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UpperWestside

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  1. Great point here. No one can, with any degree of accuracy, say how America and the world will look in a decade. Too many unknowns. The best you can do is attempt to use history as a guideline for what can possibly happen and how we all should react to the changes we will have to deal with. If you told Hitler in the summer of '33 that by the summer of '43 his cities would be getting bombed day and night he would not have believed it. Americans especially would not have believed their boys were the ones doing much of the heavy lifting of sending bombers over the Reich. Again all you can do is prepare and attempt to anticipate changes. The only thing I know for sure is that fascism does not work in the long haul. How long that is I do not know, but I do know it will fail. You just hope that America and the rest of the countries on this planet haven't all gone to war again by the time it does fail.
  2. Just got back. Watched it in 4DX and it definitely made viewing it a whole bunch of fun. I don’t like every movie in this format, but they nailed it with this one. I had the same feeling leaving this movie that I did after Superman. It made me feel good and hopeful. More of these movies from Marvel and DC please. Just a great film. Loved Pascal’s character. Nothing bad to say about any of them. I’d also like The Silver Surfer to teach me a bit about being a better surfer when she has some free time.
  3. Can I blame Mexicans for not moving en masse to Hawai’i so I can enjoy some great Mexican food?
  4. I think you know. They were “forced” to do this.
  5. I think the finding out process has started already. Running off world class professors and researchers means you will now see students look elsewhere to go to school. Really sad time for the United States and schools like UT that are seeing a brain drain because 80 million clowns decided to elect one.
  6. That seems really problematic.
  7. Odds on him attempting to have Trey and Matt arrested sit at a greater than zero chance now. No way he doesn't find out about this. I mean, wow, that was a Shohei Ohtani sized homerun of an episode.
  8. I'll be there this fall for about a month exploring the country. Looking forward to it.
  9. This is not true and for the reasons stated by 956.
  10. I am so glad she chimed in with that. Perhaps off the top the NBA can recoup some of their investment. Let’s give them back 60 million which is five years worth of financial support. Now split the money from there. The NBA wouldn’t do that because it’s a pittance compared to what they haul in, but thinking all of a sudden these players will just get to take in 200 million when only one player is getting them attention right now is silly. Bueckers will be her own cash cow for the league soon enough, but not yet. The team owners can basically let them hold out and strike if they want. They are not in any kind of position to be making demands yet. Not that these women understand they need to have long-term thinking. I expect them to make ridiculous demands, go on strike and then come back to an owner-friendly deal due to their lack of planning this stuff out for the long-haul.
  11. I want the league to succeed, BUT I hope the cash infusion/actual positive revenue flow happens AFTER most of these clowns are out of the league. I wish reporters would hammer them after every game and really drive home the point that the minority of people watching this league are fans of someone other than Clark or the Fever. Without Clark this league stays forever attached to the monetary infusion from the NBA. Nobody is tuning in to see these jealous clown frauds. I hope Clark sits out until the playoffs so we can once again get a reminder that Clark is the SOLE REASON for the attendance and ratings jump. These players are just not bright. This isn’t just jealousy. This is flat out stupidity with zero ability to read the room or the financials for that matter. Demanding money that is not there yet and then still trashing the only reason you have a shot at being financially solvent for the first time in league history is very on brand for this league.
  12. Yep nothing more than that. He’s throwing everything against the wall to see what sticks.
  13. This is a movie I am not certain I want to see. I personally feel that I do not want to re-live any COVID-era stuff just yet. Seeing the massive loss of life up close in NYC is probably why I am reluctant to watch a movie dealing with COVID even though we are more than five years out from when it began.
  14. I have followed his career since he left Lancaster to go play for Flower Mound Marcus. He has never been a player I have cared much for. Unless he pulls a 2020 Rondo this is a wasted roster spot. The only guys that have ever suited up for the Purple and Gold I did not root for were Smush Parker and Chris Mihm. I remember the Lakers getting Mihm and he put up an age 25 stat line almost identical to the one Vlade Divac had when he was THIRTY-FIVE. Mihm wasn’t a winner and was soft. Smart has an edge about him, but never learned to shoot. I‘ll root for Smart, but only until he inevitably crashes and burns.
  15. Well for sure they did. Elgin Baylor spent weekends serving his country while playing. Guys made very little and worked in the off-season in regular jobs in football and basketball especially. Something that I live by in life is that I hope I do something to make the lives of people and generations I will not be alive to see, better. Some of these players need to adjust their thinking to something similar. They may not reap a financial windfall, but they are laying the groundwork for future generations of players and perhaps revenue growth will help them in their later years with a better pension and healthcare. The instant gratification mindset never leads to long-term stability.
  16. I want these women to get paid. The league is on the precipice of being financially solvent for the first time in its three decade history. The players need to remember that in order to get substantially more money in their contracts they have to e to generate more revenue. The old heads on their way out of the league will grumble that they never got what they deserved, but honestly I do not care. This league is so close to better paydays, but they still have to see an uptick in revenue far past the break even point before they get paid.
  17. I love seeing that. Got up and finished the dunk with minimal effort. The faster the WNBA gets players like that the better.
  18. Saw the final episode of Vera this week. Took me awhile to get around to it, but it ended in a really good place. Brenda Blethyn is such a great actress and that she was still doing this show while approaching 80 is pretty cool. I kind of hope they might think about doing with this show what they did when Inspector Morse ended way back when and make a show about the co-star. The cast all work well with each other so I'm in if they decide to do it. The next to last episode of Vera had Kevin Whately in it as a retired DI. Whately was the co-star in Inspector Morse and later the star of Inspector Lewis. I didn't recognize him at first as he was 10 years older than when I last saw him. Kinda cool to include him though at the end of Vera's run.
  19. Grave pissing tour addition right there.
  20. I’ll be honest. I had no idea who this man was before earlier this week. That’s mostly just because I don’t pay a whole lot of attention to much in the way of pop culture and whatnot. I found him to be funny. I know this is from fours years or so ago, but this bit made me laugh because it seems like something that’d actually happen in real life in this timeline.
  21. A guy who can't shoot (Has never been his strength) and is on the wrong side of 30 will be expected to come in and do what exactly? Take passes from Luka and have the fans reliving the days of Westbrook when fans were yelling at him not to shoot? This is a guy who is cooked. Unless he goes back in time about 5 or 6 years this will not end well.
  22. The take no responsibility for my actions and instead blame the band statement. Yeah this is a garbage person who has definitely cheated many times if we go by the person who used to report to him at another company.
  23. Every time I see that name I now hear it in the voice of one of the characters from a recent Japanese movie called Perfect Days who asks who Van Morrison is.
  24. The tact I will take here is that at least Derka has a space where he can let out things that are annoying or frustrating. It’s not that big a deal I think. It pales in comparison to the football board whining and gnashing of teeth during the season. I rarely visit the football forum during that part of the year. @Derka I say that only to say to enjoy the day you were given. A lot of people did not wake up yesterday to get the chance to enjoy another day, but you did. I know you understand that mentality, but a reminder never hurts for all of us at times. Seeing something that you don’t appreciate or like, well, a good course of action is to just change the channel. I don’t watch things I don’t enjoy so I completely skip the Bobby Hurley experience during basketball season. You think UT basketball was rough with Rodney Terry, hoo boy, have I got a coach for you to hate watch. I think you bring a whole lot of passion to the basketball board especially. None of this is worth getting annoyed about, but it’s cool to let off some steam here when you do feel that way.
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