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legal noncitizens.

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Shouldn't even be a thing.

There shouldn't be 150 fricking skinnies in the entire country. :banghead:

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remember that when the best players on your team are injured and can't play a 3 weekend invitational but led your team to a 18/20 game regular season championship -

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Sounds like a conditioning issue to me...

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Palmer Freeman Luckey (born September 19, 1992

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On a side note, did anyone else read that DOB and suddenly feel old as frick? :lol:

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Their religion doesn't teach them that they have to fight the Jews NECESSARILY. Nor does it teach them that they have to fight the Christians NECESSARILY. It teaches that they can be aligned with one or the other, but only so long as that other group is not aligned with the third party in the equation.

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9:29
Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture — [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled.

9:30
The Jews say, “Ezra is the son of Allah”; and the Christians say, “The Messiah is the son of Allah.” That is their statement from their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved before. May Allah destroy them; how are they deluded?

9:123
O you who have believed, fight those adjacent to you of the disbelievers and let them find in you harshness.

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And fight them until there is no fitnah and [until] the religion, all of it, is for Allah.

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And kill them wherever you overtake them and expel them from wherever they have expelled you, and fitnah is worse than killing.

I shot with a D750 for years & sold it and my lenses earlier in the year because I wanted to finally go mirrorless. So, my Z9 just arrived.

I'm most likely going to rent a couplish lenses to figure out what I want to get. Since it'll be my primary/sole lens for a little while, at least a few months, I need to get something that's versatile. I had the Tamron G2 "trinity" with my D750. I'm currently contemplating the Nikon Z 24-120 S, Nikon Z 24-70 2.8 S I, or the Tamron 35-150 2-2.8. The Tamron 28-75 2.8 could also be interesting, but I haven't had a chance to look into that one yet.

I shot mostly city/landscapes, often at night, as well as storm photography with my D750. But I'd like to get into more urban/street photography, candid photos, maybe portraits. I'll go ahead & summarize what I've heard for the 3 lenses I'm considering.

24-120 F4 - lens is amazing, much sharper than one might think, is lighter, and offers great versatility. Pretty awesome across the board, just wouldn't be able to go to 2.8 if I wanted/needed to.

24-70 2.8 S I - as lose to optical perfection as one can get, covers wide at 24mm, you might feel the lack of reach with it being capped at 70mm. Only real weakness is lack of reach.

35-150 2-2.8 - Incredibly sharp, great for portraits & events. Weakness is weight & maybe AF speed.

I'm thinking if I go with the 24-70 I could grab an 85 1.8/1.2 S (can't remember if the 85mm has 1.2, know it's offered at 1.8) to supplement the lack of reach. I could also get a wide prime to supplement the Tamron. The 24-120 I could probably just use without needing to swap lenses for a while.

Shooting a lot in the evening & nighttime, speed & aperture are important to me. Especially with my interest in street shots & candid portraits. At the same time, most of my previous work was probably shot at f/8 - f/14. I am interested in trying astrophotography, but that's probably a whole other discussion.

That's about it, anybody have some suggestions...even if you're not a Nikon shooter?

TLDR - Finally went mirrorless, grabbed a Z9, asking for lens advice.

Appreciate any help! :cheers:

Thank God we've still got smokin' hot blondes instead of a horde of engineers and doctors from Mumbai. We could lose all of our games and I'd be happy that UF still looks like it's supposed to. :lol:

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canada will now be sending china that too, now that we have made an enemy out of them. way to go trump.

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Canada not only started this shite but they've escalated every single time. You now have Carney warning Canada of an invasion...at this point I think we should oblige him...but they are completely at fault for this "trade war" you disingenuous frickl

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Alright, I’m cool with moving past this if you are. Grudges are unhealthy.

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Same

If you mean something like a CyberPowerPC rig, it's not that they're bad, they're just overpriced.