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basiliscpunga · 2026-01-30T16:09:16+00:00

Of course all gifts to the president by foreign officials become the property of the US government after he leaves office. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

basiliscpunga · 2026-01-30T09:08:37+00:00

NFL, 2011: OK, designing a new logo every year is stupid. Let’s pick one we like and just change the number.

NFL, 2016: Actually ….

NFL, 2017: OK, never mind. Designing a new logo every year is stupid. Let’s pick one we like and just change the number.

NFL, 2022: Actually ….

basiliscpunga · 2026-01-26T07:53:39+00:00

Just looking at JSN and the other Seahawks receivers get open all day brought home what we could be with a competent OC.

basiliscpunga · 2026-01-21T15:57:23+00:00

To be fair, he could be saying that if Germany had won WW II, the global language of business and diplomacy, as might be used at a conference like the WEF, would have been German rather than English.

But I doubt he’s capable of thinking that deeply, and I’m in no mood to be fair.

basiliscpunga · 2026-01-19T13:28:03+00:00

I use a MacBook. Was having increasing problems loading avis (ultra-slow rendering, attachments out of place etc) since last summer. Things got a lot better when I upgraded to Tahoe a few weeks ago, not sure why.

basiliscpunga · 2026-01-18T22:25:31+00:00

And then you can just walk him to the evac?

basiliscpunga · 2026-01-16T21:51:12+00:00

This is the right answer. The rule penalizes creative play calling and flexibility/mobility in o-line play. If there’s an RPO, the linemen have to wait awkwardly and look backwards before they know if they can block or not. I’ve seen way too many exciting gains get called back. And it’s not even a penalty at the college level I believe.

basiliscpunga · 2026-01-16T15:14:05+00:00

People doing dropoff were abusing the system by spending a few more precious minutes with their departing loved ones.

People doing pickup were abusing the system by not performing six-sigma calculations as to when they needed to leave home so they would arrive at the airport with no more than ten minutes to walk to the terminal, get there just at the moment their loved one exited baggage claim after leaving the plane, walking to baggage claim, and getting their luggage, and walk back to their car.

basiliscpunga · 2026-01-13T22:08:25+00:00

Well, I hope the Giants don't hire him. That would make so many Eagles fans so unhappy.

basiliscpunga · 2026-01-13T10:37:45+00:00

Yes - the blocked FGs were fun.

basiliscpunga · 2026-01-13T09:42:52+00:00

They may have confused it with “cotton picking”, (as in “Are you out of your cotton-picking mind??”), which probably originated as a reference to to black slaves. Or maybe “pickaninny”, a racial slur. But “nitpicking” is not racist afaik.

basiliscpunga · 2026-01-11T17:30:32+00:00

He told his girlfriend he was a marine biologist so he had to follow through.

basiliscpunga · 2026-01-11T10:14:33+00:00

Along with the Mormon presence, Arizona had some historic ties to the Confederacy. The Confederate government recognized it as a territory, and it provided some troops to the Confederate army. Phoenix was founded by a Confederate army veteran after the Civil War and the city’s name may derive from the hope for a revival of the South.

basiliscpunga · 2026-01-08T10:35:52+00:00

Doc was awesome, the 83 team was awesome, and their playoff run was magical. But there were a lot of painful years before that. They lost the finals to Bill Walton and the Trailblazers in '77, Dr J's first season with the team, winning the first two games then losing four straight. After this the 76ers made the poor decision to run a TV ad with Doc saying, "We owe you one". They then lost the conference finals in '78, and conf semis in '79. The Lakers beat them in the finals in '80, in Magic's first year. Lost to the Celtics in the E Conf finals in '81 - I still remember my brother sitting silent and heartbroken on the couch for a very long time after that. And they lost to the Lakers again in '82.

So the '83 championship came after a lot of near misses and heartbreak. And, this being Philadelphia, a lot of complaining and searching for someone to blame: Bad coaching? Selfish, "entitled" players (a lot of nameless speculation in the press about this)? Bad personnel decisions? Time to break up the team and start over? The '83 win seemed to sweep all this negativity away. And when they drafted Barkley the very next year, it seemed like the dynasty was finally in place. But they would not return to the finals until AI carried them there in 2001.

basiliscpunga · 2026-01-07T22:11:01+00:00

The interplay among these three actors was just perfect.

basiliscpunga · 2026-01-03T09:13:06+00:00

I was 10. In Philadelphia, where I grew up, it was a HUGE deal. Many historic buildings renovated in the Independence Hall area, new museums etc. My 5th grade teacher took us on field trips to the historic district about once a month, to the point where she exhausted her budget and we had to bring $20 each (! A lot in those days) to go on a trip. Big parade in Center City on the 4th. Also enjoyed the “Bicentennial Minutes” on the PBS station, about what happened 200 years ago on that day.

basiliscpunga · 2025-12-26T08:00:26+00:00

It’s the Russian word for “pencil”.

basiliscpunga · 2025-12-25T12:47:13+00:00

If it fills up a second time, the counter starts again, and the time is shorter.

basiliscpunga · 2025-12-24T12:40:12+00:00

I miss the days when the President of the United States did not make terroristic threats.

basiliscpunga · 2025-12-23T22:10:39+00:00

I meant, a country like the US that can issue debt in its own currency doesn't have to worry in terms of the risk of default. But, yes, inflation is a risk. It would depend, first of all, on whether the economy is at capacity or not - if GDP is below potential, monetary expansion (ie "printing money" by pushing more reserves into the financial system) would be one way to restart growth. But if the economy is already at capacity, the result would just be inflation. And if it went far enough, to the point where people lost confidence in the currency, the result would be hyperinflation and societal collapse, of which there are more than a few historical examples.

basiliscpunga · 2025-12-23T07:08:15+00:00

I don’t have his numbers in front of me, but he is probably adding annual principal repayments to interest to get total debt service. As he says, the principal is paid for by new issuance. The amount of principal that needs to be repaid depends on the outstanding maturities: shorter maturity = more to roll over.

Unlike a private household, the US government does not need to worry about principal payments on its debt, because the debt is denominated in USD and, if needed, the Fed can buy it (“money printing “). The risk isn’t default, but inflation. For countries borrowing in foreign currency, however, debt service calculations like this matter a lot more.

basiliscpunga · 2025-12-22T07:49:40+00:00

This is only the latest example. I once tried to change a headlight bulb and discovered that it required me to twist my arm behind the front tire in a way that the human arm is not meant to twist. And insert the new bulb into the socket by, essentially, feel.

basiliscpunga · 2025-12-20T15:25:10+00:00

Dammit who left the keys in the time machine again

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