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- Are Rome's attractions scarce goods? If people are paying for their time at attractions then they may feel less compelled to pick up after themselves or act with decorum (although good Catholics may feel guilty if they don't).
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They say in every life a little rain must fall but last nights Patriots loss to the Seahawks in the Super Bowl was a deluge. Was Drake Maye hurt or just bad? Our offensive line was exposed as being plain bad and those white uniforms - hope we never see those again. Congrats to Seattle - you were clearly the better team.
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- The Supreme Court is poised to remind states that the Constitution doesn't stop at the liquor store.
- Japan's PM Sanae Takaichi's party is set for a landslide win in the elections.
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- Jonathan Turley: Bill Clinton agreed to testify to Congress about Jeffrey Epstein but now wants the definition of "agreed." If the Clintons fail to appear for questioning, release the facts that are known to the public to remind folks the seriousness of the issue, then issue arrest warrants.
- 59 Super Bowl rings: 59 stories.
- Trump prods Congress to nationalize election integrity, but Supreme Court may deliver first.
- Rational Optimist: Shady stuff is happening underwater. Some undersea facts and developments to ponder.
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For the record - for this game I like the Patriots (+4.5 points) teased with the over (39.5 points) to give you New England +10.5 points and an over down to 33.5 points. You could also go with the Pats money line which is basically giving you 2-1 odds.
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The NFL learns why there's no such thing as a free lunch.
Many NFL owners, who are Roger Goodells' bosses, have become more upset about the choice of Bad Bunny as the half-time entertainment. This disillusionment is being led by Patriots owner Robert Kraft, whose team will be participating in Sunday's Super Bowl. The halftime show was supposed to be something that adds to the big game not a distraction.
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- Sebastian Junger: The loss of the Lily Jean. As the snow was falling during that storm I thought of The Perfect Storm and hoped there were no boats caught on the ocean in this weather. Sadly my fears were true.
- NASA finally acknowledges the elephant in the room about the SLS rocket. Slow and expensive is no way to go through life.
- Elon Musk getting serious about orbital data centers in space.
- Making any writing clear and concise is a skill. A skill that should be appreciated.
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One more day until we get the Super Bowl and it is snowing once again in New England. Many here are wishing for the snow to be gone (me included) but also know when the weather gets warmer and the mud comes that many will think fondly of the snow and frozen ground then too.
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- Dan Wetzel on NCAA college eligibility. We are entering a strange new world.
- From the archives: Sahil Bloom's most powerful life hacks.
- More on the Jon Gruden lawsuit against the NFL. The gears of justice are grinding slow on this one.
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This is Super Bowl weekend and starting to get the feeling the US is going to bomb Iran to distract people from the endless pregame shows or from Bad Bunny at halftime. President Trump has already said he's not attending the game. Maybe because he wants to be close to the situation room?
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The Starlink Internet service needs some sort of receiver. Combined this news with the recent speculation of a SpaceX - Apple partnership makes you wonder if the next models of iPhones will have that receiver built in and allow for native Internet, voice, and texting via Starlink. Take you phone anywhere and still get a signal. That would be a big selling feature. (Photo via)
EDIT: Elon Musk says this report is fake news. Too bad - a guy can dream of a better iPhone though.
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- From the archives: The acrobatic grace of Cary Grant.
- America's three biggest cities are swimming in employee pension debt. Unfunded or underfunded pensions are the biggest problem facing many municipalizes and some states.
- The EPA makes everything worse - case in point marine diesel engines. As an aside - you can't spell Borepatch without "epa."
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Today is kind of a schadenfreude day as many who were paying attention saw layoffs coming to the Washington Post and the truth about the LA fires long before it was finally being accepted by the left. Common sense told people paying attention that you can't drive away readers and lose $250 million a year or that you can't fight wildfires if you don't have any water going to the hydrants and cut $17 million from the fire fighting budget before hand. Common sense. It's fitting that Billy Eilish ends being the poster child for this day.
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When Bill Belichick was passed over many excused the slight due to voters only being able to vote for three names and some players perhaps being on their last ballots. It was unfair to make them wait it was argued. But now that Robert Kraft has been likewise passed over by the voters - that excuse no longer holds water.
A price has to be paid for this travesty.
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- Trump was right about tariffs. Agree 100% - reciprocal tariffs work!
- The Artemis II launch date has been pushed off till March at the earliest. This was the sort of bad publicity I was talking about.
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The NBA trade deadline is drawing near (Thursday at 3:00 PM) and the trades are already starting to fly. The big highlight so far is the Clippers trading James Harden to Cleveland for Darius Garland. The Celtics and Bulls also made a trade - Boston sending Anthony Simmons for Nicola Vucevic. Will keep an eye on this situation for the next couple of days.
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- Thoughts on guilds from Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations. Was surprised by the link between guilds and universities.
- Danielle Bolelli: The Melian Dialogue and the Nature of Power.
- The worldwide humiliation of Bill Gates: From tech god to global embarrassment.
- The fraud in California will dwarf the amount of fraud in Minnesota.
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Perhaps lost in the news that SpaceX is acquiring xAI was the earlier announcement Apple may be partnering with Starlink (also owned by SpaceX) to provide space based Internet service on all new iPhones. This could be a game changer and potentially allow any iPhone to become a hot spot replacing home Internet service for many users. A game changer.
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