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  • Bene Futuis
    All Star
    • Jan 2011
    • 5175

    Here in my neck of the woods, the food comes VERY spicy if you so desire. When I traveled, I sought out spicy food all over the world. I can safely say that the food here is spicier than anywhere else I traveled, including India and Thailand. I didn't really go to the culinary hotspots of those countries, though. Mexico has some decent spicy food.
    More American children die by gunfire in a year than on-duty police officers and active duty military.

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    • Bene Futuis
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      • Jan 2011
      • 5175

      Oprah's spiritual adviser is running for president. We are saved!
      More American children die by gunfire in a year than on-duty police officers and active duty military.

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      • The Feral Slasher
        MVP
        • Oct 2011
        • 13399

        Originally posted by Bene Futuis
        Oprah's spiritual adviser is running for president. We are saved!
        Well that is great news !
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        Champagne for breakfast and a Sherman in my hand !
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        The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
        George Orwell, 1984

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        • Bene Futuis
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          • Jan 2011
          • 5175

          Originally posted by Bene Futuis
          It's hard to even imagine a more dangerous President than this one who has consistently ignored, ridiculed, or disparaged his own intelligence agencies and even the people he picked to lead them. It would be bad enough if he kept his idiotic thoughts to himself. Instead, he broadcasts them (spelling errors and atrocious grammar included) to the world. I mean, the Occam's Razor reason for this is that he's just too stupid to even begin to grasp subtlety or nuance. Regardless, he is just an embarrassment. History will judge him and the cousin-fuckers who support him very harshly.
          Headline I just saw: "Trump comes out strongly against intelligence"

          Hahaha!
          More American children die by gunfire in a year than on-duty police officers and active duty military.

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          • Kevin Seitzer
            All Star
            • Jan 2011
            • 9175

            Originally posted by Bene Futuis
            It sure seems like MLB teams collude when it comes to free agents.
            I've been with two of the 30 teams and in a position to know, and I've seen no evidence of it.
            "Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.'"

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            • Kevin Seitzer
              All Star
              • Jan 2011
              • 9175

              Originally posted by The Feral Slasher
              20 years from now we will be an outlaw group with napkins (thanks Heye !) drafting in an abandoned warehouse in a former manufacturing site. Bookmark this post !
              The AI has already bookmarked it and is coming for you, John Connor.
              "Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.'"

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              • Bene Futuis
                All Star
                • Jan 2011
                • 5175

                Originally posted by Kevin Seitzer
                I've been with two of the 30 teams and in a position to know, and I've seen no evidence of it.
                I mean, '08 Barry Bonds was surely collusion (right?), although that predates your MLB time. I'm guessing if it still exists, and I have no real evidence that it does whatsoever, it's kept tightly under wraps. Written documentation of that kind of thing would be hugely scandalous. Maybe it's just me tilting at windmills since surely a powerhouse like the baseball union would sniff it out. Then again, I sniffed out the fact that the world is flat just by checking out some YouTube videos when all those fancy nerds at NASA couldn't even figure it out for themselves.

                Edit: MLB's problematic history with collusion raises suspicion when we have weird offseasons like this one.
                More American children die by gunfire in a year than on-duty police officers and active duty military.

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                • The Feral Slasher
                  MVP
                  • Oct 2011
                  • 13399

                  Originally posted by Kevin Seitzer
                  The AI has already bookmarked it and is coming for you, John Connor.
                  I figures as much. I wonder who will play me in the movie. I hope he is as handsome as i am
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                  Champagne for breakfast and a Sherman in my hand !
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                  The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
                  George Orwell, 1984

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                  • The Feral Slasher
                    MVP
                    • Oct 2011
                    • 13399

                    Originally posted by The Feral Slasher
                    I figures as much. I wonder who will play me in the movie. I hope he is as handsome as i am
                    I wonder even more who will play nullnor. Unless that is also me in a plot twist
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                    Champagne for breakfast and a Sherman in my hand !
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                    The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
                    George Orwell, 1984

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                    • The Feral Slasher
                      MVP
                      • Oct 2011
                      • 13399

                      Originally posted by The Feral Slasher
                      I wonder even more who will play nullnor. Unless that is also me in a plot twist
                      This stuff really stresses me out. So apologies if my draft falls apart from here out
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                      Champagne for breakfast and a Sherman in my hand !
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                      The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
                      George Orwell, 1984

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                      • Ken
                        Administrator
                        • Feb 2016
                        • 10979

                        Originally posted by Bene Futuis
                        I mean, '08 Barry Bonds was surely collusion (right?)
                        I don’t ever follow the logic with this

                        The idea would be that a team wanted to sign Bonds because they thought he would help their team, but they were convinced by their competitors not to do so.

                        Seems very unlikely.

                        More likely they just didn’t want the circus that would come with signing him, right??

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                        • The Feral Slasher
                          MVP
                          • Oct 2011
                          • 13399

                          Note for Heye...just walked in on episode from season 8. Vampire dude
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                          Champagne for breakfast and a Sherman in my hand !
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                          The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
                          George Orwell, 1984

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                          • The Feral Slasher
                            MVP
                            • Oct 2011
                            • 13399

                            Originally posted by The Feral Slasher
                            Note for Heye...just walked in on episode from season 8. Vampire dude
                            Benny the vampirate
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                            Champagne for breakfast and a Sherman in my hand !
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                            The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
                            George Orwell, 1984

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                            • The Feral Slasher
                              MVP
                              • Oct 2011
                              • 13399

                              Originally posted by Ken
                              I don’t ever follow the logic with this

                              The idea would be that a team wanted to sign Bonds because they thought he would help their team, but they were convinced by their competitors not to do so.

                              Seems very unlikely.

                              More likely they just didn’t want the circus that would come with signing him, right??
                              He wasn't good enough to sign and deal with all.the crap ? Haven't really thought about it much
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                              Champagne for breakfast and a Sherman in my hand !
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                              The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
                              George Orwell, 1984

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                              • Bene Futuis
                                All Star
                                • Jan 2011
                                • 5175

                                Originally posted by Ken
                                I don’t ever follow the logic with this

                                The idea would be that a team wanted to sign Bonds because they thought he would help their team, but they were convinced by their competitors not to do so.

                                Seems very unlikely.

                                More likely they just didn’t want the circus that would come with signing him, right??
                                I think it's far more likely that the billionaire sewing circle colluded - through informal "gentlemen's agreements" - just like they had for decades previous. The collusion here is blacklisting, also a common practice in baseball and other professional sports. I think we saw the same kind of under-the-table shenanigans when A-Rod was found to be a roider. These guys circle the wagons in times of trouble. I mean, was there anything on earth the owners wanted more than to magically make steroid stuff go away during this time period?
                                More American children die by gunfire in a year than on-duty police officers and active duty military.

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