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@JezzaWasRight @pityforyourself You are 100% correct. If this story is half true it would have to be the case that Buscemi suggested it and Chase ok’d it

@pityforyourself Everything I've heard about the production of this show indicates that those working on it, did exactly as Chase said. For example, if it written that he tried to bribe the feds, then they'd have shot the scene that way. Where did you hear this?

In the original script, Tony Soprano tried to "bribe" the marshals to let Johnny stay for the cake, but the director (Steve Buscemi) decided it was "more powerful" for Tony to remain a helpless spectator, emphasizing even the "Boss of Jersey" is powerless against the feds.

@GabrieleDA22 @Jaboolie @AetiusRF All alliances (against countries that no longer exist) last forever. You’re right. You are very smart. Iran hasn’t been asked to “surrender”. Are you fucking retarded?

@Tarantino477 @Jaboolie @AetiusRF NATO is a defensive alliance. So your assertion that we now have pretext to leave because they didnt hell shows you have a 3rd graders understanding of geopolitics. Also, if these losses were so devastating to the Iranians then why havent they surrendered yet?

“So they just reopened the straits” “Really? What about the crash outs on Twitter? The blackpilling? Everyone was certain the world was ending. MAGA was over, finished.” “Well they just… opened them” “Just like that?” “Apparently”

@KevinOConnor Kon would win this award many years. Phenomenal season. Not good enough this year. Cooper did a much harder thing -- being the engine and focus of opposing defenses. And did it at a historically great level for a rook.

Cooper Flagg or Kon Knueppel for Rookie of the Year? Here's how I came to my decision: Flagg is probably going to be the best player to come out of this draft, probably by a wide margin, and probably will be in the running for an All-NBA team as soon as next season. He dropped 51 in a game, then had 45 two nights later. He led the Mavericks in points, rebounds, assists, and steals. The last rookie to do that was Michael Jordan. And he did it under conditions that should have buried him. The Luka Doncic trade fallout was still radiating through the locker room when camp opened. Anthony Davis was in and out of the lineup, and got traded after only 20 games. Kyrie Irving didn’t play at all. By March, the Mavericks were shutting down veterans in the name of tanking for better lottery odds. Every defense Cooper saw was geared to stop him specifically, because there was nobody else on the floor a defense had to respect. Flagg averaged 21 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 4.5 assists despite all the chaos. There's a reason he went no. 1, and that reason was apparent all season long. But this was an extremely difficult call. For nine-straight years as a voter, I’ve found the Rookie of the Year decision to be quite simple. Usually the gap between one and two is obvious by January. This year it’s not obvious with ballots due today. Flagg averaged 2.5 more points, 1.4 more rebounds, and 1.1 more assists than Knueppel. But Knueppel posted a 63.3% true shooting mark to Flagg's 54.8%, which is a massive gap that counting stats don't necessarily close. Knueppel's improved efficiency is fueled by the fact 81% of his attempted baskets were assisted, compared to only 50% for Flagg. The Mavericks asked Flagg to be their primary creator. Knueppel's job was, on paper, simpler. But "simpler" isn't the same as "smaller," and the assumption that Knueppel is some kind of stand-still shooting specialist falls apart the second you actually watch him play. Knueppel shot 42.5% on 7.9 3-point attempts, with many of his 3s coming with a defender draped all over him. He was one of the league’s best shooters as a rookie. But he also shot 47% out of pick-and-rolls and kept his turnover rate low. He set 738 on-ball screens — the most of any guard, by far; Dyson Daniels was second with 524. Kon either popped into 3s or rolled to the rim and made plays out of the short roll. Charlotte slingshotted him around screens and handoffs, sending him downhill instead of just flaring him to the arc. He set off-ball screens. He cut. He relocated. He sprinted to the corners to open driving lanes for teammates. Basically every winning basketball checkbox you can put on a wing's scouting report, he checked it. As a rookie! At age 20! Knueppel’s most memorable moment of the year came in the head-to-head against Flagg. Mavericks-Hornets, their first time matching up, Flagg with the ball late in the game, Knueppel read the play, jumped the passing lane, stole the ball, and got fouled going the other way. He iced the game from the line for his 33rd and 34th points in the game. It's the kind of defensive play his critics swore he couldn't make. The steal wasn't a fluke either. He's a smart help defender, knows how to funnel his man into traffic, and is active in the passing lanes. That said, Knueppel is not a perfect defender. Of the 100 players to defend the most isolations this season, Knueppel ranked 65th in points allowed per play, in the same neighborhood as Luka Doncic and Brandon Ingram. He's not a stopper, but he’s definitely not a liability either. Flagg is a different tier entirely. He racks up chasedown blocks, can strongly contest shots on-ball, has the awareness to get in the passing lanes, and has the strength and quickness to switch across positions. Of those same 100 isolation defenders, Flagg ranked 15th — one spot behind first-team All-Defense candidate Chet Holmgren, and in the same statistical ballpark as Evan Mobley and Derrick White. That's a 50-spot gap between Flagg and Knueppel, and it shows up on tape every night and he's doing it with no defensive help around him. And then there's the degree-of-difficulty factor. Without Kon’s diverse offensive skill-set and his elite trait as a shooter, there is no chance the Hornets would have climbed up the standings. But he was also the third or fourth, maybe even fifth, most important player on Charlotte. Definitely behind LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller, probably behind Miles Bridges because of his two-way impact, and possibly even behind Moussa Diabate because of his at-rim finishing, screening, and switchability on defense. Flagg was unambiguously the best player on his team. Flagg put up better numbers on a team built to lose. The Hornets weren't supposed to win either, and Knueppel helped them turn their season around. But Flagg carried a heavier offensive load against tougher coverages, and he was the better defender. I would not fault anyone for voting for Knueppel. I almost did it too. But Flagg’s got my vote.

@LeShendyJames @P_Stickman @CashJ I am a sentient lawn. Just pure grass. Are you LeBron James?

@P_Stickman @CashJ Says some pussy that isn't showing his own photo. Can't make this shit up There isn't anything I'd say here that I wouldn't say to your bitch ass face pussy

Fiction vs Reality

@mb_ghalibaf Sure, bud

۱- رئیس جمهور آمریکا در یک ساعت هفت ادعا مطرح کرد که هر هفت ادعا کذب است. ۲- با این دروغگویی‌ها در جنگ پیروز نشدند و حتما در مذاکره هم راه به جایی نخواهند برد. ۳- با ادامهٔ محاصره، تنگهٔ هرمز باز نخواهد ماند.

@GabrieleDA22 @Jaboolie @AetiusRF Honey you think losing your navy, Air Force, and senior leadership is No Biggie. You’re not exactly the guy I’m going to listen to about how NATO works. You don’t have the faintest clue. Flags in bio phaggot

@Tarantino477 @Jaboolie @AetiusRF The Iranian leadership is structured layers deep and decentralized, so killing one or even fifty doesn't matter. Their tiny navy and air force got blown up, so what? You clearly have no idea how NATO works, so I'm not even going to bother explaining it to you.

@GabrieleDA22 @Jaboolie @AetiusRF I think you may have forgotten about the total destruction of the Iranian Navy and Air Force, wiping out their 50 top leaders, an excellent pretext for re-negotiation or leaving NATO (a bullshit, zombie alliance), and peace in Lebanon.

@Jaboolie @AetiusRF I'm a pragmatist, not a delusional third-worldist. Trump has achieved zero of his strategic objectives and has made everything worse for us in the Middle East.

@dandakich I think we have to give her credit for being a real lesbo at this point. Her tongue was jammed into Rapinoe's pus enough times that it's hard to grant the Actually Straight Waiver.

Told you for years Sue Bird is not a lifetime lesbian She got recruited (as so many poor college athletes do) into that life

@nypost This is one hell of a day

Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe announce they're splitting up trib.al/hjDyiKZ

@Yamscasino Trained for 5 years.

Ohhh wow. Grilled cheese all by himself.

@tharun_ravi @ATRightMovies I know. I'm laughing too.

@Tarantino477 @ATRightMovies She won an Oscar for this lol

Cate Blanchett's astonishing portrayal of Katharine Hepburn in THE AVIATOR. It was the first time somebody won on Oscar for playing an Oscar-winner.

@TheChrisLambert Inception is the worst movie of his career. It's idiotic and full of dreadful performances. Only Tenet can compete.

Nolan followed up Inception with the worst movie of his career: The Dark Knight Rises

@ggetzie @ProvidenceMom17 @JoshuaLisec Alice was there every day, bro

@ProvidenceMom17 @JoshuaLisec It's time to recognize that if going to the doctor is unaffordable for someone with a full time long term position, that healthcare is too expensive and we need to make it cheaper.

Everything about this should be studied.

@JoshDaws Why does the TV org chart at 20th have like 87% females? Why wouldn't you guys have been more worried about getting sued for discrimination against men?

I was just laid off from The Walt Disney Company after 12.5 years with the company. Ask me anything.

@eruphim @Delicious_Tacos Glossary is eight words long.

@Tarantino477 @Delicious_Tacos Define virtue Define duty Define here Define thoughts Define existence Define mortality Define "getting" something

The Greeks were the first people to have the life conditions for philosophy. They discovered most of what there is to be discovered quickly, because all the conceptual real estate was free. There just isn’t that much philosophy.

@flaquaticfan Journalist and football coach. Not the same job. Not the same rules.

Okay here’s the thing If she’s resigning from things then there’s smoke So if there’s smoke The NFL needs to step in and question Mike Vrabel We can’t punish the woman without punishing the man

@BGeltzNBA @DMRussini I don't have a ton of respect for the profession of sports journalism to begin with. It's an industry spent hyping up a frivolous expression of athleticism and our culture bends around that stuff too much. To the degree there are ethics in that line of work at all... she broke em

The irony in this public thrashing of @DMRussini an her journalistic integrity is the gross LACK of journalistic integrity shown in conclusion jumping off a few pictures without any further context. I wish her and her family the best and look forward to her next stop. She’s an outstanding reporter.

@Steve_Sailer @MidwestGolfJake It’s hard to imagine Phil would not have 9 majors if his prime didn’t coincide with Tiger’s. Rory would probably have four if his did.

@MidwestGolfJake Seems reasonable. Most of the question seems to be whether Rory has pulled behind Phil for #2 behind Tiger in the Modern Era.

I've seen a lot of discussion about where Rory now ranks among European golfers, and this has led to discussion about eras...how do you compare Seve and Rory? Let's take a page out of Golfweek's course rating and rank golfers by eras. Here's a quick ranking I threw together.