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  1. JimLes

    JD Vance

    Who said anything about retired? And you seriously need me to go google examples of Trump promising to revive manufacturing, mining, etc? Come on, let's not insult each other's intelligence here. You know exactly what I'm talking about. You may not agree, but you know I'm not talking about...
  2. JimLes

    JD Vance

    They don't want the jobs in question. Minimum wage in Ohio is $10.45. I'd be hard pressed to believe that any of the jobs Haitians are currently holding pay much more than that. Look, we can discuss supply and demand and the question of how high minimum wage can be and all those other...
  3. JimLes

    JD Vance

    Except those people don't want to work these jobs. They all want magical, fantasy factory and mining jobs from 50 years ago.
  4. JimLes

    2024 NBA Offseason

    Big freaking deal. I went from 200 pounds 7 years ago to 250 earlier this year. Wasn't even that hard.
  5. JimLes

    Kamala Harris for Pres

    It's even funnier when the whole thing is translated to Canadian politics. We did not use to have debates because our system is very different. Our head of state is technically an inbred old guy in England and his representative here is appointed. The prime minister is simply the leader of...
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    Kamala Harris for Pres

    Isn't is silly when you think about how so much of a political campaign today is just pointless fluff with no real connection to what a politician is supposed to do? It's all just become a reality show of sorts, which perhaps explains to some degree Trump's success. There are debates like...
  7. JimLes

    Donald is about to go through some things...

    But this isn't a feature of a two-party system, this is a feature of electing the head of state directly. And yes, I know, electoral college and all that, but the president of the US is elected more directly than say the president of Germany or Israel, who is simply voted on by their respective...
  8. JimLes

    What happens when Trump loses?

    More like useful idiot, but we're kind of splitting hairs here.
  9. JimLes

    The *OFFICIAL* Russia Is About To Invade Ukraine Thread

    In before the "peace at any cost" crowd.
  10. JimLes

    Gordon Hayward Retires

    What really bothers me about this is that context get lost so easily. Hayward was easily a max player in 2017, but we're talking about 2014 here. He did not have a very good season, though I supposed the team as a whole had a bad season. The Jazz won 25 games. If you look at advanced...
  11. JimLes

    Gordon Hayward Retires

    I don't think anyone's holding a gun to his head. Also, does this policy include Kirk Snyder?
  12. JimLes

    Gordon Hayward Retires

    It is possible for both the Jazz to have been foolish and for Hayward to have been an idiot. And of course he's pivoting now that he's retired and looking for a "home," so to speak. Where else might fans remember him a 5-10 years from now but in SLC?
  13. JimLes

    Jazz Addicts Anonymous

    Throw in a plane crash in which every member of the Lakers team dies(you know, so they can make a movie years later) and I'll need tissues.
  14. JimLes

    Jazz Addicts Anonymous

    I grew up in Zagreb, Croatia back when it was the clear-cut second best country at basketball in the world. Obviously a fan of my hometown Cibona when I was a wee boy. By the time I was 12, I used to take a tram across the city with a couple of friends every other Thursday night to watch...
  15. JimLes

    Gordon Hayward Retires

    Right, nothing more. No difference between my job and a job that ensures that if you're not complete moron, your great-grandchildren won't ever have to work.
  16. JimLes

    Gordon Hayward Retires

    I mean, I'm sure you're aware that the NBA is nothing like my job or yours. It's a parallel universe where grown men get paid hundreds of millions of dollars to put a ball through a basket, while complaining that taking a few million fewer would make it hard to feed their families. Comparing...
  17. JimLes

    Gordon Hayward Retires

    I like seeing people learn that grass is not greener on the other side in harsh ways. I like seeing hubris(you may call it ambition) punished like it's a Greek tragedy. I think schadenfreude feels almost as good as an orgasm. Sue me.
  18. JimLes

    Gordon Hayward Retires

    What makes me feel better about everything that went down back in 2017 is that human brain is a wonderful, wonderful thing. You can bet your house that Gordon Hayward's brain will ask him many, many times "What if I never left Utah?" And the only answer possible, of course, is "You never...
  19. JimLes

    Let's Discuss Socialism

    Why does anyone need to contribute to different lawmakers and why do lawmakers need contributions to begin with? That's probably a bigger issue to fix.
  20. JimLes

    Game Thread Jul 15, 2024 08:00pm: Jazz Vs Kings (Summer League)

    My fear after watching quite a bit of SL this year(unlike past seasons) is that the best hope for the 7-8 young guys who are on guaranteed contracts is end-of-bench player. Not role player like Joe Ingles was a role player. I don't know if any of these guys will ever be good enough to carry...
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