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JFC: New York's MTA reported that 88 people died in 2022. This reminds me as an auditor when we had the Golden Gate Bridge as a client. The number of people who killed themselves off that Bridge was shockingly high and was covered by an NDA.

https://www.fox5ny.com/news/bronx-subway-tracks-severed-leg-found-nyc

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The British Pound notes with King Charles' portrait will start circulating in June. I like that they're being called "Chuck Bucks"

https://metro.co.uk/2024/02/21/king-charles-banknotes-coming-wallets-soon-20318972

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Just in time for them to be redesigned the following year after he kicks it.

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Feb 21·edited Feb 21

That was my thought, too. Such an evil, nasty thing to think.

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PAUL

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Bunyan.

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i remember liking these stories as a kid

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My middle name. Perfectly cromulent.

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Jones, RB for the 1979 football team, which played Temple in the Garden State Bowl (losing 17-28) and had a 6-6 record. The 1979 team beat Stanfurd, 21-14, in Shallow Alto.

Jones was a captain of the 1979 team. His career stats were -

Rushing - 699 att., 2881 yds., 4.1 avg., 22 TDs

Receiving - 98 rec., 703 yds., 7.2 ypc, 2 TDs

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McCartney

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, Sean

He won a 2004 Best Reggae Grammy for his "Dutty Rocky" album. His album was substantially helped by Beyonce, who added him onto her song "Baby Boy"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ucz_pm3LX8

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What do you want to declare to the DBD?

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I got 2 bottles of booze at the duty free, I think I'm over the allowance

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Farhan Zaidi should be doing your taxes, not running a Major League Baseball club. He really has no business leading baseball operations.

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....I declare a thumb war.

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Feb 21Liked by BentPawn

The contract is 7 NT. (Bridge players will understand).

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i have played enough to appreciate how complex interesting and fun it is. i dont really have the time or the people currently to practice.

i used to think it was a fun way to get drunk and pass the time (which it is) and that you got lucky in the cards that you were dealt. there is however quite an intricate system of communicating w/ your partner and actual skill at card play that is mostly based on statistics - very much like poker i imagine.

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Most of the communication happens during bidding, although how you lead after taking a trick or respond to a lead can be very useful info as well.

I haven't played in years because Mrs Slug refuses to learn how to play (she vastly prefers cribbage), and the people I could have played with weren't very fun people to be around. Truth be told, I don't miss it as much as I thought I would.

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My parents were avid bridge players. One Saturday a month was "bridge club" night at one of the members houses...and they played til midnight plus. I'd get bored silly stuck in some side room if not at home before I was old enough to be home alone.

If the club was at our house, I blamed them for getting me hooked on coffee as I would drift into the living room the early AM afterwards and polish off the cups left....careful not to use the lipstick stained rim of the cups.

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My parents were also regular bridge players. They learned it from my Mom's parents and played regularly before my grandparents moved to New Braunfels in 1970. Later, my step-brother and I were introduced and we made a foursome with Mom and Dad. We played frequently until I returned to California in 1980.

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Nice. My parents attempted to teach me with some impromptu Bridge lessons after the dinner table was cleared. I was not inspired. I should look into it and see how it goes.

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Federal law prohibits tampering with, disabling, or destroying any lavatory smoke detector.

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I declare you Sanchez!

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that's going back into the archives a bit

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My fealty to our lord and master, Oski.

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CAR AND DBDer

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inflated gas milage on plug in hybrids

our new Volvo xc60 has 40 mi or so of pure electric range as well as a regular gas tank for another 200-300 miles.

the problem is that it counts your total miles (gas + electric) and divides by home many gallons you use so you get an inflated gas mileage that is basically wrong for long trips.

as soon as you are done w/ the electric part you are closer to 25-30 mpg as opposed to the strangely calculated 50-100 mpg that you get on short trips around town.

furthermore it seems to use this inflated gas mileage to compute your "miles till empty" which seems like a disaster waiting to happen for the uninitiated

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Ford's Mustang Mach-Es are now piling up on the lot now that the tax credit expired. Sales are down by half.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/20/ford-cuts-prices-of-electric-mustang-mach-e-by-up-to-8100-.html

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My neighbor leased a Vinafast. [MJEatingPopcorn.gif]

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I was surprised I saw one of those at Costco(?) walking through the parking lot.

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Feb 21Liked by SGBear

I would be surprised too! Most cars roll rather than walk.

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pqtm

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Oh lawd, that's going to be interesting

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Yeah. Construction for the new Vinafast gigafactory broke ground and is located not too far from my house. Nobody expects that thing to get finished by 2025 and if it does, the company still seems doomed. It's a slow motion track wreck.

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OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY

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If we didn't have enough to worry about, the Yakuza is selling weapons-grade fissile material

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/us-attorney-announces-nuclear-materials-trafficking-charges-against-japanese-yakuza

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Trump's "Save America" PAC raked in $8.508 million in January [checks notes]... actually, that's just $8,508 whole dollars. He spent $3.9m. This PAC - ostensibly to be his legal defense fund - will run out of money in two months at this pace. His main PAC "Make America Great Again PAC" is also running out of money. Pressure is mounting that his legal defense will have to start coming out of his own pocket soon (or the Saudis, Russians, Chinese, Qataris, or Emiratis).

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-cash-crunch-just-got-much-much-worse

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Forbes: Trump accruing $87,500 of interest per day on judgements. You know how many gold spray-painted shoes he has to sell to cover that?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/02/20/trump-is-racking-up-an-extra-87500-per-day-in-interest-from-fraud-ruling/

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Justice Alito worries about banning biased jurors enforcing a Federal law because he holds the same bias

https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/supreme-court-alito-religious-beliefs-rcna139571

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It's 2024. I thought we'd be pushing boundaries of quantum physics and piloting flying cars, not regressing to this BS

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-texas-teen-darryl-george-hair-discrimination-trial-crown-rcna139264

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On the "not progressing from this BS" front is corporal punishment.

"As of 2024, corporal punishment is still legal in private schools in every U.S. state except New Jersey, Iowa, New York and Maryland, legal in public schools in 17 states, and practiced in 12 of the states."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_corporal_punishment_in_the_United_States#:~:text=As%20of%202024%2C%20corporal%20punishment,in%2012%20of%20the%20states..

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The FBI informant that tried to peddle the Hunter Biden Burisma story turned out to be a Russian asset and told the FBI that Russia wiretapped prominent US officials and could use that info as kompromat in 2024 (and beyond)

https://www.axios.com/2024/02/20/hunter-biden-fbi-informant-russian-intelligence

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PRO

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Local NoVa news does a FOI query into proposed Alexandria VA stadium for the Caps and Wizards.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/i-team-fights-for-access-to-alexandria-arena-deal-details-comes-up-against-black-ink-and-withheld-records/ar-BB1iAgAi

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It may ultimately get approved, but it’s running into many roadblocks. Unions came out against it yesterday.

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I saw a post online about the amount of space required for the proposed parking - 1 acres, which can't possibly be done with just surface parking, that would be one big old excavation job

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[NHL] You don't have to be a fan of ice hockey to know an amazingly skillful goal. Kings Quinton Byfield's one-on-one is a thing of beauty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuJU_vK1Ke4

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I like that little kick to get the puck into position.

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USWNT starts Concacaf Gold Cup with far fewer older players. No Megan Rapinoe, Trinity Rodman, Andi Sullivan. Offensive weapons are now under 25 years old, and Alex Morgan now is a sub. The US whooped the DR 5-0 with the latter getting zero shots on goal.

https://www.espn.com/soccer/report/_/gameId/693453

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Police release details on KC Chiefs parade shooting. It started over two guys looking at each other the wrong way. Both guys were armed and so they both ended up blasting into the crowd. Two other juveniles were also charged, so the police did not give details on them.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39564069/two-adults-charged-murder-chiefs-parade-shooting

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"He told investigators he began firing after someone in the other group said, "I'm going to get you," which he took to mean they would try to kill him. He said he chose a random person from the other group to shoot at as that person was running away, the affidavit says."

It appears this idiot didn't lawyer up..

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DBD AV CLUB

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TIL that Billy Joel went from dating and living with Elle MacPherson to Christie Brinkley. I never knew he dated Elle MacPherson.

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Safe to say he has a type.

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The final season (#12) of Curb Your Enthusiasm is out…episode 3 from Sunday was pretty damn funny.

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Yeah, I felt this latest episode was more of a return to classic form and less forced. Helps that is was back in their element in LA.

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I guess I'm a couple of weeks behind on all my shows. I just watched episode 1.

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ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE

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Former Nebraska WBB player was suspended from the team in 2022. Their associate HC Chuck Love was suspended shortly thereafter. A new lawsuit alleges that coach earned his surname.

https://www.1011now.com/2024/02/19/former-husker-womens-basketball-player-sues-university-nebraska-over-alleged-inappropriate-relationship/

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#15 Creighton smokes #1 UConn. I don't even know where Creighton is.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401599538/uconn-creighton

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Pretty sure it's in Omaha

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On a somewhat related note, I wonder if UConn might be an ACC expansion candidate at some point.

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Didn't we play there last decade?

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I could very well be wrong, but I don't recall us ever playing Creighton in my lifetime.

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IIRC, Dana Altman coached at Creighton for a number of years before becoming Oregon's MBB head coach.

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Yea

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As one with Nebraska roots, I knew it’s in Omaha. I happened across the game and Creighton was already up big and they never looked back.

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CAL

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[WGOLF] Fouillet, Bears Make Ground On Day Two

https://calbears.com/news/2024/2/20/womens-golf-fouillet-bears-make-ground-on-day-two.aspx

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii – The No. 19 California women's golf team moved up in the Pac-12 Preview standings Tuesday after posting the sixth-best score out of the 12 teams competing at Nanea Golf Club.

The Golden Bears improved two strokes on their first-round score, carding an 8-over-par 300 to move into ninth place. They will head into Wednesday's final round two shots behind eighth-place Colorado.

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[WSWIM] Stadden Named Pac-12 Swimmer Of The Week

https://calbears.com/news/2024/2/20/womens-swimming-diving-stadden-named-pac-12-swimmer-of-the-week.aspx

California senior Isabelle Stadden has been named the Pac-12 Women's Swimmer of the Week, the conference office announced Tuesday.

Stadden shattered her own pool records in both the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke during the No. 7 Golden Bears' victory over No. 5 Stanford on Saturday at Spieker Aquatics Complex. She won the 100 back with a Spieker-best time of 50.29, which was also just three-hundredths of a second off her career-best mark of 50.26 - which is the third-fastest time in the event in the nation this season. Her time of 1:49.64 in the 200 back surpassed the previous pool record she set last month against Arizona State by almost a full second.

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[MGYM] Mitchell Named MPSF Freshman Of The Week

https://calbears.com/news/2024/2/20/mens-gymnastics-mitchell-named-mpsf-freshman-of-the-week.aspx

The MPSF announced Tuesday that California men's gymnast Jaxon Mitchell was named MPSF Freshman of the Week for his outing last Sunday against William & Mary. Mitchell is Cal's third rookie to earn the honor this season, following classmates Carter Kim (Jan. 16) and Brendan Strom (Feb. 13); this is the first time in program history that three freshmen have won weekly recognition.

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[NEWS] Knowlton's Notes: An Exciting Time Of Year

https://calbears.com/news/2024/2/20/athletics-news-knowltons-notes-an-exciting-time-of-year.aspx

Greetings from Haas Pavilion! This is always such an exciting time of year, with our winter sports still in full swing and our spring sports getting started. We have 22 of our 30 sports in season, and there is so much for our Cal Family to celebrate - we have 11 teams currently nationally ranked, including seven in the top-10!

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Feb 21Liked by SGBear

go bears!

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Dude, now we're on the Front Page without any comments. Substack is weird.

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I recently started manually shuffling the front page in the morning because DBDs stopped showing up. I'll take credit for any weirdness

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[Slips a shiny Eisenhower dollar into B97's front pocket]

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