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Per Social Security Administration, the most changed names in the United States are Issac and Chole. 🙄

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/08/12/baby-names-childless-couples-moving/

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Some folks have a hard time spelling Isaac and Chloe.

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I thought it would be Karen

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Give the DBD some bad advice

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For maximum enjoyment of Cal football do not attend or watch games on TV, instead listen to Joe Starkey's radio play-by-play. It's like you're there -- only better!

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Pick up crypto now while it is 1/2 off.

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Always run from the cops. Especially if you’re a person of color.

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Plan on participating in the conference football championship game.

Corollary: Plan on playing on the weekend in either conference basketball tournament.

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Hire a guy to run your conference that used to run women's professional tennis. What could go wrong?

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Bring Top Secret files home for safe keeping. It's totally fine.

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Just declassify them.

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With your mind.

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While wearing a wizards hat and your right hand on the Bible.

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Trump declassifying top secret files the same way Michael Scott declares bankruptcy.

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Something/someone Greek

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I didn't like Greek salads until I had one in Athens. It was then I realized Mediterranean tomatoes are way superior to American ones. At least they were in the early 2000's

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I like Greek salads but the best one I’ve ever had was also in Athens. The feta make it betta.

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Yes, the feta was way better too. Actually every ingredient was better there

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Zach Galifianakis and Tina Fey, both Greek-Americans.

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There was a really good Greek restaurant by ASU campus in Tempe. Forgot what it's called.

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My wife is half Greek (on her mom's side). But since her dad didn't really have any extended family around she was basically raised in a Greek family.

I remember seeing the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding and thinking it was a silly and over-exaggerated thing. After meeting her family I realized it wasn't that far off from reality.

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How was your wedding?

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Great, but we paid for it ourselves and thus did not have a traditional Greek ceremony (also her mother had passed by then so could not take over and demand things).

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Tzatziki.

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It’s the ranch dressing of Greece.

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And cranberry sauce is the white man's chutney!

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Theater

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Back page code for anal sex

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What?!?!

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HE SAID THAT IT'S BACK PAGE CODE FOR ANAL SEX

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I thought that was PSoCY?

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only if W4C had personal ads - can you imagine? Alas it probably wouldn't be as good as the days when the SS33 map could have been used to indicate how far people were willing to travel.

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Hey now!

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🕳

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I didn't get that when I read Plato

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Although heard about Perry White as a little kid, and learned about Pericles in high school, it wasn't until decades later that I put the two together.

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spanakopita and saganaki - who needs a main course with appetizers like that?

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Jimmy, the -

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Something something about breeding for athleticism. Something something racist nonsense.

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He and Al Campanis, among others.

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Except that Campanis made reference to intellectual capabilities, not athleticism. All part of the same rotten package of thought, really.

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OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY

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Aug 16, 2022·edited Aug 16, 2022

As a political pragmatist and someone who doesn't want to see our democracy crumble, I support this suggestion.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/08/15/a-narrow-pardon-for-trump-00051859

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I saw that, didn't read because I am 100% sure that the concept is a form of wishful thinking.

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Sorry, that's bullshit. The opinion piece is an exercise in wishful thinking. It's also a cowardly suggestion that somehow Trump will walk away and do no more harm if he gets a "narrow" pardon. He can't help himself. Trump is incapable of being magnanimous to any degree at all.

I want to see his carcass rot in jail. Any way this can happen will be a win for democracy and a society based on the rule of law.

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Even though I agree with the sentiment of him rotting in jail, the gesture could be a lesson in democratic civics and an attempt to move the country toward some normalcy. It is not about Trump, it is about our country and democracy. And as indicated in the piece it is all contingent upon the seriousness of the charges, a pretty big contingency regarding the suggestion of a pardon.

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We agree that this is about the United States and democracy. That's where we part company.

Trump is a symptom of an illness within the American polity. If he is pardoned, then it will embolden those who would tear down democracy in America. It was the similar to why I negatively view Ford's pardon of Nixon - Ford's pardon emboldened folks like Dick Cheney who supported the concept of the imperial presidency. Bill Barr is another such adherent.

Moreover, we don't need to fans the flames of insurrection or to encourage the overthrow of the federal government, installing un-democratic institutions and regimes.

You can never fully eradicate these impulses, but they can and must be reduced. Pardoning Trump in any way shape or form only encourages the continued campaign against democratic institutions.

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I was talking to a DC lawyer who handles a lot federal cases and his prediction is Garland will indict Trump and once it is clear he cannot/will not run for office again Biden will issue a limited pardon and announce he is also not running in 2024. He also believes the Roe v. Wade decision will be a huge boon for the Dems and that the Kansas vote is a good sign that abortion access will get codified in the majority of states.

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He also mentioned that is a great time for lawyers in DC because everyone is lawyering up and he has never been busier in his 3+ decades in DC

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Hot take conspiracy theory: All this political commotion has been orchestrated by the Secret Society of Lawyers, Sigma Sigma Lambda.

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every day is lawyer day!

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WaPo summarizes the some specific policies that have coagulated in Trump's bigliest brain pan and has been pushing out on the campaign/grifting trail:

1. Execute drug dealers

2. Push homeless into the tent cities to suburban/rural areas.

3. Deploy troops against protests*

4. Gut the Federal government by making all Federal Employees Schedule F workers

5. Disband the Department of Education and expand Don't-Say-Gay/anti-CRT nationwide

6. Only in-person voting with valid ID via paper ballots on election day

* - except when it's your insurrection

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/16/trump-speeches-extreme-agenda-2024-bid/

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The whole idea of shipping the homeless off to rural tent cities and justifying it saying that land is cheaper outside the city and tents are cheaper than buildings. And fuckwit who has a lick of any business sense would know that land/rent would be a small percentage of services-based organization. You know what rural areas don't have? Lots of social services people. And the homeless would have no access to income and doom them to never being able to get out of homelessness because they would essentially be marooned.

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I think that's the plan...

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Trump gets his passports back.

https://twitter.com/KellyO/status/1559320510990880768

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Alrighty, then. Just gave him an official avenue of escape.

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I wish he would flee to Russia or Saudi Arabia.

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If he wants to leave...good riddance. Let him go be someone else's problem.

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Looks like a classic trap. He's definitely not on federal watch lists, don't even worry about it.

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[NYT] Trump Organization CFO Alan Weisselberg is nearing a plea-deal with prosecutors. He will plead guilty, not rat on Trump, and serve about 100 days. Seems like an injustice considering what he's been accused of. The organization itself is still facing an investigation.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/15/nyregion/trump-weisselberg-plea-deal.html

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How can he get a plea-deal where he doesn't rat out Trump??

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Pleads guilty to the tax crimes - you can't force someone to give you what you want if they are willing to plead guilty.

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But then what's the "deal"? That's just a guilty plea.

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Still a deal for the prosecutors, avoids a trial, saves $$$, is about 95% of all "justice" these days anyway.

You know that, I'm sure.

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Yeah, but if he is not going to cooperate, it seems like the prosecution would insist on a much longer sentence.

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Hey I know, let's go arrest cops.

The ‘QAnon Queen’ Told Her Followers to Arrest Cops. It Didn’t Go Well.

https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/m7gb5y/queen-romana-didulo-citizen-arrest-qanon

People on a mission to arrest cops on behalf of the self-proclaimed “QAnon Queen of Canada” ended up being violently arrested themselves instead.

Romana Didulo has built a sizable following out of the QAnon community by convincing people that she's the true leader of Canada and waging a secret war against the supposed pedophilic cabal of globalist leaders, like Prime Minister Justin Trudeau or U.S. President Joe Biden. On Saturday, she gathered around 30 of her followers in Peterborough, Ontario, to conduct “citizen’s arrests” on members of the Peterborough Police Service for enforcing COVID-19 restrictions, like mask mandates and business closures.

The day was a clear escalation for Didulo and her crew. But by the end of it, one of her followers had been charged with two counts of assaulting police and a second was facing charges of mischief and resisting arrest.

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Maybe this should go under the "bad advice" thread.

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Bad chocolate

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White chocolate’s only acceptable form is as a chip in a WC & macadamia nut cookie

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The Oreos coated in white chocolate are surprisingly tasty. I was all "oh no, unh uh not trying that crap" and then I tried it and immediately demanded another.

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my version of that is discovering that I like the gluten free oreos better

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Pretty much the story of every new Oreo

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I liked the Hersheys cookies and cream bars as a kid

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MMM...Yes.

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Chocolate generally falls under the Pizza and Sex rule for me.

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The good version some times cost more?

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Even when it's bad...

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Heh, pizza & chocolate, sure. Sex... uh...

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I got to experience cacao processed by a Maya family that owns a cacao farm in Belize. It is pretty awesome to experience chocolate the way it was first experienced by humans. Not that it stops me from eating chocolate in all its many forms, but it was eye opening to see how much the manner in which we consume chocolate has changed from its original form.

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What was it like? Please explain or link to a Wikipedia page.

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Hmmm....I don't have a link for ya, but it was akin to a tasting where you try the seeds in various forms, including the husk that surrounds the cacao seeds. Ultimately, the seeds are ground on a volcanic stone and turned into a beautiful past. This paste is then added to hot water and drunk out of a gourd. Voila, original hot chocolate. The experience also included the first spices added to the cacao water introduced by Spaniards. If you are ever in a country where there is an authentic cacao tasting, I highly recommend it. Mine was in San Ignacio, Belize and was amazing.

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Life is too gawd awful short for bad chocolate.

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Hershey bars. Chalky, a little gritty, and not worth eating.

Every year I buy the same pack of candy bars to hand out at Halloween and the Hershey bars are always the first to run out. I don't know if it's because Hershey PA is only 90 minutes away or if it's because the local kids had terrible taste. Probably both.

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they are absolute garbage

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Symphony is a much better alternative for a Hershey's chocolate

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Wow, you too? Sure I liked Cadbury's better when I was a kid in England, but chocolate was chocolate back then (at least to me).

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Cadbury's is better than Hershey's but that doesn't make it great. One time I was visiting family in the UK and there was some news item about how the EU might forbid Cadbury's from calling their chocolate chocolate because of the content - some genius decided to give cadbury's and then swiss supermarket chocolate to English schoolkids to see which they liked better and universally they were like the Cadbury's is good but this Swiss stuff is the real deal, which rather defeated the purpose a bit. They probably all grew up to be London-based Remainers 😂😂😂

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I can't stand Cadbury's. It tastes of nothing and has the greasiest mouthfeel.

I'm not gonna eat a plain Hershey bar unless I'm desperate, but hand me a Krackel (or a Nestle Crunch) and I'm all over it.

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On the other hand, give me a all the Cadbury eggs

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When I was a kid, my favorite Cadbury's was a bar that was like a chocolate box, had 8 different fruit/nut lumps, only one I wasn't a fan of.

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I think Cadbury's benefits from having something in it, like the fruit and nut version.

I will absolutely hammer through the Krackel or Crunch minis at Halloween, the rest of the family absolutely hides them from me because I cannot be trusted.

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OOOOooOOOoo harsh, man, Harsh. True, not great but I never had a issue when I was a kid.

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When compared to something like Guittard or Callebaut, Nestle and Hersheys are bad.

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Or Russell Stover

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Took the words right out of my mouth...or keyboard.

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Fundraising

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An essential duty for board members of a nonprofit, but not a fun one at all.

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DBD AV CLUB

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Finished Alone Season 9. The mental resilience of participants who make it past 45 days or so is pretty impressive.

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I dig Alone. It was the show that taught me what protein poisoning is. And if you watch it enough, you can tell who will tap out early based upon how much work they do before winter sets in.

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Watched the end of Better Call Saul - that was ok I guess, but less great than all the 6 other episodes leading up.

3rd episode of Rez Dogs felt profound to us.

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What I loved about BCS was that I never accurately predicted what was going to happen next, certainly did not foresee the way the finale wrapped up. Also, the twists and turns were generally better than what I'd anticipated. What a great ride.

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And it gave you someone to hate, damn you "computers"!

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I still have my "BCS without C is BS" sticker somewhere (with the C being the script Cal one)

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I was surprised to see a little redemption arc for Saul/Jimmy at the end. I wasn't expecting that based on his downward spiral of greed and sloppiness in the previous couple episodes.

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They kind of did this with Breaking Bad too. Walt had to die, but he did go out in a blaze of glory.

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That episode was a hella a lot more dramatic though.

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Well yeah, because Breaking Bad was always more dramatic. Walter took more of an active role in everything. Saul is a different kind of show. They spent multiple episodes at a time on legal doc review!

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I loved the Felina episode and El Paso by Marty Robbins was the perfect song for the episode. Walt's end mirrors the lyrics quite well.

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Pieces of Her - Netflix, with Toni Collette....halfway through...not bad.

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ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE

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Aug 16, 2022·edited Aug 16, 2022Author

LSU's Former starting QB Myles Brennan rage quits football after being told he's not going to be the starter. Ex-ASU QB Jayden Daniels is reportedly the starter.

https://arizonasports.com/story/3256591/lsus-brennan-departs-former-asu-qb-daniels-reportedly-set-to-start/

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He should have tried his last chance at Cal before retiring.

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Jayden Daniels is not an SEC caliber starting QB...I’m selling my LSU stock if true...

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Aug 16, 2022·edited Aug 16, 2022

Jayden Daniels is about to get the Drago “I must break you” treatment this season by SEC defenses.

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ICYMI: Preseason AP Top 25

No Texas, Floriduh, FSU, or Penn State. Some goon voted for Nebraska.

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll

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We'll be 15th after the Notre Dame upset

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Classic trap game, can't wait to spring it.

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If we're 3-0 then, yeah sure, maybe 17th.

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We will be entering Top 25 for the first time so most likely #22

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Wonder where we'll be after beating Utah in the conference title game.

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PRO

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Going to my first LAFC game tonight against DC. I've been really excited to go to a game in that stadium after driving by it countless times

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wave to Wayne Rooney for me please, I haven't been to a home game since he took over (that's a scheduling problem not a boycott)

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Consider it done, I'll also shout out your handle here, so he knows it's you

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much appreciated 😂

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The Angels are a bad baseball team

https://twitter.com/JomboyMedia/status/1559402764526145539

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Little League baseball broke out in the 9th. Seattle made serious base running errors that should have run themselves into 3 unforced outs, except the Angels' catcher made a worse mistake each time, resulting in 2 Mariners runs, and setting the table for 2 more.

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We were watching this after the Dodgers game ended. Man the Angels are bad.

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A's lose 2-1 to the Rangers.

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It's been a frustrating August after an encouraging July.

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Plus the decision to not play Andrus to keep his plate appearances down to save money is immoral.

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Giants beat up on old friend Madison Bumgarner

https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2022/8/15/23307522/giants-diamondbacks-recap-madison-bumgarner-evan-longoria

It’s weird when the San Francisco Giants face a starting pitcher who used to play for them, particularly one who is a franchise legend. It’s not like facing a position player who used to play for them, or a reliever. It’s a different breed.

Because while there are many ways to win a baseball game, one of them works a lot more reliably, and happens a lot more frequently than the rest.

And that’s by beating up on the opposing starting pitcher.

Which is what they did to Madison Bumgarner.

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Arizona played the part of the old Giants management by overpaying $23m/year for a guy on the natural downhill age-related performance slide and is almost a zero WAR pitcher.

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Home runs back Julio Urías in Dodgers win over Brewers in opener

https://www.truebluela.com/2022/8/15/23307379/freddie-freeman-gavin-lux-home-runs-julio-urias-scoreless-dodgers-brewers

On the start of the work week, Julio Urías worked around traffic throughout his start. But even when not at his best, the Dodgers left-hander persevered to deliver another typically strong albeit abbreviated performance in a 4-0 win over the Brewers on Monday night in Milwaukee.

The Dodgers losing streak was snapped at one.

Urías allowed the leadoff batter to reach base in each of the first three innings, including the first two batters getting on in the first and third. But none of them scored, thanks to the Brewers going 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position against him.

The left-hander allowed four six to reach base in the first four frames, but struck out six to deliver his sixth scoreless start of the season, and his third since the All-Star break. Urías lowered his ERA to 2.40, which ranks fourth in the National League. Teammates Tony Gonsolin (2.24) and Tyler Anderson (2.81) rank second and sixth, respectively.

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CAL

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4 star edge Jaeden Moore decides tomorrow - Cal, Oregon, Washington in the mix plus Arizona was added to the shortlist. Methinks we are not going to be the hat on the table but who knows.

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Picked up a ND offer this week too.

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Even if he does pick Cal, he will just decommit in October and decide to go to Oregon.

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But then transfer back to Cal when we join the B1G.

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Golden Bear Cookies?

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Are they little footballs, with the laces out?

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"Laces out! Laces Out!"

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Dan Marino should die of gonorrhea and rot in hell...would you like a cookie?

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]Goff would still drop them. Too soon?

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Small little hands

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