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Fossils
In 2011, paleontologists discovered a fossil of a nodosaur - a type of ankylosaur. The fossil is remarkable because it is so well preserved that one can see minute details - the skin, the details of its stomach including individual pollen grains… fossils that are down to the cellular level. This fossil can be seen at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology in Alberta, Canada.
On Jeopardy! last night, a contestant incorrectly responded to a clue with "What is Spinal Tap?" in the Double Jeopardy round. Later, a clue came up where the correct response was, "What is Spinal Tap?"
I dunno, I just kinda suspected that from the start and felt Juliette getting blindsided was completely out character for someone as sharp as she, especially given her history with IT. Hate when stuff like that is done simply to advance the plot, hence my lukewarm feelings.
Still enjoying it…hopefully upcoming episodes show she Admiral Akbar’ed them…
Common is so solid…I saw him at the Rady Shell back in ‘19…just a fantastic spot to see a show on a nice San Diego summer evening. He was also good in Street Kings….
She also took us to Ocean Beach, which means that my hatred for that beach started from an early age. JFC, if I wanted to be sandblasted, I'd pay Earl Scheib $99.95
We always went to Pacific Beach in San Diego. My mom never had a drivers license so we would take the bus down to PB and then my dad would pick us up after work.
we lived right on the beach in a couple hotels in Rio for 6 months when i was in 1st grade.
we didnt have to go to school and got our school work in a couple hours every day.
one time i almost drowned from the undertow, but aside from that we had very pleasant walks along the beach every day and ate out for 6 months. was pretty fantastic for being 6.
Shoot, don't know the name, but I'm sure it was really near El Segundo. Our second house there was right next to the the ocean! Well, sort of, since there was a water treatment plant (LA Sanitation) between us and the ocean - which you could see if you climbed the sand hills. At least I did, not sure anyone else in the family climbed those hills.
John Eastman - the guy who allegedly came up with the idea for the "coup memo" (ie, come up with alternative electors and have Pence overturn the 2020 election) - had his disbarment defense off to a rocky start. His expert witness - a guy who self-published a book that had 13 reviews on Amazon - was disallowed by the Judge because he wasn't an expert - merely a fellow crackpot.
He was very clear, the Alice Johnson of "drug dealing" past is given a pardon, but Alice Johnson of "drug dealing" future would be put to death. Clearly, having running out of advisers, Trump is now consulting the ghost of Jacob Marley for advice on drug policy.
Morrissey had a lot of baggage in addition to his abortion votes, including being disbarred twice. He also was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and once won election while in jail on a different charge. If you've got a couple minutes read his wiki page for a shake of the head.
Texas enacts law with a $10k fine for a drag show. Dude, ain't nobody bringing kids to a sex-oriented drag-show. On the other hand, I saw PLENTY of families at the Tempe Twin Peaks
Alito argued that the seat on the donor’s plane would have gone unused “as far as he knew” had he not used it, and he was saving the taxpayers the cost of a commercial ticket.
Your job as a lawyer is discerning good arguments from bad ones. How did this guy rise high enough to get on the Supreme Court???? He is a straight up dumbass if he thinks that is a good argument. The amorality I just take as a given for a GOP shill, but dude, if you can’t tell a good argument from a bad one, what worth are you even as a partisan flunky? What piece of human garbage.
Actually, Alito thinks that most Americans are stupid and he demurs when asked about being a liar. The only conservative justices who might not be tainted are Roberts and Gorsuch.
I'm convinced that Alito and Thomas are forever compromised on their ethics re: gifts. Kavanaugh probably had debt retired when he was nominated to the Court by TFG. Barrett is a hatchet (wo)man.
Impeach these bastards or expand the court and institute terms for justices. If Newsom gets his Article V constitutional convention, we can take it up then.
Ah, yes. I forgot about that. If you can count Ginni Thomas' income from Leonard Leo as an unnamed consultant as being dirty, then Roberts is also dirty.
No, this isn't a bribe, officer. It's just cash that I'm going to lay on my palm. I was going to just let it blow away in the wind unless you take it. It has no intrinsic value and isn't meant to influence you. And it certainly wouldn't have the appearance of such to a reasonable outside observer.
sounds like there is a lot of pressure on Morgan to lead the attack. but in recent WC i felt like she was injured a lot and didnt end up playing that many minutes.
had the pleasure of hosting HAG's No 1 and No 3 for a night at our house. they are going to the Yankees-Mariners game tonight before heading back to Philly.
they all firmly declined when i offered them Yankees gear to wear to the game.
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SPOILER ALERT! ***** Don't read further if you plan on doing it later
The theme clue is: Corporations with little business activity, and what are formed by the circled letters
The theme answer is "Shell Companies"
The four companies in the puzzle (via circled letters) are Oracle, Apple, Meta, and Intel
Why are they shell companies? I can see Meta, since they (like Alphabet) have sub-companies and perhaps "Meta" doesn't do anything itself. But Apple, Intel, and Oracle make their stuff under those names.
This is among the more bizarre news events I can recall. Like top 5 for sure I think. Question: who in their right mind would go on this boat? It doesn’t even seem like an inherently awe-inspiring event, like climbing a mountain seems to be, such that the assumption of risk is worth it
It is unfathomable that this submersible did not have a GPS or some means by which rescuers could locate it. Perhaps I am missing something here, but this seems absolutely reckless. I hope the owners receive the very hefty search and rescue bill for this.
Just got my Cal Adventures offer in the mail to join an expedition to rural Texas next April to watch the total eclipse in the zone of Totality. Pony up a few thousand to watch the event with fellow Alumni.
Annual Spinal Tap groupie gathering happens, as per usual
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23862359
On Jeopardy! last night, a contestant incorrectly responded to a clue with "What is Spinal Tap?" in the Double Jeopardy round. Later, a clue came up where the correct response was, "What is Spinal Tap?"
Mrs. Slug and I exchanged knowing glances.
shouldn't it be: WHAT IS what is spinal tap?
The movie name is This is Spinal Tap.
So the correct response would be, "What is This is Spinal Tap?"
of course it is...brain fart at my end.
I was being pedantic about the title of the film just this past weekend :-/
DBD AV Club
Just finished Jury Duty on Amazon Prime. Show is a 10/10.
Thanks for the reminder…it’s been on my list for awhile.
I heard it's great. Will need to add it and watch.
Silo. Most latest episode not one of the stronger ones, IMO.
I thought it was pretty good. It shows that IT and Judicial are co-conspirators. Judge Meadows is just a figure head and not really in charge.
I dunno, I just kinda suspected that from the start and felt Juliette getting blindsided was completely out character for someone as sharp as she, especially given her history with IT. Hate when stuff like that is done simply to advance the plot, hence my lukewarm feelings.
Still enjoying it…hopefully upcoming episodes show she Admiral Akbar’ed them…
yeah, Tim Robbins going from mean IT guy to helpful mayor wasn't believable.
It wasn’t believable but I just assumed he and IT had their own agenda separate from Common and Judicial.
Common is so solid…I saw him at the Rady Shell back in ‘19…just a fantastic spot to see a show on a nice San Diego summer evening. He was also good in Street Kings….
FOSSIL
Used to be a popular brand back when I was in HS
That beach that your parents took you to.
My mom would take us to Stinson Beach. Bloody hell, that water was cold.
She also took us to Ocean Beach, which means that my hatred for that beach started from an early age. JFC, if I wanted to be sandblasted, I'd pay Earl Scheib $99.95
LOL.
I wonder how many folks remember who Earl Scheib was.
old man here does!
The precursor to Maaco. I guess if you have a beater then the paint quality doesn't matter too much.
DUDE! They are all cold on the West Coast - very different on the west coast of Florida.
We always went to Pacific Beach in San Diego. My mom never had a drivers license so we would take the bus down to PB and then my dad would pick us up after work.
Pismo Beach. On a trip in 1971 that included San Diego, Carlsbad Caverns and visiting the maternal g'parents in New Braunfels, TX.
Life guard tower five in Del Mar. Used to go to the beach after school most days in grade six. Walked home.
Carmel Beach.
Copacabana and Ipanema
we lived right on the beach in a couple hotels in Rio for 6 months when i was in 1st grade.
we didnt have to go to school and got our school work in a couple hours every day.
one time i almost drowned from the undertow, but aside from that we had very pleasant walks along the beach every day and ate out for 6 months. was pretty fantastic for being 6.
Shoot, don't know the name, but I'm sure it was really near El Segundo. Our second house there was right next to the the ocean! Well, sort of, since there was a water treatment plant (LA Sanitation) between us and the ocean - which you could see if you climbed the sand hills. At least I did, not sure anyone else in the family climbed those hills.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
John Eastman - the guy who allegedly came up with the idea for the "coup memo" (ie, come up with alternative electors and have Pence overturn the 2020 election) - had his disbarment defense off to a rocky start. His expert witness - a guy who self-published a book that had 13 reviews on Amazon - was disallowed by the Judge because he wasn't an expert - merely a fellow crackpot.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-coup-memo-author-john-eastman-tries-to-lean-on-cpa-for-voter-fraud-claims
Kinda to bad he can only get disbarred in this proceeding.
Indeed. Being hanged, then drawn and quartered seems like appropriate punishment.
After all, he did advocate what amounts to treason and a coup d'etat (remember that Capitol police and a rioter were killed in the January 6th riot).
This is Mississippi. Why am I not surprised.
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/34014/mississippi-closed-state-offices-for-confederate-holiday-but-not-juneteenth
The GQP are braying about who gave Hunter Biden the "sweetheart deal". I am glad they asked.
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1671175687426699267
Trump tries to play both sides, gets caught out by Fox News' Baier.
https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1671291632824778752
He was very clear, the Alice Johnson of "drug dealing" past is given a pardon, but Alice Johnson of "drug dealing" future would be put to death. Clearly, having running out of advisers, Trump is now consulting the ghost of Jacob Marley for advice on drug policy.
Dems should just point out that he already agreed he committed the crimes he is charged with.
News reports also. It is perfectly reasonable to take the 'allegedly' out of news reports not. He's admitted to the charges.
The lone Democratic Virginia state senator who was pro-life got primaried last night.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lashrecse-aird-defeats-anti-choice-democrat-joe-morrissey-in-virginia-senate-primary_n_6491d344e4b0bd83fda4a89f?53
Morrissey had a lot of baggage in addition to his abortion votes, including being disbarred twice. He also was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and once won election while in jail on a different charge. If you've got a couple minutes read his wiki page for a shake of the head.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Morrissey
Texas enacts law with a $10k fine for a drag show. Dude, ain't nobody bringing kids to a sex-oriented drag-show. On the other hand, I saw PLENTY of families at the Tempe Twin Peaks
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4059467-abbott-signs-bill-banning-sexually-oriented-performances-in-texas/
The probably makes kid beauty pageants against the law also. So maybe not entirely bad.
Justice Alito took luxury fishing vacations with a GOP billionaire who later had cases before the Court. SCOTUS has an ethics problem.
https://www.propublica.org/article/samuel-alito-luxury-fishing-trip-paul-singer-scotus-supreme-court
Alito argued that the seat on the donor’s plane would have gone unused “as far as he knew” had he not used it, and he was saving the taxpayers the cost of a commercial ticket.
Your job as a lawyer is discerning good arguments from bad ones. How did this guy rise high enough to get on the Supreme Court???? He is a straight up dumbass if he thinks that is a good argument. The amorality I just take as a given for a GOP shill, but dude, if you can’t tell a good argument from a bad one, what worth are you even as a partisan flunky? What piece of human garbage.
Let's play the game "Stupid or Liar". Which one are you, Samuel?
Why can't he be both?
Actually, Alito thinks that most Americans are stupid and he demurs when asked about being a liar. The only conservative justices who might not be tainted are Roberts and Gorsuch.
I'm convinced that Alito and Thomas are forever compromised on their ethics re: gifts. Kavanaugh probably had debt retired when he was nominated to the Court by TFG. Barrett is a hatchet (wo)man.
Impeach these bastards or expand the court and institute terms for justices. If Newsom gets his Article V constitutional convention, we can take it up then.
Roberts wife got a several million dollar consulting gig for no apparent reason. So, while not rolling in the mud dirty, not clean.
Ah, yes. I forgot about that. If you can count Ginni Thomas' income from Leonard Leo as an unnamed consultant as being dirty, then Roberts is also dirty.
https://twitter.com/LeahLitman/status/1671299763814236166
No, this isn't a bribe, officer. It's just cash that I'm going to lay on my palm. I was going to just let it blow away in the wind unless you take it. It has no intrinsic value and isn't meant to influence you. And it certainly wouldn't have the appearance of such to a reasonable outside observer.
"I just thought I'd take of this ticket while we are here. In Brainerd."
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
College bowling assistant gets fired for affair with player on team his wife coaches
https://nypost.com/2023/06/21/college-bowling-assistant-fired-for-affair-with-player-his-wife-coaches/
Also the headline on this article: https://lufkindailynews.com/news/community/spare-relationship-causes-awkward-split/article_fb8f6ae4-0fbc-11ee-8ecf-ff57d9685d28.html
Spare relationship causes awkward split
Whelp, the article implies it's one of the two 5th year seniors
https://sfajacks.com/sports/womens-bowling/roster?sort=class
Either the one that looks similar to his soon to be ex-wife or the complete opposite.
My money’s on Isabel
Jokes aside, any bowlers here? Does Cal have a bowling team?
I haven't bowled since pre-pandemic. Not sure I can lift my ball any more.
The first line from this article: She married a real gutter ball.
the quotes are wild
the whole thing is pretty wild.
Based on his quotes, he seems like a real dick.
Well, he does have one, ya know. And it seems his thinking and actions were influenced by his genitals.
PRO
Warriors are leaking talent
https://www.sfgate.com/warriors/article/myers-livingston-mahlalela-leaving-warriors-18161738.php
Tyreek Hill under investigations for assault/battery. The victim does not want to press charges.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/37888455/dolphins-tyreek-hill-investigation-alleged-altercation
does USWNT count as pro?
U.S. Women's World Cup team led by Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe
https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37884786/usa-women-world-cup-team-led-alex-morgan-megan-rapinoe
sounds like there is a lot of pressure on Morgan to lead the attack. but in recent WC i felt like she was injured a lot and didnt end up playing that many minutes.
had the pleasure of hosting HAG's No 1 and No 3 for a night at our house. they are going to the Yankees-Mariners game tonight before heading back to Philly.
they all firmly declined when i offered them Yankees gear to wear to the game.
Giants win ninth straight again coming from behind as they edge the Padres 4-3 on a walk-off ninth inning walk. https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401472118
Now, 2.5 games out of first. Arizona lost to Milwaukee last night, 7-5. The Dodgers are one game back of the Giants having defeated the Angels, 2-0.
This is some even year BS.
Farhan's plan is starting to work! The prospects are coming up and playing well.
Bailey has been a real nice surprise with the bat…the glove plays anywhere. Schmitt will get it going again.
Hahaha
As I'm the first one here this morning I'd like to welcome all of you early birds. Please sign-in, fill out a name tag and help yourself to coffee, tea and donuts. We'll be getting started shortly. Oh by the way, Go Bears!!!
A buttermilk bar, please.
Second!
The church in Oakland we used to go to (St Mary's) used to call it Coffee and Surprises.
I'll take either a devil's food cake or a chocolate old fashioned.
I'll take an apple fritter
Dagummit. Someone took all the fritters.
And we've got the Axe.
XWord puzzles
Anyone do the WaPo today?
SPOILER ALERT! ***** Don't read further if you plan on doing it later
The theme clue is: Corporations with little business activity, and what are formed by the circled letters
The theme answer is "Shell Companies"
The four companies in the puzzle (via circled letters) are Oracle, Apple, Meta, and Intel
Why are they shell companies? I can see Meta, since they (like Alphabet) have sub-companies and perhaps "Meta" doesn't do anything itself. But Apple, Intel, and Oracle make their stuff under those names.
And "little business activity"??? In what world?
I did the puzzle but didn't go back to see what the circled letters said.
Underwater DBD
Noises heard in search for the submersible close to the Titanic wreck...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65969476.amp
50 years ago, Pisces III was rescued.
I learned today that I’m 1-degree separated from one of them — I know his sister. So weird.
This is among the more bizarre news events I can recall. Like top 5 for sure I think. Question: who in their right mind would go on this boat? It doesn’t even seem like an inherently awe-inspiring event, like climbing a mountain seems to be, such that the assumption of risk is worth it
It is unfathomable that this submersible did not have a GPS or some means by which rescuers could locate it. Perhaps I am missing something here, but this seems absolutely reckless. I hope the owners receive the very hefty search and rescue bill for this.
The owner is on it, so… 🤷🏽♀️
Also apparently his wife’s great-great grandparents perished on the Titanic!
Wow.
Bears
Just got my Cal Adventures offer in the mail to join an expedition to rural Texas next April to watch the total eclipse in the zone of Totality. Pony up a few thousand to watch the event with fellow Alumni.
Zone of Totality is a good name for a psychedelic rock band!
Woah - a few $1,000?
$2,999. Cheap compared to the $20k per person trips they offer.