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  1. Does anyone remember that bar on 6th street that served the huge beers and had TV's all around and would occasionally blare in super loud video clips that dovetailed perfectly to the next song, in a thematic manner?

    One of my favorite one of those bits was the Cliffhanger movie scene with Sly Stallone holding on to someone and watching the struggle and then right as the grip is loosened and the fingers slip....

    "AND IM FREEEEEEEE, FREEEEEE FALLIN'' at a volume of 11.

    That's peak Tim Petty to me.

  2. 13 hours ago, Ted Lange said:

    Only 5 episodes left.  

    This episode would’ve been fine if you were binging the season, but having to wait another week sucks 

    It was a fascinating concept and S1 was magical and can't take that away from us. But 5 episodes left is about right and it needs to be sunset. I guess @BrickHorn never came back from S2's huge drop as I'd like to hear her input.

  3. 14 hours ago, Bama Chick said:

    I’m not usually a complainer but

    STOP HUMANIZING NATE

    They did the heel turn and they’ve spent the last few episodes walking it back.

    I don’t care about Keeley and Jack or Sam’s restaurant.

    The only time I laughed was the dick tied to dick bit and the only time I got excited was when they scored that goal.

    I want my “Ted Lasso” to be “Ted Lasso” not some TGIF lesson of the week sitcom.

    A real letdown after last week.

    Yes, yes, yes. yes.

  4. 4 hours ago, Bullneck said:

    That's about what my "go to" answer is as well.  

    Meanwhile, most Rs seem comforted that he's and old white guy will confess to liking him (except the FJB types). And I think that's the plan.  America may be great but it won't be perfect.  It will take a while to turn the ship around.

    For as provocatively MAGA as some of you people appear to think I am, you'd be surprised at how neo-liberal I am in real life. When I'm around really ignorant MAGA people which is fairly often, I push back and find myself defending some liberal ideas and deriding conspiracy theories and ignorance,  and defending Biden especially. It sounds something like, "I didn't vote for the guy, but I'm pleasantly surprised with him and think he's done a heck of a job."

     

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  5. 1 hour ago, UpperWestside said:

    I think there is vindication on the level of disgust Butler had for his teammates in Minnesota. He was driven by winning and he had a team that was an absolute clownshow around him. The 76ers should have kept him. That was a colossal screw-up letting him go. 
     

    I said this in 2020, but Butler found an organization driven to win and one where he has guys around him that play the same way he does. Having Pat Riley running your organization should have been a big clue he’d fit in there. Very few superstars wind up in a perfect situation, but Butler found that with Miami. 

    Agree with the bolded. 

    And I've almost forgot he was a Sixer. That was a blip in my brain.

  6. 5 minutes ago, Bullneck said:

    ^^^ Out of curiosity, what would get an A+ from you?

    I mean, this is the best time we've ever lived in. Getting better all the time despite bitching about things. Corona time was still wonderful for my family and me, despite missing friends and other activities.  

    Maybe it’s a him problem, and not the world around him?

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  7. 16 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

    Europe was digging itself out of the ashes of WWI

     

    Entire world except US and South America was digging itself out of the ashes of WWII

     

    As mentioned above, thanks Obama

     

    I would venture to say America in the 90's was as strong or stronger than today.  Thanks, Bill. 

     

    Man, I'm seeing a trend with which party has America kicking ass on a regular basis.

    You'll get no disagreement from me. Outside of the whole Monica Lewinsky affair, he was the perfect president.

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  8. Twitter is backing out of a prior agreement, made before Elon Musk's tenure, which committed $20 million to smaller VCs. 

    The social media giant, historically known for supporting venture capital firms, recently shifted its focus towards backing underrepresented founders. However, under Musk's leadership, these VCs will no longer receive the previously committed $20 million in funding from Twitter.

    VC heads backed by Twitter received a note in January, indicating that the team previously managing their accounts had been disbanded following Musk's takeover. Musk's team have reached out to some VCs, but Twitter no longer intends to fulfill outstanding financial commitments and expects the firms to secure their own funding.

  9. 5 minutes ago, Hefeweizen said:

    Sorry you live in such a fucked up world.  Mine is great.  Best I’ve ever lived in.  Getting better all the time despite bitching about things. Corona time was still wonderful for my family and me despite missing friends and other activities.  The 2008 to 2011 recession sucked Chrissy Donkey Cigar balls.
     

    Maybe it’s a you problem, and not the world around you?

    Sports gif. Though the fans behind him seem amused, Stephen A. Smith is not. He rolls his eyes and turns his head away from the person he was talking to.

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  10. 15 minutes ago, Hefeweizen said:

    The roaring twenties.  Before any protection for laborers, prohibition, limited voting rights, no environmental protections, no safe drinking water?  Get the fuck out of here with that stupidity.  Are you longing for time before antibiotics too?  What a Dumas.

     

    And the 50s?  Again, go look at the waters in our country at the time, untold damage was being done with no checks at all.   Ohio and the Cuyahoga say hello.

     

    I could go with 2005 because of VY.

    Do you realize that you could pick out the problems from every year or decade? The premise was that today America is in better shape than it's ever been and I don't think that is accurate. From a sociological (we all hate each other, mostly), political (again, we all hate each other and our democracy is in bad shape), or psychological (we kill each other and have kids dying in schools literally every other day with mental health issues that are more out of control than typhoid or polio ever posed).

    But there is some privilege in my thinking the '20 and '50s were great-- if you are a BIPOC or LGBQ you probably don't want to be anywhere before 1988 (as Louis C.K. said).

    The 2010-2020 decade (pre-Covid) is better in almost every respect than today, for my money. Covid broke us.

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  11. 42 minutes ago, tokamak said:

    I think he beats Trump pretty easily. On the flip side, I think DeSantis would be favored over Joe. The age thing will be a big issue, and honestly I don't think that's out of bounds. How many people in their mid-80s do you know who are energetic and 100% sharp?

    I guess nobody trusts Kamala to get it done? I don't know a ton about her, but she must be a dud behind the scenes or something.

    I think you are right and that Biden cruises for another 4. I think he will have to pick a strong VP this go, however, because at the age and the stress of the job, the concern has to be a natural passing while in the seat.

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  12. 35 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    Point to a time that America was better than today? For some reason, it's become cool to say America sucks.

    And don't point to 1950 when the rest of the world was either 100 years behind us or rebuilding from war. We can't stop other countries from growing and succeeding, and that isn't a bad thing.

    Roaring '20's

    50's postwar

    2010-2020 (not sure the name of that decade)

    Off the top of my head.

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  13. 13 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    Biden wins running away. Overall America has never been better or stronger than it is today. 

    I don't discount that some people are struggling. But there is also someone always struggling. It's impossible for 100% of the population to be thriving. Biden should acknowledge that the inflation was a nature consequence of long term policies from 2008-21. Maybe even before 2008.  It's unfortunate but the economy is resetting and going in the right direction.

    I agree he wins in a landslide, but to the bold:

    Happy Excuse Me GIF

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  14. Homeless looking Jaimie Foxx can ball. Good for him, but better and funnier are play-in teams (Lakers & Heat) winning their series with 4-1 gentlemen sweeps.

    Goes to show you the regular season is broken.

  15. 1 hour ago, Mo Horn said:

    Wall Street Journal: Bud Light owner places two execs on leave after transgender influencer backlash

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/24/business/anheuser-execs-on-leave

    The VP of Marketing who concocted this idea and the CMO were put on leave-- the company tried to make it sound like they voluntarily took a leave of absence, but reports from WSJ make it sound like they are being quietly fired.

    Probably because "The boycott appears to be having some effect on business. According to Beer Business Daily, Bud Light sales fell 10.7% the week ended April 8, while shares in rival Molson Coors appear to have gotten at least a short-term lift."

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    “Given the circumstances, Alissa has decided to take a leave of absence which we support,” an Anheuser-Busch spokeswoman said in an email. “Daniel has also decided to take a leave of absence.”

    The decision to take a leave wasn’t voluntary, according to people familiar with the matter. AB InBev named another executive to replace Ms. Heinerscheid.

     

    I can see it from both sides here from a business perspective:

    • It's a declining brand and so you are attempting to broaden your demographics and buying personas and think you increase your total addressable market by appealing to young people, progressives, etc. who have never or rarely been your paying customers.
    • On the other hand, you are a lifestyle brand with an entrenched and passionate core identity of lower-middle-class/poor people and your billion dollar marketing machine should have enough data and analytics to show you that this would be a horrible, horrible idea.

    At the end of the day to grow and transform, you have to take business risks. People rise and fall everyday in corporations taking risks, this is just a really visible one. In fact, if it weren't so visible and political, I'd argue these folks would probably get a raise and promotion for taking the risk and failing rather then being pushed out, but alas.

  16. 17 hours ago, Satchel said:

    I’m feeling the need to think and pray.

    The producer found out 10 minutes before it happened.

    Also Fox News stock was down 3% yesterday on the news, which is awesome and funny-- but even more so when you consider it dropped harder on this news than even the Dominion 787mm settlement news.

  17. 15 minutes ago, UpperWestside said:

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    I was an early-adopter to this Memphis team (was in Memphis at least once a week for work a ton pre-Covid and even thought of getting a small block of season tickets Ja's rookie year), but the past year or so I'm completely over them and now root against them. Completely unlikeable in attitude and behavior, IMO.

    Rooting for Lebron over anyone is hard to get me to do, but here we are.

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