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  1. TIL Jimi Hendrix opened with a live cover of Sgt. Pepper at the Saville Theatre in London two days after the album was released, meaning that dude had to learn it in a day or so. Helluva tribute and show of respect, exhibiting how important that album was.
  2. Hey man, we aren't quibbling over my shit. We're negotiating over your shit.
  3. Nix that comment about the culture wars having just been started. No, it was just another stupid battle that's been going on forever.
  4. The Beatles Anthology documentary is out. Lots of great stuff in it. I've just started the sixth episode and paused to say that I had no idea that the fucking KKK was one of the groups to come out and protest the "bigger than Jesus" comment. Hell, one of those dipshits was interviewed, showing his face on TV in Memphis, to clumsily explain his stupidity and why he's so pissed off. Culture wars were just getting started, I suppose. Again, lots of great stuff in this thing.
  5. Season finale or series? Cuz that's one helluva cliffhanger.
  6. She's from Austin. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/us/politics/college-student-deported-thanksgiving-texas.html A 19-year-old college student was about to board a flight to surprise her family for Thanksgiving when she was detained at Boston Logan International Airport and deported to Honduras two days later, her father and lawyer said on Sunday. The student, Any Lucia LΓ³pez Belloza, was brought by her parents from Honduras to the United States when she was 7. Her father, Francis LΓ³pez, said in a telephone interview on Sunday that neither Ms. LΓ³pez nor her mother knew there was an order for her deportation. β€œWhen they arrested Any, that’s when they told her,” said Mr. LΓ³pez, a tailor. He said his employer had arranged and paid for his daughter’s travel to Austin, Texas, to surprise him at work. Ms. LΓ³pez’s lawyer, Todd Pomerleau, described an opaque process for obtaining information about her case, including the grounds for her deportation. He said she had been deported in violation of a court order that a federal judge signed on Friday that said Ms. LΓ³pez could not be removed from the United States while her case was pending. Ms. LΓ³pez, a freshman studying business at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., was about to board a Southwest Airlines flight to Texas early on Nov. 20. She was told there was a problem with her ticket, so she went to customer service and was surrounded by immigration agents, Mr. Pomerleau said. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency told The Boston Globe that an immigration judge had ordered Ms. LΓ³pez deported in 2015, when she was a child. The agency did not respond to a request for comment on Sunday. Mr. Pomerleau said he checked her information in the Executive Office for Immigration Review database and could not find any record of her original deportation order. β€œSo I’m not convinced she has a removal order, and if she did have one, she should have been notified of it, because she’s completely unaware of this situation,” he said. On Saturday, after she spent a night detained in Texas, she was put on a bus with shackles on her wrists, waist and ankles before being put on a flight to Honduras, Mr. Pomerleau said. Ms. LΓ³pez, who is staying with her grandparents in Honduras, asked that her father speak on her behalf, her father said. He said she had found it upsetting to recount the details of her removal, in particular being detained and shackled. He said his daughter told him she had not signed any paperwork authorizing her removal from the United States, as some people do to avoid lengthy detentions. Ms. LΓ³pez lived in Texas with her parents and two younger siblings, who are 2 and 5, before going to college. The family emigrated nearly 12 years ago because of the rampant crime and insecurity in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Mr. LΓ³pez and his wife feared for their daughter as the news was filled every week β€œwith deaths and murders,” he said. β€œThat’s the reason we left.” The family had applied for asylum, he said, but it was denied, and they were never told they had to appeal to avoid a deportation order. Mr. LΓ³pez described his daughter as organized and studious. β€œShe had that responsibility β€” of being the first to graduate from college and being an example to others,” said Mr. LΓ³pez, who had sewn her business suits for interviews and internships. Now, he said, his daughter was reeling being back in the country she left behind so long ago. β€œShe’s trying to assimilate to her new reality,” he said. Ms. LΓ³pez told The Globe she was worried about how she would continue her education. β€œI have worked so hard to be able to be at Babson my first semester, that was my dream,” she said. β€œI’m losing everything.” A spokeswoman for Babson College did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Sunday. At the time the LΓ³pez family left Honduras, migration from Central America was growing as people, particularly in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, fled violence, crime and economic stagnation. In recent years, migration from Honduras surged, with thousands joining migrant caravans and camping at the U.S.-Mexico border. President Trump made stopping immigration and expelling migrants a central message of his campaigns, even more so in his push for a second term. In recent days, he again turned his attention to Honduras, endorsing a right-wing candidate in this weekend’s election and seeking to pardon a former president whom many experts blame for spurring mass migration from his country to the United States. The president in office, Xiomara Castro, has spent the end of her term trying to balance her obligation to undocumented migrants in the United States β€” of which there are estimated to be more than half a million β€” with a need to cooperate with the Trump administration, which has come down hard on leaders who do not back its agenda. By Nov. 20, nearly 30,000 Hondurans had been deported this year, about 13,000 more than in the same period last year, according to Honduran government data. Honduran officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the case of Ms. LΓ³pez. Her father said he felt it was important to share his family’s ordeal at a time when so many are facing deportation amid Mr. Trump’s immigration crackdown. β€œI’ve decided to speak because it’s a reality we are facing right now,” he said.
  7. Vanderbilt hasn't beaten a single AP Top 25 team, while Notre Dame, BYU, and Miami have only one apiece. Yet all four are ranked ahead of Texas, which has the same total Top 25 wins as all four teams combined.
  8. I'm not "talking trash," simply pointing out facts. Texas beat Vanderbilt, Texas A&M, and Oklahoma on the field in a convincing fashion. Texas is inarguably a better team than all three, yet it's somehow ranked lower than each. Your entire season hinges on a single victory against Alabama (who lost to Florida fuckin' State) and two "quality" losses against Ole Miss and Texas. If Texas is as undeserving as you say, your loss to us shouldn't even count as a quality one, then, I guess. And who the fuck has Ole Miss beat? Their only "good" win is against...you. Take Texas out of the equation for a moment and give us your best justification for OU ranking in the Top 10 after going 1-2 against the current AP Top 25, especially when that single win against Michigan has none.
  9. Michigan is 0-3 against the Top 25, and Tennessee is 0-4. Neither Tennessee nor Michigan should be ranked at this point. The dumb sports writers were smart enough to drop Tennessee entirely from the Top 25 today, but the even dumber coaches still have both ranked. Those are two of Oklahoma's "quality" wins when in reality they're 1-2, with only a win against Alabama and two losses to Texas and an overrated Ole Miss.
  10. That Florida loss hurts bad, no doubt. And yet, again, Texas is currently ranked below every single Top 25 opponent it's faced, regardless of wins and losses. We're getting fucked.
  11. And Oklahoma lost to Ole Miss, a team that, if you look at the table above, has only played you and Georgia. They're arguably really overrated, given their schedule.
  12. Here's a table showing last week's CFP poll, ranging from Texas at #16 to Ohio State at #1, and the records of each team against the rest of the Top 25 field, along with any unranked losses. Some notes: Only three teams have faced four or more Top 25 teams: Texas (3-2), Alabama (3-1), and Oklahoma (3-2). Seven teams have faced two or fewer Top 25 teams: Miami (2-0), BYU (1-1), Ole Miss (1-1), Oregon (1-1), Texas A&M (1-1), Indiana (1-0), and Ohio State (2-0). These were baby soft schedules. Michigan is now 0-3 against all three of its Top 25 opponents, which raises a couple of questions: Why were they ranked ahead of Texas? Why were they ranked at all other than the yellow "M" on their helmets? They should drop out completely after their drubbing from yesterday, which *should* make Ohio State, Oklahoma, and USC have one fewer Top 25 wins on each of their resumes (I'm sure the committee will somehow justify keeping Michigan in the Top 25, though). Tennessee is now 0-4 against the Top 25 after losing to Vandy yesterday. Again, why were they even ranked last week? Will the committee finally drop them from the Top 25 now? If so, then Vanderbilt, Alabama, Oklahoma, and Georgia would all have one fewer Top 25 wins. Will the committee do the right thing? Where will the committee rank Pitt, now 1-2 against the Top 25, after last night's loss to Miami? Pitt's only victory came against Georgia Tech, which now has ZERO wins against the Top 25 with losses to both Pitt and Georgia. Should the Yellow Jackets also drop out? And, finally, Texas is the ONLY team currently ranked BELOW every single Top 25 opponent it’s faced, regardless of the results on the field. How the fuck can Texas still be behind Vandy? The committee has a chance to make some of this right on Tuesday night before the conference championship games, but will they?
  13. Not to mention whatever the full scope of the sweetheart deal is that he has with El Salvador’s Bukele, who has ties to that dreaded gang MS-13 they’ve been screaming about for a decade.
  14. There’s nothing between the Panhandle and the North Pole but a barbed wire fence.
  15. Wordle 1,625 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #903 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸ™‚ Daily Quordle 1406 5️⃣8️⃣ 7️⃣6️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/
  16. No doubt all the gambling has also played a role, but it's likely a combination of factors.
  17. Reffing in CFB has gotten really bad. One theory I've heard is that a lot of good, experienced officials retired during the pandemic. No idea of that's accurate but it would make sense.
  18. You only say that when you think someone who's met you IRL isn't lurking on this thread. Well, *I* have met you and call this into serious question.
  19. Wordle 1,624 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #902 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸ™‚ Daily Quordle 1405 4️⃣6️⃣ 7️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/
  20. The squeaky dog toy was a chef’s kiss ending.
  21. Fuck fake army farmers forever & ever.
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  23. Right. But then the regime misses an opportunity to continue to demonize Brown foreigners, in general, and Muslims, in particular. Acknowledging a potential mental health problem like PTSD would be like recognizing the killer's humanity, and we couldn't have that. They must forever remain the proverbial "Other" so that American hatred and blame for our problems are targeted at Brown foreigners instead of at the asshole billionaires picking our pockets.
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  25. Wordle 1,621 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #899 🟩πŸŸͺ🟦🟨 🟩🟩πŸŸͺ🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸ™‚ Daily Quordle 1402 5️⃣4️⃣ 8️⃣6️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/
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