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Punkin Spunkin posted:Like sorry but the only scenario in which I'm worried about 2020 is if we decide AGAIN to run the 2nd most unpopular presidential candidate (Hillary) against the 1st most unpopular (Trump). I thought this kind of poo poo was beaten out of all of us when we started ordering gently caress-my-life shots at about 10pm on November 8th
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Sep 30, 2017 00:41
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I largely agree with Zogo's assertions, but the only thing is that Trump's base was already a minority that relied on a coalition of dissatisfied white middle class people and if he keeps being an idiot they'll want another change . That's my only opinion. Basketball: who do you guys think will have breakout years? I'm thinking Dejounte Murray will take a solid step forward given that TP is on Duncan minutes; Jamal Murray seems like he'll have a big year as the lead guard with Millsap and Jokic dominating in the front
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Sep 30, 2017 00:41
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Carlosologist posted:Basketball: who do you guys think will have breakout years? I'm thinking Dejounte Murray will take a solid step forward given that TP is on Duncan minutes; Jamal Murray seems like he'll have a big year as the lead guard with Millsap and Jokic dominating in the front Rodney Hood, partly out of necessity.
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Sep 30, 2017 00:43
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I think TJ Warren will have a break out year. He started off really hot but got sidelined with a mysterious head injury for nearly half the year. If he can hit 3’s at an average rate he’ll be unguardable.
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Sep 30, 2017 00:51
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Carlosologist posted:Basketball: who do you guys think will have breakout years? I'm thinking Dejounte Murray will take a solid step forward given that TP is on Duncan minutes; Jamal Murray seems like he'll have a big year as the lead guard with Millsap and Jokic dominating in the front Clint Capela, dunks for days off CP3/Harden lobs. He's slowly figuring out how not to foul every five seconds so I expect his minutes to tick up as well.
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Sep 30, 2017 01:13
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Alex Abrines about to make his name be known to y'all with how many easy 3s he's about to get
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Sep 30, 2017 01:16
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Would everyone shut the gently caress up about politics in the basketball thread and post a funny tweet or IG thanks 🙏
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Sep 30, 2017 01:16
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milk milk lemonade posted:Would everyone shut the gently caress up about politics in the basketball thread and post a funny tweet or IG thanks 🙏 heres a funny tweet https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/911610455877021697
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Sep 30, 2017 01:21
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milk milk lemonade posted:Would everyone shut the gently caress up about politics in the basketball thread and post a funny tweet or IG thanks 🙏 I'm straight and I would gently caress Brett Brown. https://twitter.com/meechone/status/913807747937906691
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Sep 30, 2017 01:22
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milk milk lemonade posted:Would everyone shut the gently caress up about politics in the basketball thread and post a funny tweet or IG thanks 🙏 no
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Sep 30, 2017 01:26
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Lmao Josh Jackson is a hot take specialist https://twitter.com/joelago/status/913825119503388672 I mean I get what he's saying but he should have realized that people were going to twist what he said
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Sep 30, 2017 01:35
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Carlosologist posted:
All the players on the Utah Jazz who will benefit from Rubio's sweet passes.
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Sep 30, 2017 01:41
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https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen/status/913462690617708544
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Sep 30, 2017 01:48
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New season we got this https://twitter.com/SacramentoKings/status/913876021278949376
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Sep 30, 2017 01:58
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how could i possibly forget that bogdanovic's twitter handle was "LeaderofHorde"
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Sep 30, 2017 02:06
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https://twitter.com/ForTheWin/status/913904302657126400 lmao at mr. quicken loans saying this.
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Sep 30, 2017 02:40
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leftist heap posted:Man these days you have to train practically from birth to be a pro athelete, even a bad one, while those hedge fund guys have an iron clad, bulletproof pipeline from birth to ivy league to MBA to banker with almost zero work on their part. A billionaire could put a potato through Harvard if they called it called it Skip Jr. Put this post in the unintentional irony hall of fame
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Sep 30, 2017 02:47
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Dexo posted:https://twitter.com/ForTheWin/status/913904302657126400 yeah but he makes sure to mention theres blame to go around on both sides. for instance, lebron should maybe try to not be black
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Sep 30, 2017 03:12
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"gotta see both sides" - a dolt
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Sep 30, 2017 03:28
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I know America is hosed for so many reasons but the idea of using an app to get a loan/mortgage/refinance your home is so loving hosed.
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Sep 30, 2017 03:36
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Dexo posted:https://twitter.com/ForTheWin/status/913904302657126400 Well at least he opens casinos in rust belt cities. Thank god that doesn't suck money out of the local community.
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Sep 30, 2017 03:42
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Official Harden commentary on the rule change https://www.instagram.com/p/BZo3fcdnjXh/ love that they used those old pinstripe jerseys for this chunkles fucked around with this message at 04:30 on Sep 30, 2017 |
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Sep 30, 2017 03:51
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Dexo posted:https://twitter.com/ForTheWin/status/913904302657126400 Dan Gilbert wakes up in the cold of night "oh my god....Lebron has been right about me all along"
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Sep 30, 2017 04:00
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BWV posted:I know America is hosed for so many reasons but the idea of using an app to get a loan/mortgage/refinance your home is so loving hosed. Why? Code is running a lot more important poo poo than finance approval.
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Sep 30, 2017 04:01
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milk milk lemonade posted:Why? Code is running a lot more important poo poo than finance approval. To me, computer security is a hilarious (terrifying) joke. There are a shitton of maladjusted or weird, smart people out there with a lot of inside knowledge of everyone's setup. If someone really wants in, they're getting in. Basketball content: How many NBA agents/teams will get caught up in this FBI sweep? Spite fucked around with this message at 04:13 on Sep 30, 2017 |
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Sep 30, 2017 04:09
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Spite posted:To me, computer security is a hilarious (terrifying) joke. This is something I imagine you'd overhear an old person say at a bank while they're waiting to annoy the teller because it's the only person they interact with anymore. Wtf are you talking about
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Sep 30, 2017 04:21
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To me it was more about a mortgage being a very significant commitment that should ideally be discussed with a professional human and not something that can be done while taking a poo poo.
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Sep 30, 2017 04:34
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Sep 30, 2017 04:39
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Spite posted:To me, computer security is a hilarious (terrifying) joke. At least with Arizona, it doesn't look like for all the money spent it has effectively pushed anyone into actually working with the financial guy doing the bribes, or his agency (the only person found to be with the company was Kaleb tarczewski, and with a sister agency), which is certainly strange. I'm too cynical to think that this doesn't mean there's some other layer that I'm missing, although it starts to go into the territory where Nike (and other shoe companies) is just straight up an illuminati-style company and not just a shoe company with quite a bit of influence. Like it certainly looks like Arizona is going to end up being relatively unscathed by all of this, as amazing as that sounds given the money involved.
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Sep 30, 2017 04:40
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If there's a worldwide reptile conspiracy, Nike is definitely part of it.
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Sep 30, 2017 04:45
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milk milk lemonade posted:This is something I imagine you'd overhear an old person say at a bank while they're waiting to annoy the teller because it's the only person they interact with anymore. Wtf are you talking about I mean, he's not wrong. It's not as bad as it was a decade ago, but MBAs usually don't pay attention to security till after the fact.
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Sep 30, 2017 04:54
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Carlosologist posted:I largely agree with Zogo's assertions, but the only thing is that Trump's base was already a minority that relied on a coalition of dissatisfied white middle class people and if he keeps being an idiot they'll want another change . That's my only opinion. No Jokic level obvious pick this year. Better Bogdan may be a RoY contender And yeah there was no working class republican surge. It was a media fairy tale from day 1
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Sep 30, 2017 05:00
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Spite is correct, the idea of "security" is pretty laughable. I'm no expert but the people who seem to care a lot about it say that. I'm just glad I'm not worth anything Make sure to two step your cat's instagram or a Russian will steal it
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Sep 30, 2017 05:35
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BWV posted:To me it was more about a mortgage being a very significant commitment that should ideally be discussed with a professional human and not something that can be done while taking a poo poo. My preferable time to make life changing decisions is on the bog, tbh.
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Sep 30, 2017 05:54
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Carlosologist posted:I largely agree with Zogo's assertions, but the only thing is that Trump's base was already a minority that relied on a coalition of dissatisfied white middle class people and if he keeps being an idiot they'll want another change. That's my only opinion. It's a definite possibility. It'll depend if enough people remember broken promises or if they forget what was said and latch onto whatever Trump is saying in November 2020. milk milk lemonade posted:Would everyone shut the gently caress up about politics in the basketball thread and post a funny tweet or IG thanks 🙏 Just a couple days back Poppovich said we needed to have a lot of political conversations and that it would be very uncomfortable. Punkin Spunkin posted:But neither you nor zogo are proving it's "true." Not liking the idea of it being false doesn't make it true. You're just asserting beliefs and clearly I disagree that some silent majority is being swayed for trump because athletes want to be publicly political. More like a loud minority. That can't be proven yet. I'm not saying it's definitely going to be true in this situation. It's a hypothetical and it's not outlandish as politicians can twist one thing into something else very easily. I'm saying that getting in a Twitter/media war with Trump is a bad idea as he's an expert in those areas and has decades of experience as an actor/TV star/celebrity. SA skews heavily D so most here are inoculated against his wiles but a lot of non-Ds are literally mesmerized and enamored by Trump's Twitter and television proclamations. It's easy just to call him names but he knows what he's doing (at least in terms of getting votes rather than policy and political capital) especially more than the average athlete in 2017 USA.
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Sep 30, 2017 06:10
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Charles Barkley on new schedule: “These poor babies can’t play back-to-back games” https://sports.yahoo.com/charles-barkley-schedule-poor-babies-114104592.html Henchman of Santa posted:The vast majority of people who put Trump in office are the same people who vote for anyone with an R next to their name. Liberal and left wing criticism of him is not what will get him re-elected. It's really just a matter of Democrats getting their poo poo together. Protest away, I say. Millions of people who voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012 voted for Trump in 2016. That's part of how he won. Punkin Spunkin posted:Like sorry but the only scenario in which I'm worried about 2020 is if we decide AGAIN to run the 2nd most unpopular presidential candidate (Hillary) against the 1st most unpopular (Trump). Any democrat in a suit could've beaten the man. I don't think Hillary has the gall, so I'm not about to start handwringing about athletes publicly protesting black men being murdered in the street by police officers It's hard for a political party to win three straight presidencies at the current time. It's a tougher sell. After eight years some of the base is disillusioned and the other party is invigorated. Obama had a very good shot of winning in 2016 if that was legal. I think there were people out there that could've done it but were suppressed for various reasons but saying "any democrat in a suit" is going really far. There are a lot of really unpopular democrats out there.
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Sep 30, 2017 06:18
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Zogo posted:
yeah, wrong https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2487 quote:The anti-Twitter sentiment remains high as voters say 69 - 26 percent that Trump should stop tweeting such an ~expert~ that everyone is indeed tired of him winning at twitter
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Sep 30, 2017 06:32
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Ghost Dog posted:yeah, wrong That's true but that's a different issue. I never said most Americans like his tweets. Only ~10% of Ds want him to tweet according to that poll. When it comes to election day I don't believe there will be many voters going into the booth saying "I was going to vote for Trump but he sent too many tweets." He's got tricks up his sleeve and will easily use the media again in 2020 if he wants. I do believe he'll continue using sports/celebrity feuds to stoke things as he's done WWE wrestling in the past. I remember last November and how much confusion, shock and disbelief there was when he won and it seems like it's already been forgotten and he's already being underestimated again.
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Sep 30, 2017 07:00
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Zogo posted:That's true but that's a different issue. I never said most Americans like his tweets. Only ~10% of Ds want him to tweet according to that poll. When it comes to election day I don't believe there will be many voters going into the booth saying "I was going to vote for Trump but he sent too many tweets." you keep painting a picture of some incredibly savvy news manipulator winning the media battle when its demonstrably false. its not a different issue. you said getting a tweet war with trump means he wins. it very, very, very clearly does not mean that since hes been in a tweet war with the entire nation this whole time and is losing support on every single front. i dont get how you can even think the most unpopular modern politician by far is some untouchable media demigod. it boggles the mind. you said this: Zogo posted:Yea, it's funny when these athletes take dumps on politicians but I don't think people realize that this kind of stuff solidifies bases and creates groundswells of support. All these people having their Twitter skirmishes/battles against mastermind Trump are playing his game and they're probably going to lose (if they want some 2020 D president). Some of Trump's polling numbers are going up in recent weeks. Uh oh. Zogo posted:
and yet quote:25 percent approve of his handling of race relations and his recent pardon of former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/nbc-wsj-poll-public-likes-trump-s-bipartisan-move-little-n803176 (the one i linked earlier has him at a downward trend on race relations as well and is more recent) i cant predict elections and im not gonna argue about why exactly we are in this situation despite the fact that everyone hates cheetoh hitler but the only actual metrics we have for what you are talking about all say the polar opposite of what you are. he is not spinning things in his favor, hes steadily losing support on every single issue he touches. it puts the lie to this idea that politically active athletes are somehow poisoning the well. i guess his "groundswell of support" is that 25% of people
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