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AbuTheMonkey
| Favorite team: | Notre Dame  |
| Location: | Chicago, IL |
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| Registered on: | 5/22/2014 |
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re: Anyone hearing big LIV rumors?
Posted by AbuTheMonkey on 4/17/26 at 12:08 am to Swagga
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He’s got an impossible job right now. None of these decisions are his, but he has to try and explain them.
Yep, and O'Neil is a pro - if they had pulled someone in like him rather than a complete clown like Norman 3 - 4 years ago, they would have been in a much better position at this point. Probably still not financially viable, but on much more equal footing with the big boy tour in all aspects.
He's advocating for his product and people like any good leader does, especially in times of tumult and stress.
It was a good move to hire him but just far, far too late.
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re: Has the flamboyant volleyball player been discussed?
Posted by AbuTheMonkey on 4/16/26 at 11:55 pm to lsupride87
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I would like to talk shite but that fiesty man has 10x the athletic ability of all of us combined
A 6'3" D1 volleyball player at a high level California program is a superb athlete, whatever his sexual orientation.
Just watching the videos, that kid is approaching 36 - 38 inch vertical.
re: Draft: Teams want to move down, but everyone hesitant to trade 2027 picks
Posted by AbuTheMonkey on 4/14/26 at 2:10 pm to Fun Bunch
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Several teams have said they believe Dallas is targeting a player the #Giants also covet, and getting ahead of them would be ideal if the price makes sense
Downs, right? Potentially Styles, I guess.
Can't think it'd be either Love or Tate given positional need.
re: Why do people join the military and then not expect to actually fight at all?
Posted by AbuTheMonkey on 4/13/26 at 5:23 pm to cbree88
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When you join the military, you’re swearing an oath of allegiance to the commander-in-chief and the country
This is mortally wrong. The military is not the personal army of the CINC. Both enlisted and officers swear loyalty to the Constitution; enlisted swear to follow the orders of the President.
Pedantic but critical difference. No one is swearing personal loyalty to anyone.
As for the OP, those kinds of people have always existed in our military. The military is better for it. Having soldiers and marines with the ability to think for themselves has been a strategic advantage for this country since its inception.
re: Rory’s up there now.
Posted by AbuTheMonkey on 4/12/26 at 9:30 pm to makersmark1
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Do y’all think he gets to double digits by 2031?
Gives him 23 tries to get 4 more.
Do you think he gets to 15 or 18 by 2040?
I think he can and will get to 8, which will put him firmly within the top ten of all time and very much in the conversation for top 5 of all time. In my eyes and against the depth of fields and with the economics of the sport professionally (you have more young players globally trying to make it professionally by a factor of, what, 50X? 100X? compared to the heydey of Jack, Watson, Arnie, etc.), I think his resume would easily outstrip all the others in that 6 - 8 major range, especially if he gets another Open or U.S. Open. That would indicate a completeness of his game against ultra-competitive fields that the others in that range don't have.
I think it would put him right there with Hogan and Player for the third-greatest player of all-time.
That said, winning majors is incredibly difficult. I certainly wouldn't be completely shocked if this is it for him. The fields are just so incredibly deep these days, and that's only going to get tougher. He still has to contend with another guy that damn near nipped him this week even on what was a terrible Thursday / Friday and will almost certainly end up in the top ten of all-time (and I also think with 8 - 10 majors) himself at the peak of his powers.
I actually do think the roll back would help Rory. It'd be conducive for him to keep the current scheduled date rather than push to 2030. It's going to give the power players even more of an advantage.
re: Breakdown of how Alabama became so much richer than Canada
Posted by AbuTheMonkey on 4/10/26 at 2:34 pm to fightin tigers
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Breakdown of how Alabama became so much richer than Canada
Not going to watch this version of the same retread story, but does it mention the vast amount of federal tax dollars poured into Alabama from states like California and New York?
TLDW: this keeps coming out that Alabama GDP is higher than Canada. It is a useless metric to view in a vacuum.
same topic 6 weeks ago being pushed on TD
Net inflows account for about 10 - 15% of Alabama's GDP. That's not immaterial but certainly doesn't explain away all the difference.
There has been a lot of back and forth on the internet on this, mostly from Canadians and / or Europeans who say "NO WAY!" but I'll say this: I am surprised by how much innovation and economic productivity Alabama has. The Huntsville area (aerospace and defense), the Birmingham area (healthcare and manufacturing), and the Gulf Coast (the port, logistics, aerospace, real estate / tourism) all have major, world class-level economic drivers going for them, and that's where like 2/3 - 3/4 of the state's population lives. The state certainly has its problems, especially in the Black Belt, but I've lived all over the country and the world and have no problem believing that large parts of Alabama are as wealthy and have a high quality of life as the richest countries in the world outside the U.S.
re: Things you do on bad courses that private club members don’t understand (play related)
Posted by AbuTheMonkey on 4/8/26 at 8:10 pm to Tiger1242
Back before tamping down spike marks was allowed, I used to do that all the time on dumpy munis (obviously not in tournament play, just everyday goofing around). You have no real idea of what kind of putt you hit on a green that has had hundreds of people shuffling around on substandard grass.
re: Greatest unexpected sports events
Posted by AbuTheMonkey on 3/31/26 at 9:14 pm to Boodis Man
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Leicester City winning the premier league in 2016. Something like that will probably never happen again...sucks if you missed it
First one that came to mind for me as well.
There's not exactly a 1:1 American sports equivalent but would be roughly akin to the Akron Rubberbacks or Birmingham Barons winning the World Series or San Jose State or Louisiana Tech winning the FBS national title.
re: Dan Rapaport v Riggs Barstool v Kevin van Valkenburg - which one is the worst?
Posted by AbuTheMonkey on 3/30/26 at 12:42 pm to Earnest_P
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KVV grates on my nerves. Too preachy.
He can get that way, but I'll always think of him fondly for a few of his NLU episodes.
The episode, in particular, where he and Soly went back and rehashed the history of the British media's indignation on the 1997 Ryder Cup had me laughing as hard as I've ever laughed at a podcast.
re: Matt Fitzpatrick is one of us
Posted by AbuTheMonkey on 3/23/26 at 12:12 am to lsupride87
Also interesting because Fitz and ADdC have fairly high chances of being Ryder Cup teammates at some point here soon.
re: Top 10 Scariest Football Stadiums to play in at night
Posted by AbuTheMonkey on 3/21/26 at 8:57 pm to dukeg7213
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Oregon lmao
It's a very tough place to play, especially at night. It's the equivalent of the top of the top in the SEC.
I am a bit surprised Washington didn't make this list. That's also a very difficult place to play, especially at night. It's like a West Coast Neyland but all aluminum and the fans have been drinking on the lake and on University Drive all day. I've been to almost every major SEC venue, many multiple times, and all other things being equal, UW is a brutal place to play compared to, say, Ole Miss or South Carolina. LSU- or Alabama-like.
re: For the anti- war crowd, what was your solution for Iran?
Posted by AbuTheMonkey on 3/20/26 at 11:00 pm to Stidham8
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good with them becoming a nuclear power
A single bit of evidence on this would suffice. They've been "weeks away" since the mid-2000's.
As for the rest, I would rather not get our soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen killed if we can avoid it. We're at 13 with 200+ with serious injury and counting. I am an Iraq combat veteran who saw the death and destruction firsthand, including a member of my unit who lost his legs to an Iranian-supplied EFP. Trump's administration hasn't articulated the actual strategy and final goals of this boondoggle, and it appears to be an ever-greater clusterfrick every day this goes on.
re: Boots on the ground. Necessary evil?
Posted by AbuTheMonkey on 3/20/26 at 2:07 pm to sidewalkside
We've never launched a ground invasion in the Middle East in search of weapons of mass destruction. Never.
I wonder what would happen if we did?
If they do this, then they are a bigger bunch of morons than I already thought.
I wonder what would happen if we did?
If they do this, then they are a bigger bunch of morons than I already thought.
re: Rory's menu
Posted by AbuTheMonkey on 3/18/26 at 6:20 pm to AlxTgr
The food is good to very good. Not on the Hideki / Adam Scott / Rahm level but really good nonetheless.
The wine list is probably the best a Champion’s Dinner has ever had.
The wine list is probably the best a Champion’s Dinner has ever had.
re: WSJ: Iraq Becomes Battleground for U.S. Forces Once Again
Posted by AbuTheMonkey on 3/9/26 at 12:37 am to RollingwiththeTide
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The goal is to defang them like the Regime in Iran is being defanged. What I mean is they want to kill as many as they can from the air. Find and destroy as many of the heavy rockets and drones they have stored. Plus the more they shoot and use is depleting the stockpiles. Once these things are gone they will not be replenished and will not be able to launch them at civilian populations across the region.
Weapons systems are pretty easily replenished, and furthermore, showing our boldest hand is going to teach them lessons they will not soon forget.
We will never kill off their will to fight and control their country from the air, and they will bounce back probably more quickly than anyone can imagine. I have been impressed by the lethality and joint force capability we've demonstrated over the last two weeks. It will mean all for shite when the same regime holds power at all levels again by the summer. Trump will cut bait in a month or two because he doesn't have the guts to stick with this as energy prices skyrocket and markets tank, and we will leave the sane Iranians in a lark yet again.
They will rearm. So what then?
re: WSJ: Iraq Becomes Battleground for U.S. Forces Once Again
Posted by AbuTheMonkey on 3/9/26 at 12:25 am to Rip N Lip
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Buddy, they’ve been trying to work out all that for decades. And still those militias fight. You obviously haven’t been paying attention for the last two decades.
Most folks raised in the USA and Western Europe will never understand islam. That’s a good thing.
Sure, I don't disagree. I am confident I have a better grasp on the type of Islam practiced in that part of the world than virtually everyone else on this board. Should we get into the millenarian practices of Twelver types who have held power in Iran for the last half century?
So why the frick are we there? Trying to force regime change again from the air? Which will not work in mine or your lifetimes. The IRGC and Basij have very intentionally decentralized their command structure as they knew this would be an eventuality for them. They will not relinquish power and will tens of thousands die (yet again) if anyone tries to poke their head up above the rubble to take back governance. So what then?
re: WSJ: Iraq Becomes Battleground for U.S. Forces Once Again
Posted by AbuTheMonkey on 3/9/26 at 12:20 am to RollingwiththeTide
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ounding these proxy groups of Iran and degrading them as much as possible is just as much in the plan as pounding the Regime of Iran itself. Killing as many fighters as possible while blowing up all those rockets and drones they have stored up will limit the amount of trouble they can cause in the future. Just the simple act of making them shoot that stuff makes them weaker because they will not be able to replace it in the future. At some point look for the Houthies to start getting pounded also.
There are hundreds of thousands of these people in Iraq.
I know that because I fought against them (and in some cases, with them) there. We will degrade them exactly zero without going house to house, neighborhood to neighborhood like we did from '04 - '11 over and over again and sacrificing thousands of American lives.
They also were our allies, in a manner of speaking (our SF and other special ops fought alongside with them), during the assaults on the Islamic State from 2013 - 2018 or so in central and northern Iraq. How do you square that?
re: Did we just do in Iran in one afternoon what it took over a decade to do in Iraq?
Posted by AbuTheMonkey on 3/1/26 at 9:32 pm to Pragmatist2025
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Serious question, no disrespect to the soldiers (probably in this thread) who served in Iraq. Not personally, but collectively, what did the U.S. accomplish in Iraq? A friend I graduated college with died in 2005 in Iraq (Bradley/IED). I’m certain you military guys know how horrific a death those guys suffered. Though his family was very proud of him and patriotic, years later, I met up with his brother and he had grown very bitter over the ‘why’ of the occupation. What is your insight? thx
No disrespect at all. It’s a fair question and one that many of us asked ourselves quite a bit.
I think the country, on balance, is a much better place to live in 2026 than it was in 2002. From everything I know and the people I keep in contact with, they would mostly agree. Much of that is due to the superhuman efforts of the American people - uniformed and not -over the last twenty-plus years.
Now, was it worth it? That’s an entirely different question. 5,000 American KIA, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi dead, a region destabilized, two vicious insurgencies, on and on and on.
re: Senate bill targets Elon and SpaceX, only allowing up to 50% of launches from one provider
Posted by AbuTheMonkey on 2/26/26 at 11:09 pm to The Pirate King
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I bet you don't have to look far to find that the senators pockets are being lined by Rocket Lab, Blue Origin, Boeing and others.
Supplier monopoly or oligopoly isn't good for anyone over the long term other than the monopolistic / oligopolistic supplier.
It is fundamental to public service economics in a capitalist system to ensure a diversified supplier base. Witness how DoD has at least 4 - 5 firms on call that bid on most major contracts. Witness how the pharma grant system for basic research works. On and on and on.
I frankly don't care if Boeing or Blue Origin are donating to PACS - has SpaceX not done the same?
re: Scottie F*cking Scheffler...
Posted by AbuTheMonkey on 2/15/26 at 3:26 pm to MMauler
Jesus Christ
re: Why are there less “injuries” and “load management” in the NHL?
Posted by AbuTheMonkey on 2/13/26 at 4:41 pm to Tiger Prawn
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I'm going to guess that it has to do with more frequent substitutions in hockey, so star players aren't playing 40 minutes a game. And skating seems like less stress and impact to the legs compared to running, jumping, and planting your feet for quick changes of direction.
It’s A) platooning, B) the biomechanics nature of what each sport asks (which you allude to), and C) the likelihood of injury given the player profile.
The average height in the NBA is 6’7”. The average height in the NHL is 6’1”.
In other words, the average NBA player is 3 - 3.5 standard deviations with plenty of guys 4 - 5 standard deviations above average human male height for the developed world. NHL players are about 1 standard deviation above the mean.
NBA players are true genetic freaks, and musculoskeletal injuries are likelier the taller you get. Much more of the NHL population falls closer to the mean in the normal curve.
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