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It's fucking incredible. I've never had it friend (but it looks so good @nudge) - just grilled. But it's an excellent cheese.

Yeah, learning that there are more sides to a story and being able to explore them is great, especially for developing critical thinking skills. We had that approach at my school as well when I was a kid. But as you said, not for those topics where the "other side" is ramblings of some maniac at best and hateful ideology at worst.

...wow. So are they going to include Mein Kampf in the curriculum?... Madness. Also, if it's the law, I hope they are consistent and also teach Cold War from the side of the Russians and the history of America from the perspective of indigenous people.

With Lucas Hernandez' current legal issues arising I saw this making the rounds....the Uli picture gets me

One of my favorite young talents is the German, Tim Stützle. When he scored his first NHL hat trick during COVID without fans, this happened. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=227111122548832

Red Wings lost 6:7 to Toronto in overtime. Look at that Bertuzzi goal though. He scored four last night.

Nothing special, but I just fried some halloumi as a late night snack... Served with some tomatoes and lemon from the garden. Delicious. Will be even better alongside whisky next time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4I1kBxDIAo& Shame it can't be embedded, because it's yet another legendary and true speech. That's a small summary. But he goes into much more detail in the whole press conference. Love this man.

So I googled this, because I remember learning when Texas required both to be taught in schools. But that's an older law. They used to require both evolution and creationism both taught at schools not too long ago. Numerous court cases later and nowadays Texas educators can now leave creationism off the curriculum. Most of their schools don't teach creationism, but schools can teach it if they want to - but they have to also teach evolution as well (so probably religious schools do teach it). It's crazy they teach shit from the bible in biology lessons though, even if most teachers don't, the fact that some of them do... and the state was once required to teach both in biology is... it's just bizarre Makes me wonder what the fuck is going on in other states... because Texas is actually pretty close to evenly split between its right wing and its left wing - so I imagine there's far more backwards states out there that want to have far more backwards educational platforms.

Darwin is probably on the Banned Book List.

I wonder if Flat Earth Theory will be taught. Certainly THAT is more controversial than the Holocaust

Absolutely. Hell, include a proper education into WWII and instead of touting America has the dominant force that won the war, talk about the countries who's land it was fought on, who had to constantly protect their citizens while also attacking, not just flying over a pond and attacking from afar.

There are lots of instances where I think people in the US (and honestly, not just the US - the UK too, but probably all around the world) should learn "both sides" of "the story." But not the fucking Holocaust, where we've got so much factual proof it happened and the best arguments made for Holocaust denial usually amount to: "yOu BeLiEvE tHe JeWs?! tHeY rUn tHe WoRlD!!!!! iT iS jEw LiEs!" like that dumb vegan Nazi cunt Kel. We shouldn't hold blind bigotry as having the same weight as factual evidence - Texas (or this administrator - I dunno how this law/directive works) is playing with fire here. Teaching conspiratorial bigoted bullshit as though it's worthy of being taught in an academic environment is how you end up with a bunch of dangerous and radical extremists in future generations.

I was curious about it for some times now. I will probably give it a go next week. I'm more into Vegetarian cuisine these days anyway. Made veggie Frikadellen today, based on oatmeal and shredded cheese. They were surprisingly good.

Everyone did. hahah Fair play man, there is a book called the Russian Five about that group of guys, it's an awful book in terms of the writing, but the story (which is true) is crazy.

Well, yeah, I am. Since the 90's. Main reason is they were the best team back then I guess, and me and my friend always played with them in the NHL games on Sega Mega Drive. But I kinda stuck with it, and they're still my favourite team. Fedorov was great too, and he dated Anna Kournikova who I had a huge crush on back in the day.

Yeah, it has been brewing for quite a while now, and now is back to the front pages because one of the top scientists quit in protest. I don't know, it's a sensitive topic. On one hand, I can understand people having strong feelings about it, given the purge of homosexuals from NASA in the 60s under Webb's leadership. On the other hand, it comes close to canceling historical characters for being a product of their times and judging them by modern standards. Personally, I can't wait for the telescope being operational; they can call it whatever they want to.

Viersen! That's actually not too far from here. Like 30km's (18 miles). I had no idea that a player from Viersen plays in the NHL.

Fuck I want halloumi now

Saw Bertuzzi got 4 goals and naturally I saw the highlight of that one last night. B-e-a-uty. Hes doing that to two of the best defenceman in the league to boot.

I'll do it. Give me some oil money please.

From Australia to Europe, to USA, back to Europe, back to North America, and then back to Europe again. What is the logic behind that?

That is awesome!

Been hearing that the series ' To The Lake' on Netflix is good. Also has Krill in it which is one of my favorite Russian (although I think he is actually from Estonia) actors. I think it came out in 2019 so needless to say, this is a bit eerie about a pandemic.

It's one of the most tone deaf interviews I've ever heard over something so trivial, so fair play to Sky for knocking that one out of the park, asking questions like "why do you want to be called your name?" Prior to that they were telling us if Raheem Sterling moves abroad it will be to someone like PSG or Barcelona because he is, surprisingly, one of the best players in the world.

A horrific and sick attack. I know any such attack is horrific but it's worrying the steady increase in violence against elected officials in recent years. Obviously we don't know the details but you have to assume it was politically motivated. You've got to have real problems to think this is the way to win people to your cause and effect the change you desire. It's just sick and cowardly going into someone's office while they're inviting people to come and speak to them about issues that affect them and you go in with a weapon and attack them. I hope he pulls through.

To me, the fundamental issue is that getting CL has become too important. Ideally, there would be a group of clubs challenging for top-4 every season, and it becomes normal to occasionally miss-out and bounce back in. But the thing is that the importance of the CL has shifted from being at least partly a matter of prestige and attractiveness to being purely financial in its importance. The self-reinforcing effect of getting to the Group Stage is just too powerful. Planning for many clubs is so dependent on the CL money that to hold onto it is no big feat, but to lose it has a huge impact. I actually think that qualifying for the CL has went from being a positive aspiration to a negative one, in how the involved clubs view it. It's not really thought of as something you achieve, but rather something you miss-out on.

The thought of Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur in discussions with the other 13 clubs about 'concerns for the the Premier League brand' after the stunt they tried pulling is rather hysterical to me.

I've never tried Halloumi before.

Agreed. And he's a great player to watch. And I've never heard of his hometown. Verisen?

Sir David Amess has now died from his injuries. A very dark day for the country, not for the first time.

Chinese GP to be dropped for next year. Emilio Romagna GP will replace it. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/58918353

15 years ago today.