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Wisconsin D really played well in their win over LSU. They held a top 5 LSU to only 2 3rd down conversions; only gave up one score and a total of roughly 25o yards. They looked good. Nice win for the Big Ten, and a fair-minded program..

Spotlight. Watched this movie recently on instant Netflix. It covers the Boston newspaper that exposed the decades-long child abuse within Boston's Catholic priesthood. I thought the acting and casting were good, Michael Keaton played a good Boston newspaper man.. and also thought the movie did...

Amen. Good to have you back CS..

I haven't seen many of the recent comic book movies.. but I did rent Batman vs Superman last week. I had low expectations, but thought it was pretty good. I remember there was some rancor within the nerd community when Ben Affleck was cast as Batman, but I thought he was a good Bruce Wayne. Also...

I think the problem with pointing out the Clinton's long history of corruption is that unfortunately it falls on disinterested ears. The Democrats' distributional coalition doesn't generally care how corrupt their leaders are, as long as free stuff keeps coming. Republican'ts can continue to...

Tom Brady selling a mattress.. Nice to see a company selling stoic sophistication, opposed to the usual fare of light-beer guzzling cretins.. or suburbanites seeking counsel from a wise rapper or hood rat who lives next door.

Knighted, thanks for the heads-up on Fastball, just watched it on Instant Netflix. I thought it did a good job balancing the science with personal testimonies.. Liked how it chronicled the evolution of timing fastballs.. from the race against a motorcycle, to gun ranges, to modern clocking, etc...

Yesterday Darren Sharper was sentenced to 18 years in a Federal pen.. I think he also has been sentenced to concurrent state time on aggrevated rape charges.. I guess he'll have more time now to devote to his writing..

Watched the Falcons-Redskins game Thurs night.. Washington QB Nate Sudfeld had a nice preseason debut. 10 for 15, 89 yards and a TD. I think Washington is a good spot for a young QB right now.. good receiving corps, and I think Cousins will be a good tutor.

Good points.. Demonizing of kickers & punters is ignorant. Seems like a lot of fans underestimate the coordination & strength it takes to punt & placekick. Beating up on kickers is a tired DWF pastime. As far as Greenberg, agreed, he does a disingenuous aw shucks, I'm just a scrawny...

There was a cool 1979 episode of 'In Search of..' on the Dan (D B) Cooper case. It's been uploaded to YouTube.. It's a compelling mystery. Thing that's always tripped me out, is how invisible DB seemingly was. The composite sketch depicted a very ordinary look, but was very detailed. Hard to...

I walked into a Wal*Mart recently, for the first time in a decade.. It was a location I had never patronized before, but all the familiar, trademark Wal*Mart sights & smells came rushing back. The long line of noble, undocumented workers at the Western Union counter.. exporting all their untaxed...

I meet a lot of transplanted Ohioans, and I understand why many are die-hard Buckeye fans. Recent Ohio St. isn't an especially fair-minded program, but they are winners.. This thread prompted me to look up the win-loss record of the re-animated Browns. They've been back for 17 seasons now, and...

yeah, Manzarek was a great musician & songwriter.. Morrison was a great poet & showman. Their partnership was productive & creative, but too short. Their respective roles in the Doors probably fit their different personalities well. And to your point, Manzarek should really receive as much...

It's a shame the collective NFL waited so long to pick up Scooby Wright. Wright is literally less than 2 years out from being the most decorated defensive player in college football. The media's coverage & analysis on Wright was predictably unfair and stupid. Wright's athleticism was questioned...

I remember the halcyon days of 1999.. when seemingly every GenerationX moron was getting an eyebrow ring and a meaningless tribal tattoo. Now we have the children of GenXers feeling compelled to up the generational ante, w/even larger ear gages and stupider ink. It is unusual to go anywhere now...

Things are getting more contentious between Trump & Kasich.. Another VP choice might be Scott Walker (?) I was surprised how quickly Walker exited the 2016 field. I believe disgust with the current left-wing patronage paradigm is what's driving Trump's popularity, and Walker has done as much...

Epic series, every game was tight.. I thought going into the playoffs, these were the 2 heavyweights. It's a shame either team had to be eliminated so early. I know Pittsburgh got hot late in the season, & Caps put up the best regular season record, but I still feel like the East has become the...

Ambrose, appreciate this thread, I'm a history buff. Also like the article Don cited. The columnist makes an important point, that Indians are contemporarily viewed as having fought as 'a unified group'. It's a dishonest, unrealistic assessment. There's a great resource in the translated copy of...

Watched the Caps-Penguins game last night. Pittsburgh had a backup in net I had never seen (Matt Murray). I checked out his record this season, as of April 8, he's at 9-2. Not bad. Someone to watch..

My opinion,.. a completely shallow stunt on Bomani Jones' part. There are a number of ethnocentric mascots already based on obviously Caucasian characters/tribes. From Fighting Irish thru Vikings, etc. Vikings are represented on all levels of sports.. the NFL, number of high school teams, &...

Anyone hear from our man Carolina Speed ? Seems like he hasn't posted for a while.. He's always a good contributor to threads on Christianity, and baseball

Once upon a time I was in a union fighting the partial automation of our job. The truth is we didn't have much of a dollar & cents/sense defense for ourselves. The automation was cheaper. From a business perspective, it often makes more sense to go to robots & touch screens.. it costs less &...

Anyone watch the 30 for 30 (Duke lacrosse) documentary last night, Fantastic Lies (?) Any thoughts (?).. /I thought it was a fair telling of the events. Especially the film makers' focus on District Attorney (Nifong), and his role as a (politically opportunistic) bigot who tried to sacrifice...

Fun ending to the Northern Iowa game, win on a buzzer beater. I've been following Northern Iowa sports on their YouTube page (listed as UNI Athletics). They have a range of uploads (hoops, track, softball, etc). From appearances, seems Northern Iowa is a fair-minded athletic program (ie- not...