They didn't invent these things. They just funnelled money into their preferences via organisations like the Fairford Foundation and so on.
Iowa's influence on Creative writing in the US (and, as a result, the world) is partly because of the CIA. Following the money shows it.

Plot deemphasis was part of it. In parallel they promoted the rise of artists like Jackson Pollock. Projective meaning, rather than meaning that can be easily read.
Show don't tell emanated from this as well, because it's easier to tell political messages.
'No politics in my fiction' same origin.

it's hard to see how Podz ever becomes a consistent scorer. He doesn't have any kind of go-to

just once let us be the ones that win the trap game

i remember you mostly liking them for vin scully lol

yes, he famously kept a close eye on his portfolio!

the trade to the Nets lol

then i drifted without a fave team til i discovered the Ws in 2013 in the series vs the Nuggets

Oldermann was right there!

the players ask for less games, less mileage etc...but then the owners suck their teeth and go wellllll, i guess that means less revenue which means all your salaries go down....and that's the end of it.

this has been correct since Bill Simmons was saying it two decades ago. But they only want to push it further.

at the end of the day, the Player's Association also care more about money than injury risk also. They keep caving in negotiations

"Too big to bail"

at least there was one Canadian MP who announced they were banned...i think it might have been rescinded?

are they not banned from Canada as well

you can give them to your lawyer, sealed. or use a shared password service like Bitwarden, although no-one knows how long any one of those might last.

going to see them here in Jan. i cannot believe it is happening lol