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  1. Too late to edit my post above, but if BYU beats Tech in the Big 12 championship game, I think both have a good case for inclusion and giving that conference two spots in the playoffs while lowering Texas’s chances of getting in at 9-3
  2. If BYU loses a second time to Tech in the CCG, they don't have a compelling argument to be included in the playoffs. In other words, they've definitively and emphatically proven they're not the best team in the country if they lose to the same team twice and, therefore, should not be stealing another team's spot. I could see that as being the committee's reasoning for excluding them when it comes to selection time.
  3. Arrogant ignorance is another way of putting it.
  4. This is what I could find: Iraqi singer deceived into joining Russian army Iraqi singer Hussein al-Turki appeared in a video on Saturday wearing a Russian military uniform, saying he had been misled into joining the Russian army—a case that coincides with Shafaq News reports documenting thousands of Iraqis recruited by Russian forces. Al-Turki said he had signed what he believed to be a four-month performance contract arranged by an Iraqi company in Baghdad’s Mansour district, complete with travel papers and a visa. After arriving in Russia, he was taken more than 16 hours from Moscow, had his phone confiscated, and was made to sign documents in a language he could not read. “I later discovered that I had been enlisted for a year of military service.” He said he pleaded to return to Iraq and even offered to pay his way back, but was told it was “out of their hands.” Al-Turki warned that other Iraqis are being deceived through similar contracts and false assurances. Under Russian law, foreign nationals fluent in Russian may enlist voluntarily, with monthly pay estimated between $2,500 and $3,000. Since the war began in 2022, more than 5,000 Iraqis are believed to have joined under coercion or misinformation. In an interview with Shafaq News on October 17, Russian Ambassador Elbrus Kutrashev said “thousands of Iraqis are ready to join the Russian army if given the chance,” a statement widely criticized as an attempt to justify foreign recruitment in violation of international law and Iraqi sovereignty. The Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights (IOHR) said the recruitment of Iraqis by foreign forces contravenes Article 9 of Iraq’s constitution, which prohibits the formation or operation of armed groups outside state authority.
  5. Performing poorly on the Monday morning puzzles should earn you a mulligan that allows you to go back to bed and hit the reset button on the week. Wordle 1,605 6/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #883 🟦🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙂 Daily Quordle 1386 7️⃣8️⃣ 4️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  6. This is very much along the lines that I've been thinking.
  7. I just checked HBO Max, and it doesn't look like they have it available. But the Internet Archive does appear to have all six seasons. https://archive.org/details/the-hitchhiker-s-1-6-complete
  8. I honestly don't believe this should be spoilered, but just in case:
  9. That final scene was...umm...slightly unexpected. I'm a little high, but I don't think I conjured that image all alone with my brain.
  10. The only word I could make fit after staring for a bit. Wordle 1,604 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #882 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙂 Daily Quordle 1385 8️⃣6️⃣ 4️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  11. Iowa has life. Just completed a 40-yarder and in Oregon territory. Oregon 15, Iowa 10 with 4:33 left.
  12. Have you ever made it out to Evie Mae's in Wolfforth? Think that's the BBQ place they were talking up -- heard it's fantastic. I need to check it out on my next trip up to Lubbock.
  13. It was comical. Bad snap sent the ball to the two. Iowa's QB batted it into the end zone, then tried but missed kicking it out of the back end. Then, as Oregon players were diving onto it, he successfully kicked it out. Of course, refs correctly called it a safety.
  14. Good game, guys. @Crockett @RecoveringAlcoholic Guns up.
  15. On Hwy 87 between Eden and San Angelo, you see the exact spot where the live oak end. Top of the hill, you've got them. At the bottom, there's a small copse and then nothing. It's not so dramatic on I-20, but east of Abilene, you see live oak. West of town, there aren't any.
  16. As a West Texan, I can address this. Draw a line from Wichita Falls to Del Rio, and anything west of that line is West Texas. It pretty much aligns with the part of the state where live oaks don't grow natively. Then, you've got the subregions. Concho Valley and the Edwards Plateau (around San Angelo), Big Country (around Abilene), Panhandle (Amarillo), South Plains (Lubbock), Permian Basin (Midland/Odessa), and Far West Texas/Trans-Pecos (west of the Pecos River).
  17. Wordle 1,603 3/6 🟨⬛🟨⬛🟩 🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #881 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙂 Daily Quordle 1384 4️⃣5️⃣ 6️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  18. I've focused mainly on posting from Reddit, as it allows videos to be played while embedded on Surly without requiring a jump to their site. There's also the advantage that they have a couple of dedicated subreddits for the conflict, so you get relevant content, as well as one that focuses on Ukraine in general. By checking these, you probably get 95% of the same stuff that's posted on Xitter without giving clicks to Elon's Nazi hellsite and without all the trolls. They're both pretty well moderated. My preferred subs for info are: https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/ https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/
  19. You can't assassinate the character of someone who's already committed character suicide.
  20. We all know our newest cars are spying on us, but this AP article links to how you can check to see what your car is doing by putting your VIN into this site: https://vehicleprivacyreport.com/
  21. Good investigative reporting on some of the Venezuelans killed in those boats: https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-boat-strikes-drugs-cocaine-trafficking-95b54a3a5efec74f12f82396a79617ea
  22. Wordle 1,602 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟩🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 @randomhorn Good job figuring out the order. I had a hard time deciding which one was supposed to be the most difficult. Connections Puzzle #880 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🙂 Daily Quordle 1383 7️⃣5️⃣ 6️⃣8️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  23. Wordle 1,601 4/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #879 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟦🟪🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🙂 Daily Quordle 1382 6️⃣8️⃣ 4️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  24. Yeah, my sister and her family have lived in Westminster since the early to mid-90s, and I've seen the process firsthand. Definitely jealous about that.
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