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  Another silly Bible story....Joshua and the killing hailstones

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  ◄ joshua 10:11 ►.

  and it came to pass, as they fled from before israel, and were in the going down to bethhoron, that the lord cast down great stones from heaven on them to azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of israel slew with the sword.. .

  looks like the amorites came to the battle only wearing helmets.

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  Perhaps they were not wearing government-approved helmets.

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  How Can Football (Soccer) Teams Allow Their Players to Participate in "Friendlies?"

  by RubaDub in

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  i could never understand how the best football (soccer) players are allowed to participate in these things called friendlies.

  aren't the teams and owners afraid of losing their investments of 10's of millions of dollars (euros) to injury?

  and it appears that teams just make up their own schedules.. in american football, there is no possible way a team would allow an extra game.

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  It also can help with match fitness / sharpness as well as generate revenue from ticket sales.

  Simon ...

  I agree, ticket sales are a big issue. I think the culture down here in South Florida also plays a big role. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) missed a "friendly" here in Miami against Napoli and so many people were upset.

  However, the stadium (Hard Rock) that holds about 65,000 was still full. In October, Chile played Peru to another sold-out friendly.

  To get 65,000 for a pre-season football game in the US you could have a half-time show with both Shikira and J-Lo pole dancing in the nude and I still don't think you would fill the stadium if the game didn't mean anything.

  Just the way we think here I guess.

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  How Can Football (Soccer) Teams Allow Their Players to Participate in "Friendlies?"

  by RubaDub in

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  i could never understand how the best football (soccer) players are allowed to participate in these things called friendlies.

  aren't the teams and owners afraid of losing their investments of 10's of millions of dollars (euros) to injury?

  and it appears that teams just make up their own schedules.. in american football, there is no possible way a team would allow an extra game.

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  I could never understand how the best football (soccer) players are allowed to participate in these things called friendlies. Aren't the teams and owners afraid of losing their investments of 10's of millions of dollars (euros) to injury? And it appears that teams just make up their own schedules.

  In American football, there is no possible way a team would allow an extra game. Even in what we call the pre-season in our various sports, there is a limited, pre-determined schedule and that is it. That applies to all of the major sports.

  Even in the games, the better players will be playing very limited time if at all. Even most of the NBA (basketball) owners don't really want their good players playing in the Olympics or anything where injury is possible. Baseball allows the pitchers only a couple of innings in a 9 inning games and they are out.

  Pre-season games here are used primarily to look at new players and then give veterans some time to "warm up" prior to the actual season beginning.

  I just never really understood why international football takes the risk.

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  Special meeting next month (February 2020)

  by Jofi_Wofo in

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  it was announced today that we will have a special weekend meeting next month.

  it will be 3 hours long and will include some streamed content.. no explanation was given as to what the meeting will be about, only that it will be exciting and we will not want to miss it..

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  Maybe they will do the thing that a lot of organizations now do showing some poor child with flies buzzing around his head and asking for $19 per month so these children can receive much-needed I-Pads.

  "Brothers, take this matter into prayerful consideration. Your gift of only $19 per month can assure the spirituality of these children."

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  SuperBowl 54: US Sports vs UK Sports

  by Simon in

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  so a few things .... apparently it's superbowl 54, and also the centennial of the sport.

  erm ... i'm not a mathematician, but aren't there 46 superbowls missing?.

  americans claim that uk sport ("soccer", aka real football) is too low scoring.

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  I'm not a mathematician, but aren't there 46 SuperBowls missing?

  Super Bowls only originated 54 years ago, although the league is now 100 years old this year.

  Prior to Super Bowls, there was an Championship game and that was the end of it.

  To keep this short, back in the 1960's several teams wanted to join the NFL but the NFL did not want them (some were smaller-market teams). So they created their own league, called the American Football League. After a couple of years, the NFL got pissed because the AFL began drafting some of the college players that the NFL wanted and paying them big bucks.

  So they agreed on a joint venture and draft players together and play a Championship type of game, later known as the Super Bowl, between the two leagues. The first was in 1967, although they both operated as separate leagues.

  After the AFC Kansas City Chiefs and New York Jets won two Super Bowls (3 and 4), it was agreed that the leagues should merge in 1980.

  So the beginning of the Super Bowl era can still be remembered by some people here. But the NFL as a league began 100 years ago.

  [As an additional note: This is similar in some ways to what happened to the National Basketball Association (NBA) around that same time. There was an upstart league call the American Basketball Association (ABA). They too began offering big bucks to players coming out of college. One very notable one was Julius Erving, known as Dr. J. The leagues eventually merged and the NBA retained 4 of the stronger teams from the ABA].

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  It Looks Like Trump’s Trial In The Senate Will Take Longer Than Was Expected

  by minimus in

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  it looks like more “witnesses “ will be brought in, making this trial who knows how long?.

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  They should go on the offensive - start prosecuting the Obama administration for their many crimes and actual impeachable offences. Lock 'em up.

  Simon ...

  Yes, I agree. "Lock 'em up" is the way to do it, along with all those who support them.

  North Korea does it well. They send people to be "re-trained" in various "training" facilities. The same with China and their "learning centers" for those millions of pesky Uighur Muslims that need to be reprogrammed.

  I like that idea.

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  It Looks Like Trump’s Trial In The Senate Will Take Longer Than Was Expected

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  it looks like more “witnesses “ will be brought in, making this trial who knows how long?.

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  you can learn at your local community college/lol. Get a degree, too.

  LV101 ...

  Would an undergrad and masters at a very good school (not an Ivy League School but a State University considered excellent) qualify me as having a degree?

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  It Looks Like Trump’s Trial In The Senate Will Take Longer Than Was Expected

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  it looks like more “witnesses “ will be brought in, making this trial who knows how long?.

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  LV101 ...

  I bet you have your radio tuned in to Coast to Coast AM with George Noory every night.

  Right???

  There's a conspiracy going on. The Dems have landed and are climbing up the side of the building. The government is withholding the truth. AAAAHHHHH !!!!

  Put on your helmet.

  Rub a Dub
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  Wow! I'm tripping

  by OriginalFlower in

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  this old place is still around?

  holy moly what a trip stumbling into this place from the good ole days before the 'new' social media😃.

  i used to have tons of long late night conversations with some good friends here...like 15-20 years ago!

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  bloody stool...? i hope you consulted a doctor about that....could be serious.

  stan ...

  17 years later and the stools are what they are, with a vision of the future like the "All Things Made New" track or something where we are petting the lions and wolves and cleaning ourselves with leaves off of a tree.

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  It Looks Like Trump’s Trial In The Senate Will Take Longer Than Was Expected

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  it looks like more “witnesses “ will be brought in, making this trial who knows how long?.

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  Yes - the Dems will be fabricating or releasing their next drama very soon

  LV101 ... Min ...

  Yes, the drama will continue with the John Bolton book.

  Is John Bolton a Dem? The last time I saw, he was a hard core conservative, a miserable cranky SOB that wanted the "my way or the highway" type of thing.

  I guess him and the Orange Man just locked horns.

  Rub a Dub