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Now wouldn't it be nice if you had an actual health system instead of a health industry?

That was once, upon a long time ago, NL. The point being, if (if and when the tempest calms down) we all just revert to our "old normal" ways we truly haven't learned a thing (and deserve what'll be coming to us, by our own doing).

I've been selecting replacement tables for our aging Tibhar-28R tables. Not sure how that will proceed now, but after shortlisting a few tables and a few back and forths my final choice was the Butterfly Centerfold 25. Reasons: Top notch gameplay Compact storage Suited for wheelchair play...

Aaaaaand it's off, so states Canadian IOC member Dick Pound in USA Today. Details on postponement to be worked out in the coming weeks.

Sorry, no such thing here. Don't confuse the presence of a fascist US dictator with the presence of a liberal agenda on my part. Melting glaciers of Greenland alone have made sea level rise 2.2mm already, this year only. The "MAGA" shouts are thinly-veiled self enrichment. We have but one...

In the rocking motion, weight is on leg B, then transferred to leg A upon ball contact. From there, you need to go to neutral stance, with bat high in normal grip. Right? No. Wrong. Weight is shifted from B to a before, and transferred back upon ball contact. Ready position from there.

Sooooo... and after the serve, your weight is on your dominant-hand side leg, so you need to hop into position whilst and at the same time recovering handle grip. Hmm.

I can watch the likes of Samsonov, Xu Xin, Mima Ito all day long. I'm grateful for that Kenta Matsudeira - Ma Lin link. A treat!

Heck, if Trump hadn't fired that single epidemiologist the CDC had in China last year; if any other response to adverse facts other than denial, bluster, scapegoating and whataboutism would have been made… It took a concerted effort to dismantle the disaster handling capacity. It took a few...

That's just textbook totalitarian (fascist, in this case) tactics. “In an ever-changing, incomprehensible world the masses had reached the point where they would, at the same time, believe everything and nothing, think that everything was possible and that nothing was true. ... Mass propaganda...

Caronavirus & Tokyo 2020 Yes, there have been pandemics before. And we’re better equipped now than, say, we were for the Black Death. That being said, we do need to reasses and restructure a lot of things. The way we interact with animals, especially in the food industry. The wealth gap...

Caronavirus & Tokyo 2020 It’s been painfully obvious that even considering a near-future superspreading event is utter folly. That being said, accepting change (loss) is hard, very hard for things deeply invested in. I guess why the (inevitable) postponement/cancellation has to go through...

Yes, up to a certain point. Sriver used to last for years, but now it doesn't anymore. Either way, we should stop this madness and put longevity first and foremost when assessing the quality of things. The question should not just be "how does this play when new?" but also "and how will it...

I have a box stored here that contains a club collection of 38mm celluloid balls (mostly; a few 50mm/60mm ones), nearly 600 of them. Simas has first dibs on them, but I'm not sure he still wants them... if not, you can have them. (Edit; at no charge, not looking for €€€.)

For Benito, a lamp post was found in Milan. While no death penalty advocate (and not even a US citizen) my blood is boiling too, and it cries for the highest trees to hang these vile perpetrators of wanton cruelty and shameless negligence on. They should of course be put to trial. A shame...

We’re always so eager to jump in new stuff and much less so in sharing experiences with the familiar. Durability is not something you can judge for the shiny and new. As a whole modern day durability is piss poor, with little exception. Vega Pro and Tenergy 05 were above par (still far...

‘Xcept for Feinstein, of course. Because reasons.

Caronavirus & Tokyo 2020 All this stock is set to be worth less than TP once the bottom falls out from under society. Yes Mags, turns out there is such a thing… On related news, no hail Mary, snake oil or pixie dust solutions exist and suggestions in that direction are not harmless -...

There's a lot I like about the Harimoto ALC — except for its handle, which is very thin. The Timo Boll ALC has that too; fine blade, anemic handle. The Viscaria's handle is okayish, but still thin. YMMV, of course. As for a step-up from the Korbel, I'd say the inner-layer blades seem like...

As for high arc, Nanoflex FT40 has it. But no (easy) penetrating power.