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The mudarators must not think so.

Neither ... just a bit of ciphering ... Or for those in the gifted and talented class that mix math with the arts, the Ernest T. Bass math method ...

Dude, I was the smartass 5th grader that asked the engineers at some kind of idiotic public relations meeting at the elementary school at the foot of that dam, "Didn't the only other earthen damn like this in Italy burst?" Heard that question from some of the old Man's buddies at the local tavern, btw. Surprisingly, the Army Corps of Engineers guy explained to me just why it wasn't like the damn in Italy that had burst. The life lesson I learned was that I should spend as much time at the local tavern as I could. True wisdom was to be found there. Been following it to the letter ever since.

I think the Ahole theory has more plausibility, if it weren't for the fact that I'm #7, I'm clearly a bigger Ahole than that.

Don't sell me short, I'm quite an A-hole!

Dude - you're a No 1. I'm part of the autonomous collective. I am being repressed. I'm just a 6.

I was hoping it was my GID Deputy badge number. 'There'll be no mollycoddling! At the first sign of trouble, we've got to NIP IT IN THE BUD!'

Did anyone see the stands at Bristol on Sunday? Very sad to see that place empty.

If I was #2 I'd try harder.

Your A-hole rating? I notice you’re number 1.

This is incredible. Dwayne has always in a class act, especially in a league where that seems to be so rare. To see someone use his talents and gifts off the court and out of the spotlight is awesome. https://www.barstoolsports.com/viral/apparently-budweiser-wants-everyone-to-cry-today-over-this-dwyane-wade-commercial

An amazing tribute and an amazing person. I never really followed him on the court as I'm not a basketball fan, but always noted that he seemed to show up in my news feeds for non-basketball stuff. Those impacts that he had seem to produce additional ripples as well that will hopefully continue to be passed on.

Well, the Taliban have proven to be a more diffficult adversary to fully vanquish. But in terms of fighting for an evil or bad cause, I'd say that they were pretty comparable. You are not suggesting that the Confederates were the "good guys"? The "MAGA" thing is like the three fingers down "OK" sign thing. Neither is inherently racist. But, unfortunately, both have noe been adopted by white supremist in the U.S. and internationally as a means to make winking references to each other. They are good for that purpose because they carry plausible deniability, as there are (obviously) people who flash that particular OK sign and who wear "MAGA" hats who are not white supremists. Once a person who is not a white supremist has become aware that these hate groups have co-opted the MAGA hat for their movement, it is difficult for me to understand why that person would continuing to wear one, in the same way that I'd have a difficult time understanding why a non-fascist would display a swastika symbol after the Nazis had gone and "ruined it" for everyone.

It caught flak early on because it was launched with talk of exclusion and general attacks FROM the candidate himself.

LOL.......

Is this less triggering?:

Not Fake news: 🤣 They also tend to sustain damage when they touch their shadow without the landing gear down.....

Well, there is a LOT of competition here. 🤣

Agreed, you should rank higher under the Ahole theory...as should I. This is all about repression, though. The "1"s are part of the violence inherent in the system and not part of the autonomous collective we "6"s and "7"s belong to. "Help, Help, I am being repressed!"

Dunno' for sure, but my basic assumption is that the "6"s are either sexual panthers like me or.... (Thinking you might enjoy this reference Muda.....formative for me..."I am not a number....")

Well.....no surprises here. Always knew I was a good dude.....just ask me.

Somebody passed away this year associated closely with Roncalli LAX (just catching up on a lot of these threads....I have lot of people I owe a duty to retrospectively piss off). Hope he wasn't "The Godfather". I know their head coach literally had an on-field heart attack last year...and was coaching a few days later. That said, Roncalli LAX games (whom I LOVE personally as our Brother South Archdiocese counterpart....seriously do....) have been the most difficult games I have participated in as a scorer these last 11 years. Largely difficult because my fellow scorers from Roncalli scream, shout and are confrontational to all....including officials. Really bums me out as the laid back Hippy Dude you have long known me to be (IO, you know how much of a Dylan fan I am....never heard of Waylon). Really bums me out as regards Roncalli....did I tell you how much I usually love Roncalli? Just hoping those Roncalli scorer's kids have graduated since most others who score lacrosse games on the other team generally are current lacrosse parents. I actually had to tell the Roncalli scorer last year essentially to STFU. But, outside of Roncalli, most all of them keep their trap clamped. Yeah, I am generally not a big fan of scorers from HSE or Cathedral either.....but it might have something to do with the 10 foot stick up their rear ends as they look down on the rest of us proles. Carmel folks are generally act like sharecropper's kids in comparison to the HSE and Cathedral folks. I can deal with condescension. Still, kind of have to bite my tongue though, since apparently AS HSE or Cathedral parents, no doubt, ALL of their kids will also be HS All-Americans or will start in 3 NCAA Sweet 16s (or most likely...graduate and simply go to IU praying to get into the Kelly School...used to be the business school back in the day like most any idiot like me could even attend....but....today...THE KELLY SCHOOL....wow...) - IO, think you MIGHT have been there as regards this sort of experience. I, personally, haven't had a kid play HS lacrosse these last 5 years....still scoring games though. Being the total bourbon-infused pro you know me to be. Okay...…………done venting. Maybe I need to stop scoring these games.

Thanks for sharing. What an inspirational story and reminder of family and what is really important.

Thank you for sharing this Lysander, very cool. I say that prayer before each game, and I still hear Coach Shine saying it as I do. Prayers to the Warren family and the BC family.

Every Class got 10 votes for a total of 60. 12 votes went to other players and 1 coach did not vote. Did we ever hear who got the other 12? I would assume Lindauer got some, especially from that 3A/4A mix, but that is just a hunch. If we want to mention voting advantages, 32 teams in 6A have 10 votes, while 64 teams in 1A get 10 (same for classes 2-4A). The largest class already has over-representation in voting. It does bother me that Mr. Football played 58/60 HS games against 1A and 2A competition. I would have enjoyed watching him play bigger schools, but it's nothing to hold against him. To echo Lysander, I don't much sleep over the Mr. Football "Thing."

He's probably still on a bender caused by the depression of the GID crashing.

So you are saying that you will receive an amount of Social Security benefits only equal to what you originally paid in via compulsory payroll deductions, perhaps with a small bit on interest? https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2013/feb/01/medicare-and-social-security-what-you-paid-what-yo/ Government entitlement program. End of story.

Go ahead, gonzo, man up and throw out the word. We all know it is going to be 'hypocrite'. My response: I may fight against these government "functions" you love so much, but as long as I am forced by law to participate in them I will utilize the "benefits", even though I fervently believe most if not all of these "benefits" are not legitimate functions of the federal government under the U.S. Constitution.

https://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/10161/18113/Munger and Villareal Published version 2019.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y As I said before, reduce the size and power of government over many aspects of the economy (regulations, licensing, etc.) and you will reduce the size and power of crony capitalism.

As long as that "deal" doesn't require or depend on some exiting or new government regulation/law/etc. I don't see that issue. So if this "deal" requires say, that a local government body grants a tax-abatement (a popular thing these days), to me that is crony capitalism.

https://www.newsweek.com/venezuelans-desecrate-cemeteries-graves-sell-human-remains-valuables-economy-1274134 Yay for socialism.

Ocasio-Cortez Is A Fraud Through And Through: https://www.dailywire.com/news/45749/knowles-ocasio-cortez-fraud-through-and-through-daily-wire

Isn't this what Social Security programs do?

Umm, that would be you Gonzo, not I. And again, nice try at a dodge.