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UncleSonny

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  1. Being in the SEC East gives him fewer opportunities to lose to Alabama though. Advantage aggy.
  2. Fair enough, I don’t know shit about Cena. I just didn’t read what he said as an purposeful attempt to make a political statement. You seem more familiar with him, so what was your read on the initial quote? Has he previously been pro-Taiwan and was he subtly giving his support to their sovereignty? If he has been so keen to expand the wwe market to China that doesn’t really square with him being an activist that makes a point of being critical of the PRC.
  3. Damn, I agree it's embarrassing the extent that Hollywood (and other American industries) bow down to China for money but I feel a little bad for Cena here. I didn't get from his statement that he has any deep opinion on Taiwanese independence at all, I think he just got confused, put his foot in his mouth, and happened to hit on a third rail issue for China. One that could cost the movie he was promoting millions. Maybe he is whoring out his beliefs in a free and independent Taiwan by stumbling over himself to apologize but mostly I get the feeling he's just trying to fix a really unlucky mistake that he made, mostly out of ignorance to the situation.
  4. Woke up still so hyped about last night, what a fun game. Now just reading everything I can get my hands on, here is Cato from the Athletic for those who don't have a sub to the Athletic: Specifically I thought this was a good point: They are asking so much from Kawhi right now, there is no way he can go long stretches working against Luka on defense and still carry the load they need from him on offense. He's struggled to play huge minutes and has needed load management the last few years anyway. He seemed noticeably less effective in the 4Q last night
  5. Plus if a black person committed drug offense in the Philippines, he would just be executed! American is a relative utopia!
  6. I disagree with your response because a thread about teaching CRT in schools, when the R alternative seems to be to gloss over our history with race and its impact in favor of a “patriotic education” curriculum, bringing up the fact that Norway may not allow the same number of POC to immigrate there now isn’t a relevant or good argument. In fact it’s pretty dumb and beside the point. I really don’t care about if we are a good or great country relative to other countries. Some things are wrong no matter if other people also do the the wrong thing worse. Yeah, if you’re not in to the whole brevity thing.
  7. I guess we can talk about that if you want to but that has fuck-all to do with what you called a strawman or my response. Mind closing the loop on what was actually being discussed or are you content just slinging shit against the wall in every direction?
  8. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/us/politics/trump-patriotic-education.html It's not a straw man at all but he probably shouldn't have said "radical" Republicans. Just Republicans works fine.
  9. I can accept that under all the schtick he's a good person who makes a positive impact...but for real? Not getting any pings on the douche meter here at all?
  10. "Yeah grandpa, I did get those email forwards you sent. Sorry I didn't get a chance to respond, I saw them. Good stuff. Really funny."
  11. Not that Herman’s offense would be successful the the NFL (it would be a train-wreck), but this isn’t really true. Lamar Jackson and Cam Newton have both been their teams primary rushing threat for most of their careers. And they have both won MVPs.
  12. That would be pretty awesome. It kind of seems like a weird career move but he's been carving his own kind of career out for a while now so I could see it. Relatedly, I keep expecting Lorne to eventually hire some already famous people to join the cast for a season or two as ringers. If some of the old guard are leaving it may be a good time to throw some money at a few stars and see if you can get some hype for next season. I guess they've tried that before to mixed results. Was it Billy Crystal and a few others that were cast after they were already pretty famous? I think with the right people it could be pretty fun though.
  13. How is burning a diploma a more meaningful statement exactly? You know burning that piece of paper doesn’t mean you no longer have a degree right? Is the fire the point? Now you’d respect them more if they committed acts of vandalism in their misguided protest?
  14. Dr. Beeper is like the Luka Doncic of having terrible sports takes.
  15. Thanks for starting the thread. I hope he’s feeling well enough today to watch the game. https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jonathantjarks Here is his caring bridge site, it’s being updated pretty frequently for anyone who is curious to follow his battle. Also includes links with other ways to help. Not to derail but I’ve heard Brian Curtis mention on a podcast that he subscribes to several Horn paysites (IT & OB I’d guess). I’d bet he at least lurks around here if not post.
  16. “So what did I think? I'm holdin' out for somethin' better. I figure fuck it, while I'm at it why not just shoot my buddy, take his job, give it to his sworn enemy, hike up gas prices, bomb a village, club a baby seal, hit the hash pipe and join the National Guard? I could be elected president.”
  17. Do I? Hell, maybe I am. It’s hard to tell what that even means but mostly I just feel bored I guess? I keep seeing this thread at the top of the page and I’ll naively click thinking maybe there is a real update. Instead it’s the same 8 posters beating the shit out of the same straw-men or raging against UT’s 15,000th most relevant influencer. But admittedly, that’s my problem, not yours. I’m the dipshit that keeps clicking. fair
  18. Clearly. Don't let me ruin your fun, continue to pretend you are defending the Alamo from hoards of charging GenZ snowflakes I guess.
  19. Have you guys considered the fact that you are just being triggered by an account that doesn’t matter in the slightest? Barely 300 hundred likes and 100 RTs. Who gives a shit, why signal boost and rage against something that isn’t getting any traction? Most students won’t ever see that tweet or won’t give a shit. A high school football recruit got twice the engagement in the same amount of time by tweeting two emojis on a highlight video. It’s all going to be ok.
  20. Not that I'm aware of...care to explain how that is relevant?
  21. Yeah if that is the case, do what you can to get back into his recruitment making him the priority. CTJ posted something about negative recruiting from Alabama and others poisoning the well so I was assuming the issue was more than him not wanting to be a RB2. Alabama has a 5 star rb committed already, so Miller would be their RB2 take if that is where he is leaning fwiw.
  22. Be specific though, who is the RB1 that we are going to land at this point that is anywhere near as talented as Blue? He's the highest rated commit we currently have. I like Miller and he seems to come with less baggage so I'd make that trade but he's been trending away for months to the point where it almost feels like that's a non-starter. Citizen maybe, but he's a step down in talent and a hard pull from LSU. Jones is fine as a RB2 but he's not a big time prospect. This isn't like with Zach Evans where there is Bijan sitting there to prioritize.
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