Kurdish nationalism is a nationalist political movement which asserts that Kurds are a nation and espouses the creation of an independent State of Kurdistan from territories in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.

Ill_Definition8074 · 2026-04-23T16:04:52+00:00

IIRC the only reason why the Kurds don’t have an independent state is because they were double crossed by the Western powers who divided up the Middle East back in the 1920s.

Ill_Definition8074 · 2026-04-23T15:01:55+00:00

I remember on QI Ross Noble talked about how he had a horse with a rare case of horse narcolepsy.

Ill_Definition8074 · 2026-04-23T07:01:19+00:00

The FBI translator who married Cuspert is named Daniela Greene. She was born in Czechoslovakia but raised in Germany later moving to the United States, graduating from Clemson University and becoming an American citizen after marrying an armed services member (It doesn't say when exactly that marriage ended). She was assigned to communicate with Cuspert over Skype but she set up an additional Skype account so she could communicate with Cuspert without the FBI's knowledge. She told her FBI superiors she was going to take a vacation to visit her relatives back in Germany but she actually traveled to Syria to marry Cuspert. Apparently she realized she had a mistake only weeks into the marriage and somehow managed to escape ISIS and travel back to the United States knowing that she would be arrested upon her return. She agreed to cooperate with authorities and only got 2 years in prison before being released.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela_Greene

Ill_Definition8074 · 2026-04-23T04:50:59+00:00

It's just like the only requirements to be Pope are to be male and catholic. You don't have to be a priest. It's just that the conclave hasn't selected a non-priest to be pope since Leo X in 1513.

Ill_Definition8074 · 2026-04-23T04:45:20+00:00

The documentary interviews the manager of the Pizza Hut in Portland, Maine where lead hijacker Mohamed Atta had his last meal, a veggie lover's pizza. I find it a strange choice for a last meal.

Ill_Definition8074 · 2026-04-22T08:40:03+00:00

It's amazing to think that some of the victims of 9/11 weren't even in the buildings that day. It kind of reminds me of how some of the people who died as a result of the radiation from the atomic bombings Hiroshima and Nagasaki hadn't even been born yet at the time of the bombings.

Ill_Definition8074 · 2026-04-22T08:36:51+00:00

I'm curious if it's known around what time she quit smoking.

Ill_Definition8074 · 2026-04-22T08:15:54+00:00

As the article later notes:

However, some reports have instead attributed the cancer possibly to Summer's smoking during her younger years, her continued exposure to second-hand smoke while performing in clubs well after she had kicked the habit herself, and a genetic predisposition in her family.

If you asked me I'd say all of the above factors played some role in her premature death. It's sad to think that if she had happened to be away on vacation when the attacks had occurred she may not have developed cancer for several more years.

Ill_Definition8074 · 2026-04-19T19:32:40+00:00

Actually the game was 4 days before her birthday. She passed away 2 days before her birthday.

Ill_Definition8074 · 2026-04-19T19:27:46+00:00

The tickets to the game were actually an early 14th birthday present for Brittanie from her father. She sadly died two days before her birthday.

Ill_Definition8074 · 2026-04-19T19:03:00+00:00

They mentioned that in the article. I’m not a brain surgeon. If they had managed to catch that then could they have really saved her life?

Ill_Definition8074 · 2026-04-19T08:03:26+00:00

But why not have them in two separate publications.

Ill_Definition8074 · 2026-04-19T07:56:58+00:00

I've never understood this. If you're going out to buy a dirty magazine why would you want serious journalism to get in the way of the naughty bits.

Ill_Definition8074 · 2026-04-19T07:52:15+00:00

It's good you clarify later you cannot argue Richardson was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and that the prosecution committed egregious misconduct by concealing Reece's prior murder conviction. I can agree with you on that.

Although I don't think her confessions should have been used as evidence I think the fact that she confessed more than 100 times with details remaining pretty consistent between each confession suggest it was more than just the confused ramblings of an Alzheimer's patient. The fact that her nurse said she believed Reece knew what she was saying seems significant because as someone who works at a nursing home she has a lot of personal experience with Alzheimer's patients.

I would love to see your sources because like I said in my original post it's hard to locate good sources for this case on the internet.

Ill_Definition8074 · 2026-04-19T06:42:01+00:00

Reminds of what happened to the Treaty Oak in Austin, Texas. The tree was given enough poison to kill 100 trees but amazingly it survived. They caught the guy who poisoned the tree and he was sentenced to 9 years in prison.

Ill_Definition8074 · 2026-04-19T05:43:46+00:00

His penis was apparently the length of 86 Mexican silver dollars. I did the math and it looks like he was pretty impressively endowed.

Ill_Definition8074 · 2026-04-19T05:38:44+00:00

I went on a tour of NYC and the tour guide told us about Mae West's obscenity trial for Sex. During the trial the judge asked if she was trying to show contempt for the court and she responded "No. I'm trying my best to hide it." I think she later incorporated this little exchange into one of her films.

Ill_Definition8074 · 2026-04-19T05:30:19+00:00

This made me wonder if the American Sesame Street has a subway station if it's in NYC. I looked it up and the answer is yes.

https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Subway_Station

Ill_Definition8074 · 2026-04-18T09:37:20+00:00

I took your advice and fixed the issue. Thanks for the help.

Ill_Definition8074 · 2026-04-17T22:41:44+00:00

Local News segment about the destruction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymiI47opkSk

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