Ace Midnight

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Aren't all his known songs covers?

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It's not a songwriters award. How many hits did Elvis write?

Cocker had 13 consecutive studio albums hit the 200 - and I'm not saying it is a pop award, but to diminish his contributions by calling him a "cover" act - his covers were often head and shoulders better than the original, seems weak sauce in this case.

Plus, there are major and minor branches of rock - "blues rock" is one of the major branches and his was one of the best (and certainly most unique) voices of that branch.

Now, am I the biggest Joe Cocker fan in the world? No. But, again, clown show/joke as the HOF is, if:

A Tribe Called Quest
Cher
Mary J. Blige
Willie Nelson
George Michael
Missy Elliott

(and that's just going back 2 years)

are in, then Joe Cocker can be in the "Rock" (snicker) HOF.

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Bad Company is questionable, but I can accept it.

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If nothing else, it gets Paul Rodgers in - and that's worth it. And, I think Bad Company is underrated.

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I mean, the data is the data, Ace.

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Defining "mass shooting" as to exclude all mass shootings but the ones folks want to make political hay with isn't, strictly speaking, "the data", IMHO and with all due respect.

I mean, the United States is one of the safest countries in the world, if we exclude particular demographic categories of homicide and assault, right?

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Those starving toddlers and babies should have done more canvassing in their neighborhoods. What is happening to innocent civilians and children in Gaza should make every person sick to their stomach. It’s unfathomable.

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Go on record, then.

1. Hamas disarms and there is peace tomorrow.

2. Israel disarms and there is no Israel tomorrow.

To paraphrase the late, great David Horowitz, "1 or 2?"

Sounds vaguely threatening.

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where we hate blacks so much that we can't even admit that mass shooters are more likely to be white....

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I have enjoyed our conversations in the past. You're an educated professional. You don't seriously believe this, do you?

It's like white cops killing unarmed black suspects. We know it isn't an "epidemic" because when it happens, it is international news for weeks. But the press and their "agenda" (hell, maybe it is just because it gets ratings - I'm not giving them a pass, but let's merely concede that, it does get ratings and it is at least part of the reason they overdo their coverage) amplifies the effect.

Likewise, for every Dylan Roof there are literally dozens (if not hundreds) of black kids, mostly teenagers or early 20s, involved in mass shootings every month. But Dylan Roof gets extraordinary press coverage, massive guilt trips on the people who didn't do it, changes to statues, memorials, laws, military base names, etc., and literally no one gives a shite about the huge loss of (mostly) young black lives in the urban hellholes that (mostly) single party rule in the vast majority of American cities have created.

FFS, use that giant brain G-d gave you...

Welcome to the global jihad.

RIP

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Nuss got sacked 16 times last year. 3.13% sack rate. 7 came in the Florida game where the entire offense was hot garbage.

Here is the list of P4 teams that had a lower sack %.

1. Georgia Tech - 2.53%
2. USC - 2.73%
3. Duke - 2.73%
4. Oklahoma State - 3.04%

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IF they had only given up 5 sacks to Florida, they would have been tied for #2 with USC and Duke.

4? They would have effectively tied Ga Tech (2.54%)

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Marcus Spears and Booger are much better ambassadors

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While Shaq is probably the greatest former player of all time, of any school, in any sport, Spears and McFarland are probably my favorite former football players in any sort of public position. Booger probably my #1.