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34 minutes ago, TJ Rollercoaster said:

Except that 25th amendment is the removal by his cabinet - this bunch of lackeys has no spine.

Congress will need to pass an impeachment resolution, and Senate vote on it - not going to happen in the next 8.5 hours

and especially since half that cabinet might believe they'd be fired from a Vance presidency.

I lean now towards him knowing... no, it doesn't matter.  But these missions are planned very carefully and crew emotion and stability is so important on a trip this long, they wouldn't throw that at him unexpected.  They are on their way back now.  The moon has moved out of the zone they occupied in their loop around.

Brooks was the nicest guy, hands down, that I ever saw at an autograph show.  After that experience I heard the same from so many others.  I was at the HOF right after he died and his plaque was decorated with flowers, like they always do when someone passes.

I've read they did know but it wasn't an official source.

But watching I got the impression he didn't.

Ace Frehley was supposed to be at the Token Lounge like a week after he died.

3 minutes ago, DTroppens said:

I'm in Fenton, not far. I'll have to do some research and find out who you are talking about. 🙂

The Machine Shop

CDR Wiseman didn't know they were going to do that, based on his reaction.

For those not watching, his wife died in 2000, so he is raising his 2 girls.  They made some crater/spot naming requests and Jeremy Hansen requested "Carroll" in honor of her.

43 minutes ago, Dan Gilmore said:

I don’t think Benetti forces his humor. I think he’s just got the kind of mind that makes associations very quickly and is glib in a playful way. I hear him make a pun that no one picks up on and he lets it go. If he didn’t let it go, that would seem forced to me.

I got the opinion that he and Dirks can be too much, and too tangential. It just doesn’t bug me much.

 

yeah I think his mind is just so quick.  It reminds me of morning radio when they would do drops.  He probably grew up on that stuff so it's second nature.  I do the same thing, not as funny, but I could be in a work meeting and someone will say something that reminds me of a movie I love.  That's where my mind goes.

I don't think he has a list of funny things to say.  

8 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Have the Wings even ever had a playoff game at LCA? Its been 9 long, long years since they even made the playoffs. An entire generation of kids never saw them in them. They probably wonder why Detroit is called Hockeytown.

No.  The Pistons have played 5 playoff games there, losing all 5.  Last year they lost 3 home game by a combined 6 points.

No team has won a playoff game there yet

I could see someone like Lou Whitaker not even realizing he didn't have his regular glove.  "It's just a glove, man".  

I think the answer lies within each player.  At this level everything is so precise.  Our own experiences aren't really relevant any more than it would be a weekend golfer comparing themselves to a touring pro.  Some might prefer another glove and others might prefer the same.  It's not one answer.

So the "network" that runs FanDuel will be gone... I assume that DSN will take over that 'slot' on cable/satellite systems?  Will the Pistons integrate into DSN?  Or will they do their own thing?  The entertainment entities between the Gores and Ilitch company merged into the 313Presents, which used to be Olympia and Palace Sports and Entertainment.  So there is precedent to them merging some things and obviously they share LCA.  Granted you have statues of the Red Wings and the Giant Steve Yzemran picture holding the cup so one would be forgiven to thinking it's a hockey arena the Pistons play in, but other than that they do have fair share of Piston props throughout the concourse.  And this spring could be fun.  That's gotta rub Chris Ilitch the wrong way a little bit, if the Pistons, a tenant, take over LCA. They built that big plaza out front for fans to party in for playoff games and...

I have a friend who is in a tribute band, I won't say which, but because of that I've been doing that more and more.  It's just as good.  A fraction of the price.  Very little stress.  Small venues.  It satisfies.   I go to the Token Lounge, District 142, and a place in Flint.

The crew was woken up today with a prerecorded posthumous message from Apollo 8 and 13 Astronaut Jim Lovell who welcomed them back to his old neighborhood.  He echoed Frank Borman's Christmas Eve message by mentioned "the good Earth".

6 minutes ago, chasfh said:

I have two accounts, one for baseball, one for politics, and I have cleaned the magats out of my political feed and don't have to encounter them.

Some may say that's merely wrapping myself in bubble wrap to protect my snowflake sensibilities from alternative points of view. Me, I view it as simply avoiding people who throw bombs for kicks.

There's nothing wrong with being in a bubble if your goal is to entertain yourself.  I've resigned myself that I don't care anymore to hear what Tom Nichols or George Conway have to say anymore.  it's just repeating the same thing over and over.  I'd rather follow Noir Chick in Old Hollywood to see classic beauties of yesteryear or NASA **** or Codify

but I question the effectiveness now.  I still use the site but I'm finding it less useful for what I liked it for.  If it's just a bunch of crackpot right wingers talking to each other, and arguing, then it's just an AOL chat room.  I just it for entertainment and sports.

I don't think Benetti's national aspirations affect his willingness or ability to still do Tiger Games unless he wants summers off or to work less in the summer. The overlap with football and college BB is a short window.  

Just now I looked up at the moon in my backyard and for the first time in my life I can say "there's people up there". About 26,000 miles away.  Netflix will be livestreaming the flyby this afternoon, starting at 1 pm EDT.

They're sleeping right now, will wake up at 9:50 EDT, I wonder if they'll do something special.  Charlie Duke, moonwalker on Apollo 16, woke them up the other day.  He's the one who was CAPCOM on Apollo 11's landing.  "We copy you down Eagle"

At 1:56 they'll be further than Apollo 13's record.

Around 2:15 they'll darken the cabin to prepare for photos.

During this time they have assignments and they might be able to see the Apollo 12 and 14 landing sites.

6:47 they'll lose contact

7:02 is the closest approach to the moon

7:27 reacquisition of signal

8:35 a solar eclipse for them

9:20 lunar flyby ends

I’m pretty sure Dan prefers radio and agreed to do the TV splits when necessary if it meant getting Jason on board most of the time. That how I interpreted his comments last year when they discussed this. 

It was the kind of move that tells me the organization, particularly Chris Ilitch, is serious about putting a good product out.  

53 minutes ago, Shelton said:

I can’t tell if MCS is doing a bit. Those are the best bits to do. 
 

Anyway, seeing as how this is how it has always been done for as long as we can remember, I’m not sure what’s so objectionable about yesterday’s game. Everyone on the field knows the deal when rain is in the forecast.

They showed the managers and Scott Harris and the umps in the dugout and everyone seemed agreeable and happy. 

The network is. Fanduel as a company is fine. They just put their name on it. I’m sure you know that. Just clarifying as I have seen it elsewhere that “betting is done”. 

I saw it too but from a person who posts a lot of crazy ****. 
 

JV also said it’s not that bad and he could have played if he needed to but everyone agreed this is not the time of the year to do that.