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  1. Think it's been discussed before but maybe it hasn't. Think I heard on Kimmel, Daily Show/Klepper or Meyers last night that Noem had the dog killing story in her first book but editors convinced her to cut it. So, what does she decide to do? Let's dust it off and use it again. Profit! Or five free minutes with Kim Jong Un's hot dog.
  2. SIAP https://www.threads.net/@merket/post/C6p8XoxxIWA/?xmt=AQGzY2QTT3_2aZ49ZEy68AC5jAV84m_HpofoBcy83aMKdw
  3. Except that her decision ultimately affects(ed) 300M+ Americans. It has set back women's rights (among other things) decades. I know @Brisketexan is a big swinging dick but I don't think many of his decisions quite carry the same ramifications.
  4. Going to SLC for Kilby Block Party this weekend. Staying downtown. Festival is at the Fairground not far from downtown. I’ve pulled a list of 20 or so restaurant/bars close-ish to us from a variety of places. Wondering if there’s any “can’t-miss” places while we are in town. Probably going to rent a car one AM and drive up to Park City/Deer Valley before we head to Kilby.
  5. Who in the world is that directed at?
  6. Letting Nick Fuentes back on Twitter is going about how you’d expect.
  7. Is there any chance of Hakanpaa getting back at any point?
  8. Goldman: More confidence in the Panthers after dispatching the Lightning with ease? Check. Feeling the same about the Rangers after a Round 1 series against the Capitals? Check. A little surprising to see Carolina trend down here, but maybe that changes when there is confirmation on a Brett Pesce return. Salvian: As a creature of habit, I continue to pick the Hurricanes. I am disappointed in the colleagues who jumped on another bandwagon. Have some integrity! Goldman: Yee haw. Dallas did not have it easy in Round 1. It was super unlucky that a Round 3-caliber opponent fell into their lap to open up the playoffs. But the Stars were that impressive after rebounding from an 0-2 deficit on home ice. That can definitely instill some confidence into a deep run. Gentille: The Avs staying put is kind of funny. I feel better about them now than I did a couple of weeks ago, given that Alexandar Georgiev kept it together and their depth guys showed up. Salvian: On the Oilers’ side of things, they handled the Kings in five games, McDavid has a league-high 12 points, Draisaitl is tied for second with 10 and Zach Hyman is tied for the league lead with seven goals. I could really see it being any of the Oilers, Stars or Avalanche, but I am not ditching my Stars preseason Cup pick. Sorry! Goldman: I feel like these answers are a little more evenly distributed because there’s one big question looming: Will whoever gets through the gauntlet that is the West have enough oomph to go all the way? That gives teams like Florida a better shot and could be why more of us got behind them. Gentille: These percentages should be largely unchanged. You can’t change your Cup pick because they won their first-round series in five games instead of four. You shouldn’t be able to change it at all, actually. Gentille: Matthew Tkachuk getting the goose-egg treatment at the start of the playoffs was a surprise. Then he went out and had nine points in five games. That’ll get you some votes. Jake Oettinger versus Wyatt Johnston might end up as a nice little subplot if Dallas keeps this going. Salvian: McDavid only getting 3 percent of the vote heading into playoffs is hilarious, but considering only 3 percent said Edmonton could win, that checks out. If you think the Oilers are going to win the Cup, McDavid is going to be the guy.
  9. I still like Carolina and Florida to win their series in the East, which was my prediction before the playoffs started. I'm still pretty firm on Edmonton getting to the WCF and I picked Colorado before the playoffs to beat the Stars in R2. I think it will be a great series and I hope I'm ultimately proven wrong. I think the Dallas-Colorado winner makes the Finals. Initially, I picked Carolina to get win the East. I think I might pick Florida now if I could do things over. At any rate, here's what I'm thinking: Avalanche in 6, The Oil in 6, Carolina in 7 and Florida in 6 Here's some interesting info from The Athletic: Goldman: I guess almost blowing a 3-1 lead in Round 1 for the second straight year can knock down some confidence around a team. Honestly, though, this feels like it’s less about Boston and more about how dominant Florida has been all season on both ends of the ice. Salvian: The Bruins won all four regular-season meetings against the Panthers this season but clearly come in as the underdogs in this series. Jeremy Swayman can win the Bruins a few games in Round 2, but if they can’t get more offense going against a deep Panthers team than they did against the Maple Leafs, they aren’t going to be moving on. I’m hoping this one goes the distance, though. Who doesn’t love a revenge storyline? Gentille: This feels about right. I’ve always liked the idea of Carolina winning a long series here, and Sunday’s result didn’t change that. Salvian: This series feels like a toss-up for me, and the split of the vote would show our colleagues, somewhat, agree. I picked the Hurricanes in seven because this is the deepest they’ve been in this current window of contention. But the Rangers showed in Game 1 they can make this series a battle, and if Igor Shesterkin can outplay Freddie Andersen, this should be a good series. Goldman: Something about the series length feels right based on everyone’s votes, too. If the Rangers are going to do it, Game 7 on home ice makes sense versus the Canes closing it out at home in six. Gentille: You’d think more folks would be anticipating a hangover for the Stars. Their series against the Golden Knights was epic, and they’re not going to get much time to recover. Salvian: I hate that this isn’t the conference final. I’m not ready to say goodbye to the Avs or the Stars. The West is unforgiving this year. I just hope everyone has fun. Goldman: The most important thing about this series is that we all expect it to go long. Round 2 is already shaping up to be more exciting than the first. Goldman: This voting feels a little lopsided for a series that could be legitimately interesting — but it’s also hard to see how a Thatcher Demko-less Canucks stop Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, as good as Arturs Silovs was in Round 1. Salvian: Six percent seems low to me. Silovs showed he could get the Canucks to the second round, but the Oilers offense is going to be a different kind of test for a goalie with 12 games of NHL experience (nine regular season, three playoffs).
  10. Maybe Scott Moore at Tejas? He's been known to clap back pretty hard at folks who have the nerve to post negative comments online.
  11. Cincinnati, one of the 4.5 high net worth insurance carriers currently writing business in Texas, has decided the Cybertruck is ineligible for auto coverage with them due to the cost to replace even on smaller collisions. Essentially, it has decided that the way the shell is designed you need to replace everything so even minor accidents are very costly.
  12. Sturgill and Caamp would probably be enough to get me down there.
  13. Sounds like there are 10 more whistle-blowers about to pay the ultimate price. https://nypost.com/2024/05/04/us-news/boeing-faces-10-more-whistleblowers-after-two-die/
  14. Boston played Game 7 on Saturday and will start their series tonight. Shit happens, especially with a busy arena (Mavs, Stars and other events). There were three seven-game series in the first round last year -- Colorado/Seattle, New Jersey/New York R and Florida/Boston. All three of the winners' second-round series started two days later.
  15. Found this on a couple-year-old Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/rangers/comments/tkt1bx/hockeystatcards_individual_game_score_breakdown/
  16. Not 100% sure. There's no explanation on the site or where he's pulling info from for the report cards. I just noticed that Hockey-Reference has a bunch of advanced stats for each game on the site. He's pulling advanced stats from somewhere and putting together the graphs, I presume. If he's using Corsi or Fenwick or something else, I don't know. https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/202405050DAL.html
  17. Ally Sheedy is seven years older than Molly Ringwald too.
  18. Game 7 report card. Harley and Miro were the two best skaters in the game.
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