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What if the people "left behind" become believers after May 21 and before October 21? Or did they find Revelation 22:22 written in invisible ink that read, "SORRY, NO RAINCHECKS!"

Sgt Hulka: "Son, there ain't no draft no more...."

I don't know about the second, but it does raise the issue of Survivor being something like Calvinball. It kind of sucks that the show runners seemingly can make things up on the fly to produce --- or at least gently nudge toward --- the outcome they want. Not having an understood set of rules for Redemption Island adds to the drama, sure, but it's like making a six-year-old play Monopoly for the first time without more than "Land on spaces and buy them" as instructions. The early seasons I saw were not nearly this convoluted.

Yeah, looks like Phillip's "crazy like a fox!" strategy has worked. If I were Rob, that would be my plan now too. Brilliant move by Phillip. Even if something else develops, they've ALL got to be wanting Phillip at their side in the finale. He may not have a snowball's chance with the jury after what he's pulled, but he'll be there and whatever odds he gets, it's better than zero. This was a good move by the Survivor execs. Otherwise it would've just been another week of knowing exactly who had the target on their back. This gets us right to the heart of the matter. Next week is a crucial time for Rob. I think Steve, like Stephanie did earlier on, planted a seed in tonight's tribal... Rob's screwed people over before; he'll smile right in your face while he's stabbing you in the back. But, it's going to be a question of how strong that Phillip-->Rob<--Natalie cohesive bond is. Rob put in all their minds over the past few weeks that Andrea is the first former Yellow on the chopping block, and this will probably provide some level of comfort. Should be an interesting Redemption next week, with 4 competitors, and who knows how many will be eliminated. Matt's whole schtick of 'I'm not sure' and then the next morning suddenly waking with a new perspective/plan, inspiration from God, etc. is now getting very irritating. He can compete in the challenges, yep, but his biggest failing in the game is not sticking to a plan, or being able to be trusted to do that. People who can't say what they mean and then do what they say are !@#$ useless.

I just watched the first two episodes of BB. Holy crap!

We've drawn down in Iraq, to near a level that's probably not going to drop significantly in the next 30-50 years. When do we stop calling it a war? Do we still count policing the DMZ in Korea as a war? Libya has been handed over to NATO. We still have troops in Bosnia. Do you count that as a war? I'll give you Afghanistan. I didn't read the context from Romney, so I won't comment on that.... But my brother has now done 5 tours there, most recently returning last fall. He said that things there are pretty much coasting, sergeants (he is a First Sgt.) are eying the calender and scaling back missions, basically making it a "war for cheese." After a surge last year, there just isn't the sense that we're going to turn the corner there... or that there is a corner to turn. Just doesn't seem we're making any progress --- at least the way the war has been prosecuted with one arm tied behind our backs --- and the longer we hold up Karzai's house of cards and corruption the worse we're going to look. I hate to say it, but if we continue doing what we've done, it doesn't seem like there's going to be a "win" there whatever your definition of that is.

+1. After what those little f--kers did in my uncle's attic, my neighbor's summer house (got in through his chimney somehow, tore up curtains, shredded carpet and broke nearly every dish in the place), my "bird" feeder, plus when they go over every inch of my garden and dig up seeds/roots, I have zero sympathy for these neurotic bushy-tailed rats. I take pot-shots with a small BB gun from time to time, which is enough faze, but it's not enough to kill.

I remember a handful of times that this organization bent over backward to get guys a bonus. The most recent being Fitzpatrick sitting out the last game of the year so he could preserve his completion % instead of lose it to a badweather game. Gailey et al. said it was to evaluate Brohm, and there was probably a little bit of "make sure Fitz doesn't have a major injury in a nothing game" ... but when Chris Brown interviewed Fitz before the game, there was a sheepish little grin. The FO wanted to kick a little bonus to show their appreciation. They've done this before to guys they think deserve it.

These will not be used for the draft. Per Chris Brown's blog:

Survivor video preview Matt seems on the verge of a breakdown, Phillip gets even crazier (is that possible?) and Jeff Probst introduces a mysterious bundle.

As much as DeMaurice Smith said yesterday that there shouldn't be any worry about liability issues, there've gotta be insurance liability issues. If a player gets hurt while training, then an injunction is granted while the owners' appeal is considered, then a team has themselves a headache. There's also probably issues with staffing, as the Bills have reduced staff, and staff hours during the lockout. One day (for a tentative ruling) is not warning enough to have people back at OBD.

To be accurate, they have a 0 percent chance of ever being used.

The Nike sets were confirmed at the time to be stylized sets and nothing more. Nike has little or no influence over teams' individual trademarks. The most they'll determine is some treatment of striping, etc. given the seams in the so-called "Pro Combat" jerseys. The last set was fan-created/-posted (one can tell it's not a professional imaging) on the Chris Creamer logo discussion site, based on the verbal descriptors from the Bills' press release, and judging by the screen caps, has turned out to be very nearly accurate (there appear to be several striping differences). It was not a leak, per se, no matter its level of accuracy. In fact, the poster added in the navy striping in a re-do after several of that board's users mentioned it. In retrospect, not adding the navy stripes, it would have been almost dead-on.

Well, it's not a moderator issue, it's a Terms of Service issue. The mods have enough to deal with, w/o having to tidy up after everyone. Copy your post and put it into the existing thread where this is already being discussed. Then click "Edit" on your original post and delete it. Case closed.

Minor nitpicks on them... A) Blue socks paired with blue pants (shown on Chris Kelsay in the middle of this picture of the screencaps) looks terrible. If they are dead set on blue pants, they ought to at least make a corresponding white sock set, as they used in the OJ era. It's too much white-top, blue-bottom. Should be more balanced. It would look even better to just go with white-on-white, as they've done the majority of time, even with the '02 set. Maybe only break out the blue pants for divisional away games. And for chrissake, don't even mention blue monochrome --- that might've been something with a red helmet, but with a white helmet, it'd look like complete crap. 2) Do the stripes on the pants match the stripes on the helmet? No clear image of the helmet. All in all, this is something you'd expect from a 96-year-old owner. Basically, getting things down from the attic, using some scissors here and there. Won't have to buy different sets of helmets, facemasks, stickers, stadium signage etc. But even for that, this is a decent set. Easily went from worst unis to top 10, if they use the right combinations. Well, according to what some players and teams were saying they'd be doing today after the ruling, I don't see why they'd need to wait for a new CBA, unless there is an injunction to continue the lockout until it's appealed. This may not have been entirely accidental. Sometimes, teams float a weather balloon. Take, for example, that new Wonder Woman show's promo pics --- the designers made several changes once the consensus online was that the initial set looked too much like a streetwalker with the light blue vinyl pants, and the absence of the trademark stars --- and the subsequent changes were very good. It can really help designers avoid that kind of off-putting/de-railing criticism before it's too late to make small changes on things they hadn't noticed were either there or missing.

A close friend from grade-->high school was in "Valkyrie" with him. They were living in the same area and drove to the set together. He wrote in an email that he nearly crashed a few times b/c Izzard would go into something until his eyes were watering from .

Nice catch, Fluffhead! Yep, those are gray facemasks. The only other way I would be able to explain would be EA doing a mash-up of a predictable look. I haven't seen the gameplay of Madden since '03, but I believe that since then, one can do a pick-and-choose for the uniforms in set-up from among current and historic garb. As such, the home set looks very much like the throwbacks, only with helmets from from the 70s-80s design. Even the socks are the ones used with the throwbacks. As for the road set, it doesn't have near as much detail.... It may just be a prediction on EA's part --- then again, they were the first leak of the '02 redesign --- but it's the first light in a dark room. If this is it, it doesn't look bad at all. I would be in favor of using white pants with the road jerseys. It's just a cleaner look, IMO.

George Will: Kansas Schools Prove Money Isn't Everything Much the same thing happening in Hartford and Bridgeport --- they've gone on an upward curve the last 20-30 years, spending almost 75% more than other cities/towns per student, and their test scores have actually gotten worse. The only thing that raising school budgets will guarantee is more money in administrators' pockets and graft, or $ spent on worthless projects or programs.

If everyone but the Cowboys hadn't been in kahoots on the motorbike challenge, it probably would've been a lot different. I also wonder what would've happened if Jet had stayed with Greg rather than taking off. That right there screwed them, but to their credit, they kept at it and almost caught the Globetrotters. As much as Zev and Justin labored over the fondue, Jet and Cord walked out of there with smiles. They knew they were done, and likely took that last challenge in, and took their sweet time. I really enjoyed their game. No surprise that they were a lot of peoples' favorites. Jet took the blame for having done badly on the bike thing, and Cord refused to let him accept it --- they entered as a team, they lost as a team. A man could do a lot worse than have people around him with that attitude. A lot worse, in this case, is Kent --- a whiny little B word of the first order. I don't harbor nearly as much resentment toward Vixen; she's been a tough cookie from the start. But a lot of the interest in watching this show now is going to be rooting for them to lose. I don't understand how anyone could be around him without punching him in the face every 20 minutes.

There's also three seasons of "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" on Netflix. I barely remember them from the early '90s.

I actually caught "The Impossible Astronaut" via earlier today. I realize The Doctor changes with each iteration --- that's a main part of the fun of the series --- and that David Tennant is gone. But I'm still trying to get used to Matt Smith as The Doctor, and having to gird up for the season-long arcs under Stephen Moffett (this opener seems to be going that way as well), as opposed to the more stand-alone episodes.

Yar! I've had to resort to meself, a'times! Netflix, unfortunately, doesn't carry everything. My most recent has been the current run of "Doctor Who." All caught up with it as of today. I might try "Breaking Bad" next.

I do remember contestants saying that after the reward challenge binges, it all went out really fast. I imagine that's especially the case for the greasier foods like the burgers Steve and Phillip had.

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Well, it's whitey getting it, so that doesn't count. Ask Reginald Denny. What's most sickening is the McDonalds employees who're just standing around watching it happen, and then realizing that this is probably what they've been trained to do.