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alincoln

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  1. Defund the Police is the best news Trump has had since February.
  2. Herman is entirely accurate that there is a double standard in college football but it resides in how he and his staff are compensated compared to how the players are compensated. This quote sounds exactly like something IR at an S&P 500 company would release right now. The narcissism it must take to lecture the fans while he makes $7 million a year off of the unpaid labor of an overwhelmingly black workforce. In terms of putting your money where your mouth is as suggested above, Tom should suggest that all college football staffs will contribute 50% of their annual compensation to a fund that will be distributed to the student athletes. Nothing is meaningfully changing in this country unless and until a significant portion of the resources of the 1% like Tom are used to create a greatly expanded and racially diverse middle class. His self-serving hectoring of football fans isn't going to change shit.
  3. Thanks for clarifying the year (1977) for the second run. Looks like I missed it. I will try to remember to post later in the month regarding the run during the second half of June 1974 (6.16 - 6.30) which is the best June run in GD history imo.
  4. Couple of other legendary early June runs June 9 - 10, 1973, RFK Stadium, Washington D.C. - The June 10 show is the legendary one with the Allman Brothers opening and Butch Trucks, Dickie Betts and Merl Saunders joining the boys during the third set. June 7-9, Winterland, San Francisco - The June 9 show is the most celebrated but the 8th is almost its equal. The 7th is a bit of a warm up as the band works its way back up to the heights of May on the 8th and 9th
  5. You certainly can't go wrong with the 9.3.77 Half Step but my go to is 4.15.78. A rousing show opener to say the least. The "ON MY WAAAYAYAY" leading into the pre-Rio Grandeo jam is an all-time Jer vocal moment. 11.6.77 is a beast as well As for best shows, it is really an impossible question because the band was so different but so good during a bunch of different eras. That said, I subscribe to the POV that they were at their best from 72-74.
  6. My favorite loser is from 8.6.71. Also has an amazing Hard to Handle which is a Top-10 all-time GD moment for me. Get the AUD. I'm sure I've posted it before but it really has to be heard to be believed. Much like the 10.12.68 The Eleven. 5.19.77 is also a much different but awesome Loser. The 6.22.73 Bird Song is amazing. Veneta is the standard for me (8.27.72) As for Eyes, I am partial to 8.6.74 but there are literally dozens of impeccable versions.
  7. I expect that the protests, riots and looting will lead to relatively significant changes such as a transition from a welfare system to a UBI system, some form of universal health care, federal legalization of cannabis, police reform and a significant reduction in incarceration for non-violent offences. The lower class, however, will remain inadequately educated, raised by single mothers and ultimately prove incapable of participating in a meaningful way in a knowledge-based economy. That is definitely the case for anyone alive today and very likely for anyone born in the U.S. in the next 10 years. You can't unwind that reality overnight regardless of the level of investment. Those in the ghetto or the trailer park will overwhelmingly remain there and the continued proliferation of social media and "reality"-based entertainment will only enhance their self-awareness of their hopelessness. Massive inequality will continue and the inevitability of national rioting will remain as long as millions of people are incapable of performing a role beyond Assistant Manager at Wendy's or Dollar General.
  8. The cameras at our office which has been attacked indicate that the rioters in Columbus are generally 16-25 and mostly black and are basically riot partying. We’ve seen this before. The actual protests devolve into riot parties the later it gets.
  9. If nothing else, this thread suggests that shit is getting back to normal.
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    USMNT 2020

    Yeah. MLS already has free academies for their elite team in each age group from U-13 up. We also need that setup at each USL team to provide a geographically comprehensive free option for elite players. Part of the problem at the MLS academy level is the travel required to get to elite competition.
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    USMNT 2020

    DA was an unsustainable clown show that was about to be rendered irrelevant by an MLS academies league on the boys side and was losing the battle against the ECNL on the girls side. The USSF's focus on the boys side should be to assist all USL teams in establishing free academies. The financial resources simply aren't currently available to support a USL academy system but that is really the only way for US to develop more elite players. The past is the future for the girls with the ECNL regaining its position on the top rung. It will be interesting to see if it can continue to produce world class level players or whether the Euro model will finally overtake the US. I expect that corona is going to gut financial support in Europe for women's football and will further delay the decline of the USWNT. No pyramid inversion any time soon.
  12. Ohio increase in % of new cases was 8%, 10% and 7% on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
  13. Ohio is interesting as a case study for relatively extreme social distancing requirements. New cases as a % of total cases 3.27 31% 3.28 24% 3.29 18% 3.30 17% 3.31 14%
  14. Trump is so irritated that he has to deal with this
  15. Trump is supposedly going to "shut down the country for two weeks" during his speech.
  16. Well Pompeo definitely has corona if Trump's got it
  17. President Pelosi in less than 10 days?
  18. Political stars are born in times of crisis
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