Recent content by ShawnB

Re: Re: Today was indeed all great; fantastic; inspiring. Totally awesome Sagan-ery in evidence, that nobody else could pull off, and no-one can sensibly question. Right up until 1200m to go, when he bought the stage from Albasini.

Yes, when you put those colors and racing together, I rather think that most people's association is with this lovely piece of business: ...which is quite all right. (edit:beaten by LS. Good man.)

RE: Dirtyworks' quote on Och's integrity (lack of) via L.Earnest... Sure. And of course there's the Swart testimony we all know -- his statements under oath that Och was running a team-directed medical/PED/doping program and introducing his riders to EPO when he was managing Motorola in the...

Apologies; late to the party, but serious question to ChewbaccaD and others who continued an earlier line of inquiry: In this exchange... ...why is OG Hog not referring to Och? (not JV). Does he not fit Hog's American team manager requirement, and also provide a seriously corrupt...

Thank you SetonHallPirate. To those of you in civilized countries, my apologies for our Roll in sub-par TdF commentating.

Why would anyone want to watch Bob Roll, live or taped? I just want to know, since NBC's site and partners are entirely unclear about it, whether for $30 one can watch a replay of the entire stage or, failing that, a replay of the normal 2-hour TV presentation, during non-live hours? Not...

Clearly that's a specious argument. The issue is that Strava has knowingly invited people to compete for "best time" on public roads, with complete disregard for whether the times and speeds posted are in keeping with the legal use of said roads. It would have served them (and their case)...

It's self-evident that the poll will only be answered by a very small, distinct, and possibly somewhat elite fraction of the cycling public. I would guess that skews it pretty hard toward people who know how to behave, because honestly, when I'm stopped fixing a flat -- and I've fixed five...

Milgram's 'teacher' participants were supplying (what they believed were) shocks to the level of unresponsiveness of their 'learner' counterparts. Not to some presumption or informed conclusion of fatal dosage. In fact, the proctor was directed to assure them, if they questioned the...

One does not have to be a party to a federal crime, to be seen as attempting to influence witness testimony relevant to that crime. Not a question in any legal sense. RICO laws cover it, thoroughly. Fair enough to be curious about it if you've never considered the issues before. But...

They may be helping, but only inadvertently -- and only in the extreme short term. Perhaps that's good enough for some, but it should be said fairly that the Germans are only doing it surface-level, for spectacle, not because they are trying in any real way to effect change, strategically...

Yeah, this other guy that you're talking about: Sounds like a real tone-deaf whiner. Thanks for clearing that up.

Yup. And in the other TT miles, the TTT stage, it seemed to me he could actually stack up some time, since he has Faboo and some other roleurs to drag him and the team to a big win on that stage. Contador doesn't look to have nearly that firepower in the TTT, and I would have bet that would...

Regarding Armstrong approaching Hamilton: No. The burden is on any citizen -- you me or Lance -- to not intimidate or harass Hamilton with regard to his GJ testimony. The burden is definitively not on Hamilton. It's a distinction without a difference as regards intimidation...

Only responding to Dr. Mas and Mark, to keep the discussion based in the real world and thus, helpful: As others have said, it's certainly true that a defendant may serve as witness for himself, so intimidating him and thus being charged with OOJ is absolutely possible. That particular...