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  1. 46 minutes ago, lilMAC25 said:

    https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/46915913/ex-lsu-coach-brian-kelly-rejected-2-settlement-offers
     

     

    Kelly telling them “FUCK YOU, PAY ME”.

     

    Former LSU football coach Brian Kelly rejected two financial settlement offers from the university, and his attorneys have given LSU officials a Monday deadline to confirm in writing that they'll pay him the $54 million he's owed under the terms of his contract.

    Kelly, who was fired on Oct. 26, was in the fourth season of a 10-year, $95 million contract.

    According to documents obtained by the Baton Rouge Advocate, former LSU athletic director Scott Woodward offered Kelly a lump-sum payment of $25 million on the day he was fired. Woodward also offered to remove the mitigation language in Kelly's contract, which would have reduced the buyout amount if he coached again.

     

    LSU executive deputy athletic director Julie Cromer later increased the settlement offer to $30 million in two payments, according to the documents.

    Kelly, who had a 34-14 record at LSU, rejected both offers, according to the report.

    In a Nov. 5 letter to new LSU athletic director Verge Ausberry and Board of Supervisors member John Carmouche, Kelly's attorneys said they want university officials to confirm by 6 p.m. ET Monday that the school intends to "fulfill its contractual obligation" to pay Kelly the "full liquidated damages."

    "Absent this written confirmation by that date, Coach Kelly will pursue all available legal remedies," the letter said.

    Kelly's attorneys said in the letter that LSU officials previously confirmed that the coach was fired without cause, meaning he would be owed 90% of his remaining compensation.

    If a lesser amount isn't negotiated, the university would owe Kelly $54 million in monthly payments through 2031, minus any future salary he receives in coaching.

     

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    I’m not sure which asshole I’m rooting for.

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  2. Catching up since I was not on night shift.  What's the play for the Dems?  Cave on the shutdown, but once Congress re-opens move to extend ACA subsidies, scream "We told you so!!!" when the Republicans do nothing, and hope the pain of increased health care for so many in the red states carries over to the 2026 midterms?

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  3. Sleep is a huge issue for longevity, both quality and quantity.  I've always been a light sleeper, and often have stress from work or other parts of my life creep into my brain in the middle of the night and keep me up for stretches.  Maintaining an exercise routine and not drinking during the week have helped a lot with sleep over the past 10+ years, but I also take melatonin most nights, at a lower 3mg dose.  Anybody else take this?

    Now there are reports of a study linking long-term melatonin use with increased risk in heart failure.

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    New research into a popular sleeping aid has some scientists worried about long-term usage.

    An analysis of adults with insomnia, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, has found that people prescribed melatonin for more than a year are at greater risk of heart issues.

    Among more than 130,000 adults across multiple countries, those who were prescribed melatonin long-term had an 89 percent higher risk of heart failure over five years, and were twice as likely to die from any cause, compared with those not prescribed melatonin.

    https://www.sciencealert.com/common-supplement-shows-concerning-link-to-heart-failure

    The article notes some limitations in the study, which has yet to be peer reviewed, but the correlation is pretty significant, and it's getting a lot of press.

  4. 1 hour ago, Dbeasy said:

    Almost every indicator screams Texas gets smoked. 

    That’s what bothers me. My normally pessimistic attitude would just kick into top gear and I’d proclaim Texas as losers - big losers. But, something feels a little off. I can’t explain it.

    But maybe just maybe Texas beats their ass. On the road. With a weak OL and a leaky secondary. Arch and a few others lead them to a 6 point win. 

     

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  5. 9 minutes ago, C-Man said:

    The chance is greater than zero that I consume enough booze and illicit substances that I immediately join him in the hereafter.

    I don’t know you, but I feel like you’ll get into heaven. So no, you won’t be joining him in the hereafter.

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  6. 3 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

    There was just a Netflix documentary about a very similar situation. The Perfect Neighbor. 

    Not really similar, because the victim and murderer lived in the same neighborhood and had been antagonistic toward each other, and at the time of the murder I recall the victim went to the murderer’s house to confront her about behaviors toward the victim’s kids.

    This was the murder of a complete minority stranger who just knocked on a door.

    But still, two murders by two racists emboldened by laws enacted to cloak their racism.

  7. 6 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

    Why Desperation and not Regulators?

    Tak.

    Regulators is a sort of bizarro Desperation. I loved it, but can’t imagine liking it as much if I hadn’t read Desperation first. 

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  8. 1 minute ago, The Dog said:

    The wild card is whether or not Johnson brings the House back even if the Senate comes to an agreement to re-open the government. He's moved Heaven and Earth to keep them out of session to protect Trump from whatever is in those Epstein files.

    So Johnson's in the Epstein files.  It all makes sense now.

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