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#81
Off the Record / Re: NHL Hockey thread
Last post by HVC - April 26, 2024, 02:05:14 PMLawyer beaten and left in an alley, News at 11
#82
Off the Record / Re: Grand unified books thread
Last post by Savonarola - April 26, 2024, 02:03:26 PMI read EM Forster's "Howards End." It took me a long time to get through because, about 100 pages in, I realized that the Schlegel sisters were about a silver cow creamer shy of being a PG Wodehouse novel and I took a break to read the Psmith stories. 
While I can understand the disdain Forster feels for the Wilcoxes; I found his admiration for the Schlegels (even if it's couched in ironic terms) baffling. I think that's a common sentiment among Americans, the aforementioned PG Wodehouse was much more successful here than he was in the United Kingdom. Still a fine portrait of Edwardian England though. I liked the way that suburbanization plays the same role in this novel that industrialization does in the works of Hardy and Eliot; the unstoppable force that remakes rural England.
While I can understand the disdain Forster feels for the Wilcoxes; I found his admiration for the Schlegels (even if it's couched in ironic terms) baffling. I think that's a common sentiment among Americans, the aforementioned PG Wodehouse was much more successful here than he was in the United Kingdom. Still a fine portrait of Edwardian England though. I liked the way that suburbanization plays the same role in this novel that industrialization does in the works of Hardy and Eliot; the unstoppable force that remakes rural England.
#83
Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by Oexmelin - April 26, 2024, 01:47:31 PMHello, old friend.
#84
Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...
Last post by Jacob - April 26, 2024, 01:21:58 PMSaw a good post on reddit that boiled down to something like:
It is typical in the US for public trust in the Supreme Court to be partisan. I.e. when the court comes out more progressive you'll have (rough numbers for illustrative purposes) 70% of Democrats trusting it and only 30% Republicans for a 50% trust rating (leaving out independents at this point).
The current court has the expected low level of trust from Democrats at 20% or whatever, because it's a very reactionary GOP court. However, in spite of it being a reactionary court, it did not support Trump's attempt to overthrow the election and drew a few hard lines against him in the past, which has suppressed support among Republicans and it's closer to 40% than the "normal" 70%, so therefore the overall approval rating is really low.
It is typical in the US for public trust in the Supreme Court to be partisan. I.e. when the court comes out more progressive you'll have (rough numbers for illustrative purposes) 70% of Democrats trusting it and only 30% Republicans for a 50% trust rating (leaving out independents at this point).
The current court has the expected low level of trust from Democrats at 20% or whatever, because it's a very reactionary GOP court. However, in spite of it being a reactionary court, it did not support Trump's attempt to overthrow the election and drew a few hard lines against him in the past, which has suppressed support among Republicans and it's closer to 40% than the "normal" 70%, so therefore the overall approval rating is really low.
#85
Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread
Last post by Eddie Teach - April 26, 2024, 01:06:17 PMFor All Mankind and Foundation are both on Apple. Decent entertainment.
#86
Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread
Last post by Syt - April 26, 2024, 12:52:36 PM #87
Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread
Last post by Syt - April 26, 2024, 12:52:26 PMQuote from: Sheilbh on April 26, 2024, 11:52:14 AMI can tell you that Spurs fans have been overjoyed to discover that meaning
#88
Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread
Last post by FunkMonk - April 26, 2024, 12:50:55 PMI'm gooning right now 
That is support a certain football club not the new meaning the younguns made
That is support a certain football club not the new meaning the younguns made
#89
Off the Record / Re: NHL Hockey thread
Last post by Barrister - April 26, 2024, 12:22:26 PMOK serious question:
I agreed to take my kids to the Oilers watch party tonight. The Oilers game is in Los Angeles, but we're going to the arena to watch the game on the jumbotron. Tickets are sold out it should be fairly raucous even though we're only watching the tv broadcast.
I didn't realize however that the Jets are playing at the exact same time!
So obviously I'm still taking my kids because I said I would.
But the question is - would I be a tool if I wore my Jets jersey?
You see it sometimes at live games - that guy who is wearing a jersey of neither of the teams that is actually playing. The arena staff will often do a "lost fan" bit where they put that person up on the jumbotron during a TV time out.
But given that it's the playoffs, that the Jets are playing at the same time, and that it's only a watch party - can I pull it off?
I agreed to take my kids to the Oilers watch party tonight. The Oilers game is in Los Angeles, but we're going to the arena to watch the game on the jumbotron. Tickets are sold out it should be fairly raucous even though we're only watching the tv broadcast.
I didn't realize however that the Jets are playing at the exact same time!
So obviously I'm still taking my kids because I said I would.
But the question is - would I be a tool if I wore my Jets jersey?
You see it sometimes at live games - that guy who is wearing a jersey of neither of the teams that is actually playing. The arena staff will often do a "lost fan" bit where they put that person up on the jumbotron during a TV time out.
But given that it's the playoffs, that the Jets are playing at the same time, and that it's only a watch party - can I pull it off?
#90
Off the Record / Re: What are you listening to?
Last post by Savonarola - April 26, 2024, 12:16:19 PMMott the Hoople - Mott (1973)
From what I've read, a lot of people wondered if Mott could survive without David Bowie. They did, and came back with an even better album than "All the Young Dudes." I'd put this as one of the masterpieces of Glam (admittedly not a huge category) along with "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust" and "Electric Warrior." They couldn't survive success, though, and Mick Ralphs would leave to form Bad Company after this album. Ian Hunter would go solo shortly thereafter.
It seems like there shouldn't be so many songs about loss innocence and regret after just one successful album (All the Way to Memphis, The Ballad of Mott the Hoople); but that is what Ian Hunter did best.
From what I've read, a lot of people wondered if Mott could survive without David Bowie. They did, and came back with an even better album than "All the Young Dudes." I'd put this as one of the masterpieces of Glam (admittedly not a huge category) along with "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust" and "Electric Warrior." They couldn't survive success, though, and Mick Ralphs would leave to form Bad Company after this album. Ian Hunter would go solo shortly thereafter.
It seems like there shouldn't be so many songs about loss innocence and regret after just one successful album (All the Way to Memphis, The Ballad of Mott the Hoople); but that is what Ian Hunter did best.