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2022-04-24 Africa Horn

Ethiopia arrests 34 suspected Al-Shabaab militants

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Posted by trailing wife 2022-04-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top
File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)

#1 and a pleasant Sunday to you, as well. Bless your heart.

Posted by Frank G 2022-04-24 00:14|| 2022-04-24 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Bless your heart as well.

Posted by Xyz 2022-04-24 00:17|| 2022-04-24 00:17|| Front Page Top

#3 I so like it when their spittle froths like that.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-04-24 00:20|| 2022-04-24 00:20|| Front Page Top

#4 You’re still an asshole Frank G
A sensitive one no less.

Posted by Xyz 2022-04-24 00:27|| 2022-04-24 00:27|| Front Page Top

#5 No spittle from me Skid.
I’m not deleting comments.
Frank G should not be a mod.

Posted by Xyz 2022-04-24 00:31|| 2022-04-24 00:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Of course Frank G is an asshole. That’s baked into the cake for engineers and management types — a willingness to rub others the wrong way if that’s necessary to get the right job done right — and Frank G is both. Fred and the moderators knew this about him when we asked him to join the team.

I married an engineer/manager, though both were some years in the future when we met, back at my freshman orientation — in fact he was still technically pre-med at the time. And even then Mr. Wife was being called an arrogant asshole by those whose opinion didn’t matter to him. Not because he thought they were wrong but because as far as he was concerned they were fixating on the wrong thing: he cared about quickly getting the right answers to the important questions, not about whether anyone’s feelings were hurt by the process or the result.

So, dear Xyz, you need to decide whether you are going to continue fighting a battle you will not win, or choose to turn your attention to more satisfying pursuits.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-04-24 01:02|| 2022-04-24 01:02|| Front Page Top

#7 Note that in all the above I didn’t mention that in pursuing your vendetta against Frank G you are acting the asshole yourself, which clearly thus far has not bothered you at all.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-04-24 01:05|| 2022-04-24 01:05|| Front Page Top

#8
Anybody thinks they can walk
into a joint and shit talk
'bout the manager and friends.

They're a spawn of socialism,
ye ask me. Deserve to be shot,
and forgat like last year's trends.

Posted by Dron66046 2022-04-24 03:20|| 2022-04-24 03:20|| Front Page Top

#9 I feel so speshul and shit

Posted by Frank G 2022-04-24 07:06|| 2022-04-24 07:06|| Front Page Top

#10 I feel so speshul and shit

Enjoy it during this short interval. The butthurt will always be with us.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2022-04-24 08:24|| 2022-04-24 08:24|| Front Page Top

#11 If they consider you an asshole the you're doing something right Frank G.

Posted by Chris 2022-04-24 08:45|| 2022-04-24 08:45|| Front Page Top

#12 It would appear that the Periwinkle Cluebat was just freshly oiled and came out swinging………

Posted by USN, Ret. 2022-04-24 09:45|| 2022-04-24 09:45|| Front Page Top

#13 If someone tries to insult me I must first value their opinion otherwise I'm not insulted.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2022-04-24 10:10|| 2022-04-24 10:10|| Front Page Top

#14 If you aren't sure yesterday was a garbage day, "but I thought this was Civil and Well Reasoned Discord?!" was played, and Herb was cited as a more capable commentor.

For the newer visitors, Lesser Herb: "Trump's State Department is going to incorporate Venezuela into The American Empire, and if you can't admit authentic Chinese food is superior to Panda Garden you are a dull stone for dullards and I would tell you so if I could put out the J and roll off the couch."

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-04-24 15:31|| 2022-04-24 15:31|| Front Page Top

#15 ^LOL.

Posted by Frank G 2022-04-24 16:47|| 2022-04-24 16:47|| Front Page Top

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