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  1. I guess maybe we should point out that a lot of US iron ore was mined in northern Minnesota and Michigan. And that ore was put to use in steelmaking plants in Detroit and Ohio, and places like Gary, Indiana. So, even though they are inland lakes, the routes sailed by the ships were pretty akin to oceangoing routes.
  2. Some fun factoids. "Lakers" were frequently owned as an investment by insurance companies. Edmund Fitzgerald was an insurance executive. It's kind of fascinating to me that Great Lakes shipping developed its own kinds of vessels for bulk transport, mainly iron ore, but also grain. One of the more interesting variants of a lake freighter was the "whaleback."
  3. A couple of tbsp of ACV probably can't do much harm, but probably don't swill it around in your mouth very long. I'm going to guess that it's less pharmacologically active than ivermectin, so less potential to do harm or have unintended side effects. But eating many food substances in regular quantities can have unintended effects. But, it does crack me up when the health nuts claim that naturally occurring (chemical) substances aren't "chemicals." It's all chemicals, all the way down. It does seem, though, that synthesized or refined chemicals can be more dangerous than naturally occurring counterparts.
  4. Powell was only convicted of state offenses, so pardon doesn't reach her. I don't think Giuliani was convicted of anything, but was indicted on a few state crimes, including that Georgia fiasco.
  5. The only thing that might justify this is they think Rs are going to have to eat healthcare cuts more explicitly than if it is rolled up in the shutdown.
  6. There's a book coming out about the wreck that includes the story of the song, which is actually quite interesting. I posted a link to a RS story about it on the GL thread. https://www.amazon.com/Gales-November-Untold-Edmund-Fitzgerald/dp/1324094648
  7. The judges in Oregon and Chicago have found ICE accounts of violence from protestors justifying their own violence to be not credible, which is a polite way of saying complete bullshit. And whose testimony contradicts and belies ICE and CBP? Local cops, mostly, supplemented by video.
  8. Goblin is good, if you want to stick with the alliteration.
  9. Also, any time you see the term "financial engineering," someone is about to get fucked. And usually fucked in such a way that taxpayers are holding the bag.
  10. Well, the scary thing is that the defense has been gashed pretty good several times this season.
  11. Maybe it's just the movie, but "gremlins" I think are small and cute, maybe gargoyle or golem is a better word.
  12. So it's shit, wrapped in bloody flux.
  13. We got our taste of how PE would bring even more crass commercialization to CFB and other sports in Steve Patterson.
  14. It's like kids who did their term papers and what not straight out of the encyclopedia, back in the day. Funny thing, though, I'm an internet junkie of sorts, but mostly to read. I spend about half my time on some kind of reference site. Like, we started thread jacking somewhere on ships of the line and battleships. I spent the next couple of days looking up naval battles in the age of steam, and the development of battleships. Which is a topic I have geeked out on before.
  15. The same people responsible for all that had us preseason 1. We sniff our own 9.95 farts. Shit, we don't sniff em, we huff those motherfuckers.
  16. And this is why I keep saying our OL last year, as talented as it might have been, wasn't championship caliber. It wilted against UGa (x2) and tOSU, particularly in the run game. That may have been partially the RB's fault, but only partially.
  17. Ackshually, they probably are. They've been stacking talent wood longer than we have, and possibly/probably more intelligently. By most accounts, their DL is down from last year. But within the expected delta of a team of its stature. We've gone wildly outside the expected delta with subpar OL recruiting/development. And they are positioned to make us pay. That's before you get to coaching, and offensive skill position talent, which are either too subjective or intertwined with OL performance, or both. That's not to say we can't or won't win, but I think UGa is, overall, a better team than we are.
  18. So ACA recipients, like myself, are getting fucked early, but as fewer poors have healthcare, we're all gonna pay the hospital tax and everyone's premium is going up.
  19. Good catch. Yes, senior judges do not count against the "quota' of district judges in a district. They are already retired and take as many cases as they want and the Chief Judge will permit. "Vacancies" of senior status judges are not "filled." To qualify, you must be 65 and served 15 years, or whatever combination of age over 65 and years of service is 80 or more. When one takes senior status, which is optional, one goes off the normal rotation of cases, taking only what you "want." That does create a district judge vacancy. But there's no such thing as a "senior status" vacancy that's filled by a district judge, creating an opportunity for appointment. There's no quota or minimum or maximum of senior judges.
  20. Off-topic, but I didn't realize Axios was dumb/right. A couple of the media bias sites have it rated as truthful with a middle bias. I don't read it real often, but what I have seen seems to fit that. Also, Jonathan Swan's (second?) Trump interview was one of the better examples of someone standing up to the bullshit. But, whatever.
  21. I assume that we all know that illegal aliens or undocumented are not eligible for most of those things. The one exception being states that allow medicaid for undocumented persons. And for it to work for the ACA subsidies, you have to file a tax return and pay taxes.
  22. I really like Squeeze, but not really Tempted. Give me Goodbye Girl, Annie Get Your Gun, or Up The Junction all day. Mr. Lavis in action.
  23. Shitass Saturday.
  24. Woof.
  25. At least he didn't send a Dillon Gabriel away for Arnold.
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