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  1. This is true, but one thing that differentiates the current elite programs is the volume of talent at most positions and its evaluation and development. For now, outside of the OL, I think we have pretty good talent, but it's young/untested and the environment that stems from the ineffective OL makes it difficult for them to execute and develop. Could we have perhaps better talent at RB and WR, yes. But who knows what the current crop looks like if the OL was even just average.
  2. Remember that film you did that ignored that the GOP and Dixiecrats had essentially swapped places? Reap, you fucking guy.
  3. I don't think anyone noodles for gar. But it has always been a wonder to me that catfish noodlers don't encounter such things (I think gar are pretty skittish and likely to haul ass if a person is anywhere in the vicinity) as snapping turtles.
  4. For one thing, that is pretty classic trademark infringement or false designation of origin. Even if it was a superficially benign purpose (of course it's not, it's for the vig).
  5. Didn't notice. Did wtf that I hadn't already repped it, but guess I had.
  6. "Changes course." How about "fucking lies." Goddamn NYT.
  7. It's probably a BA, requiring a whopping 12 hours of economics. Four classes.
  8. Now do MAGAts on any topic that requires information and knowledge.
  9. I'll take Joe Biden's ability to understand what's going on and react rationally to it to Donald Trump's 100 times out of 100. At any time either of them has occupied the office.
  10. Got anything to add, sporto?
  11. It's not a doorbell camera, but they may make one. Wyze is ex-Ring employees and they have cheap but remarkably good shit.
  12. I think the programs that we are judging ourselves against are Ohio State, Georgia, and Alabama (to a somewhat lesser extent because of Saban's retirement). Day has been at OSU for eight years, head coach for seven and inherited Urb's program pretty intact, which program had been rolling since 2014, at least. Kirby Smart has been HFC at UGa for nine years. And while Richt could never get over the hump, Georgia was not exactly in shambles when Kirbo took over. I don't think I need to explain Alabama. The coaching and recruiting continuity at those programs is what makes the difference.
  13. An interesting facet here. It seems that this is two FTCA claims, filed in 2023 and 2024, during the Biden Administration. As noted above, six months after a claim is filed, the claimant has the option of treating it as "denied by operation of law." That is, they can file suit. Like a Motion for New Trial in Texas is deemed denied after 75 days. However, unlike Texas MNT practice, that apparently is only an option, it doesn't force the filing of suit. The claimant can wait until the claim is actually denied to file suit. So, the Biden DOJ could have denied the claims, forcing Trump to file suit. Similarly, the Trump DOJ has had ample time to grant or deny the claims. The Biden DOJ obviously should have denied the claims. It's a mystery why the Trump DOJ didn't do so quietly and in early 2025. Now the cat is out of the bag. Trump doesn't want to file suit, because he will lose.
  14. Evil takes a toll. I saw something on Daily Beast that I didn't look into, but apparently, recently, Trump went on some kind of rampage to get a newly divorced Vought fucked by one of the plastic fantastic Mar A Lago critters.
  15. Yep, MAGA is a motley coalition of people with highly retrograde views that center on white supremacy. Past that, a lot of them are at odds with each other and once and if "the dog catches the car" and they attain power, it's going to turn into an even bigger shit show as the coalition dissolves into infighting. Even Yarvin, who advocates for a benign dictator, admits that the benign part may be hard to pull off, because he can't ignore history.
  16. Outstanding post. Wish I could rep it more.
  17. I can't even analyze the tattoo thing because it is so anathema. I'm not sure what anyone is thinking when they get a tat or what the thought process is about having them removed. If I had somehow acquired a tattoo, one of my first sober thoughts would be about removing it. I know there are a lot of people on the board with ink. I just cannot relate to that.
  18. Is there any value to the notion that Platner, or a candidate like him, could argue that as a young man he was caught up in edgy internet culture, the precursors to groypers, and the "manosphere," but has come to realize how he was deceived and how wrong and immature are those positions and policies behind them. Thus, making him a "considered liberal" who has "been there and done that."
  19. Point of order, I don't spend a lot of time thinking about bail, but am perfectly willing to a) point out that its original purpose was to ensure appearance at trial, not "protect the public" and b) agree with a lot of critics that it has morphed into something that unduly penalizes the underclass while being untethered to either insuring appearance at trial or public safety. So, bail reform seems quite warranted, especially for lower-level offenses. It is possible, and even likely, that it has gone too far the other way, but a lot of that is informed by hindsight bias.
  20. Another quandary in the whole criminal justice/sentencing mess is homicide. A lot of homicide is a really one-off crime, for example Amber Guyger. So, as heinous as is "murder" or the taking of another life, a whole lot of murderers are pretty unlikely to do it again or really to engage in other criminality. Yet, we are pretty likely to punish them severely and incapacitate them for years, and they will be released as social and economic cripples. I'm not suggesting we let murderers off scot-free, but it's a ponderable. And, as said many times here, I think the best case for long-term incarceration is the repeat offender. But I have this sneaking suspicion that we manufacture a lot of those with our justice and social policies.
  21. Crime varies as a function of social unrest. I think that is indisputable. And our systems, which tend to ignore the least of us, combined with the near-unattainable "American Dream," create a lot of social unrest. So, social unrest leads to crime leads to incarceration. And incarceration feeds the unrest. Some of it is "our nature," but justice policies aren't helping.
  22. Well, that does ratify my thinking that our line last year wasn't championship quality. Bet it wasn't so hot in 23 either.
  23. What are those numbers for run blocking? My sense of it is that we've never been that good run blocking.
  24. Further on this, these are old enough that they were filed during the Biden Administration and likely the administrative portion should have been disposed of by the Biden DOJ.
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