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Skipper

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  1. I think the first half of game 3 was the best I've seen this Stars team skate all year. They just weren't finishing at an elite level (and Thompson was making big saves) but other than that aspect, that is as good as it gets. Games 2 and 4 were very similar. The winning team was badly outplayed in the first period then turned it around in both. Game 1 was just weird in the sense that they got up so quick, won special teams and 'won' officiating. We were all so down (rightfully so) after the first 2 games that we tend to forget they were both kind of toss ups and Vegas just made one more play in each (we were slightly ahead on expected goals both games I believe). Game 4 was the first game we got some puck luck + special teams advantage on our side. To your point, we have yet to put it all together in a game. Hopefully that is tomorrow.
  2. This is really the only good thing coming from all of this. Giving future employers the opportunity to avoid mistakes.
  3. Unfortunately it was just a livestream. I was doing a search to see if anydrama was occurring today and came across it and got sucked in for a bit. Will look to see if any video later. To be clear, most of what I could hear was very tame but definitely not open to any discussion around the edges and the point about the IDF and APD was just WTF. The audio wasn't great so maybe I missed some context.
  4. I came across a livestream a couple of hours ago and it looked like a "pre-protest" or overall discussion was going on of some sort. Apparently led by 2 UT profs. All incredibly peaceful and non-disruptive (no tents!) so no issue there. A few items stood out in the 20 mins or so I was listening (until it wrapped). There were some jewish students listening in as well that raised their hand to engage and they were ignored. Someone in the crowd asked if she considered Hamas a terrorist organization and she said something like I'm not answering that and moved on. Then, the kicker, for some reason she noted that IDF forces trained the APD. First of all - is there any truth to that? Second, no wonder these kids show up angry. Zero dialogue or room for discussion of alternative viewpoints and then you tell the students "the enemy" is training the APD. For what purpose? To get them riled up? Disappointing for a UT prof but maybe not surprising. It then panned over to the Jewish students getting interviewed by media after this session where they expressed their concerns about some of the rhetoric (and, by the way, praising the UT administration for efforts to help make them feel safe which gets lost in all of this). One mentioned he had politely sat down next to this professor on campus to talk to her about some of these issues, but again, refusal to engage in any discussion. So much for the free exchange of ideas and all that.
  5. Yesterday was not Precrime. There was a rule. It was enforced. You are writing essays on whether or not that rule was "reasonable" and ignoring the reality which is whatever UT's interpretation of the rule was (including, Brisket's 10PM cut-off) it was getting broken. You are just arguing for the sake of arguing at this point enjoying your first amendment hypothetical and missing your days in ConLaw debating with the other fucking gunners.
  6. He's not going to lose that group under any circumstances, I agree, but he can't give up any percentage points either.
  7. He panders to an extreme minority position he gives Trump all the ammo in the world to win back moderates or at least keep them from voting.
  8. It's just fucking lawyers being lawyers. Getting everyone stuck in minutiae instead of focusing on the big picture or the reality of the situation because it suits their politics.
  9. JFC Brisket. This isn't a law school exam. If "the cops shouldn't have arrested them until 10PM" is the hill you are going to die on, fine. But we all know damn well their goal was to push past the line in the sand and get arrested yesterday whether that happened at 2PM or 10PM. There is exactly a zero percent chance they picked up their tent and went home at sundown.
  10. They aren't always. They are at the moment. 1/6 should be playing on a loop this cycle for a reminder of the chaos that "team" creates. Instead, the today show is leading off the news daily with this nonsense. 1/6 and Roe V. Wade is how you win a national election. Not fucking radical left Gaza protests holding campuses hostage.
  11. Of all things can we leave COVID nonsense out of this thread. JFC
  12. Ummm.... That's exactly what happened yesterday dude.
  13. If your position is Texas not allowing the South Mall to turn into a tent city is a "stupid rule" - I had to tell you that I'm confident you have an extreme minority position.
  14. MAGA gathers on campus intentionally violating policy I would be the first one cheering on the police beating their ass and calling bullshit if they were treated differently.
  15. Biden is lucky the election isn't this month. Hopefully this entire issue is out of the news cycle by then. Because the radical left is completely fucking him over at the moment. If they don't show up and vote for him they are fucking him. And by having these losers protesting lead off national news daily they are fucking him. A big reason Biden won was he carried the college educated white vote and in particular women. Are all these women still going to show up and vote when the face of the "other team" is campus takeover nonsense with a risk junior's commencement is cancelled? Biden is doing absolutely nothing wrong but it doesn't matter. People can put their head in the sand all they want but liberalism run amok is absolutely going to help Trump get back in office.
  16. If you want to say the University jumped the gun last week, fine, but you all are living in a fantasy world if you don't think an 'encampment' was coming to campus if UT didn't act. "Protestors" are trying to set them up all over the country this week. You think this copycat tik tok generation was going to be content holding hands and singing kumbaya? UT fucked up last week but I have zero problem with yesterday.
  17. At least being considerate of hygiene is #2 on the list.
  18. Interesting. My eyes didn't see him playing that poorly. His minutes have been absurd. Concerning if he's wearing down.
  19. I read the U of Chicago statement many praised. I think there is a reasonable argument it is the correct approach. I also think it's 50/50 whether they end up requesting the police take action before this is over. They took a strong position without drawing any clear lines in the sand. I know how that works with my kids. Personally I prefer UF's statement that their campus isn't a daycare. For anyone saying what has happened on other campuses is irrelevant to the discussion of what is going on at UT's campus I completely disagree. Those campuses are real world examples of what has happened when you let "protestors" violate university policies without consequence. It is absolutely a critical piece of the analysis. Because that reality100% influenced this universities response. Like others have said, there have been protests for months without issue. Only recently have the protestors decided they weren't getting enough attention and ramped things up. And by the way, UT is absolutely not alone in taking a firm stance this week regarding encampments. If people want to focus on what happened last week, fine, I'll agree the response was probably over the top. But Texas made it abundantly clear no encampments were permitted. Those students yesterday intentionally crossed that line and Texas didn't blink. There are reasonable discussions and debate to be had around first amendment and what the line should be but I don't think it's a coincidence that those most outraged screaming "fascism" over and over are a combination of those that have been the most critical of Israel for months on this forum and those so obsessed with MAGA/Abbot that they look at any excuse to yell at the clouds. I doubt many have the same energy if police cleared out the KKK after setting up tents on campus.
  20. Really? Have you not seen how things have gone in NYC and on the West Coast without police or administration escalating? Give them an inch they will take a yard. Some of you need to open your eyes and realize these aren't a bunch of hippies smoking pot and singing Give Peace a Chance like in your good old days. I feel like plenty on this board are letting their hate for Trump/Abbot/MAGA cloud their judgment. Listen to some of the jewish students speak (including those on UT campus) about the rhetoric they are hearing walking around campus. How about protestors at UCLA not letting Jews on campus. The national news was disgusting this morning. Not fox news or newsmax, fucking mainstream national news. 80% of this country is disgusted at what is taking place. But sure - Hartzell is the problem.
  21. Hell yeah boys. Right back in this bitch.
  22. TONIGHT REDEMPTION IS SPELLED R-O-O-P-E!!! Beautiful
  23. They are going to give up a breakaway. I can feel it.
  24. I'll settle for more than 5 seconds on their end of the ice. Have to play smart but also stay aggressive. We aren't good enough defensively to turtle.
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