jerryskids

I haven't followed this exchange closely: what are you trying to accomplish here?

Do you qualify for the shipment of Viagra and Depends?

I had a plate inserted in my foot for a Jones fracture (5th metatarsal in an area that gets very little blood flow). Maybe 9 months later they removed it -- the theory is that the bone will get fragile if they keep the plate and it does not need to support weight. That worked well until the next year when it broke again. Whereas the first break was a good ballistic injury (landed hard on the outside of my foot), the second one was quite benign, just a slight rolling of weight onto the outside portion of my sole. Luckily I heard the snap and didn't walk on it to make it worse, so I avoided another surgery/plate. This was maybe 10 years ago. Every once in a while my weight will shift and I feel a little twinge. It scares the bejeesus out of me but I think (hope) it is just scar tissue in there. Good luck!

What's pathetic? There are already a lot of questions about election integrity here, right or wrong. If Trump were removed because some people don't like him (and let's be honest, that's really all that is, because he's not even charged with insurrection), some folks would be quite upset. Arizona used to be a bastion of libertarianism, but we've been inundated by people fleeing their shiotty blue areas (Chicago, Minny, Cali). It has been something of a boiling frog to date, but an event like this could set off some fireworks.

A federal judge just ruled that the challenge in AZ had no standing. Seriously, if he were removed from the ballot here, there would be a civil war.

Congrats and welcome to the club! Your complimentary supply of Viagra and Depends is in the mail. Don't use them all at once.

Well, it's hard to tell from your Wiki link, because it reads like somebody's term paper to justify that position. It is anything but objective. As I implied above, if you asked me if there is anything inherent to skin color which directly drives average intelligence, I would say no. If however a significantly higher percentage of people with a particular skin color evolved through many generations to reward physical vs. intellectual achievements, there may be a correlation (not causation). The Wiki link also defines "race" as a sociopolitical phenomenon and not a biological one, and questions the definition of "intelligence," so it's premise is to muddy the discussion such that no consensus can truly be achieved. Which, as near as I can tell, is what this article concludes, although you like to toss around superlatives like "most" quite easily in creating your perception of consensus. In the end, to believe that any human brain from any ethnicity, geographical region, etc. is statistically likely to be 100% physiologically identical (i.e., immune to localized evolutionary factors) seems unrealistic. But, as has been discussed when this topic has arisen before, there is no clear social benefit to pursuing it. It just rankles me to be considered "racist" by soft-thinking wokists because they can't grasp this concept.

Just wondering because I missed it, but what were the facts again? The only facts I see are test scores. Also for the record, I see no reason for skin color to implicitly be related to intelligence.

Looking at the winter meeting thread, it seems we have 10 events, 9 players, so 10x9x50=$4,500 available. I have no memory of how the payout went last year so I'm just brainfarting here: Scenario 1, pay out the same for all tourneys Each event: $400 total, 200/125/75 for 1/2/3, $4000 overall Cup: $500 total, 250/150/100 for 1/2/3, $500 overall Scenario 2, pay out more for majors Majors (4): $500 total, 250/150/100, $2000 overall Other events (6): $320 total, 160/96/64, $1920 overall Cup: $580 total, 290/174/116, $580 overall Just kicking off the discussion.

Works for me, I'll do it once edjr gives the OK

I don't know why I let myself get dragged into this topic, since I find most people lack the intellectual objectivity to discuss it, but I find it fascinating for some reason, so here goes. Actually Tim, it is the same. If you believe that the brain is a physical organ capable of evolving, then different brains would evolve at different rates based on different needs. The would be the same as any other physical organ or capability; think of replacing "fast-twitch muscles" or "melanin" in the above statement. At this point I'm merely discussing the possibility, not asserting any conclusions. So the question for you and others Tim is: do you believe that the brains of different groups of people, over time, would evolve to meet different needs, yes or no? This is a general, bell curve sort of question, not asking if you think every person in one group is smarter than every person in another group. That would be dumb.

@BiffTannenbullied him into quitting.

... weird. It's like Hunger Games capital city meets Wonka in a Stanley Kubrick movie.

Dayum, looks like WW beat me by one.

You are at -40 but Langer is still on 18.

Imagine being indignant that people are making fun of a weird, creepy video.

Woot, tied for 3rd!

Harvard is on an interesting trajectory. They have the name recognition for arguably the best school on the planet, yet they've scored dead last on the FIRE free speech analysis. It's like the Harvard students are allowed to conflate intelligence with wisdom, and society let's them think they are correct, so there is no negative feedback loop to tell them that they don't have the experience to have their opinions matter much. I'm guessing that a lot of the alumni are unhappy with these developments. But also, a lot of their spouses probably support this stuff, at least the ones who just married into Ivy. Like I said, I'm interested to see how it plays out.

This should absolutely not be allowed, it is a safety risk if nothing else -- emergencies and emergency vehicles on the roads are stuck for instance. They should drive through this slowly with cattle movers in a V formation.

I had to think on this for a second. The guy who died lived between Leinart and us. Also, Leinart moved after a few years, he needed a gated community because of his high profile.

I make no promises. Seriously tho, I'd take you up on that. Now that my daughter is living in Manhattan, perhaps someday I'll be back there for a few days without the wife. If so I'd definitely be up for meeting you, Shots, HT, and I'm sure others I'm forgetting at the moment.

I could have told you not to give Monty Williams all of that money, but nobody asked me. Nice enough guy, but questionable ability as coach. Then again, the Suns have Frank Vogel who is not exactly impressing me. The defense looks like 5 guys in a gym pick-up game.

Your article basically argues that it isn't really racist anymore, but rather that's an old perception that is hard to change. Which is crap. Boston is like every high-tax, democrat city. The attitude: take all of the taxes you want, just keep those focking minorities in their neighborhoods where they belong.

OK, that was funny.