Mrs. Doubtfire: "No, I don't, but I did. Oh dear, I found the best way to keep from smoking again and lighting up is to be around those who do smoke. I have to randomly ingest just a little bit of nicotine and it steels my wool. (to Stu) Oh, and I know you're Mr. Health. Bless you for putting yourself in harm's way."
In Mrs Slug's case, it is primarily the sound of gum chewing because it is rarely, if ever, done with mouth closed. Th fear of chewed gum getting loose is a bonus annoyance/fear.
Some dude goes into incredible details about the NFL Ref's beanbags. I, for one, greatly respect someone who can go down the rabbithole on something and then document his tour
The power fastball, a 89 corkscrewing splitter with a nasty tail, a 12-to-6 bottom-drops-out curve ball. It's not that the pitches look the same coming out of the glove - they're all very different pitches. He is going to strike out a lot of people.
And by 2025 there should be a few other RHPs currently in the minors, including Knack and Frasso if May and Gonsolin aren't ready. I could see May become a bullpen piece with his 2 TJs so close together.
Let’s play the games… Ohtani can only DH, Yamamoto looks epic in Japan but it is a pretty decent step up in competition to come here, Glasgow is always hurt (almost not worth mentioning him among these others), Freeman is 34 now and even Betts is 31…
In other words it seems totally possible that in a few years these contracts are duds and the Dodgers competitive window will have passed as Freeman&Betts enter the late stage of their careers
I think this is good for baseball though. You kind of need a bad guy / heavy to keep everyone interested over the long season. No one ever really filled the void the Yanks left when they collapsed in the 2003 WS and ended up crumbling apart thereafter. Dodgers will sell a lot of tickets for sure!
Because Dave Roberts will still manage to mismanage the greatest assemblage of pitching talent known to man at just the worst possible time in the postseason, and you want to be there to capitalize on the situation.
Drunk Uncle Rudy files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Willful injury is not dischargeable under bankruptcy, so he's probably not going to wriggle out of this. He might need to buy cheaper hair dye.
A question for the lawyers that frequent here. Assuming Rudy doesn’t satisfy the judgment, can the Georgia women file a claim against Trump for the money he owes Rudy for services rendered?
If Rudy were to sue Trump for said fees, they could potentially file a notice of lien in the lawsuit or attempt to serve a writ of execution on Trump. In California, a creditor can do a judgment debtor exam against anyone who owes money to the debtor (call a third-party debtor exam) and potentially get a turnover order from said third party, if the third party is holding money or assets due to the debtor.
The subpeen of RNC Chair McDaniel's apparently has paid off. After Trump lost Michigan 154k votes, Trump, McDaniel, and state legislature leaders allegedly conspired to not certify the various county elections. On a leaked audio, Trump is heard telling the two GOP election officials to not certify the election and that Trump would pay for their lawyers. Michigan has filed a case against the 15 false electors (one more flipped and isn't being prosecuted), but it's a bridgehead to other potential charges of bigger fish.
Apropos: one of the two Wayne County electors was a fervent GOP supporter. Wayne County went 68/31 Biden and he still refused to sign the county election. And perhaps related to his belief of the GOP party, of course he was anti-vax and then died of Covid pneumonia a year later.
Dukes of Hazard star John Schneider responds to Joe Biden via Twitter that he's a traitor and should be hung. The Secret Service reportedly have responded, perhaps to inform him that it's "hanged"
Haley is breathing down Trump's neck in NH. I wonder what would happen if Never-Trumper Christie dropped out before NH primaries? Gotta think his 13% support breaks heavily in Haley's favor and could be a tipping point.
Boca Raton Bowl: Cuse (favored by 5.5) vs. USF. Syracuse was - without their QB1 due to a shoulder injury. Syracuse started their Tight End Dan Villari at QB. Villari ran 11 times and attempted 11 passes completing four to his own team and two to USF. The Orange managed only 159 yards and were down 31-0 at half. They lost 45-0.
See, I think that FSU is the "bell cow" as it were for UNC and Clemson. All three want out of the ACC in a case of buyer's remorse w/r/t ACC TV contract money.
I think those three institutions are counting on some sort of public outcry to help them make their case, with the intention of pointing slyly to Texas and Oklahoma leaving the Big XII for the SEC. Here's the salient point of why this situation and that situation are very different - Texas & Oklahoma had only two years at most remaining on the GOR to the Big XII. It was more than possible to negotiate an exit fee and early exit penalty while having their GOR restored to them; it was quite doable as events proved.
FSU, UNC, and Clemson have a different mountain to climb. Their GOR runs through June 2036, which is another 12 seasons of football, another 13 seasons of basketball including the current season. FSU, UNC, and Clemson are probably committed to the ACCC through June 2025 at a minimum.
I could easily see that the penalty for leaving with 11 seasons left on the GOR being upwards of $500MM. Maybe FSU can find that kind of cash. Maybe UNC and Clemson could find it, too. But I think it gets complicated in that I think the ACC would then collapse because ESPN would want to renegotiate its TV contract with the ACC and would offer less dollars than they are paying now. I think it is possible that there will be never be enough votes to allow FSU, UNC, and Clemson to leave the conference. It will be like penalizing yourself just to be rid of an unhappy partner.
This is a fundamental reason why I think there will be shakeout in FBS football *at a minimum* and there will probably be a fundamental re-defining of the relationship between academic institutions and intercollegiate athletics. It would not surprise me at all to find that football gets spun off or severed from academic institutions into a minor league wholly funded by the NFL.
And this is why I am not too concerned with our move to ACC. The college football scenery is constantly changing and we just did what is best at the current moment.
I couldn't agree more. When USC and UCLA announced they were leaving the Pac-12 for the B1G, I took a fatalistic attitude re: the existence of the Pac-12 and the impact on Cal. Whatever happens, happens, and Cal is not big enough to assure its future.
What’s something that you don’t allow in your house but others might in theirs
Mrs. Doubtfire: "SMOKING!"
Miranda: "Mrs. Doubtfire, you don't smoke."
Mrs. Doubtfire: "No, I don't, but I did. Oh dear, I found the best way to keep from smoking again and lighting up is to be around those who do smoke. I have to randomly ingest just a little bit of nicotine and it steels my wool. (to Stu) Oh, and I know you're Mr. Health. Bless you for putting yourself in harm's way."
Rec drugs. (Beer and good whiskey, tequila, rum, brandy, etc. are NOT in this category).
Responded to far too many 911 calls that resulted from these to think there is any place for them.
Shoes. I am a strict no shoes house
Cooking meat, all vegetarian house with exception of me who is pescatarian.
Gum chewing.
Mrs Slug hates gum chewing. Cannot abide it.
Same.
Is it the annoying smacking of uncouth gum chewers or is it the fear of gum getting lose on the carpet or furniture?
The sound, the smell and the look. Worst are gum poppers and snappers.
From Jailhouse Tango (Chicago, the movie)-
You know how people have these little habits that getcha down?
Like Bernie.
Bernie liked to chew gum—no, not chew—pop!
Well, I come home this one day and there's Bernie layin' on the couch, chewin'—no, not chewin'—poppin'!
So I said to him—I said, "Bernie, you pop that gun one more time."
And he did.
So I took the shotgun off the wall and I fired two warning shots... into his head.
In Mrs Slug's case, it is primarily the sound of gum chewing because it is rarely, if ever, done with mouth closed. Th fear of chewed gum getting loose is a bonus annoyance/fear.
GREEN
Day. Got tickets for their concert at Pac Bell Park next Sept. So excited!
Mean
My favorite color.
PRO
Some dude goes into incredible details about the NFL Ref's beanbags. I, for one, greatly respect someone who can go down the rabbithole on something and then document his tour
https://uni-watch.com/2023/12/21/a-close-look-at-nfl-officials-beanbags/
No detail escapes Uni-Watch.
Rams surge to a 30-7 lead over the Saints with 12:44 left in the 4th and then hold on to win 30-22.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/recap/_/gameId/401547609
After watching the post game show I realized DeSean Jackson got the super bowl ring with the Rams and I felt happy for him.
DJax to Canton or no? WRs have a tough road.
Should be in the NCAA HOF because we all know Colquitts don't back down.
Dodgers go after and get Yamamoto.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39165813/japanese-star-yoshinobu-yamamoto-agrees-join-dodgers-sources-say
Yamamoto is 5'10" 176 pounds but can throw 99 mph.
The power fastball, a 89 corkscrewing splitter with a nasty tail, a 12-to-6 bottom-drops-out curve ball. It's not that the pitches look the same coming out of the glove - they're all very different pitches. He is going to strike out a lot of people.
Filthy and nasty.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0_4nd9OUx0/?igsh=NzBmMjdhZWRiYQ==
Dodgers traded Pedro Martinez because they thought he was too small to hold up as a starter. Not going to make that same mistake twice.
True although baseball history is also littered with high velocity guys who’ve thrown their arms out. Like Lincecum…
Dodgers' 2025 rotation will be insane.
2024: Yamamoto, Buehler, Miller, Glasnow, Sheehan, maybe Grove and mid-summer Kershaw.
2025: Ohtani, May, and Gonsolin should be ready.
And by 2025 there should be a few other RHPs currently in the minors, including Knack and Frasso if May and Gonsolin aren't ready. I could see May become a bullpen piece with his 2 TJs so close together.
Frasso and Knack are on the 40-man now. Should see them appear sometime in 2024.
Imagine Shohei and May doing setup and closing if the Dodgers decide to not risk Ohtani doing starter innings.
And Evan Philips and Graterol have 3 more years pre-arb. The bullpen is going to be lights out again, hopefully.
I just really want some better injury luck.
Why should any other team even bother playing this season?
Let’s play the games… Ohtani can only DH, Yamamoto looks epic in Japan but it is a pretty decent step up in competition to come here, Glasgow is always hurt (almost not worth mentioning him among these others), Freeman is 34 now and even Betts is 31…
In other words it seems totally possible that in a few years these contracts are duds and the Dodgers competitive window will have passed as Freeman&Betts enter the late stage of their careers
Oh and Ohtani has had two
TJs now! Not a great indicator of longevity…
I think this is good for baseball though. You kind of need a bad guy / heavy to keep everyone interested over the long season. No one ever really filled the void the Yanks left when they collapsed in the 2003 WS and ended up crumbling apart thereafter. Dodgers will sell a lot of tickets for sure!
Because Dave Roberts will still manage to mismanage the greatest assemblage of pitching talent known to man at just the worst possible time in the postseason, and you want to be there to capitalize on the situation.
That part should be amusing, yeah.
I remember Bryce Harper famously asking “where’s my ring” after the Nats signed Max Scherzer. Nats got their ring after Harper was gone.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Even Huntington Beach's government is into culture wars
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/22/california-huntington-beach-ban-diverse-celebrations
Huntington Beach being Huntington Beach.
I mean, we're talking about a city that actually elected Tito Ortiz to its city council...
TIL: The case that disqualified Trump from the CO ballot was brought by never-Trumper Republicans.
https://www.businessinsider.com/republicans-gop-voters-lawsuit-disqualifying-trump-colorado-ballot-supreme-court-2023-12
Drunk Uncle Rudy files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Willful injury is not dischargeable under bankruptcy, so he's probably not going to wriggle out of this. He might need to buy cheaper hair dye.
https://themessenger.com/politics/rudy-giuliani-bankruptcy-defamation-verdict
A question for the lawyers that frequent here. Assuming Rudy doesn’t satisfy the judgment, can the Georgia women file a claim against Trump for the money he owes Rudy for services rendered?
The problem is that there's a precedent and expectation of that pair being unable to satisfy women.
You're a bad, bad man.
If Rudy were to sue Trump for said fees, they could potentially file a notice of lien in the lawsuit or attempt to serve a writ of execution on Trump. In California, a creditor can do a judgment debtor exam against anyone who owes money to the debtor (call a third-party debtor exam) and potentially get a turnover order from said third party, if the third party is holding money or assets due to the debtor.
The subpeen of RNC Chair McDaniel's apparently has paid off. After Trump lost Michigan 154k votes, Trump, McDaniel, and state legislature leaders allegedly conspired to not certify the various county elections. On a leaked audio, Trump is heard telling the two GOP election officials to not certify the election and that Trump would pay for their lawyers. Michigan has filed a case against the 15 false electors (one more flipped and isn't being prosecuted), but it's a bridgehead to other potential charges of bigger fish.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2023/12/21/donald-trump-recorded-pressuring-wayne-canvassers-not-to-certify-2020-vote-michigan/72004514007/
Apropos: one of the two Wayne County electors was a fervent GOP supporter. Wayne County went 68/31 Biden and he still refused to sign the county election. And perhaps related to his belief of the GOP party, of course he was anti-vax and then died of Covid pneumonia a year later.
Sometimes God can't wait for man's administration of justice.
Dukes of Hazard star John Schneider responds to Joe Biden via Twitter that he's a traitor and should be hung. The Secret Service reportedly have responded, perhaps to inform him that it's "hanged"
https://www.mediaite.com/crime/secret-service-reportedly-opens-investigation-into-80s-icon-john-schneider-after-he-urged-a-public-hanging-for-biden/
Turns out that Confederate flag wasn't just for the show. And that we should have been rooting for Roscoe the whole time.
Haley is breathing down Trump's neck in NH. I wonder what would happen if Never-Trumper Christie dropped out before NH primaries? Gotta think his 13% support breaks heavily in Haley's favor and could be a tipping point.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4373785-trump-rails-after-poll-shows-haley-within-four-points-in-new-hampshire/
I am still dreaming that the general will be some person that isn’t Biden against some person that isn’t Trump. Would be amazing!!!
DBD AV CLUB
CAL
Go Bears and Merry Christmas!!!
2 very intertwined sentiments.
Cal women's BB whipped Louisiana Monroe yesterday at Haas, 79-55. Lulu Twidale, freshman from New Zealand led the way with a career high 21 points. Bears finish non conference play at 10-2. Start their final Pac 12 season a week from today against Furd in Berkeley at 2:00 PM. https://calbears.com/news/2023/12/21/womens-basketball-bears-roll-past-louisiana-monroe-79-55.aspx
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Boca Raton Bowl: Cuse (favored by 5.5) vs. USF. Syracuse was - without their QB1 due to a shoulder injury. Syracuse started their Tight End Dan Villari at QB. Villari ran 11 times and attempted 11 passes completing four to his own team and two to USF. The Orange managed only 159 yards and were down 31-0 at half. They lost 45-0.
I was wondering why the Cuse were getting blown out when I glanced at the TV at the gym. Makes sense.
I was wondering what Syracuse was doing in a bowl, and reading the recap and box score, still don't have any answer to that question.
It seems that our lawyers have come to an agreement in the divorce
https://twitter.com/nicoleauerbach/status/1737987323596317001?s=46
What "hundreds of millions" are they expecting at this stage?
https://twitter.com/Softykjr/status/1738030706193015276?s=19
For one, all the NCAA tournament shares, which pay out over six years.
Also, a considerable payout from the current contract with the Rose Bowl.
I'm not sure if the full Pac can vote to sabotage that, though.
Meanwhile we get into another legal situation in our new relationship.
https://www.tomahawknation.com/florida-state-football-fsu-seminoles-college-cfb-acc-norvell-team-roster-schedule-game/2023/12/22/23992878/penalty-contract-legal-court-financial-revenue-acc-conference-realignment-espn-exit-big-ten-sec
See, I think that FSU is the "bell cow" as it were for UNC and Clemson. All three want out of the ACC in a case of buyer's remorse w/r/t ACC TV contract money.
I think those three institutions are counting on some sort of public outcry to help them make their case, with the intention of pointing slyly to Texas and Oklahoma leaving the Big XII for the SEC. Here's the salient point of why this situation and that situation are very different - Texas & Oklahoma had only two years at most remaining on the GOR to the Big XII. It was more than possible to negotiate an exit fee and early exit penalty while having their GOR restored to them; it was quite doable as events proved.
FSU, UNC, and Clemson have a different mountain to climb. Their GOR runs through June 2036, which is another 12 seasons of football, another 13 seasons of basketball including the current season. FSU, UNC, and Clemson are probably committed to the ACCC through June 2025 at a minimum.
I could easily see that the penalty for leaving with 11 seasons left on the GOR being upwards of $500MM. Maybe FSU can find that kind of cash. Maybe UNC and Clemson could find it, too. But I think it gets complicated in that I think the ACC would then collapse because ESPN would want to renegotiate its TV contract with the ACC and would offer less dollars than they are paying now. I think it is possible that there will be never be enough votes to allow FSU, UNC, and Clemson to leave the conference. It will be like penalizing yourself just to be rid of an unhappy partner.
This is a fundamental reason why I think there will be shakeout in FBS football *at a minimum* and there will probably be a fundamental re-defining of the relationship between academic institutions and intercollegiate athletics. It would not surprise me at all to find that football gets spun off or severed from academic institutions into a minor league wholly funded by the NFL.
And this is why I am not too concerned with our move to ACC. The college football scenery is constantly changing and we just did what is best at the current moment.
I couldn't agree more. When USC and UCLA announced they were leaving the Pac-12 for the B1G, I took a fatalistic attitude re: the existence of the Pac-12 and the impact on Cal. Whatever happens, happens, and Cal is not big enough to assure its future.
Yeah agree
Bob R. is shaking his fist at you from WFC-ban purgatory.
My expert legal analysis: This blows!
Can we renegotiate our revenue share if the big boppers leave?
Okaaaaay...
GDT: FSU vs ACC
https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/18ogu2m/game_thread_fsu_board_of_trustees_vs_acc_1000am_et/
My guess is that FSU loses this. But it's worth suing or trying to force negotiation when compared to the exit fee.
We may be new to the ACC but I'm confident in my "eff those mfers" assessment of FSU.
https://twitter.com/RossDellenger/status/1738244967938544041?s=19
Agreed. As I've said before, lots of screaming and yelling signifying nothing.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you know who!
Happy BDAY US22!
And tomorrow to DCT!
Ditto. (Forgot about that!)