The USFL

I watched a little from a couple of games…and yeah there are a few clever innovations. But the football itself is just bad. I mean worse than lower tier college football.

But as they say "it's still football," so I was still watching a little.

And then came the ad featuring the douche bag pillow salesman. Why does anyone allow him airtime? He's a traitor.

And that's when I decided that the football isn't good enough to simply ignore him and his asinine self.

So thanks usfl for trying. But I'm out.

Even Dumber Convoy Commits Felony Blocking Entran…

Stupid is, as stupid does

https://jalopnik.com/new-somehow-even-dumber-convoy-commits-felony-by-block-1848805316


Short. Sweet. To the point. That's the beauty Dave's iPhone.

NFL warned to improve treatment of women by six AGs: 'Pink jerseys are not a replacement'

(A) there's this story … and notice the AG from Florida didn't sign on to this. Of course he didn't.

And (B) there was another story about how the dolphins were trying to swing a deal to get Tom Brady to come to Miami…but then the dolphins got sued by Brian Flores, and there went that idea. Funny how these two stories are connected…

https://onherturf.nbcsports.com/2022/04/07/nfl-treatment-of-women-attorneys-general-six-states/

NFL: Roger Goodell blew moment to expose Daniel S…

This is what is wrong with sports…

https://sports.yahoo.com/the-nf-ls-daniel-snyder-wont-stop-ballooning-to-the-chagrin-of-roger-goodell-and-the-league-195247772.html


Short. Sweet. To the point. That's the beauty Dave's iPhone.

Never forget, it’s always about the money. College edition.

A few years ago, the FBI brought forth evidence that several coaches in the college sports landscape were acting inappropriately…re-directing scholarships, paying players, recruiting high schoolers with lucrative offers.

Last I heard, the cases stalled, so there's not much happening in the legal sense.

One of the coaches implicated was Bill Self, the Kansas coach. At the time he was labeled a cheater. The NCAA pushed hard for him to be dismissed from his job.

But Kansas saw him as a great hero. He was winning games and making money for the school. They wouldn't budge.

In fact, Kansas "doubled down" and signed him to a lifetime contract. Thumbing their nose at the ncaa and the fbi.

And here is Kansas basketball playing for a national championship. With a cheating coach.

No punishment. And I have little doubt he's still doing whatever it was he was doing.

It's so absurd.

Money rules all.

Stupid thing for the day

Costco has self checkout. For 1+ years, they've had a person at each register scanning items. They beep beep beep and you're out.

Today, they had one person per aisle (covering 3 stations). Rather than the remote, you have to take each item out, scan it on the machine and place them in the area to the right.

If you miss placing one item it stops and tells you to place it in the area.

If you have a problem it stops completely. And you have to wait for the person. If you buy alcohol it stops completely. And you have to wait for the person.

If you try to put stuff back in the cart before it finishes paying it stops completely. And you have to wait for the person.

It took us 2x as long as using a cashier. And 4x as long as when they had people scanning.

I think I shan't be using self checkout at Costco. It's dumb.

Elon Musk Says the US Has 'Very, Very Ancient Lea…

Musk is weird and yet sage at times.

When Musk was asked about humans having "a significantly increased lifespan," he offered a straightforward view about human life.

"I don't think we should try to have people live for a really long time," he told Döpfner. "That it would cause asphyxiation of society because the truth is, most people don't change their mind. They just die."

He continued: "So if they don't die, we will be stuck with old ideas and society wouldn't advance."

Musk then said that a "gerontocracy" — where a government is essentially controlled by citizens significantly older than the bulk of the population — is not healthy.

"I think we already have quite a serious issue with gerontocracy, where the leaders of so many countries are extremely old," he revealed. "In the US, it's a very, very ancient leadership. And it is just impossible to stay in touch with the people if you are many generations older than them."

He added: "The founders of the USA put minimum ages for a local office. But they did not put maximum ages because they did not expect that people will be living so long. They should have. Because for a democracy to function, the leaders must be reasonably in touch with the bulk of the population. And if you're too young or too old, you can't say that you will be attached."

Musk said that he'd like to see political leaders "be ideally within 10 or at least, 20 years of the average age of the population."