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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.

Toofy's thread about being in a good place reminded me to give an update: I'm also happy and doing well! About 3 months ago they stopped giving me Keytruda, as I had had repeated scans with no changes (just that one small nodule, which I long ago concluded is not cancer). Last Friday I had my first scan since then, and it was a little scary since I was off the immuno. But, the scans were unchanged. Wonderfully boring. In addition, my oncologist has suggested pushing the next scan out to 4 months vs. 3. All of this goodness is juxtaposed by people around me getting sick and/or dying. Two weeks ago my next door neighbor from our previous house (20 years) passed from glioblastoma, a nasty brain cancer. I also mentioned here somewhere that my current next door neighbor has colorectal cancer; he went to his onc yesterday to discuss possible clinical trials (there are no approved treatments for his situation). Maybe living next to me is bad luck. Also my wife's brother's good friend passed away this week of leukemia. She said he got sick after me, and then said she has a little bit of survivor's guilt since I'm doing so well. I was like I'm good. To remind her that my life isn't all a bed of roses, I did some regular maintenance on my stoma last night which causes a lot of pain and coughing. That made her less guilty. Anyway, that's all, enjoy your holidays!

Mrs. Trump$#@!

So you want to go back to a policy of 100 - 140 years ago, when the west was being settled and we needed people to do that, and we limited it to certain countries, and bring that policy forward to a time where we have long since finished expanding, and also add in a bunch of cultures who have no desire to assimilate into our society. What could possibly go wrong? I usually try to be careful about separating liberals from leftists, and I'll do that again, but this time to criticize liberals. This is a classic liberal fallacy, the inability to see unintended consequences. I also don't see them as villains. Their home countries generally suck, and we're willing to take them in, give them free stuff, and put their kids through our schools. Hell, I'd try to do the same. But that doesn't mean we should allow it, or allow them to stay.

I like to give you a hard time here, but I'm glad for you.

I don't understand how you can differentiate "my" conclusion from that of the report, since I merely posted that of the report. Here, I'll post the end of the results again for you: That being said, it's clear that you don't understand my position, or choose not to. My position is: until recently, when we started celebrating being trans, the only people who were trans were... actual trans people, with gender dysphoria, who were willing to go through the long, arduous process of confirming their diagnosis, and the life-changing medical acts to change their bodies. If studies exist which show almost universal happiness with transition (you seem allergic to links on this topic BTW), I'm confident they come from this older cohort, and were likely past puberty and into adulthood before medical interventions. Since then, we've begun celebrating being trans, have had hundreds of gender clinics pop up, have had reports of less than arduous evaluation of people including young people, and lo and behold, we've had an astronomical increase in "trans" people. Particularly girls going through puberty, with the often uncomfortable growth of breasts, unwanted attention from boys, weird feelings from estrogen (side note: it's not surprising that, when such girls go on testosterone, they feel more confident). As such, it is not surprising that people from this latter, younger cohort show no statistically significant reduction in mental issues. This is completely consistent with "my" conclusion (i.e., that of the report), which is that the vast majority of people identifying as trans these days are NOT truly gender dysphoric. I would like to see us go back to how it was (I know, I know, old conservative guy), as I described above. I understand that it is hard on true trans people because they wouldn't be celebrated like they are now, but here's the unfortunate thing: life isn't always fair. They've been dealt a hand where their brain thinks they are in the wrong sex body. You can not like describing it as a mental issue, but that's what it is. That is why some people object to ANY medical intervention. Personally, I don't fall into that camp, for true trans adults -- I don't begrudge them seeking peace, unless we find some cure, which some gender dysphoric people might prefer. What doesn't make sense is changing society to conform to a mental illness: men in women's sports, men in women's spaces like prisons, spas, etc., transitioning kids just because they feel that way this month, etc. I'm confident I've wasted my time, because you are convinced that this astronomical (and growing) association with trans is all legit. I've explained above how this defies reason, and the data in the link bears that out, but you will refer to your alleged vast majority of experts, and we'll get nowhere.

It's also unfortunate that in our current society, if you point out that radical medical changes (hormones, surgeries) don't help resolve the underlying mental health issues that people who associate with trans have, you are labeled as transphobic. This is the benefit of "woke", according to Real Tim.

Thanks. I wish @The Real timschochetwould acknowledge the response, recognize actual scientific data, and stop referring to his imaginary legion of mental health professionals who help him to support his world view.

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Mick Team Harrington. He's playing well and this is a different son this time around who won't want to let Dad down: I can't believe I actually put thought into this.