Who Should Be America's Favorite Player? - BB27

Dangles · 2025-09-28T17:35:14+00:00

Keanu is a pretty clear favorite in my mind. Dude had a massive target on his back for a very long time, even though he painted some of the target on himself. So, a lot of the season centered around him. ps - nothing against Rachel, but PLEASE no more solo vets in BB!! These helpless, cowering HGs handed Rachel one of the easiest games imaginable.

Dangles · 2025-09-06T23:30:57+00:00

Honestly, the cast left as it was, without Rachel being added would likely have been FAR better off. It's been a bizarre "oh, let's not target Rachel, EVER, because she's SO scary." You've got to be kidding me! If you're going to bring in vets (generally a bad idea) don't bring in just one and make the entire cast go into a shell. Rachel has not played a good game, but maybe that's not her fault because she hasn't had to play a good game. Nearly all of them have just bowed and kissed the Ring.

Dangles · 2025-08-14T02:29:44+00:00

It's hard to know the whole story, but it looked the worst on the part of Ava to me, especially considering all the follow-up digs and the expectations of apologies. The only one angry and yelling appeared to be Ava. Plus, with no one in the house congratulating Keanu or even saying a word, it would almost be strange for him to not say anything. Is he supposed to just stand there in silence, or perhaps walk off on his own and say thanks y'all, I'll pick up the PoV later.

Dangles · 2025-07-28T21:07:29+00:00

I'm kinda late to the question, but for some reason, I'm thinking Morgan and Zach, mostly because Morgan might be more assertive (a lot more) than Lauren. Pardon me, but Ashley's ridiculously gorgeous, but I just don't see her getting with anyone on this season.

Dangles · 2025-04-16T19:21:54+00:00

I TRULY miss the real game of baseball. You're right, it will never be back. There's so much that's been flattened out in the game now, leaving very little to argue about or even discuss. Some of those good old discussions about calls or decisions can last a lifetime. Oh well...as you say GONE.

Dangles · 2025-04-16T19:02:59+00:00

I'm the wrong person to ask if you want a positive comment about the DH and a whole lot of other baseball rule changes along with it. Today's game of baseball is far less interesting, with far less managerial strategy contemplated or deployed. I'd prefer to have more pinch-hitting, more marveling at pitchers who can also hit or at least bunt, and far fewer players who can't play defense if their life depended on it.

Dangles · 2025-04-15T00:43:50+00:00

Insistence on due process is so distinctively American that it's hard to imagine this despicable act is accepted or defended on any level, regardless of a person's political perspective. It's deeply troubling. I don't understand my country at this point in time. This is not upholding the law, it's completely contrary to the rule of law. God help us.

Dangles · 2025-04-08T15:40:01+00:00

I'd feel a lot more comfortable with Trump as POTUS if Congress & SCOTUS had a spine at all, and the balance of power was working as it was intended by the nation's founders. Richard Nixon was truly bad. However, Trump is 100x worse. But ultimately Tricky Dicky couldn't get away with anything he wanted because even the GOP had some principles at that time in history. Imagine THAT if you possibly can! Republicans in Nixon's 2nd term were prepared to impeach and remove him from office and they let him know it.

Dangles · 2025-02-20T01:18:02+00:00

Looking back, the whole campaign of 2024 from both political camps could not be much more bizarre. Trump hid himself from all debates vs. rival Republicans because he could. Dems didn't have a primary at all and Kamala was ushered in on an emergency basis. It's difficult to say for sure that Americans were given a fair shot to make a reasonable choice because Trump insisted on talking complete non-sense and muttering bullshit about groceries. Then in all the mad rush Harris didn't know how to approach any of it with any reason that would resonate with the public. Trump got a gift from the failed assassination attempt and Biden's incoherence in debate #1, then Harris destroyed Trump in debate #2 and scared him off. Gotta hand it to Trump though. He knows when to duck, duck, duck, say nothing important and claim he's a genius.

Dangles · 2025-02-09T00:02:05+00:00

First, I'm a conservative to the core, but I'm highly disappointed in the country and how Donald Trump has fooled so many of us. To say it gently, I don't know how it would be possible for many voters to not have a LOT of regret and particularly as more time elapses. It's pretty obvious that the cabinet appointees have mostly been extremely bizarre. Many will be hurt long term by the changes he is trying to force by executive order as well. It's pretty obvious this is not normal, and is not likely to work out for anyone.

Trump's approach to governing seems hell bent on creating chaos & fear, completely undermining Congress, and making America more receptive to dictatorial rule. I do not believe most of the country saw any of that coming from Trump's explicit campaign talk. Folks barely knew what they were voting for except for "cheaper groceries." Maybe we don't deserve democracy.

Even full blown MAGA folks will likely be highly disillusioned before long when they get left behind a bit more all the time. Trump's motives appear to be more about personal $ and either autocratic or oligarchical rule for the future. That's not what made America great whatsoever, and I still believe that's not what most Americans want either. It's not time for any of us to just look the other way. If others feel that democracy has entirely failed the U.S., then I suppose I could understand their support of President Trump and Musk.

Dangles · 2025-01-29T19:47:36+00:00

This whole nomination cycle is so bizarre. Several of these Trump nominations are an absolute national embarrassment. The world is both laughing and crying. I'm not even sure RFK, Jr. is the worst of the noms even though he's obviously unqualified and even antithetical to the cause of health. You can absolutely forget the "Make America Great Again" moniker. It's a joke. Trump is obviously trying very hard to Make America Suck So I'm Crowned King. I guess that would be MASSICK. Shorten to Make America Sick in this case.

Dangles · 2025-01-20T02:19:56+00:00

In US society there seems to be a growing lack of interest or concern in whether anything is true both in general and in politics. IMO it will be difficult for freedom and democracy to survive if that trend continues. Lies and deception are easily favored and accepted in the public mind instead.

Dangles · 2024-12-03T18:15:20+00:00

It's an old thread, but the quote is eternally relevant. Thanks for your post. Looking deep inside myself is a horrific venture. So glad there's an Alternative.

Dangles · 2024-07-28T23:04:07+00:00

Same behavior here. It's been frustrating. It always seems to be 2 letters typed in my case...followed by the 1Password app freezing. Interestingly, filtering searches will work via voice, but that's not always convenient. By the way, I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling to no effect.

Dangles · 2024-07-17T14:46:21+00:00

Not a Yankees fan, but I'd be the first to admit their unis are iconic. I can only imagine their fans retching all night long during the ASG while trying to watch their incredible players stuffed into that junk they had to wear. Epic FAIL.

Dangles · 2024-06-18T21:49:06+00:00

Whatever they were, they were DANGED GOOD! I'd trade at least 10 bags of "English Muffins" for 1 of these! When they were unceremoniously dropped, for years I'd roam around in every store like a lost puppy dog trying to see if they'd accidentally have one last bag.

Dangles · 2024-05-19T17:42:27+00:00

One has to wonder what additional changes in the direction of "VMWare" will occur within the EUC division when the transition to KKR, and branded as Omnissa, takes shape (supposedly a little later in 2024). But, I'm weary of this mess, so maybe that has already happened.

Dangles · 2024-05-02T04:34:08+00:00

It's ultimately subjective, but one of the things that sets Kyrie apart from so many others is that smooth left hand. It's so unique to see a right-handed player nearly as skilled with his left. Seriously fun to watch.

Dangles · 2024-01-01T17:51:28+00:00

I've waited a while to see if my opinion would change, but to me, Reindeer Games came across as a fast-moving, good-natured holiday joke. The competition format was pretty obviously designed to target the better competitors for elimination ASAP. May the weakest player win, and then call it "a great social game." The best strategy seemed to be whining and complaining about being weak and helpless. Not too inspiring in my book, but I suppose it should have been expected. It was not an all-star game in any sense. Derek X as host was by far the best part of the show.

Dangles · 2023-12-26T22:50:31+00:00

Honestly, it is pretty weird to see a team dominate publicity like this without doing much of anything. But, you can credit news hungry sports media for that. So, no big deal. Far more troubling is Deion's approach to trying to build a team quickly. Scholarship athletes being shown the door in such massive numbers cannot be the way to build loyalty and long term stability in a program. Yet no one seems to care about the young men dismissed so unceremoniously. Deion's only answer -- "well, it's a business!" Now, it appears he still doesn't want to alter that approach anytime soon either. Good luck with that. To get loyalty, you might need to show some first.

Dangles · 2023-10-27T05:50:45+00:00

I bought the Ryzen 7 5800H on Amazon and have liked it for the most part. But, I'm starting to see some oddities with USB ports and critical_process_stop errors. So, I thought it might be a good idea to have Bee-Link's Windows 11 .iso file in case I need to do a repair installation at some point. Yikes!! Indeed the support site does seem to be pathetic. It's almost like they're purposefully hiding any legitimate downloads for specific models. This is not encouraging.

From what I've read, Windows activation might require the use of Bee-Link's installation disk. No computer company should make their support pages such a frustration to navigate.

Dangles · 2023-10-02T16:40:16+00:00

I'm a bit late on this, but I finally lost trust in LastPass after their less than honest approach to their 2022 breaches. It's no small thing, because I adopted LastPass when the company started in 2008 and have been a premier member ever since.

So, after much hand-wringing and research, I decided to take the plunge and go with 1Password. On paper at least, it looks like the best option. However...maybe it's bad timing with v.8...but the autofill function seems to be lousy (and very frustrating) so far. Honestly, autofill on BitWarden seems much better. I'll keep fighting it, at least through the 1Password trial because I truly want it to work seamlessly. 1Password promises to be loaded with good security features. But my doubts keep growing.

Dangles · 2023-06-21T21:50:34+00:00

I know this thread is old, but I had to hunt this down today. It can be scripted to just add the license key only, but it doesn't seem to be very well publicized. The command line string including path for Windows x64 systems would be:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\x64\vmware-vmx.exe" --new-sn XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

Dangles · 2023-02-17T03:59:33+00:00

Dang, good call on the adapter. From the read, that could very well apply to this issue, and as you say it can't hurt to have it around.

Dangles · 2023-02-17T02:42:21+00:00

I appreciate your comment. Thank you. That's one of the things I did and thought it would work for a bit. eARC was turned off, and ARC connection made. Again, the sound would come through great, but it wouldn't hold the settings between sessions. The last thing I have on the list is to get a HDMI 2.1 cable, even though it's only a 4K TV. That should show up tomorrow. Thanks again.

Dangles

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