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Got QB yesterday. Started early, put it aside most of the day and went back late at night to finish it. 

This may be worthy of a groan, too.   But more on that later, perhaps.

Clint van Gogh

DaveSchmidt said:

On January and February Saturday afternoons in the ’70s, I had almost as much fun following the antics of coaches like Lou Carnesecca at St. John’s, Rollie Massimino at Villanova and Jim Valvano at Iona on the sideline as I did watching the action on the court in locally televised, pre-Big East college basketball games.

Nobody, including Bob Knight, wore a sweater better.

Lou Carnesecca, St. John’s Basketball Coach With 526 Wins, Is Dead at 99 (NYT gift link)

I was at SJU his last year and worked in the Financial Aid Office. He would stop by every now and then. He was such a nice guy. RIP.

Turkeys know a safe place to visit during Thanksgiving is my garden.

The_Soulful_Mr_T said:

Watching Season 2 of The Diplomat with Keri Russel and Rufus Sewell. Enjoying it, maybe more than Season 1. Lots of good, complex characters. 

I just finished season 2- agree that it’s better than Season One.  The season ending episode is fantastic!

paulsurovell said:

Remind me again of who Musk has banned on X and who he has muted.

Musk has supported politicians who threaten free speech, but so do lots of Democratic politicians.

Musk is doing climate mitigation in a big way that has broad society-wide effects. Try to take off your cancel-culture blinders for a moment and read this:

5.3 million accounts suspended in the first half of 2024 alone, but you knew that.

You also know that X has a higher compliance rate now when governments request info on its users than it did before Musk bought Twitter, which was kind of the subject of this thread, and it's not really a surprise because X is no longer a private company, it is government now.

terp said:

I think its important to remember...

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Have you no shame?

At all?

On January and February Saturday afternoons in the ’70s, I had almost as much fun following the antics of coaches like Lou Carnesecca at St. John’s, Rollie Massimino at Villanova and Jim Valvano at Iona on the sideline as I did watching the action on the court in locally televised, pre-Big East college basketball games.

Nobody, including Bob Knight, wore a sweater better.

Lou Carnesecca, St. John’s Basketball Coach With 526 Wins, Is Dead at 99 (NYT gift link)

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jamie said:

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jamie said:

The sky is blue - do you need a source?

I need a source for the material you posted. 

LOL - why?

Why are you so reluctant to give me the source?  This has been a pattern recently.

Actually, just give me the source.  

Can you not google "Robert Mueller report pdf"?

https://www.justice.gov/storage/report_volume1.pdf

https://www.justice.gov/storage/report_volume2.pdf

Or "senate report on russian meddling in 2016 pdf" ?

Does everything need to be pre-digested in video form?

There is no evidence of Russian collusion/involvement/compromise, etc.  in the Muller report. 

If you wrote that you were unconvinced by the evidence, that'd be one thing. But to say that there is no evidence shows that you did not read the report.

marksierra said:

An interesting read - Why do we kiss, and where has it come from?

The evolutionary origin of human kissing -
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/evan.22050

Further discussion on the subject from The Guardian -
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/dec/01/why-do-we-kiss-i-am-not-sure-we-have-anything-close-to-an-explanation

You must remember this
A kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh.
The fundamental things apply...

It seems to be something some animals do. I'm not sure if a cat licking your cheek or mouth, is a kiss but dogs also consider it a sign of affection. Birds go beak to beak, although feeding is tossed in and not sure if that qualifies. 

Is this a kiss? You have to admit it's very deer.