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tokamak

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  1. Just saw that we fell to 48th in the latest Elo ratings, which is the lowest we've been since 1997. So it's going great less than a year out.
  2. RIP to whatever chump drafted Pacheco. 5 fucking carries, even split with Hunt.
  3. T Boone ain’t walking through that door, but surely they have plenty of oil guys that could chip in for NIL. Maybe not Cody Campbell level, but you’d think they’d be better positioned than the average program.
  4. Gut reaction through 2 games…. Arch will be just fine. He looks like…a talented but young and inexperienced QB. The offseason hype was always way, way too much. RB group is adequate but lacks a true home run threat. Basically a Jaydon Blue type. WR easily the most disappointing group so far. Wingo and Moore playing like they don’t even want to be here. I guess the transfer dude’s leg fell off or something. TE group is excellent. OL kind of a mixed bag for me. IOL better than expected, but tackles worse. I don’t think Goosby looks like the same guy as last year so far. Baker obviously having some growing pains. Reasonable to expect improvement here IMO.
  5. C'mon dude. You KNOW that J&J is going to cave and bribe their way out of this just like every other spineless corporation in this country. Their CEO will be in the oval office presenting Trump with a solid gold child-proof bottle this week.
  6. 100%. I'd bet my fucking house on that.
  7. I don’t want to judge Eberflus too much because there’s just no high level talent on this defense. Not accounting at all for the fact that Hurts can run seems pretty dumb though
  8. Elam showing why Buffalo gave up on him
  9. This may be the worst OL in the league. They are going to get Dak killed this year.
  10. Oh so they're taking this pretty seriously then, huh?
  11. I think the goal is just the general delegitimization of science and expertise. We are the only authority you should listen to. We are the sole source of truth and everyone else is out to fool you. Everything you hear otherwise is just a big coverup. They aren't telling you the whole truth. RFK and his anti-vax crowd are just useful idiots to that end. The Project 2025 types you mention don't give a fuck if anyone gets vaccinated or doesn't get vaccinated. As always, they'll be personally fine. But the more voters they can push into fearful, ignorant, and conspiratorial mindset, the more that they can spoon feed those voters "the truth". It's the same thing that started happening with the media decades ago. Fox comes along and starts screaming 24/7 that everyone that's not Fox is woefully biased. You don't necessarily need everyone to believe that 100% (although plenty will, and do). You just need to get people to start thinking in terms of "two sides" to every story. If Fox implies "we're one half of the story", then people naturally start to believe that their local newspaper, the evening network news, the AP, etc is "the other half". So, boom, there's no referee any more. There's no common set of facts or common worldview that everyone is starting from. Now it just becomes a matter of can you tell a better story than the other guy? If you can, the details of that story don't even matter, because again, everything is two-sided, and if my story is crazy, then so is the other side's. I just need to present mine more persuasively. But why stop with the media? That's only one piece of the wider culture. Now they've moved on to higher education, K-12 education, entertainment, science and medicine, and on and on. Politicize everything. Present two sides to every story. Confuse people as to what the facts are, and you've prepared their minds to hear whatever narrative you want to tell. Facts be damned.
  12. Yep. When you see even well meaning people start to stay stuff like "well, maybe the CDC overstepped in hindsight, but....", you know that propaganda works.
  13. I’m just yanking your chain. I couldn’t care less.
  14. 7th??!!!!!!??!?!!?!?!?!??! BULLSHIT!!!!!!!! I demand a recount! just kidding
  15. Here's a really comprehensive explainer from The Athletic:
  16. Prizes seem reasonable to me. Personally, I like the commish (or someone) to hold the money. I know we're all adults but I fucking hate badgering people to pay up later.
  17. Nope. It's all "dynamic pricing", which means FIFA is waiting to see the maximum the market will bear.
  18. Florida moves to end all vaccine mandates in schools. Coming soon to every other red state, I assume.
  19. Details coming out about tickets today. The gist of it is: presale lottery next week for Visa card holders presale lottery in October for everyone (no Visa required) another lottery after the draw on December 5 "last minute sales" in the spring FIFA will have its own official resale platform (taking a hefty cut, I'm sure) each federation gets an allocation for their matches, up to them how to distribute them
  20. Man they are hitting Latz hard
  21. So that foul call just cost us a run
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