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General Dog posted:So when does BRIC start dominating the century? When they stop having stupid dictators in power probably
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# ? Jun 30, 2016 23:13 |
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DJExile posted:A bunch of female athletes are either refusing to go or incredibly cautious about it because of what zika can and has done to pregnant women. One male athlete is freezing his sperm before he goes because he wants to ensure he can have a child with his wife without a threat of the virus. These people are stupid. The odds of contracting Zika are extremely low. Especially when you factor that this is taking place in Rio (not East), in the Winter, and in an Olympic Village caked in insecticide (not to mention air conditioned quarters with screens). If a female athlete is pregnant or planning to get pregnant shortly after the competition, they should probably avoid it. But idiots like Pau Gasol are at more risk of getting food poisoning than Zika (an incredibly mild virus in the scope of things).
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# ? Jul 1, 2016 03:07 |
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General Dog posted:So when does BRIC start dominating the century? BRIC is so last decade, we're on to MINT now (mexico, indonesia, nigeria and turkey i think?)
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# ? Jul 1, 2016 03:21 |
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I just talked to a professional outbreak control specialist two days ago who said Zika is very unlikely to spread meaningfully in the U.S. for the same reason malaria doesn't spread meaningfully here: because the U.S. has near universal air conditioning. Olympic athletes are probably at very low risk for the same reason (they'll be housed in a semi-luxury fashion that will certainly include AC) but doubtless two or three of them will come home with the virus and the media will freak out about it.
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# ? Jul 1, 2016 03:37 |
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Zika concerns for the olympics are beyond stupid. Aedes related infections peak in January-April and virtually disappear by August in Rio. You are going to get endless coverage of the handful of tourists who will contract it while in the north of the country who then show up in Rio. As for athletes withdrawing, most of it is people who didn't have much to gain from playing in the olympics allowing zika to be their cover. As for the "state of financial disaster," that is less because of the state being in literal financial disaster, but because that declaration allows all sorts of emergency, no-bid contracts to go into play. It is the same thing that happened in the world cup: things are set up as a way to reward a poor job. Why deliver a stadium on time and on budget if you can have it only half done 2 months ahead of the event and then charge triple to pay for all that overtime? Now, the worst thing about the olympics is that the police is going to kill a fuckton of people to make sure crime is down, and the local media is going to do everything they can to hide the continuation of the coup in place.
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# ? Jul 1, 2016 06:13 |
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the talent deficit posted:BRIC is so last decade, we're on to MINT now (mexico, indonesia, nigeria and turkey i think?) Is Indonesia undergoing a large domestic insurgency? if so we're 4 for 4.
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# ? Jul 1, 2016 14:12 |
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Bip Roberts posted:Is Indonesia undergoing a large domestic insurgency? if so we're 4 for 4. This is an inadequate list, but yeah they've got a bit of an issue with that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_Indonesia
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# ? Jul 1, 2016 15:38 |
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Well you have to remember that zika can be transfered sexually. The US basketball team might be able to start a pandemic all by themselves but then you throw in hundreds of young people at their physical peak well...life finds a way.
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# ? Jul 2, 2016 00:43 |
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Trast posted:Well you have to remember that zika can be transfered sexually. The US basketball team might be able to start a pandemic all by themselves but then you throw in hundreds of young people at their physical peak well...life finds a way.
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# ? Jul 2, 2016 01:36 |
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https://twitter.com/ringer/status/750358723172892676 I know he only occasionally writes about sports but Shea is the best. Mark Titus is on board as well.
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# ? Jul 5, 2016 17:17 |
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Mike Lupica got all the sweet sweet hot takes for you about KD
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# ? Jul 5, 2016 22:24 |
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... https://twitter.com/ReillyRick/status/750439070745047040
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# ? Jul 5, 2016 22:49 |
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Ahahahaha
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# ? Jul 5, 2016 23:30 |
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That deadspin commentary snark was worse than the AVClub.
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# ? Jul 6, 2016 00:14 |
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Jonah Keri bringin' the pain: https://twitter.com/jonahkeri/status/750439991830917120 fake edit: https://twitter.com/rembert/status/750468292746285056
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# ? Jul 6, 2016 00:20 |
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Rick Reilly Was Never Good.
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# ? Jul 6, 2016 00:27 |
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R.D. Mangles posted:Rick Reilly Was Never Good. Well, he got paid a lot and to sports journalists that is still something to look up to
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# ? Jul 6, 2016 01:53 |
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R.D. Mangles posted:Rick Reilly Was Never Good. People insist he was a good feature writer at some point a billion years ago, but that back page SI column was definitely always garbage
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# ? Jul 6, 2016 02:04 |
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His old features have solid reporting but still have his extended hacky stand-up bits sprinkled in
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# ? Jul 6, 2016 02:17 |
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He's not wrong
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# ? Jul 6, 2016 03:22 |
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GoutPatrol posted:That deadspin commentary snark was worse than the AVClub.
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# ? Jul 6, 2016 04:40 |
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General Dog posted:He's not wrong Yes he is. Rick Reilly is basically always wrong.
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# ? Jul 6, 2016 05:05 |
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Crazy Ted posted:I presume you're not terribly familiar with the work of Drew Magary, are you The only time I read Deadspin is when it is posted here.
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# ? Jul 6, 2016 07:21 |
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Crazy Ted posted:I presume you're not terribly familiar with the work of Drew Magary, are you This was over the top even for him, if I didn't know I'd have guessed Kluwe had written it
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# ? Jul 6, 2016 11:18 |
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GoutPatrol posted:That deadspin commentary snark was worse than the AVClub. True but Mike Lupica, the guy who shits on people for being about the money, then goes and shits on people when they decide they want the best chance to win titles. He is terrible at his job, but probably should join first take. He's right up that alley.
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# ? Jul 6, 2016 13:52 |
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Yeah Drew and the rest of the people there seem to be largely phoning it in at this point. Moreso than usual, anyway.
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# ? Jul 6, 2016 14:49 |
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GoutPatrol posted:That deadspin commentary snark was worse than the AVClub. Also Drew wrote the same column that he's fire joe morganing six years ago. General Dog fucked around with this message at 15:02 on Jul 6, 2016 |
# ? Jul 6, 2016 15:00 |
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General Dog posted:Also Drew wrote the same column that he's fire joe morganing six years ago. At the risk of defending Margary, this isn't even close to the same column. It's a takedown of the Decision, which...well isn't what's going on now. And it was a bad idea, I think LeBron would agree to that
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# ? Jul 6, 2016 15:22 |
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Grittybeard posted:At the risk of defending Margary, this isn't even close to the same column. It's a takedown of the Decision, which...well isn't what's going on now. And it was a bad idea, I think LeBron would agree to that Yeah, I didn't reread until after I posted it
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# ? Jul 6, 2016 15:35 |
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Akileese posted:True but Mike Lupica, the guy who shits on people for being about the money, then goes and shits on people when they decide they want the best chance to win titles. He is terrible at his job, but probably should join first take. He's right up that alley.
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# ? Jul 6, 2016 20:54 |
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I don't think I've ever heard anyone say anything other than Mike Lupica is a whiney self-important bitch.
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# ? Jul 6, 2016 21:00 |
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Crazy Ted posted:Mike Lupica has also caused multiple long-time colleagues to quit the New York Daily News due to his frequent tantrum throwing over assignments. What's the story here? Not that I doubt it but I haven't heard it
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# ? Jul 6, 2016 22:03 |
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mike lupica should be arrested for this, imo
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# ? Jul 6, 2016 23:34 |
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sportsgenius86 posted:I don't think I've ever heard anyone say anything other than Mike Lupica is a whiney self-important bitch.
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# ? Jul 6, 2016 23:47 |
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lol, perfect https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/752302944008019968
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# ? Jul 11, 2016 02:35 |
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Makes sense, he has as much credibility as the Batboy stories in the enquirer
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# ? Jul 11, 2016 02:46 |
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https://twitter.com/nyknicks/status/705150778944565248
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# ? Jul 11, 2016 02:49 |
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When Darren Rovell goes to hell, it's just going to be normal life except every product is 1980's white-label generic and he will spend every moment for eternity wailing for God to save him.
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# ? Jul 11, 2016 04:42 |
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ChickenMedium posted:When Darren Rovell goes to hell, it's just going to be normal life except every product is 1980's white-label generic and he will spend every moment for eternity wailing for God to save him. for your consideration, a one mr. darren rovell. he lives in a world where there are no advertisements on the jerseys, browsers come with adblock by default, and everyone agrees that just a basic shoe with no additional features or logos is fine and shoes have no effect on performance. consider what it would be like to be an ESPN sports business reporter in...the twilight zone.
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# ? Jul 11, 2016 04:46 |
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 13:20 |
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the ringer loving sucks https://theringer.com/the-startup-chemistry-of-the-milwaukee-bucks-159a85692994#.yn8qqamas
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# ? Jul 16, 2016 06:48 |