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First time the speaker vote has gone past the first ballot since 1923, and only the second time since the (last) Civil War. So who would the Dems vote for from the Republican side if they could force things that way?

Started a new thread for 2023. Maybe we could lock this one since the year is over?

New year, new Grim Reaper thread. https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/02/rally-car-driver-ken-block-dead/ https://globalnews.ca/news/9161442/robert-cormier-dead-heartland-actor-finn-cotter/?dicbo=v2-94491dc4bfd0616a4a1754acdeaa2461

JT Miller is this year’s Mark Scheifele.

Ted Cruz, Matt Gaetz, MTG, and Gym Jordan would all like a word. DeSantis is worrying to me in that while Trump spouted nonsense because it’s what the base wanted to hear and it inflated his ego to have those followers at his rallies, DeSantis actually believes his agenda. Trump wanted power for power’s sake, just to line his own pockets. DeSantis really wants the “dumb them down, anti-science, 1930’s school education” mindset to take hold. Trump exposed that there are still a ton of segregation-era thinkers out there, DeSantis seems to have galvanized them in Florida and is immensely popular and ruthlessly effective in that state in implementing his mandate. That groundswell of popularity I fear could easily spread throughout the entire Republican US.

DeSantis, anyone?

Here’s a comprehensive list for the entire year. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/09/entertainment/gallery/people-we-lost-2022/index.html

Fair enough. I don’t mind her. And some of the replacements this year have been off-key. But to each their own.

Specifics? Tone, pitch, volume, key in which she sings?

Scheif with the Hatty

So this MMA fighter tries to troll Thunberg, and after she destroys him about as badly as you can on Twitter, he stews for about 10 hours before responding back with her catch phrase “How dare you” which is the internet equivalent of “I know you are but what am I”. Cue the Twitter-verse responding en masse with “bro, take the L” comeuppance for him, after he basically confirmed his “small **** energy” and snowflake status by trying to fight back against Greta’s wicked burn. And when you think it couldn’t get any better, turns out this guy is actually a horrible human being involved in sexual trafficking young girls, and police were looking for him. And in his attempt at a face-saving comeback post, he was seen with a pizza box (complete with his name and phone number visible on it) in his livestream tweet that allowed the local Romanian authorities to track his location and place him under arrest. Rian Johnson couldn’t write this stuff.

Can people explain what it is about Nattress they hate? She holds a tune, unlike some this year. Is it because she sings so high? She is a soprano after all.

Actually it’s just an opinion. But curious what makes her so unenjoyable for some?

A really solid obituary. Worth the read.

We certainly have the goaltender who can get on a white hot run.

Excellent points Rich.

Open multiple part question for the group: Jets have 2 more games this month and 15 in January. Given that right now most of their injured players are pegged at “2 weeks +” for return date, should they be contemplating a trade now to get through the rough patch? And since Chicago is all in on a tank job and looking to move one or both of Toews and Kane, would it be worth going after them and what would it cost?

Liking the transition game in the neutral zone. Intercept and right back into the o-zone with speed. Now just bury one of those chances.

Lowry cannot afford to miss that breakaway. As short handed offensively as they are, Jets need to get greasy goals and win 1-0 or 2-1. Going to be a long 2-3 weeks until bodies come back. Wouldn’t be surprised to see the power play have just one unit play the full 2 minutes.

The disagree emoji just doesn’t capture how wrong I think this opinion is.

Please bring back Stacy Nattress if the alternative is garbage like tonight’s “anthems”. She kept it simple, didn’t try to overdo it, just straightforward singing.

Jets just need to try to tread water until the injury list shortens.

Merry Christmas and the best of the holiday season to you all. For the airing of grievances, head over to the “your hate goes here” thread. But best wishes to everyone who makes this place the great community it is, and has helped link us thorough good times, bad times, and pandemic isolation.

Read my voluminous comments in the “Your Hate Goes Here” thread to get a feel for my disgust of all things Boston.