I'm going to go with Occam's Razor on this one. ESPN is JAQing off with this stuff. There's absolutely no substance. (Though the NFL has certainly invited this. Remember when there couldn't be professional sports in Vegas due to the legalized gambling?)
Let's say he scores. Then there's the PAT, where no time runs off the clock. The Eagles kick off and it's a touchback. Still the same amount of time on the clock. The Eagles' D has to come out and defend who knows how many plays in garbage time. Why risk the injury?
Professional sports may (probably will) someday rue the day they got into bed with bookies, but Barkley's slide was just a class move to not run up the score. Why prolong the game?
I always put George on a level with John in his solo career. They occasionally knocked out some bangers, but most of their production was filler. I never was able to make it through All Things Must Pass. It's just a little too turgid for me.
Last year we started bi-monthly lunch and cards with our mom and the tradition continues this Saturday. We've been playing a game called Skyjo. It's mostly luck, with a little skill thrown in, and it's perfect for kibbitzing.
Church and seeing an old friend on Sunday. Hopefully, the tail end of this stupid cold I came down with after Christmas.
The L.A. Times article regarding the water projects isn't quite as damning (sic) as I thought it would be. Perhaps the CA legislature could write some deadlines into the law.
We probably didn't get the level Chris is alluding to, but 30 years ago breast feeding was being pushed hard. Sadly, my daughter never took to it. I agreed with my wife that bottle feeding was better than starvation.
(Though my brother and I would joke privately about throwing out perfectly good steak.)
This was the outcome. The law triumphs over common sense, once again.
"I cannot bring myself to believe that a Forest Service decision to cut brush and use controlled burns to reduce forest fire danger near urban areas is arbitrary and capricious. And I cannot quite bring myself to believe that the categorical exclusion in this case, covering less than one half of one percent of federal land, will have a cumulative impact on our environment requiring years more research, analysis and report writing before we do anything to protect people from forest fires. As a matter of common sense, cutting brush and using controlled burns on parcels no larger than 1,000 acres and 4,000 acres respectively seems most likely to have the cumulative impact of reducing the catastrophic effect of forest fires on people.
Nevertheless, the government's brief does not point us to anything in the record that supports my intuitive view. The best I can find in the record is some scattered bits that were written after the categorical exclusion was made, saying that the categorical exclusion is not expected to contribute to adverse cumulative impacts on sensitive wildlife species. The briefs and record control, and the government has made no serious attempt to show us why the categorical exclusion was not arbitrary and capricious or that it gave the required “hard look” at the categorical exclusion before promulgating it. A judge's duty is to decide the case based on the law and the record, not his personal policy preference. I am therefore compelled to concur."
You know, Atomic Kristin pops up here every now and again to complain about how focused this site is on DJT. I'm kind of beginning to see her point. What to do about this country having to suffer through 4(?) years of this guy's idiotic meandering streams of consciousness?
Important right at that second. I'd love to have that moron's ear for 20 minutes. Whispering the right things in his ear could accomplish so much good.
On “Open Mic for the week of 1/13/2025”
I'm going to go with Occam's Razor on this one. ESPN is JAQing off with this stuff. There's absolutely no substance. (Though the NFL has certainly invited this. Remember when there couldn't be professional sports in Vegas due to the legalized gambling?)
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"Never let a crisis go to waste." - Winston Churchill - Rahm Emanuel
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Let's say he scores. Then there's the PAT, where no time runs off the clock. The Eagles kick off and it's a touchback. Still the same amount of time on the clock. The Eagles' D has to come out and defend who knows how many plays in garbage time. Why risk the injury?
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Professional sports may (probably will) someday rue the day they got into bed with bookies, but Barkley's slide was just a class move to not run up the score. Why prolong the game?
On “Weekend Plans Post: The Swing of Things”
Cool map of the solar system: https://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html
On “Open Mic for the week of 1/6/2025”
Just trying to bring a little light to the world.
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Lee never said deadly for whom.
(Damn, I thought it was a pretty good one liner.)
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You haven't seen the pictures from Gaza and Lebanon?
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Once they get back to the station to compare notes, that is.
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I always put George on a level with John in his solo career. They occasionally knocked out some bangers, but most of their production was filler. I never was able to make it through All Things Must Pass. It's just a little too turgid for me.
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You might be the only person on earth to be a mainly Harrison fan. ;-)
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The Beatles were definitely greater than the sum of their parts.
I've learned to be forgiving of obviously very wrong opinions about music in my old age, so you're off the hook in my book.
On “Trump Sentenced to Unconditional Discharge in NY Criminal Case”
How did we let the courts transform the office of president to that of king?
On “Weekend Plans Post: The Swing of Things”
Last year we started bi-monthly lunch and cards with our mom and the tradition continues this Saturday. We've been playing a game called Skyjo. It's mostly luck, with a little skill thrown in, and it's perfect for kibbitzing.
Church and seeing an old friend on Sunday. Hopefully, the tail end of this stupid cold I came down with after Christmas.
On “Multiple Wildfires Rip Through Los Angeles Amid Historic Winds”
I'm not seeing that referenced in the article.
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The L.A. Times article regarding the water projects isn't quite as damning (sic) as I thought it would be. Perhaps the CA legislature could write some deadlines into the law.
On “A Society of Shame Attached to Everything”
We probably didn't get the level Chris is alluding to, but 30 years ago breast feeding was being pushed hard. Sadly, my daughter never took to it. I agreed with my wife that bottle feeding was better than starvation.
(Though my brother and I would joke privately about throwing out perfectly good steak.)
On “Donald Trump Mar-a-Lago Press Conference: Watch It For Yourself”
Maybe Mickey D's will take care of it for us.
On “Multiple Wildfires Rip Through Los Angeles Amid Historic Winds”
This was the outcome. The law triumphs over common sense, once again.
"I cannot bring myself to believe that a Forest Service decision to cut brush and use controlled burns to reduce forest fire danger near urban areas is arbitrary and capricious. And I cannot quite bring myself to believe that the categorical exclusion in this case, covering less than one half of one percent of federal land, will have a cumulative impact on our environment requiring years more research, analysis and report writing before we do anything to protect people from forest fires. As a matter of common sense, cutting brush and using controlled burns on parcels no larger than 1,000 acres and 4,000 acres respectively seems most likely to have the cumulative impact of reducing the catastrophic effect of forest fires on people.
Nevertheless, the government's brief does not point us to anything in the record that supports my intuitive view. The best I can find in the record is some scattered bits that were written after the categorical exclusion was made, saying that the categorical exclusion is not expected to contribute to adverse cumulative impacts on sensitive wildlife species. The briefs and record control, and the government has made no serious attempt to show us why the categorical exclusion was not arbitrary and capricious or that it gave the required “hard look” at the categorical exclusion before promulgating it. A judge's duty is to decide the case based on the law and the record, not his personal policy preference. I am therefore compelled to concur."
On “Donald Trump Mar-a-Lago Press Conference: Watch It For Yourself”
You know, Atomic Kristin pops up here every now and again to complain about how focused this site is on DJT. I'm kind of beginning to see her point. What to do about this country having to suffer through 4(?) years of this guy's idiotic meandering streams of consciousness?
On “Meta Ends Fact-checking Program”
Thank you. Let's not let this site go the Twitter route of pronouns without an antecedent.
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They?
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To be fair, he is touting Anschluss lately.
On “Open Mic for the week of 1/6/2025”
Important right at that second. I'd love to have that moron's ear for 20 minutes. Whispering the right things in his ear could accomplish so much good.
On “Weekend Plans Post: Leonard Cohen”
It’s only lewd in the biblical sense.
Same with you on the work thing. Talk about unmotivated!
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