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wood

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  1. Great breakdown of Trump's destructive negotiation approach.
  2. I think maybe you're talking about Paddock Club, where you have access to the suites in the Pit Building above the garages, but generally can't walk around in the Paddock on the ground between the garages and team buildings. Is that right? I've never done Paddock Club upstairs in the suites, but I have had Paddock Passes with access on the ground in the Paddock (+ Pit Lane and Track access tabards) all weekend at COTA in 2012 & parts of 2013 & 2014. That was all thanks to the late Charlie Whiting through a friend of mine in 2012 & 2013, and Shell in 2014. I could never justify paying what it would cost for that. Hell, idk even know what it cost ... just that it's a LOT, if you can buy them at all. In 2012 & 2013 I was out in Pit Lane with team personnel, taking pics of the cars and drivers as they rolled into Parc Ferme after the race, and taking podium photos with the F1 photographers, which was pretty cool. I also won a Paddock Pass for MotoGP once from 101X, when Rossi and Hayden were still there. Very different atmosphere in the MotoGP Paddock, compared to F1. Good times. /csb
  3. Got damn. I wouldn't feed that shit to my dog.
  4. The Paddock in F1 is pretty incredible. Or at least it was in 2012 & 2013. I look at some of the pics I shot in the Paddock and it still seems surreal.
  5. *racism. But yeah, lol.
  6. Yeah it was brilliant.
  7. Aye, and what is 'Insider415'? Google also no help with that one.
  8. Yeah the league format is beyond silly on multiple levels imho, and re: the website lagging reality, it's another symptom of a long pattern of mismanagement by the AVP. Oh, what could have been. Only 2 open tourneys. No Hermosa, again. Chicago as a league event. Etc. It's like they're trying to kill the AVP. The long, slow decline since the FIVB changed the rules has been painful to watch.
  9. I believe you misspelled 'Jesus Tittyfucking Christ'.
  10. LOL Bobby thinks a parking garage will help COTA's ingress/egress/parking situation. https://www.mysanantonio.com/lifestyle/article/circuit-americas-parking-garage-20096582.php :jagsguy: When it comes to parking for sporting events, everyone with any sense avoids parking garages like the plague. The only location I can think of where a garage will help anything would be in the Paddock, where it won't help the typical fan even a little bit.
  11. Really good article imho from the NYT that was gifted to me earlier today. I agree with Klein here, that what Trump is displaying with this blizkrieg of EOs is weakness, not strength. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-trump-column-read.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t04.mwSZ.KfcjTizcj7to&smid=url-share
  12. Re: the Canadian hockey fans booing the anthem, I'd forgotten about this, but does anyone remember the Maple Leafs' fans stepping in last year to sing it for us after their singer's microphone stopped working? We can no longer have nice things. Thanks, Trump.
  13. The Hoser Canadians posting on a Brit racing board I frequent are not amused either:
  14. What a fucking idiot. That's attempted murder.
  15. I'll never understand why people do that shit at the beginning of an endurance race. I'll bet the mechanics don't understand it either. Crazy. The cream will rise to the top in a race like that - if you give it a chance and don't fuck it up by stupidly running into someone.
  16. Most of my extended family is white trash in Tennessee and Florida and I have a pretty good idea how most of them think ... but idgaf because I cut all their sorry asses out of my life 35+ years ago. /csb
  17. Maybe MTV Bro shoulda voted for the FAA spending rather than against it.
  18. Huh. I remember seeing that one video and thinking it was odd, where you can see the plane on a parbolic arc, getting steeper as it approached the ground. I guess that would be explained by the nose trim down premise, but I'm certainly no pilot. Does that seem plausible? Disclaimer: I don't know shit about fuck.
  19. Love, love, love this race and Mt. Panorama.
  20. Trusty Kaitlan Collins (who imho is probably very frequently the smartest person in the room) lays out the truth about DEI in the FAA: Excellent report: https://x.com/kaitlancollins/status/1885318888235176438 (Sorry. She hasn't posted it on bsky. Hopefully the way I posted that link is ok. I assume it's aight since it didn't embed like they used to.)
  21. This is absolutely phenomenal. Taco trucks will vaccinate your 401K.
  22. Welp remember MTV Bro at Transportation? Saw this in another thread. Thanks @Francisco 2.0. NSIAP. If it was, I missed it.
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