LazarusOblong
LazarusOblong
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Rock's non sequitur about the elasticity of basketballs deserves some additional scorn here. It's true that elasticity diminishes in the cold. No educated person would deny that. But it is also true that the air pressure in the basketball diminis…
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Rockadelic said:amphibious said: y'all never tried to play basketball in the winter and had no bounce? Rubber has higher elasticity at moderate temperatures, at low temperatures it becomes stiff and brittle. For that reason two basketballs w…
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Glibertarians tongue Koch brother taint on a daily basis. Is that a PC thing to say? I've been told it isn't. PC is a phrase used to express the frustration right-wingers feel because people now give them shit when they express incred…
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LaserWolf said:It's kind of sad how in denial Patriots fans are. First they turned to MIT to try to show that balls deflate themselves. Then there is this desperate attempt to recalculate the fumble rate: http://soshcentral.com/footba…
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JRoot said:I don't really care about the PSI in the balls, but ..having a softer football makes it easier to grip -- for QBs, for receivers, for RBs. The data regarding the Patriots fumble rates at home are pretty staggering, and date back to 2007. …
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People think of TD as a synth band but Froese was a very underrated guitar player. "Electronic Meditation" is his showpiece. RIP
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J i m s t e r said:As a limey NFL fan, I was surprised to learn the officials don't control the balls through the game. I'd have thought they'd have a pool of 'em and swap them in/out every down or at least every quarter. Y'know, like at Wim…
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[Those goddamn commies from Massachusetts got no bizness mixin' science with football. Physics, huh, wutzat? Phys Ed is all a real 'Merican really needs. I understand that this is your team....but at least have some balls and say "Yeah, we c…
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Rockadelic said:LazarusOblong said:Rockadelic said:The atmospheric pressure explanation was the biggest crock of bullshit ever. Pats should haved come out and just said that it was obvious someone had fucked with the air pressure and they hop…
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DB_Cooper said:Need to cop a grande bottle of vodka and I should be all stocked up. If I lose power and have no TV to help entertain my little dude while snowbound, though, shit is going to go south fast. How much vodka are you planning to giv…
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PrimeCutsLtd said:This just in...Robert Kraft: NFL should apologize to Patriots if football tampering isn’t proven Indeed they should. The NFL should also stop running investigations like a sieve. It's amazing how many hipsters are slu…
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Rockadelic said:The atmospheric pressure explanation was the biggest crock of bullshit ever. Pats should haved come out and just said that it was obvious someone had fucked with the air pressure and they hope the NFL gets to the bottom of it.…
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Saw it today. It's a powerful work even though it suffers from some of the usual problems true event films have. What a disgrace it is that in the last two Presidential elections we still had (mostly black and poor) voters standing in line f…
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Yay. Like a lot of Joan Jett's solo stuff, too. And RIP Kim Fowley, who died just the other day.
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volumen said: I did turn on in time to see the republican response which was much creepier and funnier than usual. Jeezus, what did they do this time? Boil a climatologist effigy in oil? Offer Texan citizenship to "pure whites"?
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Right now a white supremacist school superintendent in Alabama is refusing to let a student group see "Selma" because... Well, guess.
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Rockadelic said:LazarusOblong said: (As strains of "Do As I Say, Not As I Do" fill the room.) It's called growing the fuck up.... I was a rebellious asshole when I was young like most people.....live and learn. I've…
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Rockadelic said:How many physically abused me, falsely arrested me or broke the law? None How many times did I act like a dick, verbally abuse and insult them? 5-6 times. "I'll take "White Privilege" for $500, Alex." (As strains …
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Rockadelic said:LazarusOblong said:Rockadelic said:Maybe, just maybe, they hate the dude who ruined a cop's life and career with outright lies and never apologized for it more than just about everyone/anyone else. Just sayin'. Could be. But …
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Rockadelic said:Maybe, just maybe, they hate the dude who ruined a cop's life and career with outright lies and never apologized for it more than just about everyone/anyone else. Just sayin'. Could be. But if you replaced him with Abner Loui…
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Rockadelic said:LazarusOblong said:Rockadelic said:LazarusOblong said:Rockadelic said:Why does any politician consort with Al Sharpton? Why wouldn't they? Al is no longer the irresponsible guy he was during the Tawana Brawley days. Have any …
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Bon Vivant said:Rockadelic said:At least R. Crumb was there to represent 'Murica b/w "Hundreds of millions of Muslims support an attack like this. They applaud an attack like this. What they say is, ‘We don’t approve of violence, but y…
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Rockadelic said:LazarusOblong said:Rockadelic said:Why does any politician consort with Al Sharpton? Why wouldn't they? Al is no longer the irresponsible guy he was during the Tawana Brawley days. Have any current objections about him? …
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Rockadelic said:Frank said:Look, it's as simple as that, if 90% non-criminal cops are covering up for 10% of emotionally unstable, mentally and socially challenged thugs then I say fuck all 100% of them. They're all wearing the same uniform a…
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Rockadelic said:Why does any politician consort with Al Sharpton? Why wouldn't they? Al is no longer the irresponsible guy he was during the Tawana Brawley days. Have any current objections about him? The dimwitted fascists who run y…
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kicks79 said:Defending freedom of speech and condemning the violent acts of an extremist few doesn't mean that you have to agree with the published content of Charlie or reprint it. They are two separate things. No shit Captain Obvious. B…
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By the way, what is this "earning the hate of the public" business? The public is letting cops off the hook over and over again and excuses for them when they step over the line. Most of the public gives them the worship they demand. You included…
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Rockadelic said:LazarusOblong said:Rockadelic said:In many communities the Police are used as income generators enforcing bullshit laws, writing bullshit tickets and making bullshit arrests all in the name of making revenue for their local governmen…
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"Saucy!" RIP.
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Bon Vivant said:This is good news. http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/01/05/state-bar-complaint-filed-against-mcculloch-over-ferguson-grand-jury-hes-having-a-really-bad-day/ "St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch’s mishandling …