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Post by mtdman on Jan 2, 2019 1:23:09 GMT -5
Holy shit this place is still alive. I forgot all about you fucks. Merry Christmas and happy new year!
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Post by mtdman on May 2, 2017 21:06:04 GMT -5
I thought the whole draft was good. Lots of defensive players, lbs and dbs especially. Grabbed a wr. Not sure about the TE, especially with them resigning Ebron. Solid over all and all the kinds of players the team needed.
I'm starting to get sucked back in.
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Post by mtdman on Apr 27, 2017 19:19:17 GMT -5
Nothing even for the draft? Where else am I going to give my uneducated NFL opinion and have people outraged at it?
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Post by mtdman on Mar 22, 2017 3:23:56 GMT -5
I am thoroughly disappointed in you people.
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Post by mtdman on Feb 28, 2017 0:31:48 GMT -5
Is everyone dead?
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Post by mtdman on Feb 13, 2017 3:26:29 GMT -5
So I am a big fan of Harry Turtledove. He writes 'alternate histories'. His best known book is Guns of the South, which is an alternate history of the Civil War. He also wrote a really good alternate history of WW2 when space aliens invaded in the middle of the fighting and all the various nations have to fight against the aliens instead of finishing ww2. It sounds weird, but it's really good.
He wrote a 10 part series called Southern Victory that starts with the Civil War and goes through WW2 where the south wins independence and then the USA and CSA are at odds and fight several wars between the 1860s and 1940s. I never finished the last 4 books in the series, which is an alternate history of ww2, because I caught up to the series and then didn't want to buy the new books in hardcover at $30 a pop.
I also listened to the series on audio, but they never did the last 4 books that I didn't read. So I never read or listened to the end of the series. But, I recently discovered they finally recorded those 4 books. So now I'm in the middle of that last series and it's really good.
In this alternate history, the USA won WW1, and in the aftermath a Hitler-type figure rose to power in the CSA and took over. He geared them up to fight WW2 against the USA. But also he had a huge hatred of black people and the CSA starts a prison camp program for the black people which ends up killing off a large portion of the population like the real Hitler did to the Jews. It's pretty amazing how the author applies the general themes of world history in different ways with this history. And it's pretty interesting how this guy rises to power in the CSA. I'm never a believer in comparing current politicians to Hitler, but he's pretty charismatic and reminds me of how Trump got elected.
Anywho, I'm about halfway through and I'm totally digging it. One of the things that's really interesting is how in this history socialism gets a foothold in the USA and it becomes the socialist party vs the democratic party. Republicans die off because Abe Lincoln was a republican and he lost the Civil War.
I highly recommend it, if you have the patience to read all 10 or so books.
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Post by mtdman on Feb 13, 2017 3:13:25 GMT -5
I got Steven King's The Gunslinger for Christmas. It's the first of eight books in the Dark Tower series which they are making a movie of. It's an easy read and I like it. The movie is coming out in October so even if I'm held up to a book a month I should be done with the books and ready for the movie. It would be the first time I read the book first. You can skip Wind through the Keyhole. He wrote that after the series was done, and kind of shoehorned it into between the 4th and 5th books. It sucks and there's nothing in it of consequence. Book 2 and 3, Drawing of the Three and The Wastelands, are the best books of the series. Great books. Also, don't expect the movie to be anything like the books. It's an adaptation and 'retelling' of the series.
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Post by mtdman on Feb 13, 2017 3:11:01 GMT -5
Metallica announces its North American summer tour Monday at 9am. They are going to play Comerica in July. I plan on going to the Detroit and Chicago shows. Can't wait.
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Post by mtdman on Feb 8, 2017 23:08:26 GMT -5
It's weak take radio on afternoon drive today. Almost as bad as listening to Jim Rome. Yep
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Post by mtdman on Feb 8, 2017 23:07:11 GMT -5
I asked several years ago about prostate checks because my dad had prostate cancer. The doctor told me that unless I noticed difficulty urinating that we wouldn't worry about a test until after 40. You may need to find a new doctor. Family history is huge. And now we are hearing that a lot of these tests: Colonoscopy, Prostrate, etc. are good have done early, to have a baseline (normal) for future tests. My wife was having some gall bladder issues, they did a colonoscopy (at 35 years old) and removed a couple of polyps. The doctor said that was a somewhat normal thing to find, but in 10 years they could turn into cancer. I made them give me PSA tests to be careful, especially after the lung cancer thing. Came back in a normal range, and the urologist just recommended periodic treatment.
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Post by mtdman on Feb 6, 2017 23:11:46 GMT -5
Finger check at 40? WTF. Last time I asked, the doc wasn't even worried about checking. The urologist told me not to worry about it until 50.
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Post by mtdman on Jan 22, 2017 17:29:56 GMT -5
Fired the air traffic controllers that were striking
Lowered taxes in 1981 and simplified the tax code in 1986
Pushed for nuclear weapons cuts and got the Soviet Union to sign nuclear weapons treaties (INF and START) treaties
Invested in the military and restored America's readiness which had been diminished under Jimmy Carter
Spurred business growth be easing restrictions and regulations on business
When Carter left office in 1979 this country was in bad shape. High unemployment, 20% interest rates on loans, people had no jobs and no money and no hppe for jobs. By lowering the tax rates and spurring investment in the economy that all was reversed and he built a strong economy that last 20 years. He turned around a country that was hurting from losing the viet nam war, from a president that had to resign and leave office, from a president that didn't know what he was doing, and a president that was the worst in modern times until Obama. He turned the country around. I lived through the before and after of his election, and I remember the misery of the Carter years and the rebirth of the Reagan years. What he did was a miracle, and it's what we need now. Trump is in a similar situation, I don't know if he can do what Reagan did, but I'll take him over what the corrupt liar Hillary.
The end.
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Post by mtdman on Jan 22, 2017 3:20:36 GMT -5
Where you been Gekko
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Post by mtdman on Jan 22, 2017 3:19:29 GMT -5
Today is truly a great day. End of an Error, and the beginning of #MAGA. Love it. So happy. So happy. :D :D :D End of an error, huh? So what has been the description of the other 44 presidents? Im curious to know this. The ones I've been alive for: Ford: Don't remember, too youg. Carter: Worst President, before Obama Reagan: Greatest President ever, my personal hero Bush: Meh Clinton: Kinda liked the guy, too bad his dick got in the way of doing good things. W: Wasted time and $$ on wars against people who were not the problem Obama: Worst President ever. Trump: We'll see, but at least he's not Clinton.
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Post by mtdman on Jan 20, 2017 15:41:16 GMT -5
Today is truly a great day. End of an Error, and the beginning of #MAGA. Love it. So happy. So happy.
:D :D :D
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Post by mtdman on Jan 15, 2017 18:44:27 GMT -5
The fat girls thing is very true.
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Post by mtdman on Jan 13, 2017 1:26:31 GMT -5
I like Stafford. He's the best qb they've had in 60 years. They need to keep him.
This team can improve through the draft and free agency.
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Post by mtdman on Jan 13, 2017 1:23:00 GMT -5
I saw him and his kid at the park and tried to run him over but they were too quick for me. Fucker. Maybe took it a bit too far there guy. That's what I do.
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Post by mtdman on Jan 10, 2017 20:58:05 GMT -5
I saw him and his kid at the park and tried to run him over but they were too quick for me.
Fucker.
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Post by mtdman on Jan 10, 2017 20:56:20 GMT -5
Shocked about Peppers. Never saw that coming.
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Post by mtdman on Jan 10, 2017 20:52:59 GMT -5
They need to spend all their draft picks on defense. DBs, LBs especially. If they do that drafting the best player available shit, Quin is a joke. They should be drafting to fill holes, and there is nothing but holes in that defense.
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Post by mtdman on Jan 7, 2017 23:03:16 GMT -5
Can't believe nobody is getting fired after this. Get ready for more of the same coming soon.
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Post by mtdman on Jan 7, 2017 21:51:17 GMT -5
No defensive adjustments at all. Great coaching.
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Post by mtdman on Jan 7, 2017 13:48:29 GMT -5
Weather outlook.......daytime high 36, low 32 with 30% chance of snow showers. You know what that means for the Leo's chances! Turn out the lights, the Party's over!!! Two wins in temperatures of 40 degrees or less since 1995. That's pathetic for a team from a cold weather city.
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Post by mtdman on Jan 2, 2017 0:01:43 GMT -5
Why bother with the playoffs? Just to lose and be embarrassed for the 4th straight game? Stafford's hurt, the secondary doesn't exist, and Caldwell is a moron.
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