Kirkland
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Soccer, tango, rugby, writing, hockey, languages, curling, and figuring out the world. 3/4🇵🇭, 1/4🇺🇦. (Unrelated to Costco or craft store.)
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Unmatched ⭐️ ️

The only MLS club with all five annual trophies.
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Don't you mean, #FakeNews?
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I attended the 2007 World Cup in Canada. During the group stage, a Brazilian told me he was scared of us. Wow.

Also note how Argentina was winning that tournament frequently, and how well their senior team has played since.
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I'd like a lot more controls on online sports betting. Pass a credit check, limit the number and size of wagers based on your income, etc. And if you want to spend a larger amount on a game, fly to Vegas.
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Is there a difference between "scrimmages" and pre-season/exhibition games?
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Sounds like a Gabriel Allon type of judge. Serious, unflappable, fair, and not someone to pick a physical fight with.
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Primarily, Following. When I want to avoid the news, I scroll the feeds for favorite niche sports (biathlon, women's ice hockey, the German Bundesliga) or my hobbies (books, jazz, cross-stitching).
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The sad thing is, this primer doesn't need much updating 56 years later.
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Over-Posted Dept.

The MAD Primer Of Bigots, Extremists, & Other Loose Ends.

Writer • Frank Jacobs & Stan Hart
Artist • Jack Davis
Issue • No. 129
Year • 1969

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#writerwednesday #madmagazine #overposted
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Jay finally gets to meet Molly the Maid!
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Would love to come, but I live and work on the Eastside. Traffic and work schedule are tough.
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Let's see if they look at the recent NWSL labor deal. They got rid of the entry and expansion drafts, and trades can't happen without the consent of all the players involved. Minimum salaries IIRC will eventually hit 6 digits, a big deal (the MLS rookie minimum is $72K).
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You're right. Azzi was on the cover of the ABL program I bought at that Reign-Blizzard game, and my memory got confused.
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The first of the two ABL games I saw my Seattle Reign play was against the Blizzard. IIRC that Blizzard team included Karen Deden and Jennifer Azzi.
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"Would You Rather/You Can Only Have One: Redford or Newman?" would be a great discussion topic. Film scholars, men, and women would answer on completely different mindsets, of course. #RIPRedford
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Reunited.

RIP Robert Redford
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My late aunt had a thing for him. Now she finally gets to meet her crush.
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Plus the music. Though I think ragtime's heyday was way before the movie's Depression setting.
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Can't go wrong with this one. We miss you, Bob.
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My favorite Robert Redford movie. Peak 1970s perfection.
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Especially from a country that had a military dictatorship just four decades ago
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Every time we try to introduce gun-control laws, it gets shot down by Congress or the courts as an infringement on the (permanently guaranteed) right to bear arms. We haven't found a legal theory that promotes gun control and jibes with the 2nd. Amendment yet.
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Also ranch/farm owners needing to protect their livestock from predators.
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Probably one of the greatest heist scenes in film history.
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Beavers are admittedly chaotic and work their ecosystem magic in sometimes mysterious ways.

But we’re trying our best to understand them & work together to fight wildfires!

Check out this article covering Luwen’s recent paper and some of my previous fire + beavs work!

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
How beavers could help fight wildfires | CBC News
New research out of the western U.S. suggests dams and ponds built by beavers can slow floods, store water and even create green firebreaks in wildfire-prone landscapes.
www.cbc.ca
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I have one of those Metros away jerseys, as a gift from NY area relatives. Still in my kit rotation.