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  1. 12 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

    Sounds like bunker busters deployed if Furdow was a target. Super curious to see if they worked. So far from what I understand it their efficacy on a fortified bunker that deep was theoretical..

    Didn't do shit in Tora Bora.

    ETA: Well, maybe we didn't use it there.  Could have sworn we did.

  2. If Coastal pitcher lets up, they're in deep doodoo.

    Of course Alexander been flirtin with disaster all night, but Coastal keeps letting him off the hook

  3. Coastal finna fuck the dog.

    Correction, they're fucking the dog.  The question is whether for keeps.

    Let these lucky fuckers hang around with a lead and you'll be donezeo.

  4. 5 hours ago, Slacks said:

    I'll play devil's advocate...

    Original Intent gets thrown around a lot by so-called strict constitutionalists. For those who claim this angle, one can argue that all policies should follow original intent.

    Of course the counter to that is that original intent cannot apply, as the Constitution has been amended, thus amending intent.

    But I'm not a ConLaw scholar, so what do I know?

    The way I think it works or is supposed to work is the original text gets original intent, amended text gets original intent as of the time of the amendment.

  5. 6 hours ago, Sawbonz said:

    Well, since morality cannot be measured objectively, they could not be considered 100% “accurate“

    Well, there are a couple of different aspects to this guy's paper.  First is that "we the people" was intended to exclude non-whites.  Second  is that it was proper and right for it to do so.  I think the former, although a repugnant idea, could be the subject of an award-winning paper.  The second aspect or topic is going to be far less defensible.

    The article above ascribes the first topic or subject to the paper.  Ibram X. Kendi could have written that.  

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  6. 11 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

    I categorically disagree if you are talking about a paper written in an academic setting whose basic premise and or conclusions are morally reprehensible 

    What if they are 100% accurate? 

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  7. 38 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

    So you’re saying he’s not wrong he’s just and asshole?

    I think it is theoretically possible to have a top paper that contains disgusting ideas. And that it perhaps should be awarded for its research or writing quality. 

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  8. On the one hand, I think it is true that if it is really the best paper, it should be given the best grade/award.  On the other, a paper with a premise or thesis like that would have to be really outstanding, especially because it seems to go against the weight of scholarship.  It can't be "it has interesting, provocative ideas."

    The other circumstances, a FedSoc Trump appointee perfesser and a repressive state like Florida, just take it to 11.

    The professor should defend the grading rubric, absolutely.

    Amusingly, Damsky's assertion or conclusion is the premise of CRT.

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  9. 19 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

    Better yet can we buy him out for $77.5M?  We can raise the money by collecting just $1 from every single person who voted for him

    The Noble Prize for ignobility. It's pronounced no-bell. 

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  10. My parents dragged me on a cruise spring break of my senior year because they didn't want me going to Padre.  I was pretty much over that by then anyway.

    This was in the late 80s before cruises became whisky tango destinations and was just a Caribbean cruise.  And it was definitely on the older, more genteel side.

    Turned out, I really enjoy being on a ship, just kind of lying around and chilling, reading a book, etc.

    But, also turned out there was a family including some teen, early 20s kids, who had recovered some money in a car wreck and some injuries, and it  included a rather comely lass about my age.  So, we'd buy liquor in every port and have a pretty good time.

  11. 3 hours ago, Zepol87 said:

    Don’t suck them up yet. They have been silent about all this shit so far and been getting a lot of negative press after the one girl sang part of the national anthem in Spanish and they kicked her out and reports of them removing people with anti ICE signs inside the stadium the past few weeks 

    I mean, this is probably about keeping game attendance up as much as anything.

  12. 42 minutes ago, Tonesky said:

    We have no cruise experience and are contemplating a family cruise in June 2026 for our kids’ HS graduation.  They will be 18.67 at cruise time.  Son will want speedy internet on ship, and scenery, museums, and culture at port stops.  Daughter will want pool, dancing, and alcohol on ship, and shopping and adventurous foodie experiences at port stops.  Mrs. T. and I want to relax and eat/drink well on ship, and are good with whatever the kids want to do in port stops.  While we don’t want a party ship, we also don’t want our kids to feel like they are hanging out at a Del Webb clubhouse.  My general sense is that we need a European cruise to check the most boxes, including for the kids to be able to order alcohol.  

     

    My initial research points to Virgin Voyages (adult only), which has two Mediterranean cruises with workable dates.  Please recommend other suitable cruise lines and/or regions.  I probably need to consider some cruise lines that allow kids, but which will not feel like we are at Disney or summer camp…. 

    The other thing is that, once you get out of American territorial waters and adjacent, particularly out of the Gulf/Caribbean, the quality of the passengers escalates tremendously.  I think that might be true of Alaska cruises, also.

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  13. 2 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

    I’m suddenly a huge Coastal Carolina fan. 

    They play solid baseball year in and year out.  They were a lot of fun In 2016 and hope they do the same this year.

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