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Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
Ghost of LL replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
Now you're sounding like Brisket. By which I mean, you're entirely right. Well, not entirely. It won't just be justified. It'll be state-sponsored. -
Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
Ghost of LL replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
Everyone on this board owes @Brisketexan an apology. I mean, it was probably a bit late in the game for the Trojans to shout, "we're sorry, Cassandra" as they're being stabbed to death by some Greek. But still, . . . .- 3724 replies
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Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
Ghost of LL replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
How big is a prairie dog, exactly? Because I used to bull's-eye womp rats in my T-16 back home, and they're not much bigger than two meters. -
Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
Ghost of LL replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
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It makes me kinda sad that T. Boone died just before the NIL era. God, he would've loved it and had so much fun. And it would've been absoluely wild to watch.
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This is exactly what we have an independent press for, and what the NYT should be doing more of. That they have largely swallowed their whistles makes me even more pissed off.
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There is no question that SMU football is trying to do what Schnellenberger did at Miami 50 years ago. It's a good play. Good for SMU. But also, good for Dallas.
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I don't disagree with any of that. Molly Ivins wrote about it when she characerized Dallas as "Boosterville" (she wasn't being complimentary). Historically, Dallas is a great city in large part because it has the regional Federal Reserve Bank. And it has that entirely because it out-hustled everyone else (primarily Houston, but also New Orleans) just before WWI. But a lot of the shit Dallas has gotten done (or tried to get done) has been dumb, stupid, ill-advised, or outright wicked. In the former group is the stupid-ass standing wave in the Trinity River; in the latter group is the stupid golf course in the middle of the Great Trinity Forest. Still--the biggest thing I will say is that Dallas has real, legitimate philanthropists. It has people who pay hundreds of millions of dollars to put their name on parks, museums, hospitals, theaters and other things build and dedicated to the public good. Austin has none of that. It's not that Austin doesn't have plenty of rich people; a quick drive along Highway 360 on a Saturday afternoon will disabuse you of that notion. It's that hte rich people in Austin--with the sole exception of Michael Dell--don't have a philanthropic bone in their bodies. There's no Perot Museum here; there's no Winspear Opera House or Meyerson Symphony Center; there's no Klyde Warren Deck Park. And that is to this city's very great detriment.
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Dallas's civic leadership--which is to say the Citizens' Council--is problematic on a lot of levels. But this isn't the thread for that. It will suffice to say that you damn with faint praise when you say it's better than Austin.
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
Ghost of LL replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
It's kind of a mixed bag. Contrails during they day in some areas will reduce heating by reflecting the Sun's radiation back into space (the same as natural clouds). But contrails at night definitely have a warming effect (again--same as clouds). I think the current consensus is that they have some warming impact, but on balance we don't know how much. -
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The idea of Nebraska celebrating a win over Cincinnati is so weird to w.
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For someone of my generation, it is so weird for that N on the helmet not to have any meaning or strike any fear.
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The place seems to have pretty good blackout curtains.
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Cross-posting from the oyster thread, but the Hampton Inn on Franklin Street is up a very short back stairs from Eventide. It might as well be the hotel bar. This is where I’ll be for the next four days, if anyone wants to pop in and hear some hot takes.
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Ok—for those of you looking for a recommendation in Portland, the Hampton Inn is a short walk up the back stairs to Evantide. It might as well be the hotel bar. And for the next four days, that’s where l’ll be hanging out from about 9:00 to midnight.
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I think that is entirely wrong and fundamentally misguided. I have the benefit of viewing this drama from the perspective of a non-Cowboys fan. I was a Cowboys fan in the early 90's for those two Super Bowls, but hiring the Football Antichrist killed it for me. Moving the team to Tarrant County put it in the ground. Marrying a New Yorker shoveled dirt on the coffin (Go Giants!). But regardless of whatever time I may support, the purpose of the Dallas Cowboys (and the New York Giants and the NFL as a whole) is to make money for its ownership. It's a business. That's it. Its purpose is to sell shit to people who will buy it. Winning football games is generally helpful to meeting that purpose. But as Jerry Jones has demonstrated, it's not at all necessary. @Iceman is entirely right in his assessment. Jerry Jones is the most successful owner in the NFL. He alone was responsible for driving the NFL's revenue stream over the past 35 years. The team is now probably worth more than 100x what he paid for it. That's not really due to any other ownership group; it's not really due to Roger Goddell's leadership. It's largely due to the changes Jerry Jones pioneered, advocated, and implemented. The Chiefs have more recent success than the Cowboys. But the Hunt family owes Jerry Jones a huge debt of gratitude for making that franchise what it's worth today. And do you honestly think that Clark Hunt wouldn't trade Jerry franchises tomorrow straight up? Has Jerry damaged the on-the-field product? I mean, yeah--maybe. But when viewed through the perspective of the Cowboys as a money-making venture, maybe not. Because what we want more than wins is drama. And Jerry has delivered drama. It's the best show in the NFL. Hell--it's the best show in professional sports. Again--I'm not a Cowboys fan. But damned if I don't listen to Cowboys talk on the Ticket because it's entertaining AF. Jerry has entertained the Metroplex (and really, all of America) for 35 years. You want wins? Go cheer for the fucking Eagles. But if you want to be entertained, there's nothing better than this fucking circus.
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Since when did the United States give a fuck whether an ally was a "democracy?" Speaking strictly of the Middle East, our staunchest ally going back to World War II has been Saudi Arabia, which is one of the very few countries in the world that makes no effort to style itself as a democracy or a republic. China calls itself a "people's republic," though it's anything but. North Korea protests too much, styling itself a Democratic People's Repubic. Saudi Arabia is like, "nah--fuck all that. We're an absolute monarchy goddamnit." I added that last part. But they're not alone. So is the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. So is the UAE. And Bahrain. And Kuwait. And Qatar. and Morocco. And before their absolute monarchies were overthrown, the Imperial State of Iran and the Ethiopian Empire were staunch American allies in the Cold War. And we won't even talk about some of the less savory dictatorships--I'm looking at you, Egypt and Pakistan. But it's not just the Middle East. Our love of dictators in Latin America is (in)famous. Just as notorious is our record in Asia, from the collapsed (South Vietnam) to the deposed (South Korea, the Philippines), to the still-going-strong (Singapore)--we fucking love our dictators. Nah, man--it's all the "pro-Western" bit. Or at least it was while the Cold War was going on. But now that justification is gone.
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How Long Will a Hard Boiled Easter Egg Last?
Ghost of LL replied to mininghorn88's topic in Food and Travel
This reminds me of Easter Egg hunts my grandmother's house. Like you, we did them outdoors with real eggs. And more than once in the hunt for the eggs we'd find a lost egg from the previous year. It was . . . not safe for human consumption. My grandmother was a child of the Great Depression. As such, she didn't fully trust banks. She would hide money all over the house--under the mattress, in empty Blue Bell half-gallon cartons in the freezer, in her jewellery box (because thieves aren't going to be looking in the jewellery box). But she'd also hide it in containers out in the yard. After we found the first $1,000 in a coffee can in the backyard, we got a metal detector out and found another half-dozen coffee cans. But I guarantee you she had some in cigar boxes and other non-metallic containers back there. There are probably still thousands of dollars buried on that property backing up to Walnut Creek. -
It's not just "memories of what happened in WWII" that historically justify our sponsorship of Israel. There were certain Cold-War realities that made it advisable. Syria, Egypt, and Iraq were in the Soviet camp during much of the Cold War. Israel served as a necessary Western counterweight in the Levant. But the Cold War has been over for more than 30 years. And while we still want to restrict Russian influence in the Eastern Mediterranean, Isreal isn't exactly the best vehicle (or even a good vehicle) toward accomplishing that.
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I mean, yeah. But at the same time . . . you didn't want to give your offence even the opportunity? You know and I know that if Stanford gets the ball back on its own 25 down 3 with :20 left to play, the sequence is going to be Incomplete; Incomplete; Sack. So it probably doesn't really matter. But isn't there a 0.01% chance that one of those incompletions is actually caught and he dude runs at least into field-goal range? And isn't that better than the 0% likelihood of winning that you have with taking those TOs with you to the locker room?
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