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The Lakers are playing with house money. No expectations with the injuries. I'll watch and hope for the best but if they get blown out, life goes on. There is always the Dodgers.

The Iranians are stalling and Trump was not willing to let them off the hook. They and China are suffering from the blockade. Not the US. They are not dealing with Jimmy Carter or Obama. Trump will not let go until they agree to his terms. It is the only way to deal with them. They respect...

Contrast what is happening with how the media and many politicians spun this event. Is it still possible that there are challenges and things will not go exactly as planned? Of course. But was there genocide and WWIII with no end in sight and no plan? Those were blatant lies perpetuated to...

When you are dealing with murderous fanatics, nothing is ever certain but the signs are good. The blockade on Iran made them cry uncle. That put the squeeze on China who has the influence to make them stand down. At the very least, this is finally heading in a positive direction that our...

Some pundit on CNN a couple of weeks ago argued that gas prices would not return to pre conflict levels until 2036! You have to wonder if he was just trying to spin this in the most negative light for political purposes or that he was a shill for the oil companies. Oil prices are below $90 per...

This is like the JFK assassination conspiracy theory premised on the fact that several people - including some only on the margins of the event - allegedly died under "mysterious" circumstances. Closer examination reveals no statistical outlier about it that lends itself to a conspiracy. People...

What a day for Trump and America. The Dow is surging, oil prices are plunging, it sounds like there is a deal to keep the straits open and end Iran's nuclear program. Wow. It was messy but if this comes together more progress has been made in a few weeks than the last 50 years. Will any...

The blockade is brilliant. The Chinese are getting squeezed and putting pressure on Iran to cut a deal. Iran is losing billions. Even they will have to come to their senses at some point. Trump might actually salvage this situation. Not a complete victory but quite a few gains. More so...

He's not called "First Round" Mike because he is a genius. Putting aside the ethics of cheating on his wife in such a public manner, it creates a big off field headache. Can't imagine his wife is thrilled. An unhappy wife is a big distraction.

No particular order: 1) Cool Hand Luke 2) No Country for Old Men 3) There Will be Blood 4) The Shining 5) The Godfather 6) The Thing - John Carpenter 7) Any of the old Universal monster movies: Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolf Man. 8) Apocalypse Now 9) Downfall 10) Full Metal Jacket

You might be surprised. I've moved around quite a bit. Lived on the east and west coast. You can adjust to almost anything. After a couple of weeks in a new place, it is like home. I was stuck in Moscow several years ago when the Icelandic volcano erupted and shutdown all the air traffic...

Awful story about Iran getting ready to hang a young married couple for protesting. You won't see much about that in our media, however, because Trump can't be blamed for it. https://nypost.com/2026/04/15/world-news/iran-to-execute-the-first-woman-over-widespread-anti-regime-demonstrations/

Maybe they will turn things around by stealing signs again. That seemed to work. Just kidding. Hopefully the thread isn't closed.

"In the Air Tonight" is a great song. It's unfortunate that it was trivialized by Miami Vice. The lyrics are pretty dark. About an ugly ending to a relationship.

If you can pay millions for even a shack, don't mind an army of homeless zombie people, getting mugged, horrible traffic, having your home burn to the ground and/or paying high taxes for the privilage, then it is the perfect place. The ocean and weather are free. Everything else has been...

I think they are just blocking ships from leaving Iranian ports. Which is something that they should have done from the beginning. It's making Iran squeal like Ned Beatty in Deliverance. Costing them half a billion per day.

One rich white guy replaces another. The party of diversity and the working class. Only in California. Steyer may be the only billionaire to stay in California. I would love for Porter to win it just for entertainment. The Republicans are not much better.

The prediction markets are giving the republicans about a 5% chance of winning. Tom Steyer - a billionaire dem - is being given a 55% chance.

If the blockade is intended to stop Iran's oil trade, I don't know why they waited so long. It seems like that might have been something done even before this conflict to put pressure on them. Given that Iran is apparently still threatening ships in the straits, I'm not exactly sure whose ships...

The Lakers somehow won their division and get a winnable home court series against Houston. Hopefully they get Luka and Reaves back soon but even so they don't have a chance against OKC.