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You can get on Youtube and put his name in there and listen to some interviews from him before you pull the trigger on a book. He also is a guest on some podcasts if you do podcasts. He has his own website too, but I can't vouch for it.

I don't think most people know or care who directed the movie they are watching. I know maybe 5 directors by name and film alike. Vikings are pretty hot right now and this has some fairly big name actors (Skarsgard has been in a ton of good HBO shit and if you don't know him your lady does. Kidman isn't exactly chopped liver on the actress side), I am surprised it is not doing better.

The biggest takeaway is their demographics. The one child policy and no immigration has destroyed their future. He claims they are the fastest aging population in world history as well as having the largest sex imbalance in history. He thinks they will cease to be a unified country within 10 years (historically the norm for them, disunity) and that there will be half as many Chinese people in 2100 as there are now. To be fair I have only read his first two books and am just starting the third. I think he has a fourth coming out this year.

Peter Zeihan's books are recommended reading for anyone that wants to be talked off the ledge regarding China as a threat to the US. Dude seems pretty sharp and his books are very easy reads.

Man those are monstrous numbers compared to the greats.

Bought this a while back but only getting around to playing it now. Pretty great game. Think Civ set in Warhammer 40K universe minus diplomacy of course. A lot of the factions are paywalled (and not cheap at $15 a pop), so that sucks if you are interested in one of those but the base game comes with 4-5 factions and they all play pretty differently. It occurs to me that there are a lot of really well done Warhammer/Warhammer 40K games on the PC. I can't say I am familiar with the setting outside of the PC games but man I own like 6-7 of them without being a fan of the lore.

I like the bottom right pic from the tweet, what are those? Top right looks like a week zero from a few years back, I have a pair.

It's mind-blowing how terrible the LHN coverage is. If you want to take commercial breaks fine but pick up the fucking action from where you left off. How many plays have they missed on the TV coverage at this point?

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I mean the AAFL did pretty good. Beat an NBA game on their first night on TV, pretty sure the USFL compared favorably to an NBA playoff game in their debut. AAFL was also pretty well attended here in SA. Obviously those TV numbers will go down from the debut but I think they can be a successful venture without needing to pack stadiums or beat the NBA's TV ratings. Smaller rosters, less pay, one stadium, no travel, etc. They seem to have a pretty solid business plan. I don't see them CNN+ing this, there absolutely is a demand for Spring football.

They need to figure out a way to tweak the rules in such a way that you can have productive offense without needing NFL level QB talent. I'm sure they are all trying to run NFL-lite offenses to try and get back to the league but they need to ditch that because they are having the same issue the AAFL had and the XFL would have had/will have again.

I think they made a purple carrot too.

That is fucking hilarious.

I've played all of them for 100s of hours each. It feels like we are due for a new one soon, I just checked and Civ 6 came out October 2016.

lol so the last game today got canceled due to weather and they are playing tomorrow instead. Crazy.

It looks like they moved the kicks back an hour for the remaining games.

Triple header! On NBC, USA and FS1 respectively.

The game last night had much better attendance but it was still a light crowd. But yeah its owned by Fox Sports and their goal is ratings not butts in seats.

This is a made for TV product, I doubt they are sweating the attendance at all.

Fisher v Sumlin leads the slate today on NBC. Might be the only time I'm rooting for an ex aggie coach.

Joel Klatt is on the call and the first game is also on the local NBC affiliate, so 3 network coverage for the debut. On Easter Sunday they are having three games in three time slots on NBC USA FS1. Some of the games are on Peacock too. Pretty cool to have a football option on Easter. Hopefully this league will fare better than AAFL and XFL did.

The Assistant on Hulu. Trailer makes it look interesting...the movie itself was terrible.

First game is this Saturday. Looks like its on the local Fox affiliate and FS1.

Do you like white women?

I mean its great though, and they have way more than 3 menu items. In and Out is probably more popular with almost no menu diversity at all. Common burger varieties or some of the worst fries available, those are your choices. Back to CFA, regular/spicy/grilled just covers their sandwiches. They have easily the best nuggets and sauces anywhere. Wraps and salads for the ladies as well as a bunch of sides that are unusual for a fast food joint like mac and cheese, kale salad and soup. And that's just lunch/dinner. Their breakfast kicks all kinds of ass and destroys any other fast food place's breakfast menu. The breakfast bowl and burrito are awesome. IMO the only fast food with a better chicken sandwich is Popeye's and literally every Popeye's I have ever gone to has been a hellscape of broken equipment, unavailable items/services and a staff that gives less than zero fucks. Oh and they also have a non zero chance of being closed for no reason during posted business hours. Taco Bell and Jack in the Box are white glove service next to Popeye's.