Broadside Bob
| Favorite team: | Auburn  |
| Location: | Atlanta, GA |
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| Number of Posts: | 1725 |
| Registered on: | 12/10/2012 |
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The Golesh Era
Posted by Broadside Bob on 8/10/26 at 7:35 pm
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re: Kickoff Game Tickets
Posted by Broadside Bob on 8/8/26 at 2:20 pm to LanierSpots
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I.e. a club ticket on the exchange was $450 each whereas the ticketmaster cost was $410 each
Thats more than I paid for my FSU National Championship tickets
Hadn't thought of it that way, maybe because I've more or less intentionally wiped that game from my memory.
re: My 100% honest, no bullshite, no bias SEC program all time rankings
Posted by Broadside Bob on 8/6/26 at 4:12 pm to MizzouTrue
Based on the last several years, UGA may deserve a high ranking, but they consistently underperformed for many, many years prior to that, especially when considering the in-state talent base and financial resources available to the program. You did say "all-time," right?
re: Another Obamacare Rant
Posted by Broadside Bob on 8/6/26 at 10:27 am to timdonaghyswhistle
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I simply cannot believe that our government put the word "affordable" on this and it's turned out to be a lie!
But "it's a big F***ING deal." :rotflmao:
re: SEC schools ranked by SAT scores
Posted by Broadside Bob on 8/3/26 at 1:08 pm to Lgrnwd
Did not know that UTx and Florida would be that high. Jawja is high because Hope (lottery) scholarships have made it uber competitive to get in. Of course, we all knew that The Fightin' Diegos would be #1.
re: Eliminating the Electoral College Has Pros/Cons Depending on Where You Stand
Posted by Broadside Bob on 8/2/26 at 12:28 pm to RFK
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Persistent mismatches in which the national popular-vote winner loses the presidency, combined with sustained majority public support for a direct popular election, will eventually encourage elimination of the Electoral College.
This has happened five times so far:
• 1824: Andrew Jackson (popular vote winner) lost to John Quincy Adams
• 1876: Samuel Tilden (popular vote winner) lost to Rutherford B. Hayes
• 1888: Grover Cleveland (popular vote winner) lost to Benjamin Harrison
• 2000: Al Gore (popular vote winner) lost to George W. Bush
• 2016: Hillary Clinton (popular vote winner) lost to Donald Trump
Changing the rules of the game would necessarily change the way the game is played.
Imagine how football would change if we stopped counting points scored and went by total yards gained to determine the winner. You'd fire your punter (why would you ever punt?), your placekicker (why settle for field goals when you might gain 1 or more additional yards), and all kick-offs would be onsides (leaves your opponent with a short field with less opportunity to gain yards, and you might even get the ball back). Yes, it's a ridiculous thought experiment, but it goes to show that changing election rules might yield results that are unexpected.
We live in the United STATES of America, and the Electoral College helps preserve states' rights. :usa:
re: New Maine Dem Senate candidate is married to his cousin
Posted by Broadside Bob on 7/31/26 at 6:16 am to SallysHuman
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Out of all the people on planet earth… why bang your kinfolk?
Especially the ugly ones! :nana:
re: These Congressional hearings are a dog-and-pony show
Posted by Broadside Bob on 7/29/26 at 2:33 pm to stout
They could send Fauci to prison for contempt of Congress, and he could be Lois Learner's cellmate. Oh, wait...
re: What should happen to protesters that block roads and superglue themselves?
Posted by Broadside Bob on 7/28/26 at 7:22 am to Geekboy
Once had a client that was owner/operator of coal mines. It was the kind of coal used to make carbon in steel, not even coal for fuel, and they were semi-regularly targeted for protests.
Story is that one guy once chained/handcuffed himself to the flagpole out front. All was well until a thunderstorm blew in. :rotflmao:
Story is that one guy once chained/handcuffed himself to the flagpole out front. All was well until a thunderstorm blew in. :rotflmao:
re: “Reacher" star Alan Ritchson calls Trump ‘a f**cking rapist” who’s “into 13 year olds”
Posted by Broadside Bob on 7/24/26 at 1:18 pm to Chrome
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Still amazed that celebs think that since they are on TV or in the movies that makes them instant geniuses with mystical understanding.
What's even more amazing is that other people think they are geniuses. Always be suspect of advice from people who make their living pretending to be other people.
re: Sad news: Ravens have waived Diego Pavia.
Posted by Broadside Bob on 7/23/26 at 7:50 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Always loved his grit and attitude (on the field), even though he beat my team three years in a row. Off the field, thought he would have been better served to turn it down a little, or a lot.
re: Charging kids to meet the football team
Posted by Broadside Bob on 7/21/26 at 8:04 am to Dixie.Reb
No more freebies.
re: 6 weeks to go. Where are you?
Posted by Broadside Bob on 7/18/26 at 7:28 pm to LanierSpots
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Dont like that we are playing them there, would rather have that game in JHS.
I'm torn on this. Agree that home games should be home games, and I'm still pretty hacked off for the local merchants who will be losing tons of revenue. I'm sure we'll get hosed on our seat locations too in Benz.
OTOH, as an Atlanta resident and season ticket holder, it's one game I don't have to drive 2 hours to and from/get cooked in the September sun/drive home at midnight (or later).
re: Tariff refunds being given to companies, consumers SOL?
Posted by Broadside Bob on 7/15/26 at 4:37 pm to Wishnitwas1998
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Yea I know in this super polarized culture this isn't really allowed but I certainly still support Trump and what he is trying to do. Doesn't mean I can't ask questions, everyone should
Oh, I ask questions too. I find myseff agreeing withthe overwhelming majority of Trump does, but some of the stuff he says makes me say "uhhh?"
Just think though, we could be 1.5 years into Kamala la la's term.
As for tariff refunds, I paid the tariff more directly (FedEx collecting it), on a product that I purchased from the UK. If you bought something from a company that paid a tariff on a product that it purchased to sell in the U.S., consumers ain't getting the money back that was presumably built into the price of the product.
re: Tariff refunds being given to companies, consumers SOL?
Posted by Broadside Bob on 7/15/26 at 2:38 pm to Wishnitwas1998
I received an e-mail from FedEx on Monday advising that I would be receiving a tariff refund, with interest, on an item I purchased from the UK last year that was shipped via FedEx. FedEx collected the tariff at the time.
I don't write the news; I just report it. Tariffs or no tariffs; refunds or no refunds, DJT is still my man, and we're all better off for it, even the Leftie Loonies, though they'd never admit it, if they ever even recognized it at all.
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I don't write the news; I just report it. Tariffs or no tariffs; refunds or no refunds, DJT is still my man, and we're all better off for it, even the Leftie Loonies, though they'd never admit it, if they ever even recognized it at all.
:usa:
re: I’ve been taking five shits a day…
Posted by Broadside Bob on 7/14/26 at 1:23 pm to Uga Alum
Normal for me is about 6 a day, every day, 365. Has been for 20 or 30 years.
re: Gay Couple Sues Surrogate for Refusing to Kill Baby With Cleft Lip in Abortion
Posted by Broadside Bob on 7/14/26 at 1:19 pm to Night Vision
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...caused one parent serious emotional distress...
As an aside, if you're that easily distressed, you should not be having children.
re: The US military is STRIKING IRAN- again
Posted by Broadside Bob on 7/12/26 at 6:44 pm to Placekicker
Good news, but why did we stop?
re: USS Abraham Lincoln
Posted by Broadside Bob on 7/11/26 at 10:38 am to Aubie Spr96
Pretty much, the only additional monetary costs are a presumably higher sortie rate and the munitions they're dropping. As others pointed out, it's not like the Lincoln, or any other ship, would just be sittiing around. Building ships, especially aircraft carriers, fueling them, feeding the crew, paying the crew, and maintenance are all expensive but part of the cost of keeping you safe at night and free.
I hate war as much as anyone else, but this one has been coming for 47 years. Grateful we finally have a president who is willing to prosecute it.
I hate war as much as anyone else, but this one has been coming for 47 years. Grateful we finally have a president who is willing to prosecute it.
re: Ann Lander’s Cheat Sheet describes differences between socialism, Communism, all the isms
Posted by Broadside Bob on 7/10/26 at 6:07 pm to GatorOnAnIsland
Islam: You have a huge herd of cows, but you have no milk because you are forbidden from touching the cows' private parts.
re: What is the appeal of rivalries?
Posted by Broadside Bob on 7/10/26 at 5:50 pm to Landmass
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...It seems like such a pointless mindset...
OTOH, sometimes you get to see a player from one team pretending to urinate like a dog in his opponent's end zone. :rotflmao:
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