A Finnish brewery (Nokian Panimo, “Nokia Brewery”) launched this 3,241-pack of beer. Their competitor Karjala launched a 100-pack to celebrate Finland’s 100 years of independence, to which the Nokian launched a 1,000-pack. In typical dry Finnish humor, they launched a 3,241 pack. You should notice a few things:
The pack says it’s “midsize” (top left)
3,241 is an unusual number as it’s only divisible by 7. The number is actually 3,240 + 1, one more than Budweiser’s 3,240 pack.
The “VERY” and “EMPEROR” wording is added to one-up Budweiser’s marketing slogans
Laws in Finland prevent discounting beer on bulk sales, so you’ll notice that this is EUR6,773.69, which is EUR2.09/beer - not a bargain.
This pack weighs 1.6 metric tonnes.
Nokian Panimo is actually in Nokia, Finland. Nokia Oyj the telecommunications company was founded in Tampere, next to Nokia.
Finnish beer used to have a progressive tax on alcohol content in beer, with 4.7% and 5.2% being the upper limit of class III and class IV beer. Hence, Finnish beers tend to be slightly under those limits. Finnish beer tax based on alcohol content is no longer progressive, but rates amongst various drinks (eg, wine, spirits, cider, beer) change annually - so Finns shift their consumption patterns quickly in accordance with tax laws.
It's been a while so my grammar is rusty, but the last one sounds off. I believe you'd have to make Twist's name in the partitive case here, "Lyö Twistia naaman" (Punch Twist's face). Admittedly though, "En mä tie" was my favorite expression in Finland, so take that with a grain of salt.
Maybe you also didn't know that Berkeley had a somewhat sizable Finnish community that was established early in the 20th century. As I understand it, the Mork family (metal fabricators) have Finnish origins. Mork is still in Weest Berkeley on 6th Street. They've done work for us, including stainless steel backsplashes in our kitchen.
I have a tiny picture of flower - postcard sized. It's beautiful, but it's nothing special art wise. But it was a little added bonus piece that an artist threw in when we bought one of his paintings in Provincetown. Provincetown has a special place in my heart because it was the place where we took our child to demonstrate that being gay is not only okay, it's fun, proud, vibrant, and brave. My kid's confidence went up a notch. For me, that little picture represents my unconditional love for my child.
My late wife had been taking oil painting classes for a couple years before she passed away. She had been progressing very nicely. I gave away most of her pictures to family, and kept my favorite. Makes me both happy and said.
One of my favorites is an oil painting of a Chinese man smoking a jade pipe that I inherited from my grandparents. I have a memory of them telling me that they had picked up this painting on their one trip to China decades back, so in addition to it being a very nice looking picture I always thought of as a neat piece of family history that I'd like to keep/display. So in that way it gives me fond memories of my now passed grandparents. It also reminds me of the decline of my grandmother's mental faculties because not long after she had said I could have the painting as she was going into assisted living she told my mom that she was upset that "I had stole" the painting from her house.
Also just this year when my mom was visiting I was talking about how it was hard to find info on the artist (T.S. Wong) and believed it was due to them getting the painting on their trip to China. She quickly told me that she doesn't remember them bringing home any artwork from their brief trip and that it was probably just picked up from some garage sale when they lived in Oakland. So now the painting also makes me laugh.
Heh, I loved Chinese art when I was 17-18 on a base in Alabama, spent hours out in the country learning to paint in a Chinese way with ink only on rice paper. Lots of work - ended with a final painting inspired by 16th Cent Chinese painting.
Professionally framed, hanging in the Dining room, quite good looking.
It's two framed pictures, actually. Left side, the only picture I have of me working on the Jungle Cruise at Disneyland. Right side, me and my son standing outside the Jungle Cruise entrance the first time we took him there. They make me very, very happy.
a geometric pattern that we bought in Granada in an Islamic style (for lack of a better word).
it is one of those pictures that you can keep looking at, find more and more depths of patterns. quite mesmerizing.
i once learned that in Islam, it is forbidden to draw pictures of God/Allah. so the perfection of patterns and symmetry in art is the closest one can get.
Me. My parents were born in Finland and I have dual U.S. Finnish citizenship. Have lived there and make regular visits. Favorite Finnish phrase is Menkää karhut, which means, Go Bears!
It seems like a country where people aren't very demonstrative, so it's clear that "happy" doesn't mean "openly exuberant." But I believe them when they say it.
I follow a Finnish guy on Twitter who inter alia posts about his city's frankly bonkers cycle path management including rapid plowing. I have very little patience with people who are like "if only we made everything like the Netherlands" so seeing updates from someone who's like "Dutch path maintenance is easy mode" makes me happy.
apparently the Finnish army cant be expected to go too long w/o a sauna. so even in the Iraq/Kuwait conflict they brought along their portable sauna tents.
my cousin, who lives in the northern Sweden, had one at his summer home for a few years until the proper sauna structure could be built. we would warm up in the sauna tent and cool off by jumping in the cold water nearby. in the winter they cut a hole in the ice to cool off!
My first personal phone was a Nokia 6160. When the company stopped paying for phones and reimbursed us, they gave us the phones we were using. I actually really liked the phone. Also had a rudimentary text based football game if I recall.
A little Florence Pugh double last night…Don’t Worry Darling and Midsommar. Highly doubt that the Swedish Board of Tourism signed off on Midsommar…zoiks.
I remember seeing the name of the movie and the movie thumbnail on streaming services the past few years and passing it by, thinking it was some artsy, foreign film that you’d see at the Embarcadero or Elmwood…nothing wrong with them but not usually my cup of tea.
In my state (NC), DEMs barely (51%/49%) carried the new district (NC-13) thanks to the latest census and barely kept NC-1 (52%/48%). This prevented a super-majority that would overturn the Governor's veto. But it only delayed the inevitable. Appeals courts overturned anti-gerrymandering, which 2024 will almost certainly see a sweep by the GOP of State congress, Governor, US Senate, and US House as popular Governor Roy Cooper is term-limited. As a result, abortion will almost certainly be banned in 2024.
Every election the old people die and new young people get to vote, and that is making a significant change in the electorate. Let's hope they can save NC before this all happens.
That's also one of my takeaways from this midterm: the GOP has been performing HORRIBLY with Millennial and Gen-Z voters, and we are now moving into a time where they will be the numerical majority. Eventually this was going to catch up to them.
EDIT: And if anyone wonders if Boomers and Gen-X were the same at like age, no, not really. The two parties were both able to split those generations more evenly, even in their youth. Since Obama's first election, the under-30 vote has MASSIVELY favored Democrats.
US Senate (GA): Warnock (49.4%) and Walker (48.5%) go to a run-off as no candidate got 50%. Libertarian candidate siphoned off 2.1% of the vote. Warnock is slightly favored in a run-off because Walker won't have the benefit of Kemp carrying him. Thus, there is a decent chance that DEMs will pick up a seat 51-49, which reduces - but does not eliminate the blackmail leverage that Sinema & Manchin have.
US Senate (AZ): Kelly (DEM) leads Masters (R) by 5 points with 69.7% of votes counted. Counting glitches have delayed some results. The race is too close to call, but Kelly is favored slightly according to WaPo.
US Senate (NV): Laxalt (R) leads Cortez-Masto by 15k votes with mail-ins left. WaPo's models show Cortez-Masto being favored to win since mail-ins should skew heavily DEM.
No. Now they'll continue counting the mail-in ballots, which she'll almost certainly lose. But it's likely that it'll be close enough that it will trigger the automatic recount.
Charlotte using CLT is interesting because they previously used CHA on their alternate jerseys and locals were like "nah man, it's CLT". Just like Portlanders used PDX.
The New Orleans one is the best, followed by Milwaukee and Dallas. Took me forever to figure out which one was the Dubs one. Design kinda reminds me of something that would be printed on a ridiculous softball uni. The Miami jersey is the worst of the bunch.
This echoes the accident of Clint Malarchuk, who had his jugular cut during a game. I've seen the video and it's not pleasant. But if you've got some stamina, read this follow-up about Malarchuk. It is powerful stuff.
Apparently Auburn has been pretty built up since I last visited nearly 20 years ago, but it's pretty deep in the sticks. Not super close to Birmingham and Montgomery for instance.
USC vs. Colorado: Prediction, pick, spread, football game odds, live stream, watch online, TV channel (Your Friday night entertainment from the Coliseum.)
I don't mind some late-Friday-night Pac-12 entertainment but this one is woefully uninteresting, especially because it's in LA. If it were taking place in sub-freezing Boulder, I could be compelled to watch for a quarter or two.
oh that makes it tough with the pick em. I mean U$C's D isn't good but Colorado's O isn't either. I wasn't impressed at all with the Colorado QBs. That's a lot of points.
BERKELEY – California men's basketball head coach Mark Fox announced Wednesday that prep standouts Rodney Brown and Devin Curtis have signed National Letters of Intent to play for the Golden Bears next season. The duo will join Cal ahead of the 2023-24 campaign.
Brown is a 6-foot-6 combo guard from Perris, Calif. As a junior at Rancho Christian School (Temecula, Calif.) in 2021-22, Brown averaged 19.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 2.3 steals per game. He additionally averaged 12.3 PPG for the Eagles as a sophomore.
Jimmer, since Cal MBB basketball won't be watchable this year or into the near future, what is a program we can adopt this year? Ideally a team that's at least a little underdog-y traditionally (ala Cal) and with a coach that's not too unlikable. Can be mid-major or P5.
So I'm gonna roll with Marquette. I like Shaka...I've thought for a few years now that he could really do wonders with THIS Cal team. I rode them last year as well to some big Money Line wins too, until the Dance unfortunately.
BERKELEY – Seven future Golden Bears signed their national letter of intent on Wednesday, Nov. 9 and are set to join the California softball program next fall.
This is Cal head coach Chelsea Spencer's third recruiting class since taking over the program in May of 2020 and covers every aspect of the game, adding speed, offense, defense and pitching. All seven student-athletes hail from California and are set to stay in their home state to play collegiate softball.
Nailyn Marshall (Elk Grove, California/Franklin HS), Lagi Quiroga (Los Angeles, California/Warren HS), Carly Raven (Kingsburg, California/Kingsburg HS), Randi Roelling (Modesto, California/Central Catholic HS), Kyndal Todd (Oakland, California/Castro Valley HS), Alyssa Herrera (Winchester, California/Vista Murrieta HS) and Holly Medina (Hesperia, California/Oak Hills HS) make up the 2023 signing class.
BERKELEY – California volleyball has announced the addition of two top prospects to its 2023 incoming class in Ashley Li (Diamond Bar, Calif./Walnut High School) and Sawyer Thomsen (Lawrence, Kan./Lawrence Free State High School).
"We are very excited for the arrival of our 2023 recruiting class," said head coach Sam Crosson. "Each of them has played for high-level coaches and club teams prior to their arrival at Cal, and each possesses tremendous amounts of potential and the ability to compete for playing time right away."
BERKELEY – California women's gymnastics co-head coaches Justin Howell and Elisabeth Crandall-Howell are pleased to announce the addition of Kyen Mayhew and Annalise Newman-Achee, who signed National Letters of Intent on Wednesday. The talented duo are both rated as five-star recruits by College Gym News and will join the Golden Bears for the 2023-24 season.
"We are incredibly excited to welcome Kyen and Annalise to Berkeley!" said co-head coach Elisabeth Crandall-Howell. "They both bring an incredibly high level of difficulty along with a passion for performing. Both gymnasts are very experienced in high-level competition, with multiple state, regional, and national championships between them. They will make an immediate impact for Cal Gymnastics."
BERKELEY – The California men's golf program signed four future Golden Bears to National Letters of Intent on Wednesday, Alex and Marie Shipman Director of Men's Golf Walter Chun announced. The impressive quartet of Sihao Cong (Irvine, Calif.), Ethan Fang (Plano, Texas), Eric Lee (Fullerton, Calif.) and Tyler Lee (Franklin Lakes, N.J.) will arrive on campus ahead of the 2023-24 season next year.
"In my opinion, signing Sihao, Ethan, Eric and Tyler to National Letters of Intent will make this the top-ranked 2023 recruiting class in the country," Chun said. "I know what these young men are capable of, how hard they work, how high their ceilings are and how much they want to compete for a national championship. We're fortunate to have signed these four quality young men, and the Cal Golf community will look forward to their arrival to campus next Augu
BERKELEY – California volleyball (7-17, 0-14 Pac-12) looks to recover from Sunday's five-set heartbreaker against Utah with its final full road trip of the season, taking on UCLA (13-10, 7-7) on Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7:00 p.m. PT and USC (18-7, 10-4) on Saturday, Nov. 12 at 1:00 p.m.
The Bruins currently hold the advantage in the all-time series between the two teams, 71-9. They are just 3-5 at home, but are currently 29th in the nation with 12.88 assists per set. UCLA sophomore Francesca Alupei ranks sixth-best in the NCAA with 1.53 blocks per set, while senior teammate Matti McKissock comes in at 35th nationally with 10.57 assists per set.
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Re; the British East India Company... A small historical footnote: when my maternal grandmother left school in - I want to say the early to mid 1930s - she took a job at the headquarters of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company, which of course was in Glasgow.
In case you're wondering what the above Finnish phrases mean in English, they are:
"I don't know"
"sauna"
"I don't speak Finnish"
"Don't stand so close to me"
"Punch Twist"
It's been a while so my grammar is rusty, but the last one sounds off. I believe you'd have to make Twist's name in the partitive case here, "Lyö Twistia naaman" (Punch Twist's face). Admittedly though, "En mä tie" was my favorite expression in Finland, so take that with a grain of salt.
why do some many people know Finnish in the DBD??!!
Maybe you also didn't know that Berkeley had a somewhat sizable Finnish community that was established early in the 20th century. As I understand it, the Mork family (metal fabricators) have Finnish origins. Mork is still in Weest Berkeley on 6th Street. They've done work for us, including stainless steel backsplashes in our kitchen.
It's a Cal blog! Stands to reason. You wouldn't get this for other Pac12 schools.
I just selected the one with "Twist"
What tastes better when it is a little burnt?
Pizza dough. Specifically from a wood-fired oven that can create the .01mm-thick layer of char.
Fatty pork cuts.
Man, there is nothing better than pork with a bit of char on the fat - carnitas, pork ribs, the ends of a char siu.
a secondary
rice in bibimbap
Yes! A slight crisp on the rice is *chef's kiss*
Grilled flank steak. A bit crispy on the outside, tender on the inside.
I do the Chevy's steak fajita recipe on the grill. Very good recipe.
Hatch chiles
cheesecake
Brisket
our local smokehouse actually sells "burnt ends" as a dish you can order.
Best burnt ends I've ever had was a recommendation to go to Q39 BBQ in Kansas City. Melt in your mouth.
fire roasted marshmallows with graham crackers and chocolate
This. A marshmallow isn't finished toasting until it briefly gets engulfed in flames at the end.
I've never had a s'more and probably never will. It just does not look appealing.
i too have never had a s'more
i have always had more than one
I don't care for them tbh
I don't like them either, but that doesn't stop me from toasting them and popping them in my gob when there's a campfire
Who's going to the Bonfire this year???
Look, do you want food at the tailgate or not? Bc bonfire cuts into food time
Describe a picture that is hanging up at your house and how it makes you feel
I have a tiny picture of flower - postcard sized. It's beautiful, but it's nothing special art wise. But it was a little added bonus piece that an artist threw in when we bought one of his paintings in Provincetown. Provincetown has a special place in my heart because it was the place where we took our child to demonstrate that being gay is not only okay, it's fun, proud, vibrant, and brave. My kid's confidence went up a notch. For me, that little picture represents my unconditional love for my child.
this is very nice!
My late wife had been taking oil painting classes for a couple years before she passed away. She had been progressing very nicely. I gave away most of her pictures to family, and kept my favorite. Makes me both happy and said.
One of my favorites is an oil painting of a Chinese man smoking a jade pipe that I inherited from my grandparents. I have a memory of them telling me that they had picked up this painting on their one trip to China decades back, so in addition to it being a very nice looking picture I always thought of as a neat piece of family history that I'd like to keep/display. So in that way it gives me fond memories of my now passed grandparents. It also reminds me of the decline of my grandmother's mental faculties because not long after she had said I could have the painting as she was going into assisted living she told my mom that she was upset that "I had stole" the painting from her house.
Also just this year when my mom was visiting I was talking about how it was hard to find info on the artist (T.S. Wong) and believed it was due to them getting the painting on their trip to China. She quickly told me that she doesn't remember them bringing home any artwork from their brief trip and that it was probably just picked up from some garage sale when they lived in Oakland. So now the painting also makes me laugh.
Heh, I loved Chinese art when I was 17-18 on a base in Alabama, spent hours out in the country learning to paint in a Chinese way with ink only on rice paper. Lots of work - ended with a final painting inspired by 16th Cent Chinese painting.
Professionally framed, hanging in the Dining room, quite good looking.
It's two framed pictures, actually. Left side, the only picture I have of me working on the Jungle Cruise at Disneyland. Right side, me and my son standing outside the Jungle Cruise entrance the first time we took him there. They make me very, very happy.
a geometric pattern that we bought in Granada in an Islamic style (for lack of a better word).
it is one of those pictures that you can keep looking at, find more and more depths of patterns. quite mesmerizing.
i once learned that in Islam, it is forbidden to draw pictures of God/Allah. so the perfection of patterns and symmetry in art is the closest one can get.
A lovely picture of Diamond Head where I proposed to my wife makes me feel happy.
I like reading everyone's memories here!
Well...
I'm an artist
Something Finnish
Me. My parents were born in Finland and I have dual U.S. Finnish citizenship. Have lived there and make regular visits. Favorite Finnish phrase is Menkää karhut, which means, Go Bears!
Hey, me too. My Finnish passport expired and I'm too scared to go back to the consulate to get it renewed.
How do you say “Fire the Athletic Director” in Finnish?
Erota urheilujohtaja. I'd add hän on tyhmä, which means, he's a bum.
Happiness. Finland has finished first in the World Happiness Report the last five years in a row. (for reference, the US is #16)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report
When I went to Finland 3 years ago, I asked a few people if they are happy, and they said No. lol
It seems like a country where people aren't very demonstrative, so it's clear that "happy" doesn't mean "openly exuberant." But I believe them when they say it.
I’m not Finnish, but I did spend a night In Helsinki. Neat and clean. Quiet, reserved people.
As in Helsinki, Sweden….
https://youtu.be/2lqnhA9d_B8
Oranssi Pazuzu- psychedelic black metal band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_lGSUrvWMo
I follow a Finnish guy on Twitter who inter alia posts about his city's frankly bonkers cycle path management including rapid plowing. I have very little patience with people who are like "if only we made everything like the Netherlands" so seeing updates from someone who's like "Dutch path maintenance is easy mode" makes me happy.
sauna tent
apparently the Finnish army cant be expected to go too long w/o a sauna. so even in the Iraq/Kuwait conflict they brought along their portable sauna tents.
my cousin, who lives in the northern Sweden, had one at his summer home for a few years until the proper sauna structure could be built. we would warm up in the sauna tent and cool off by jumping in the cold water nearby. in the winter they cut a hole in the ice to cool off!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Bos27BZx58BwpWCu5
Nokia
I had a Nokia 8310 and that thing was a little beast. Typing texts was slow though.
Only phone I've owned that you could literally chuck it against the wall, reinstall the custom case and it would still work 100% of the time
my first phone
My first personal phone was a Nokia 6160. When the company stopped paying for phones and reimbursed us, they gave us the phones we were using. I actually really liked the phone. Also had a rudimentary text based football game if I recall.
DBD AV CLUB
Studio Ghibli and Lucas Films are collaborating on a project.
https://twitter.com/JP_GHIBLI/status/1590720957676949504
My Neighbor Yoda?
Vader's Moving Castle?
Princess Leianonoke?
Ponyo Fett?
Forced Away?
Grave of the Younglings
Great titles!
BTW, always be careful spelling titles. You don't want to add an extra "s".
My wife did that once. Pretty funny at the time.
HBO's Westworld cancelled after four seasons.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/hbo-cancels-westworld-1235255955/
Maybe HBO will give them 2 hour movie to try to to tie it up.
Not sure 2-hours would do it…that show is so f-ing out there.
just give me two hours of marshawn in the future
Hah, wow and they continued with such confidence they would be getting another one. Nothing but cliffhangers.
Good riddance
Yep. Season one was brilliant and then they didn't know what to do after that.
Season 1 was great.
Season 2 was a step down but has some very good episodes and wasn’t bad.
Season 3 was a hard pivot but I didn’t enjoy it.
I didn’t even watch season 4 but I imagine I will eventually.
I thought 4 was an improvement on 3.
But honestly, I was still watching it mostly out of inertia at the end.
i would've liked season 1 more if they weren't so up their own butt about the central mystery
westworld is the last show i watched in the hopes that it would get better
I only got 3 eps in and stopped, so glad I didn't miss much
Agreed, and all I watched.
"Maybe we should have tried not sucking"
I must have missed when we started talking about Cal BB...
End episode of Andor season was completely awesome.
two episodes left buddy
o whoops i forgot you were timeless
i can't wait
I didn't realize that this week was the last one.
...of season #1
A little Florence Pugh double last night…Don’t Worry Darling and Midsommar. Highly doubt that the Swedish Board of Tourism signed off on Midsommar…zoiks.
Midsommar had some fantastic (and horrific) visuals. It might be the most vivid and colorful horror movie in recent memory
I'd like a little Florence Pugh some night.....
I really liked Midsommar. If it were up to me, Pugh would have won an Oscar for that role.
She was fantastic.
I remember seeing the name of the movie and the movie thumbnail on streaming services the past few years and passing it by, thinking it was some artsy, foreign film that you’d see at the Embarcadero or Elmwood…nothing wrong with them but not usually my cup of tea.
Boy, I was offffff.
RIP Embarcadero. You are missed.
She did that and Little Women (for which she did get a Supporting Actress nomination) in the same year.
I would have given her both awards.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
In my state (NC), DEMs barely (51%/49%) carried the new district (NC-13) thanks to the latest census and barely kept NC-1 (52%/48%). This prevented a super-majority that would overturn the Governor's veto. But it only delayed the inevitable. Appeals courts overturned anti-gerrymandering, which 2024 will almost certainly see a sweep by the GOP of State congress, Governor, US Senate, and US House as popular Governor Roy Cooper is term-limited. As a result, abortion will almost certainly be banned in 2024.
I would not be so sure about that. Remember, people were "certain" that Democrats would lose big in this midterm.
Every election the old people die and new young people get to vote, and that is making a significant change in the electorate. Let's hope they can save NC before this all happens.
let's not forget just how many old people died in the last two and a half years
a proper covid response driven by republicans could've been an effort toward self-preservation
That's also one of my takeaways from this midterm: the GOP has been performing HORRIBLY with Millennial and Gen-Z voters, and we are now moving into a time where they will be the numerical majority. Eventually this was going to catch up to them.
EDIT: And if anyone wonders if Boomers and Gen-X were the same at like age, no, not really. The two parties were both able to split those generations more evenly, even in their youth. Since Obama's first election, the under-30 vote has MASSIVELY favored Democrats.
People were certain that Kansas and Kentucky were going to ban abortions and that didn’t happen.
I thought Nc was turning more purple due to northerners moving down to Raleigh and Cary.
Kentucky didn't? Wow...
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/09/1134835022/kentucky-abortion-amendment-midterms-results
Uvalde County voted 60% for Abbott. That's... that's effing grim.
https://www.khou.com/article/news/special-reports/uvalde-school-shooting/uvalde-texas-voting-results/285-fde5178f-2a5d-41c0-b946-03ef44253d57
@ Obviously a rigged election! Stop the steal! @
Paul Ryan calls on the GOP to not nominate Trump after yesterday proved that TFG went from being an election asset to a millstone around the GOPs neck
https://twitter.com/PoliticsVerse/status/1590805139669291008
Worked for Liz Cheney.
US Senate (GA): Warnock (49.4%) and Walker (48.5%) go to a run-off as no candidate got 50%. Libertarian candidate siphoned off 2.1% of the vote. Warnock is slightly favored in a run-off because Walker won't have the benefit of Kemp carrying him. Thus, there is a decent chance that DEMs will pick up a seat 51-49, which reduces - but does not eliminate the blackmail leverage that Sinema & Manchin have.
Doesn’t matter because it seems like we will lose the house, which may be a blessing in disguise for Biden and Dems.
Yes, Clinton and Obama lost the house, but got re-elected by large margins.
US Senate (AZ): Kelly (DEM) leads Masters (R) by 5 points with 69.7% of votes counted. Counting glitches have delayed some results. The race is too close to call, but Kelly is favored slightly according to WaPo.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/election-results/2022/arizona/?itid=lk_interstitial_enhanced-template_arizona
US Senate (NV): Laxalt (R) leads Cortez-Masto by 15k votes with mail-ins left. WaPo's models show Cortez-Masto being favored to win since mail-ins should skew heavily DEM.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/election-results/2022/nevada/?itid=lk_interstitial_enhanced-template_nevada
Dems are gonna win Senate control even before the Georgia runoff happens.
this is to be expected
Lauren Boebert (R CO-3) is 64 votes behind Adam Frisch (D). That's 0.02% difference of votes tallied so far.
https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/115903/web.307039/#/detail/130
she must be shitting herself like someone her old restaurant poisoned.
Will there be a run-off?
No. Now they'll continue counting the mail-in ballots, which she'll almost certainly lose. But it's likely that it'll be close enough that it will trigger the automatic recount.
Update: Boebert has pulled ahead after Otero votes were added. Pueblo CO votes to be added soon. Pueblo skews DEM.
https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1590759490588057607
Update: Boebert has pulled further ahead as the Pueblo votes were in-person votes.
https://twitter.com/courtneymilan/status/1590803295622553600
Still about 5k absentee Pueblo votes to be counted. This is going to be skin-of-the-teeth close
And a obligatory the election was stolen.
The 5 things Trump’s potential 2024 rivals are thinking about right now
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/10/donald-trump-potnetial-2024-presidential-rivals-00066128
PRO
49ers announce that CB Jason Verrett tore his achilles heel at practice. Out for season.
https://twitter.com/49ers/status/1590803999187697664
Gotta believe he’ll hang them up
DC DA sues everyone and their cousin related to the Commanders
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34995802/dc-ag-files-suit-vs-daniel-snyder-commanders-roger-goodell-nfl
[NFL] Falcons (-2.5) @ Panthers. O/U 41.5. Prime Video 8:15 pm Eastern / 5:15 pm Pacific.
The Black Panther uniforms look great.
non attractive game
In the rain
[USMNT] 2022 WC roster set. Ream, Wright in. Steffan, Pepi out.
https://www.espn.com/soccer/united-states-usa/story/4795467/usa-2022-world-cup-roster-led-by-pulisic-mckennie-pepi-steffen-miss-out
Verlander is now a free agent
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34994679/justin-verlander-declines-player-option-becomes-free-agent
Phil Knight says him and Kyrie are, like, gonna start seeing other people.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34994728/nike-relationship-kyrie-irving-likely-phil-knight-says
[NBA] Nike unveils city edition jerseys
https://www.nba.com/news/2022-23-nike-nba-city-edition-uniforms-unveiled
The Pacers' uniforms look like someone sewed a big kangaroo pouch on the front
I like the fonts on the Atlanta uniforms.
If Houston is going back to the late-90s theme with the jerseys, they need to bring back the angry rocket logo: https://1000logos.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Houston-Rockets-Logo-1995.jpg
The green Detroit ones I do not get. Took me FOREVER to figure out what CLT stood for.
Charlotte using CLT is interesting because they previously used CHA on their alternate jerseys and locals were like "nah man, it's CLT". Just like Portlanders used PDX.
https://cdn.hoopsrumors.com/files/2022/05/LaMelo-Ball-200x300.jpg
My imagination adds an "i" or a "u". Either way, not great.
If you're wondering what's up with the rose on the Warriors' version:
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34988763/fire-unveiling-golden-state-warriors-women-suffrage-themed-new-city-edition-jersey
I guess this is just the way of things now, but I hate how all the random jerseys make it impossible to tell which team you're watching now.
I like how the Bulls’ one is basically their regular jersey. Hope the designer didn’t stay up too late working on that one!
Yeah, right? Same with the Knicks one.
The New Orleans one is the best, followed by Milwaukee and Dallas. Took me forever to figure out which one was the Dubs one. Design kinda reminds me of something that would be printed on a ridiculous softball uni. The Miami jersey is the worst of the bunch.
Oilers Evander Kane will miss 3-4 months after he had his wrists cut by a skate. Yeesh.
https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/34990268/oilers-evander-kane-3-4-months-skate-blade-cuts-wrist
This echoes the accident of Clint Malarchuk, who had his jugular cut during a game. I've seen the video and it's not pleasant. But if you've got some stamina, read this follow-up about Malarchuk. It is powerful stuff.
https://www.theplayerstribune.com/articles/clint-malarchuk-bleeding-out
[NHL] NHL unveiled retro jerseys. Sharks is based on the California Golden Seals jerseys.
https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/nhl-reverse-retro-jerseys-ranking-each-teams-newest-look-for-their-2022-23-season-alternate-sweaters/
How do you do retro for the Seattle Kraken, a team that has existed less than 13 months?
maybe an older Seattle hockey team? That's what the Sharks did.
NFL Week 10 Power Rankings: Aaron Rodgers' Packers are done as they fall into bottom 5; Ravens, Dolphins rise
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-week-10-power-rankings-aaron-rodgers-packers-are-done-as-they-fall-into-bottom-5-ravens-dolphins-rise/
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Coast Carolina's QB Grayson McCall out for the rest of the regular season
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34986907/coastal-carolina-qb-grayson-mccall-rest-regular-season
Texas A&M (3-6) @ Auburn (3-6) is sold out. Cal is 3-6.
https://twitter.com/auburnfootball/status/1590415173357125634
If you've ever visited Auburn, AL, then you'd know why. They probably don't even have the Internet.
Auburn, AL is to the US that Waziristan is to Pakistan.
I guess we'll find out if they've gotten internet in 2 years.
haha - but yeah, I visited there to see a show at I guess their basketball stadium when I was still in HS.
Apparently Auburn has been pretty built up since I last visited nearly 20 years ago, but it's pretty deep in the sticks. Not super close to Birmingham and Montgomery for instance.
Perhaps the Auburn fans are hoping for a dead cat bounce
Wouldn’t that have happened last week?
Maybe? the only thing I remembered about them firing the coach was that it was recent
USC vs. Colorado: Prediction, pick, spread, football game odds, live stream, watch online, TV channel (Your Friday night entertainment from the Coliseum.)
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/usc-vs-colorado-prediction-pick-spread-football-game-odds-live-stream-watch-online-tv-channel/
I don't mind some late-Friday-night Pac-12 entertainment but this one is woefully uninteresting, especially because it's in LA. If it were taking place in sub-freezing Boulder, I could be compelled to watch for a quarter or two.
I'm willing to admit that I'm enough of an asshole to watch this.
If I suffered through the Cal/Colorado game, you can watch this.
Yeah. Kind of like throwing the Christians to the lions at the Coliseum.
Oof. USC is a 34 point favorite.
oh that makes it tough with the pick em. I mean U$C's D isn't good but Colorado's O isn't either. I wasn't impressed at all with the Colorado QBs. That's a lot of points.
I would take USC to cover.
Don't think the Buffs will stay within one score...
CAL
So, uhhh FTX Field at California Memorial Stadium huh? Wonder how that will last.
New Bears
[MBB] Golden Bears Add Two Signees In 2023 Class
https://calbears.com/news/2022/11/9/mens-basketball-golden-bears-add-two-signees-in-2023-class.aspx
BERKELEY – California men's basketball head coach Mark Fox announced Wednesday that prep standouts Rodney Brown and Devin Curtis have signed National Letters of Intent to play for the Golden Bears next season. The duo will join Cal ahead of the 2023-24 campaign.
Brown is a 6-foot-6 combo guard from Perris, Calif. As a junior at Rancho Christian School (Temecula, Calif.) in 2021-22, Brown averaged 19.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 2.3 steals per game. He additionally averaged 12.3 PPG for the Eagles as a sophomore.
Poor bastards.
So long as Mark Fox is calling the shots, it doesn’t really matter who the players are. The disease is systemic…
Jimmer, since Cal MBB basketball won't be watchable this year or into the near future, what is a program we can adopt this year? Ideally a team that's at least a little underdog-y traditionally (ala Cal) and with a coach that's not too unlikable. Can be mid-major or P5.
Non-Cal MBB programs that I rooted for peripherally over the years: Georgia Tech, Maryland and Pitt.
So I'm gonna roll with Marquette. I like Shaka...I've thought for a few years now that he could really do wonders with THIS Cal team. I rode them last year as well to some big Money Line wins too, until the Dance unfortunately.
And Auburn, cause of Barkley and because my mom and that whole side of my family went there. But Pearl is too greasy to root for.
[SB] Softball Announces 2023 Recruiting Class
https://calbears.com/news/2022/11/9/softball-announces-2023-recruiting-class.aspx
BERKELEY – Seven future Golden Bears signed their national letter of intent on Wednesday, Nov. 9 and are set to join the California softball program next fall.
This is Cal head coach Chelsea Spencer's third recruiting class since taking over the program in May of 2020 and covers every aspect of the game, adding speed, offense, defense and pitching. All seven student-athletes hail from California and are set to stay in their home state to play collegiate softball.
Nailyn Marshall (Elk Grove, California/Franklin HS), Lagi Quiroga (Los Angeles, California/Warren HS), Carly Raven (Kingsburg, California/Kingsburg HS), Randi Roelling (Modesto, California/Central Catholic HS), Kyndal Todd (Oakland, California/Castro Valley HS), Alyssa Herrera (Winchester, California/Vista Murrieta HS) and Holly Medina (Hesperia, California/Oak Hills HS) make up the 2023 signing class.
[VB] Volleyball Adds Two To 2023 Class
https://calbears.com/news/2022/11/9/volleyball-adds-two-to-2023-class.aspx
BERKELEY – California volleyball has announced the addition of two top prospects to its 2023 incoming class in Ashley Li (Diamond Bar, Calif./Walnut High School) and Sawyer Thomsen (Lawrence, Kan./Lawrence Free State High School).
"We are very excited for the arrival of our 2023 recruiting class," said head coach Sam Crosson. "Each of them has played for high-level coaches and club teams prior to their arrival at Cal, and each possesses tremendous amounts of potential and the ability to compete for playing time right away."
[WGYM] Women’s Gymnastics Adds Two For 2023-24
https://calbears.com/news/2022/11/9/womens-gymnastics-womens-gymnastics-adds-two-for-2023-24.aspx
BERKELEY – California women's gymnastics co-head coaches Justin Howell and Elisabeth Crandall-Howell are pleased to announce the addition of Kyen Mayhew and Annalise Newman-Achee, who signed National Letters of Intent on Wednesday. The talented duo are both rated as five-star recruits by College Gym News and will join the Golden Bears for the 2023-24 season.
"We are incredibly excited to welcome Kyen and Annalise to Berkeley!" said co-head coach Elisabeth Crandall-Howell. "They both bring an incredibly high level of difficulty along with a passion for performing. Both gymnasts are very experienced in high-level competition, with multiple state, regional, and national championships between them. They will make an immediate impact for Cal Gymnastics."
[MGOLF] Cal Signs Talented Four-Man Class
https://calbears.com/news/2022/11/9/mens-golf-cal-mens-golf-signs-talented-four-man-class.aspx
BERKELEY – The California men's golf program signed four future Golden Bears to National Letters of Intent on Wednesday, Alex and Marie Shipman Director of Men's Golf Walter Chun announced. The impressive quartet of Sihao Cong (Irvine, Calif.), Ethan Fang (Plano, Texas), Eric Lee (Fullerton, Calif.) and Tyler Lee (Franklin Lakes, N.J.) will arrive on campus ahead of the 2023-24 season next year.
"In my opinion, signing Sihao, Ethan, Eric and Tyler to National Letters of Intent will make this the top-ranked 2023 recruiting class in the country," Chun said. "I know what these young men are capable of, how hard they work, how high their ceilings are and how much they want to compete for a national championship. We're fortunate to have signed these four quality young men, and the Cal Golf community will look forward to their arrival to campus next Augu
Golf signed the national HS player of the year and two other all americans.
Knowlton be all like “You see…”
a place
[VB] Bears Depart For Final Road Trip
https://calbears.com/news/2022/11/9/volleyball-bears-depart-for-final-road-trip.aspx
BERKELEY – California volleyball (7-17, 0-14 Pac-12) looks to recover from Sunday's five-set heartbreaker against Utah with its final full road trip of the season, taking on UCLA (13-10, 7-7) on Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7:00 p.m. PT and USC (18-7, 10-4) on Saturday, Nov. 12 at 1:00 p.m.
The Bruins currently hold the advantage in the all-time series between the two teams, 71-9. They are just 3-5 at home, but are currently 29th in the nation with 12.88 assists per set. UCLA sophomore Francesca Alupei ranks sixth-best in the NCAA with 1.53 blocks per set, while senior teammate Matti McKissock comes in at 35th nationally with 10.57 assists per set.
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Re; the British East India Company... A small historical footnote: when my maternal grandmother left school in - I want to say the early to mid 1930s - she took a job at the headquarters of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company, which of course was in Glasgow.
Did he get an extension?
Never had another winning season. Going .500 in '53 and '54 and having losing records his final two seasons.
So...Yes?
We only reward mediocrity
That's great.
Go Bears!
Cal is going with white on white vs. OSU
https://twitter.com/CalFootball/status/1590737893987061763
Uniform suggestion for Cal Athletics: uniforms always look a lot cooler when being worn by a winning team. Thx!
The not quite storm trooper unis.
Great actually I like that combo...better than the awful road greys we used to wear.
I've been taking charge and bossing people around and getting this King Tuff song through my head at the time.