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    Maverick is very clearly supposed to be modern day Yeager. It helps, kind of, explain his status in the Navy at his age. Better explanation than anything else, I guess.
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    Yeah, Greg, you’ve explained each tree. But the fucking forest is burning.
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    Defending in this game is sick. Precise stuff without fear that US/MLS defenders would either not attempt or clumsily foul.
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    Hmmmm….. I want to like it and the story is solid. I thought the acting other than Kenobi and Owen was really bad. Thought the production value up to the action scene at end of second episode was pretty bad too. The story and where they are going with it is great. Liked that Obi Wan finds out now that Vader is Anakon. …and was that first Jedi a Saatchi brother?
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    My wife (nope) hung out with the band in the late nineties on their US tours with another friend. Groupie adjacent, I've come to accept. She has some great pics and memorabilia from those days and said this dude and Martin Gore were legit great guys (Gahan, not so much, but dude had a stage presence). Tough week.
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    See..... that experience simply shouldn't exist. Anyone buying a gun who isn't sure whether it was stolen or missing is part of the problem.
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    My other recollection, and this is more from the book, was how it was a near miracle that the unit the reporter was following had no one killed even though they were being thrown into harms way over and over for reasons that weren't entirely rational. Really highlighted that not only were these guys badasses, but they were brilliant tactically (as well as a little lucky).
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    Forest, trees, whatnot. Oh yeah, and campaign contributions.
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    The GOP Both parties in this state can't get enough of the incumbents. That a pedigreed, diverse, Trump supported candidate can't beat a criminal, and criminally stupid, man is pretty damn funny to me. Although, they both can get bent. It occurred to me today that lawyers that hold office in this state are all the worst people from law school. If you are in law school now, children, that dude that is a Federalist society gunner is likely going to hold statewide office in Texas one day. Either him, or that racist drunk dude that comes to class in hunting gear and rocks a 1.8 GPA.
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    This is the culmination and continuance of 40 years of government propping up and liberalizing laws around guns and avoiding spending money on mental health that starts with Reagan (notwithstanding Brady Bill) and flows through current MAGA bullshit. Selling guns = capitalism and helping the mentally ill = social safety net so this isn’t changing - it’s just not We are fucked And it’s not “both sides”. Fuck the enablers from redneck YouTuber in truck to Ted Cruz to “fiscally conservative republicans” that continue to vote for their wallet instead of the greater good
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    The Ringer podcast said it best. This is what happens when Prez (as a cop), Herc and early Carver get promoted. Who knew The Wire was painting a positive picture of BPD?
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    … and I love this miniseries. And the book. Amazing stuff. Modern day Band of Brothers and not appreciated.
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    It's the dude in the boat in first episode and the guy that shot himself in ep 4. His name is also Earn/E.
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    Austin FC

    A-Tex Devil replied to Bottlecap's topic in Futbol

    From your keyboard to Beckenbauer's ears....
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    Austin FC

    A-Tex Devil replied to Bottlecap's topic in Futbol

    As crappy as last night was, you love to see where we sit in the table. If we can pull 4 points out of next two games we should be right there in two weeks as well. Getting through that stretch through Dallas and still being in second place is the real deal. Still not sure why Lima plays. I haven't seen a single person defend it. And it's doubly worse with him and Jimenez in at same time. Also feel like Kolmanic needs to be a 90 minute player. I've seen him make one mistake all year, and he recovered nicely when it happened. We are super thin at defender, particularly on the outside, and need to pick a couple of people up this window and/or figure out if Kolmanic or Gallagher can play the other side so they can both be on the field. I read somewhere that Orlando have gone down to 9 men 7 times since their inaugural season. No other team has had that happen more than 4 times. Fuck those guys.
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    My recollection is that she overstayed her welcome and took their curt, but reasonable, response to beat it too personally.
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    We were at Shangri-La one night when the place was relatively new. Adrien Brody and the guy that played Hanzo were there. A really, really drunk girl in our party decided to go talk to them at their table and she came back crying. /csb
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    It may be upthread, so apologies, but how is the Skyliner working out at WDW? We are going in January and will be booking through a planner in a few weeks when 2023 opens up. We are getting a 1 BD Villa almost certainly. We did the Bayview Tower a few years ago and it was perfect. But if Skyliner can make some other resorts not on monorail more accessible, it is worth looking into to lower cost. We want to take advantage of convenience of being on monorail (or some other easy access to parks) - i.e. not a 45 minute slog in and out like it might be at AKL (where we stayed 6 years ago). or something similarly remote But our kids have food allergies so we need a kitchenette to do some of our own food preparation for the day. We had groceries delivered last time and it worked great. I imagine we'll end up at Bay Tower again unless GF or Polynesian has a screaming deal. But the Boardwalk is intriguing to me.
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    Help me out here. La Liga and RM are saying PSG can’t afford MBappe and as a result they are suing? How is this different than some stud Royals player taking a massive contract to stay instead of going to Yankees for all the Yankees top prospects and lots of cash? Would the Yankees sue because they don’t think the Royals could afford it? I know there are distinctions but seems like sour grapes.
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    Agree. TIL she was Dr Greene’s first wife in ER. Never put that together.
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    Lede buried. Go to 5:00 in for the payoff. I agree with Saban that NIL is being misused. But I’d prefer to let it be a free for all and have dumb rich guys waste their money. When half of Aggie’s (and other schools’) class has transferred in 2 years, the bagmen are going to be feeling pretty stupid. My hope is that these collectives burn out and the NIL does what it is supposed to do for players that can find gigs. There is ROI for both sides having Bijan do a Covert commercial or Quinn getting the cover of a video game. But giving money to players to come to a school under the guise of NIL is not sustainable long term. Particularly since it is more or less legal now. A lot of money is going to get blown for no payoff and a lot of bagmen are going to be feel really dumb when these kids, who are pretty smart and seem to get the game, start transferring, or threaten to transfer, for more money.
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    Austin FC

    A-Tex Devil replied to Bottlecap's topic in Futbol

    Would have liked to have had 4 pts out of last three games but given this was the toughest ahead of this stretch I’ll take it. Need to get points against Orlando and keep this up.
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    Shining Path would have a word, but of course the first part of your first sentence is absolutely correct and Caponata is potato. Didn’t see it noted previously but Russian Army has been using flechettes in civilian areas. Seriously, fuck them. “Lethal Russian flechette projectiles hit homes in Ukrainian town of Irpin. 'They are everywhere,' say residents” https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/15/europe/russian-flechettes-ukraine-irpin-intl-cmd/index.html
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    Austin FC

    A-Tex Devil replied to Bottlecap's topic in Futbol

    I wonder if that red is rescinded like Cascante’s last year. Would it still be a yellow?
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    I don’t recall The Wire season 1 being particularly compelling until the third episode. So even if you didn’t like the first episode, stick with it. It’s a tryptich (actually, I think four timelines) and it doesn’t hold the viewers hand outside of Wayne Jenkins’ formative cop years with those police report cuts. I presume it all comes together to the timeline where Jenkins and team are being interrogated.

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