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Murfdogg21

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  1. I like Cam’s upside more than Jalen’s, but then again
  2. IMO, the tragedy of Anakin’s fall is more powerful from the perspective on Mandalore than what we see in ROTS. Fuckin’ Maul, once again, tells the Jedi exactly what’s going to happen. Ahsoka refuses to believe it until she feels it happen and has the “oh fuck” realization immediately followed by Order 66. I understand Maul’s wanting to piss on Palpatine’s plan to flip Anakin, but he should’ve been smarter to think he could defeat Anakin and Kenobi by himself (when he couldn’t beat Kenobi alone previously and then got beat by Ahsoka). He might more effectively fucked Palpatine by dropping a dime on him to the Jedi sooner, get his revenge on the sith, and still run his pirate game in the Outer Rim. *All this shit you’d know what I was talking about if you’d stoop to “watching a cartoon”*
  3. The Red Wedding removed Starks from power in the North and eliminated the primary front of the war with the Lannisters, gave Winterfell to the Boltons, set up Sansa's marriage to Ramsey, caused Arya to go East and get trained by the faceless men, and later Arya's murder of all Frey men. It did some shit.
  4. I think he would've had a better pro career than Lamar Jackson with different coaches.
  5. I found the answer about FVV after I made the last post (can't trade a player with a player/team option until it is exercised). KD turns 37 in September, so the extension will really be for his 38/39 seasons. I wouldn't give him $60+ per year for that. Either treat it as a one year rental (and pay accordingly in the trade) or get him to extend for a more reasonable salary based on age/injury risk. For salary matching purposes, Houston's 2025 base salaries are: Sengun - $33.9 Jalen - $33.3 Brooks - $22.1 Jabari - $12.4 Reed - $9.6 Landale - $8 Eason - $5.7 They could re-sign and trade FVV (don't know why FVV would agree to that). If they decline FVV and don't re-sign/extend him, it puts them under the cap where they could sign another free agent and/or re-sign Steven Adams, then pull a trade for KD or someone else.
  6. I've seen realistic sports writers put a fair value on KD based on his age, injury risk, and only one year left on his contract, but there are more who think Houston should give way too much. ESPN mocked 5 trade proposals yesterday and had Houston giving up #10, the 2027 PHX pick, Reed, Cam, Brooks, and Londale. The other offers they pitched seem like less capital than what they have Houston giving up. Minnesota offers Gobert plus spares, Spurs offer Devin Vassell, Harrison Barnes, and #14 pick, and Knicks offer OG Anunoby, Mitchell Robinson. I don't think I'd give up Reed + multiple good assets; maybe tell them to pick two from Cam and the two first rounders plus salary filler. Can FVV be traded prior to declining the team option to serve as filler...like include him, then PHX declines the option, then FVV is a free agent (and could re-sign with Houston)? Or Jalen + Brooks? https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/44108357/kevin-durant-trade-proposals-four-deals-suns-star
  7. Are they showing signs of realism that their most attainable goal is being a spoiler?
  8. I wasn't cherry picking. They were in photos in two articles I read off Drudge yesterday. I was curious what Party for Socialism and Liberation had to do with all these printed signs at all the protests, then read their website. Photos like these: In Pflugerville:
  9. I don't know why I was surprised to look up the group named on the bottom of the printed posters and find the protests in all these cities are organized by the Party for Socialism and Liberation whose goal is to completely topple capitalism.
  10. It makes my head hurt that there are diehard Star Wars fans who have no idea who Ahsoka Tano is.
  11. If that's the best offer PHX gets, it's possible. He'd be walking on a team with Wemby, Castle, Fox, CP3, and the #2 pick (Harper?). Not a bad crew to roll with.
  12. I was interviewed in a documentary, but that's not a movie and did not qualify for SAG card status. In high school, I was in a gallery crowd while filming Tin Cup, but I don't think any of the shots or angles where our group stood were used in the final cut. My FIL was one of the dudes that opened the giant gate in the most recent King Kong reboot.
  13. New dean of meat judging?
  14. 619 is the San Diego area code. It’s his way of showing love to the folks back home.
  15. If the kid went to school(s) for 6 years and made straight A’s, how does he not already have a degree?
  16. Yao kept getting hurt. The team was excellent when they both played. They were good even when Yao was hurt.
  17. Why don't they just back up the hard drives, memories, and personality of every good droid and upload it into a new droid if it ever gets destroyed? The Rebels can have another K2 and Lando can get his sex droid back.
  18. My 8U son turned his first triple play this weekend. That was lit (and situationally very fortunate).
  19. Dumb orders by Draven. He should've said "extract him if possible for questioning (and we can execute him later if we choose), if not possible then kill him."
  20. I believe I understand your viewpoint on most issues in 2025. I've shared on other FDA and UHC related threads that I have a good deal of experience getting medical devices cleared by FDA. It is very frustrating and not efficient. A typical FDA review panel assigned to a new product submission is composed of a manager (usually 5-10 years experience but looking to escape to pharma/med device as a VP of Regulatory), a couple senior reviewers (30-65 yo lifers that got hired by FDA out of school and never left for whatever reason), and a couple junior scientists (the new hires with <5 years experience). Rarely do any of them have industry experience or perspective. They lean hard on testing precedent when it's outdated, but also apply new (more difficult to pass) standards on new products. What's worse is they keep products on the market that were previously approved under old standards and permit companies with old products to piggy back approvals of their products under the old standards. The FDA reviewers consider themselves thoughtful scientists, and often ask for additional studies, experiments, and data that are irrelevant to the product approval or indicated uses. In almost every product submission, there has been a negotiation on sample size and time duration because the FDA has no concern over a product's need on the market or the R&D expenses required for their additional asks. Brisket and thunderlounge took my post as naively supporting big pharma, when the current system favors big pharma over the startups and small companies.
  21. My 65yo FIL still makes moves based on this thinking, but fortunately for him I don't think any of his sales ever exceeded $500k in profit. This works for people at any age unless your lifestyle preferences outweigh your entrepreneurism. Buy a house you may ultimately flip, put money and sweat equity into it while the surrounding area hopefully appreciates as well, live in it at least two years, rent if you want, sell as long as you've lived in it 2 of the last 5 years, then upgrayyed and/or repeat. The millennials who did not buy their first home before covid are (somewhat justifiably) pissed, but there are still opportunities in most markets as long as they aren't demanding a Joanna Gaines-looking finished product in the most desirable location for under $500k.
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