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    All roads lead to Putin

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

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    19 hours ago, Doc said:

     

    Right.  That they felt emboldened under Obama and Biden is just a coincidence.  :rolleyes:

    The Nuge!!!  I think we need a 'centrist' party in this country, a third party if you will.  Not a far left party, not a far-right party, just a damn party looking out to make the middle-class the most important part of American aspirations.   

     

     

    All roads lead to Putin

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

    Posted

    19 hours ago, Doc said:

    Meanwhile the World is falling apart because the US is weak under Biden's leadership.

    That's funny because I just watched Western firepower absolutely decimate everything the Iranians, who are supplying Putin, flung at Israel. 
     

    The US military was a part of that... and even Jordan and Saudi Arabia.  
     

    I'd have to imagine 'weak old Biden' signed off on that resounding success, no?

     

    So with whom is the US weak nowadays- Russia and China, and exactly how in your estimation?


    Maybe we'd be stronger if we cow-towed to the next Kim Jung *****?

    Deeldo... thank you autocorrect...

    Dark Side of the Moon

    in Off the Wall

    Posted

    Mostly sorta back on topic... thinking about Dark Side made me wonder about common sounds/feels between some Floyd albums over about a 6 or so year span.  One of These Days has a similar feel to other albums, so I was checking out which albums Alan Parsons Produced.   Turns out he Produced exactly zero Pink Floyd albums.  Well, now you know. 
     

     

    I liked this article- a bit of stuff I've always wondered about, and a bit of stuff I never knew about

    https://longreads.com/2020/09/03/shelved-pink-floyds-household-objects/

    Dark Side of the Moon

    in Off the Wall

    Posted

    Bad car!  My brother bought his off some German tourists who got it to road trip across the US- I think they were fellow skydivers he met at his drop zone (my bro's a nut haha)

     

    I was 16 at the time and he was going to just give me the car, but my folks wouldn't let me have it!  %#***%ng Ralph Nader

     

    SuperCool cars!   Shoot- now I'm thinking I want to get one.  hmmm

    Dark Side of the Moon

    in Off the Wall

    Posted

    16 hours ago, Gugny said:

    A masterpiece, indeed. 
     

    When I bought my first CD player (1986), this was my first CD purchase. 

    My older brother took me on a ride down Pacific Coast Highway in his '63 Corvair convertible and bought me The Doors as my first CD- I'd gotten a Sharp CD boombox a day or two before- that thing was a tank... and many thanks to my brother- great day!

     

    On Floyd, I'm more of a Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict fan, myself.  )

    Diggs traded to Texans for picks

    in The Stadium Wall

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    5 minutes ago, finn said:

    This is a fair take. Beane didn't know Jefferson would be there, or no one knew he'd be such a good player. The trade paid off, no question. You can't fault him for extending him in 2022, either. Diggs was coming off multiple stellar years and was 29. 

     

    No, I would say the big error Beane made re wide receivers was deciding Gabe Davis could be WR2. He used a fourth rounder to move up in the first to take Elam that he could have used to trade up for George Pickens in the second round. Sure, hindsight, but a lot of people had high grades on Pickens, including Greg Cosell, who thought he'd be a perfect complement for Diggs. That would have put Davis in the WR3 role, which is much better suited to his abilities.  

     

    I may be wrong, but I suspect Beane may have been on tilt after KC leapfrogged him to take McDuffie. An icy-smart move, to use your phrase, would have been to step back and see the big picture. Instead of paying a lot for a CB who is talented but doesn't fit your scheme, you find your corner elsewhere and take a true WR2.

    I think we're basically saying the same thing.  I finished with saying I'd like to see him going after the more solid picks over chasing the windmills.  
     

    One thing, which I think gets overlooked in scouting when compared to 'potential' and 'athletic talent' is spatial awareness.  There's no measure, but it can be spotted, and those are the players who'll be in the league for a long time.  And put an emphasis on those who expect to win. 

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    Diggs traded to Texans for picks

    in The Stadium Wall

    Posted

    I'm more a fan of the emotional side of football, but I get the way Beane played GM on this one.  All of it was a gamble because we could have had JJ, but getting a proven NFL stud on a career-prime deal, helping your young QB with a known quantity, and only dropping 20 or so spots years later to do it is icy-smart.  It won't always work, and we have zero SB appearances to show for it, but it's still good math. 
     

    Whatever he does with the draft, etc., I really want to see an emphasis on spatial awareness and longevity- I'm kinda tired of the lotto tickets.  
     

     

    The 60's Music... or Crazy Purple Things

    in Off the Wall

    Posted

    On 4/3/2024 at 4:25 AM, BillsPride12 said:

    I just read an article in the paper about how the Woodstock Museum is currently working on a project where they are traveling around and meeting face to face with people who attended Woodstock to compile an oral history catalog on first hand experiences.  It's important they do this now because that population is starting to age out and they want to separate facts v.s. myths while they still can.  Pretty cool stuff.

    I don't trust Mark Zuckerberg, and commerce in general, to not completely screw this up (and copyright the screwed up experience), but one of these days there's going to be a Woodstock Experience Simulator. 

    Is there anything you think was bad or cheesy you remember fondly?

    in Off the Wall

    Posted

    I mean, good call on starting this with Sagat.  I think he's absolute garbage, but I appreciate your fond memories- nobody can take those from you. 
     

    I'm basically not very good at cheese- I identify cheese, and it's pretty well locked out for good, but there are exceptions, and the Enchanted Water Show at Enchanted Forest (somewhere around Salem, Oregon) is one of them.  
     

    To place the scene, you walk into the most budget-friendly food option of Oregon's finest amusement park.  The park is based on non-copyrighted fairytales- think, Old Mother Hubbard and Humpty Dumpty.  Beyond some crazy ish, it's got a very respectable log-ride, tiny but fun coaster and a bad-ass haunted house.
     

    Everything about it is terrible... except, it's not- it's kinda fun having to crawl though the various nursery rhymes...

     

    Without a doubt, though, the worst attraction in the park has got to be the Enchanted Water Show... except it's my favorite thing there.  )
     

    So you walk into the cheapest place to eat in the park and get your mediocre burger, served by very sweet pimply folks, and sit down for the entertainment- with your packets of French's mustard in hand. 

     

    I've only been here as an adult, but I'm just somewhere between blown-away, and in love

     

     

    The 60's Music... or Crazy Purple Things

    in Off the Wall

    Posted · Edited by BringMetheHeadofLeonLett

    On 3/18/2024 at 4:06 AM, muppy said:

     

    Somewhere around 1990 I got to see Roger McGuinn guest artist at a Tom Petty show at the Pacific Amphitheater.

     

    The show was already fantastic, then the 'special guest star' shows up onstage... McGuinn with Petty!!

     

    He's got his 12 string Rickenbacker and they bust this one out, straight out of the gate

     

     

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