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Skipper

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  1. That would be great but someone has to explain to me the economics of "free to the fans" and how that allows ownership to max out the salary cap. I guess direct ad revenue?
  2. I read something last week to the effect that the age thing is really hitting home with those that have witnessed the rapid cognitive decline from their parents (in their 80's) up close. And with that context, and as noted in a subsequent post, how is Biden (really either of them) going to hold up having to deal with constant campaign travel/public events this fall? That shit would be exhausting for someone half their age and neither will be able to hide it. It may be whichever has the fewest major gaffes and generally looks less likely to die in the next 4 years has an advantage for anyone remotely on the fence. Neither is going to have a VP that moves the needle so no advantage there (I still think Biden should have somehow tried to pivot over a year ago to be in a position to announce a more popular VP although fully acknowledge easier said than done). It's a mess. At this point I think the D think tank needs to be working overtime on how to improve Kamala's approval rating. I know she did an appearance on The View or one of those shows recently. More of that.
  3. Just looked and they gave him a 2 year extension after last season through 2028 at a top 10 CBB salary (after, checks notes, finally making the tourney and getting upset in the first round). Unless he has a reduced buyout, I would think they are stuck with him another couple of years considering Jimbo payments.
  4. Hell of a game by their goalie.
  5. JFC. Seguin having a rough couple of games.
  6. Well shit. Would have taken a point in a heartbeat before puck drop with that lineup. Disappointing to not get 2 considering how well they played missing so many guys. Oh well. On to the next!
  7. Just curious - what is a scenario where life insurance as an "investment" actually makes sense? I had always heard pretty much a ripoff in all but very specific circumstances but never understood what those circumstances would be.
  8. Heiskanen out as well (having a kid). Fighting uphill to earn any points today.
  9. I mean I don't have a hard handle on the economics. I get the Bally's situation fucked them and I they clearly have a lot of $$ tied up in deGrom and Scherzer that aren't available. The $$ may just flat out not work. Or maybe they are being cheap. I haven't seen an article do a real deep dive on the numbers. I guess the thought is stay competitive and hopefully get those guys back later this summer and/or find something at the trade deadline deals then have a shot come September/October. But looking at the roster now, they are another injury away from a mess.
  10. Absolutely seems like they are content to just be competitive while turning a profit with increased season ticket sales, etc. rather than trying to repeat (or giving them a realistic chance at it).
  11. Well climber is the exact scene I was thinking of. That is the episode I left off yesterday. Ridiculous. Show is still solid enough for what I need out of it (something to watch while doing cardio) but that's some lazy fucking writing. Or maybe just intentionally bad in that respect?
  12. I'm a few episodes in. It's ok and while I fully appreciate it's quite normal to suspend disbelief when watching a show but the opening scene and the apparent inability to outmaneuver a fucking 18 wheeler and then a subsequent non death scene I won't spoil really annoy me.
  13. Wisconsin? WTF. Hopefully not as bad as the international show last year we ditched after a few episodes.
  14. Car Dealership Guy is a good twitter follow on car market, interest rates, delinquencies etc. As you would expect, big picture is popular vehicles/brands still doing well. But some (specifically Stellantis) increased pricing way too much during inflationary period and nobody is buying their inventory at current pricing. Unfortunately what we are looking at are in the popular category so not much movement on pricing to date.
  15. Yeah, I'm personally enjoying the cash return right now and selfishly hoping rates staying high continues to put a strain on new car sales since I'm in the market over next few months (so I might be able to get pricing at actual MSRP or less instead of garbage dealer add-ons). But I'm very interested to see what happens to consumer delinquency curves. They keep ticking up but I feel like it's only a matter of time until we see a more meaningful jump. But I've been thinking that for almost a year now so who knows.
  16. That was fun last night. First time at the arena, for me at least, that it really felt like hockey season. It was significantly more lively than the October and November weeknight games I attended where the arena felt dead. I really think football needs to end + combo of tight race and checking scores/standings daily to get into hockey mode at least in my mind.
  17. I've never understood Hamas' actual strategy or goal with respect to the 10/7 attack but maybe you just articulated it. Get Israel to kill as many Palestinians as possible to extend multi-generational jihad. Which would also explain to date their approach to recent cease-fire negotiations.
  18. This time last year I never would have thought we would go through the first quarter of 2024 without cutting rates. Now we may make it through the 2nd quarter.
  19. This is why nobody posts in this thread. It's turned into a group think circle jerk where any statement other than "Fuck Israel" is met with responses like this.
  20. It was probably talked about in this thread. But really think Kyle should have taken a TO before either of those crucial 3rd downs where they blitzed the fuck out of them. Perfect defensive playcall against a young QB that is pressing. Take a TO there, settle your guy down, and prepare him for what's coming (and get into the right play call if it does).
  21. Yeah, I don't think anyone can advise you all because season tickets were plentiful when we were winning 5 to 7 games with marquee opponents being Tech, ISU and KSU. There were quite a few games over the past 20 years I've had season tix that I couldn't give tix away. The increased demand with a waitlist is new.
  22. God damn, make one fly by statement about a nutty person (in my opinion which I stand by) and the fucking Covidian Cloak Roomers swarm. Made my points but out of this convo. You guys have fun.
  23. Nice red herring in the first sentence. If you want a substantive response, I don't think I took a position in posts above on low risk vaccinations. But you are correct in your assumption that I see no real benefit at an individual level (in particular given in many cases negative vaccine reaction is similar to actually contracting the disease). I'm not sure I agree with your assertion that vaccinating low risk people materially impacts death or severe disease in high risk people. Do you have any data to back that up? Because I don't recall seeing data that "cases" or "infections" are materially mitigated by a vax since the O.G. vax (i.e., until it mutated via Delta). It's a big reason why way back in 2021 I was pro vaccine mandate until I wasn't. Because post Delta the data did not support that vaccination was materially reducing the spread (it was still reducing severity, so it was still a decent debate at the time given hospital capacity issues). Do you have new data that supports your position? I know how much you hate anecdotal data but most of the (few) people I know who have actually gotten a vax in the past year also got Covid in the past year (both parents, aunt + wife's low risk friend that led to my initial response). Also observational but Anastasis made the point above he sees no real correlation. To be clear, I'm entirely supportive of my 70+ parents getting annual vaccinations. As you admitted, the death data posted above is not responsive to actual points made that got you worked up. But since you like to make global warming analogies if anyone makes anecdotal observations, here is hospitalization data for under 40 which is a better reference for what we were actually talking about (i.e., risk evaluation). Note that this data does not net out high risk under 40 (which I would expect make up the majority of hits) and also doesn't appear to distinguish "with COVID" vs. "for COVID", yet even without those potential (material) differentiators, still proves the point about risk evaluation quite nicely IMO. CDC COVID Data Tracker: Hospital Admissions
  24. I'm saying I don't know of (or even heard indirectly of) a single person in real life that is "low risk" and has had what I would consider a "bad" COVID experience since the OG Delta 2021 wave and the people I'm thinking of that had their ass kicked back then were not vaccinated. I think for those loaded with Covid antibodies (as almost everyone other than Longhorn94 is, whether natural, vax or for most, both) there is likely material more value to getting a flu vaccine as the flu is much more likely to kick your ass. Like I said, it was initially an evaluation of some in our society that have seemingly lost the ability to evaluate risks post COVID but have clearly touched a nerve.
  25. On the drive home I did catch Corby and Dave in character as gay secessionists interviewing some poor unsuspecting practice squad player. It wasn't the quality of some of the great bits from the past, but I did chuckle out loud a couple of times. I'm actually interested to hear about 10 minutes of the U2 reviews tomorrow as the concert/experience sounds cool and I haven't read any detailed reviews online to date, but I suspect @Jive Turkey is right and that topic dominates airtime.
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