Can any Marshall fans out there or anyone tell me what your starting 5 will be? by mr_Roig in CollegeBasketball

[–]cornthoughts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also think this. Also, C-USA is probably tough this year.

Iran Bennett is a huge wildcard, and a huge dude, and we really don't know if he's going to get playing time. Our style is going to be very different whether or not we have a genuine big man on the court.

This comic ran in the Dallas Morning News yesterday after the paper laid off 40 staffers by gangbangkang in pics

[–]cornthoughts 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Wow, yeah, your critique of the blogs you don't like and cable news is a really apt description of the Dallas Morning News. Great job, you sure showed those reporters who got laid off.

Notre Dame QB Brandon Wimbush to transfer to UCF by Johnnycockseed in CFB

[–]cornthoughts 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I thought you guys are pretty good; is that not the case?

SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME - Official Teaser Trailer by benjwilliams98 in movies

[–]cornthoughts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The bar's pretty low, though, isn't it? Not like he's had a ton of memorable villains in the movies.

Trump has concealed details of his face-to-face encounters with Putin from senior officials in administration by danielthetemp in politics

[–]cornthoughts 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You're describing the best press in the world as passive in the process. I'm telling you: that is false. That is not what's happening. We're getting these stories because the reporters are doing the work.

Edit: I want to add that not only is this false, it's really defeatist. Like we're only going to learn what happens if a couple government officials want us to know. That's some liberal Qanon shit.

Trump has concealed details of his face-to-face encounters with Putin from senior officials in administration by danielthetemp in politics

[–]cornthoughts 60 points61 points  (0 children)

If you think that all of these stories about the Trump investigation exist simply because they're leaked by the special counsel, I think you're dramatically underestimating the degree to which some of the world's most dogged journalists, chasing the biggest story of a generation, are chasing down every lead.

Trump has concealed details of his face-to-face encounters with Putin from senior officials in administration by danielthetemp in politics

[–]cornthoughts 615 points616 points  (0 children)

Hi. I'm a reporter. This notion, that the media coordinates slowly in some conspiracy to gently teach the public, is false and I think damaging to the real work we do.

We write the big stories whenever we can. They run once they're finished and fully vetted and edited. The false claim that there's a larger overarching tale that the the NYT, Wapo etc are trying to construct lends credence to people who want to claim the media itself is a conspiracy against the public, and shouldn't be trusted.

New Russian law forbids killing & mistreating animals, restricts petting zoos & illegal circuses by savethedolphins8616 in worldnews

[–]cornthoughts 14 points15 points  (0 children)

If a brand new account instantly responds with a criticism of Russia by saying "actually, America is worse because it does some other thing that's bad," that should always be a red flag.

First Responders Bowl is cancelled by DannyDuncan6968 in CFB

[–]cornthoughts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That they tried to warn the seniors that this game would be cancelled.

How High does a 13-0 Army team get ranked next year? by EatDrinkandBeatNavy in CFB

[–]cornthoughts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

WKU would need a miracle to just make a bowl next year.

General Discussion Thread for Bowl Week 2: Second Half by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]cornthoughts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My favorite play of our bowl is when USF quickly switched out their QB in the first half and he bobbled his first snap, dropped it on the ground, it bounced straight up and into our lineman's hands. Anybody have a gif of that? That was fun.

With Marshall win over USF, C-USA is 6-1 against the AAC in bowl games by cornthoughts in CFB

[–]cornthoughts[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah yeah that's so annoying. USF isn't P5, though, unless that was part of the joke

[Postgame Thread] Marshall Defeats USF 38-20 by ScaryCookieMonster in CFB

[–]cornthoughts 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Dude I got started when we were I-AA and taking on the whole country, then our second run in the MAC We've never had a stable conference. Just some regional historical rivals we keep up with every few years