‘You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain…’. Name previously well-regarded people who became villains in a short period of time.
my French friends "knew" all along that that Armstrong must be cheating because no one could be beating the French so soundly at the crown jewel of sporting events.
turns out that not only was Armstrong doping, so were the rest of the top 10 in the field at the time. when they stripped him of his 7 Tour victories, they couldnt even find anyone in the top 10 to give it to instead. those 7 years have no official Tour winner.
there are other isolated incidents ... Contador was stripped of 2010 Tour title. 2nd place finisher Schleck was award the title.
"First of all I feel sad for Alberto," Schleck said in a statement from his cycling team, RadioShack Nissan Trek. "I always believed in his innocence. . . . If now I am declared overall winner of the 2010 Tour de France, it will not make me happy. I battled with Contador in that race, and I lost. My goal is to win the Tour de France in a sportive way, being the best of all competitors, not in court."
Well, he was not evil at the beginning. But he was never pleasant. He was a useless kid and then a whiny teen/young adult. Never had positive attitude towards him.
After their impeachment of Biden deflates in defeat, the GOP hopes to leverage their House majority by muddying the waters with their own version of a J6C.
"Johnson told senators that the House will send a Ukraine aid package to the Senate but floated the idea of making it a loan or lend-lease program so U.S. taxpayers would not be shelling out tens of billions of dollars without any expectation of getting a return..."
Sad that America First is reduced down to immediate transactional analysis. This is actually nothing new. I came across a Trump interview on Larry King from the late 80s where he questions what we get in return for sending money to Japan and similar places. Being the boss of the world comes with a price, but it also comes with major benefits. Scholars of Foreign policy recognize this idea as enlightened self interest. This is a concept that is apparently too difficult for America First to grasp.
Always has been, always will be the MO of America First: they lead with their biases and privilege. It was true of the isolationist movement in the 1930s, who eventually became the John Birche Society of the 1950s, eventually morphing into today's MAGA.
Isolationist tendencies are a pox upon the influential United States acting as the world leader. It makes the world more dangerous as a result.
Hey Scootie, Jimmy G is free and unattached. Raiders last seen scribbling out his name on their Trapperkeeper, consoling themselves with some Yoghurt Park.
I love the tweet that refers to the Falcons' collapse in Super Bowl LI when discussing Kirk Cousins' presser. Unforced error. Stumble. Fumbling the ball away. Etc, etc.
[MBB] Cal self-inflicts one of the worst collapses, somehow loses to Stanfurd after leading by 18 in the second half. JFC, look at the Game Flow on this. Cal crashes out in the first round of the final Pac-12 championship 87-76. Looking forward, perhaps we can win the ACC basketball championship.
Cal was up three with a few minutes to go when I succumbed to sleep last night. When I woke up a couple hours later I thought about checking the score but didn’t for fear of not being able to fall back asleep.
If I'm waking up with the kids: 1) get up whenever one of them wakes up (or when my alarm goes off if they sleep in), 2) get them dressed/fed, 3) sign into the work laptop, 4) walk the dog, 5) eat something
If I'm not waking up with the kids: 1) get up with my alarm, 2) walk the dog, 3) sign into the work laptop, 4) eat something, 5) drive the kids to preschool
Even though, I technically start with the three Ss (no apostrophe for the plural), I don't really consider the day started until I have a cuppa Major D's.
‘You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain…’. Name previously well-regarded people who became villains in a short period of time.
Aaron Rodgers
He quickly went from a point of pride to arguably one of Cal's most embarrassing alumni. Exhibit A:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/13/politics/aaron-rodgers-sandy-hook-conspiracy-theories/index.html
He becomes less Cal and more Butte CC every year as the head trauma piles up…
Kanye West
Rudy Giuliani
Elizabeth Holmes
Joe Paterno
Sad, but true.
O.J. Simpson
Elon Musk
Mark Zuckerberg
Lance Armstrong, Bill Cosby, Troy Taylor.
my French friends "knew" all along that that Armstrong must be cheating because no one could be beating the French so soundly at the crown jewel of sporting events.
turns out that not only was Armstrong doping, so were the rest of the top 10 in the field at the time. when they stripped him of his 7 Tour victories, they couldnt even find anyone in the top 10 to give it to instead. those 7 years have no official Tour winner.
there are other isolated incidents ... Contador was stripped of 2010 Tour title. 2nd place finisher Schleck was award the title.
"First of all I feel sad for Alberto," Schleck said in a statement from his cycling team, RadioShack Nissan Trek. "I always believed in his innocence. . . . If now I am declared overall winner of the 2010 Tour de France, it will not make me happy. I battled with Contador in that race, and I lost. My goal is to win the Tour de France in a sportive way, being the best of all competitors, not in court."
I mean I’m sure Indurain was cheating, Fignon as well. It was just endemic
even the great Eddy Merckx had plenty of doping suspicion
Darth Vader
Darth Vader eventually redeemed himself. But he's a fictional character.
Well, he was not evil at the beginning. But he was never pleasant. He was a useless kid and then a whiny teen/young adult. Never had positive attitude towards him.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
After their impeachment of Biden deflates in defeat, the GOP hopes to leverage their House majority by muddying the waters with their own version of a J6C.
https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-trump-cassidy-hutchinson-capitol-188ee6406b93f42eb946d28f5213de3d
"Johnson told senators that the House will send a Ukraine aid package to the Senate but floated the idea of making it a loan or lend-lease program so U.S. taxpayers would not be shelling out tens of billions of dollars without any expectation of getting a return..."
Sad that America First is reduced down to immediate transactional analysis. This is actually nothing new. I came across a Trump interview on Larry King from the late 80s where he questions what we get in return for sending money to Japan and similar places. Being the boss of the world comes with a price, but it also comes with major benefits. Scholars of Foreign policy recognize this idea as enlightened self interest. This is a concept that is apparently too difficult for America First to grasp.
Always has been, always will be the MO of America First: they lead with their biases and privilege. It was true of the isolationist movement in the 1930s, who eventually became the John Birche Society of the 1950s, eventually morphing into today's MAGA.
Isolationist tendencies are a pox upon the influential United States acting as the world leader. It makes the world more dangerous as a result.
PRO
Hey Scootie, Jimmy G is free and unattached. Raiders last seen scribbling out his name on their Trapperkeeper, consoling themselves with some Yoghurt Park.
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/raiders-release-veteran-qb-jimmy-garoppolo-poor-18978809.php
Kirk Cousins admits that the Falcons tampered with him.
https://thecomeback.com/nfl/kirk-cousins-falcons-vikings-tampering-admission.html
I love the tweet that refers to the Falcons' collapse in Super Bowl LI when discussing Kirk Cousins' presser. Unforced error. Stumble. Fumbling the ball away. Etc, etc.
[ESPN] Cease to cease being a White Sox, become Padre
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39726085/padres-finalizing-trade-white-sox-rhp-dylan-cease-sources-say
Ohtani reveals his wife
https://www.instagram.com/stories/shoheiohtani/3323660238723012596?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
And this is why she is so tall
https://youtu.be/MODOvln4RtE?si=yRU9oZwpVah0t6aJ
CAL
[MBB] Cal self-inflicts one of the worst collapses, somehow loses to Stanfurd after leading by 18 in the second half. JFC, look at the Game Flow on this. Cal crashes out in the first round of the final Pac-12 championship 87-76. Looking forward, perhaps we can win the ACC basketball championship.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401625475/stanford-california
Cal was up three with a few minutes to go when I succumbed to sleep last night. When I woke up a couple hours later I thought about checking the score but didn’t for fear of not being able to fall back asleep.
This team has struggled in the half-court all year, especially with Aimaq out. He fouled out and they were toast…an unprecedented collapse.
They literally threw the game away after that.
Go BEARS!!
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
DBD AV CLUB
OSKI DISCIPLE’S TRIVA FUN, A DAILY DBD FEATURE
In Herman Melville's first draft of Moby Dick, instead of a whale, Captain Ahab was pursuing an annoying seagull.
(All trivia verified by the International Trivia Foundation.)
I can see where that might not have been a hit with the focus group that reviewed the draft.
I know that gull! Jonathan Livingston.
Humble brag ...
somehow manages to hold down full time job working less than 20 hr/wk
Start the day ..
If I'm waking up with the kids: 1) get up whenever one of them wakes up (or when my alarm goes off if they sleep in), 2) get them dressed/fed, 3) sign into the work laptop, 4) walk the dog, 5) eat something
If I'm not waking up with the kids: 1) get up with my alarm, 2) walk the dog, 3) sign into the work laptop, 4) eat something, 5) drive the kids to preschool
1) Answer mother nature's call 2) Shower 3) Breakfast 4) DBD
do you need any help reprioritizing DBD?
No, I'm going to SG Bear's seminar next month.
Alarm, Walk and feed dog, make breakfast for Mrs., make lunch, maybe eat something, get dressed and bike to work.
Even though, I technically start with the three Ss (no apostrophe for the plural), I don't really consider the day started until I have a cuppa Major D's.
1) Snooze
2) Join either a 6 AM or 7 AM call M-Th.
3) Get some yogurt sometime 8ish when they're talking about something I don't care about
4) Make a piece of toast sometime later
5) Shower usually around 12:30 or 1, take a break from work and eat lunch.
DBD is interspersed throughout the morning, usually starting around 7 or so.
The view from the webcam across the street. Too bad I’m rarely up to see it.
https://www.nps.gov/airwebcams/image?location=wash&date=3/14/2024&time=6:45%20AM
i had to remind myself what the 3 S's were. had not heard that in long time.
that was exactly what i would do for nearly 10+ years of waking up early and getting to my finance job in NYC.
my morning routine in last couple years since i work from home and only one HS child
- wake up around 630a
- get out of bed around 700a
- make a cortado and have something sweet to go w/ it
- hang out w/ child while they have breakfast and get out the door for school
- sometimes i get involved in making breakfast or lunch or both
today's sweet thing is a slice of tres leches cake that my wife made for a weekend party.