So my wife and I were discussing this. Do you consider him a terrorist and what he did a terrorist act? It seems like he was motivated by mentally illness and conspiracy theories but not politically motivated and it seems like he did not want to kill people.
I consider him a terrorist. His goal was to incite terror, he caused major infrastructure damage, and I'm tired of this: https://imgur.com/gallery/elnLWs9
if it's terrorism when a couple of eco-fundamentalists burn some pickup trucks, then it's terrorism when some lizard people nutter blows up half a block
I mean Trump didn't say a single thing about it. At all (as far as I remember). You can bet your shit that he would've hammered it in us if the terrorist's skin color was in the bottom half of that graphic.
made my appt for my second dose for next Monday. Was told to expect to possibly miss work the next day bc of symptoms, either fever/chills and/or muscle aches.
There is a school of thought that you could delay second doses to get more first doses into arms, thereby giving more people a bit of immunity faster. There is a correlating school of thought that this could be the exact recipe for creating vaccine-resistant virus, and it might be slightly insane. The thing is, nobody really knows.
And I'm reading there's a lot of healthcare workers who are saying no to the vaccine.
But i'll be getting my second dose as soon as I can. The Walgreen's rollout is a clusterfuck right now. But at least we're not Florida who's using EventBrite to schedule appointments.
Oh I'm with you. I'll be heading to my appointment just as soon as I'm eligible for one, I don't care if it's at 2:17 AM. And I'll be looking for my second dose three weeks later.
Firing Herman was a given, the big money boosters hated him, some players hated him and they were telling recruits to stay away. Losing Ewers (next Trevor Lawrence allegedly) and a 4 star WR from the '22 class was the nail in the coffin. Losing dumb games didnt help. So with all that momentum, I understand why he was chopped since $ is not an issue at UT. The baffling move is Sark. Apparently he has completely rehabbed his image and was being whispered as the unofficial coach in waiting at Alabama. Has a tremendous reputation there. But unless the alcoholism was the sole reason for his coaching mediocity before, I dont get it. Urban wasnt coming but was Sark really the next best available? I'm just dumbfounded, honestly. We'll see I guess
Clearly, someone in the investor group thinks Sark is the answer to a more consistent offense, though that isn't where the primary problem has laid. Sark's success will depend on his choice for DC & for lead recruiter.
Unless Sark learned from his $C experience, I don't see this going well. He's a good OC but I wonder if Tom Herman will have had better results after 4 years than Sark.
Indications are that has been taken care of. The pressure cooker might be set a little higher at Texas even than it was at 'Bama though. I seriously hope that issue does not resurface.
You are Cincy and up by 2 over Georgia, 3rd-and-2 at your own 40 with 1:34 to go and your opponent is out of timeouts. Your dynamic running back averages 6.6 YPC and is averaging 12.1 yards this game.
Do you,
a) run the ball so that even if you don't make it, you leave so little time and give your opponent such bad field position that it is nearly impossible to win
b) do what Cincy did
Meanwhile, D-Rob finishes his 3rd season away from Cal with 12 catches for 110 yards (vs. 50 for 767 as a freshman at Cal). He wasn't a starter as a RS-Senior.
And on their previous set of downs they passed (again, ignoring that dynamic RB) to a TE who opted not to go down inbounds and on the next play they snapped the ball with 12 seconds left on the play clock. They ended up getting the first down, but it didn't matter because they used so little clock. That was a masterpiece of bad clock management.
The one thing that's more ubiquitous than atrocious officiating in CFB (and levels below) is atrocious game and clock management. It's not everyone, as there are some coaches at the college (and high school) level that are good at it, but there are an alarming number who seem to avoid it at all cost. I would say I couldn't believe my eyes, except I could, having seem too many similar ridiculous mistakes before.
All I can think of is a cultural ego issue of fascination with bold actions which when they work are spectacular. Unfortunately, they usually don't work. Cincy, and to a degree, Coastal Carolina, set back the cause of the non-blue blood elite several years in a matter of a couple of minutes of inability to manage end of game situations correctly, wiping out the benefits of managing most elements of their programs exemplary all year.
Tuition: $212.50 per quarter. IBM punch cards. It's on the Roof! Sitting in Dwinelle watching it snow. Joe Roth. Garden State Bowl. Pete Cutino. Calympians missing the Moscow Olympics.
Hey $212.50 was way before 2004? I also remember those punch cards in Evans. My roommate used to get paper from the recycling bins and use it to do his homework...Maybe we knew each other back in the day.
i remember my engineering friends carrying armloads of those punch cards from Unit 3 to Evans to run their projects late at night, praying they didn't drop any or get them out of order.
We had no answer for Rex Walters & Adonis Jordan but man, that was an epic 10 days. Newellbany & I watched that one as we drank away the week of Spring Break
The White House confirmed that Trump plans Monday to present Rep. Devin Nunes with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, calling the California Republican “a public servant of unmatched talent, unassailable integrity, and unwavering resolve.”
I've lived away from California for a long time so will let you all respond appropriately.
Salem Oregon, proud boys protest and get arrested by the cops. I saw a video somewhere of the proud boys getting mad that the cops were pushing them back and arresting them. They stomped on the thin blue line flags.
Remember when Kellyanne Conway coined the term "alternative facts" and we laughed at the ridiculousness of the concept. Four years later, we have a smoking gun of the President trying to overturn a free and fair election, and not a GD thing will happen. Alternative facts are a real thing because power corrupts
Aaron Rodgers after a great game against the Bears yesterday deserves another MVP award, especially because Mahomes and the Chiefs lost to the Chargers.
This year, even without another championship, is already a big difference-maker for Aaron Rodgers' NFL legacy. Rodgers was somehow (it was understandable but debatable) left out of the Top 100 NFL 100 anniversary team that was announced in 2019. If they re-select that team now, it would be hard to leave him off.
Rodgers is almost like playing in God mode this season. He's making all the right reads and is pinpoint accurate. That call on the blitz for the long TD was glorious. He and Davante Adams are on the same page in all situations.
Not only is Rodgers playing at an elite level, but he's also in full-on F-YOU mode after GB drafted Jordan Love...as a Cal & Rodgers fan, his pass #'s on goal-to-go are an awesome sight to see....as an owner of Aaron Jones this past year, they were not so awesome.
Herbert's twice the QB Tua is, with a higher ceiling as well - he can improve accuracy & touch on shorter passes, and run more. Tough break for Lynn - he seems like a good dude, but that team looked sooooo lost on sooooo many occasions...how many times can a coach ice his own kicker?
The Rams scored 18 points in this game. 7 on a pick-six and another 2 on a safety. I'm not sure three field goals is a great endorsement for the non-Goff Rams offense.
More curious than anything else, but do we know if he actually got a graduate degree at Cal in this one year? Good for him to be able to take advantage of the extra year of eligibility to extend his education, which may or may not help him with his future (or is it current already) goal of being an alpaca farmer.
@DCT: https://twitter.com/xkcd/status/1346097439284060162?s=20
I would genuinely never have noticed that otherwise.
OMG LOOK AT THESE CAKES https://www.instagram.com/keempossible_2/
The Nashville Bomber's motives were political... and in a way that you thought they might be.
https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/nashville-bombers-bizarre-writings-reveal-belief-in-aliens-and-lizard-people
So my wife and I were discussing this. Do you consider him a terrorist and what he did a terrorist act? It seems like he was motivated by mentally illness and conspiracy theories but not politically motivated and it seems like he did not want to kill people.
I consider him a terrorist. His goal was to incite terror, he caused major infrastructure damage, and I'm tired of this: https://imgur.com/gallery/elnLWs9
if it's terrorism when a couple of eco-fundamentalists burn some pickup trucks, then it's terrorism when some lizard people nutter blows up half a block
I mean Trump didn't say a single thing about it. At all (as far as I remember). You can bet your shit that he would've hammered it in us if the terrorist's skin color was in the bottom half of that graphic.
Tanya Roberts (Bond Girl, Beastmaster, that 70s Show) passes away. Not due to Covid.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/03/tanya-roberts-dead-dies-sheena-that-70s-show-bond-girl/
Turns out she's not dead. Publicist's mistake.
WHAT?
How does this happen?
https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/04/tanya-roberts-still-alive-rep-saying-shes-dead-70s-show-bond-girl/
😮
NOOOO. She was great in Beast-master & View to a Kill
I hadn't realized they were all the same woman. I thought she was hilarious on That 70s Show.
Today in Covid
made my appt for my second dose for next Monday. Was told to expect to possibly miss work the next day bc of symptoms, either fever/chills and/or muscle aches.
I saw an article where someone was saying the 2nd dose should be delayed. I assume they mean longer than what they were proposing between doses.
There is a school of thought that you could delay second doses to get more first doses into arms, thereby giving more people a bit of immunity faster. There is a correlating school of thought that this could be the exact recipe for creating vaccine-resistant virus, and it might be slightly insane. The thing is, nobody really knows.
And I'm reading there's a lot of healthcare workers who are saying no to the vaccine.
But i'll be getting my second dose as soon as I can. The Walgreen's rollout is a clusterfuck right now. But at least we're not Florida who's using EventBrite to schedule appointments.
Why are healthcare workers saying no? Are they unsure of the vaccine?
Oh I'm with you. I'll be heading to my appointment just as soon as I'm eligible for one, I don't care if it's at 2:17 AM. And I'll be looking for my second dose three weeks later.
I shall be penciling in something on my calendar for September I guess
https://www.eventbrite.com/d/united-states--florida/covid-19-vaccine/
Oh man, I glossed over this story, but really, WTF?
ah...I see. I didn't read it so your explanation makes sense.
Dinosaur wreaks havoc in SJ medical facility
https://twitter.com/mariannefavro/status/1345560654728425472
No one thought an "air-powered holiday costume" might not be the best idea under current circumstances?
How do you know it was a dinosaur? I figured it was a snowman.
It was a tree. JUST SAY NO TO TREE COSTUMES.
Is it weird that a south Florida county is using Eventbrite to organize vaccine distribution?
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/florida-health-department-covid-19-vaccinations-tickets-134589156791
LA County: If you have a heart attack, you are screwed. This is America.
http://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/dhs/1100458_Directive_6revTransportofTraumaticandNontraumaticCardiacArrest.pdf
Elsewhere in college
Sark hire, Herman firing (after Texas won its bowl game) - dumbest hire of all time? Yea or Nay?
I don't understand this move at all from Texas' POV, but someone was bound to give sark another shot as the head coach.
Firing Herman was a given, the big money boosters hated him, some players hated him and they were telling recruits to stay away. Losing Ewers (next Trevor Lawrence allegedly) and a 4 star WR from the '22 class was the nail in the coffin. Losing dumb games didnt help. So with all that momentum, I understand why he was chopped since $ is not an issue at UT. The baffling move is Sark. Apparently he has completely rehabbed his image and was being whispered as the unofficial coach in waiting at Alabama. Has a tremendous reputation there. But unless the alcoholism was the sole reason for his coaching mediocity before, I dont get it. Urban wasnt coming but was Sark really the next best available? I'm just dumbfounded, honestly. We'll see I guess
Herman had to go for a variety of reasons but Sark...so many sighs
Clearly, someone in the investor group thinks Sark is the answer to a more consistent offense, though that isn't where the primary problem has laid. Sark's success will depend on his choice for DC & for lead recruiter.
(Which may or may not be at his discretion.)
Unless Sark learned from his $C experience, I don't see this going well. He's a good OC but I wonder if Tom Herman will have had better results after 4 years than Sark.
Texas will be buying Sark out after 4 years as well...he's a career coordinator.
Also Sark has to stay off the grog at 9:30 in the morning.
Indications are that has been taken care of. The pressure cooker might be set a little higher at Texas even than it was at 'Bama though. I seriously hope that issue does not resurface.
I enjoyed watching Notre Dame be processed through the Alabama football machine, fwiw.
It was remarkably predictable, right down to the back door cover.
Exactly...meaningless TD with :56 remaining to cover the 19.5
You are Cincy and up by 2 over Georgia, 3rd-and-2 at your own 40 with 1:34 to go and your opponent is out of timeouts. Your dynamic running back averages 6.6 YPC and is averaging 12.1 yards this game.
Do you,
a) run the ball so that even if you don't make it, you leave so little time and give your opponent such bad field position that it is nearly impossible to win
b) do what Cincy did
Meanwhile, D-Rob finishes his 3rd season away from Cal with 12 catches for 110 yards (vs. 50 for 767 as a freshman at Cal). He wasn't a starter as a RS-Senior.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=401256108
And on their previous set of downs they passed (again, ignoring that dynamic RB) to a TE who opted not to go down inbounds and on the next play they snapped the ball with 12 seconds left on the play clock. They ended up getting the first down, but it didn't matter because they used so little clock. That was a masterpiece of bad clock management.
The one thing that's more ubiquitous than atrocious officiating in CFB (and levels below) is atrocious game and clock management. It's not everyone, as there are some coaches at the college (and high school) level that are good at it, but there are an alarming number who seem to avoid it at all cost. I would say I couldn't believe my eyes, except I could, having seem too many similar ridiculous mistakes before.
All I can think of is a cultural ego issue of fascination with bold actions which when they work are spectacular. Unfortunately, they usually don't work. Cincy, and to a degree, Coastal Carolina, set back the cause of the non-blue blood elite several years in a matter of a couple of minutes of inability to manage end of game situations correctly, wiping out the benefits of managing most elements of their programs exemplary all year.
Wisconsin MBB's starting lineup is older than the Chicago Bulls'
https://badgerswire.usatoday.com/2020/12/29/get-old-stay-old-wisconsin-basketballs-starting-lineup-is-older-than-the-chicago-bulls-starters/
When did you go to undergrad -- without using dates in your answer?
Tuition: $212.50 per quarter. IBM punch cards. It's on the Roof! Sitting in Dwinelle watching it snow. Joe Roth. Garden State Bowl. Pete Cutino. Calympians missing the Moscow Olympics.
Hey $212.50 was way before 2004? I also remember those punch cards in Evans. My roommate used to get paper from the recycling bins and use it to do his homework...Maybe we knew each other back in the day.
>>> before 2004?
yep, way!
For better or worse I remember IBM punch cards in the basement of Evans. A bit before you're time though.
i remember my engineering friends carrying armloads of those punch cards from Unit 3 to Evans to run their projects late at night, praying they didn't drop any or get them out of order.
I think my freshman year was the last year of punch cards.
It’s on the Roof creator was a Bowlesman :)
and the Bubble Lady!
Bubble Lady doesn't necessarily narrow down a timeframe since she covered multiple decades I think.
true thing. (but then again maybe it took decades to earn that undergrad...?!?)
The Governator signed my diploma
Watched Hardy Nickerson play
Y2K
Quarters
The advent of Ecstasy.
3 bowl games in 4 years.
A blocked game winning FG, multiple personal foul penalties, and roughing the passer in 3 of the 4 big game losses.
4 bowl games in 4 years
Actually, 4-game bowl winning streak is more accurate.
Bay Bridge WS interrupted by earthquake.
Cal beats Clemson in Citrus Bowl
tuition went from $500/semester to $3000+ in 4 yrs.
Olympics in South Korea, Rodney King Riots, Tiananmen Square, Fall of communism, NYD Bowl, Olympics in Spain
era of Bruce Snyder and the idiot Bockrath plus Gilby.
Freshman tuition: $7/year
Kidd and Murray hand Coach K an L
i had just graduated. i didnt go to the Duke game in Chicago, but i drove to St Loius for the game vs Kansas that we lost in the next round.
We had no answer for Rex Walters & Adonis Jordan but man, that was an epic 10 days. Newellbany & I watched that one as we drank away the week of Spring Break
Gotta tell Newellbany to get back on the DBD!
That’s a fun memory!
Was at Kips underground for that. It was a madhouse in there.
I think I was on CGB! That was sort of a madhouse too. “Duke is going down!”
My tuition was 212.50 per quarter.
PAC-8 co-champions
Sorry, $7k.
Ok, I was starting to think you’re really old!
Henry's shooting, Rosebud Denovo, That is the Only Song You Know, Naked Guy
collapse of the Soviet Union, Rodney King Riots.
Dotcom bubble bursted freshman year, 9/11 sophomore year, Rose Bowl stolen and Godgers senior year.
Road
-Soda
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Road to Perdition is an underrated movie.
Really? 72 Metacritic score seems right to me; good, not great.
Don’t mean to be incendiarily contrary, Cug, but isn’t that what makes it underrated?
well, if it was great, sure, but it's a long way from that.
I enjoyed it when I watched it when it came out when I was at Cal for undergrad (answering the other thread), but have not rewatched it since.
Very much so. Solid effort.
The Road, I enjoyed the book and the movie adaptation wasn’t bad.
I thought the book was great, but would not say I "enjoyed" it.
Made me wanna go vegan
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
This link was embedded in a George Will column online today. About sums things up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRtQ0LVCuIQ
"Tommy Tuberville is probably fuming right now wondering why he didn’t get to vote against Pelosi"
"At first I thought new mothers were a bunch of slackers, and then I had a baby & discovered it can be quite difficult"
https://twitter.com/EmilyRPeck/status/1346162346008465410?s=20
Portrait of political imagination 🙄
The imagination reminded me of this: https://twitter.com/chaedria/status/1346207828726280192?s=20
@chaedria: Gate keeping is not a personality trait. Gate keeping is the crimson red flag of having no imagination and being terrified of finding one.
The White House confirmed that Trump plans Monday to present Rep. Devin Nunes with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, calling the California Republican “a public servant of unmatched talent, unassailable integrity, and unwavering resolve.”
I've lived away from California for a long time so will let you all respond appropriately.
He sued a fake cow. I mean...
Every afternoon in Lafayette the Trumpers setup shop on the overpass after the Pleasant Hill Road off-ramp. Sucks because it slows down traffic.
No Proud Boy sightings yet but I did see a big Trump flag flying in front of one house. Sticks out like a sore thumb in very blue Arlington.
Salem Oregon, proud boys protest and get arrested by the cops. I saw a video somewhere of the proud boys getting mad that the cops were pushing them back and arresting them. They stomped on the thin blue line flags.
DC to people: Reminder, no guns at protests
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-says-no-guns-allowed-during-maga-election-protest
I read the transcript of the call Trump and his lawyers had with the Georgia Secretary of Ste. The word "breathtaking" definitely applies here.
I kinda wonder if he's really lost his grip on reality.
Now? 4 years later you're wondering this?
Eh, before most of it seemed like a knowing act, not actual delusion; I think losing might have cost him his what was left of his mind.
You can hear the audio, and then lose your mind as well as your breath.
The transcripts are easier to read than listen to the audio. It's got so many conspiracy theories in it.
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/donald-trump-phone-call-transcript-with-georgia-secretary-of-state-says-he-wants-to-find-votes
I got halfway through his opening rant and then my eyes glazed over.
I've listened to excerpts, it's about what I expected.
Remember when Kellyanne Conway coined the term "alternative facts" and we laughed at the ridiculousness of the concept. Four years later, we have a smoking gun of the President trying to overturn a free and fair election, and not a GD thing will happen. Alternative facts are a real thing because power corrupts
A Republican party clearly gaslighting the nation, as we descend into a collective psychosis.
PRO
Marvin Jones goes off vs. Vikes
https://twitter.com/Lions/status/1345910080131260421
Looks like he got screwed on the review for what would've been his 3rd TD.
Coulda gone either way, depending on the initial call. Definitely a questionable overturn tho.
I think the initial call was TD and I didn't see any overwhelming evidence that it was a drop.
I say this because they were celebrating way too long for it to have been called a drop.
Down by 3, Eagle's Pederson benches Jalen Hurts for [checks notes] Nate Sudfeld. Within 5 plays, Sudfeld has one INT and one lost fumble.
https://twitter.com/NFLonFOX/status/1345938843992780801
Just about an all-time dumb move UNLESS the whole point was to screw the Giants, in which case "Mission Accomplished"
Aaron Rodgers after a great game against the Bears yesterday deserves another MVP award, especially because Mahomes and the Chiefs lost to the Chargers.
This year, even without another championship, is already a big difference-maker for Aaron Rodgers' NFL legacy. Rodgers was somehow (it was understandable but debatable) left out of the Top 100 NFL 100 anniversary team that was announced in 2019. If they re-select that team now, it would be hard to leave him off.
Also I guess technically the loss isn't on Mahomes since he didn't play, but point taken. Either way, I think Rodgers should be the MVP this season.
Josh Allen is also in the conversation, but all signs point to Rodgers earning a 3rd MVP (the main one as voted by the AP).
That's right mahomes was held out.
Rodgers is almost like playing in God mode this season. He's making all the right reads and is pinpoint accurate. That call on the blitz for the long TD was glorious. He and Davante Adams are on the same page in all situations.
Not only is Rodgers playing at an elite level, but he's also in full-on F-YOU mode after GB drafted Jordan Love...as a Cal & Rodgers fan, his pass #'s on goal-to-go are an awesome sight to see....as an owner of Aaron Jones this past year, they were not so awesome.
I saw a stat where the last 20+ goal to go situations all resulted in TDs.
All you needed for fantasy this year was Davante Adams, Rodgers, and Tonyan (who you probably could've picked up off waivers early in the season).
It's a shame he couldn't do it in 2004...too soon?
Yes, still too soon....that's like those old Macho Grande wounds in Airplane II...they cut pretty deep.
Never seen Airplane II, watched Idiocracy Saturday, was just ok IMO.
King Henry rushes for over 2,000 yards. He dominated the Texans.
Herbert exceeded all expectations and had a great rookie season and set a lot of rookie records.
Herbert's twice the QB Tua is, with a higher ceiling as well - he can improve accuracy & touch on shorter passes, and run more. Tough break for Lynn - he seems like a good dude, but that team looked sooooo lost on sooooo many occasions...how many times can a coach ice his own kicker?
Rams win with defense in the absence of Goff. Clearly the "Goffense" has to pick it up.
Maybe Goff is the problem with the Goffense
The Rams scored 18 points in this game. 7 on a pick-six and another 2 on a safety. I'm not sure three field goals is a great endorsement for the non-Goff Rams offense.
Agreed - it's not like this kid Wolford kid blew the doors off the SoFi, tho I've felt both McVay and Shanahan need more mobility from their QB
they won't get that with Goff.
Definitely looks like a QB with a bit more turn of foot may operate it a little smoother.
CAL
Drew Schlegel we hardly knew ye
https://twitter.com/RivalsPortal/status/1346167179650207745
More curious than anything else, but do we know if he actually got a graduate degree at Cal in this one year? Good for him to be able to take advantage of the extra year of eligibility to extend his education, which may or may not help him with his future (or is it current already) goal of being an alpaca farmer.
on another site it alluded to his degree being a 1 year deal
So now he has a master's. Ph.D. in animal husbandry?
Masters in something else I'd guess.
Go Bears! Though I am getting a bit disappointed over mens' basketball. It looks like another lost season.
Yes...the squad is struggling with fundamental basketball issues