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Transfer Cycle 2024-2025 - Handjob Helobious Is the Man!
Dbeasy replied to closetojumping's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
Encouraging to see some 20’s-30’s on surly. Please take over. As soon as possible. -
Just catching up on this thread. All I can say is that sometimes the zoom feature on iPhone is not your friend.
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I thought this was interesting. This is a maga person’s response to a republican wondering why Trump sounds a lot like Putin in wanting to invade Greenland, Canada, Panama…. ************* Hey just saw this on a friends post - ?? In the interest of pointing out misinformation. In Dec 2023 there was a decision by the World Court, that gave water above land shelves to those countries and ruled they were not international water. The renaming of the Gulf of America isn't renaming the whole gulf. It is renaming the area above our land shelves as our territory. You can't exactly put signs or border walls in the middle of the ocean. So for legal reasons, we need to identify these new changes on the map, so that new borders are made clear to maritime traffic. Those new maps will set the latitude and longitudes of where our border begins, or the Gulf of America. So all maritime traffic knows when they are leaving international waters. This is where knowing what is happening in the world, will help you filter out drama, and help you understand the legalities in your own country. This had nothing to do with Trump's ego, he is strengthening our borders and making sure all maritime traffic understands the changes that happened in 2023. Putting legal protections in place to help us enforce any military actions or incursion in the future. Betting most of you never realized the US grew by thousands of miles. Likewise some of this radical idea of buying Greenland and possibly Canada. has nothing to do with his ego. That has to do with the race for minerals in the Arctic Ocean, protecting our borders, and getting us the legal right to help Europe protect their borders from the Russian and Chinese fleets that have been doing damage to infrastructure. If Greenland is the territory of the US, but still their own country like Puerto Rico, then we have the legal right to have a base there and the legal right to protect the waters around Greenland. The whole premise right now, if we were to go help Europe it would trigger an act of war. We would have to wait for Nato action to do anything. If we have the legal right, to be there. Legal right to protect Greenland, then any response to defend our territory is not considered an act of war. It makes it easier to help our Allies. Also, like as not, Russia and China have been making plans to invade Greenland. I have been hearing they are trying to buy up land around harbors in several countries or eyeing what they can take by force. So Trump is not crazy. Not being an egotistical dictator. He is trying to strengthen the U.S. and working to provide some checks and balances that strengthen our ability to help Allies and prevent another world war. A lot of countries are getting we are the lesser of the two evils. Media not so much, they have grown allergic to fact-checking, and understanding any complex issue and just become about stirring drama rather than reporting facts, all of the facts. And we want the Panama Canal back. It should never have been given away. I was very young when Carter did that, but I knew what he did was unmistakably wrong.
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I don’t disagree with anything you’ve said, except for the fact that you just demonstrated my whole point. The Republicans figured out a way to communicate that was effective: demonizing, etc. and the Democrats have not.
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San Antonio Spurs 2024-25 - Alien: Resurrection
Dbeasy replied to Mitch Cumsteen's topic in Basketball
Someone explain why Chris Paul is starting with Fox? -
Trey Owens is not the reason they are looking at cancelling the spring game. They are terrified that the extra exposure for Max Merril will put in jeopardy his 8th year with the program this fall.
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All the people are ultimately responsible for this mess. Either they are uninformed, or not enough people are able to, or willing to, perform enough civic actions to push back against bad policies. Disinformation has seriously exacerbated the problem. Congress from both parties have done little to nothing and are also culpable. The Democratic Party in general has been terrible communicators for a long time now, and this has exacerbated the problem. These are the facts and they are indisputable.
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All Encompassing Mortgage and Real Estate Thread
Dbeasy replied to UTPhil2006's topic in Business and Markets
I’ve been on that side of it too. My own sister didn’t want me handling her house sale because she was uncomfortable with me knowing all their financial situation. And she had used one particular guy for transactions for over 30 years, including our parents house when they passed. Didn’t bother me one bit. -
Season ticket refunds and a 61% increase in prices for season tickets. That sure sounds like an ownership group trying to compile evidence of a lack of fan support so they can get approval for a move to Vegas, from an NBA league office who just hit a home run by having the single biggest upcoming star traded to the premier NBA franchise, after a supposedly talented GM who had made three previous tremendous trades suddenly made the worst trade in the history of organized sports. Or it’s just all a big coincidence.
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All Encompassing Mortgage and Real Estate Thread
Dbeasy replied to UTPhil2006's topic in Business and Markets
It has never bothered me at all. And actually the opposite has happened quite a bit as well. We have several realtors in our friend group, including one that is one of the top 10 realtors in Austin. They handle multi-million dollar homes all the time. With all that, several of my friends out of that group called me up to handle their deals. It was really flattering because I always figured they would select one of the others from our group. When I asked why they went with me and not the closer friends they said they trusted my judgement more, and they didn't like their close friend having that intimate view of their personal life. -
Oh absolutely. It's impossible to win an NBA title with international players. I had no idea Rob Lowe became the GM of the Lakers.
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Day 3 PL (Post Luka), I remain completely confused by this action and have submitted my application to become GM of the Mavericks. I can guarantee the ownership I won't make a bigger mistake than Niko.
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I would argue that our biggest problem is disinformation and the ability of Americans to understand truth vs fiction. Because it is impossible to generate support or opposition for any issue if there is no way to know what is true or not. Corporatism, wealth inequality, racism, etc cannot be resolved without first having an informed public.
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It been about 48 hours, and I am even more pissed off and confused than when this was announced. Aside from how terrible a deal this was for Dallas, think about how Nico just treated one of the top five faces of the game, a five year first team all NBA, and future hall of famer. What great player will ever sign with this franchise in the future? No one. He’s demonstrated incredibly poor ethics and integrity. Fuck him. Mavericks are dead.
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Yes but if they get Butler then they can trade him for LeBron!
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I think that is the point he is making. He's saying that they applied all of this pressure on the legislature and they didn't move. So the Adelson's only play left was to tank the franchise so that they can demonstrate it needs to move to Vegas. In 2 years, if the legislature does reverse course, then my guess is that by then the Adelson's will move anyway to Vegas. But, they will have a choice at that point. That is what this guy is saying.
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So starting a year and a half ago, I made a commitment to get my golf game back to better than it was in the 2000-2010 years. I was an 8 HC with below average distance and consistency. Today I'm an 18. Ouch. My plan has three main goals in support of my single HC objective: a) fix my major swing flaw, b) improve my distance signficantly, and c) fix putting/chipping which has always been weak. My plan to do that is to a) play and practice more often, b) get better and more golf instruction, c) get better clubs. So far, I've made progress on all areas, but am not quite there: a) Swing flaw - I'd take deep divots and hit fat on occassion. I've made pretty good progress on this and now have a solid inside out swing with a draw and a better divot. However I have to solve a draw that keeps turning into a hook. I achieved this through primarily practice and trying things. For the draw/hook, I'm now working with an in-person instructor and online videos. I think I'm close. b) Distance - Watching videos and practicing. I've gained iron distance but have screwed up my woods. In the process of fixing that via videos and in-person instruction. I still have a long way to go. I'm still a short hitter, probably partially because of my age. c) Clubs - I've hit many types of clubs and am not quite sure which direction to head. I have a fairly slow swing speed still, but I like the feel of thinner faced irons. I'm leaning towards Player Distance irons. Under consideration are Ping i530, Titleist T150 or T200, Taylor Made P790, Mizuno JPS925 Hot Metal Pro, Callaway Apex Ai200, Mizuno MP-245, Srixon Zi4/5, or Callaway Elite. Does anyone have any opinions on these or other irons for someone in my situation? I've hit all of these and they all are good and better than my old Callaway X-18s. I'm also trying to figure out shaft. I'm old (60) but have always resisted graphite shafts for irons. Finally, I used to hit 2 irons until they became impossible to find, and I'm unhappy to find that 3 irons are no longer available. I have no idea what to replace a 3i with.
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that's what I'm using. It's great.
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I didn't watch the video but this sounds ridiculous. The Mavs could have easily shipped Luka to Miami directly, unless there is some sort of salary cap strange issue.
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Adelsons are purposely tanking the Mavs because the Texas legislature rejected their gambling casino bid. They will screw up the franchise so badly that the nba will approve a move to Vegas, or the Texas legislature in 2027 will finally approve their casino. Giving Luka to the Lakers helps nba numbers so they will let it all happen. The really shocking statement in there is that the Adelsons have stated they could care less about basketball. They did this to get a casino in Texas. Ugh. If you want to take this further, ask why Cuban would sell to them and why the NBA would allow themselves to get strong-armed like this? Just my speculation, but anyone who has significant gambling assets must have ties to organized crime, which can make things very uncomfortable for anyone who stands in their way. Why those tactics didn’t bring the Texas legislature under control isn’t clear.
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Don’t know if someone is creating a 2025 thread. Besides the indoor simulator, I’m now going down the rabbit hole of internet video golf instruction. Been at it for two weeks and it’s potentially a game changer. At the very least, i understand the golf swing 50x better than before. I’ve been playing for 50 years but never really sat down and understood the true mechanics of what causes a golf ball to do certain things. I finally do now. I’m kicking myself for not taking the time to figure this out 49 years ago.
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Cross posting here because it fills in some details the board hasn’t fully addressed. This totally makes sense now, especially “why Lakers?” It’s a bribe for the nba to step aside https://x.com/loewylawfirm/status/1886211634097746331?s=46&t=1xhM83oX4_0pVKdmxhpexA
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: They Can't Keep Getting Away With This
Dbeasy replied to texifornia's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
As Troy Aikman mentioned last week, having a strong running game requires commitment and a certain attitude, including having offensive linemen who have a bit of a nasty streak to them. That advice is pretty consistent with what we’ve seen in the past at Texas and elsewhere. I hope Texas is weighing that heavily for its OL recruiting. -
This analysis of the deal is pretty compelling. It is consistent with some of the views here on surly. It answers the one question I couldn’t really figure out. Why give Luka to the Lakers? According to this analysis, it’s so the NBA won’t interfere with the tanking or the move to Vegas. I really think this is what’s really going on. https://x.com/loewylawfirm/status/1886211634097746331?s=46&t=1xhM83oX4_0pVKdmxhpexA
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