Thus far in the year, I have been impressed by punter Jamieson Sheahan. His punting in 2020 was terrible as an obvious newby to the game. He averaged under 40 yards. In 2021 he went to 43.1 including. He now averages 46.46 yards/kick, fourth in the country. He even has averaged more than famed Iowa punter Tory "Punting is Winning" Taylor.
They didn't make it back to the market after the pandemic, but I used to buy bison meat from a Virginia farm at the local farmer's market. Lean, slightly sweet meat.
Beat the Buffs! If we win this we'll be 4-2 at the halfway point meaning the Bears will finish 8-4 in the regular season. My logic here is irrefutable (if non-existent).
I'm impressed that he lasted as long as he did. My uncle crossed his path quite in a bit in Edinburgh in the 70s and is one of many many people still owed a fiver by Mr Coltrane.
That would include Safeway and a host of other regional chains which are under the Albertsons umbrella. IIRC correctly Albertson's is controlled by Cerberus Capital Management, a private equity firm. Named after the three headed hound who guarded the entrance to Hades. To be frank, the price seems a bit low. For example, Cerberus bought Safeway for $9.4 billion and merged it with Albertsons. Not much of a return for the whole entity, certainly not 3x.
Barge transportation prices up/down the Mississippi River have doubled because they have to go only partially filled because there isn't enough water in the river. Thanks, Obama
Miss the regular poker night with friends, haven't had one in over a decade. Did home poker games survive Covid, or did everyone just move onto daily fantasy and other online stuff for their low stakes gambling urges?
1. Proved Trump planned ahead to steal the election in a bid to stay in office with damning footage from Bannon, Roger Stone, Greg Jacob, and others.
2. Trump knew he lost with damning statements from multiple people. The kick in the balls was that Trump then ordered an withdrawal from Afghanistan and Somalia as a temper tantrum
3. J6C strongly hints that the Secret Service knew about J6C and that Tony Ornato is a liar
4. J6C now starts the narrative that Trump actively planned J6C, setting up the key argument of the whole committee whereupon this committee will adjourn and hand the ball off to the DOJ.
5. Trump will get called before J6C where he will be forced before camera lights to plead the Fifth over and over and over. And he'll look guilty as hell. Undoubtedly, him pleading the Fifth will be an indelible mark on him and it will get played as a media snippet when future generations look back on his term.
[NYT] Trump told aides that he'll testify but only if it's live. I will presume that his lawyers will tackle him and attempt to talk some sense into him, but I would relish him FAFO in the process that Senate testimony is not the same as saying whatever you want at a rally.
I've said it before and I'll keep saying it: there's not a lot of we can do about things like constitutional sheriffs and the like, but we should absolutely be undertaking de-ba'athification of federal law enforcement - except they'd probably just all join militias to do things like hunt migrants on the southern border, so maybe not
The US already went through a de-ba’athication after the Civil War and during Reconstruction, it failed and we got the creation of the KKK from those ex confederates.
Groups like the KKK flourish when there isn't (1) enough scrutiny and (2) action to break them up is lacking.
Law enforcement needs constant vigilance not only to keep bad actors from its ranks, but also for groups like militia from forming. The KKK is arguably, a quasi-militia organization
But do you really think he's got the balls to do it himself? I think it may be more like an Epstein situation. Or like a Russia, he fell off the balcony, out the window, or off the roof.
I get that terrible Republicans will win sometimes because of partisanship, but it is weird that a terrible one like Johnson continues to win in a 50/50 state like Wisconsin.
Ron Rivera made the Iowa Hawkeyes proud by having the Commanders beat the Chicago Bears 12-7 despite only 214 yards in offense. That was a bird turd of a game, but I like Amazon's production value.
I mean, I like Amazon's production value, not counting the fact that they *almost* missed the only TD in 6 quarters of football because their director screwed up and went to the wrong feed
No 3 and I watched the 2nd half when I went down for his bday. Bears (with Bengals like uniforms) were 0-3 in the red zone. One INT off the NT's helmet, stuff on 4th and goal at the 1, and the last drive of the game, completion on 4th and goal 1/2 a yard short. The receiver actually had the ball in his hands on the goal line, but I think the defender was tackling him to the 1 and he bobbled it and gained control at the 1/2 yard line has he hit the ground. And actually if they did a replay, it's possible his shoulder or elbow was OOB before he gained control.
That last play, it was ruled a catch but basically it was a dropped sure TD pass. mooney somehow came up with it at the end, but he should have caught that the first time.
That might bode well for any future streaming broadcasts of the Pac-12. I sometimes shout at the TV when Pac 12 Network can't follow the guy with the ball and instead shows the guy who took the fake handoff.
Rugby isn't very popular in the US and there aren't many college teams who play it well. Well, things are rough for Rugby elsewhere as English Rugby Premiership looks to shrink 2 teams to 10.
CAL
Go Bears!!!
Thus far in the year, I have been impressed by punter Jamieson Sheahan. His punting in 2020 was terrible as an obvious newby to the game. He averaged under 40 yards. In 2021 he went to 43.1 including. He now averages 46.46 yards/kick, fourth in the country. He even has averaged more than famed Iowa punter Tory "Punting is Winning" Taylor.
https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/individual/17
If he keeps it up, that will be higher than Bryan Anger's best season (45.56). That's very impressive.
Yes it is!
Where's Wikipedia link to Tory Taylor?
From the Front Page
https://writeforcalifornia.com/p/know-the-enemy-2022-colorado-buffaloes
The what now?
We need more of the old CGB Eating the Enemy ones. Oh I bet there are good recipes for buffalo.
They didn't make it back to the market after the pandemic, but I used to buy bison meat from a Virginia farm at the local farmer's market. Lean, slightly sweet meat.
MMMMMMmmmmm... I had a Buffalo dish at Boulder the first time I went there after the game we had won against them in OT, so, so tasty.
I picked up a 10 oz. Package of ground bison today. I'm actually barbecuing Ribeyes tomorrow but I'll make a bison burger if Cal wins.
Who was it who used to feature a weekly recipe for every Cal foe?
I never cooked one, but it was really done well.
Beat the Buffs! If we win this we'll be 4-2 at the halfway point meaning the Bears will finish 8-4 in the regular season. My logic here is irrefutable (if non-existent).
[MTEN] Cal men's singles at the KPSF Open. I don't know why it isn't being covered by Cal.
Wright and Overbeck lose in the first round
Magnaudet loses in 2nd round
Chang also loses in the 2nd round, but it is to Cal's Kikuchi
Cal's Kikuchi and Hill both win their 3rd round yesterday and advance to play each other in the semis today
https://playtennis.usta.com/Competitions/USTANorthernCalifornia/Tournaments/draws/A1D328A1-F9FD-47A4-8AF4-5DE4FABEFFCA
RIP Hagrid
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robbie-coltrane-dead-hagrid-harry-potter-movie-cracker-actor-1235241552/
I'm impressed that he lasted as long as he did. My uncle crossed his path quite in a bit in Edinburgh in the 70s and is one of many many people still owed a fiver by Mr Coltrane.
90% of the Alaskan Snow Crab population has disappeared. Snow Crab season cancelled for the first time in history.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fishing-alaska-snow-crab-season-canceled-investigation-climate-change/
I'm going to mark this in the "this seems bad" column
!!!
first time but not the last time
[Yesterday] Kwasi Kwarteng response to whether he'll remain UK Chancellor next year "Absolutely, 100%. I'm not going anywhere."
https://twitter.com/Haggis_UK/status/1580566124684775424
barely even had time to unpack his bags
Probably just walking out of Number 11 with one of those giant Ikea blue bags full of his shit.
I saw some members of the west African diaspora giving him (as a Ghanaian) absolute shit about that online:
https://twitter.com/iitsabiigaiil/status/1580891769515823104?s=20&t=Aw1roug74N4Oi0_lV5V-xA
Those things are super useful.
Bid'ness
Kroger offers to buy Albertsons for $24.6m in bid to rival Walmart for the most depressing grocery store chain
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/10/14/kroger-albertsons-grocery-merger/
@Oh good, we need more consolidation in this country@
That's cheap
I think you meant to write $24.6b, not m.
Right. Billion with an m.
That would include Safeway and a host of other regional chains which are under the Albertsons umbrella. IIRC correctly Albertson's is controlled by Cerberus Capital Management, a private equity firm. Named after the three headed hound who guarded the entrance to Hades. To be frank, the price seems a bit low. For example, Cerberus bought Safeway for $9.4 billion and merged it with Albertsons. Not much of a return for the whole entity, certainly not 3x.
Peter Thiel invested in an anti-woke bank and it immediately failed. It couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/glorifi-how-new-anti-woke-bank-stumbled-11665174704
what does that even mean?
Barge transportation prices up/down the Mississippi River have doubled because they have to go only partially filled because there isn't enough water in the river. Thanks, Obama
https://www.accuweather.com/en/business/mississippi-river-nears-record-low-water-level/1262305
I haven't seen updates recently but there have been similar problems in western Europe because of their summer drought
I know those Viking river cruises have been impacted.
I’ve always wanted to do a Viking river cruise.
[finger on monkey paw curls]
https://64.media.tumblr.com/388460a8431c07f3015efdddf1a20f92/tumblr_ninrmehgTg1s1vn29o1_500.gif
Poker
Miss the regular poker night with friends, haven't had one in over a decade. Did home poker games survive Covid, or did everyone just move onto daily fantasy and other online stuff for their low stakes gambling urges?
Someone opened a poker club in the DFW Texas area in January. They have been doing good business, including hosting a $100k tourney last week.
[Narrator: poker is not legal in Texas]
https://www.pokernews.com/news/2022/10/texas-watauga-poker-club-raided-dallas-fort-worth-42258.htm
night baseball is my favorite variation even there as so many good ones to choose from.
Baseball's not poker, it's luck on the 3/4/9's. (but it's still fun as hell in $.25 stakes games with too much beer going around).
Monster
My all time favorite commercial is from Monster, which they showed during the SuperBowl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myG8hq1Mk00
If you're in creative/ad, you'll love that they have an extended version just for you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY1WoHkNGy4
Godzilla.
My preferred energy drink.
“Laying down a MONSTER…”
-Teddy KGB
[Political stuff here]
[WaPo] The 5 take-aways from the J6C hearing:
1. Proved Trump planned ahead to steal the election in a bid to stay in office with damning footage from Bannon, Roger Stone, Greg Jacob, and others.
2. Trump knew he lost with damning statements from multiple people. The kick in the balls was that Trump then ordered an withdrawal from Afghanistan and Somalia as a temper tantrum
3. J6C strongly hints that the Secret Service knew about J6C and that Tony Ornato is a liar
4. J6C now starts the narrative that Trump actively planned J6C, setting up the key argument of the whole committee whereupon this committee will adjourn and hand the ball off to the DOJ.
5. Trump will get called before J6C where he will be forced before camera lights to plead the Fifth over and over and over. And he'll look guilty as hell. Undoubtedly, him pleading the Fifth will be an indelible mark on him and it will get played as a media snippet when future generations look back on his term.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/13/takeaways-jan6-hearing-trump-subpoena/
Trump responds. Clearly, he dictated this one.
https://cdn.nucleusfiles.com/27/27b7896f-01c5-4609-93c7-742e5cb22e96/830-am-final-january-6th-committee-letter14446.pdf
[NYT] Trump told aides that he'll testify but only if it's live. I will presume that his lawyers will tackle him and attempt to talk some sense into him, but I would relish him FAFO in the process that Senate testimony is not the same as saying whatever you want at a rally.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/10/13/us/jan-6-hearing-trump?smid=url-share#a5d59571-1bcc-599a-b91b-711d12056fb3
talk about a ratings bonanza. I can't imagine any legal counsel he's hired, any good or not, advising him to do this.
just let him keep talking and digging his own grave.
I've said it before and I'll keep saying it: there's not a lot of we can do about things like constitutional sheriffs and the like, but we should absolutely be undertaking de-ba'athification of federal law enforcement - except they'd probably just all join militias to do things like hunt migrants on the southern border, so maybe not
The US already went through a de-ba’athication after the Civil War and during Reconstruction, it failed and we got the creation of the KKK from those ex confederates.
Which only proves, go big or go home.
Groups like the KKK flourish when there isn't (1) enough scrutiny and (2) action to break them up is lacking.
Law enforcement needs constant vigilance not only to keep bad actors from its ranks, but also for groups like militia from forming. The KKK is arguably, a quasi-militia organization
And yet, nothing will happen to him.
I disagree. I think he'll be in jail or dead by his own hand within 2 years.
And I think this guy is right:
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/10/14/jan-6-committee-trump-historic-00061797
So, what? There will always be oppositionally defiant a$$holes.
"Someone is in contempt of someone I like! Screw them! I will hold that person in contempt and proclaim my contempt from the rooftops!"
Uh, are you talking about random GOP's or the guy who wrote this?
I don't buy this. I think the GOP base can keep Trump relevant all on their own.
He's agreeing, but pointing out this helps him do this, not hurt it.
But do you really think he's got the balls to do it himself? I think it may be more like an Epstein situation. Or like a Russia, he fell off the balcony, out the window, or off the roof.
oh god I hope so.
Board member admits he was unqualified for his job
https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-jr-admits-doesnt-164306057.html
Mike Pence helps raise money for the Hang Mike Pence Party
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pence-support-for-election-deniers-raises-question-of-where-gop-stands-on-2020-lies-175336452.html
What?
Apparently Ron Johnson is leading in the WI Senate race. I can’t say I’m surprised but JFC people do you even are one but what this guy is?
Yeah, it is bad. He is a terrible person and he got crushed in his debates but he has an R in front of his name.
I get that terrible Republicans will win sometimes because of partisanship, but it is weird that a terrible one like Johnson continues to win in a 50/50 state like Wisconsin.
https://twitter.com/HeartlandSignal/status/1580729957550272513
Gerrymandering
This is state wide Senate race, no gerrymandering and no excuses for WI people that vote for this guy.
You can't gerrymander a statewide race.
Doesn’t apply in this race.
Sorry had to get my politics rage out. Ahhhh.
DBD AV CLUB
dang, i loved she-hulk
Solid show. and the finale subverted expectations nicely (if weirdly).
Love Tatiana Maslany also. I hope they don't take too long to do season 2.
The ending was SO wacky - but though I thought it was super clever, I didn't laugh that much, which was kinda odd?
but did you like it
I did! Smiling all the time - but only some loud laughs, and mostly at the very end.
Rings of Power ended on a high note
o cool pipeweed comes back?
that would be all that you're interested in, you reprobate.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
The FB is not dead
https://www.underdogdynasty.com/2022/10/11/23396936/the-fullback-isnt-dead-and-college-football-didnt-kill-it-college-football-cfb
Apparently, MIT has the "Beaver Call" as a key cheer for the athletic teams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISm0g02N5dQ
Jacksonville State and North Alabama will play in only one direction.
https://www.outkick.com/north-alabama-jacksonville-state-college-football-rocket-city-trash-pandas-one-way/
ICYMI: Rajun Cajuns beat Marshall 23-13
https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore/_/gameId/401426347
Rajun Cajuns > Marshall > Notre Dame > Cal. Depressing.
Cajuns lost to Rice. Rice lost to USC. Let's beat USC and complete the Circle of Life.
is it more depressing than the Texas State > App State > Texas A&M chain? I think not
UCF was a 23.5 point favorite. Temple scores 13 points within the first 6 minutes of the game, then UCF hangs 70 on them.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401415634
West Virginia beats Baylor 43-40 in an exciting back-and-forth affair
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=401404092
These Thursday night games have been fantastic this season, a great alternative to the offensively challenged matchups on TNF in recent weeks.
That’s just because Cal, Iowa, Rutgers and Wisconsin haven’t been scheduled to a play Thursday night game.
That was fun! Watched last 8 minutes or so.
QB Max Duggan, coach Sonny Dykes find confidence in each other to fuel Horned Frogs' undefeated start [Sonny gets his day in the sun]
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/tcu-qb-max-duggan-coach-sonny-dykes-find-confidence-in-each-other-to-fuel-horned-frogs-undefeated-start/
PRO
Ron Rivera made the Iowa Hawkeyes proud by having the Commanders beat the Chicago Bears 12-7 despite only 214 yards in offense. That was a bird turd of a game, but I like Amazon's production value.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/recap?gameId=401437777
I mean, I like Amazon's production value, not counting the fact that they *almost* missed the only TD in 6 quarters of football because their director screwed up and went to the wrong feed
https://twitter.com/NFLonPrime/status/1580741618763587584
Remember when Ron Rivera had to apologize for saying that QB play was a problem for his team?
12-7 is the same score of Raiders vs. Dolphins in September 1973...at Cal Memorial. The Raiders won.
George Blanda had 4 FGs, Larry Csonka (IIRC) scored the only TD in the game.
No 3 and I watched the 2nd half when I went down for his bday. Bears (with Bengals like uniforms) were 0-3 in the red zone. One INT off the NT's helmet, stuff on 4th and goal at the 1, and the last drive of the game, completion on 4th and goal 1/2 a yard short. The receiver actually had the ball in his hands on the goal line, but I think the defender was tackling him to the 1 and he bobbled it and gained control at the 1/2 yard line has he hit the ground. And actually if they did a replay, it's possible his shoulder or elbow was OOB before he gained control.
Just an ugly game.
That last play, it was ruled a catch but basically it was a dropped sure TD pass. mooney somehow came up with it at the end, but he should have caught that the first time.
That might bode well for any future streaming broadcasts of the Pac-12. I sometimes shout at the TV when Pac 12 Network can't follow the guy with the ball and instead shows the guy who took the fake handoff.
Even the local media is talking about how bad a game it was. Not a Commanders fan so I didn't watch. They showed it on the local Fox affiliate here.
They've stopped showing Washington games in the Baltimore area this season. I don't blame them.
Rugby isn't very popular in the US and there aren't many college teams who play it well. Well, things are rough for Rugby elsewhere as English Rugby Premiership looks to shrink 2 teams to 10.
Phil Mickelson should have really strong legs from backpedaling so fast
https://www.mediaite.com/sports/phil-mickelson-confronted-on-his-criticism-of-saudis-during-presser-in-saudi-arabia-mounts-comically-dubious-denial/
Kid wiki-edits a Honduran player into the next Maradona, fools Wigan to sign him, and now publishes his story 12 years later.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/13/the-amazing-trueish-story-of-the-honduran-maradona-alexander-lopez
Terence, it's like your friend in high school!
Sometimes pranks go too far! (although it seems like it didn't really have a real effect)
Astros' Alvarez does it again, homers the go-ahead homer on the way to a 4-2 victory and to go up two games to none against the Mariners
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34791452/yordan-alvarez-plays-hero-again-hits-historic-go-ahead-blast-lift-astros-game-2-win-mariners
Shrek
Cosplay? I don't get that reference...
Some dude dressed up like Doris, the evil sister from Shrek and he committed 1,000% to the look and nailed it.
Ah, saw that movie, ok - wasn't great in my mind, never watched again.