AbuTheMonkey

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Crazy thinking that at one time the Big Ten and Pac Ten conferences actually had ten teams. It's like it was logical.

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The demise of the PAC 10 /12 is a national tragedy. Still shocking that happened. One of the great institutions in American sports with a legacy more than a century old just collapsed almost overnight.

That will be looked at as the moment the sport really turned.

He has probably played better than people have given him credit - he was in the 20's in Datagolf for almost all of last year. He is actually probably a better driver now than he was when he was at his peak. He didn't fall completely off the face of the earth.

Two things, I think, with him:
1. The rate at which he was making the 10 - 20+ footers, especially in critical situations, when he was at his peak was unsustainable - that was a generational run he was on and that probabilistically was just never going to last

2. The game more or less passed him. He probably isn't that different of a player compared to 10 years ago, but the mix of people against whom he is competing is better. Longer, better iron players, more complete, etc. The bar was raised, and he wasn't able to quite compete like he once could. Look at the list of players in the top 15 of the OWGR in 2016:

1. Jason Day, Australia, 10.9145
2. Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland, 9.8336
3. Dustin Johnson, United States, 9.5330
4. Henrik Stenson, Sweden, 8.6940
5. Jordan Spieth, United States, 8.0436
6. Hideki Matsuyama, Japan, 7.4883
7. Adam Scott, Australia, 6.5476
8. Patrick Reed, United States, 5.3972
9. Alex Noren, Sweden, 5.3525
10. Bubba Watson, United States, 5.1949
11. Danny Willett, England, 5.0889
12. Rickie Fowler, United States, 4.9676
13. Sergio Garcia, Spain, 4.7346
14. Paul Casey, England, 4.6999
15. Justin Rose, England, 4.4397

Of that set (putting Jordan beside), only Rory, Hideki, Adam Scott, Reed, and Rose are still playing world class golf week in and week out, and only Rory and Hideki have been quite clearly better than Jordan the last few years.

Nipah is not that contagious - typically has an R0 below 1.

Very, very lethal, yes. But not highly contagious.

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As long as the U.S. is in NATO: no


Not saying it would happen, but just curious... If Russia were to attack Estonia, would you be in support of US intervention? Question meant in good faith, just want to know where people stand on the idea.

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At a minimum, I'd be in favor of providing logistical, air, naval, missile, intelligence, and other indirect support. Actually operating the platforms ourselves to the fullest extent of our capabilities, not providing generation-old tech and training officers and NCO's hundreds of miles and three countries away from the front.

Let the Eastern and Baltic NATO countries take the lead on the ground. They wouldn't have much of a problem with American air and naval power providing support.

For the record I don't think Russia has any plans whatsoever to take on a NATO country any time in the near future. Forget what you think of their performance in Ukraine:

Their geopolitical axis has fallen apart around them while they've been bogged down expending an enormous amount of military resources, money, and political capital in Ukraine.

Europe
The country with which it shares the longest border in Europe joined NATO and abandoned a long-standing neutrality policy as a direct result of the invasion. The remaining Scandinavian holdout (who also happens to be less than 100 miles from Russia's border) finally joined NATO, and the Baltic is completely choked out for Russian access in the event of a NATO conflict. They also betrayed a highly embittered Armenia in 2023.

Middle East
Of its three strongest allies in the Middle East (including probably what was its closest ally anywhere in the world outside Europe), one fell and is in exile in Moscow (Syria), one is teetering on the brink (Iran), and one is hopeless crushed for at least a generation (Hamas).

Latin America
Its closest Latin American ally was just decapitated in a 2 1/2 hour raid.

Etc. etc.

Most if not all of that would not have happened if they hadn't had invaded then been bogged down in Ukraine. They are inarguably in a much, much worse strategic position than they were in 2021.

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Meh comparable we did about 10% and the Russian road grader/meat grinder did 90%. The forces they committed on JUST the drive on Berlin were larger than the entire German force used in Barbarossa. The Russians were stacked in the infantry, artillery, armor category and not a terrible air support arm. We would have been hard pressed to beat them in a conventional war. Luckily we had the bomb.


Take away lend lease in the early war and Russia collapses.

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More importantly, and all these Soviet-focused revisionists seem to forget this, the U.S. was leading the fight in another theater against the other mega Axis military where the Soviets were entirely absent. We had help from a fractured (but big) Chinese native force, various local insurgencies (like in Vietnam and the Philippines), the Australians, and remnants of the British military to help, but it was an American-led effort in the Indo-Pacific from December 1941 onward.

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Athis

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The first video was unclear, but that is murder. Holy shite.

These untrained morons have me supporting Twin Cities progressives. Never thought I'd see that day.

For the record, I have been in more threatening situations than that, many times. We didn't do shite like that to Iraqis, armed or not, much less American citizens.

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In reality, nobody has a clue how hard or easy ND’s schedule will be. This is just people getting their excuses warmed up because they know ND is usually pretty good and this past year might have been an anomaly. Even if their schedule ends up a lot harder than it looks people will still stand by the “easy schedule” narrative because they simply refuse to give Notre Dame any credit whatsoever.

Notre Dame Derangement Syndrome is real. “Haven’t won anything since 1988” and yet people hate them like they’re the Bama dynasty.

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Wisconsin and Michigan State both being complete shite isn't helping. Those would have been two pretty solid games not that long ago. Maybe they'll be improved next year.

Miami and BYU should be good, though I suspect in both cases not as good as this year (and I don't think BYU was really all that great). SMU could be pretty good (as in, in the conversation for the playoffs and ACC title contention). Syracuse might not be completely horrible with Angeli coming back.

But other than that, the schedule is a real piece of shite.

Which sucks because next year is going to be the most talented Notre Dame team since the early 1990's and should be a legitimate national title contender.

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Posted on 1/21/26 at 3:44 pm to Chad504boy
I have a hard time believing that’s the #1 team in Kentucky or those are just the highlights and they didn’t show a lot.

There wasn’t a single player that looked to be over 6’4 on either team.


They're not the number one team in Kentucky. St X was ranked 18th in the latest KY RPI High school rankings.

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#1 in Courier Journal, #1 in On3, #4 in MaxPreps. Probably by far the most talented team in the state this year. Only lost to two teams in state this year (Male and North Oldham), both by a bucket, and in both cases, St. X had beaten them either in a rematch or earlier in the year.

There is no chance that there are 3 better teams in Kentucky than St. X this year, much less 15.

In the RPI rankings you referenced, St. X has beaten #1, #2, #6, and #7 and somehow is sitting at 16th in the rankings. That math ain't mathing.

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Has anybody been to the U before? Is it really straight in the ghetto? Worse than the LSU North Gates?

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The University itself is in one of the poshest areas in all of America.

The stadium is in a very rough part of the metro area (technically not Miami proper).

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It proved the Russian Doctrine was doomed to failure.

Centrally controlled centrally executed command with senior leaders that don't know the battle plan that aren't allowed to react and thinks for themselves versus a dynamic centrally controlled decentralized execution with commanders at all levels having a working knowledge of the battle plan was the true lesson learned.

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Mid-level NCO's and junior officers have been the decisive factor in American wars for the last 150 years, if not longer.

It is extremely difficult to explain to people who have not experienced it, but how American culture informs military theory is a strategic asset in a way that even things like B-2's and nuclear subs and the like cannot be. Only other Anglosphere countries and France can materially mimic it.

A good Staff Sergeant, Sergeant First Class, First Sergeant, First Lieutenant, Captain, Major is worth about 10 times what they are paid, if not more. Trusting small unit commanders and leaders to make what could become strategic decisions on the ground is revolutionary.

It occasionally bites us in the arse, but for every incident either intentional (think My Lai, Mahmudiyah, Abu Ghraib, Maywand, etc.) or unintentional (Gaza Valley, etc.), there are thousands of little wins that go our way that undergird our way of fighting.