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FYI, ACCN Football Kickoff Media Day started Monday. Today, Tuesday 7/23 (ET) 12:45-1:15pm: Cal - HC Justin Wilcox, Fernando Mendoza, Jaydn Ott, Chandler Rogers, Craig Woodson.

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Mendoza is so smooth in front of the press.

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Great personality! Giving shout out's to La Burrita, Mendoza Burrito, his Biz prof & tightwad hill! He bogarted the interview...future color commentator lol!

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I had the Mendoza burrito soon after it came out. Very good but a little overpriced and not as big as others.

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It’s time once again for Oski Disciple’s question of the day.

You hear about old coots, old codgers and old geezers but never about young ones. Why is that?

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"Old coot" is a relatively newer term, coined in the mid-19th century as a silly old person, whereas it previously was only used as a direct comparison to the coot bird.

https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2020/06/coot.html

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Similarly, “whippersnappers” are always young.

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Anyone actually see a "whippersnapper" in the wild?

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Once when on a snipe hunt.

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Jul 23·edited Jul 23

I believe I was one, back in the day.

Or at least, some old coot geezer said I was.

Never really got into snapping whips though.

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Same here. In fact, I know that I was. But one doesn't meet oneself, right?

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they immediately get lumped in the old category as soon as they are identified as coot, codgers or geezers.

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If coot, codgers, and geezers are lumped into the old category, what lumps you into the new category?

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I guess I meant young one...

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new money, newcomer, fair weather fan, bandwagon fan, neo-Nazi ..

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joining the ACC, Big10, etc from west coast

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a terrible idea, who would do such a thing?

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An 18 year old summited the tallest peak in Germany during a lightning storm. No prizes for guessing what happened next.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/man-dies-after-struck-lightning-germanys-highest-peak-112156815

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we once climbed Mt Washington (NH highest peak) and got caught in a hail and lightning storm on the way down to the Lake of the Clouds hut.

while i was not necessarily scared i was going to get hit. i suppose it was a possibility.

we also know of a friend whose husband died struck by lighting on a boat off the coast of NC. so i guess it happens sometimes ..

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My wife's uncle was struck twice by lightning and lived.

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Very, very lucky man.

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Somebody's gotta make up the statistics.

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OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY

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Head of Secret Service resigns, as she should.

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Jul 23·edited Jul 23

This is the first presidential election without a Bush, Clinton, or Biden on the ballot since 1976—when the first Star Wars was being filmed.

source - Morning Brew - some newsletter i get every day

https://www.morningbrew.com/daily

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If memory serves, the 1976 presidential election was the first since 1948 that did not include anyone named Kennedy, Johnson, or Nixon on the ballot. If you add Truman *or* Dewey to that group it would go back to 1940.

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[WaPo] RFK Jr's recent talks with Trump included trying to horse-trade his endorsement of Trump for a job within the new executive branch for health and medicine administration - but a position low enough to not need Senate confirmation since his anti-vax positions would be a problem. Trump did not commit, reportedly.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/22/rfk-jr-floated-job-trump-white-house-he-weighed-endorsing-trump/

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RFK JR is a hero to the autism community. And it took courage and a whole lot of facts to take his stance on Big Pharma. He has also called out the DC establishment for the murders of both his father and uncle. Lastly, in the realm of politics, he is a rare man of character.

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I've read this comment several times and cannot tell if it's meant to be serious. Assuming it is I'll say that far from "a man of character" RFK Jr. is a man who is utterly reckless in misusing and lying about facts. He's promoted a conspiracy theory that coronavirus vaccines were developed to control people via microchips. He’s endorsed the false notion that antidepressants are linked to school shootings. He said that vaccines cause autism. He claimed that Chinese and Ashkenazi Jewish people are less susceptible to Covid-19, an unverified conspiracy theory widely viewed as racist. I don't know where you get the notion that he's a hero to the autism community when contrarily much of them revile him accusing him of spreading dangerous prejudices against autistic people.

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Welp.

I honestly have not checked out every rabbit hole.

As for autism and vaxxes, my son was hitting normal development milestones until he he received his vax, around age 3. It may not be the contents of the vax, so much as piling them all together at one time.

You can vilify him, as you wish, but I appreciate him and his work.

So, are you conceding the CIA killed JFK and RFK, with plausible deniability, of course?

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It's coincidental. That age is right around the time a lot of kids start to manifest symptoms of autism. If the vaccines were connected, then multiple studies would have shown it by now. They don't.

RFK Jr. is either a kook or a snake-oil salesman.

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Glad it's all settled.

Big Pharma can relax, now.

BTW- the change in my son was the day of his vax. Not sure which one it was. The argument is not necessarily the vax itself but the insult of giving them all at once.

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The one thing I agree with RFK Jr. about is that elements of the CIA were almost certainly involved in his uncle's assassination and probably with his father's as well.

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I have a kid with autism and I can't fucking stand the "vaccines cause autism" people.

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My son changed after his vax at 3 years or so.

Maybe if the vaxxes were not given all at once.

I think they spread them out more, now.

What's your explanation for the boom in autism cases?

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Doctors have become much better at diagnosing autism than they were 20 or 30 years ago.

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[AP] Kamala Harris has locked up enough delegates and will become the Democratic nominee for the President of the United States

https://apnews.com/article/harris-biden-presidential-candidate-election-withdraw-9fbd153493cb3f088994854fe61a73e9

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PRO

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Hogan, A’s shut out Astros 4-0

https://www.athleticsnation.com/2024/7/22/24204153/hogan-as-astros-schuemann

The Oakland Athletics kicked off a three-game series with the AL West rival Houston Astros tonight at the Coliseum. After struggling early in the season, the Astros have righted the ship and began today tied for first in the division. Mark Kotsay sent Hogan Harris to the mound tonight to face off against 24-year-old rookie righthander Spencer Arrighetti for the Astros.

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Teoscar Hernández keeps the flow going after River Ryan’s strong debut

https://www.truebluela.com/2024/7/22/24203679/teoscar-hernandez-river-ryan-dodgers-giants

LOS ANGELES — Teoscar Hernández had three different run-scoring hits, building on the momentum of a strong major league debut by River Ryan, as the Dodgers beat the Giants 3-2 on Monday night at Dodger Stadium.

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The Badwater 135 starts today. If you don't know what that is, it's a 135 mile race over three mountains in Death Valley. About half the people finish it in 40 hours. It should be around 119 degrees today.

https://www.badwater.com/event/badwater-135/

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Really bad idea, Somebody's gonna' die.

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some German tourist is about to try it carrying only a couple of complimentary water bottles from the hotel

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Seems somebody would have enlightened hims by now.

Let's be careful out there.

People with plenty of water can still die in such heat.

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Relative of a hiker in a thunderstorm, surely.

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Bronny James' relative will be the American flag bearer at the Olympics

https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c250z5rgwj3o

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Aaron Rodgers tells Barstool sports that his skipping minicamp was fine because a) he communicated his absence in advance, b) he's rich enough to pay the fines, and c) some mandatory things are more mandatory than others.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40616258/aaron-rodgers-downplays-skipping-jets-mandatory-minicamp

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Speaking of Aaron Rodgers, Jordan Love continues the fine Green Bay QB tradition of staying out of practice until he gets a contract that acts as a millstone for the Packers later. Favre and Rodgers would be proud.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40616528/jordan-love-practice-deal-packers-optimistic

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Fans of top-level Norwegian soccer match protested the use of VAR by throwing [checks notes]... fried fish cakes.

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40614391/fishcake-fury-sees-norwegian-game-cancelled-var-protest

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Atlanta Braves signed Whit Merrifield to replace Ozzie Albies, the latter being out for 8 weeks due to a wrist injury. Merrifield gets injured before he plays his first game.

https://twitter.com/GabeBurnsAJC/status/1815491145813696581

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Dodgers designate James Paxton for assignment. He's not doing any worse than he should be doing at this point of his career, but he's just not good enough to make the stacked 40 man roster as some injured stars get activated from injuries

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40618521/dodgers-pitcher-james-paxton-designated-assignment

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He had a good win loss record, but had counting stats. Tells you all you need to know that win/loss doesn't tell anything about how well someone is pitching.

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Team USA pips Germany 92-88 in tune up ahead of Olympics.

https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/40618968/lebron-james-leads-team-usa-germany-london

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CAL

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GO!

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ESPN profiles Cal's preparation for cross-country travel in the ACC

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/40584309/acc-cal-smu-stanford-logistics

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Nice comment, funny pun, but, Bro, you're leavin' me hangin,' here. LOL

BEARS!

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Hahaha! To be honest, my non-appropriate response is perhaps the most common and on-brand response. Usually it's me yelling GO BEARS to a pregnant silence, then me pointing at their Cal Gear and them saying "what? oh, hahaha, ummm. yes yes okay"

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Jul 23·edited Jul 23

The scenario you describe is, yes, very typical.

"Oh, yeah, uh, yeah, go bears."

Reminds me of my high school years. About 1976, came to Cal for a speech/debate tournament. I wandered into the Student Union and the radio station playing over the PA was not the campus radio station, so I asked a couple of hippie-esque clerks, "Why isn't this the campus radio station?"

Hippie Clerk 1: "Oh, I guess we're not being patriotic, right?"

*directed to Hippie Clerk 2

Hippie Clerk 2: "Grunt"

Hippie Clerk 2 *shakes head

Cal spirit is fascism, man. Peace.

LOL

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I did get a Go Bears hiking in Tahoe last weekend.

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i must have missed it. unless it was me??!!

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DBD AV CLUB

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Those About DIe. On Peacock streaming.

With Anthony Hopkins and that guy that played Ramsey Bolton.

IMHO:

Meh.

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i was hoping this would be good.

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Me, too.

Anthony Hopkins was a promising sign. He was great, but overall, the writing becomes confused, ahistorical, and anticlimactic. Credit to the cast for doing what they could.

But, I am just one opinion. Please watch for yourself.

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CW announces its ACC football broadcast crews. Get used to these guys. At least Mike Yam will be a familiar face.

https://x.com/announcerskeds/status/1815406255386841123

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Note: This includes Thom Brennaman - the former Reds play-by-play caller who famously got caught on a hot mike saying a homophobic slur on air and then said this:

https://x.com/TehPaperSnap/status/1815118535074726122

He resigned and has apparently gotten this as his new gig.

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Glad Ted Robinson is part of the crew.

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ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE

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Texas ST/TE Coach Jeff Banks has married Pole Assassin. No word on whether her monkey was in the ceremony. https://www.instagram.com/p/C9vErn-pKnx/

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Someone floated a giant Oregon Duck in Indianapolis. Why Indy? Not sure since B1G is HQd in Illinois + Purdue/Indiana being in West Lafayette/Bloomington

https://x.com/ChrisMDion/status/1815714035343462868

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Maybe because Indianapolis is the site of the B1G (football) Championship Game.

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