The Swamp

EnochRoot

Both of these posts are fantastic takes. As to this stuff with Jimmy Fallon, the problem lies within the fact that he reaches many millions of people nightly with his show and many millions more with the videos on YouTube. It's there strictly for entertainment purposes where he invites political peo...

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If Stewart and Colbert hadn't become the symbols of truth-telling via satire, would Fallon be getting the scorn he is? Don't take that as me saying it's undeserved; just trying to figure out how we've gotten to the point where a late night show like that is expected to be a hard-hitting interview. ...

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Pretty sure that's a photoshop/joke. I've seen it for probably every university in the country. (Also, why wouldn't drains be able to handle semen?) Yeah...if it's going to get escape into a crusty old sock, would said sock not have to get washed? Or are they suggesting that it makes more sense to ...

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When talking to somebody that supports the GOP leadership in NC these days...and down the board when confronted by climate change denialists...and FFS, when you have to collect your thoughts to approach a Trump supporter who just said the most ridiculous thing... it always gets heard as.... "DA...

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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Samuel Johnson

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HaulCitgo wrote:Is the solid black line to scale? Legitimately curious. I've never been a global warming denyer but didn't realize it was so immediately apparent either.

Yes, I think it is, if they're basing it off the Instrumental Temperature Record.

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Random thoughts (not that you care edition): [...] ---Also, Jamies Wintson. I would rather have him than a LOT of qbs in this league if I were starting a franchise. Including Andrew Luck. As a huge Bucs' fan I hated the pick, largely because of the un-investigation re: rape at FSU. Selfishly too I ...

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She is not being truthful about her medical condition. By definition. Her coughing spell last week was said to be from allergies. Now said to be from pneumonia. Said to have been diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday, yet told no one, and continued a normal campaign schedule. Including a fundraiser Fr...

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howard wrote:It's legit. Her doctor issued a statement to cover. Pneumonia. Bullshit.

Are you saying the Clinton camp isn't being truthful to all, including the DNC, or are you saying the DNC aren't being truthful?

Show your cards, mon!

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Rex wrote:Failing to score against the Giants' defense in the final 2:00 is a pretty poor way to start your career IMO

What's with a $1.3b price tag, you'd think they could close the roof enough so that the Cowboys wouldn't have the sun impede a few of his 4th Q passes to his receivers.

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rass wrote:That Mike Evans TD catch was fucking great.

As a Bucs fan, I wish they drafted Donald instead.

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4th and 1, :23 left for Jax, down 4, and out of a GB timeout Bortles throws a set play to a receiver behind the line of scrimmage. Said receiver gets stuffed, game over.

Man I hate that play call.

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If Clinton were advised not to run, what's the over/under on the DNC pleading with Biden to take over with Kaine as his VP?

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Wouldn't video review and personal foul + ejections do the most to stop all this? Like I know you could still send a 4th string DE to go for the kill, but you like to think they wouldn't. Not with only being able to dress 46. Could happen in college I suppose. Unfortunately this thought process wou...

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Wilco is playing five nights in a row in SF at the Fillmore right now. One of my friends is a super fan who is going to four of them, and offered me a ticket to any of them. But my parents are visiting the entire time so I had to demur. (Do you need a) Sonic shoulder for you to cry, cry, cry, on Wi...

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The immediate corner (a dead person) or the further off corner (no football as it looks now)? Sorry. I didn't mean to sound so vague/elusive. I think there's going to be a real likelihood that QBs get targeted because of the chance they'll get removed from the game when their bells get rung. A pers...

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A parent signs a waiver now, sure...But what happens when the child is fully grown, suffering from CTE, and all of the hits he took are documented in HD on Youtube? And that's when all of those parents will claim they didn't know what they were getting their sons into even though, present day, thos...

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HaulCitgo wrote:Gonna use into a Bolivian. Always count on Mike... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tLrIkPK8kg and just because he was probably the 2nd only to the other Mike in my lifetime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOHvMqAgcmc

It's an oldie, but goodie.

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For that analogy to work, wouldn't the NBA have to allow defenders to headbutt Steph Curry repeatedly but not remove him from the court even when he's struggling to think thoughts? The NFL is more like the NHL in that they're too stupid to sufficiently punish dirty hits and are going to end up wait...

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This is a league that up until a year ago was touting a company line that, to put concussions into perspective, you can get hurt getting up from the couch. It also thwarted research at all levels regarding CTE. And fast forward to last night, where, if they call those hits as the ejectable offenses ...

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While I agree you have to maximize your chances to win in any given year if the implication is they're in win now mode because of Peterson that's dumb. They have a young defense, a young QB and a solid OL. I think they'll ultimately regret losing the first rounder for a stiff like Bradford. Eh. I t...

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Yacht Rock on S/XM is touting a new Barbara Streisand channel. Is this the end of Yacht Rock radio?. They had said all along it was going to be off on Labor Day. Though supposedly they reserved one of the Internet channels for it. Just can't get it through your car radio any longer I don't think. C...

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Yacht Rock on S/XM is touting a new Barbara Streisand channel. Is this the end of Yacht Rock radio? Is Air Supply/Reo/Boston, or at least the soft 80s version of them, not Yacht Rock? I'd give the 4th spot as some combined tribute to that stuff (but the face is still Toto). I don't think Boston can ...

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While I agree you have to maximize your chances to win in any given year if the implication is they're in win now mode because of Peterson that's dumb. They have a young defense, a young QB and a solid OL. I think they'll ultimately regret losing the first rounder for a stiff like Bradford. Eh. I t...

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Rutgers is bad, but I think Washington might be for real this year. Leading 24-0 at the end of the 1st quarter, and their team speed, on both O and D, is remarkable. I saw on Deadspin earlier this week how Rutgers was taking credit for the $ earned by NBA players that played under Jim Calhoun. Beca...

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So is this an instance where OU agreed to the game a few years ago, not knowing they'd be facing a situation where they're down 16 on the road entering the 4th?

I'm a USF alum, so any good news for the AAC is good news.

So uh...go Houston!

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I assume you're not staying at the Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota (or are you?) but my cousin is the concierge there. If you happen to be in the neighborhood and you're looking for recommendations on anything, swing by even if you're not staying there and ask for Nicole. Tell her I sent you. I dunno why,...

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Since I couldn't find a more general travel/vacation thread, I'll start a new one. Here's the dilemma: Since I am now a regular employee, I get the week between Christmas and New Year's off as paid holiday (Thanks Mr Allen!). The GF also has that time off, and we are looking to travel somewhere for...

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A_B wrote:Auction league draft is tomorrow night. No real clue how to go about this! Should be interesting.

Tampa Bay is reporting good things about drafting a kicker in the 2nd round.

YMMV.

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I'm guilty as any American who doesn't know enough of The Tragically Hip. I've always been aware of Downie's perspective as a peoples' poet , though. My favorite song of theirs (again, limited exposure) would be Bobcaygeon . I mean, I really need to immerse myself in their discography. Life's too sh...

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brian wrote:That would be what a fool believes.

That's chilliwack, yo! Personally, I prefer to be in the driver's seat.

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Big week of music for the Root household. The wife and I are seeing Brian Wilson's 50th Anniversary of Pet Sounds tour here in Baltimore at the Hippodrome this coming Tuesday...and then Thursday we're off to Arrington, VA for the Lock-n Festival. I love me some Phish, Ween and My Morning Jacket, but...

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When I think of Yacht Rock (btw, I got the reference too, Brian), I don't include Bob Welch or Steve Forbert. The former too bluesy, the latter too folky. For me the classic example of yacht rock would be Christopher Cross. Also, Kenny Loggins and the Michael McDonald songs of the Doobies. Al Stewa...

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Yeah, Year of the Cat is amazing. You can hear the Alan Parsons' in the production. Go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre; Contemplating a crime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y0SS2Xx5mk The lyrics are astounding . On a morning from a Bogart movie In a country where they turn back time ...

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brian wrote:
EnochRoot wrote:why am I a giant question mark?
In the "Back Again" thread. You need to re-load your avatar. Dave/Shirley had to do some fixing up around here.

Ah...Thanks.

Or...woof.

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why am I a giant question mark?

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Ahhhh Yacht Rock. Gerry Rafferty? Score. Bob Welch? Score the same. Dig deeper and you unearth gems like Steve Forbert . You can also stay on the surface and appreciate the depths of guys like Al Stewart. The Year of the Cat is freaking brilliant , yet so are On the Border and Flying Sorcery... Siri...

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Rush2112 wrote:

She's beautiful..though her eyes are a little dark for say an authentic Aryan bloodline progeny.

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I'm not seeing a motive for making up this story yet. But then again, I'm also not seeing a whole lot of brainpower at work here. I think in order to perhaps uncover a motive for making up the story, one must get into the dynamics of the relationship between Ryan and his mommy? Or, maybe these guys...

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Rex wrote:I'm not seeing a motive for making up this story yet. But then again, I'm also not seeing a whole lot of brainpower at work here.

I think in order to perhaps uncover a motive for making up the story, one must get into the dynamics of the relationship between Ryan and his mommy?

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