Arksulli

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The Arkansas Cabal, (BOT for you youngins) would never allow that shite

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Oh I know, but the thought of that particular bit of chaos is to entertaining to not think about.

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1975--The Khmer Rouge launches its newest assault in its five-year war in Phnom Penh. The war in Cambodia would go on until the spring of 1975.

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Arguably the worst regime of the last century. Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Churchill might have racked up more deaths (Churchill didn't plan to starve millions to death, he just didn't do much to prevent it) but in terms of damage done to a country's population the Rouge take the gold medal.

Their attempt at "collectivizing" agriculture was an even worse failure than China's or the Soviets. And that is saying something. They refused to import medicine, leading to hundreds of thousands of people dying from preventable diseases, committed genocide on ethnic minorities, and "purged" society of countless people. 25% of the Cambodian population died in just 4 years.

It got so bad that neighboring Vietnam, despite being a fellow Communist country and technically an ally, invaded Cambodia and annihilated the Khmer Rouge in a blitz campaign. A decision the Vietnamese would pay a price for.

China was a great supporter of the Rouge, after all the Khmer Rouge were doing everything China had done... just more thoroughly. Taking advantage of Vietnam's best units being tied down in Cambodia the Chinese launched a massive invasion of Vietnam. While greatly out numbered the Vietnamese had learned a few things fighting the US in the Vietnam War however and fought the Chinese to a standstill. How bad was the fighting? Vietnam lost more soldiers and civilians in a war that lasted a few months then they had in the entirety of the Vietnam War.

China couldn't keep up the offensive long, particularly at the casualty rate the Viets were inflicting on them, and eventually withdrew. Which, oddly enough, caused Vietnam to realize they desperately needed a major ally. The Soviets hadn't lifted a finger to help so for the next several decades Vietnam would devote itself to improving relations with the United States. Successfully I might add. Well, until the latest trade war nipped that in the bud.

As for Cambodia? It still hasn't recovered from the Khmer Rouge. 50 years later and they are still struggling to rebuild their country.

Taylen Green doesn't seem stupid in interviews... but there is on field IQ and coachability. Green, bless him, was not gifted with either of those two skills.

Hence his tendency to throw into triple coverage, wave the ball around like a maestro conducting an orchestra, and generally make the worst possible decision on the football field.

Granted, Petrino's decision that Green's tremendous gifts more than made up for his silly mistakes probably didn't help matters any.

You need players who want to be coached and coaches that will coach them up.

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They remind me of the pre-Tua era Bama teams. Will simply kick your teeth in and expose every weakness.

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They have more talent than we thought and have solid fundamentals. Doing what you are supposed to do on the field will win you a lot of games.

As a conference we got away from being really sound across the board and started relying on talent. Well now other conferences can buy talent too. Time to work on the basics.

Work hard but smart, you don't want to push your rehab too fast or you run the risk of pulling a Charlotte Flair who reinjured her knee and had to take another half year or so off before wrestling again.

Glad to hear you are sleeping better. Lack of sleep is a killer, particularly at our age.

Are you a military academy? Then yes, roll the dice on your side of the field on 4th down. You have to make your own luck at Army or Navy.

In a super close game where the defenses have ruled... punt and make them drive the length of the field.

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Last gladiator competition in Rome

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Despite what almost every movie (other than "Ben-Hur") would have you believe gladiator competitions were, at best an extremely distant 2nd place to the Roman's favorite event, horse racing.

Gladiators rarely died... if you rented out a gladiator and he dies on your show you're responsible for paying the club you rented him from his full value. A couple of high profile deaths on a show would be a financial apocalypse.

Plus the feeding Christians to the lions and animal acts in general were lightly attended at best. That was usually when folks wandered off to get food or something to drink. Toiletus Breakus time.

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1895 J. Edgar Hoover, founding director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI).

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Hoover would be perfect for the modern age. He made his career on one lucky break, broke the law with impunity, and was both a closeted gay man and transvestite. I shudder to think of the blackmail material he'd have top politicians today.

I'm fine with mocking Auburn but... he was past his sell by date when Auburn let him go.

It pains me to say it, but Houston Nutt was a good, though not great coach, for Arkansas but he got seriously stale at the end of his run here. He had to be let go.

Plus, usually when a coach goes stale, they stay stale. Nutt landed a steak and blowjob coaching position with Ole Miss and did good, until the talent ran out and the Rebels couldn't wait to run him off. Gus had his shot at other gigs and... didn't set the world on fire. Sometimes you're just out of gas.

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fricking Hollywood agenda against what housing REALLY costs.

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The odd thing being, if anyone would know what living on a shoestring budget in crappy housing would be like, it's people in the entertainment business.

Katy M. O'Brien had three movies come out this year, fairly high profile supporting roles. She must be super busy! She filmed those over a year ago all in a row and hasn't landed a major acting gig since then.

Writers can go years scrapping by praying for the shot at a "touch up" gig sprucing up a Hallmark movie script. They aren't living in mansions.

I get why they do it, they are selling fantasy and you need a decent sized set to shot on, but some more lines about characters dumping almost all of their paycheck on rent would be nice.

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He was out at Utah regardless of this Michigan HC job opening up.

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Yeah. I am absolutely certain that had nothing to do with him leaving Utah. Good point.

When I was much younger (early teens) I had to recover from a bad knee injury (fell on an old railroad spike, I shite you not). What doesn't get attention is that the pain comes and goes. You can be well into your recovery and then spend a couple of days in agony.

I wish I could give you some advice buddy.