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Well if my 23andme says I’m only 2% Irish, I’m going to have to throw out my rosary, Rusty Staub bobblehead, and green Celtic FC New Balances. Read more

I don’t know why you’re so sure she lied about being Jewish. Her story is that she uncovered her Sephardic heritage when her father died. That led her to Israel, which in turn led to her 180 on Palestine. Her own mother confirmed that her father was of Sephardic Jewish ancestry—something the NY Times saw fit to Read more

Also: Leia having absurd force powers (even if people object to the way they were expressed). By the logic of previous seven films, Luke was supposed to turn out to be a more-powerful Vader and Leia his equal. Read more

Uhh...maybe don’t mention “home planet” to Leia. Read more

I don’t think he threw the machete—the blade came off the handle when he swung it. Read more

Anyway, the Roy-to-Montreal rumor is officially a go.

It is a terrible trade for Montreal. But Weber’s relative corsi has declined because the Preds have been dramatically improving their second and third defense pairings in recent years from Kevin Klein/Francis Bouillon/etc. to Mattias Ekholm/Ryan Ellis/Seth Jones. His actual raw possession stats have steadily improved Read more

I keep seeing these arguments — that Weber has declined and Josi protects him — but neither is borne out by the numbers. What the analytics revealed about Weber was how much he and Suter depended on each other — not that he’s in some sort of free-fall. Read more

I think this characterization of Vader is already there in Empire. The coup he pitches to Luke in Cloud City has all the same underlying motives: Read more

In his defense, she started it. You may think Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue is schlock and his response to Maines was over-the-top, but I think it’s more impressive when Toby Keith openly praises Obama and talks about being a longtime Democrat — given his audience — than when the Dixie Chicks pander to a crowd Read more

Fuku link wasn’t an endorsement; I haven’t tried it yet. As far as the cafeteria closing – when did that start? Going to have to investigate. The Shake Shack chicken sandwich is pretty good, but it’s not in the same genre. Read more