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Huckleberry

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  1. No big shock on the Loughlin relationship with her daughter. Insisting that your children go to college when they don't need to or shouldn't is a problem in more than just elite circles, hence the ridiculous student debt problem around the country. It's just that it goes from sad to disgusting when the reason is your own vanity (Loughlin and other elites) versus just not knowing any better (middle class families still thinking college is the only way to success).

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  2. 1 hour ago, bernorange said:
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    “Our rules, and the basis of separating genders for competition, are based on physiological classification rather than identification.

    Oh for fuck's sake. You are separating SEXES, not GENDERS. That's the entire point and yet people in this country are so fucking squeamish about saying the word SEX that they can't get it right. Sex sex sex sex sex sex sex sex.

  3. 3 minutes ago, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said:

    4 officers were shot.  I don't really believe that two people who didn't expect the officers and presumably didn't have guns just sitting right there with them were able to get four of them, but I also don't really believe 4 officers would be hit by friendly fire and no shots came from the couple.  Neither side's story really passes the smell test to me.

    I tend to agree with this, but the independent forensics team did mention that the locations of some bullet holes indicate that officers on the outside were firing blindly into the home without being able to see their targets.

  4. Their customer base won't stand for her now that she did this, it's the right move for the publishing company.

    Kind of like how she, as a customer, couldn't stand that a Metro employee was eating. Goose, gander, and all that.

  5. I said consistently high-spending. This goes back to the graphic that went out a couple of months ago. For nearly 30 years now Liverpool has been the only English club always in the Top 10 of Europe in spending money on players (cumulatively since the PL started). They slipped out last season for half a year. Right back in.

    You are correct that other teams have shown up, spent a shitload, and actually won. That's actually the entire point. Liverpool has managed to spend and spend without winning the domestic title.

  6. Are you having trouble reading? I said City deserves punishment under the current rules.

    The rules, however, are stupid. Just like the luxury tax in baseball is stupid without a salary floor (aside from the mathematical floor of league minimum times roster size). And just like salary caps are stupid.

  7. I'm not pissy. City deserves punishment.

    I'm just mocking the fans of the most consistently high-spending club in England whining about another team spending money. The fair play rules are garbage anyway. If a team spends themselves into ruin then that's their punishment right there. All the current regulations do is artificially depress player wages and prevent aggressive investment.

  8. Surly soccer followers on the Football board: "Why don't we actually spend the money we claim to have? Why won't the boosters give some money to improve facilities?"

    Surly soccer followers on the Basketball board: "Why won't our boosters give money to buy out Shaka Smart? Why don't we have better basketball facilities?"

    Surly soccer followers on the Other Sports board: "CITY IS SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY ON THEIR FACILITIES, YOUTH SYSTEM, AND CLUB IN AN EFFORT TO WIN AND GET BETTER, IT'S NOT FAIR!"

  9. lulz

    The FA won't do shit. All these "unfair" things that are being done are exactly why the EPL is now clearly the best league in the world and swimming in money like Scrooge McFuckingDuck.

  10. Banned from the Champions League? What difference will that make at this point?

    It would just mean still no Champions League title and a three-peat domestically as the City roster gets extra rest.

  11. Sports should be completely apolitical, although I realize that's not possible in the real world.

    Champions shouldn't visit the White House or the Governor's Mansion, politicians shouldn't be at sporting events, we shouldn't sing the national anthem before sports events (Why do we do that? It makes no sense.), governors shouldn't bet each other on the outcome of games (leave that to the university presidents), etc.

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  12. Thanks? I mean, if I were you I'd be enjoying the win instead of talking trash to supporters of a team that pushed you to the brink and still have something pretty massive to play for. 
    You should have noticed that a Liverpool fan started the trash talk. You know, a fan of the only English team to spend three decades as one of the top 10 spending teams in all of Europe that has zero domestic titles to show for that spending. He decided to whine about City's spending.


  13. Exactly and that’s my point. Could Houston lose 1 game and that game be tomorrow night without KD? Absolutely. 
    If we are talking about no KD for the entire 7 game series that’s different and would make a huge impact but let’s not act like no KD all the sudden makes the warriors some shit squad that can’t win a game or two without him. Could they win it all if they survive this round and have to go the rest of the playoffs without KD? I don’t think so.


    Damn, you still seem pretty mad at the Rockets for not being able to close it out without Paul.
  14. If the final somehow isn't a hugely anti-climactic disappointment after these semis then we are in for a fucking treat.

    Also, if it's like the semis then we will have at least two posters die of heart attacks.

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  15. 13 minutes ago, DaysOff said:

    I've always been confused about the duties of constables and sheriffs for counties like Harris where a city almost fills the whole damn county. The city has its own PD. Why do you need these other rednecks?

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    The City of Houston doesn't come close to filling all of Harris County.

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