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Serak The Preparer

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  1. I get why people bring up Dirk, Isiah, and even Duncan when talking about lack of 2nd option or leading a team to a title, but even they are a clear step below Hakeem in the 1994 championship in terms of being responsible for a title. I am a Houston homer, I acknowledge that, but people forget about how mediocre the entire Rockets team was outside of Hakeem. For example, I know scoring isn't everything, but in the regular season Hakeem averaged 27.3 pts per game. For those playing along at home, try to guess who was second on the team. Go ahead, guess. In case you've forgotten, it was the not-hall-of-famer Otis Thorpe with 14.0 pts per game. Hakeem very nearly doubled the 2nd best scoring player on the team.

    Looking at the playoffs, believe it or not, it gets more extreme. In the 1994 playoffs Hakeem increased his scoring to 28.9 pts per game, while the second place scoring dropped! It goes down to 13.8 with the again not-hall-of-famer Vernon Maxwell. Hakeem more than doubled the scoring of his second-place teammate, while being the key defensive linchpin of the team.

    This is not to crap on Dirk, Tim, etc., but they are all clearly a step behind Hakeem in terms of title responsibility.

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  2. At first blush this seemed very fucky. The linked article gives some explanation:

    "The Financial Services Committee is one of five House panels deemed “exclusive” by Democratic leaders under caucus rules adopted in July 2020.

    Democrats on exclusive committees are barred by caucus rules from serving on any other committee without a waiver from the party’s steering committee, a panel of several dozen lawmakers chaired by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that determines committee assignments.

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    In a Nov. 30 letter to Pelosi, Porter asked to be considered for seats on the Oversight and Reform, Natural Resources, and Financial Services committees — in that order — in the new Congress that began on Jan. 3.

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    A senior Democratic aide familiar with the steering committee decision said it was risky for Porter to prioritize spots on other committees while asking for a waiver to retain her spot on Financial Services after Democrats lost seats in the 2020 election. A smaller Democratic majority means Democrats have a smaller ratio of seats per committee."

    I definitely heart Porter, and this decision may still be due to some Dem leadership fuckery, but it's not like they kicked her out of the position for no reason.

     

     

  3. 16 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

    The very same publisher that would allow this

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    All these people whining could take their Microsoft Word-compatible document, upload it through Amazon's Kindle Desktop Publishing site, you know, self-publishing, and they could spend 5 minutes on a. stock photo site and in Amazon's Kindle Cover Creator thing, and they are raking in the money from the rubes.

    But they gotta have their book in Target or some shit.

    And do a better job with pen names.  Don't make them easy to guess.

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    16 hours ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

    Dinosaur erotica?!?  Seriously?  Holy shit.

     

    16 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

    DON'T YOU JUDGE ME.

     

    16 hours ago, pantone159 said:

    https://www.amazon.com/Taken-T-Rex-Dinosaur-Erotica-Christie-ebook/dp/B00FI9JFFO

    Customers who bought this item also bought: Ravished by the Triceratops, Space Raptor Butt Invasion, and Dino Park After Dark.

    You are all missing the best thing about the books. While not trying to summon the unholy presence of he-who-shall-not-be-named, the authors of the series met while students at the PREMIER IN-STATE SEC PROGRAM. Granted this was presumably during the Sherman / Sumlin years when there wasn't a whole lot else to be happy about, so really monster erotica fans everywhere should be thankful that they didn't manage to pull Fisher in earlier.

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  4. The whole Texit conversation is just as stupid and meaningless as Calexit or any other stupid fucking state secession discussion. It falls apart with even 20 seconds of critical thinking. Forget the impact on economy, basic services, elections, etc. Even before you get to that, does anyone think that an entire state will 100% vote in favor to secede? Obviously not. Once that falls apart, what is the Federal response to all of the citizens in Texas (or other state) who don't want to be a part of secession? Just say "sorry, tough shit?"

  5. 16 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

    Long before that. Like immediately after the place was cleared of insurgents. 

    And immediately afterwards Congress was let back in without any other controls. At that point, do you think there was literally any evidentiary value left in the crime scene? Any conceivable situation where anything wouldn't be spoiled in court? Even if nobody in Congress picks something up, can it be shown that the chain of custody is clear?

    "Well your honor, it is true that someone might have brought this in from the outside, or someone might have touched this, but we didn't see anyone do it so are super sure it is cool to enter into court". 

    Anyone casting any aspersions, criticism, or blame on anyone in Congress for helping to clean is looking for something to criticize. Crime scenes aren't crime scenes once non-police are waling around willy-nilly. 

  6. 1 minute ago, WhatTheBuck said:

    It was a crime scene and should’ve been treated as such. No congress members or staff should have been touching anything. Bring in the FBI to process the scene. Photograph everything, collect and catalog every piece of evidence to aid in the criminal prosecution of Trump’s goons who attempted to overthrow democracy. 
     

    Probably not realistic to think that could happen. But it seems like that’s what should’ve happened. 

    It certainly should have been a crime scene, but it wasn't. The second the cops let Congress back in, it ceased being a crime scene. For fuck's sake, imagine a single piece of evidence being brought to court after the way everyone was let back in in an uncontrolled manner. Imagine how many objections there would be. 

  7. 3 hours ago, Restinmybones said:

    I'm new and I've already discovered the pervasive lemming like mindset here. You should never think much at all when posting at this site, other than to fit in. It reflects the general population. Drinking heavily would help when posting here. Essentially, you need to assume that this site consists of 13 year old boys divided into two or three cliques. 

    Ah yes, we need more deep thinking like:

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    Please stop with you bullshit "oh I am such a deep thinker, everyone here is too quick to judge."

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  8. 41 minutes ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

    Not sure where to put this but I still have 5 neighbors who had full dotard flair flying in front of their houses.  

    Last night I ordered 5 blue yard signs that have "TRAITOR" written in red in large letters.  Before I put them in their yards; am I breaking any laws?  I can place the  signs in their yards w/out ever stepping on their property.  Just checking. 

     

    30 minutes ago, Bookman said:

    Yeah dude that's a trespass.

    Not a lawyer but isn't it only a trespass if they tell you to leave? Otherwise UPS would be trespassing every time they drop off a package. In short, do it my man!

  9. 22 minutes ago, Macanudo said:

    This may have been asked and answered but why the difference in votes cast, both in total and for candidates?    I guess Georgians can stomach Perdue better?

    I am far from an expert on GA (or any) politics, but from I've read there are essentially four reasons.

    In no particular order:

    - Purdue is a big name in GA politics so expected to do better on that regard

    - Loeffler had not been elected, but appointed, so presumably had less incumbency advantage

    - Warnock is better known / had longer political background than Ossoff, so he had a bit more of an advantage over Loeffler

    - People are more likely to vote for a man than a woman, so even absent all of the above expect to see a bit of differential

    I'm sure there are other reasons as well, but this is my understanding of key reasons.

  10. 1 hour ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:
    1 hour ago, Getafix said:
     
    Interesting that players needed to be reminded of those things.
     

    They're 18-22 years old. Half of them need to be reminded not to put their dicks into light sockets  skip Texas games to watch Twilight movies in search of pussy.

     

  11. 1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

     

    The problem with Giuliani et al is that what they are doing is ultimately speech.  It is false and dangerous speech, but, unfortunately the First Amendment protects such speech in most cases.  The disciplinary arms of most state bars are going to be state actors and will not be able to abridge their speech, even under the notion that lawyers should be held to a higher standard.

     

    Calling Giuliani's actions "free speech" is bullshit. I am sure that it is 100% correct, legally, but it is also 100% bullshit. If he just gave a press conference and ranted on Fox / Twitter then sure, it's speech. But filing lawsuits is different. That requires legal defense, generally requiring time and money. So not just false and dangerous but explicitly financially costly to the state and taxpayers.

    It is obvious that I am not a lawyer but I've never read about a lawsuit and thought "That's some mighty fine Free Speech!"

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