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  1. Whew!!! I didn't think he'd catch that.
  2. This is the adjective I've been looking for.
  3. I'm regretting that fourth cup of coffee right now.
  4. Yeah, I know about the ISIS flag, but I don't know how that's "cloak room" talk. There was a terrorist attack only a few blocks from the stadium. We know that. I don't know where the teams were staying, but it's plausible the players could've actually been woken by all the gunshots. It's also plausible these big ol' tough guys might be fucked up over it. Hell, it's not outside the realm of possibility someone could've known a victim. Anyway, I'm not here to judge.
  5. If I were one of the coaches, I think I'd be okay with postponing the game for a day. No telling how the players are taking it -- they could honestly be a little freaked. I know that sounds like "pussy talk," but we can't know what's going through their minds.
  6. Regarding the barriers issue: A street security system protecting Bourbon Street was under construction. A police barricade near the section of Bourbon Street where a vehicle drove into a crowd early on New Year’s Day. The city of New Orleans was upgrading security bollards along a section of Bourbon Street in the area where a man killed 10 people early Wednesday by driving a truck through a crowd, according to its website. The project involved replacing old bollards β€” barriers designed to protect pedestrians and property from vehicles β€” with removable stainless-steel ones, the city’s website said. It is unclear if any bollards were in place during the attack. At a brief public appearance on Wednesday morning, city officials declined to answer questions, including about whether bollards could have or should have prevented a vehicle from accessing the site of the attack. Anne Kirkpatrick, the New Orleans police superintendent, said at the news conference that the driver of the truck β€œwent around our barricades” to conduct the attack. β€œHe was hellbent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did,” she said. Superintendent Kirkpatrick said the city implemented additional security measures for New Year’s Eve, including deploying more than 300 officers last night. In an interview with The Times-Picayune earlier this week, she said the officers would be supported by 60 Louisiana State Police troopers. The district attorney of Orleans Parish, Jason Williams, said in an interview on Wednesday morning that it was too early to say whether bollards were in place or if the driver had navigated around them. β€œThat information is not clear yet; it’s still being looked into,” he said. β€œBut driving a vehicle into a crowd is not particularly a thing that any law enforcement agency can be prepared for.” The construction project covers a half-mile stretch of Bourbon Street, from Canal Street to St. Ann Street, according to the website. Officials at the news conference urged people to avoid that section of Bourbon Street as the authorities investigated the attack. Bourbon Street was taped off by the police on Wednesday morning, with a dozen police vehicles parked at the intersection with Canal Street. During construction, the city said that the bollards would be removed and replaced with temporary asphalt to allow vehicles to pass during construction, according to the website. The new bollards would then be installed in phases. The new bollards would close the street to cars during pedestrian-only events but could be stored away to open the streets to traffic, the website said.
  7. I don't live in Austin anymore, but I just wanted to chime in and express my sincere gratitude for the game link (and, well, for everything else you do for the community). πŸ‘πŸ₯£ 🀘
  8. Based on the photos, this looks to be where the truck finally stopped in front of Prohibition and the Royal Sonestra. NYTimes says the truck entered Bourbon at Canal Street. If so, he drove two and a half blocks before stopping.
  9. Ukraine Forces a Halt to Flow of Natural Gas From Russia to Europe A transnational pipeline was shut down on Wednesday after Kyiv refused to renew an agreement that allowed for the transit of Russian gas through its territory. The flow of natural gas through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe was cut off early Wednesday after Ukraine refused to renew an agreement that allowed for the transit of Russian gas through its territory, according to officials in both countries. The move to suspend the flow of gas through a pipeline that had carried Soviet and then Russian gas to Europe for decades is part of a broader campaign by Ukraine and its Western allies to undermine Moscow’s ability to fund its war effort and to limit the Kremlin’s ability to use energy as leverage in Europe.β€œThis is a historic event,” Ukraine’s energy minister, Herman Galushchenko, said in a statement. β€œRussia is losing markets, it will suffer financial losses.”
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  11. 18 rushes for 51 yards ain't great
  12. @Lurch God dammit. STOP QUOTING PEOPLE WHEN YOU'RE USING TAPATALK!
  13. SportSurge is my go-to nowadays when YouTube and the TVapp aren't working. They link to lots of different streams to choose from. https://v2.sportsurge.net/watch-40258-penn-state-nittany-lions-vs-boise-state-broncos This is a nice clean one with no lag, but it's got two views of all the action. You just have to fight through several pop-ups first. https://tvsportslive.fr/40258-3/
  14. Star Wars: Goonies/Treasure Island It's better than it sounds.
  15. Immamac confirmed in the Board Discussion sub a couple of weeks ago. It seems to only happen when Tapatalk people quote someone.
  16. Dump Tapatalk or don't quote posts, please.
  17. New episode of Skeleton Crew tonight.
  18. ESPN always cuts out for me with the TVapp, even when using one. @Tailgate At least a couple of YouTube streams are working at the moment -- hoping the ESPN overlords don't get too aggressive in monitoring and blocking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOFqh7P4LYg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq68zSj6ESI
  19. Bump Nearly all of Puerto Rico is without power on New Year’s Eve SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) β€” A blackout hit nearly all of Puerto Rico early Tuesday as the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate New Year’s, leaving more than 1.3 million clients in the dark. Officials said it could take up to two days to restore power. The outage hit at dawn, plunging the island into an eerie silence as electrical appliances and air conditioners shut down before those who could afford generators turned them on. β€œIt had to be on the 31st of December!” exclaimed one man, who only gave his name as Manuel, as he stood outside a grocery store in the capital of San Juan, grumbling about the outage that coincided with his birthday. β€œThere is no happiness.” Nearly 90% of 1.47 million clients across Puerto Rico were left in the dark, according to Luma Energy, a private company that oversees electricity transmission and distribution. Luma said in a statement that it appears the outage was caused by a failure of an underground power line, saying it is restoring power β€œin the quickest and safest way possible.” A Luma spokesman told The Associated Press that the incident was under investigation.
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