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What my kids like to call "American ice tea"......while making a gross face. For some odd reason unsweetened ice tea has never been a thing up here,

I bought my kids a Monopoly game a while ago, it doesn't even use money anymore, it uses a bank card and debit machine to keep track of all your dough! Good grief! I'm with Mike, this will be my National Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine of the day http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jskGKNUc_Lg/TR4-K-kpHwI/AAAAAAAACuM/TrqAY2CwNEs/s1600/014.JPG

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/02/what-muslims-really-want-isis-atlantic/386156/ I like this, it represents a lot of what I've been poorly trying to say. I also like this.......I'm with him. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34862437

Lazy?

A bisque has pastry, no? Chi?

So more accurately "some" Twins fans are happy with the direction of the team. Some also are not, including knowledgeable ones who regularly attend games and spend a great deal of time downtown. It's an honest opinion based on the people you know, who are undoubtedly Twins fans. They don't speak for the entire fan base, and you know that. I'm not addressing it again.

Excellent point Mr. Sixel.

Well botanically they are most definitely a fruit. The same way a banana is a berry and a strawberry is not.

But I don't eat ice cream with a spoon. And come to think of it, Japanese people don't eat Miso soup with a spoon, where does that leave us now? Back to the drawing board.

I'm much more inclined to believe the conditions created in their country by outside forces make them much more susceptible to ISIS propaganda. Mass murder and Mayhem is just another means to continue the ongoing destabilisation. Whether the average recruit will ultimately want to live long term under a non secular ISIS regime is really beside the point at this time. I don't think we're really disagreeing here for the most part actually.

Source? I'd say your just trolling, because you and I both know there is absolutely no way you can back up these claims. Why don't you just say you're happy with the direction of the team and leave it at that?

Intense stuff here, a good break from the Paris thread. Chili, i think the fact you eat it with a spoon makes it a soup. The hot dog question is valid but I could also put soup on my hot dog but it's still soup. Winner, Soup Hot Dog, sandwich or wrap .....I consider it more of a roll, like a lobster roll, also not a sandwich. A sandwich requires two separate pieces of bread, at least according to courts in Boston. The National Hot Dog Council has declared it "not a sandwich", although they failed to declare what it was other than being a hot dog, apparently an entity of it's own. Winner Not a sandwich.

You're right and that's what I've been saying, it's the very reason ISIS and formerly Al Qaeda strive to destabilize the regions they are in. What is ripe for extremism is the conditions of isolation and desperation they create among the people they look to recruit. The bombs may hurt IS from gaining any substantial territorial success and possibly fracture them from needed financing, but they certainly help them when it comes to furthering their propaganda campaign.

I see, agreed then.

I think most of the debate on interpretation of Islam has to do with Sharia law, and ironically both IS and the conservative right pretty much align with and use the most extreme interpretation of it in their respective agendas. Where the disagreement comes from among Muslims and people who argue that the most rigid interpretation of Islamic Law is incorrect, is that it's not a rigid and static belief. The rules are rigid, the interpretation and application are not. Often overlooked in discussion of this is the role of the Sunna and Hadith as supplements to the Qur'an. I find these two passages to be very useful when people try to claim "correct" interpretation. It's pretty clear that the interpretations by IS and the Right are archaic interpretations, no longer in step with current times, and having not evolved, are no longer valid. Wrong? No. Invalid? Yes. This is a pretty good example as to why Muslim world was considered to be so advanced and progressive at one time. "The Qur'an contains a variety of law-making provisions and legal proscriptions interspersed throughout its chapters (suwar) and verses (ayat). A number of rules exist for interpreting these provisions, such as the position of a given ayah within the context of the surah, which in turn is interpreted in accordance with its place in the sequence of revelations, its reference to other revelations, and its historical context in relation to particular conditions which existed at the time of the given revelation. These and other rules are known as the science of interpretation (ilm usul aI-fiqh). According to these rules, for example, one initially is to refer to a specific provision and then to a general provision dealing with a particular situation. No general provision can be interpreted to contradict a specific provision, and a specific rule will supersede a general proposition. A general provision, however, is always interpreted in the broadest manner, while a specific provision is interpreted in the narrowest manner. Reasoning by analogy is permitted, as are applications by analogy, except where expressly prohibited. Simplicity and clear language are always preferred. Similarly, the clear spirit of certain prescriptions cannot be altered by inconsistent interpretations. A policy-oriented interpretation within the confines of the rules of jurisprudence is permissible and even recommended, as is the case with the doctrine of ijtihad (progressive reasoning by analogy)." "Muslim scholars do not consider Islam to be an evolving religion, but rather a religion and legal system which applies to all times. It is, therefore, the application that is susceptible to evolution. Indeed, the provisions of the Qur'an are such that by their disciplined interpretation, with the aid of the Hadith and Sunna and other sources of interpretation, Islam can, as intended, provide the solution to contemporary social problems."

Thus the term "extremist". They have moved far away from the widely held interpretation. Interpretation is inherently prone to error because it's a human process, so I absolutely agree it depends entirely on the reader. Just as there is no "correct" religion, there is no "correct" interpretation, only where it falls in relation to the broader one.

But there is no separation of those things within the religion, that is what IS leverages the most. The IS is responsible for imposing Islamic law (sharia law) on society through what is devined by Allah in the Qur'an. Are they leveraging that for political purposes? Absolutely. I'm not sure I agree that society is corrupting Islam, that's part of Woods point, the things IS adheres to exist, they aren't twisted interpretations. As far as the right Right creating an Islamaphobic environment, they aren't corrupting the religion, they're exploiting the fear created by focusing on the most literal interpretations of it and applying it in broad terms.

I'll pass on the cold soups as well, never been a fan.

Well, it didn't take long for this to degenerate into cheap shots, we're getting a bit predictable.

Deal!

I thought this thread was about food? I liked it when it was just about food.

Congrats.....for real.

Can that be considered bragging though?

Wait, Saint Paul is on Neptune? That actually explains a lot.....

Yes, that's it.