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  1. 4 hours ago, YGIFS said:

    So my kids can go outside for Columbus Day?Β  Cool, cool.Β  I'm really starting to worry about what this kinda weather is gonna do for their socialization.Β  Gonna make a few months of Covid social distancing look like amateur hour.Β  I mean, I can send them out to play and ride bikes 'n shit still, but if there's no other kids outside (which there's fucking not)...then what's the fucking point?Β  There's no socialization.Β  Then I gotta go out there to play sports with 'em and I'm fucking gassed, I'm out.Β  About two weeks ago, I fucking gave up on choring, playing outside.Β  We go swimming and even then, only briefly and right after dawn or right before dusk.Β Β 

    The very thing we complained about during Covid, kids losing interaction time, is going to be visited upon them ten-fold. How many times can I show them the 'Frozen' DVD before it becomes cruel?Β Β 

    This doesn't make any sense at all. Are your kids not in school? That was the biggest socialization issue during covid. Also, get the phone numbers of other parents in your hood and arrange times for the kids to either play at your house or theirs. Just because they don't want to play outside on the weekends or after school doesn't mean their socialization skills are suffering. These are things that everyone has dealt with our entire lives, whether it be due to the heat in the south or the winters in the north.Β 

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  2. 2 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

    I will not rule anything out. But I have to say I always thought any Taiwan-China war (as it involves the US in the event we went at it w/ China militarily) would be an air and naval resource event, rather than a Bradleys and HIMARS and Abrams ground pounding in China or Taiwan thing.Β 

    That's my understanding as well. The battle would be fought over the sea with naval and air assets, as well as ground launched weapons.Β If it became a true land-war, meaning that China amassed a huge number of soldiers on the ground, then Taipei has presumably already fallen (the Presidential Office is only ~10 miles from the ocean). By the time we could even get our full ground forces mobilized and in the area, I'd imagine the entire island would already be occupied. And if China pulled that off, it would mean we'd suffered a horrendous amount of casualties. Honestly not sure if we'd be willing to keep at it by committing tens or hundreds of thousands more to try and retake it.Β 

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  3. 18 hours ago, Bookman said:

    Is the attorney/client privilege for legal advice to Trump waived if Mark Meadows was in the room, and the advice sought was in the furtherance of the conspiracy?

    Generally speaking, yes to both. Privilege is lost if another non-client party is in the room. If Meadows was considered a co-client, privilege is lost between the clients if they ultimately become adverse to each other (i.e., the attorney would be prohibited from talking about it, but either client could use it against the other). Also, talking about your intent to commit a crime is not privileged. In every state I'm aware of, there's a "crime-fraud exception" that negates privilege. Depending on the crime being discussed, the attorney may actually have a duty to report it to authorities.Β 

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  4. 18 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

    Doesn't really matter, but that's a hell of a margin of error.

    Noticed that as well. It kind of matters though. For a MOE that big, there probably weren't that many respondents. And Magats are like Aggies when it comes to internet polls. How many folks here, upon seeing that survey, would even consider answering it? The premise is so fucking stupid (trustworthiness of Republican candidates) I'd just roll my eyes and move on.Β 

  5. 53 minutes ago, Chili dog said:

    Our OL was complete shit in 09. Need I remind you of the attempted murder of Colt McCoy by Ndamukong Suh in which no one wearing a number between 50 and 79 offered any assistance whatsoever?

    Dude is one of the best to ever play. And I don't think you can say the OL was complete shit when we were in the championship game. It's certainly fair to argue their inability to protect Colt was the biggest contributing factor to the loss, but they weren't complete shit.Β 

  6. Wordle 791 5/6*

    ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
    ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
    ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜
    🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩
    🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

    Daily Sequence Quordle 572
    4️⃣6️⃣
    7️⃣8️⃣
    m-w.com/games/quordle/
    ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
    ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
    🟩🟨⬜🟩🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
    🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
    ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟩
    ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

    ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩
    ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜
    ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
    ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
    🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
    ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
    🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩
    ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

    Daily Quordle 572
    5️⃣8️⃣
    4️⃣7️⃣
    m-w.com/games/quordle/
    🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
    ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
    🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
    ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
    🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
    ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
    ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
    ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

    ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
    🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
    ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
    🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
    ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
    ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    Β 

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  7. Spoiler

    Nevermind. Looked at it again and decided the other category was probably Greek letters. Figured I’d just try to do it in my head.Β 

    ConnectionsΒ 
    Puzzle #62
    🟦🟦🟦🟦
    πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
    🟩🟩🟩🟩
    🟨🟨🟨🟨  

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  8. 2 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said:



    ConnectionsΒ 
    Puzzle #62
    πŸŸͺ🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
    🟩🟩🟩🟨
    🟩🟩🟩🟨
    🟨🟨🟨🟨
    🟦πŸŸͺ🟩🟦

    Disappointed not to see any other Connections scores today - was curious how others felt about this puzzle. Not sure how I feel about it...Β 

    Spoiler

    I quit playing because it got to a point where I didn’t think it was possible to ever get an answer wrong. Looking at this one actually has me tempted to play again. But I only do these on the terlet, and this one would need some mapping out. At a glance, I’m guessing elements, state abbreviations, β€œdo re mi…”, and something else?

    Edited to put it in spoiler tag since I ended up being right.

  9. Wordle 784 4/6*

    ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
    ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
    🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
    🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    Β 

    Daily Quordle 565
    7️⃣3️⃣
    9️⃣6️⃣
    m-w.com/games/quordle/
    ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
    ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨
    ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
    🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
    🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
    🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

    ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜
    🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜
    ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
    ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜
    ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
    ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
    🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
    Β 

    Daily Sequence Quordle 565
    4️⃣6️⃣
    7️⃣8️⃣
    m-w.com/games/quordle/
    ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
    ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
    ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
    🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
    ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
    ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

    🟨🟨🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
    🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
    ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
    ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
    ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
    ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜
    🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
    ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    Β 

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  10. 1 hour ago, Sejjr said:

    So high school football players are now getting paid more than most Power 5 Head Coaches...Got it.Β 

    Uh, no. They are not. Are there a few that make more than the lowest paid P5 head coaches? Maybe? But I can't think of anyone out there who is even making more than the average HC salary...Bronny James might change that, but it's because of the corporate deals he's likely to get. And he wiil sell shit tons of product simply off his name rather than his status as a college athlete.Β 

  11. On 8/9/2023 at 9:41 AM, Enchubben said:

    This is really good stuff; thanks for sharing.

    Quite interesting that even though many of those posters seem frustrated, concerned and even fearful, are still somewhat rational in comparison to what we see from the a&m posters.Β  Aggie posters typically go directly to some abstract cheating or elaborate rouse to force him to go to Texas over his true favorite in college station. Then starts the blaming of the SEC leadership, ESPN, building up some 3 star JAG backup option etc.Β 

    They don't pretend to be something they aren't. They openly acknowledge that their most resent championships were paid for. They also understand that our alumni base has significantly greater ability to raise funds. If you accept that some players may have payment as their 1a or 1b priority, you can easily accept that you just couldn't match the offer without needing to add any other bullshit justification. None of things are present within the aggy psyche.Β 

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    ETA - And I'm not really talking about Simmons or anyone in particular here. Just something I've noticed amongst much of their fan base for a while. They don't view themselves as victims so they don't need to make up conspiracy theories about everything that doesn't go their way.Β 

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