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bulletprooftiger
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re: Some positive spin: The US performed as well or better than ...
Posted by bulletprooftiger on 7/7/26 at 1:10 pm to Stinger_1066
This is objectively true, but it is hard to be positive on that team. It would be one thing if they lost in a competitive match that just didn't go their way. Then we'd be saying, this is about as good as this team could be. However, they were dominated. The most talented group with the highest profile coach were just outclassed.
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re: Any Chelsea fans here?
Posted by bulletprooftiger on 7/7/26 at 8:17 am to theballguy
Here. A season long thread will start when there is something positive to discuss. Then the complaining will start again.
re: Review and technology have jumped the shark
Posted by bulletprooftiger on 7/2/26 at 9:40 pm to TomRollTideRitter
I hate replay, especially slow motion that distorts the play on the field, but I think it works well for offside. Linesman are instructed to keep their flags down on marginal calls (perhaps allowing goals that would have been erased before). Replay is only used for offside when there is a goal scored. So, while it is a marginal call, replay is only used on outcome effecting plays.
re: FIFA's DEI VAR Ref Boots Germany
Posted by bulletprooftiger on 6/30/26 at 11:17 am to SabiDojo
I agree. The German player is facing the goalie and runs to the him as the ball is going away from the goalie and way overhead. Why was the German player running in that direction if not to impede the goalie from coming back across the goal with the ball?
I get that people don't like the goalie selling the foul and that he could have made the stop if he didn't go to ground, but I think it is the right call.
I get that people don't like the goalie selling the foul and that he could have made the stop if he didn't go to ground, but I think it is the right call.
re: The great Mel Brooks turns 100 today
Posted by bulletprooftiger on 6/29/26 at 9:40 am to Cycledude
re: The way they determine offsides is killing the game
Posted by bulletprooftiger on 6/28/26 at 8:53 pm to lsupride87
You’re right. The better analogy is false start (offense) and off sides (defense).
Should the WR (or DT) have to be all the way across the line of scrimmage before the ball is snapped for it to be a false start?
Should the WR (or DT) have to be all the way across the line of scrimmage before the ball is snapped for it to be a false start?
re: The way they determine offsides is killing the game
Posted by bulletprooftiger on 6/28/26 at 2:44 pm to lsupride87
Sure. But when you add another clause to the rule you get more subjectivity and longer reviews.
Americans, who claim to love freedom and less regulation, crave it for some reason in their sports.
What I like about soccer is that the rules can be fit on a single sheet of paper.
Americans, who claim to love freedom and less regulation, crave it for some reason in their sports.
What I like about soccer is that the rules can be fit on a single sheet of paper.
re: The way they determine offsides is killing the game
Posted by bulletprooftiger on 6/28/26 at 9:43 am to lsupride87
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Then play good defense and don’t rely on your opponents toe being slightly behind you
Having a tight line and setting offside traps is part of the game. Often the call is made because a player is crossing the defensive line at a full sprint. So, although only a small part of the offensive player’s body is offside at the split second, the call can be the difference between an easy break and an over cooked pass. As a Chelsea supporter I know this all too well.
As long as the rule is objective, leave it alone.
The hockey analogy is inept because it is a much more crowded playing surface.
re: The way they determine offsides is killing the game
Posted by bulletprooftiger on 6/28/26 at 9:30 am to theballguy
Football, the most popular sport in the US, has dozens of highly subjective and technical calls. One plainly defined and objectively enforced rule is not effecting the popularity of soccer in the US.
re: RIP in peace Pizza Hut: Yum Brands sells PH to PE for $2.7B
Posted by bulletprooftiger on 6/16/26 at 11:58 am to jclem11
re: Up the Blues 2025/26 Chelsea FC Season Long Thread - London’s only CL Winning Club
Posted by bulletprooftiger on 6/15/26 at 10:43 am to In The Know
This feels like a BlueCo investment return move rather than an on-field move. I don't think CFC makes into the 25/26 UCL without Cucurella. He was not as effective this year, but he was still world class.
re: Elon Musk becomes the world's first trillionaire with SpaceX's IPO
Posted by bulletprooftiger on 6/12/26 at 1:01 pm to stout
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Blame the Government for the BS credits.
Well that is all that I have been arguing. My initial post in this thread was in response to Darth_Vader who asked:
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Did he go into my bank accounts and steal money from them to gather his wealth? How does his financial situation affect mine?
And my only point is that SpaceX was the privatization of a tax-payer funded public program that also makes most of its money in government contracts.
Tesla is also a company that benefited greatly from government subsidies and government forcing other businesses to pay for carbon credits.
So, yes, we are funding his companies and he is profiting from that funding.
re: Elon Musk becomes the world's first trillionaire with SpaceX's IPO
Posted by bulletprooftiger on 6/12/26 at 11:02 am to Chucktown_Badger
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What was the benefit to the taxpayer before SpaceX?
National security. Being able to exclude hostile countries and companies from space. Charging companies that wanted to launch satellites.
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We're getting more innovation and return on that spend now than we ever were with NASA. Thus the reason we're now using SpaceX.
I just don't know what innovation we are getting in return using SpaceX. SpaceX is putting satellites in space and ferrying people to the ISS. That isn't new. Sure, Artemis went around the Moon. But that was done 60 years ago. And we stopped doing it because there was no reason to keep doing it.
Not trying to be hostile, but my opinion of Musk is that he mostly is a salesman for the re-invented wheel.
re: Elon Musk becomes the world's first trillionaire with SpaceX's IPO
Posted by bulletprooftiger on 6/12/26 at 10:41 am to Chucktown_Badger
I agree that the government is very bad at managing things that should be private and at getting involved in private industry. However, should space exploration and satellite launches be private industry and should the government have simply ceded its monopoly on those things without at least a passive ownership interest? The American tax payer funded all of the technology on which SpaceX is based and pays billions a year to buy stuff back from SpaceX.
Sure NASA was incredibly expensive. But we have just outsourced the expense of NASA at no benefit to the tax payer.
I don't think the Mandani grocery store is an apt analogy. That is taking a non-monopoly industry that is already private and well run, and making it government owned and intentionally inefficient. Space exploration was a government created monopoly.
Oh and Tesla's profits come mostly from selling fake carbon credits.
Sure NASA was incredibly expensive. But we have just outsourced the expense of NASA at no benefit to the tax payer.
I don't think the Mandani grocery store is an apt analogy. That is taking a non-monopoly industry that is already private and well run, and making it government owned and intentionally inefficient. Space exploration was a government created monopoly.
Oh and Tesla's profits come mostly from selling fake carbon credits.
re: Elon Musk becomes the world's first trillionaire with SpaceX's IPO
Posted by bulletprooftiger on 6/12/26 at 10:07 am to Darth_Vader
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Did he go into my bank accounts and steal money from them to gather his wealth?
How much do you like paying taxes?
How much did you like paying taxes to fund space exploration and satellite launches when those things were done by NASA with your tax dollars? At least that belonged to the government and not any highest bidder.
How much do you like paying taxes to fund space exploration and satellite launches when those things now belong to a private company?
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SpaceX has accumulated an estimated cumulative total of over $22 billion in federal government contracts, heavily depending on these funds for more than 75% of its total revenue. The company secures between $3 billion and $4+ billion annually through various active contracts with NASA, the Department of Defense, and the Space Force.Key Annual & Active AgreementsThe majority of SpaceX's funding originates from multibillion-edge indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) structures and major mission pipelines:Space Force & Defense: SpaceX holds multi-billion commitments for the Space-Based Advanced Moving Target Indicator (SB-AMTI) for threat tracking, alongside a $2.29 billion agreement for a secure Space Data Network.NASA Space Operations: The agency consistently obligates hundreds of millions to billions annually for Crew Dragon transport and Cargo Resupply Services (CRS) to the International Space Station.Artemis Program: SpaceX serves as the developer for the Artemis human lunar landing system, with active contract components valued at over $4 billion
re: Up the Blues 2025/26 Chelsea FC Season Long Thread - London’s only CL Winning Club
Posted by bulletprooftiger on 6/9/26 at 6:36 am to In The Know
BlueCo has resisted that urge so far, even two summers ago when there were lots of reports regarding mutual interest. I hope Xavi has enough say as “manager” to keep that from happening.
re: A very good history of Islam
Posted by bulletprooftiger on 6/7/26 at 1:51 pm to TrueTiger
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. Amirite?
re: A very good history of Islam
Posted by bulletprooftiger on 6/7/26 at 1:47 pm to Mo Jeaux
Don’t tell him about the Philippines (Or all of South America).
re: Gumball 3000 in NOLA Saturday Night
Posted by bulletprooftiger on 6/5/26 at 11:20 pm to billjamin
that must be why there is a McLaren (La tags) parked in the 201 St Charles garage. There is no other explanation for parking an expensive car in such a notoriously bad parking layout.
re: SIAP - New Rules for World Cup
Posted by bulletprooftiger on 6/3/26 at 3:46 pm to Smokin Joe Dumas
VAR for corners sucks. It's going to turn into the NFL catch rule, but with even less consequence.
re: color the weather with mike graham and wafb
Posted by bulletprooftiger on 6/2/26 at 4:20 pm to Honkus
That sounds right.
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