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Gravy Train

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  1. https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/09/28/honestly-they-re-all-going-to-die-there
  2. I'm still struggling with theories beyond false-flag ops or energy price manipulation. Gazprom is still making deliveries to the EU via the Yamal-Europe pipeline, yanno, the big one that runs through Ukraine in which Gazprom pays transit fees to Ukraine for. The 42.4mcm sold through the pipeline is considered normal demand under contract, with deliveries to Poland and Germany. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/eastward-gas-flows-via-yamal-europe-pipeline-rise-2022-09-27/
  3. Dagestan is already popping off as their populace sacrificed their sons over the first rounds of conscription, never to be heard from agian. Announcement of mobilization was the step too far.
  4. If Sark is that stubborn and fixed on his system, was his hire of coach Marion all for naught? I assumed the two would be working together to incorporate Rojo and Bijan in the Go-Go, and not some weakcat on 4th down.
  5. In this shithole conference? That's not a thing.
  6. "...not a fault if Russia still ignites one or two of nukes," like no big deal, everyday happenstance in Russian destructo-doctrine. 🥴
  7. Sooo... the bright autumn colors become car bombs in the DNR/LNR
  8. Not related, but dammit, Lithuania https://chazzchips.com/lt/putes-skonio-traskuciai?product_rewrite=putes-skonio-traskuciai
  9. I'm even more pissed that Jamison didn't return the favor to Bryce, if that's the way Bama's defense wanted to play all game. Yes, not classy or smart to levy a hit like that and draw flags in critical territory, but let's share desserts and the scoreboard could have remained the same.
  10. I just landed in SLC to see this game tonight. Might be one of the best opportunities to witness a good road game preview of the next B12.
  11. Apparently SEC officials don't call holds in Tuscaloosa, either, so... does it make a shit?
  12. He said as much (recruiting exposure) during his Monday press conference.
  13. All that Taco-Bell-Gigatron, Jetpack-dude-kitcsh and he couldn't even serve us up a home-and-home with ASU, whom he bolted for Bellmont, where we could have at least scored an OOC Tempe tour of Sun Devil lass-ass. Edit: After the 2007 Holiday Bowl (one of the more fun ones under Mack), how the fuck were we left with a home-home with Berkeley and not ASU?
  14. Their offense reminds me a lot of 2019-era OUsux, right down to their guard play. Bryce Young = Jalen Hurts lite, with the same amount of panic (when flushed from the pocket) and locked on his first read, but with a quicker release. Gibbs = Sermon; McClellan = Brooks; Holden = CeeDee; Burton = Hazelwood. I wouldn't be surprised with an eventual box score where Bryce has more yards than his backs, but that assumes the secondary is locked in and not giving cushion. His intent will be to distribute the ball to the flat and use the WRs to dink and dunk down the field.
  15. Alabama's 2-deep is what this entire country gets when USC/UCLA and the Florida schools have slipped for multiple years. Parity in college football is long overdue.
  16. What does Greg f'n McElroy know about film study or work? Least effective Alabama QB since John Parker Wilson. Oh, right, they were consecutive starters, back in the stone age days of Saban's offense.
  17. I was thinking the same thing. Worthwhile effort if he has lobbyist buddies offering $100 handshakes to draft a sportsbetting bill ahead of the next State Lege.
  18. ...but aggy is fake army, soooo
  19. Where we at with Westlake QBs? Still done with 'em?
  20. You can also get there by recycling the same powerplant and/or transaxle in the highest volumes of production, retaining it for a decade or more. The E180 (prior-gen) Corolla had adopted LED headlamps but base trims of the car still featured a 4-speed auto. The 1GR-FE says hi, and, though it's about to be replaced, it's a FOURTEEN year-old engine with port injection, still offered new with a warranty in the Tacoma and 4Runner. Architecturally, that long block is over TWENTY years old now, just that it got a second cam phaser in 2009. They're dedicated to putting relics on the road and shouldn't be awarded for such reliability claims. Actually, fuck them that their consumer lets them get away with it.
  21. I don't agree with their garish spindle grille and "how many different material textures can we fit in this interior" approach to Lexus styling, but the LC500 was done right, it's practically their current-production halo car for the marque. It's still outclassed by the Germans, aligning the BMW M850i and Merc AMG-GT C as direct competitors. The RC-F is a dated, bloated, fat cat with Mustangs and Camaros embarrasing it now. The GR Corolla isn't available in the US yet, but cool for undercutting Honda on price. My sentiments are toward the NA-market of TM, where we get the most watered-down versions of their portfolio. I'll continue to dismiss the Supra because BMW still does it better and it's their own damn car. If you like the platform, just buy the Z4 M40i-- it's faster, better-appointed, and actually passes muster in a wind tunnel test. You can't get a RAV4 Prime anywhere near MSRP at the moment-- but if we're realling doing this, and its potential buyer is willing to put up with its hideous looks, there's a Hyundai Kona to undercut it on price, a VW ID.4 in a more attractive and proven global BEV platform or a Volvo XC40 Recharge to compete with it directly, with better tech.
  22. Dinesh, Dinesh, make ‘em eat Paneer.
  23. This is a home-and-home, right? I'm not looking forward to next week as much as I am for next year. Maybe I'll watch the first half, then leave the game summaries to y'all.
  24. True body-on-frame options? They don't really exist anymore... mostly for good reason, though it's one of the remaining pearl-clutching values of a Toyota fanboy. Superior, but for different reasons: Jeep Wrangler, Jeep Grand Cherokee. Scoff at their reliability ratings, but also take a deeper look at the hardware both offer. One available in a turbodiesel, the other with an outgoing V8 that will be replaced with a turbocharged inline-6 before Toyota gets their powertrain shit figured out. The Grand Cherokee has better approach/departure angles, slightly greater clearance and all from a Continental-supplied air suspension that's been on that platform for more than a decade now. The updated GM Colorado/Canyon look like a tasty option over the Tacoma. I get that some prefer the primitive design of these two, but that's difficult to justify now with their price.
  25. LOL, bring it. TMNA doesn't offer a single interesting product anymore, at least not something that isn't outclassed, better-engineered, better looking, or certainly better driving. They're mere appliance-cars for those who don't have the time or don't really care about cars. I get the '90s were cool and some believe the '90s are still alive today, but at some point we gotta move on before the rusted-out C-channel Tacoma frame halves itself. The two cars they do offer with any sort of character (GR 86 and Supra) were contracted out (to Subaru and BMW). The J200 Land Cruiser got to the ripe age of 14 years before it was replaced and they even managed to screw that up for U.S. consumers. It's now a Lexota with 50-series radials on 22"s.
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