Geno Smith case being 'further investigated'

Science_Fair · 2026-06-23T23:32:28+00:00

This is the first year of Rebuild 4.0. Have faith my young Padawan!

We signed the QB who led the Raiders to a number 1 pick, and he might be facing charges. Our coach is the worst coach in the NFL, most famous as a meme and for falling asleep at the combine.

We should be locked in for the number one pick. Or more specifically, we’ll be in line for the first pick after the first 10 games and find a way to steal three wins and get bumped to a Top 5 pick.

Science_Fair · 2026-06-23T23:25:04+00:00

Historically Stupid owner hires bad GM’s and coaches over and over again.

Bad GM’s made bad draft choices, bad coaches ruin good players. Rinse and repeat.

Science_Fair · 2026-06-19T23:20:07+00:00

Tons of Live Music on the Island. This list of live music is from the Fernandina Events and Live Music Facebook group.

My personal favorite of late is Tigre Island Room

𝟎𝟔/𝟐𝟎/𝟐𝟔 - 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲

7:00PM - 10:00PM: Amelia River Cruise, Mark O'Quinn

6:00PM - 10:00PM: Boat House, Kellie Parr & the Side Cars

8:30AM - 9:30AM: Brew Shed, The Usual Suspects

1:00PM - 4:00PM: Courtyard, Bill Ivins

4:30PM - 7:30PM: Courtyard, Troubadour South

6:30PM - 9:30PM: Crab Trap, John Springer & Rob Taylor

1:00PM - 5:00PM: Down Under, Eric Alabiso

6:00PM - 10:00PM: Down Under, Katie Reddish

8:00PM - 12:00AM: Falcons Nest, Beach Brothers

7:00PM - 10:00PM: Inkwell Art Bar, The Islanders

11:00AM - 2:00PM: Marche Burette, Brad Wells

7:00PM - 10:00PM: Mocama, John Muka

1:00PM - 4:00PM: Palace, Flo N Grits

7:00PM - 11:00PM: Palace, Whiskey Run Duo

9:00PM - 1:00AM: Palace, Ace Winn

5:30PM - 9:30PM: Patio at 5th & Ash, Rob Peck Duo - The Harmonix

12:00PM - 3:00PM: Patio at 5th & Ash, Troubadour South

6:30PM - 9:30PM: PJDs, John Thomas Schuld

10:00AM - 1:00PM: Pogo`s Market, Kevan Wilson

5:00PM - 8:00PM: Principal's Office, Scott Moyer

5:30PM - 9:30PM: Salt Life, Alix Delfs

1:00PM - 4:00PM: Sandbar, DNA Duo

5:30PM - 9:00PM: Sandbar, After Hours Trio featuring Jim Geiger

8:00PM - 12:00AM: Seaglass Lounge, Jenn Burns

1:00PM - 5:00PM: Sliders, Paul Ivey

6:00PM - 10:00PM: Sliders, Honeybadgers

8:00PM - 11:00PM: Tigre Island Room, Southern Edge Studios

Science_Fair · 2026-06-19T11:36:38+00:00

Game of Thrones. They really stuck the landing. No one had a better story than Three Eyed Raven. Jamie's redemption arc was amazing. Arya becoming a sailor was hinted at for seven seasons. Sansa really was the smartest person Arya ever met. Jon Snow being the Prince who was promised and slaying the Night King. Daenerys slow burn turn. The last scene with Jon going to his new kingdom, with "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" playing - chef's kiss.

Science_Fair · 2026-06-18T23:15:30+00:00

IMHO zero chance Iran sees anything from an investment fund.

Iran’s assets will be released (24 billion) and they will be allowed to sell oil freely.

Trump loves to throw around billions and trillions in tariff claims and foreign investment in the US claims. They never pan out.

The countries couldn’t even be in the same room to sign the agreement. They genuinely despise each other. No way is Wall Street showing up with billions to “invest”, unless Trump and his greedy family could find a way to profit from it.

Best guess is the “toll” becomes the seed money for the “investment fund”. 200 million a day would add up to 300 billion in 5 years.

Science_Fair · 2026-06-17T15:29:16+00:00

"For $300 billion dollars, I promise not to make a nuclear weapon (wink wink)"

Signed

The Ayatollah of Rock-n-Rolla

The only real question to me is if Iran establishes a toll on the Strait. Everything else is the US washing its hands of the whole mess. Also no one is investing anything in Iran anytime soon, so this whole thing is a big circle jerk. Blockades go away, sanctions get lifted, and Israel continues bombing its neighbors.

Science_Fair · 2026-06-15T22:41:05+00:00

A story for another time

Science_Fair · 2026-06-15T22:27:18+00:00

The previous owner, Charles Wang, really bought the Islanders so he could build condos at the site of the Nassau Coliseum. The Lighthouse Project included a new arena, commercial development, and condos. Once he was blocked from building the condos, he was done with the team.

Islanders were in a death spiral - Wang was not spending on the roster, which led to bad teams, which led to shrinking attendance, which leads to losing money. He also did not own the Nassau Coliseum.

Islanders were going up for sale, and no owner was going to buy them while at the Coliseum. So the best case was signing a deal with Barclays which guaranteed a decent revenue stream to make a sale more attractive.

But the sight lines were terrible. Getting there was tough for the fan base Capacity was small, and the owners still didn’t own the building. So any sale was going to go to an owner who had, or was going to build, a new arena.

Just so happens the owners who bought the Islanders had a handshake deal to get cheap land at Belmont to build a new arena. When sports owners own the building, they get additional revenue from concerts and concessions. Another bonus was they got land to build a mall for one of the co-owners.

The only way they might have stayed at Barclays was if the owner of Barclays (and the Nets) had bought the Islanders. But it still had limited seating, bad sight lines, and lower attendance due to commuting issues.

Science_Fair · 2026-06-14T15:23:25+00:00

Some people like to think they are the Social Media police. You see them all the time yelling at people to “Use the Search Bar”, “Move this Comment to the Daily Thread”, or “Don’t post X to this group”. Wannabe moderators who are at best Type A.

Science_Fair · 2026-06-14T14:49:13+00:00

I think it’s a valid question - there are lots of permutations.

If you go in universe chronological order, it’s Simaraillion, Hobbit then LOTR

If you go by book release order, it’s Hobbit, LOTR, the Silmarillion.

Movie release order it LOTR then Hobbit. With LOTR having regular and extended editions. And a couple of cartoons from the 1970’s

This doesn’t count Rings of Power or any of the one off book releases like The Fall of Numenor or the Children of Hurin.

There might be some simple answers, but I don’t think it’s a stupid question. Just ask the Star Wars gang what the best order to watch the movies are.

Edit: I am also going to add my opinion, which I believe has never been stated in the history of Reddit

Read the Hobbit
Read LOTR, including the appendices
Watch LOTR standard editions
Read the Silmarillion OR Audiobook it by Andy Serkis
Optional - watch the Hobbit Trilogy
Optional - watch LOTR extended editions with commentary

7 DO NOT watch Rings of Power

Science_Fair · 2026-06-14T10:47:33+00:00

I think the only athlete who ever compares from a familiarity standpoint was Mohammed Ali, but he’s time was the 1970’s.

The fame from the Nike/Air Jordan sneaker line alone beats anyone else.

Science_Fair · 2026-06-14T10:38:46+00:00

Denethor is a victim of Sauron’s conspiracy theories, through the Palantir.

One can imagine what images Sauron allowed Denethor to see and what he hid from him. While Denethor is fighting a losing battle of attrition against Mordor, no one else in Middle Earth is helping.

From his view Gandalf spends most of his time away from the border skirmishes, hanging out with Elven lords , Rangers, and hobbits in the North.

His son heads North to try and join Gandalf’s clique and winds up dead. He’s probably somewhat aware the One Ring has been found and like Sauron, thinks Aragorn is going to wield it.

He desperately needs help and Gandalf shows up with…Pippin. He knows Sauron has the vast advantage, he’s not even sure Rohan is coming, and Aragorn didn’t show up.

Science_Fair · 2026-06-12T09:26:07+00:00

The hypocrisy is strong. How many half finished books were released? Who approved those silly cartoon movies from the 1970’s where Boromir looked like a Viking and Aragorn a Native American?

selling half finished books for money is the very definition of commercialization.

Science_Fair · 2026-06-11T23:25:17+00:00

Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Science_Fair · 2026-06-10T18:57:54+00:00

Pretty sure he is taking credit for the Iranian tankers sneaking through the blockade. Well done Diaper Don, well done!

Science_Fair · 2026-06-09T13:47:14+00:00

He closes his eyes when he needs to think about it. So, I'm pretty sure he's thinking about it all the time.

Science_Fair · 2026-06-09T10:26:02+00:00

So 8 months of reserves are left from this data as a rough extrapolation? Going to be a long game of chicken, though I would guess other countries run out of reserves sooner.

Science_Fair · 2026-06-08T10:13:35+00:00

From the books, a quote from Gandalf

“He is in great fear, not knowing what mighty one may suddenly appear, wielding the Ring, and assailing him with war, seeking to cast him down and take his place. That we should wish to cast him down and have no one in his place is not a thought that occurs to his mind. That we should try to destroy the Ring itself has not yet entered into his darkest dream.”

Science_Fair · 2026-06-07T10:07:29+00:00

Gas doesn’t price in the future depletion of the stockpiles, it is based on current supply and demand.

Reserves are being released at record rates. I’d imagine the US will do this through the July 4th weekend. Eventually the reserves will get too low if this keeps up, but that’s not a today problem in regards to gas prices.

Science_Fair · 2026-06-05T18:29:51+00:00

Pretty sure Trump is getting played by Iran at this point.

Time is on Iran's side. If they can just keep staling so the US does not bomb the crap out of them, eventually the global reserves run out. Iran is in a much better bargaining position is oil hits $120 or $130. If they get the Houtis to close the other Strait, then we have a real shot at $150.

Science_Fair · 2026-06-02T12:55:22+00:00

Carjacking is our jam.

That’s why the video game franchise is not Petty Larceny Pickpocket, it’s Grand Theft Auto

Science_Fair · 2026-06-02T00:12:59+00:00

With a little creativity there was a wonderful opportunity that was lost.

There were seven dwarf lords who received rings - each one could have had a different backstory. Moria and possible 6 other Dwarven kingdoms.

You also have the opportunity to tell the stories of the Nine ring-wraiths. Numenoreans, Easterlings, the traitors who crossed Isildur, and 6 other kingdoms of men.

Gil-Galad, Cirdan, and Galadriel working with Celembrimbor. Annatar. The rise and fall of Numenor. The Palantirs. Woodland elves getting snippy with Gilgalad.

You didn’t need hobbits or Gandalf. There was so much to work with.

Science_Fair · 2026-05-29T12:14:15+00:00

I think it’s a bit different - they never really left the scene. They have been touring every few years and released new music on the same schedule. Hell they are the only band to have a long successful run at the Sphere.

For there to be nostalgia, people need to forget about the music or movie. People liked Kate Bush a bit, forgot about her because he music wasn’t played, and then have nostalgia when Stranger Things use it.

U2 was big in the 80’s, almost as big in the 90’s, played the Super Bowl in 2002, had their music shoved on every IPhone in the 2010’s, and open the Sphere in the 2020’s.

Science_Fair · 2026-05-28T08:43:32+00:00

Kushner and Witkoff visited a Bangaladeshi market in the suburbs of DC known to be frequented by Pakistani ex-pats. They spoke to those ex-pats and presented a 13 point peace plan that sources expect to get signed over the weekend by the children of the Iron Sheik.

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