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I dunno. The Ioniq looks like a sedan; I can't say it is attractive or unattractive. The Santa Cruz is a little... curvier than the boxy Maverick, which I guess can be considered more feminine?

They make the Ioniq, right? That's like top of the line for EVs price/performance and value from what I've heard. I wouldn't buy an EV yet, but if I did, I'd strongly consider it. Similarly, the small truck (Santa Cruz) seems to have a lot of benefits over the Ford Maverick, at least when I looked a while back. And I married into a Ford family (FIL worked there his entire career). I haven't test driven these, but my perception is that they provide good bang for the buck, so I'll do so next time I'm in the market.

If the numbers work then I say we go with this plan. We can figure out something if Cloaca places in the final pot. I'd just boot him, but if he comes back, he needs to be part of the greater EdEx like everyone else. He also needs a 2 hour timer. Also, agreed on him absolutely not getting the first pick. I say either we give him #5 (middle), #9 (keeps him here for the turn and two picks), or pick a random number.

I was hoping Burns fell to here but... 3.04 Top Gun McNealy @Alias Detective

Tony Finau @dain11279

I'm reminded of a fable I once heard about eagle vs. turkey parents. Eagle parents let their eaglets fly from the aerie. They don't let them do it alone, but rather fly behind them ready to help should they need it. Turkey parents (today, helicopter parents) help their children do everything, such that they never learn how to be free and independent. They grow into Thanksgiving Dinner. The US has been turkey parents to Europe. Now we are transitioning to eagle parents. We are still there to help if stuff goes south. But at least they are the first line of defense. Who knows, they may even grow some confidence and, dare I say, nationalistic pride.

This is such a wonderful win. Trump is setting up a long-term system where European nations stop being second-handers (to use an Atlas Shrugged phrase) and pay their fair share, or more, to defend THEIR OWN FOCKING CONTINENT$#@! Not to mention, US mil-aero companies will probably sell the vast majority of equipment for this. I wonder if our Left brethren will acknowledge as much.

Another fair question. Trade imbalances aren't inherently bad. I have a trade imbalance with Amazon. My employers had a trade imbalance with me. That being said, tariffs are a lever with which to manipulate the complex interaction between supply and demand. I'm inclined to support reciprocal tariffs, to level the playing field. Probably also as a tool against countries that use child/slave labor. When you increase tariffs, imports cost more which is bad, but companies move manufacturing here which employs people to provide them money to buy things. Our recent alternative strategy, which has been to keep imports cheap and print money to give to people to spend, does not strike me as sustainable in the long run. As such, I think it's worth letting this play out for a while and see what happens.

This is a fair take. I am open to having been wrong about Trump's plans with tariffs. I had thought that they were merely a negotiating tool, but it increasingly appears that Trump likes tariffs for the long haul. If so, as you said, reciprocating tariffs are fine, to try anyway. The good thing about tariffs is that they are under Trump's direct control, so if the train starts going off the rails, he has the power to remove them and, in Trumpian fashion, pretend they never existed. European autos for example: https://www.forbes.com/sites/neilwinton/2025/02/18/no-quick-fix-likely-for-eu-automakers-in-us-tariff-dispute/

By that logic, it's none of my business if somebody kills somebody else, if I don't personally know them. And yet, for a civilized society to function, we need to put in laws and processes to protect such people. Here is the first sentence from the Results section. Read it slowly and carefully. Our medical infrastructure is broken on this topic. For some reason I cannot understand, instead of spending the time and effort to address the underlying comorbidities to see if that resolves the gender confusion, our infrastructure supports whatever the patient believes about his/her gender. It furthermore seems to think that taking a body built to run on testosterone, removing the testosterone source, and injecting estrogen (or vice versa) does NOT mess with the complex hormonal system in ways that could increase depression, anxiety, etc.

I sent one as well.

It's 9pm Eastern, this is whack. I say we do WhiteWonder's plan and move on. Cloaca can pick from who is left if he ever graces us with his presence, or quit and give him his money back. Thoughts?

Fun skit by Shane Gillis.

Yes, God is in control of everything. God guided the Catholic Church, the Church established by Jesus, to select the books of the Bible that it did. God guided the Church on its position on purgatory, on Mary, on reconciliation. Perhaps you are finally seeing it. Amen thanks.

So, God guided the Catholic Church to select the books it did?

I'll dumb it down for you. Did the Catholic Church provide you God's Holy Word, also known as the Bible?

Was it medical or just for fun? Also, how are you?

I'm not sure why I respond to you, because you never acknowledge the Bible quotes I post. Rather you go find random Bible word salad. You are incapable of adult conversation on this topic. You are a child. But heck, in for a penny, in for a pound... I'll remind you that the Bible which you consider sacrosanct was curated and provided to you by the Catholic Church, a few hundred years after Jesus. They had access to, and still possess, many more documents which they did not include in the "official" Bible. They have existed since the time of Jesus, and they have had the smartest scholars for centuries on end study all of these documents, to arrive at their positions about purgatory, and reconciliation, and Mary, and other things that you simple Bible-only people can't begin to understand. I would ask you to at least consider what I just said, but I don't think your capable of it. You'll likely post some random Bible quote, Amen Thanks.

He may be a good guy but he is a terrible league mate. Heck, I'm retired but I have stuff going on. I'm busy tomorrow from 12-3 my time, and if it looks like my pick might come up (unlikely, because Cloaca picks before me) I'll leave options with somebody, because I respect the time of others. I just don't get why we put up with this every single tourney.

I like this basic idea. Say two hours, with the clock turning off in the evening? We might need a second source for a tiebreaker, or maybe just do alphabetical.

Purgatory is not named as such, but there are plenty of references to it. Perhaps more specifically, purgatory resolves the issue between the misguided belief that all you need to do is accept Jesus Christ as your lord and savior, and the multiple biblical references that state that acts and deeds matter as well. For instance, Revelation 21:27 2 Corinthians 5:10 James 2:26 There are others. That being said, if we are truly repentant, our sins will be forgiven and we will be purified, which is the basis of the sacrament of reconciliation. 1 John 1:9

Agreed. I'll repeat the comment I've made probably every tourney: why is he in this league? He clearly has no respect for us or our time.

No, not your micropeemus. I learned about this in a "Five Bullet Friday" email I get from Tim Ferriss, the podcaster. Here is his description: It's amazing how much smaller the lands near the poles truly are, and vice versa. Russia is actually only about as wide as the top half of Africa, for instance. Greenland only goes from the Canadian border to the southern tip of Texas. Have fun!

Jonesy tried to justify his comment about my "hatchet wound" with it. I don't want to put you in a position to alienate yourself with those folks, so I'm done with it.

At Mass this past weekend we read the parable of the splinter in the eye as told by Luke: Yet another lesson for weepaws, who does not see the beam in his own eye, instead casting judgment on others. He is a thornbush, from which no fig grows.