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Post#561 » by SerialChiller » Sun May 25, 2025 10:19 pm

spectrec130 wrote:Fl Panthers a game away to their 3rd str8 Stanley Cup Finals... Viva Los Panteros!


It's looking like a collision course for a finals rematch with Edmonton! It they hadn't blown a 3-1 lead going into the 3rd period in game 1, they'd be up 3-0 in their series right now as well.
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Post#562 » by SerialChiller » Sun May 25, 2025 10:21 pm

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Can’t believe the level of racism Caitlin Clark is subject to in the WNBA in 2025. She’s the only relevant player in their league and they just want to tear her down. END RACISM


I bet she didn't talk like that in Russia :lol:
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Post#563 » by spectrec130 » Sun May 25, 2025 11:22 pm

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spectrec130 wrote:Fl Panthers a game away to their 3rd str8 Stanley Cup Finals... Viva Los Panteros!


It's looking like a collision course for a finals rematch with Edmonton! It they hadn't blown a 3-1 lead going into the 3rd period in game 1, they'd be up 3-0 in their series right now as well.


Agreed but EDM Goal tending was a concern til Pickard performed well.
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Post#564 » by HeatFanLifer » Tue May 27, 2025 5:05 am

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This foul is giving a ton of confirmation bias to people on social media that there is a rigged system in the WNBA. I am not denying there’s some shenanigans afoot, but apparently the call was not a foul on Clark, it was for a teammate setting an illegal screen. Confirmation bias can happen to anyone. Even to Heat fans that think Spo has better days ahead.
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Post#565 » by Tony15 » Thu May 29, 2025 12:18 pm

HEAT & Panthers have gone down different paths forreal…I get the sports are different, but both teams went on miracle runs as low seeds in 2023 & ever since….MIA has gone downhill while FLA is about to play in their 3rd straight SC with a title in hand. Crazy.


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Post#566 » by spectrec130 » Thu May 29, 2025 3:50 pm

Tony15 wrote:HEAT & Panthers have gone down different paths forreal…I get the sports are different, but both teams went on miracle runs as low seeds in 2023 & ever since….MIA has gone downhill while FLA is about to play in their 3rd straight SC with a title in hand. Crazy.


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GM Bill Zito and his team have been putting n the work and that makes a boatload of difference. Look at what happened to the Marlins once Dave Dombroski left them with farm system cupboard full of talent and Larry Bienfest took over. Slow decline from the 2003 Title. Dolphins are pretty much in the same boat. A GM (Grier) with 20 years history with the organization without a single playoff win and yet still ahs his job. :banghead: :crazy: :noway:
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Post#567 » by HeatFanLifer » Thu May 29, 2025 7:47 pm

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Tony15 wrote:HEAT & Panthers have gone down different paths forreal…I get the sports are different, but both teams went on miracle runs as low seeds in 2023 & ever since….MIA has gone downhill while FLA is about to play in their 3rd straight SC with a title in hand. Crazy.


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GM Bill Zito and his team have been putting n the work and that makes a boatload of difference. Look at what happened to the Marlins once Dave Dombroski left them with farm system cupboard full of talent and Larry Bienfest took over. Slow decline from the 2003 Title. Dolphins are pretty much in the same boat. A GM (Grier) with 20 years history with the organization without a single playoff win and yet still ahs his job. :banghead: :crazy: :noway:


Dolphins should clean house, from top-down in management. Marlins should be shutdown. Heat should reset the team and give Spo an extended offseason so he can get his **** together.
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Post#568 » by Bishop45 » Thu May 29, 2025 8:09 pm

Stopped watching mainstream media awhile ago, but good grief

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Post#569 » by Bishop45 » Thu May 29, 2025 8:11 pm

I don’t really watch/listen to podcasts, but Trevor Noah is good at moving conversations

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Post#570 » by spectrec130 » Fri May 30, 2025 12:21 pm

EDM vs FLA for the SCF..... These 2 cities couldn't be farther apart with the 8+ hours flight time
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Post#571 » by SerialChiller » Fri May 30, 2025 12:37 pm

spectrec130 wrote:EDM vs FLA for the SCF..... These 2 cities couldn't be farther apart with the 8+ hours flight time


They both managed to make such quick work of their last opponents that we have to wait like 6 days now for the next game! It's going to be a fun rematch from last year. And just like last year I like both teams so I won't be too mad either way, but as a Canadian I would prefer Edmonton to win this time. It's been since 1993 that a Canadian team has won the cup and it was Montreal who I can't stand :lol:. Plus it'd be nice see McDavid manage to get one as well.
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Post#572 » by Shewasfly » Fri May 30, 2025 3:56 pm

Bishop45 wrote:Stopped watching mainstream media awhile ago, but good grief


He's not wrong lol.

And I mean, I think the left has reached the point where they realize trying to reason with sociopaths and speak nicely isn't working. Trump has made fun of every group imaginable, including the uneducated who he loves and who elected him. I think you'll see a lot more on the left stop tip toeing around his obvious stupidity.
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Post#573 » by Shewasfly » Fri May 30, 2025 4:01 pm

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-lawsuit-dot-dbe-constitution-b2759597.html

Trump team looks to end $37B program designed to help minority business saying it violates the Constitution

oldest affirmative action program in U.S. history” and claimed that the program’s “goals” were in fact “discriminatory barriers” targeting nondesignated racial groups including white Americans.

“The word ‘disadvantaged’ is simply code for women and certain minorities,” the complaint stated, adding that: “Disfavored racial groups must compete with the preferred racial groups on an unequal footing.

“Because the DBE program violates the Constitution’s ‘promise of equal treatment,’ it must be permanently dismantled.”

Last January, under the Biden administration, the DOT hit back at the suit, saying that the plaintiffs had “notably” not identified any current transport construction contracts that had “race- or gender-based subcontracting goals due to the DOT DBE program.”

However, in a new filing on Wednesday, the administration said it had “re-evaluated its position,” in light of a 2023 Supreme Court ruling which blocked race-conscious college admissions.

“Defendants, upon review of the DBE program and their position in this litigation, have determined that the program’s use of race- and sex-based presumptions is unconstitutional,” the filing stated.


But of course, throwing due process out the window is just fine and not clearly unconstitutional :lol:
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Post#574 » by Bishop45 » Sat May 31, 2025 3:13 pm

Free speech folks shouldn’t be happy about this one (maybe?)

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Post#575 » by HeatFanLifer » Sun Jun 1, 2025 1:02 am

Bishop45 wrote:Free speech folks shouldn’t be happy about this one (maybe?)



Why are people who don’t like this country applying for visas?
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Post#576 » by Shewasfly » Sun Jun 1, 2025 9:15 pm

Bishop45 wrote:Free speech folks shouldn’t be happy about this one (maybe?)


There are people who think saying that they hate Trump is the same as saying you hate America and a terroristic threat. So they won't even see this as anything associated with free speech unfortunately.
Just the same way they don't care about due process being done away with because Trump said so.
Corruption being out in the open with 400b personal gifts and crypto coins because they benefit Trump.
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Post#577 » by Bishop45 » Sun Jun 1, 2025 10:14 pm

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Bishop45 wrote:Free speech folks shouldn’t be happy about this one (maybe?)



Why are people who don’t like this country applying for visas?


Who sets that standard for ‘people who don’t like this country’? Trump?

Does it stop with foreigners or anyone who doesn’t like him or is policies? Rates high for dictator tactic and free speech folks should be alarmed
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Post#578 » by HeatFanLifer » Sun Jun 1, 2025 10:30 pm

Shewasfly wrote:
Bishop45 wrote:Free speech folks shouldn’t be happy about this one (maybe?)


There are people who think saying that they hate Trump is the same as saying you hate America and a terroristic threat. So they won't even see this as anything associated with free speech unfortunately.
Just the same way they don't care about due process being done away with because Trump said so.
Corruption being out in the open with 400b personal gifts and crypto coins because they benefit Trump.
Etc.


If an American citizen hates Trump go ahead and hate him. If someone is applying for an American visa and they are openly hostile towards America, not just disagreeing with Trump on policies, then that’s a different story. I think we’re aligned on this topic. No need for urgency unless someone is saying they were denied a visa because they said Trump golf courses are mid-tier at best.
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Post#579 » by Bishop45 » Wed Jun 4, 2025 12:00 pm

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Post#580 » by oreon » Wed Jun 4, 2025 7:06 pm

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Big beautiful bill not if you are poor. And funny thing, all this and it still raises the deficit. And whats the point. Doing nothing would be a lot better for the budget long term. In fact it would reduce the deficit, as the tax breaks aimed mostly at rich would expire.

It should be clear to everyone, politicians don't care about the deficit. Dems and Repubs presidents have run massive deficits. And it should also be clear that Repubs just hate the poor.

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