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re: The Great Flood of 2016: Fill Out Disaster Forms NOW. Link Inside!

Posted by TMFS on 8/13/16 at 8:17 am to LouisianaLady

Inlaws in Watson were evacuated from their house by boat this morning. They weren't sure where they were being brought, anyone know where evacuee's were being taken so we could go pick them up?

re: Jake Arrieta business as usual CHC 4 PIT 0 F

Posted by TMFS on 9/27/15 at 10:28 pm to Vicks Kennel Club

Anyone have a guess as to how the Cubs/Arrieta will handle his last reg season start? I'm thinking maybe 4-5 innings since the game will be likely be meaningless and the wild card game coming up.

re: Fan Duel / Draft Kings how long until plug is pulled?

Posted by TMFS on 9/13/15 at 8:02 pm to Broseph Barksdale

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We know the history. We are claiming that DFS being allowed and neither poker nor line sports betting being legal is bullshite.

Apparently you do not, because online poker is not illegal on a federal level, and hence Nevada, New Jersey have it within their states lines. The shutdown of the major online poker sites in 2011 was due to bank fraud and money laundering that the poker sites blatantly did to circumvent UIGEA.

Also UIGEA clearly legalizing DFS is why one is legal and the other is not.

Now from theoretical argument why one is legal while the other is not legal, sure they are pretty much the same thing. Similar to why alcohol is legal while weed is not. Politics and money, plain and simple.

re: Fan Duel / Draft Kings how long until plug is pulled?

Posted by TMFS on 9/13/15 at 7:51 pm to gobuxgo5

A lot of misinformation in this thread.

In 2006, a bill named Unlawful Internet Gaming Act was passed, that the NFL was at least partially behind, which made it illegal for a US financial institution to make a financial transaction with an offshore gambling company. This cut off funding to the online gambling sites from the US. This bill had a special carve out for fantasy sports and horse racing.

That carve out expressly states that Daily Fantasy Sports is completely legal federally, so it is not going away any time soon.

The 5 states or so where DraftKings and Fanduel do not service customers is due to those states having some sort previous online gambling laws on the books. As far to my knowledge there are no laws that expressly outlaw DFS, but more than likely the lawyers for the sites just told the sites to not service players in those states to avoid any issues.

Louisiana had a bill to legalize DFS completely within the state, but the land based casinos and Family First organization had it shot down.

re: Yet another incredible factoid about the greatness of Sir Barrold Lamar Bonds

Posted by TMFS on 9/10/15 at 12:39 am to Bench McElroy

Great numbers by a great baseball player who undeniably cheated against other players who undeniably cheated. What is there to actually discuss though? I see a cheap troll trying troll people about a lot of gray areas.

re: PGATour player Brian Harman just had 2nd ace on his round.

Posted by TMFS on 8/30/15 at 7:58 pm to MNCscripper

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67 million to 1

That probability is complete bs, I heard it on the broadcast as well. It's happened 3 times on the PGA tour. Rough (generous) math puts total amount of PGA rounds played under 2.5 million. I could maybe buy 65 million to 1 for all golfers who ever picked up a club, but definitely not PGA players.

Still its a pretty amazing accomplishment, what's even sicker is he was about 8 inches short and dead online of holing out from 150 yds+ 3 holes after his second hole in one.

re: Redskins player thugs it out, Ravens justifiably kick some ***

Posted by TMFS on 8/30/15 at 2:39 am to 7thWardTiger

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Looks like he was trying to lift up to strip the ball.

I have no dog in this fight, but anyone who thinks that the tackle wasn't blatantly trying to injure the receiver is insanely biased. The defender could have easily just fallen on the receiver. Instead, he catches his balance and then jumps up to pile drive. Literally no plausible defense of the defender.

re: Spieth to tote US Open trophy around in practice round to mess with Phil

Posted by TMFS on 8/11/15 at 11:00 am to dukke v

They need to be careful about publicizing these practice round money games. I could definitely see it as being one of those things that has happened for a long time and everybody knows its going on. But the second it gets some publicity and especially bad publicity like the most popular money game guy being involved in a FBI gambling investigation, large organizations go running and start banning it. I mean it would be a travesty if millionaire golfers couldn't gamble on golf.

re: Which OT'er was in the Gulf today out of Venice?

Posted by TMFS on 8/9/15 at 8:19 am to shallowminded

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That's a 36 Yellowfin, prolly 250k boat. That's a chunk of change if u ask me, baller or not!

I'm 90% sure its a 42, if not its definitely at least the 39. I talked briefly with the guy who runs it a few years back.

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re: The Open Championship: Zach Johnson wins in Playoff

Posted by TMFS on 7/15/15 at 9:09 pm to TiptonInSC

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Watching Lowery at Augusta I noticed he didn't hit the ball as high as Rory, Jason Day, etc. To me that bodes well for him this week.

Add to the fact he's in the 3rd group to tee off on Thursday and will play a soft course for a few hours in the best weather all week before it starts to pick up after 10 am and you have to like his chances...

re: Most prestigious golf course you have ever played?

Posted by TMFS on 6/21/15 at 12:13 pm to TheCaterpillar

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Pebble Beach

And it was haaaaaarrrrd

I struggled at Pebble as well, but think that once the novelty wore off and you played it a few times it wouldn't be that difficult though. I did play it a handful of months before the last US Open was there and you could see the color difference of where they seeded fairways for the rough and how narrow the fairways would be. I definitely gained a lot of respect with shear difficulty of US open conditions. Spyglass was definitely more difficult.

Kapalua was by far my favorite though, golf course on the side of a mountain, trade winds blowing down hill, and grain growing down hill. You would hit 400 yards drives down hill and struggle hitting a 7 iron 115 coming back. Most difficult is breath on a 40ft put towards the ocean, then trusting you have to smoke a 8' putt coming back.

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re: 26 billion pixel photo of United Center from Game 6 of Stanley Cup Final

Posted by TMFS on 6/21/15 at 2:49 am to Pelican fan99

Ridiculous the net goes all the way to the rafters...

re: They need to move the CWS to Wrigley Field

Posted by TMFS on 6/14/15 at 9:13 pm to TigersHuskers

I read the title as they should move the Chicago White Sox to Wrigley.

Don't know which idea is worse...

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re: Summer Bachelor Destination - Montreal or Miami?

Posted by TMFS on 6/10/15 at 7:25 am to Tshiz

I have spent a few months in Montreal, its a nice city and would be fun for a bachelor party in the summer. Having the metro to get around would be another big positive.

One issue i could see being a problem with a big group of guys though would be, Canadian customs will turn you around if you have anything on your record including dwi's.

re: Bored? Read some comments on PETA's Facebook posts

Posted by TMFS on 6/2/15 at 2:01 am to GreatLakesTiger24

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Hate on the vegans because you're not strong or caring enough to be like them. Yet when the earth is completely destroyed by your gluttony and ignorance, you'll be wishing you had made different decisions. Do some research on what the meat industry and humanity in general are doing to our planet. Animals are going extinct in the Arctic due to there being less and less ice there every year. All while we are genetically altering other animals in mass amounts and pumping them with steroids and antibiotics so that fat fricks like you can enjoy a cheap meal. Then you have some animals that are kept as pets and cherished in America, while the Chinese are using those animals to make cheaper leather and sell it back to Americans. If you didn't catch on to all of that, the first point was about polar bears and how they need the ice to hunt; the second was about cows, pigs, and chickens; and the third was about dogs and the dog leather trade. Lol You idiots will never win this argument. But please, don't hesitate to try. wink emoticon There is no excuse for your stupidity.

While I certainly don't agree with PETA's position and the tone of the quote certainly sucks. But there doesn't seem to be anything inherently wrong with this statement. Other than the dog leather trade which I have never heard before.

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re: Going to Playa Del Carmen in 3 weeks

Posted by TMFS on 5/31/15 at 12:53 am to yellowfin

Prime time sailfishing is a little north and Jan-April, not to say you might not be able to run into one or two, like we did the wahoo. But I wouldn't count on it.

re: Going to Playa Del Carmen in 3 weeks

Posted by TMFS on 5/31/15 at 12:27 am to yellowfin

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How's the fishing been?

Went out in early April 20 mins south of here, caught a nice 40-50 lb wahoo although I believe we were fortunate to do so, added a few triggers on the way in. I don't think I recommend that group of boats. Honestly if I was coming down here to fish, I would bring some jigs, jigging reels and have a panga take me out just past the reef and jig for aj's and grouper.

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re: Going to Playa Del Carmen in 3 weeks

Posted by TMFS on 5/30/15 at 9:41 pm to jmarto1

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On a normal basis you might see one or two. Now if there is an election going on that is a whole different scenario.

Been down here more than in the states since last September, and even had a election during that time. The only guns you routinely see on 5th, are the security guards with shotguns outside the jewelry stores. That's all, now what was annoying about the election is the stores stopping selling alcohol in the convenience stores for the weekend.

To be honest the police presence in Playa IMO is perfect. There's one around if you happened to need one, but there is no intrusion whatsoever.

re: Going to Playa Del Carmen in 3 weeks

Posted by TMFS on 5/30/15 at 7:51 pm to 82fumanchu

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This is where I had the most fun during our trip. Crazy to see machine gun wielding federales on every other street corner though.

Exaggerate much? I'm on a street corner on fifth street right now and not a machine gun in sight. Sure the cops probably advertise their presence a little leaving their cops lights on 24/7 while patrolling, but there certainly arent many cops wielding machine guns running around either.