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EnochRoot

There's a joke to be had about natural philosophers and events that led to the enlightenment, but I'm not smart enough to come up with it. Maybe back when I'd slogged through Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle...

It probably involves Enoch Root, actually.

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LOL and wtf with the notion of "if a small # of scientists disagree with the prevailing science, always side with the minority #."

Dafuck?!?

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I kid about O-Town. I used to make the trek from Tampa over to The Edge Night Club / concert field to see concerts...Pretty much every few months for a four or year run there in the mid 90s.

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I grew up in Glastonbury, CT. Did you know any Sidoriacks? Good buddy from college was from Glastonbury..he lives in MT and writes BBQ books now. I do not believe I did, but man, I moved out of Glastonbury on my 15th birthday in 1985. If the kids were going through the Glastonbury Public School Sys...

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There’s no “there” there. It’s just a bunch of right-wing tourists from all over the South cosplaying at hedonism by watching shitty country cover bands play overpriced venues owned by shitty irrelevant country “stars” and fascist fuckwits like Kid Rock. It thinks it’s Austin but it’s Orlando but w...

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She likely has a team of people who vet & research all angles in order to respond in a timely fashion. Fwiw, I'm guessing Joe Rogan does as well. In this day and age every congressional member should have a team of people to handle social strategy. Oh no doubt. Some congresspeople figure it out...

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She likely has a team of people who vet & research all angles in order to respond in a timely fashion.

Fwiw, I'm guessing Joe Rogan does as well.

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Nah. They took the lazy way out and are called Psycho Killers.

They're a really talented group of musicians though. 3 of them are in a Phish cover band (Foam), and they had freakin Thomas Dolby (who is now a professor at Johns Hopkins) open for them one night.

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Sounds familiar. The interval was dependent upon his reaction, which sounded like a lot of upkeep, whereas the pill just takes care of it (I understand the roll of the dice)... Actually, we're about to drop him off for an overnight stay at the vet's boarding facility so that we can go see a Talking ...

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That's good to hear. We went looking for alternatives, but the 6 week shot method was more expensive, and the time we visited some Druid vet, the homeopathic solution involved a whole lot of effort that seemed to make little sense.

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When mine has had bouts of the shits or pukes I've usually just tried withholding food for a day, or part of a day at least, and then gone with a bland diet (potatoes or rice and boiled chicken and/or broth), as long as he's still willing to eat. Only time I worry is if he loses his appetite comple...

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I can't help but think that there's a wag-the-dog element to all of this.

We've gone from management deadening the baseball to drive all the lack of scoring this year to labor's cheating causing the issue.

That's another reason Josh Donaldson's a moron.

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If I were Cole, I'd have told Josh Donaldson, as one union member to another, to shut his mouth. Then I'd have turned to the camera and pointed out this is a sport that only took steroids seriously when the United States Government started to threaten the league's antitrust exemption. That it made ...

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copy pasta from a comment that perfectly sums up our disdain: Never forget, whenever a reactionary pines for the "good old days," what they really pine for are the days where institutional men would reflexively cover for each others' child molestation and abuse. Where people didn't know or...

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Yeah, DeSantis couldn’t help but shit himself by claiming Florida emerged from Faucism.

The GOP has been reduced to a cult.

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Are you saying that this is as big a scandal as those two combined? At this point, I'd rank them: 1) MSU (by a mile) 2) PSU 3) Michigan ...with as details come out the ground is quickly closing between 2 and 3. But Michigan State's actions in enabling Nassar are beyond the pale. This wasn't a failu...

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If I were Cole, I'd have told Josh Donaldson, as one union member to another, to shut his mouth. Then I'd have turned to the camera and pointed out this is a sport that only took steroids seriously when the United States Government started to threaten the league's antitrust exemption. That it made e...

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Yeah that's a fair question. Does the DoJ offer past presidents legal protection for the purpose of securing the nation?

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Gunpowder wrote: ↑Mon Jun 07, 2021 9:37 am
Pruitt wrote: ↑Mon Jun 07, 2021 8:38 am
EnochRoot wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:06 pm I’m trying to think of a high-profile QB’s career fading into irrelevance as much as Matt Ryan’s.

Jim Everett popped into my mind.

Cam Newton?
Joe Flacco?

Boomer Esiason, Drew Bledsoe…

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Before we moved to FL, I grew up in Glastonbury, CT. We lived on a mountain - watershed abutted our backyard. The din of the grasshoppers every early summer evening was something to behold. Thousands of them...Probably equaled to about half the loudness of the cicadas I heard last weekend out at my ...

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I’m trying to think of a high-profile QB’s career fading into irrelevance as much as Matt Ryan’s.

eta: seems to me Jones is exactly the type of player the win-it-all mode Ravens should've been fixated on.

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Ah...Thanks for clearing that up!

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As a fan of UConn Men's basketball, I share in your frustration.

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Meth or mental illness. Cop still managed to be a dick about it.

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So South Alabama is beating the snot out of host #15 Florida in their home ballpark in Gainesville. 19-1. Currently undergoing a weather delay. Next up, Miami v my alma mater, South Florida. After such a great start to the season last year before everything got shut down, the Gators really shit the...

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So South Alabama is beating the snot out of host #15 Florida in their home ballpark in Gainesville. 19-1. Currently undergoing a weather delay.

Next up, Miami v my alma mater, South Florida.

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Yeah, Eric Davis belongs on a short list of players who never realized their true potential. Shout out to Kal Daniels, too!

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Pedro One of the other guys I was thinking of. Really the only argument you could probably make against this was that I think Bonds' peak lined up with Pedro's peak? I never viewed Pedro or Randy Johnson or Roger Clemens as must-see-TV because they represented an anathema to what fans really come o...

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brian wrote: ↑Fri Jun 04, 2021 10:37 am I think Griffey is probably closest to the right answer in my mind, but I see the arguments for Willie Mays as well.

Before the answer was Griffey the correct answer might have been Rickey Henderson.

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Yeah, it was Junior. He got hurt and was never the same player the second half of his career (for basically his entire time in Cincinnati)…

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They will be releasing a series of live Can performances, including this one featuring the original lineup, from 1975 in Stuttgart. https://youtu.be/-ayVlwmr0n4 Five tracks. 90 minutes. Ein (20:10) Zwei (14:00) Drei (35:58) Vier (10:23) Fünf (09:23) Oh, that's nice! I'm about 20 minutes into track ...

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They will be releasing a series of live Can performances, including this one featuring the original lineup, from 1975 in Stuttgart.

Five tracks. 90 minutes.

Ein (20:10)
Zwei (14:00)
Drei (35:58)
Vier (10:23)
Fünf (09:23)

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Holy shit. How was this still a thing?

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In addition to being on a 14-game losing streak, the Orioles have dropped 21 of their 23 games overall. It has been...bad. There’s an article on the Athletic wondering if the O’s fanbase is wavering on Mike Elias’ rebuild. I think the fact that three of the Orioles’ minor league teams currently sit...

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I don't understand (other than they a) vastly underestimated the backlash and b) are assholes) that the French Open didn't just continue to fine her and let it go at that. These pressers are fucking stupid anyways. I hope this gets them all thinking more about mental health issues. Seems like the n...

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In addition to being on a 14-game losing streak, the Orioles have dropped 21 of their 23 games overall. It has been...bad. There’s an article on the Athletic wondering if the O’s fanbase is wavering on Mike Elias’ rebuild. I think the fact that three of the Orioles’ minor league teams currently sit...

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I gotta say, Johnnie being military, espousing his views here helps to keep me grounded. I mean, make no mistake, as a country we are spiraling down the wrong path, but he gives me hope that not all is lost.

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He woke up rock and roll in the 80s to keep everything on track (hat tip to his brother, cuz The Fabulous Thunderbirds were doing that too).

Another cover

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How freakin good was Stevie Ray Vaughan?

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I'm really, really done with seeing veterans condescendingly make social media posts about what Memorial Day is about. "IN CASE YOU THINK IT'S ABOUT BBQ AND BEER, THINK AGAIN. AND DON'T THANK ME FOR MY SERVICE TODAY. MILITARY MEMBERS DIED. REMEMBER THEM." Like, ok Vet-bro. Chill the fuck ...

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