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  1. 1 hour ago, horn4life said:

    Hard to believe Ocasek was like 40 at time of the release, yet the album hit all my teen buttons at the time.  Just one damn fine album!

    Well, he was 34, but agreed.  Easily one of my 10 favorite bands of the time and that hasn't changed much.  I'm a sucker for smart, hooky pop.  Maybe because it's really fucking hard to pull off.

  2. Trump is so fucking stupid that he didn't understand what Mattis was saying.  The discussion was about whether to fully fund the State Department or, as Trump was leaning at the time, cutting its funding to some degree.  Mattis then said something that any adult but Trump would understand in the context of the situation:   

    "If you don't fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition ultimately"

    Trump is such a child he took Mattis' statement literally.  God help us.

     

    POTUS is a blithering idiot

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  3. 11 minutes ago, longhornmatt said:

    Sports stars and celebrities have been getting the Medal of Freedom for decades, so it’s not really out of line, although I guess I don’t know that Mariano is really such a beloved figure in America.  

    And at least some of those sports stars actually did things that might merit such an award, like Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, Arthur Ashe, Roberto Clemente, Muhammad Ali, Billie Jean King.  I won't even start in on the overwhelmingly qualified list of writers, musicians and artists who have received the award.

    Rivera doesn't deserve the award.  Trump handed it out because Mariano is a Trumpkin.

  4. Jesus.  The Medal of Freedom?  I'm pretty sure Mariano Fucking Rivera doesn't quite match up to most any recipient bestowed the honor by any President not named "Donald Trump".

    That fucker is hell bent on destroying anything and everything that makes this country great.  Gah.  (And yes, Anastasis, there are things that make this country great.  #bothsides)

     

     

     

     

  5. Just now, Zone Read said:

    I really liked the group.  I figured they couldn't be as bad as the first time, they had more material and somebody must have said "guys, you really suck live, maybe you need to show a little more energy."  I was wrong.  But at least I didn't pay for the ticket, it was a birthday present.  

    Yeah, I get it -- I'm a huge fan of the group and for whatever reason never got to see them live.  I've heard the same about their shows time and again, but it wouldn't have stopped me from seeing them had the chance existed.

  6. On 9/15/2019 at 7:08 AM, horncyclist said:

    To be clear, under existing precedent, a ban of ar15s and mandatory buybacks is entirely consistent with the 2nd Amendment. This Supreme Court, having 4 or 5 republican actavist justices could change that but if they apply existing law, the ban and buyback should be upheld.

    SCOTUS even refused to hear an appeal against Maryland's ban on the AR-15 and similar.  It's not as if there is no precedent here whatsoever.

  7. What's the go-to trading simulator?  I know I used to use one but I've forgotten the name.  Thought it was stockfetcher but that appears to just be a way to write filters to find stocks to trade.

    I have a very specific idea I want to backtest with existing daily data and would rather not write a spreadsheet to simulate it if I don't have to.

  8. 12 hours ago, Zone Read said:

    Loved their music, saw them in concert in 1979 and 1981.  Hands down the two worst concerts I've ever been to.

    Apparently the 1979 concert was so awful you attended in 1981 to confirm.

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