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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: 2024 NCAA Tournament Thread
« on: April 08, 2024, 10:15:25 PM »
Purdue decided to live or die by Edey but he was not up to the task this time.
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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Coaching Carousel Master Thread (MAYBE FEATURING THE KSU CATS?)
« on: April 08, 2024, 03:20:55 PM »
Some people just don’t know what to do with themselves in retirement. I could see it from that perspective.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Total Solar Eclipse 2017
« on: April 08, 2024, 02:53:22 PM »I was very curious about the light situation since nighttime typically includes light reflecting off the moon. Didn’t really have any particular expectations though.Got lucky that the clouds cleared here at the house just long enough.Same here. Admittedly, it was a little cooler than I gave it credit for. @DBT, I think it's awesome that you are jazzed for it, and out there living your best life at all these various travels. You're my hero! Side note, I'm a dumb dumb. I was expecting it to get much darker. Anybody else? It definitely made me appreciate how dang powerful the sun's light is.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Total Solar Eclipse 2017
« on: April 08, 2024, 02:02:45 PM »Got lucky that the clouds cleared here at the house just long enough.Same. It was touch and go for a while but delivered just in time.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Thread for when someone on the other side does something good
« on: April 08, 2024, 10:48:39 AM »
I mean, there are a bunch of attorneys going around suing soda companies because their label says "preservative free" even though it contains citric acid--A KNOWN PRESERVATIVE. Those guys are really just chasing a right to collect their own fees. The same type of attorney would be happy to take a case that is (i) expedited, and (ii) won simply by showing your guy had a lease.
I don't take exception with anything in your second point, other than to say the anti-squatter law we've been talking about does not move the needle in either direction to make that situation better or worse. Obviously the tenant's hand is forced to act if they get kicked out of their own home by a landlord willing to perjure themselves.
I don't take exception with anything in your second point, other than to say the anti-squatter law we've been talking about does not move the needle in either direction to make that situation better or worse. Obviously the tenant's hand is forced to act if they get kicked out of their own home by a landlord willing to perjure themselves.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Total Solar Eclipse 2017
« on: April 08, 2024, 10:37:26 AM »
To each their own. I will say that I feel very fortunate to live within the path of totality because I'd probably never travel to see one.
As it is I'm excited to experience it, though.
As it is I'm excited to experience it, though.
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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Coaching Carousel Master Thread (MAYBE FEATURING THE KSU CATS?)
« on: April 07, 2024, 10:28:28 PM »
Coach Cal as a backup to Tang. Look at us you guys.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: chum1's dumb job stories
« on: April 06, 2024, 05:58:06 PM »Quitting your job without another one lined up is the ultimate flexYeah in my line of work we call those people legends.
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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Coaching Carousel Master Thread (MAYBE FEATURING THE KSU CATS?)
« on: April 05, 2024, 04:10:44 PM »rumblings that the leverage play is not for more salary but nil money
To get more fans to donate or to get a higher percentage of the NIL pie?
Unless by "fans" you mean the big money donors, it would clearly be the latter. A casual fan (me) wouldn't assume their NIL commitment is going to do anything to sway a coach's decision.
Some of the NIL donations can be pledged for a specific sport, so I could easily imagine part of the discussion being whether the "general" donations should be split proportionally or whether a program with less pledged donations should get a disproportionate share of the general fund to make up for it.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: LOL TRUMP
« on: April 05, 2024, 03:11:22 PM »The most recent criticism of Trump on cops that comes to mind for me is him calling those people that killed a capitol police officer patriots and hostages.pretty excited to see if trump will take on squatters and chemtrails. I bet squatters for 100%
Squatters are easier to make an example of. I wish they would go all in on chemtrails to keep them occupied like kids watching baby shark
except the president of the united states has absolutely zero control of the squatter issue.
Similar to how the POTUS has no control over cops in multi-generational #blueanon strongholds. But that didn't stop #blueanon from blaming it all on the POTUS
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Essentially Flyertalk / Non-Political Market/Economy/Finance/etc. Thread
« on: April 05, 2024, 03:07:38 PM »It’s pretty wild how much of our society sits around planning for that stuff. I have an aunt and uncle who do. They have an entire basement filled with jarred preserved chickens and weird preserved food.If I was a prepper, my plan for the apocalypse would probably be coming up with the most peaceful way possible to die instead of trying to scrape through existing and being lucky not to starve to death assuming my gun toting neighbors didn’t shoot me first in order to get some potable water from my toilet to drink.
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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Coaching Carousel Master Thread (MAYBE FEATURING THE KSU CATS?)
« on: April 05, 2024, 02:30:55 PM »
Mo money (self explanatory), less problems (SEC style eligibility/compliance standards)
Tang doesn't owe us anything for hiring him from Baylor. He had offers before, he was just waiting for a good one.
That said, save for the Tomlin stuff Tang has everyone going for him at ol' KSU. Instant success, strong fanbase, consistently best basketball conference. The wildcard is how he feels about his bosses at each school, which can count for a lot (and was obviously the reason Frank bounced).
Tang doesn't owe us anything for hiring him from Baylor. He had offers before, he was just waiting for a good one.
That said, save for the Tomlin stuff Tang has everyone going for him at ol' KSU. Instant success, strong fanbase, consistently best basketball conference. The wildcard is how he feels about his bosses at each school, which can count for a lot (and was obviously the reason Frank bounced).
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Pet Peeves
« on: April 05, 2024, 01:59:27 PM »
I wouldn’t worry about it. Even the less/fewer distinction is less of a rule and more of a peeve.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/fewer-vs-less
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/fewer-vs-less
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: LOL TRUMP
« on: April 05, 2024, 01:50:47 PM »
Is our Congress the worst duly elected congress in the world? Maybe others are also bad?
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Non-Political Market/Economy/Finance/etc. Thread
« on: April 05, 2024, 11:47:54 AM »I’d be pumped if I was like 40 yrs older than I am
Yeah, a strong economy now doesn't mean jack for my retirement, but it's nice to see nonetheless.
No idea when full retirement will happen for me, but I'm within a few years of my plan for semi-retirement (whatever job I can get with full benefits and as little actual work as possible).
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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Coaching Carousel Master Thread (MAYBE FEATURING THE KSU CATS?)
« on: April 05, 2024, 11:40:02 AM »
My preferred scenarios, in order:
1. Tang stays, Dick leaves
2. Tang stays, Dick stays
3. Tang leaves, Dick leaves, we hire Beard
1. Tang stays, Dick leaves
2. Tang stays, Dick stays
3. Tang leaves, Dick leaves, we hire Beard
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Non-Political Market/Economy/Finance/etc. Thread
« on: April 05, 2024, 10:28:45 AM »He's retiring with full benefits from the state at 58. He's going to delay SS until 72. He needs to make sure his wife is on the work until 66 or older plan.
That helps greatly. Thank you.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Non-Political Market/Economy/Finance/etc. Thread
« on: April 05, 2024, 09:39:06 AM »85 and out (retire at 58), a Roth, and then wait on Social Security if I am lucky enough to make it to 72.
Going to have the steve dave talk with my wife.
I think I need a translation for this.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: TexAgs politics board gems thread
« on: April 05, 2024, 09:04:29 AM »Steps to make bugs or lab-grown meat in high demandI take exception with bugs catching strays in that post. I’m actually pretty bullish on insects making up a significant source of our protein at some point.
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Algorithmic Epiphany11:02a, 4/3/24
1. Make lab grown meat, promise it saves the planet.
2. Due to lack of success, poison (vax/flu) or slander the farm raised meat as unacceptable.
3. ....
4. Profit.
Between the supply chain fires, bird/pork flu, MRNA in beef, making fertilizer illegal.... I can only accept this is the direction THEY are attempting to take us.
What say you?
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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Coaching Carousel Master Thread (MAYBE FEATURING THE KSU CATS?)
« on: April 05, 2024, 06:55:51 AM »I always think it's gotta be annoying for a coach to deal with the K-State fan base since we freak out over unsubstantiated rumors like this all the time. Like, all the time.I think that kind of stuff is pretty easy for a coach to ignore and evergreen in fan bases.
But, maybe every fan base is like that. I don't roam around other teams' message boards.
I feel like the only places where a fan base actually affects the job are the schools with multiple mega donors who all insist on having a say in how things are done cause they’re used to getting their way.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: TexAgs politics board gems thread
« on: April 05, 2024, 06:48:39 AM »
Amazing that you captured a great social experiment playing out where those guys are accidentally providing why a shop would use those signs.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Thread for when someone on the other side does something good
« on: April 04, 2024, 02:59:57 PM »
FTR - not my stats. But I have no reason to dispute them. But fair point about the result of actual disputes being less skewed when you consider there will be a number of tenants who simply disappeared and would not show up at all, much less hire an attorney.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Thread for when someone on the other side does something good
« on: April 04, 2024, 10:06:49 AM »Did you miss my point about how the new law includes a fee shifting provision when a tenant is removed from the property? Attorneys would be happy to take that case with no cash up front. Not so much if a tenant is in a bona fide legal dispute with a landlord.Well you’re using a different meaning of “legal” than me because evicting a rightful tenant subjects the landlord to damages, 3x rent, attorneys fees, and perjury charges.
https://m.flsenate.gov/session/bill/2024/621/billtext/er/pdfQuoteThe ACLU reports that 81% of landlords are represented in eviction court proceedings, compared to 3% of renters. Studies show that “between 51 percent and 75 percent of tenants without legal representation lost their case in court.”
If you think landlords have a massive advantage in traditional eviction proceedings (which I don’t disagree with), you would think they would much prefer that route over utilizing the anti-squatting law, which is exactly the policy you’ve been advocating for ITT.
I don't think you're being very realistic with how often wrongfully evicted tenants will take advantage of those provisions and win. go read the book "Evicted" if you want to learn more about why I think this is so bad, I'm really done this time.
Yeah I think we're at an impasse cause we're supposed to be talking about whether a new law is good or bad and I'm the only person actually looking at the language of it.
Your beef is that landlord/tenant laws need to be overhauled, but when a new law comes along that only can be utilized by a landlord signing a document under penalty of perjury and makes them liable for 3x rent plus attorneys fees for wrongfully using it, you dismiss it as another attempt to screw over renters.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Thread for when someone on the other side does something good
« on: April 04, 2024, 09:07:46 AM »Did you miss my point about how the new law includes a fee shifting provision when a tenant is removed from the property? Attorneys would be happy to take that case with no cash up front. Not so much if a tenant is in a bona fide legal dispute with a landlord.Well you’re using a different meaning of “legal” than me because evicting a rightful tenant subjects the landlord to damages, 3x rent, attorneys fees, and perjury charges.
https://m.flsenate.gov/session/bill/2024/621/billtext/er/pdfQuoteThe ACLU reports that 81% of landlords are represented in eviction court proceedings, compared to 3% of renters. Studies show that “between 51 percent and 75 percent of tenants without legal representation lost their case in court.”
If you think landlords have a massive advantage in traditional eviction proceedings (which I don’t disagree with), you would think they would much prefer that route over utilizing the anti-squatting law, which is exactly the policy you’ve been advocating for ITT.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Thread for when someone on the other side does something good
« on: April 04, 2024, 07:58:26 AM »The law provides you cannot evict someone with a valid lease, it awards attorneys fees for wrongful conviction, and it says wrongful eviction cases should be quickly pushed through by the courts.Well you’re using a different meaning of “legal” than me because evicting a rightful tenant subjects the landlord to damages, 3x rent, attorneys fees, and perjury charges.
https://m.flsenate.gov/session/bill/2024/621/billtext/er/pdf
Who is more likely to retain a lawyer, tenants or landlords?
There are tons of examples of people just deciding it isn't worth it to pursue their legal recourse, if they even know that they have a legal case and it is usually poor people.
I'm comfortable with the current tail risk of criminal trespass against tenants having more precarity to the whims of their landlords.
If the situation is as dire as Mich makes it out to be, lawyers are going to descend on Florida tenants like locusts begging for their business. That’s about as easy money as you can make.