of Supervisors fires back a 17 page technical response stating that subcontractor misconfigured his virtual RAID settings and pointing out that they have exact clones of the array which function perfectly.
Karen Fann laments the fact that BOS has taken this so personally
Attorney for the BOS sends Karen Fann a "hold letter" (i.e. Retain all documents) which usually means lawsuit
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Interesting Find with Chronology
by Kelley959 ini hope this is in the right area.
i've been studying the 2520 days/years 607/587/586 debacle.
for a while now i have felt 1914 was wrong.
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The year 1914 was 107 years ago and we still await the kingdom...that is untenable and must be wrong
I have to agree.
The clock started ticking when the Great Crowd was identified. In order to have any prospect of surviving the great tribulation, those people needed to at least live to see it. Otherwise they were not even prospective members of the Great Crowd.
Although I admire Neil's tenacity after a fashion, the defense of 1914 only exacerbates this problem.
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Do YOU Think Biden Actually Won As President?
by minimus inor do you think trump actually won???
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......AND here is the official Twitter account of the senate liaison for the audit.
Maricopa Arizona Audit (@ArizonaAudit) / Twitter
More to the point, here is an interview with the audit liaison and former Senate President, Ken Bennet on the 12th, just before the audit was paused and the ballots went back into storage.
https://twitter.com/brahmresnik/status/1392702846697541632
Here is the amendment to the rental contract of the Coliseum, signed by Karen Fann herself, which clearly shows that the ballots were going to be stored from the 12th to 23th:
https://twitter.com/brahmresnik/status/1392647276774838279/photo/1And two days ago, here is OAN news personality Christina Bobb asking for donations to complete the audit when it resumes:
https://twitter.com/christina_bobb/status/1394795541331070978\
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Do YOU Think Biden Actually Won As President?
by minimus inor do you think trump actually won???
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I'd also like to point out that all the players involved in this audit are active on Twitter and you can get updates directly from the politicians themselves if you're interested in this sort of thing. (It really is unprecedented)
Karen Fann (@FannKfann) is the Senate President and primary mover and shaker behind the audit.
Maricopa Country (@maricopacounty) is the mouthpiece of the Board of Supervisors, who oppose the audit
The Senate and Board of Supervisors are both strongly Republican, so although there has been some backbiting, it is not as partisan as it is being presented nationally.
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Do YOU Think Biden Actually Won As President?
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PistolPete
As a resident of Maricopa County and someone who follows politics pretty closely, I'd like to point out a few things
1. Maricopa County is not conducting an audit. They've already conducted two and don't see a point in a third.
2. The audit of votes cast in Maricopa County is actually being conducted at the behest of the Arizona State Senate
3. The Senate hired a Florida group by the name of "Cyber Ninjas" to conduct this audit.
4. Said audit was only about 1/4 of the way done when it was paused because of a rental conflict at the Veteran's Memorial Coliseum where it was being conducted. The ballots are currently being stored in a vacant building at Wesley Bolin Plaza
5. The audit is scheduled to resume on Monday the 24th, 2021 with about a two-week projected completion
6. Maricopa county not the whole state. We have 15 counties. Even if a serious irregularity is found, that won't necessarily mean that Trump carried the state. .
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It never hurts to vet your sources. The one you quoted from is garbage.
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What police have to deal with
by LoveUniHateExams inso, the actions of cops have come under scrutiny in recent days, what with the trial of derek chauvin and the death of daunte wright.
i certainly hope justice is served in both those cases.. what is easy for people to forget, is just what police officers have to deal with on a regular basis, during their interactions with citizens.. here's a video breaking down one such interaction.. a car owner was driving his car but the tags weren't legally displayed.
cops wanted him to pull over but the driver continued driving for a mile and a half with a police car following with sirens and lights.
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LUHE
This was a felony stop. Gutierrez states that to the dispatcher as he exits the vehicle
A temporary vehicle license out of place is not a felony. It's not a misdemeanor either. It's actually a minor civil infraction that usually results in a warning.
Once it became apparent that this was the only thing amiss and the vehicle was not stolen, which was very early on, the justification for the felony stop came to an end and it was time for the officers to change tactics. The Windsor Chief of Police has acknowledged as much himself.
To quibble over whether Nazario was too slow to comply with an unjustified level of force misses the point that the level of force was unjustified.
Brandon Tatum, who is the author of the 33 minute YouTube video at the start of this thread is either misinformed or lying on a number of fronts. He claims it was a traffic stop. It most certainly was not as Gutierrez clearly stated. As a former Tucson police officer, Tatum would have been familiar with the procedure for stopping safely in Arizona, which I've posted on this thread. His righteous indignation that Nazario proceeded for almost another mile in a state with a virtually identical procedure is therefore either disingenuous or ignorant.. His claim that Nazario didn't even slow down is demonstrably false as it's contradicted by the transcript of Crocker's radio communications. The guy's videos are frankly garbage. I've no interest in watching any more of them and am surprised that you do.
It the spirit of your thread though, I agree that it's very easy to criticize and much, much harder to do quality police work. Anyone who can do it and maintain their composure is a much, much better person than I am.