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Guadaloopy

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  1. Thought experiment: You are given $10M and immortality, but an immortal Slo’neal will always pursue you and if he touches you, you will die. What is your strategy to survive?
  2. Oh he has shitty baseball takes, too. A little something for everyone.
  3. I don’t know about the rest of you who were there, but I absolutely did NOT have the Fayette-nam experience. Some of the friendliest opposing fans I have experienced. I was a bit weirded out, like they were all Stepford fans.
  4. Not sure if I saw more cops or dead deer on the side of the highway driving in this morning.
  5. I volunteer to be their cutman and apply the petroleum jelly.
  6. Hey Netflix… have y’all tried turning it off and back on?
  7. We can't have an Arkansas thread without crazy pig lady, can we?
  8. You are setting yourself up for future anniversary conflict by having a wedding date near an annual rivalry game. I speak from experience with an anniversary of October 13th. My wife always wants to travel somewhere for our anniversary and it often complicates watching TX/OU. Watched last year from a cruise ship somewhere off the coast of Albania.
  9. Jake Taylor had zero business hitting in the 2-hole behind Willie Mays Hayes.
  10. Stayed here a month ago and loved it. Super easy access to Aria, Cosmopolitan, and Bellagio. Stayed in a corner suite on the 35th floor and had nearly 270 degree view.
  11. I definitely don’t fuck around with it. I got the triple-whammy vax late September with flu, COVID, and my second shingles shot. Did it on a Friday afternoon and ended up sleeping almost all day Saturday. I have vague memories of Arch vs ULM.
  12. Made a nice batch of chili this weekend. Leftovers are down to the last serving, which really isn’t enough for a full bowl. Perfect opportunity for some naoch.
  13. I'm definitely not one to minimize COVID... I was just shocked by the number.
  14. Why the fuck do you keep coming back?
  15. OK... that makes sense. Read Troph's comment that we currently have 500M cases. Makes more sense that we have had 500M cases over the past four years.
  16. Is there an extra zero in your number? 500M people with long COVID is 6% of global population. That seems really high.
  17. I think we can stop calling it a COVID "booster" now. It's an annual vaccine just like the flu. Stay stuck in '21-'22 if you want, but the rest of us are moving on to the new reality.
  18. The rational part of my brain says that they have to see how this looks and how the outside world will perceive a photo like that. And then the part of my brain that has been conditioned by a lifetime of interaction with these rubes reminds me that yeah, they probably do, but they don't care because turdition.
  19. Absolutely not a concern for me.
  20. My body is ready.
  21. In 1918, on the 11th day of the 11th month of the year, at 11:11 AM, the armistice ending the hostilities of WWI was signed. Thus, we began to observe Armistice Day. After the experience of WWII and the Korean Conflict, the US Congress changed the day of observance to honor all Veterans. This day was originally instituted as a holiday to celebrate a hard-earned peace. That is what I wish for my fellow Veterans today. Peace. Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Also… if you really want to support our troops, strive to be the kind of American worth fighting for.
  22. “…since the John Blake era.”
  23. Let me preface what I am about to say with the fact that I am a veteran. I highly doubt that a Trump administration could conduct an effective and well-thought out reform to the VA disability system, but it badly needs it. The ridiculous range of "conditions" that qualify for disability benefits is embarrassing. For example, if you use a CPAP for sleep apnea, that's an automatic 50% VA disability rating. The standard for something qualifying as "service-connected" is a joke. If you stumble off the sidewalk one night while drunk on liberty and sprain your ankle, that's "service-connected." The percentage of people who spend their last six months of active duty going to multiple doctor appointments so that every possible condition is documented is straight up fraud, waste, and abuse. A huge percentage of these conditions are a result of age and poor health choices, not the rigors of military service. It is a system that is easily gamed and costs the taxpayers A LOT of money. That sucks, because there are plenty of disabled veterans who need the support. The average military retiree has a disability rating of 56%. This just sucks resources away from those who really need them and it makes the system more difficult to navigate for those with legitimate disabilities. 95% of the people who do this justify it by telling themselves "hey, it's not me, it's the system." It needs reform, but Trump's political appointees aren't the ones to get it done. A lot of folks deserve to have their face eaten on this one because they gamed the system as much as possible, and others are going to have their faces eaten because any "reforms" will be ham-fisted and poorly considered before being rushed into implementation.
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