5 hours ago, AZRaiderH8r said:

Is anyone else amused that two of the biggest foul merchants in the NBA (LeBron and Embiid) are the ones complaining the most about officiating? I personally find that to be comical. Maybe it coincides with both of their teams being down 2-0?

The official NBA review of the refs revealed some missed calls that went against both the Sixers and the Lakers in the final minutes.

They also found some missed calls that went against the Knicks and the Nuggets. 

So yeah. It's about being down 2-0. 

2 hours ago, Mavric said:

 

Yeah, that and they didn't have enough to pay his salary to start with, let alone a buy out.

 

But I could definitely see him leave after this year, either because a couple key players leave or because he knows he's really screwed if he can't even win with them.

Yeah, I think Deion's leaving will be orchestrated by Deion

By this logic, do you reinstate the wins forfeited by Alabama, Ohio State, SMU and others for simply being years ahead of the curve? 

If Colorado is losing players because better players have jumped them on the depth chart, Colorado might be pretty good. 

If there's something toxic about the program and the leadership that's making them flee, Colorado will be a dumpster fire. 

I think it's fair to say that a season without improvement would signal the end of Deion's run. 

I gotta think our Athletic Department has earned some credibility for its non football success in recent years. 

Always interesting to hear what the NBA players think when they get to be anonymous:

https://theathletic.com/5433545/2024/04/22/nba-player-poll-2024-lebron-jordan-goat-celtics-nuggets-rudy-gobert-timberwolves/?campaign=5888993&source=dailyemail&userId=11186373

2 hours ago, The Murphinator said:

Lakers have to feel hopeless. They couldn't have played much better DLo was hitting 3s. Lebron and AD had great games and they still couldn't beat Denver. 

I don't have a dog in the hunt anymore, but those two games yesterday were pretty damn entertaining. 

2 hours ago, Archy1221 said:

 

I don't get it. What's the "fine people" corollary here?   

14 hours ago, teachercd said:

reddenver and guy

I don't expect you to find a post to back that up, as you generally pride yourself on your laziness.

It's sad, because I took a few seconds to consider your predictable response and chose words that would make it clear that concern for the people of Palestine doesn't equate to supporting Hamas, and can even be the opposite. Now I will never get those few seconds back.

19 hours ago, Archy1221 said:

 

University cops did not intervene on the white nationalists waving Confederate flags at Charlottesville, and indeed the standard for protecting free assembly has been pretty consistent for both wings. University administrators definitely let themselves get boxed in on the pro-Palestine, anti-Israel outburst, and if you'll recall they either resigned or walked their wishy-washy declarations back per the pressure from their own liberal ecosystem rather than a viral post from Pradheep Shankar.

I'm trying to imagine a right wing protest against transgenders, featuring a rainbow flag being pulled down to a cheering crowd. That would be pretty ugly. Cops wouldn't intervene, but I can easily imagine social media blowing up about it, applying the same standard of outrage as Pradheep here.

Also, minor niggle, but the police in fact did arrest 47 protestors and the action was immediately condemned by the President of the United States.

As a trade-off, could we ask Republicans to openly declare that casting doubt on the legality of the 2020 election is both unfounded and detrimental to the nation? And if you want an equivalency to the Yale douchebags, encourage the farther right wingnuts to lay low on declaring the J6 prisoners hostages and the opposing party cannibalistic pedophiles. 

I do believe that pollsters have identified Russia and abortion as liabilities for the 2024 elections, and the Republican strategists are acting accordingly. 

2 hours ago, knapplc said:

This is a pretty chilling weapon.

 

Report: US deployed microwave missiles that can disable Iran's nuclear facilities

According to an exclusive report from DailyMail.com, the US Air Force has quietly deployed a new type of missile that can destroy the electronics of Iran's nuclear facilities using high-power microwaves, without causing any fatalities.

 

The missiles, known as the Counter-Electronics High Power Microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP), were developed by Boeing's Phantom Works for the US Air Force Research Laboratory. After successful testing in 2012, around 20 of these microwave missiles became operational and were deployed to various locations around the globe in 2019.

 

As DailyMail.com reports, the CHAMP missiles are air-launched cruise missiles fitted with an electromagnetic pulse cannon that generates a concentrated beam of high-power microwave energy. This energy can fry the computer chips and electronic systems of targeted facilities, rendering them inoperable.

 

"We hit every target we wanted to," said Boeing's CHAMP Program Manager Keith Colman after the successful 2012 test, adding "Today we made science fiction into science fact."

 

Mary Lou Robinson, former chief of the Air Force's High Power Microwave Division, confirmed to DailyMail.com that the missiles are "ready to take out any military target, including nuclear facilities."

 

The key advantage of these microwave weapons is that they can penetrate buried bunkers and command centers through electrical and communications connections, disabling electronics without causing structural damage or loss of life. "The beauty of the HPM missile is that its microwave beam can penetrate bunkers where facilities are hidden without harming humans inside," DailyMail.com reports.

 

They also have the ability to disable defensive radar systems, striking their targets undetected. "Most amazing of all, the missile renders inoperable any radar that might detect it as it flies to and from a target. Thus, a country cannot take out CHAMP before it strikes and has no way of knowing why its facilities have suddenly gone dead," according to DailyMail.com.

 

While details are limited due to operational security concerns, the existence of this operational microwave missile capability highlights the stealthy options available to the US military to counter threats like Iran's nuclear program through electronic disruption rather than kinetic force.

Impressive. But how long can you keep a monopoly on the technology? 

If I'm an enemy of the United States and I have a microwave weapon, I'm not aiming it at our defense facilities, I'm taking out civilian internet and cell-phone servers and watching the entire nation panic. 

Has anyone heard about Stuxnet? It was an incredibly successful piece of malware created for the U.S. military, who continues to deny its existence. It was so good that it was able to destroy Iran's nuclear centrifuges and make it look like an internal glitch, leaving no trace of the foreign attack. It was a collaboration with Israel, who got so excited about the success that they doubled-down against the wishes of the U.S. At that point, computer vendors got involved on behalf of Seimens and Microsoft, unaware of the top-secret origin of the malware, so they unwittingly outted the U.S. and Israel as the culprits. Stuxnet was devised by the NSA under Bush and expanded under Obama.

Fascinating documentary on the subject called Zero Days. Worth watching. 

Tattoos are one thing. Tattoos that loudly announce your satanic leanings are another. 

Giant nose rings and face studs are yet another thing. You don't do any of this if you don't like reveling in negative attention, especially from the people you have no intention of impressing.

That's why that clip feels like clickbait. She knows exactly what she's doing.

17 hours ago, Jason Sitoke said:

I don’t think they’ll have 75mill to spend. By letting klay walk and cutting CP3…I think they’ll end up nearly a first apron team..which means they’ll get their exceptions.  But they’ll be pretty financially limited in free agency as far as I can tell. 

It's true, the money they "save" won't even bring them under the luxury tax. If you're willing to live with a huge payroll and penalty tax, you need to see something for the effort. It turns out owner Joe Lacob is that kinda owner and I think he'll be advocating for the bold move. Might not happen this particular off-season, but someone always comes into play, and they are throwing out names like Karl Anthony Towns, Dejounte Murray, Pascal Siakam or Brandon Ingram. I'm just worried that if you mortgage your young, homegrown, affordable talent to rent a star for 37/38 year old Steph Curry, you could be no better -- or worse -- than you are now. 

Maybe they just need a Naz Reid kind of player or two. Costlier than the exception, cheaper than a Klay, Paul, or Wiggins. But I honestly don't know how much a Naz Reid would cost in this market. 

And yes, Paul's second year isn't guaranteed and there's little chance the Warriors will pony up. I believe Dunleavey was able to get Washington to absorb Jordan Poole's contract so that money is no longer on the Warriors books. 

56 minutes ago, Madcows said:

 

What star are you realistically thinking the Warriors could get for what they can offer? And is he a good fit for the style that Kerr runs?  After renouncing the rights to Klay, they will basically have the cap space equivalent to the MLE, meaning to get a star they will have to trade for him. Salary-wise they'd have to move multiple pieces, and potentially picks. I don't think the Warriors will be able to get a star without mortgaging their future and moving a lot of picks. I do not envy Dunleavy at all. The only rumored star I've heard that could potentially be on the block is Spida Mitchell.  Maybe AD if Lebron leaves in FA to go play with Bronny. There's always moves that shock me over the summer, that said I think the Warriors are cooked.

You'd have to get something in a trade for Draymond, and if you could find a taker you could get at best a solid role player. Which you're gonna need. If you let Klay and Chris Paul walk there are no transactions involved and you suddenly have $75 million to spend. No free agent worth that kind of money yet, but there are always a few surprises and unhappy stars cropping up, like AD. Kerr is coaching the Olympic Team, the best assembly of talent since the 1992 Dream Team. Doesn't hurt for him to spend the summer coaching and socializing with the superstars. 

50 minutes ago, commando said:

interest rates today are miniscule compared to when i got out of school in 1980

That's my era. I didn't really need a student loan in 1980, but I took one out anyway because the rate was 7.5% and I could put it in a 13.5% money market account. 

Well this same Warriors team finished 27-11, one of the best records in the league since January, so they are able to win with this lineup. But something always seemed janky, and in a sudden death game against an injured team that had faded in the stretch, Warriors gave up to a Sacramento team that by all appearances wanted it more. Warriors did not appear to be having fun. Much is made of Klay going 0 for 10, but Curry had six turnovers, most of them sloppy and unfocused. That's going to linger.

Upside is that the young guys looked good when given the chance. They will do more when given more minutes. You keep Steph and let any combination of Klay, Dray, Wiggins, and Chris Paul go, use that money to buy one legit star and some key role players, bid farewell to the dynasty and see if you can't climb back into the ring with reduced expectations. 

Don't know how much playoffs I'm going to watch, but I like the Nuggets and Thunder in the West. I have little rooting interest in the East, where I only liked Jimmy Butler's Heat. 76ers could make things interesting this year. 

In case anyone is wondering, there's a lot of drama and finger-pointing in Warriors land right now. 

1 minute ago, ZRod said:

And that the rich white guys had to convince the common folk to follow their lead.

And half the rich white guys thought the other rich white guys weren't serious about letting non-land holders vote.  

As mentioned in past threads, it's interesting to revisit American history and realize how much of our patriotic founding is based on acts of vandalism and aggravated police confrontation, designed to escalate resistance and create martyrs. 

3 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

 

Would you consider the Minutemen more Antifa or J6?

We can talk about what Make America Great Again means to the people who've adopted the slogan. It's a common and understandable yearning for a better time in America, although it has more to do with age, nostalgia and selective memory than policies we should return to. 

But MAGA the acronym is a brand, and the display of it announces reverent loyalty to Donald Trump and profound hatred of Joe Biden. 

And some people totally understand the consequences of biting the hand that feeds them.  Props to Zach Galifinakas.

There's also a great case for boycotting all Apple products, but that's a line Apple-addicted social justice warriors can't cross. 

14 hours ago, Archy1221 said:

I mean, you and your twitter peeps assured us the GOP was an arm of Russia now.  How is this possible?  Can’t be! 

Someone looked at the poll numbers.