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The only connection of Kobe with the Mavericks is their only championship year (2011) they beat the Lakers in the Western Conference semi-finals.

I don't think Ted is going to let Ovechkin go if he can help it. He means too much to the franchise. Only way Ovi's not a Cap is if he doesn't want to be. Those goals he scored last weekend were some old-school 20-year old Ovi stuff, At this point, I'm almost tempted to say he should be considered as a top-3 forward all-time. Of course you put Wayne and Lemieux first, but after that, a goal scoring, physical winger would balance out the line.

This. Plus I think some people just love being contrarian, and like exercising the power they have. And I'm still salty Ripken didn't get 100%

Didn’t realize the House of Lords actually did anything

Do not taunt Happy Fun Ovi

If all this is true, seems much worse than what Shoeless Joe got banned for

So this was prior to the 2019 season ... when did the Astros and Red Sox violations occur?

Thing is I can't find anything in MLB's official rules that says stealing signs with the aid of cameras is illegal.

Making Kylo Ren the Big Bad would be kind of a joke

Chomsky certainly thought so https://ideapod.com/35-noam-chomsky-quotes-will-make-question-everything-society/#On_Terrorism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Noam_Chomsky#On_terrorism

They didn't do the math. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Enterprise could get from one system to the next sometimes in like an hour. So lets call that ballpark 5 light years. Milky Way is 50,000 light years across. 50k/5 = 10k. 10,000 hours / 24 hours a day = 416 days. So the Enterprise should be able to traverse the galaxy in a year and change.

Whats kind of interesting is that for any potential spacefaring civilization that has interstellar travel, travelling to other galaxies really isn't that big of a deal. For example, the Milky Way is roughly 50k light years across. The closest galaxy is Andromeda which is 2.5 million lights years away. Say a civilization can travel across the Milky Way in about a week. Well that means its only 1 week * 2500k/50k = 50 weeks to get from the Milky Way to Andromeda. Its interesting because interplanetary travel vs. interstellar travel is totally different. We can currently traverse the solar system in roughly 1 year. But at the speed we do it would be something like 6,000 years to get to the nearest star.

I see some flaming debris and another explosion before it hits the ground. This looks pretty suspicious. Edit: Actually it looks like its on fire, initially I thought those were just wing lights, but definitely look like its on fire as it goes down. This is of course possible, but again, looks a bit suspicious

If there's one thing I can blame Obama for, it was not getting out the Iraq when he had the chance. Really there was no point in us being there after roughly 2010. Yes there was ISIS but we had Turkey and Saudia Arabia as airbases. Heck we probably could stuck a carrier in the Med and I don't even think Assad would have cared if we flew over Damascus to get rid of ISIS

Yes, but the key word was proxy wars Trump has escalated and now risks direct war. It would have been like if the US had targeted Soviet or Chinese liasons in Vietnam, even though everyone knew they were arming the NVA/VC which in turn were attacking US forces, its foolish to risk a full-blown war with a major power like that.

Can anyone with knowledge of the region shed some light as to what extent the Shia in Iraq are pro-Iran? Is there a possibility of full fledged civil war in Iraq between Shia, Sunni and Kurds ?

**** just got real.

I'm out of the area and only see them once (maybe twice) when they come out west. Don't watch much on TV. But I can understand the sentiment of not wanting them to be horrible even if they are in a rebuild mode and it hurts the draft position. MLB drafts are a crapshoot anyway, and at least it gives us a chance to play spoiler to the Yanks/Sox. Like in 2011 when we ended the Sox season in the last game. I was actually thinking of catching a game in the Yard this year during one of my east coast trips. It would be nice if I didn't have to watch a AAA pitcher get shelled.

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Turn is good. AMC production. The plot armor for some of he characters gets pretty absurd later in the series, but luckily it ended before it got too ridiculous..

Not sure how recently you've been caught up, but here are some ideas Netflix: Stranger Things - especially if you're into 80s retro, Stephen King type of shows Altered Carbon - wicked Sci-Fi, kind of like Blade Runner, based on a novel that I didn't read. It was accessible enough that I understood it though. If you're looking for something really different, this would be your go to show. The Marvel series is pretty good - Daredevil being my favorite, followed by Jessica Jones. Punisher was OK first season, didn't really like second season. Luke Cage OK but I had some issues with his adversaries just not being interesting or well-suited to him. Iron First was forgettable If you didn't catch them, Flash and Arrow are pretty good, at least the first 3-4 seasons. Later seasons tend to drag and keep repeating the same theme, particularly Arrow. I haven't watched much Supergirl or Legends. Amazon Prime: The Man in the High Castle - really good first two seasons. Third season OK. Fourth season kind of meh. Based on Phillip K. Dick novel written in 1962 (at least for the first two season) so keep that in mind. The Boys - just finished this yesterday. Its fairly decent if a "super-heroes aren't so super" theme would be too your liking.

Finished The Witcher last week. I've played all the games, but only read The Last Wish which most of Season 1 is based on. I thought it was really well done. Cavill really knocks it out of the park as far as Geralt. I also though Yennfer had some great scenes. Triss is meh so far, but didn't have a whole lot of screen time. I can see the problem with the timelines. Stuff is happening like 15-20 years apart, but since two of the main characters (Yennfer and Geralt), don't really age in-universe at least, I can see how casual viewers, unfamiliar with the source material, could get confused as to what the heck is going on. I'm wondering why they renamed Dandelion.

Although it was extremely campy and had some of the worst dialog in the entire movie/series, the relationship between Han and Leia needed time to develop. Going directly from Hoth, in which they are entirely at odds with each other, the to the Cloud City where they are immediately betrayed, does not line up the scene where Leia has a "last chance" to tell Han before he's frozen in carbonite. Basically, they had to be forced through circumstance to work closely and and face danger together with one another. Compared to The Clone Wars, where there is zero relationship development, ESB makes look Lucas look like Ovid. Also, "Apology accepted, Captain Neida", one of the best one-liners the series.

I agree on Rogue One. The only characters I really cared about it was that blind pseudo Jedi guy and his buddy. Their motivations for opposing the Empire were very clear. For the other characters, everything was muddled. Disagree on Solo. It was the best of the bunch in my opinion.

Honestly, the agreement they have doesn't look so bad. If the trade agreement is solid you shouldn't have economic chaos. It''ll probably end up being a Brexit that's difficult to actually enforce, in that it would be fairly easy to smuggle goods/people across the border, particularly the Irish border,