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The following typical threads that plague martial arts sites will get moved here if not just deleted: 1 - My style is better than Your style" - 2 - "Internal & External" - 3 - Personal attacks - 4 - Threads that start well, but degenerate into a spiral of nonsense.
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Postby Steve James on Sun Feb 04, 2018 11:23 am

People may call themselves geniuses. Geniuses don't know what the meaning of the word.
"A man is rich when he has time and freewill. How he chooses to invest both will determine the return on his investment."
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Postby Michael on Mon Feb 05, 2018 6:29 am

owwwwww
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Postby klonk on Mon Feb 12, 2018 7:52 pm

I oppose the ideas that Vladimir Lenin loved, and I have worked at times to undo some of the damage he did to the world. But by golly, I hope I look that good when I am 148. (Been there, done that, still have the creeps.)

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Re: RAT

Postby Strange on Mon Feb 19, 2018 12:14 am

from NatGeo/Discovery Channel MA doco:

Bagua Master Sui: "i do not have any wuguan, nor conduct any class or programs.
I realized long ago that that gongli, biomechanic strength study and understanding
cannot be achieved in a definite fixed period of time.

My students come by word of mouth. I do not teach anything fancy or beautiful;
only traditional ma taught to me by my masters. Those who like it can stay;
those that feel it is not what they are looking for can go."
天官指星 单对月 风摆荷叶 影成双

岳武穆王以枪为拳， 六合形意李门世根， 形意拳五行为先， 论身法六合为首，少揽闲事心田静， 多读拳谱武艺精 － 李洛能 （形意拳谱）
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Re: RAT

Postby klonk on Sun Feb 25, 2018 1:59 pm

The Internet Russians investigation is lending a new flavor to the term "trumped up."
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Re: RAT

Postby Steve James on Wed Feb 28, 2018 7:50 am

People who tell white lies will tell black ones too. Maybe everybody does it. However, the only way to know whether a lie was white or black is for the liar to tell the truth.
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Re: RAT

Postby Dmitri on Wed Feb 28, 2018 11:30 am

Steve James wrote:People who tell white lies will tell black ones too. Maybe everybody does it. However, the only way to know whether a lie was white or black is for the liar to tell the truth.

White lies matter!
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Postby Steve James on Wed Feb 28, 2018 4:17 pm

You can swear on the Bible that you will protect the Constitution. But, you better not swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
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Re: RAT

Postby Michael on Sun Mar 04, 2018 8:37 am

Been on a Robert Altman kick. Some of his movies really draw me in and some do not. Who knew 3 Women would be so enchanting?
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Re: RAT

Postby klonk on Sun Mar 04, 2018 7:44 pm

I still do not see why Putin's Russia would not prefer Hillary's Amerca. (Even I can say "reset" in Russian.)
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Postby klonk on Sun Mar 04, 2018 7:54 pm

Trump plays hostile reporters like a bullfighter. He makes a joke about Xi. They utterly take the bait. Red cape!
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Postby Steve James on Sun Mar 04, 2018 8:20 pm

I do smile when he says "disregard due process" as the punchline, though.
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Re: RAT

Postby Dmitri on Fri Mar 09, 2018 12:31 pm

New word: "indoctrinology" -- the science of brainwashing.

E.g. "My husband works as an indoctrinologist for the Workers' Party of Korea."
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Re: RAT

Postby grzegorz on Wed Mar 21, 2018 11:23 am

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Re: RAT

Postby Steve James on Wed Mar 21, 2018 5:22 pm

Follow the money.
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