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Lot o points [155851]
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Are people seriously giving Mickelson grief about 9/11???
Jun 14, 2022, 8:11 AM
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Of all the various ways that politicians (on both sides...this is a non-partisan lunge post) are interwoven with these people who ultimately hate us and have done terrible things to our country, and it's a second tier golf league that sets them off????
https://golf.com/news/phil-mickelson-responds-to-harsh-rebuke-9-11-coalition/
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don't get me started
Jun 14, 2022, 8:12 AM
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this is going to P&R town quickly. the irony with these people is palpable.
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srs response
Jun 14, 2022, 8:15 AM
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trying to work on not getting as worked up.
phil's a dirtbag. fact. a very, very likable dirtbag I might add.
he's a likeable bro, who likes to smoke pot, drink, gamble, and can hit the #### out of a golf ball.
he's on his way out, burned through what money he made, and is getting paid.
no different than the people in this shitholeofacity between VA and MD.
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that's been my hot take too.
Jun 14, 2022, 8:37 AM
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He Charles Barkley'd all his money away and he wants to be leaving more than a couple-five mil and a nice trophy room to his offspring. Or maybe he just wants more to gamble. who knows.
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Jay Monahan quote
Jun 14, 2022, 8:21 AM
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And I would ask any player that has left or any player that would consider leaving, have you ever had to apologize for being a member of the PGA Tour?"
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Oculus Spirit [81892]
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I mean, Mickelson making that jump did completely destroy
Jun 14, 2022, 8:37 AM
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my childhood as I looked up to him. I'm right handed and golf lefty just like him too, practiced my short game more than any other part of my game, so #### him, #### Saudi Arabia, and I am enjoying watching these dolts get grilled.
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I am sorry you chose so poorly.
Jun 14, 2022, 8:38 AM
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If you had idolized Jumbo Ozaki like I did, you would have nothing to feel bad for today.
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Oculus Spirit [81892]
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Should've stuck with John Daly IMO.***
Jun 14, 2022, 8:39 AM
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LOL....I still remember being at the 1993 Masters when he
Jun 14, 2022, 8:42 AM
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was crushing that year. He'd light a smoke after every drive, and before his approach shot, take a long drag, and throw the butt on the fairway, leaving his caddie to pick it up after his shot.
As an 18 year old at the time, there was a certain appeal to how much that pizzzzed off the codgers in attendance.
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Ran into Daly in the Drury Inn Greensboro breakfast area
Jun 14, 2022, 8:54 AM
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Years ago in his waning years. GGO going on that week.
He was scarfing biscuits and sausage gravy like it was his last meal, while drinkin Diet Coke!
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At a youth basketball game I saw the second coming
Jun 14, 2022, 9:05 AM
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of John Daly.
Little pudgy blonde kid maybe 8 or 9 with a mullet dribbles up the court, fakes the defender out of her Keds, then hits a pull-up 2 on 8.5' rims from half of half court. It's raindrops, just a whoosh and the little shitbag starts doing finger pistols and blowing away the smoke.
Thinking of getting him on a NIL deal if anyone wants to invest in something not crypto for a change.
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I just can’t get worked up over some dudes chasing a check
Jun 14, 2022, 8:53 AM
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Because Ain’t a soul in here would turn down 200 million to play golf. As far as the sports washing thing goes, people still be driving non-electric cars and we know the oil is coming mostly from less than desirable places, so spare me the ######## tears.
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we're on our knees begging them for their black gold
Jun 14, 2022, 8:56 AM
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yet screaming at them for using our petrodollar to pay our golfers more money.
hence my irony statement.
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I hope I can live long enough to see fossil fuels become
Jun 14, 2022, 9:07 AM
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widespread obsolete due to nuclear fusion or other alternative power sources. Then, those murderers can go back to being poor camel jockeys. Luck of geography is all that has made them relevant on the world stage.
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Yeah
Jun 14, 2022, 9:13 AM
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I completely agree with the nuclear sentiment.
However, the latter portion of your comment is somewhat naiive.
They're so intertwined in our markets, their capital isn't going anywhere. Their money managers will be long nuclear like everyone else. Hell, of the $9T BlackRock is managing, I'd wager at least $500B is from Middle East families, if not more. The mistake has been made, we're just exacerbating it at this point.
We've leveraged the financial engine that was the American middle class to generate massive, massive, motherfuckingmassive amounts of wealth to criminal enterprises across the globe. Then turn around and ##### when those criminal enterprises do #### we don't like with their money.
It is what it is.
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the LAST thing i thought of with LIV was political
Jun 14, 2022, 9:00 AM
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The people that ask this question are probably the same that support the NBA bending over to the Chinese.
I do think LIV seems like exhibition tournaments so i dont have much interest, but it will be more intriguing to see how this plays out.
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I don't get the big deal about this.
Jun 14, 2022, 9:20 AM
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Do people think the golf league is run by terrorists, or something?
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People just like to be "Holier Than Thou". The US does
Jun 14, 2022, 10:57 AM
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business with the Saudi's; WNBA players play basketball in Russia because there's more money there.
Not sure why golfers are getting vilified...
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Its those stupid little pants and shirts they wear
Jun 14, 2022, 11:13 AM
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You have to be REALLY good at golf to dress like that...***
Jun 14, 2022, 12:45 PM
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Resentment towards the Saudis?
Jun 14, 2022, 11:08 AM
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Yeah - count me in. From the hijackers themselves to government involvement, their role in 9/11 can’t be understated nor forgotten. You can argue the extent of government involvement _ maybe not directly but indirectly by turning a blind eye towards terrorist’s financing and actions. And compound the 9/11 loss of life, impacts to families and long term impacts to 1st responders with the causalities and costs of a 20 year war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Like Russia and China, Saudi Arabia is never an ally or to be trusted. The US Government has to be pragmatic and deal with these governments. Where feasible, I don’t support individuals and private enterprises that align with the Saudis. Some exceptions can’t be avoided _ like oil.
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If there were a referendum to cut all geopolitical ties to
Jun 14, 2022, 11:28 AM
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Saudi Arabia, it'd have my vote.
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Thanks, I think you got my point.
Jun 14, 2022, 11:41 AM
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This dumb golf stuff is the most pushback I’ve heard against the Saudis in 20 years. How about people get riled up over Saudi associations that mean something?
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It's because it's so much simpler.
Jun 14, 2022, 11:56 AM
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Individual athletes are making their own decisions about whether or not to play in the bin Laden Classic or whatever. The choice is between conscience and greed. It's really stark.
The relationship between two nations is much thornier. Saudi Arabia is very unpopular in the U.S., but there isn't any political will to do anything about it. High gas prices don't poll well either.
The complaints about hypocrisy derail the conversation, as they always do, which is often why they're employed. Not always, but often.
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Lot o points [155851]
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No derailment attempt here, simply because
Jun 14, 2022, 12:40 PM
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I don't GAS about the golf stuff. Maybe it's awesome and maybe it's the worst thing ever---I don't know, don't care, and likely never will.
Just slightly more fascinated by what it takes to push our collective buttons these days on certain topics.
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