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toonkee

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  1. I think I'm a "no" on 3. Just too much uncertainty and vague language to change the constitution with. Anybody know of a similar sized state that's de-monopolized energy so we can make a better apples to apples comparison. Most of the pro question 3 stuff talks about Texas but I'm not sure they relate to Nevada all that well in this respect.
  2. Muss loves this ass whoopin with all the pre-season hype. He loves to play the underdog, were in a real tough spot, etc. card. Everything went to his plan. Pack will be as advertised if he can keep them hungry.
  3. Wow, had no idea. Thanks for letting us know.
  4. There are quite a few people who are intersex, with ambiguous genitals. In any case, this is not meant to solve any real problem but to once again, make a thinly veiled political statement to his base and those that swear up an down they didn't vote for him and are not Republicans but are on his nuts all day every day.
  5. Con man Trump conning you out of your vote by selling you a Brooklyn bridge of a "major tax cut" that they "will be putting in" by November 1st. Sounds very desperate.
  6. What is the middle distribution of men. Like the middle distribution of all men total, or all male athletes in that sport? Since we've got some golf and tennis hypotheticals going on here, I'll give you some real stories. I was a pretty good at tennis in HS, like maybe top 10 in Vegas, but not good enough to play D-1. Maybe D-3 or bottom of a D-2 team. One of the instructors at a tennis camp thing I would attend from time to time attend had just graduated from a D-1 college and was on the tennis team. We played a set and I won 6-0. She cried and wouldn't talk to me afterwards. And I was a 17 year old weakling, probably 5'9" and 135 lbs. She couldn't handle anything I hit with any pace or spin. The difference was huge and insurmountable. I got pretty good at golf after HS as well. Was a little better than scratch, which by the way, is nowhere near good enough to do anything with professionally. I'm a dude with little kids and a job and I've played with female college golfers and I whooped that ass . Playing from their tees. And I hit irons off most tees because it was friendly so I wasn't 50 yards in front of them all the time. Played with an LPGA member once too and I honestly felt I could beat her most the time. She wasn't elite, but still. And since I'm bragging about beating up on girls, I also dropped 50 against Rancho in basketball...that's a joke. some of you might get it haha.
  7. 1998: Karsten Braasch vs. the Williams sisters[edit] Another event dubbed a "Battle of the Sexes" took place during the 1998 Australian Open[52] between Karsten Braasch and the Williams sisters. Venus and Serena Williams had claimed that they could beat any male player ranked outside the world's top 200, so Braasch, then ranked 203rd, challenged them both. Braasch was described by one journalist as "a man whose training regime centered around a pack of cigarettes and more than a couple bottles of ice cold lager".[53][52] The matches took place on court number 12 in Melbourne Park,[54] after Braasch had finished a round of golf and two shandies. He first took on Serena and after leading 5–0, beat her 6–1. Venus then walked on court and again Braasch was victorious, this time winning 6–2.[55] Braasch said afterwards, "500 and above, no chance". He added that he had played like someone ranked 600th in order to keep the game "fun".[56] Braasch said the big difference was that men can chase down shots much easier, and that men put spin on the ball that the women can't handle. The Williams sisters adjusted their claim to beating men outside the top 350.[52]
  8. Gawdammit I can't believe it but I'm going to admit Blue is 100% right about something. There'a just a massive chasm between men and women in most sports. Huge and insurmountable. If you're going to separate contestants by gender, "born as" can be the only criteria.
  9. True. Reno wants to be somebody and they are liking all this $ overflow from northern cal. As Reno becomes bigger and younger, an even higher percentage of the state population will be city folk, and it will be increasingly difficult for NV to be red. Although like you or somebody else mentioned, there are strong libertarian type values in NV, even in Las Vegas. People came here to do what they wanted and not pay taxes. So, who knows...
  10. And that one guy where his entire family hates him and makes an ad to prove it.
  11. Both you guys are way overthinking this. Trump and Rush are con men. They are only smart or clever in the way con men are clever. They appeal to the ego and the self. All of their schtick is explained by this.
  12. Hmmm...that sounds an awful lot like somebody who's not smart enough to get it talk.
  13. I thought you wanted corp rates lower. And I really wasn't picking on you specifically. Just making a little snotty remark but using your post to get it started.
  14. Let's just lower taxes some more so the economy grows so much we'll actually bring in more revenue than before, even with the lower tax rates.
  15. Seriously, the NV GOP dodged a bullet here. They were talking about not seating him, not letting him caucus with anybody. Basically shunning him. I went to Death valley last weekend so I drove through some Hof country and on the way home saw some billboards for "Laxalt, Hof and Heller - the winning team". I don't think Heller or Laxalt approved that message.
  16. East of Eden, Grapes of Wrath. Those are some American literature books.
  17. The problem with Catcher is that the central theme has been done to death since the time of the book and Catcher just seems quaint now. I think we've gone further and deeper in more modern cinema, etc. Kinda like Pulp Fiction. Watch it now and it's just not as groundbreaking or shocking or novel.
  18. I'd say it's still super embarrassing.
  19. Do you think the repubs will come to the table to discuss raising taxes? If we really want to eliminate the deficit it will take alterations to both incoming and outgoing.
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