Think one of the repercussions of radical conference realignment will be Notre Dame suffering in coach's polls as coaches vote for more and more teams in their own conferences. This will drive the Fighting Irish further down in the polls. This will also harm how useful the coach’s poll is viewed by fans... Seattle's Museum of Pop Culture decision to try and make JK Rowling "undesirable number 1" is scarily reminiscent of The Daily Prophet's effort to make Harry Potter the undesirable number 1 under Voldemort in charge. They must be aware of who they are comparing themselves to. But hey - at least we’re talking about the Seattle Museum of Pop Culture (for all the wrong reasons)... Not surprised Orioles owner did something stupid. I’m surprised that Kevin Brown is not the pitcher Kevin Brown… Net foreign investment in China is going exactly as you’d predict. Probably helps explain the decrease in shipping container rates… N'Keal Harry is completing his wrestling like heel turn by signing with and requestion the number 28 which is best known as Adrian Peterson's number for the Vikings. Harry is (supposedly) a WR. No idea if there's any reason or justification for his selection of the number. Perhaps its just a ploy to get fans not to be talking about his lack of receptions... During Robert McNamara's first day as Secretary of Defense there was a total of 3.5 million people in the the military (both civilian and uniformed). This number was more than the top 20 private firms in the US combined. The DoD remains the largest employer in the country (and the world) to this day... With the implosion of the Pac 12, the 5 bowls with ties to the Pac 12 are now cleared to cut ties with the Pac 12 to seek arrangements with other conferences. This doesn't include the Rose Bowl that hosted its last Pac 12/Big 10 bowl last season. The Rose Bowl will be a college playoff bowl from now one. Wonder if there's an over/under for if/when a Pac 12 team ever plays in another Rose Bowl... The early video games all had a single joystick and a single button for user inputs. Steve Jobs worked at Atari. This is where Apple got its iconic single mouse and single button design. The more you know... Organizations like Kentucky Fried Chicken and KMart got their growth based on federal policies (like the Interstate highways) and not entrepreneurial expertise - like an Apple Computer or Microsoft. Think computer companies and the Internet can remain the bulwarks against the tyranny of the deep state... The ACC is supposedly looking at the last 4 teams of the Pac 12 or at least Stanford and Cal. George Kliavkioff could soon be commissioner of nobody. He's doing for the Pac 12 what Isaiah Thomas did for the CBA. Have the feeling the Pac 12 may not exist in a week's time... Reminder that beer is a plant based food... Big believer in “projection.” When someone complains to beware of someone because that person cheats - in my head I’m thinking the person warning me actually is the cheater. When we saw FBI personnel complain that Donald Trump was working for the Russians - it was the FBI personnel that ended up convicted of working for the Russians. Projection…
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