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What we are talking about happened during the depression as a way to increase prices. My dad witnessed this as a kid. He wondered why farmers were digging up their crops while people were starving. Fortunately nowadays, we don't have that as much as we did during the 1930s, the starving paradigm that is. mspart

This is what it says: Do you agree with this statement, or disagree? If agree, give reasoning. If disagree, give reasoning. mspart

Good to hear! mspart

Agreed, he owes us nothing. But if he is going to be in, he needs to be all in. Barring injury of course, of which we have no information. Best of luck to Parris, I hope he makes a statement in Belgrade. mspart

Unless there is an injury, I find this weird. Gable had to get WWE permission, I assume, to train and go to US Nationals and then Final X. So then why the pull out at kind of the last minute? Injury? At least injury would be acceptable as an excuse. Some contract thing with WWE? Inexcusable. mspart

How so Plasi? mspart

What books about the Holocaust and what was watered down in the AP African American studies classes? Just saying these things does not make them true? The list is interesting with the #1 book being blatantly sexual if the watered down description is accurate. I would like to see a substantiation for why the books you claim are ok on the list are not allowed in school libraries since you seem to know all about them. Again, not saying you are wrong, but would like to see some evidence about your assertions. mspart

Yes, how is he doing and how did he get in a situation where he could get shot? Unlucky accident like a driveby shooting? mspart

The cone of silence is a classic gag. mspart

Maxwell Smart: Get Smart was one of the greatest tv shows of all time. mspart

If he wins, that would be a nice selling point on top of his Olympic win. I think WWE should be encouraging this stuff this year and next. mspart

Yoikes!! mspart

There is that!. But this does not just apply to $1M homes. mspart

Coming to a neighborhood near you!! mspart

Yes, indeed. Friends with boats are much better than owning one!! mspart

Oh yes, the empty vault. Geraldo should be excoriated for that at every opportunity!! mspart

Current inflation doesn't help those who still make the same money as they did in 2021. In fact it is worse on them because the prices just keep rising with inflation and they have to choose and do without as a result. The fact that inflation is slowing down is good, but the overall effect on prices won't be reversed. $5.41 for diesel around here. That's up almost a dollar since January. Of course we now in WA have a cap and trade tax on carbon fuel types so we now have the highest gas/diesel prices in the country. Now it is taking effect on the natural gas prices and the state won't let the local utility provide a line item on the bill to explain that. Another example of open government. mspart

I don't own a boat!! Money evaporates with those things. mspart

I would love to make that. I have two briskets leftover. I'm getting hungry, except for the Fair food I ate yesterday. But I'm getting there. Since this is a thread on smoking, and I don't know what sousing is, can you explain please? That looks soooooo good! mspart

Possibly because you were taught your multiplication tables and learned division and then percent made sense. Younger people don't have that kind of advantage because the calculator and phones can do all the math you need to do. No need to cloud the brain with useless math facts. mspart

And what does the Bible say about Lot and his daughters? They knew him. While being clear it is also vague. I do not disagree that there are passages in the Bible that are "racy". Song of Solomon comes to mind. But these are nothing compared to the "graphic" content being removed from school libraries. Do you think it is appropriate to show and explicitly describe sex positions, sexual conduct whether hetero or homo or pan or bi etc for our school age children? Lets start with elementary school age children. I'll settle for that. I personally don't think this content is good for middle and high school age children. You can address them too if you like. I'm not saying you are wrong, but I would like to see you produce an example of books that have been dropped that are not always "graphic". That would be interesting. I can certainly show you books that are "graphic" that have been dropped. mspart

Been there. It is called Beograd over there which means White City. It was pretty drab when I was there but that was when it was part of Yugoslavia which was quite a while ago. They had the biggest apartment buildings that I had ever seen up until that time. If cleaned up, it would be a very beautiful city. mspart

Like a dell? Kidding aside, Why would Dake be considered anything other than the guy to beat? He is the WC the last 2 years at 74kg. Does he appear to be slowing down? Getting weak? I don't think so. I'm sure there are many out there trying to figure out how to beat him, Sidakov included. mspart

What? You say this in response to my question? Wow! mspart

Partial Differential Equations! Oh, and the Theory of Zero. mspart