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ORIGINAL: Mynok


Certainly I must since you have a vested interest in the subject....far more than I do (though I should have more as a Christian). But I'm still curious, because my reading (limited though it is) on the pogroms was that they were very detrimental to the eastern European Jews. Perhaps this was more directed at the Hasidim than the more secular types? Curious as to your views on that.

I do agree that many Jews were Bolsheviks. Not sure that translated so much into many Jews being Soviets. I see a transformation in the 20s and 30s from the Marxism of the revolution into the Soviet structure that was not as accepting of your people.

I'm sorry, but I'm I'm still having a tad of trouble with your terminology. The "pogroms" as a series of events in the late 1800s certainly were detrimental to the Jews. That was a redirection of racial animosity (on the part of the Tsarist government) pure and simple. But what you referred to above as "Stalin's pogroms" was a very different thing. After googling the term I find that it refers to the arrest and execution of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee, which was a very real event, and one that my family was fairly close to, since my grandfather knew several of the members, including Mikhoels (pardon the phonetic spelling). What it was not, was a racially motivated event. It was Stalin disposing of a tool no longer useful, same as he would have done to Poles, Czechs or Romanians. To his credit, however, the Soviet government under Stalin, to my knowledge, never had a policy of (overt or otherwise) discrimination against Jews.

Whew. This is a very big subject, and I have to run along now. [:D]

A very good day to all.

And a new page. Woo-hoo!

Good Friday morning - Tithe. [&o][&o][&o]

Good morning tithe.[:)]

ORIGINAL: Dixie

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Dixie

Blimey!  Fulham have beaten Juventus in the Europa League despite trailing after the first leg [X(]  In a possible bright spot for the American Threadsters it was American who scored the winning goal.

Dixie-you're very kind for throwing us a soft ball pitch to hit (alerting us to the American's winning goal).

What sport are we talking about? I've heard of Europa ("Festung Europa"), but nothing else in that sentence makes any sense. [;)]

It's the grand sport of Association Football old boy. Some developing nations, unable to fully grasp the concept of the game refer to it as soccer. [:'(]

The Europa League is one of the two multi-national tournaments that is played over here by club teams, until recently it was the UEFA Cup but the powers that be decided to change things around a bit. Fulham beating Juventus is quite a big thing, Juve are one of Europes bigger clubs historically and Fulham are, well not. It's good for me as well, Dempsey was in my fantasy league team until he crocked his knee and now he's fit again he'll be going right back in again.

Thanks Dixie for the quick lesson on all that. I have seen some of the UEFA games broadcasted here in the States on ESPN. I guess you're saying that's now the Europa League, but pretty much the same clubs as before?

Weekend is finally fucking here tithe...

Lunch Time Tithe

ORIGINAL: radar

Thanks Dixie for the quick lesson on all that. I have seen some of the UEFA games broadcasted here in the States on ESPN. I guess you're saying that's now the Europa League, but pretty much the same clubs as before?

Yep, pretty much. The Europa League/UEFA Cup is the second of the two cups in Europe. The Chapions League is the top one, although the name is a lie, it's the top 1-4 teams from each league depending on various factors. It's all heavily weighted in favour of the teams from the 'big' nations making it through to the knockout phase. There are 10 teams from the Champions League who are entered into the Europa League when they fail to qualify from the group stage, thus further enhancing the chances of the bigger teams winning something [8|]

Much as I like football, UEFA is clearly a biased (if not fully corrupt) organisation. That's why I'm glad Fulham beat Juventus, every time one of the smaller teams knocks out a major name it's a kick in the nuts to Sepp Blatter [:D]

Damn AI [:@] Good job I keep a couple of DDs on patrol...

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Weekend is finally ****ing here tithe...

Weekend is finally pudding here tithe? [&:][:'(]

I am bored.....amuse me.

ORIGINAL: radar

ORIGINAL: Dixie

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy



Dixie-you're very kind for throwing us a soft ball pitch to hit (alerting us to the American's winning goal).

What sport are we talking about? I've heard of Europa ("Festung Europa"), but nothing else in that sentence makes any sense. [;)]

It's the grand sport of Association Football old boy. Some developing nations, unable to fully grasp the concept of the game refer to it as soccer. [:'(]

The Europa League is one of the two multi-national tournaments that is played over here by club teams, until recently it was the UEFA Cup but the powers that be decided to change things around a bit. Fulham beating Juventus is quite a big thing, Juve are one of Europes bigger clubs historically and Fulham are, well not. It's good for me as well, Dempsey was in my fantasy league team until he crocked his knee and now he's fit again he'll be going right back in again.

Thanks Dixie for the quick lesson on all that. I have seen some of the UEFA games broadcasted here in the States on ESPN. I guess you're saying that's now the Europa League, but pretty much the same clubs as before?

Ah...Dempsey....interesting bit of trivia: he went to college at Furman University which is about 10 minutes from the house where I grew up.

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Must be a Blockbuster in Georgia. [:'(]

Post-work tithe.

You guys havent done much today, have you? [:-]

ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

Post-work tithe.

You guys havent done much today, have you? [:-]

Workin. Wassup yo.

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

Post-work tithe.

You guys havent done much today, have you? [:-]

Workin. Wassup yo.

Dude! Its Friday. Workin's so heinous.

I've got The Madness.  [:D]

My bracket is starting to fall apart as a couple of the underdogs I picked have not come through. 

ORIGINAL: USS America

I've got The Madness.  [:D]

My bracket is starting to fall apart as a couple of the underdogs I picked have not come through. 

My condolences. [:D]