carpandean

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Back by d4rk request (again :P ). Sabres Historical: Atlantic Division: Eastern Conference: Playoffs: All charts are net of 93-point pace, except Playoffs, which is net of 8th place. Updated: 3/7

I was seriously considering a Girgensons' jersey next, but O'Reilly is making a strong case for himself.

Speaking of Rand Paul, am I the only one who thinks of Martin Short every time I see him? :unsure:

Vader's air neck pinch ... "I find your lack of faith disturbing ..." Aforementioned ... "these aren't the droids we're looking for ... move along, move along." Luke air choking the Gammorean guards at the gate of Jabba palace. Luke controlling Bib Fortuna into calling him a Jedi Master, who must be aloud to speak ... "You weak minded fool!" Subsequent failed attempt to control Jabba ... "Ho-ho-ho, your Jedi mind tricks won't work on me, boy" (Side note: it's great how not only is "Jedi" still "Jedi" in Huttese, but the whole phrase "old Jedi mind trick" remains the same, as though there aren't Huttese words for "old", "mind" or "trick".) Plus, telekinetics: Obi-wan's noise down the hall to get the storm troopers away from the tractor beam control. Luke hanging upside-down on Hoth, pulling his lightsaber to him. Luke pulling the Gammorean Guard's blaster to him before falling down in the Rancor pit.

As Joey from Friends would say ... fried, good ... duck, good ... breasts, good ...

I would never flat-out accuse a player of tanking, but something about Moulson's play last year looked like he was thinking about the long game.

Slender Man?

In-and-out on cloud cover. Picture can't really do it justice, but ...

When this: felt like this:

Is this Jack Eichel? ;)

Bummer, it's a Saturday. Can't go. :(

Those were the teams' colors from the beginning and I am generally against complete changes of the color scheme (yes, including Buffalo's red and black.) Their recent jerseys have all been well designed, however, so that's what I would be hiring.

Maybe we should try to hire Minnesota's creative director away first.

Royal blue and gold, definitely. While I liked the black-and-red, that's not the Sabres to me. I'm not as opposed as some to a little bit of fine gray details to add some depth, but it's way too overdone now. The pit stains have to go. Pipping up the side, too. The rest can stay, if they really want, but it might need to be thinned out, if it does.

https://youtu.be/wGdhc9k07Ms?t=24s

I could have given you my 3 cents: Who knew we even had one of those? Technically, it doesn't settle which god. Whatever one is there, we trust. Another interesting fact found along the way: "Our Country; Our God" and "God, Our Trust" were the first suggestions by the Director of the Mint.

But "in god we trust" was added to coins in 1864:

Coins: 1860's (with some interruptions on some coins after that) Paper: 1950's It's interesting that the Declaration of Independence features "their Creator" and "God", but the Constitution does not. Even in the case of the DoI, no specific religion is described, though the use of the singular form of God precludes both atheism and any religion that believes in multiple gods.

Don't forget that you can't be compelled to testify against your spouse, either. The state wants to prevent polygamy, as well. Can't get a license to marry someone if your previous contract is still in place.

Playing devil's advocate: do you know that they didn't?

I take anything that has been processed by "man" with a grain of salt. I am reasonably certain of two things: a) Jesus, be he man or son of God, probably did exist around the time that he is believed to have, b) His message and lessons, whether true and unfiltered or approximate and improved by the writers, are valuable lessons on being a good person. Now, as for who he was, there are four possibilities: 1) He really was the son of God and expected to be considered as such, 2) He was a bit delusional, being just a man, but thinking he was the son of God, 3) He knew he was not and intentionally misrepresented himself, whether for good or bad reasons, 4) He never said that he was the son of God, but a story grew around a popular and charismatic figure with a powerful message. Regardless, of which of those is true, (b) still holds above. So, I leave to each person to believe which of (1) - (4) is correct, but as Neo, Drunkard, etc, have said, the message, without the assumption of (1), is still worth a lot.

I should have done a search before I posted that theory (though, I did note that I had not looked into it.) I believe that the video was David Barton on Glenn Beck. If so, it was about his book, The Jefferson Lies. Here's a quote from Wikipedia on that text: How much egg is on my face? It was an interesting theory, though.

I remember watching a video once that I meant to look into more. Basically, the guy being interviewed said that the so-called "Jefferson Bible" was not actually his revision of the Bible, taking stuff that he did not believe in out, but was rather a concise guide designed to present the valuable teaching of Christ to non-Christians. In particular, it was distributed to all members of Congress, regardless of their personal faith. The guy also provided several quotes and examples of missionary work that Jefferson had done as proof that he did, in fact, believe in much of what was cut. As I said, I didn't have time to look into the credibility of it, but I thought it was pretty interesting, anyway.

There was a time when our government promoted the idea of armed citizens well trained in the military weapons of the day and, no, it wasn't in the 1700's. Teddy Roosevelt felt especially strong about training boys, not just grown men, how to shoot.