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It's a very small minority who believe that "killing" people is (inherently) wrong. I believe all 50 states, for instance, recognize a right to use lethal deadly force in self defense in certain circumstances. It's murder that's wrong.

If it's cruel and unusual punishment to keep someone locked up who doesn't want to be, and to kill someone who doesn't want to die, then per the 8th Amendment, we need a third alternative.

Obviously, the solution is not to put them in jail. By your rationale, the state has no right to do that, since individuals have no right to confine people against their will. As individuals, we do have freedom of speech, so perhaps for convicted murderers, what we should do as a group is verbally (and in print) express our disapproval.

"San Dimas High School football rules!" (Probably dating myself with that one).

How can you complain about this re-pop?! You're on a Bermuda Bowl team now!!! Start preparing your sign, and win that sucka.

I'm in a religious mood. Buckethead is God.

Is printing a state-mandated testing subject?

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/804404-the-101-most-iconic-photographs-in-sports-history/page/87

Almost all due to the latter. Tal went 4-0 against Fischer in a single tournament in 1959, the year Fischer turned 16, and his first real foray into international competition, and when Tal was essentially at his peak (one year before he won the world championship). After the 1959 Candidates' tournament, Fischer was +2 =5 -0 against Tal. Larsen thought way outside the box, and was a top player for many years (peaked at #3, top 5 for a few years, and top 10 for several years), and Fischer was +10 =1 -2 against him (though, granted, many of those wins came in the '71 match when Larsen was desperately trying to climb out of a hole in match play situation, and taking many risky chances). A very underrated player who had a plus score against Fischer without beating him up as a teenager was Geller, who also had a plus record against Botvinnik, Smyslov, and Petrosian.

One of the more amazing things about Fischer (perhaps more amazing than some of his prime performances) is that he was apparently still about a top-30 player 20 years after his initial retirement. We only have one match to go by, but in the '92 match against Spassky, Fischer's 17.5/30 win would put him right around #30 or so. Spassky was an active, well above-average grandmaster, right around #100. Going +5 against him over 30 games, when he hadn't played a tournament game in 20 years and Spassky had remained active, was truly remarkable.

Pretty easy 1NT for me. I don't have the world's highest standards for a reverse, but this ain't one. And if not 2♥, I'm out of possible rebids after 1♦-1♠, so...

That's the only reason I never rectify the count.

IIRC, James has said that if Tom Seaver had come to the Reds earlier, it would have been one of the mid-70's (75 or 76) Cincy teams.

I'd bid 1♠. Wouldn't complain if a partner preferred 1NT. I'd also have passed initially.

I do not play suit preference here. Obviously, we have a spot card problem in clubs. Since we led our short suit, partner will assume that the "usual" thing to do (absent our informing him otherwise) is to continue spades and give us our ruff. Therefore, I think the best shot is an unnecessary honor discard, suggesting the desire for something "unusual." Because the unusual play I want partner to make is in the club suit, and because my club suit is shorter (which partner may be able to read from his own club length, and thereby work out my problem - my choice of club spots is constrained), my card would be the ♣J.

Boxing (American) Football Baseball ... Various lesser sports

"It's a mess, ain't it, Sheriff?" "If it ain't, it'll do 'til the mess gets here." "You think this boy Moss has got any notion of the sorts of sons of bitches that are huntin' him?" "I don't know. He ought to; he's seen the same things I've seen, and it's certainly made an impression on me." "Well, all the time you spend trying to get back what's been took from ya, more is going out the door. After a while, you just have to try to get a tourniquet on it." And my personal favorite, with set-up...our hero has found (and taken) a whole lot of money that belongs to some bad dudes, and he knows that in the morning, they're going to come looking. He's trying to get his wife to rush and pack so they can get the hell out of dodge, and she keeps interrupting him with questions. Exasperated, he stops packing, and the questioning culminates in: "So, for how long do we have to -" "Baby, at what point would you quit bothering to look for *your* two million dollars?" Great freakin' movie.

FYP

QFT

Go Raiders!!!

I don't agree with this.

Wow, the glass is 7/8 empty! I mean, even if double is wrong, with two clubs and 4-4 in the majors, I'd at least like to think the doublers are "aiming" for a 7- or 8-card major suit fit or a penalty pass of clubs.

I agree. Play ceases after a claim has been made, and after play has ceased, any player can ask to inspect an opponent's cards. Deliberately mixing his cards after an inquiry has been made seems like a great candidate for a procedural penalty.

"Let Me In" Undubbed/Unsubtitled adaptation of the critically acclaimed "Let The Right One In." VERY cool vampire flick/child outsider movie. Great performances from the kids in the main roles, and a couple of great actors - Elias Koteas and Best Actor nominee Richard Jenkins - in supporting roles. Being a vampire movie, of course, it is not recommended for those squeamish about the sight of blood.

Your takeout doubles deny the unbid major in the direct seat and show it in the balancing seat?