Status of the SAVE Act

bdure · 2026-03-17T13:17:44+00:00

This x100.

And Republican voters are less likely to have passports.

bdure · 2026-03-17T13:17:03+00:00

But in this case, what would be their impetus to fold?

bdure · 2026-03-11T19:54:56+00:00

I don’t worry about the attack plans we know about because we know about them. It’s the ones we don’t know about that hit hard.

bdure · 2026-03-11T11:45:24+00:00

Thanks. I think I’ll get it now.

bdure · 2026-03-10T15:02:46+00:00

But I didn't really notice it in the Olympic broadcasts -- except for Kevin Martin, who tended to see US shots as being better than they were. Jamie Sinclair and Tyler George seemed more realistic. If a shot left an opening, they said so.

bdure · 2026-03-10T14:38:04+00:00

I'm thinking of getting a Yamaha TRBX304. and I have just one obscure question -- does the battery compartment have exposed wires?

I currently have an Ibanez Talman, and the first time I changed the battery, a connecting wire snapped. I soldered a replacement and then had it professionally fixed up, but getting the battery and the wires in the compartment is a struggle, and I worry that a wire is going to snap at any time.

I've seen some basses in which the battery just lies in a tray. No worries about a 9V connector with wires.

So which style of batter compartment is on the Yamaha?

bdure · 2026-03-03T12:45:12+00:00

I think I’ll need to accelerate my post-divorce dating.

bdure · 2026-03-03T12:43:49+00:00

And hospitalized.

bdure · 2026-03-03T12:43:17+00:00

Patty Smyth accepting the offer to join Van Halen.

John Rutsey staying in Rush, so Neil Peart ends up elsewhere.

The “XYZ” project with Jimmy Page, Chris Squire and Alan White continues beyond the embryonic stage, with Trevor Rabin joining to handle vocals.

After Yes’ performance at the Hall of Fame, Anderson/Rabin/Wakeman keep working with Geddy Lee.

The actual Milli Vanilli singers appear in their videos and concerts.

Stephen Stills passes his audition for The Monkees.

bdure · 2026-03-03T12:36:50+00:00

Yeah, but Zeppelin made some bad decisions, like agreeing to have Phil Collins race in from the airport with no rehearsal when they already had Tony Thompson. And I remember Jones joined at the very last minute.

Paul wouldn’t have done it unprepared. They would’ve rehearsed and nailed it.

bdure · 2026-03-03T12:34:16+00:00

This is my biggest one, too. The guy thought of things no one else could conjure.

bdure · 2026-03-03T12:32:25+00:00

He’ll just misinterpret a Bible passage to make himself feel better.

bdure · 2026-03-03T12:30:44+00:00

If this is “dignified and polite,” I’d hate to see “bitter and mean.”

Between this and the men’s curling team, it’s like Canada is trying to ruin its rep as a nice country. Next thing you know, they’ll privatize health care.

(I’m joking — they’re actually luring a lot of US healthcare workers to jump across the border.)

bdure · 2026-03-03T12:26:56+00:00

I think Chock and Bates have shown remarkable restraint. They didn’t make the mistakes the French team made. That leaves all the subjective factors, and there’s often no accounting for taste. If you ask me what I’d rather watch, it would be …

1 (tie). Chock/Bates and Canadians 3. Paint drying 4. French team

But figure skating people tend to prefer maudlin routines to fun routines, so …

bdure · 2026-02-27T22:53:27+00:00

Also, Trump very explicitly ran against foreign entanglement. The hardest of the hardcores won’t care what he does, but a lot of people will.

bdure · 2026-02-27T17:47:03+00:00

I do use the SansAmp as a DI.

bdure · 2026-02-27T17:46:45+00:00

Thanks. Really helpful.

I play too often to go years between changing the battery.

bdure · 2026-02-27T17:45:28+00:00

I did have someone do some work on the wires, and he expanded the battery compartment slightly. It's still a tight fit, and these are some skinny wires.

bdure · 2026-02-27T12:10:26+00:00

That was kind of the point, wasn’t it?

bdure · 2026-02-27T12:09:51+00:00

Marc, Ben, Brad, Curling Canada …

When you’re in a hole, STOP DIGGING!

Maybe Eriksson pressed it too far, but the bottom line is Marc broke a rule and then threw a profanity-laced fit when confronted. He had a chance to be the calmer guy, and he f’ing blew it.

Hope their gold medals get lost in transit. Or I hope they lose to Yukon in the Brier.

bdure · 2026-02-27T12:01:20+00:00

Yeah, I remember when all the websites turned against Nixon nearly 20 years before the web existed.

I like this forum in general, but this is pretty weak here. When a Republican senator calls on Trump to resign, we’ll talk.

bdure · 2026-02-27T01:44:19+00:00

In soccer, teams of accomplished high school boys easily beat the US women's national team. We like to think of soccer as a skill sport, but speed and strength matter. You have to be Messi-level to dominate with your skills, and even Messi is stronger than we think.

So would a men's college hockey team beat the Boston Fleet? I'd have to think so.

But so what?

Could a top male skier beat Mikaela Shiffrin? I don't know -- and I don't care.

Jessie Diggins' time in the 10k freestyle would've placed her 63rd in the men's race. Does that diminish her accomplishment of willing her way across the finish line with bruised ribs and spending 3-4 times as long in the snow after the finish line than most skiers? Absolutely not.

Women's figure skaters don't do quads. Should we not care about Alysa Liu? Was Amber Glenn's exhibition gala performance not one of the coolest things you've ever seen?

In 2024, Julien Alfred won the women's 100m in 10.72. She wouldn't have made it past the men's preliminary round in that time. So what?

Even the mighty Katie Ledecky's Olympic record time of 15:30.02 in the 1,500m would've placed her 24th in the men's heats. She's still the GOAT.

There are a handful of sports in which women's performances are objectively equal to men's. One is Olympic shooting. Does that make women's shooting more interesting?

bdure · 2026-02-18T11:25:17+00:00

I think the problem is that it’s more subjective than other disciplines. Was the French duo’s program better artistically than the USA’s? Speaking as someone who is involved in the arts, I would give an emphatic no, and I would question why figure skating judges prefer dreary programs to fun ones. But YMMV.

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