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Sherm goes solo during this SSF highlighting all the state tourney matchups in lacrosse…baseball…softball and track.   Keep posted on the tournaments with daily coverage by Jay Pinsonnault at Seacoastonline.com and Roger Brown at NHHardball.com

Sherm's special guest on this edition of the SSF is Roger Brown from NHHARDBALL.Com The upcoming week will determine who will be top dog in Division One schoolboy baseball and Roger previews the matchups and players.   The guys kick around MLB commissioner Rob Manfred allowing Pete Rose to become eligible for the Hall of Fame.   Football talk includes the announcement of the 2025 NFL schedule and the Patriots opener at home against the Las Vegas Raiders and former UNH Wildcat standout Dylan Laube.   Two minute Drill topics…Roger features an upcoming football camp..and Sherm giving kudos to the recent NH Special Olympics event and organizer Jim Tufts

Coach Jim Tufts joins Sherm Chester on this edition of the SSF featuring the upcoming Secoast Special Olympics events May 4th at Exeter High School. The Tufts family has been one of the founding organizers of the event since the 1971.   Jim and Sherm also discuss the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs and a post mortem on the Bruins season and their future. The guys wrap up with high school lacrosse talk and review “Celtic City” on HBO MAX

Barak Dror joins us to discuss the merits of Solid-state fermentation in regards to fungi research & development, covering everything from the history of SSF to it's modern applications in food science and increasing profitability as a mushroom entrepreneur. https://www.barakdror.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If your friend calls you on on the phone, you should definitely answer it... right? The answer is yes (probably), but that doesnt mean you won't encounter something strange. Take a listen to this heartfelt glimpse into friendship, grief, and how homophones can cause a bit of confusion. Prepare to LAUGH with Nathaniel's humor/comedy book, "STUPID FUNNY"—out NOW! Grab your copy on paperback or eBook | https://a.co/d/bLGSQG7 ~ You'll like it. Unless ya don't. Check out more podcasts, music, and books from SSF host and creator Nathaniel David Knox here ~ https://www.treefortknox.com/ Like the original intro/outro theme song? You can listen to it wherever you stream your music. Just search: "So Silly (Theme From the SHORT STUPID FUNNY Podcast" by Nathaniel David Knox

Sherm Chester is joined on this edition of the SSF by Jay Pinsonnault from Seacoastonline.com Jay shares his comprehensive article about the softball and baseball players to watch on seacoast teams. As part of the “Two Minute Drill “ Sherm gives his review of the NETFLIX documentary THE CLUBHOUSE about the Red Sox 2024 season

Enjoy the first edition of this fun and funny little smorgasboard of shorter humor pieces from Nathaniel David Knox. In the words of Dunder Mifflin's Dwight K. Schrute, "You'll laugh so hard, you'll puke your pants." Prepare to LAUGH with Nathaniel's humor/comedy book, "STUPID FUNNY"—out NOW! Grab your copy on paperback or eBook | https://a.co/d/bLGSQG7 ~ You'll like it. Unless ya don't. Featured in this episode: "Day of the Diet" "Famous Movies with One Letter Removed" "Ironing Board: So Loud, So Long" Check out more podcasts, music, and books from SSF host and creator Nathaniel David Knox here ~ https://www.treefortknox.com/ Like the original intro/outro theme song? You can listen to it wherever you stream your music. Just search: "So Silly (Theme From the SHORT STUPID FUNNY Podcast" by Nathaniel David Knox

Enjoy the SECOND edition of this fun, funny little smorgasboard of shorter humor pieces from Nathaniel David Knox! In the words of Dunder Mifflin's Dwight K. Schrute, "You'll laugh so hard, you'll puke your pants." Prepare to LAUGH with Nathaniel's humor/comedy book, "STUPID FUNNY"—out NOW! Grab your copy on paperback or eBook | https://a.co/d/bLGSQG7 ~ You'll like it. Unless ya don't. Featured in this Episode: "An Autumn Haiku" "If Dogs and Cats Could Text" "Failed Amusement Park Rides & Attractions" Check out more podcasts, music, and books from SSF host and creator Nathaniel David Knox here ~ https://www.treefortknox.com/ Like the original intro/outro theme song? You can listen to it wherever you stream your music. Just search: "So Silly (Theme From the SHORT STUPID FUNNY Podcast" by Nathaniel David Knox

You've heard of the Wars of the Roses—the epic struggle for England's throne—but you probably haven't heard the whole story (or maybe you have, how should I know?). It's a gripping tale of power, courage, and most importantly… water hoses. So sit back and enjoy an enthralling history lesson you won't find in the textbooks or on anything that starts with "Wiki"—either because it's total nonsense, or because it's so true that it had to be labeled as fiction to be believed (spoiler alert, it's the first one). Prepare to LAUGH with Nathaniel's humor/comedy book, "STUPID FUNNY"—out NOW! Grab your copy on paperback or eBook | https://a.co/d/bLGSQG7 ~ You'll like it. Unless ya don't. Check out more podcasts, music, and books from SSF host and creator Nathaniel David Knox here ~ https://www.treefortknox.com/ Like the original intro/outro theme song? You can listen to it wherever you stream your music. Just search: "So Silly (Theme From the SHORT STUPID FUNNY Podcast" by Nathaniel David Knox

Sherm Chester and Jay Pinsonnault with  a  special Baseball Edition of the SSF with special guest Red Sox broadcaster Dave O'Brien. Dave talks about the upcoming season and some of the standout players to watch. Sherm asks Dave for his advice to students looking for a future in broadcasting…his remembrances of Bob Uecker and an update on Sox veteran broadcaster Joe Castiglione. March Madness is also discussed with Dave predicting his teams with the shot at number one for the men and woman's tournaments.   You can watch a video edition of this interview on YouTube at the following link: https://youtu.be/6f4AzytRLaU

Rescue and patchwork relationship.B Book 3 in 18 parts, y FinalStand. Listen to the ► Podcast at Explicit Novels.Loving your enemy is easy, you know precisely where both of you stand(Right where we left off)The closest Marine had been waiting for me to finish my bonding moment with Menner before speaking. He walked and talked like an officer."You are certainly Mr. Cáel Nyilas," he nodded. "I'm Lt. Robeson, United States Marine Corps. I would like to take you and your party home. What is the situation?""Lieutenant, this young lady is Aya Ruger. She was kidnapped along-side me and managed to kill over twenty of our enemies, so be careful around her." I was deadly serious about what I said. Aya should get proper credit for all the people she sedated then drowned. Dead was dead, even if it was accidental."These two," I pointed to Zhen and Mu, "are Lúsìla ninda and Amar, Taiwanese nationals suffering some shock from the abrupt crash landing of the aircraft. They don't seem to know why they were kidnapped, but they were instrumental in aiding Aya and me making it to shore during the typhoon.""If you say so, Sir," he nodded. He did believe me, yet a soldier was taught to be skeptical of anything a civilian told him about a military situation. "The bodies?""Those are the corpses we found after the storm. I decided we should attempt to place them in your custody so you can figure out who they are," I suggested."Sir, I don't think we can let civilians keep their weapons aboard the flight," the Marine Lt. stated since I had both a pistol and submachine gun, Aya had her pistol and Zhen had her and Mu's blades. A Marine NCO sent a party to gather the dead."Marine, I am Cáel Nyilas, Irish diplomat, freebooter and Champion of the worst possible causes," I began my spiel."You probably have some orders concerning bringing me in alive. I am not so constrained and am more than willing to steal this aircraft and fly back to Hawaii without you. My team keeps their weapons, or you give me your best shot, right now," I met his gaze. He mulled over his options. Two Romanians and two Marines were starting to load the ad hoc body bags aboard the C-37B."Normally I don't take that kind of crap from a civilian and I don't want you to think I'm making an exception because of your Security Clearance. I'll let your people keep your weapons, but if something goes wrong, I'm shooting you first," he assured me."Done deal," I offered my hand and he shook it."Oh and Happy Tibetan Independence Day," he congratulated me."What?" I gasped. Rescue and patchwork relationships{6 pm, Sunday, August 17th ~ 22 Days to go}{11 pm Sunday, Aug. 17th (Havenstone Time)}{And just this once, 11am Monday, Aug. 18th Beijing Time}"Oh and Happy Tibetan Independence Day;, nice work.," the Marine congratulated me."What?""How is that possible?" muttered Mu."Yippee!! No more burning monks," Aya fist-pumped. Personally, I think she did that for the enjoyment of our guardians and to piss off Zhen and Mu just a tiny bit more.(Mandarin) "Brother," Zhen studied her brother's pained expression. "What has gone wrong?"(Mandarin) "The province of Tibet apparently has broken away," he groused. In English, to the Marine Lieutenant he repeated, "How is this possible?""I take it you didn't know Peace Talks had broken out?" he grinned. I doubted the Lt. bought my 'these are my two Taiwanese cobelligerents' story, but belief was above his pay grade, so he didn't give a shit."Yes," Mu mumbled, "we knew of the proposed cease-fire.""Yes, you mean both sides actually honored it?" I added. I really had been out things for a while."Nearly two days ago, noon, Peking Time, the People's Republic of China and the Khanate put a six month cease-fire into effect which has remained intact for forty-one," he looked at his watch, "forty-one and a half hours." He was being a cock to the petulant Mu. No one called Beijing 'Peking' anymore. I had even ordered Beijing Duck on several menus. Peking was the height of Western Imperialist thinking, or so it looked to Mu.(Mandarin) "He is yanking your chain, Mu," I explained. "You are looking pissed off at being rescued, which isn't doing my alibi for you much good.""My apology," Mu nodded to the lieutenant. "Is there any news from the Republic of China? Are they free as well?" That was nice of Mu to call Taiwan by its pet name, the ROC."Not yet," he patted Mu's unwounded leg, "but with the utter shellacking the Khanate put on the People's Navy (really the People's Liberation Army Navy, but the Marine was getting his shots in) it is only a matter of time."I had been translating in a low voice to the V nători de munte in order for them to keep up with the conversation. They all started laughing. The Marines joined in. There was a huge joke here that we had missed out on while stranded.(Romanian) "So, ask them if they know where their aircraft carrier is," Menner chuckled. Most Romanians had grown up knowing of only one China.Me: (Romanian) "What!"A Naval Corpsman who didn't know Romanian, but knew 'aircraft carrier' just fine jumped in: "Oh yeah, the missing Chinese Aircraft carrier," she chortled.Mu: "What!"I'd only been gone two and a half days. What the hell had been going on?(What had transpired in my absence and the subsequent consequences)(Notes:P R C = People's Republic of China; PLA = People's Liberation Army;P L A N = People's Liberation Army Navy;P L A A F = People's Liberation Army Air Force;R O C = the Republic of China {aka Taiwan, aka Chinese Taipei, aka the "other China"};The First Unification War {aka what the Khanate did to China in 2014};Truce lasts from August 16th 2014 until February 15th, 2015 = 183 days)There are several classic blunders grownups should know to avoid: never fight a land war in Asia, never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line, and, if you are going to cross a master thief, first make sure you have nothing of value. For the land war in Asia, check with my partner, the Khanate. Substituting Black Hand for Sicilian ~ check with Ajax, use an Ouija board. So far, destiny was batting .500.The last blunder I created entirely on my own, but I felt it was the true and right response for the circumstances. So witness the Six Families of the Ninja and the greatest theft in all of recorded history.In the closing hours of the First Unification War, as in many wars, some serious theft was going on; mainly it was the People's Republic getting fleeced.The most obvious and immediate blows came in the Spratlys and Parcel Islands where Khanate forces (actually, elements from all the JIKIT players) seized the key island in the Parcel chain, Woody Island, and secured the P L A N base the Chinese had created there, including the 2,700 meter runway built there in the 1990's. The 1,443 Chinese civilians and 600 military inhabitants in the area were incidental complications and the survivors were about to be 'repatriated' to the mainland anyway; the Khanate didn't want them hanging around as they prepared for the inevitable end of the six-month truce.Yes, the Khanate had stolen the most important island airfield ~ an unsinkable carrier really ~ in the South China Sea. It was also the northern end of the potential People's Republic of China's stranglehold on the east-west sea lanes between East Asia and the rest of the World, i.e., roughly 25% of all global trade.The southern end? That would be the Spratlys. There are few 'real' islands in that 'island group' and only two worth having: the artificial one the P L A N was building and the one the ROC has a 1200 meter airfield on. That artificial island and every other PRC/P L A N outpost in the region was also stolen by the Khanate between 4 a.m. and noon of that final day of active conflict.Every geological feature that had been the basis for the PRC's claims to all of the South China Sea was now in Khanate hands. Considering how much the P L A N had bullied everyone else in that portion of the globe, the Khanate taking over their geopolitical position was incredibly awkward. It was going to get worse.Technically, the Khanate hadn't stolen the P L A N 'South Sea Fleet' (SSF); they'd blown the fuck out of it, including sinking the sole fully-functioning P L A N carrier Liaoning as well as five of the nine destroyers and six of the nineteen frigates in her battle group. The Liaoning and one destroyer had died in those last few hours as the SSF was racing for the relative safety of Philippine waters ~ so close, but no cigar.So the Khanate had stolen the ability of the P L A N to project power in the South China Sea until February 15th, 2015 when the U N brokered truce ended. But that was not the epic theft, though. That distinction went to the Ninja. What did they steal? A semi-functional Chinese nuclear powered super-aircraft carrier still under construction.The beast had no official name yet, but she was a 75,000 ton engine of Global Domination laid down in 2011 and clearly complete enough to float and to be steered under her own power. (To be on the safe side, the Ninja included stealing four tugboats to help in their getaway.) So, you may be asking yourself, how does one 'steal' a nuclear-powered, 1000 foot long, 275 foot wide and ten-story tall vessel?For starters, you need a plan to get on board the sucker. We had begun with the Black Lotus. They wanted to sneak onboard, exit the dockyard the ship was being built in, then sink it off the coast so it couldn't be easily salvaged. That was plan A.Enter the Khanate and their plans; they too wanted to sink this vessel, and destroy the dry docks while they were at it. That was plan B. Actually, the Khanate desire was to contaminate that whole section of the port city with fallout from shattered reactors. They knew they would have to apply overkill when they smashed that bitch of a ship because the PLAN had hurriedly put on board its defensive weaponry ~ ensuring that the Khanate couldn't easily destroy it. For their approach, Temujin's people wanted the Black Lotus' help with the on-the-ground intelligence work. But the Black Lotus didn't want to help anyone irradiate Chinese soil.Enter JIKIT as referee. All those islands the 'Khanate' was busy stealing were actually part of a larger JIKIT mission called Operation Prism. Another object that was a part of the overall plan was Operation Wo Fat, the sinking of the Liaoning ~ again GPS direction and distance to be courtesy of the Black Lotus.JIKIT absolutely needed the Black Lotus. The Black Lotus wouldn't help anyone planning on poisoning any part of China for the next thousand years. Sinking the unnamed and incomplete vessel off the coast in deep waters meant no nuclear leakage and plenty of post-war time to salvage the wreck before it did start to hemorrhage. The Khanate wanted to kill this potential strategic nightmare no matter what it cost the Chinese ecology.JIKIT went to the Ninja to help them adjudicate the issue. All the lights flared brightly in Ninja-Town when they heard of that delicate dilemma. They could make everybody happy and send a clear message to the Seven Pillars expressing how unhappy the six surviving families were about the 7P's trying to annihilate them when all of this 'unpleasantness' began.The Khanate was already going to blast the shipyards and docks, the Black Lotus was already going to sail the ship into deep waters, so why not take it one step further, sail the ship into Japanese waters and declare it Khanate property as a colossal Fuck You! to the PRC, PLAN and specifically the Seven Pillars, all at the same time?Now normally, you can't steal a ship that big. The owners will notice it is missing and come looking for it. And you can't sell or hide the damn thing. So, you steal it at the tail end of a war before the players can capture, or sink it. It just so happened the Ninja had access to a war and such a time table.The next problem: where do you put it? The Khanate's closest safe haven was 8,000 km away at the Eastern Mediterranean Seaport of Izmir.But wait!The Khanate was about to steal an island airbase with its own (albeit small) harbor. The Khanate was confident that a few weeks after the truce, an alternate port, or two, would become available for the two-to-three year process it would require to prepare the vessel so it could be commissioned as the true warship it was meant to be.So, how do you steal a well-guarded, humongous ship with its skeleton crew of 500? You need a distraction ~ a big one. Remember those Khanate airstrikes? They intended to destroy the dockyards anyway. Now all they had to do was 'miss' the carrier.They could do that. If you recall, to dissuade the Khanate from sinking the ship in the final days of the war, the PLAN had hastily put teeth on the thing by giving it all its pre-designed defensive weaponry and added jury-rigged radar and sonar systems. The carrier could defend itself if needed. With the new plan (C), the airstrikes could avoid those teeth, thus reducing the risk of losing their precious planes and pilots.A series of bombing runs and missile hits near the carrier would convince the PLAN admiral in charge to hurriedly put some distance between the ship and shore, Not out to sea. That would be stupid. Within the harbor, his weaponry could adequately defend his ship. And if she took serious damage, he could run her aground, so the vessel wouldn't really sink.The only problem was that out in the harbor, with everything exploding, he was away from the only ground security support available. That was when the Amazons, Black Lotus, Ninja and JIKIT mercenaries would make their move. How could they sneak up on such a big, important ship? By using the submarines the US Navy, the British Royal Navy and Japanese Defense Force were providing, of course.Note: As I stated earlier, Lady Fathom, Addison and Riki had wandered way off the reservation . By this time, if you were a Japanese, British, or American submarine commander in the Yellow Sea and you weren't part of this madness, you were insanely jealous of those who were.The missions JIKIT was sending them on were:-definitely Acts of War if they were ever discovered,-far more dangerous than any war game exercise they'd ever been part of, and-the ultimate test of their crews and equipment.These people weren't suicidal. They believed they were the best sneaks under the Seven Seas and now they could prove it ~ in 50 years when this stuff was declassified (if it ever was).For the one American, two British and four Japanese submarines inserting the assault teams, this whole mission had a surreal feel to it. They were transporting a packed assortment of women of Indian, Malaysian and Indonesian descent along with some very lithe Japanese ladies and gents, none of who talked a whole lot.There was a third group with the spooky women and spookier Japanese teams, and that group was scared shitless about the sudden turn their lives had taken. They were all former American and British servicewomen (to not tick off the Amazons too much) with carrier and/or nuclear reactor experience who had been RIFed (Reduction in Force, aka fired) in the past five years from their respective national navies.Around a week ago, they had all answered an advertisement by a logistics support corporation that was going to do a 'force modernization' in an unnamed country. They all knew that mean the Khanate. The job had been laid out as 'basically your old job with the addition of training the natives' and it included the promise of no combat.It was a guaranteed five year contract with an option for a year-to-year extensions for another five years if you desired to stick around. For that, you received your 'pay grade upon retirement + 20%', free room and board, private security, judicial protections and a $10,000 to $10,900 signing bonus. For many struggling military families, it was manna from Heaven and thousands were signing up.Then 72 hours ago, a different group from the same company came knocking on the women's doors. If you could come with them right then and there, they had a satchel of money, $100,000 to $109,000, tax free, and a Non-disclosure Agreement for you to sign. Sure, the deal sounded shady, but the money was very real.Twenty-four hours later those who accepted the money found themselves in a small fishing village on Ko Island, Japan. There some rather fiercely intense people outlined the job they were needed for. From a submarine, the assault teams would sneak aboard the carrier, neutralize the crew and then the new crew (them) would sail it to Jeju, Jeju Island, South Korea.At that point they would be allowed to stay with the vessel (preferred), or depart for a non-war zone of their choice. Both options came with another $100,000 to $109,000 payment. Anyone who declined this particular job would remain incognito on Ko Island for another 48 hours then be allowed to leave without the need to return their initial payment.Of the 312 job applicants, 293 volunteered for both the first and second parts of the assignment. With the technical and linguistic expertise of the Amazons and 9 Clan members that would be enough to get their prize to Jeju Island's temporary safety and then make the last leg to Woody Island and a more permanent anchorage.Besides the airstrikes to goad the carrier away from the wharves, all the Khanate had to do with the carrier was put three or four clearly Mongolian faces onboard when the various nations of the world came calling. After all, what was the public going to believe:, the Khanate had pulled off yet another daring (i.e., mostly JIKIT) Special Forces coup, just as they'd managed to do throughout this short war, or that 'Ninjas stole my Battleship, umm, carrier' stuff some PRC leaders were claiming? Forty-eight hours later the whole globe was able to watch the newly named Khanate supercarrier, the  z Beg Khan, passing through Japanese territorial waters while being escorted by South Korean and Japanese warships.The PRC did complain to the United Nations over the 'theft' of both the carrier and 'their' islands, but the Security Council, led by the UK, could and would do nothing about the 'latest round of injustices heaped upon the People of China'. By the time the UN got around to doing nothing, the next round of JIKIT diplomacy was causing the PRC even greater headaches.That greatest theft, while remarkable in its own right, was really a sideshow to the reordering of the political order in Southeast Asia. The big winner wasn't the Khanate. And it certainly wasn't the mainland Chinese. No, the nations to immediately prosper were an unlikely pair, the Republic of India and the People's Republic of Vietnam (PRV). The Republic of China (R O C) was also getting its own small boost as well.By gambling their precious navy, India had become the largest power broker in the South China Sea's resource bonanza. She went from a minimal presence to being the critical ally of the Khanate and the 'big stick' (naval-wise) of Asia's new dynamic duo. The Indians had the only two functional aircraft carriers in the region and the Khanate had Woody Island with a mega-carrier number of planes sitting on it.Their combined naval aviation was not something any of the others powers wanted to mess with. The duo then sealed their supremacy by making the duo a trio. That third member was the PRV. Vietnam was the land-based logistical anchor of the three regional powers.Not only did Vietnam gain the prestige denied it for over two centuries, it redressed the P L A N humiliating treatment of their own navy for the past thirty years. The Khanate's naval aviation would shield Vietnam's economic exploitation of the Parcel Islands. The Indian Navy could counter anything the P L A N South China fleet could come at them with.Yes, the P L A N had two other fleets, the Northern and Eastern, but both had been put through their own 1001 levels of Hell by the Khanate's air power, plus they had to protect the Chinese heartland from Russia and North Korean ambitions. The South Koreans and Japanese were suddenly a very real threat from the East too. But for the time being, the Indians had the decisive edge.The final location for the  z Beg Khan was an old familiar haunt for some Americans, Da Nang, PRV. It had the facilities, courtesy of the US military from the 1960's and 70's, to be the new base for the Khanate's Eastern Fleet and logistical hub for their naval aviation forces in the Parcel Islands.The Vietnamese were thinking with more than their testicles, as were the Indians. Sure, geopolitical clout was nice, yet that was only the icing on the economic cake that was the Parcel Island Accords. That hasty bit of JIKIT backroom dealings gave a 50% stake in the Parcels to the PRV.India got 20% of something she had 0% in a month ago. The Khanate gained a 20% stake for their audacity and the ROC gained 10% because the other three would protect its share from the PRC. Something was better than nothing and the three legitimate powers agreed to the deal because in less than six months, the PRC would be back in the game.The Indians and Vietnamese wanted the Khanate to stay interested in the region and the Taiwanese wanted to forge closer ties to the Khanate. That treaty was a 'no-brainer'. Within one week, the Vietnamese were strutting like peacocks and internal political opposition to the Indian intervention into the South China Sea in the Indian parliament was silent.The Spratly Islands was a tougher deal to work out within the six month timetable. There were more players ~ the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Thailand (who had a non-functional carrier). The JIKIT deal gave everyone but the Indians a 10% piece of the huge natural gas, oil and fisheries pie and the Indians got 20% once more.The Philippines and Malaysia were both very opposed to this treaty; they believed they deserved a far larger portion of those regional resources. Indonesia and Thailand also felt they could hold out for a bigger slice and weren't happy with India getting so much for basically having a double handful of ships (34 actually) sailing about.That 'handful of ships' was the point JIKIT was trying to make. If the PRC beat the Khanate next year, did any of the players think the PRC would give them anything, even if they promised them more right now? Really? When the PLAN had the biggest guns, they hadn't respected any other claims to the region. Why would that change in the future?The reality was this: India would only stick around if they had the economic incentive to remain. Vietnam, the Khanate and the ROC were watching the clock and realized this was the best deal they would get. Brunei and the Philippines were also coming to that understanding. Brunei was tiny (thus easy to defend), very rich already and a good ally of the British.The Philippines had a very weak navy and a non-existent naval air force. They couldn't even enforce their current claims versus Brunei, much less confront the PLAN, or any other nation's current military. The Philippines was, sadly, relatively big and very poor. Its big traditional ally was the United States, and the US was currently busy doing 'not much' about the South China Sea situation.The world's biggest navy was partially taking up its traditional (and treaty bound) role of interposing itself between the North Koreans, PLAN/PLAAF and Russians arrayed near Japan and South Korea, or busily not 'ratcheting up tensions' in the region by sending more forces into the front lines.President Obama was urging dialogue and 'stepping back from the brink' even though every country in Southeast Asia felt the brink had already dissipated the moment the PRC was forced to accept the cease-fire. In this context, the Philippines had good reason to be feeling lonely at the moment.Bizarrely, both New Delhi and Hanoi were singing the praises of US Secretary of State John Kerry and the Rt. Honorable Phillip Hammond, Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for the UK, for their deft handling of the crisis, thank you, Riki Martin and Lady Yum-Yum.Riki wasn't expecting any thanks. She was certain she'd be fired and imprisoned for the rest of her life. Lady Fathom Worthington-Burke was sure she'd get two additional knighthoods out of the deal, which would look very nice engraved on her tombstone. Javiera had long ago decided to face the music and go down with the ship, so to speak.The CIA's Addison Stuart already had her exit strategy. She was going to go work for the Khanate, building up their clandestine service when this whole mad scheme collapsed into recriminations and 'extreme sanctions'. Mehmet, Air Force Sr. Master Sgt. Billings and Agent-86 had all decided to go with her. Katrina had their escape plane on standby. Mehmet's family was already 'vacationing' in Canada.Anyway, the Republic of India, the Khanate, the Republic of China, the People's Republic of Vietnam (the Vietnamese were happy to already be getting half of the Parcel Island windfall), the Sultanate Brunei (Lady Fathom 'knew' some people and the Sultan was an autocratic Muslim ruler, just like the Great Khan) and the Philippines (because they had no other true choice) were all coming around to signing the Spratly Accords.Indonesia and Thailand were kind of waiting for a better deal. Malaysia was downright hostile, having gravitated toward the PRC over the past decade and been assured by the PRC a better apportionment would be their reward for upsetting the treaty process.The Great Khan's answer was simple. He publically threatened the Malaysian Federation in general and both the King (Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah) and Prime Minister of Malay (Dato' Sri Najib Tun Razak) in particular with military action if they kept dragging their feet.He even told them how he'd do it. He'd butcher or expel every living thing in the states of Perlis and Kedah (~ 2.1 million people) and give those empty lands to Thailand to settle along with the added sweetener of Malaysia's 10% of the Spratlys. He would also invade Eastern Malaysia, taking the island state of Labuan for himself while giving Sarawak to Indonesia and Sabah to the Philippines if those to states agreed to the split.He'd also decimate their navy & air force before devastating every port city, just like he'd done to China. He'd already killed more than two million Chinese. What was another two million Malays to him? Also, Indonesia wanted Sarawak and the Philippines had claims on Sabah. While they were openly and publically defying the Great Khan's plan, could Malaysia really take the chance?What would India and Thailand do while this was going on? Thailand stated that it would protect its territorial integrity, whatever that meant. India wasn't returning Malaysia's phone calls while showing their populace re-runs of Malaysian violence against their Hindu minority, the bastards!To the world, the Indian Navy proclaimed it would 'defend itself and its supply lines' which was a subtle hint that they would shepherd any Khanate invasion force to their destination. Why would the Indians be so insensitive? The Malaysians were screwing up their deal to get 20% of both the Parcel and Spratlys wealth, that's why.If the Khanate went down, there was no way India could defend their claims (which they'd won by doing nothing up until now). Oh yeah, Vietnam began gathering up warplanes, warships, transport ships and troops for the quick (710 km) jaunt across the Gulf of Thailand to north-eastern Malaysia to kill Malaysians because Vietnam needed the Khanate to ensure their own economic future as well.That military prospect had a cascade effect, especially among the Indonesian military. If the Indian Navy remained active, the vastly more populous Western Malaysia couldn't reinforce the state of Sarawak. Sure, the Philippines was unlikely to conquer Sabah on their own, but all the Indonesians needed was for Sabah to be kept pre-occupied while their army took their promised territory, fulfilling a fifty year old dream of conquest/unification.The United Nations blustered. It wasn't that they didn't care, they did. They also cared about the deteriorating situations in Libya, Nigeria, Syria and Ukraine. The situation was complicated by the unwillingness of the permanent members of the Security Council, namely the PRC and Russia, to recognize the Khanate.In reverse, when those two tried to stick it to the Khanate, the UK stoically vetoed them. Why? Well, more on that later. Let's just say the Khanate was good for business in the European Union in general and the United Kingdom in particular because the Khanate was prepared to economically befriend the British. Ireland was being treated in a promising manner too. The United States,the United Nations?Let's just say that in the two months following the cease-fire, the Khanate bloodily and brutally solved the ISIS conundrum and the Donbass Crisis. When the smoke cleared, the Khanate had reintroduced the practice of impalement to the modern battlefield, driven the separatists from the Ukraine and was on the border with Israel and Jordan.Sure, the Ukrainians were stun-fucked by the Khanate's 'peace-keepers' going on a bloody rampage through the eastern rebellious regions, but they had delivered up peace by mid-September. Yes, the Russians were in an uproar about the impalements.As the Khanate spokesperson said, 'if they aren't your people, then it is not your problem' and 'there are no more Russians left alive in the Ukraine'. In fact, fewer than a thousand people, all armed insurgents, were executed in such a manner, but the terror created by the highly publicized killings had the effect of sending a hundred thousand people stampeding over the frontier into Russia proper.Next, the Khanate said it wanted to 'reexamine' the Crimean situation. There were Turcoman in that area and they weren't being treated well, or so it was claimed.Even as Russia and the Khanate were posturing in the Donbass, the Khanate struck in the Middle East. By the end of September, Syria and Lebanon had ceased to exist as organized entities. Most of those two countries as well as portions of western Iraq became Turkish provinces in the Khanate infrastructure. Northeastern Syria, southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq became the Khanate state of Kurdistan.It was a campaign reminiscent of the 13th century Mongol conquest, not a modern military struggle. Whole villages were eradicated. The entire Arab population of Mosul was exiled to the new territories in the East. The city was repopulated with Kurds from Turkey. Back in Turkey, those Kurds were replaced by Armenians from Azerbaijan, cauterizing another internal issue within the Khanate.Jordan was cautiously hopeful. Israel? "We don't seem to be having problems with Hezbollah anymore," with a shrug and "it could be worse." As for ISIS; there really was an Islamic State controlling more than half of Iraq and all of Syria now and it allowed no other pretenders to that distinction. By the time the world woke up to that reality though, the Great Hunt had happened and I was dealing with the consequences of that.A larger ideological and political matter was occurring in the United States, the United Kingdom (and to a limited extent Australia and Canada). The Ramshackle Empire (aka the Khanate) was just that ~ a Frankenstein nation fueled more by nationalistic pride and nostalgia for a Super-State (that only two living people had firsthand experience with) than an integrated armed forces and infrastructure.It may have been built upon more than a 13th century creation and two hundred years of real and imagined oppression. It did have long term planning and real genius driving it forward. Having throttled the PRC into giving them six precious months of peace to 'tidy up the backyard' (aka the Middle East and Russia) and forge a true nation, the Khanate was now hiring experts to aid them in the task.First and foremost, Temujin and the Earth & Sky had envisioned an armed state built upon military principles and discipline. Fate had delivered to them the means of their own salvation in the form of NATO's policy of disarmament and 'Reduction-In-Force' levels (RIFed).The US and UK had trained tens of thousands of male and female volunteers in their Armed Forces in infrastructure creation and management for the Afghanistan and Iraq campaigns. From 2010, those militaries had informed those experts that their services were no longer required. Unlike the shrinking militaries of the 1990's, there was no private sector to 'soak up' the majority of those personnel.The Earth & Sky had been working on the problem of nation-building on a time table and they kept coming up short. They had to fight to create their state first, so the all-important after-battle had been something their leaders dreaded. Temujin had been understanding about not everything being 100% ready. Few wars were fought that way.Then a young male Amazon of mixed Magyar ancestry talked history with the Earth & Sky representative to a seemingly inconsequential personage's funeral. A few critical E&S leaders (a minority, to be sure) immediately sought ways to cultivate this man into what was a ten year plan to open doors to the Amazons. Then that man saved the Great Khan's life and everything changed.Before the E&S had even remotely considered directly approaching the Amazons for help, the Amazons came knocking on their door. The Seven Pillars of Heaven had tried to kidnap a camp full of Amazon children ~ an assault on their future. The two secret societies were bound by one unique, fortunate idiot and a mutual thirst for vengeance.They were also directed by two incredibly foresighted, ambitious and brilliant people. In Katrina of Epona, the E&S elders found someone who equaled their hope to see the Seven Pillars humbled and humbled immediately. Moreover, these were the Amazons they were dealing with. Amazons always sought both lightning decisions and long term solutions.From the moment Iskender left his third meeting with Cáel Nyilas, Katrina put the fruits of the First Directive (the Amazons efforts to recruit militant outsider women) into overdrive. Havenstone had the apparatus in place to screen potential inductees. All they had to do was add a "can you suggest any other people who might be interested in this line of work" box to their employment forms.That brought men into the process in surprising numbers. The market was flush with military veterans having trouble readjusting to the civilian community. The Khanate wasn't hiring killers. They wanted ex-military and civilian police officers to create a national police force.They also wanted engineers and builders, cadres for their cadet corps and a whole range of specialist in jobs most of the Western World took for granted. The money came from off-shore accounts funded by Havenstone International. The employment opportunities came from Earth & Sky front companies operating in the UK and the US (and Israel, but that was another matter).They had already started hiring scores of civilian English-speaking experts to help build their newborn nation's infrastructure before the first blow landed. English hadn't been chosen out of any cultural bias. Relying on Russian and Chinese sources wasn't feasible, the Khanate wasn't overly linguistically gifted where distant tongues were concerned and, as pointed out, the English-speaking world had a glut of applicants.Now to the problem, there were people in the US and UK who weren't happy with their citizenry going to the Khanate and helping them to survive and thrive. These power groups wanted the Mongol-Turkish Empire to keep the resources flowing to the West, without any reciprocal commitment on their part.Imagine their surprise when some wonks at the State Department and Foreign Ministries found bundles of expedited passport requests to the (former) nations of Turkmenistan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Mongolia (and later Afghanistan and Iraq). The Department of Defense  Ministry of Defense were discovering their former military personnel and civilian contractors with Security Clearances were heading the same way.Of all those destinations, only Mongolia and Kazakhstan were under any kind of 'Restricted Travel' advisories. Barring any coherent anti-Khanate strategy from their administrations, the bureaucracies were doing their jobs, with Havenstone exerting just enough influence to get the job done while flying beneath the radar.After JIKIT was created, the group had a US Senator greasing the wheels to get the requests expedited. In England, Lady Worthington-Burke shamelessly used the people at the other end of the O'Shea hotline to get the job done overseas. She did have to sell out a teammate, but that was what good boys were for ~ taking one for the team. (That would be me, if there was any misunderstanding.)When Cáel Nyilas was kidnapped under the watchful eye of the FBI (I wasn't sure how they got that bum-wrap), the whole situation exploded. The PRC didn't have me, yet promised they might produce me if certain concessions were made. According to Addison, I was worth 5,000 barrels a day of refined fuel oil and 50 tons of coal a month, and the Great Khan agreed to pay! Woot! I was loved by somebody who was a somebody.All that attention drove home some salient points. I was a noble scion of Ireland, Romania, Georgia and Armenia (in no particular order) and they all wanted to know why the US had let me be kidnapped. Didn't my president know I was a sacred national treasure? After JIKIT tracked down the bribes and clandestine activities to Chinese shell corporations, those powers wanted to know what sanctions would be applied.'But wait, wasn't I a private citizen?' my national leaders pleaded. Then the PRC made a case which boiled down to 'I had it coming for being a fiancé to Hana Sulkanen and a brother to the Great Khan', while ignoring me being snatched in the territorial US of A. Of course, they didn't claim to have actually done the kidnapping.Javiera was waiting on that one; 'What was their excuse for kidnapping a little US girl to force my compliance?' The furious Federal authorities even found two dead adult bodies and two digits from said child to add to the media frenzy. To prove I had migrated to fantasy land, the CNN journalist got it right ~ they had tortured the girl and I had killed two of them for it. Just ask the Romanian Army how lethal I could be.In a rare comment, Temujin informed the international press that he believed I was still alive. Why did he believe that? If I wasn't, they would have been able to spot the pile of dead enemy around me and my 'boon companion' (go Aya!) from orbit. Until they discovered this carnal pit from Hell, I was surely still alive.Just at the cusp of turning publically against the Mongol barbarians, the world suddenly got angry with their enemy, the PRC. The principal two Western regimes were paralyzed with indecision until my miraculous cry for help from the middle of the Pacific showed the world I was alive, had punished my enemies and rescued others from under the opponent's cruel thumb.Clearly if I started ranting against the People's Republic of China, my government would be rather peeved with me. I hadn't screwed a dozen poli-sci majors to miss out on that obvious situation. I behaved and hoped they wouldn't make me die from an embolism, or some other equally implausible cause.(DC is a marvel. 9 pm, Monday, August 18th. 21 days)I'd been dragged to DC, to honor promises made in Rome a week ago. I had another choice; I could have justifiably said I was still getting over my kidnapping ordeal. But that choice fucked over Javiera Castello, my boss at JIKIT (Joint International Khanate Interim Task force).That was how I ended up in a 'secret and secure' meeting with Tony Blinken, Deputy National Security Advisor (DNSA) and his experts. He was someone I didn't know. The rest, I'd had a verbal run-in with them after the Romanian bloodbath. I'd been cranky. I would hardly consider us to be on good terms now.All four experts were from the US State Department. They were foregoing their usual group of flunkies because this meeting wasn't really happening. All the participants were officially somewhere else, mostly not even in D.C. Had this soiree 'really happened', the Congressional sub-committees would have been able to request the minutes of Tony's meeting with members of JIKIT and:·         Victoria Nuland, Ass. Sec. of State for European & Eurasian Affairs (ASSEEA)·         Robert O. Blake Jr., Ass. Sec. of State for S & C Asian Affairs (ASSCAA)·         Daniel R. Russel, Ass. Sec. of State for E. Asian and Pacific Affairs (ASSEAP)·         Bill A. Miller, Director of the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) (aka Big Willy)We made stiff, formal introductions (which signaled the utter lack of trust in the room.) Javiera hadn't wanted to put me through an interrogation this soon after my near-death experience, considering my snarky nature when stressed. The White House was putting the squeeze on her. The main player was Tony, who talked with the Leader of the Free World on a weekly, if not daily, basis.The Diplomatic Security Service people had successfully peeled off Pamela and my SD Amazons only after they agreed I could keep Aya. They tolerated me keeping the nine-year old girl despite the obvious fact she had gone through worse hardships than I had endured and was still packing her Chinese QSW-06 suppressed pistol.I had already fabricated and submitted my report on how I'd overcome a plane-full of rogue delinquents from the Forumi i Rinis  Eurosocialiste t  Shqip ris  (Euro-socialist Youth Forum of Albania) bent on recruiting impressionable European socialites by accessing my Twitter account.That's right, the Albanians had it out for me. I reiterated that critical bit of data to the Department of Homeland Security when they questioned me on the veracity of my memories. The two ethnic Chinese I was found with? I thought they were from Taiwan, and they both appeared to be suffering from amnesia.I was already suffering repercussions from my pathological refusal to take life seriously. Javiera believed I was about to get a formal apology from Ferit Hoxha, Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations. Damn it! Now I had to do something nice for the Albanians. Maybe I'd offer them membership in the Khanate, full-statehood with an economic package to sweeten the deal.Yes, that was how Albania and Kosovo joined the Khanate, a product of my love for exaggeration and a little post-Ottoman solidarity over Tarator (cold soup made of yoghurt, garlic, parsley, cucumber, salt and olive oil with a side of fried squids), Tav  Kosi (lamb meatballs) and Flia & Kaymak (a dessert I highly recommend).We had toasted the Pillars of Kanun (Albanian oral law and tradition): ~ Nderi (honor), Mikpritja (hospitality), Sjellja (Right Conduct) and Fis (Kin Loyalty), ~ and he promised to tell his people that I had Besa which was an Albanian-ism for being a man who would honor his word of honor (despite us being brought together by my lie). The shit-ton of financial and military aid I asked the Great Khan to sweeten the pot with might have helped as well.Later, Lady Yum-Yum told me that the military leaders of NATO called it a 'master-stroke' in neutralizing Comrade Putin's Russian-backed 'Greek threat

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WARNING: This episode is a little more on the "cussy" side. But if you have a sense of humor and realize that it's all in good fun, and that there are no F-words, and that I didn't actually write this story, then hopefully that will all be enough for you all not to judge me. God bless. Prepare to LAUGH with Nathaniel's humor/comedy book, "STUPID FUNNY" — out NOW! Grab your copy on paperback or eBook | https://a.co/d/bLGSQG7 ~ You'll like it. Unless ya don't. Check out more podcasts, music, and books from SSF host and creator Nathaniel David Knox here ~ https://www.treefortknox.com/ Like the original intro/outro theme song? You can listen to it wherever you stream your music. Just search: "So Silly (Theme From the SHORT STUPID FUNNY Podcast" by Nathaniel David Knox

Wanna know a secret? 16th-century explorer Giacomo Venturi has one. But what is it? What is this self-assured leader of the Good Ship Santa Claus hiding? And how has he been able to lead his weary crew on a months-long voyage into uncharted waters without so much as a map? Take a listen and find out. But be warned, people are not always as they seem. Well, accept phone scammers. They seem to be the worst (which they are). But, I digress.  Prepare to LAUGH with Nathaniel's humor/comedy book, "STUPID FUNNY" — out NOW! Grab your copy on paperback or eBook | https://a.co/d/bLGSQG7 ~ You'll like it. Unless ya don't. Check out more podcasts, music, and books from SSF host and creator Nathaniel David Knox here ~ https://www.treefortknox.com/ Like the original intro/outro theme song? You can listen to it wherever you stream your music. Just search: "So Silly (Theme From the SHORT STUPID FUNNY Podcast" by Nathaniel David Knox

Sherm is joined by Roger Brown from NH Football Report.com on this edition of the SSF. The guys review the NHL 4 Nations tourney…the Super Bowl commercials….the upcoming state basketball and hockey tournaments and wrap up with a look at the Devers dilemma for the Red Sox.

And the award for the next thing you should listen to for a good, silly laugh is...THIS EPISODE. Take a listen to this short-but-long-overdue dose of something funny, fun, and free (because podcasts are still free, I think)! Prepare to LAUGH with Nathaniel's humor/comedy book, "STUPID FUNNY" — out NOW! Grab your copy on paperback or eBook | https://a.co/d/bLGSQG7 ~ You'll like it. Unless ya don't. Check out more podcasts, music, and books from SSF host and creator Nathaniel David Knox here ~ https://www.treefortknox.com/ Like the original intro/outro theme song? You can listen to it wherever you stream your music. Just search: "So Silly (Theme From the SHORT STUPID FUNNY Podcast" by Nathaniel David Knox

Sherm rides solo with a reporters notebook SSF that includes his take on the Super Bowl…the coverage by Fox and Tom Brady's performance in the booth. Bill Belichick is also on Sherms radar including his biggest stumble in SB XLII against Eli Manning and the Giants.   The Red Sox sign their right handed bat... a look at schoolboy/girl sports and wrapping up with a “Two Minute Drill” about the return of “Dickie V”…Dick Vitale to college basketball broadcasting.

Jay Pinsonnault sports editor from SeacoastOnline.com  joins Sherm for this SSF. It's getting near the mid season point of boys and girls basketball and hockey and the guys review the seacoast teams and some of their standout players.   Sherm and Jay recap the national championship for Manchester N.H.'s Ryan Day and the Ohio State Buckeyes. The talk shifts to the NFL playoffs and the road to the Super Bowl.     They wrap up with hot stove conversation about the upcoming baseball spring training and Sherm's tribute to HOF broadcaster Bob Uecker.

Sherm Chester rides solo in this edition of the SSF. It's official that the New England Patriots hired Mike Vrabel to be their new head coach.  Sherm gives his thoughts on the hire and also on the way  Jerod Mayo was fired. On the schoolboy/school girl sports scene discussion turns to the upcoming schedules and current NHIAA standings. During the “Two Minute Drill” Sherm congratulates the winner of the SSF Fantasy football league and gives his take on the upcoming National College Football Championship.

Roger Brown is Sherm's guest host on this first 2025 edition of the SSF. The guys discuss the New Years college bowl games and the road to the NCAA football championship.  The effects of the Transfer Portal  on the game is also on the table.   The talk shifted to the Patriots and the future of Gerod Mayo and their potential NFL Draft pick but was edited out after the new of Mayos firing by Robert Kraft. (We will pick up that topic in the next edition)   During the “Two Minute Drill” Roger discusses an upcoming football camp and Sherm pays tribute to a member of the Bluehawk family.

A special reporters notebook holiday edition of the SSF. On the agenda Bill Belichick heads to college..the Celtics HOF Mount Rushmore..the Red Sox pick up an arm and a quick check on the stat of schoolboy hoops. Sherm and the reporters at SSF wishing you a safe and healthy holiday season and looking forward to an exciting 2025 sports year.

(Weihnachtswoche, Tag 4) "Wusstet ihr eigentlich …?" ist unser Name für "Zusatzfolgen" zu großen Podcasts. In ihnen kommen alle Infos, Anekdoten, O-Töne und andere Dinge unter, die in der Hauptfolge keinen Platz hatten, vergessen wurden oder uns zu spät eingefallen sind. Das Format ist eines unserer beliebesten und häufigsten Unterstützerformate: Allein in diesem Jahr gab es (mit dieser) 16 Ausgaben davon. 6 davon bezogen sich auf SF-Folgen, 7 auf SSF und 3 auf SFT. Diesmal geht es um Deus Ex, das ist keine Wiederveröffentlichung aus dem Steady- oder Patreon-Feed, sondern eine brandneue Folge! Darin besprechen wir… … das Geheimnis des fehlenden Empire State Buildings … warum die Leitern im Spiel so schlecht funktionieren … den Besuch der Matrix und der Ion-Storm-Büros via Deus Ex … kuriose Bugs und zwei NPCs auf der Suche nach Sitzgelegenheiten Und als Bonus erklärt uns Verschwörungsexperte Christian Beuster die Wahrheit hinter zwei Verschwörungsmythen des Spiels.

Sherm Chester is joined by Coach Jim Tufts and during this edition of the SSF with the hosts giving congratulations to the Undefeated NHIAA Division ! Champion Exeter Bluehawks. Interviews of the MVP for the title contest, Bluehawk Alan Barretto and his coach Dan Curran courtesy of Bluehawk Media  are included during the conversation. Coach Tufts shares his expertise on the secrets to a successful season. The guys wrap up with hockey talk and a Tufts family holiday tradition.

The high school tournament season is in full gear and the NHIAA football brackets are posted and Sherm reveals the pairings. Sam Bruno and Roger Brown are part of this edition of the SSF as well. Sam gives his take on the World Series and the Patriots.  Roger with his update on the football tourney and the playoff hopes for the UNH Wildcats. Check the fall tournament brackets and results at NHIAA.org

Sherm broadcasts solo this week with a reporters notebook edition of the SSF. Topics from his list include the toughest contest yet for the Exeter Bluehawks football team…the network dream World Series matchup…the Patriots “soft” controversy and the Bill Belichick corn maze ? Sherm wraps up with his thoughts on the passing of two 1975 World Series baseball legends…Pete Rose and Louis Tiant.

Jay Pinsonnault from Seacoast Media Group is special guest this week on the SSF. Jay and Sherm discuss the annual Seacoast New Hampshire Rivalry Week between Exeter and Hampton…the Bluehawks vs the Warriors. Both schools and their fall sports teams put it all out on the playing fields for bragging rights and to secure a top spot in the conference.   Jay also gives his take on the Patriots and the future for the Red Sox You can read Jay's sports coverage at secoastonline.com

The football season is underway…. Roger Brown from NHFootballReport.com joins Sherm on the SSF. The first week featured some surprises including a last minute head coaching change for the Granite States team with the longest winning streak.   The UNH Wildcats pick up their first win of the year against Holy Cross and the New England Patriots surprise fans by beating the Bengals and starting their season with a win for new head coach Jarod Mayo.   Roger gives his prediction for the Granite State game of the week. For more football coverage you can listen to Roger Brown on the 603 SPORTS PODCAST

Nick Anastos from FNLNH Media joins Sherm for this edition of the SSF. Nick a five tool play by play announcer shares his thought on the upcoming fall high school sports season.   The guys talk about what makes a solid broadcast team presentation no matter the sport. The Two Minute Drill includes Nick's round robin look at all the New England teams. Catch high school football all season long on the FNLNH YouTube channel.

Roger Brown joins Sherm on this edition of the SSF with the focus on the upcoming football season. The guys discuss Roger's pre-season top ten school boy Granite State teams on his website.      NHHardball.com Roger also handicaps the UNH WIldcat football season as well. Catch Roger's football reports on the 603 Sports Podcastl.

What happens when a peaceful little lakeside town gets taken over by a biker gang? Well. . . take a listen and find out. The answer may surprise you. Or maybe it won't, how should I know?   Check out more podcasts, music, and books from SSF host and creator Nathaniel David Knox here ~ https://www.treefortknox.com/   Prepare to LAUGH with Nathaniel's BRAND NEW humor/comedy book, "STUPID FUNNY" — out NOW! Grab your copy on paperback or eBook | https://a.co/d/bLGSQG7 ~ You'll like it. Unless ya don't.   Like the original intro/outro theme song? You can listen to it wherever you stream your music. Just search: "So Silly (Theme From the SHORT STUPID FUNNY Podcast" by Nathaniel David Knox   Original story, narration, recording, editing, Intro/Outro theme music (excluding additional music cues), and production by Nathaniel David Knox.

Guess what? You're about to get not one but two humor pieces for the price of none (podcasts are free, duh). Hope you laugh a little — or a lot. I have a feeling you're either going to love this epiosde or hate it...or think it's okay*. Enjoy, tell a friend, or leave a review (5 stars only please...anything less than that is just mean).   Check out more podcasts, music, and books from SSF host and creator Nathaniel David Knox here ~ https://www.treefortknox.com/   Prepare to LAUGH with Nathaniel's BRAND NEW humor/comedy book, "STUPID FUNNY" — out NOW! Grab your copy on paperback or eBook | https://a.co/d/bLGSQG7 ~ You'll like it. Unless ya don't.   Like the original intro/outro theme song? You can listen to it wherever you stream your music. Just search: "So Silly (Theme From the SHORT STUPID FUNNY Podcast" by Nathaniel David Knox   Original story, narration, recording, editing, Intro/Outro theme music (excluding additional music cues), and production by Nathaniel David Knox.   *That joke is an homage to one of my favorite comedians of all time: Mitch Hedberg. I used to love Mitch Hedberg. I still do, but I used to too.

Join us for episode #139 on July 30th, 2024, at 9AM GMT, when we dive into our first impressions of the Path of Exile: Settlers of Kalguur expansion following an intense league start weekend. Our hosts, CatmasterOP and BalorMage, are thrilled to be joined by two incredible guests: the SSF master and All4One author Lighty, and the unbelievably positive community favorite video essay creator TalkativeTri. We'll be sharing our initial experiences and thoughts on the Settlers of Kalguur Challenge League. From the first encounters with Dannig, Rog, Tujen, and Gwennen, to the exciting new resources like Crimson Iron and Verisium, we'll cover all the highs and lows of our adventures in Wraeclast. Hear about our progress in building the town of Kingsmarch and the strategies we've employed to establish trade routes and manage our shipments. This episode will delve into the new trade market system for currency and how it's changing the economy of Path of Exile. Faustus, the Heist league NPC, has made trading more efficient and streamlined, and we'll discuss our experiences with this new system during the league start. We'll also explore the Gladiator and Warden Ascendancy Classes, sharing our thoughts on the rework of the Gladiator, focusing on Bleeding, Block, and Retaliation skills, and the new Warden class with its elemental attacks and unique defensive abilities. How have these changes impacted our gameplay so far? Tune in to find out. Additionally, we'll be talking about the significant endgame improvements, including new encounters in Tier 16 and Tier 17 Maps, and the introduction of the 6th Map Device Slot. Hear our initial reactions to these changes and how they're affecting our endgame strategies. Console players will also want to tune in as we discuss the enhancements to the Path of Exile experience on consoles, with reduced loading times, improved visual fidelity, and optimized performance for next-gen consoles. Finally, we'll share our progress in town building and managing shipments, discussing the best methods for hiring workers, defending Kingsmarch from threats, and making the most out of the new crafting and recombination systems. Don't miss out on this exciting episode where we give you our first impressions and tips for thriving in the Settlers of Kalguur league. Make sure to like, subscribe, and ring the notification bell to stay updated on all our latest episodes and insights. ---------------------------------------------------------------- WRITTEN SHIPPING GUIDE: https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/1effp3q/ultimate_kingsmarch_shipping_guide/ SHIPPING CHEAT SHEET: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gtB0hPJeVA2JolLddvlp_dXywDfMHGenzJ3O6bW7l8A/edit?gid=0#gid=0 ---------------------------------------------------------------- PATREON ►► https://www.patreon.com/catmasterOP LIVE STREAM ►► https://www.twitch.tv/catmasterOP TWITTER ►► https://www.twitter.com/catmasterOP PODCAST FATED CONNECTIONS ►► https://linktr.ee/fatedpodcast EVERYTHING ►► https://linktr.ee/catmasterOP ---------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks For Watching! #Pathofexile #ARPG #Explained

Join us for episode #139 on July 30th, 2024, at 9AM GMT, when we dive into our first impressions of the Path of Exile: Settlers of Kalguur expansion following an intense league start weekend. Our hosts, CatmasterOP and BalorMage, are thrilled to be joined by two incredible guests: the SSF master and All4One author Lighty, and the unbelievably positive community favorite video essay creator TalkativeTri. We'll be sharing our initial experiences and thoughts on the Settlers of Kalguur Challenge League. From the first encounters with Dannig, Rog, Tujen, and Gwennen, to the exciting new resources like Crimson Iron and Verisium, we'll cover all the highs and lows of our adventures in Wraeclast. Hear about our progress in building the town of Kingsmarch and the strategies we've employed to establish trade routes and manage our shipments. This episode will delve into the new trade market system for currency and how it's changing the economy of Path of Exile. Faustus, the Heist league NPC, has made trading more efficient and streamlined, and we'll discuss our experiences with this new system during the league start. We'll also explore the Gladiator and Warden Ascendancy Classes, sharing our thoughts on the rework of the Gladiator, focusing on Bleeding, Block, and Retaliation skills, and the new Warden class with its elemental attacks and unique defensive abilities. How have these changes impacted our gameplay so far? Tune in to find out. Additionally, we'll be talking about the significant endgame improvements, including new encounters in Tier 16 and Tier 17 Maps, and the introduction of the 6th Map Device Slot. Hear our initial reactions to these changes and how they're affecting our endgame strategies. Console players will also want to tune in as we discuss the enhancements to the Path of Exile experience on consoles, with reduced loading times, improved visual fidelity, and optimized performance for next-gen consoles. Finally, we'll share our progress in town building and managing shipments, discussing the best methods for hiring workers, defending Kingsmarch from threats, and making the most out of the new crafting and recombination systems. Don't miss out on this exciting episode where we give you our first impressions and tips for thriving in the Settlers of Kalguur league. Make sure to like, subscribe, and ring the notification bell to stay updated on all our latest episodes and insights. ---------------------------------------------------------------- WRITTEN SHIPPING GUIDE: https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/1effp3q/ultimate_kingsmarch_shipping_guide/ SHIPPING CHEAT SHEET: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gtB0hPJeVA2JolLddvlp_dXywDfMHGenzJ3O6bW7l8A/edit?gid=0#gid=0 ---------------------------------------------------------------- PATREON ►► https://www.patreon.com/catmasterOP LIVE STREAM ►► https://www.twitch.tv/catmasterOP TWITTER ►► https://www.twitter.com/catmasterOP PODCAST FATED CONNECTIONS ►► https://linktr.ee/fatedpodcast EVERYTHING ►► https://linktr.ee/catmasterOP ---------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks For Watching! #Pathofexile #ARPG #Explained

Who knew insomnia can cause you to not sleep so good? Take a quick visit inside the racing mind of Nathaniel David Knox as he shares his most important, thought-provoking, and forgettable thoughts he's ever had while trying to fall asleep.   Check out more podcasts, music, and books from SSF host and creator Nathaniel David Knox here ~ https://www.treefortknox.com/   Prepare to LAUGH with Nathaniel's BRAND NEW humor/comedy book, "STUPID FUNNY" — out NOW! Grab your copy on paperback or eBook | https://a.co/d/bLGSQG7 ~ You'll like it. Unless ya don't.   Like the original intro/outro theme song? You can listen to it wherever you stream your music. Just search: "So Silly (Theme From the SHORT STUPID FUNNY Podcast" by Nathaniel David Knox   *Original story, narration, recording, editing, Intro/Outro theme music (excluding additional music cues), and production by Nathaniel David Knox.

Drivng a motor vehicle is a blessing. But it can also be a curse. And a pain. And a nightmare.   That's why it's important to do all we can to make our roads as safe, accessible, and pain-in-the-butt-free as possible. Not sure where to beging? You're in luck because on this episode, Nathaniel David Know will tell you a few helpul hints on how to be a better driver . . . not a bitter one.   PS - I am fully convinced that not another soul will ever read this part of the episode description. Does anyone read these things anymore? Does anyone read anything anymore? Does anyone do anything ever anymore? If you do . . . send me an email and tell me (contact on my website). That be kinda cool. Enjoy the episode. Laugh hard and drive safe.   Here is my other podcast SEVERAL STORIES HIGH (the story about me getting a truck stuck in an underpass is episode 14) ~ https://www.treefortknox.com/podcasts   Check out more podcasts, music, and books from SSF host and creator Nathaniel David Knox here ~ https://www.treefortknox.com/   Prepare to LAUGH with Nathaniel's BRAND NEW humor/comedy book, "STUPID FUNNY" — out NOW! Grab your copy on paperback or eBook | https://a.co/d/bLGSQG7 ~ You'll like it. Unless ya don't.   *Original story, narration, recording, editing, Intro/Outro theme music (excluding additional music cues), and production by Nathaniel David Knox.

On this edition of the SSF our guest is Jon Rineman author of "The Garden is Always Greener" (an alternate NBA timeline) of the Boston Celtics. Jon is a North Hampton native who has been a comedy writer with Jimmy Fallon, Jay Leno among his resume and a lifelong Celtics fan using his talents to write this humorous account  of “what might have been” during the Larry Bird/Michael Jordan era of the NBA. Jon explains how he put it all together and the inspiration of his enjoying the Celts with his father and seeing Alzheimer's robbing them of that mutual affection. The proceeds of the book going to the Alzheimer's Association now through September.

Sad Summer Fest kicks off this Thursday! And we sit down to chat with Alex Garcia of Mayday Parade about the fest, what it's like curating the lineup, what else the band is cookin' up and more.You can listen AND watch the video over on our brand-spankin' new YouTube channel.______CHECK OUT SAD SUMMERFEST & MAYDAY PARADE:Buy Tickets to Sad Summer FestFOLLOW MAYDAY PARADE:Insta | TikTok | Twitter | Site______INTERVIEWS ALL IN ONE PLACEWe created a fresh Interview Only YouTube channel. Make sure to go and give that a follow so you don't miss any of our upcoming interview videos!______Make Me A Fan Spotify PlaylistCheck out our Spotify playlist for all of our upcoming episodes, so you can see if you'll become a fan yourself (if you aren't already) of these artists we're going through.EMO SOCIAL PATREONIf you're looking for more content from us, subscribe to our Patreon FOR FREE or, if you want a lil' more access, it's only $1/month as we restart it! This includes content left on the cutting room floor, full interviews and more.______AFFILIATE LINKSTubebuddy has helped us reach a larger audience, streamline our videos, and perfect the way we use the algorithm. Try Tubebuddy today and support our channel.----Like the music on the channel? Need copyright-free music for your streams and YouTube videos? Check out Epidemic Sound!Use our link for a free, one-month trial. ______Join the club!Twitch: https://emosocialclub.tvDiscord: https://emosocial.club/discordTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@xemosocialclubxTwitter: https://emosocial.club/twitterInstagram: https://emosocial.club/instagramYoutube: https://emosocial.club/youtubeFacebook: https://emosocial.club/facebook  Follow us!Brian: @spookypants1Lizzie: @bordenbathory

Summer is here and we kick it off with a SSF special edition starting off with Sherm's New England sports notebook. We also feature a segment of an interview with Exeter High School's retiring Athletic Director Bill Ball. Check out the entire video edition of the interview and a special SSF documentary  “Uncommon Champions” about the 1997 Exeter Bluehawk football teams first championship in 32 years on the Seacoast Sports Forum YouTube channel.

Sherm and Roger Brown discuss the upcoming schoolboy baseball playoffs on this edition of the SSF. Exeter Coach Bruce Joyce is featured in an interview with his take on the great season for the Bluehawks and the road ahead going after the D1 title. The guys talk about the recent UNH Wildcat Blue/White game and the future of NFL draft pick Wildcat standout Dylan Laube. During the “Two Minute Drill” Sherm recaps the dedication ceremony of the Exeter track facility to former athletic director Cass Donovan

Coach Jim Tufts is guest on this edition of the SSF discussing the upcoming Seacoast Special Olympics event May 5th at Exeter High School. Also on the agenda Jim and Sherm talk high school lacrosse…NHL Stanley Cup action and wrap up with Coach Tufts expressing his feelings on the retirement of Exeter's athletic director Bill Ball

Roger Brown joins Sherm in this edition of the SSF with spring sports finally underway. The guys talk Granite State baseball with Roger giving early season observations on teams and players. Other topics on the agenda..the busy month ahead for the pros…The Stanley Cup and NBA playoffs are underway…the upcoming NFL draft with the potential of a UNH Wildcat going pro and the Wildcat Blue/White game April 26th. The Two Minute Drill features an upcoming College Showcase and Sherm highlights the Seacoast Area Special Olympics Meet at Exeter High School coming up on May 5th.   Catch Roger Brown at NH Hardball.com and NH FootballReport.com

Josh Morissette,  a standout college athlete from Exeter is the special guest on this edition of the SSF with the emphasis on basketball and in particular his development as a successful college player. Sherm talks with Josh about his transition from high school to prep school to college player and the differences in coaching techniques he's received and his advice to young players. Josh also gives his feelings about the upcoming retirement of Exeter High Athletic Director Bill Ball and wraps up with his March Madness predictions.

A little poetry is good for the soul. But do you know what isn't good for the soul? Having to keep up with all the workplace buzzwords and phrases of corporate career culture. Love them or hate them, things like "unpack," "let's circle back," and "TL:DR," aren't going anywhere anytime soon. But what if some of the great poets of old had used those same kinds of words in thier famous works? How would one of those altered poems strike your ear? Would it be pleasant like a soft breeze on the back of your neck? Or kinda gross, like a hard sneeze — also on the back of your neck? Take a listen and find out!   Prepare to LAUGH with Nathaniel's BRAND NEW humor/comedy book, "STUPID FUNNY" — out NOW! Grab your copy on paperback or eBook | https://a.co/d/bLGSQG7 ~ You'll like it. Unless ya don't.   Check out more podcasts, music, and books from SSF host and creator Nathaniel David Knox here ~ https://www.treefortknox.com/   *Nearly all elements of this episode of Short Stupid Funny were created by Nathaniel David Knox — including original story, narration, recording, editing Intro/Outro music (excluding additional music cues), and production.

In this episode, you'll get an inside scoop into one of Fictional City, Maryland's many gangland wars. This particular conflict starts with bullets but ends in betrayal, heartbreak, and a bit of chafing. Take a listen, have a laugh, and maybe even share this episode with a friend. Happy listening!   Prepare to LAUGH with Nathaniel's BRAND NEW humor/comedy book, "STUPID FUNNY" — out NOW! Grab your copy on paperback or eBook | https://a.co/d/bLGSQG7 ~ You'll like it. Unless ya don't.   Check out more podcasts, music, and books from SSF host and creator Nathaniel David Knox here ~ https://www.treefortknox.com/   *Nearly all elements of this episode of Short Stupid Funny were created by Nathaniel David Knox — including original story, narration, recording, editing Intro/Outro music (excluding additional music cues), and production.

Ever wonder who the heck said all those "Unknown" and "Anonymous" quotes? Well I'm about to tell ya. And the answer may surprise you.   Prepare to LAUGH with Nathaniel's BRAND NEW humor/comedy book, "STUPID FUNNY" — out NOW! Grab your copy on paperback or eBook | https://a.co/d/bLGSQG7 ~ You'll like it. Unless ya don't.   Check out more podcasts, music, and books from SSF host and creator Nathaniel David Knox here ~ https://www.treefortknox.com/   *Nearly all elements of this episode of Short Stupid Funny were created by Nathaniel David Knox — including original story, narration, recording, editing Intro/Outro music (excluding additional music cues), and production.

It's safe to say that everyone thinks Dinosaurs are pretty cool, right? I hope I havent divided my audience by taking such a stance. If you can find it in your heart to give me another shot, take a listen to this fun and funny little episode about some of the more obscure dinosaurs you won't find in any of the biology books. If you like this episode, share it with a friend who needs some cheering up. Nothing like dinos to really bring people together — in Juras-sickness and in health. Okay, that was bad. But the episode is good. I swears.   Prepare to LAUGH with Nathaniel's BRAND NEW humor/comedy book, "STUPID FUNNY" — out NOW! Grab your copy on paperback or eBook | https://a.co/d/bLGSQG7 ~ You'll like it. Unless ya don't.   Check out more podcasts, music, and books from SSF host and creator Nathaniel David Knox here ~ https://www.treefortknox.com/   *Nearly all elements of this episode of Short Stupid Funny were created by Nathaniel David Knox — including original story, narration, recording, editing Intro/Outro music (excluding additional music cues), and production.

It's no secret that the current job market is wonderful. Did I say wonderful? I meant abysmal. But don't you worry. In this episode, I'll take you through my personal career journey, culminating into the secret of how I landed my dream job. I hope it inspires you to keep going, and to give up — I mean — to give it a go again. Listen up and prepare to laugh your butt off.   Prepare to LAUGH with Nathaniel's BRAND NEW humor/comedy book, "STUPID FUNNY" — out NOW! Grab your copy on paperback or eBook | https://a.co/d/bLGSQG7 ~ You'll like it. Unless ya don't.   Check out more podcasts, music, and books from SSF host and creator Nathaniel David Knox here ~ https://www.treefortknox.com/   *Nearly all elements of this episode of Short Stupid Funny were created by Nathaniel David Knox — including original story, narration, recording, editing Intro/Outro music (excluding additional music cues), and production.

In this episode of the Identity at the Center Podcast, hosts Jim McDonald and Jeff Steadman are joined by guests Atul Tulshibagwale, CTO of SGNL and Co-chair of the Shared Signals Working Group, and Sean O'Dell, Senior Staff Security Engineer at Disney. The discussion revolves around Continuous Access Evaluation Profile (CAEP), Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR), and the Shared Signals Framework (SSF). Atul and Sean share their insights into the importance of CAEP, ITDR, and SSF for IAM practitioners. They also delve into real-life examples of how these concepts work together. The conversation concludes on a lighter note, with Sean sharing his Star Wars-themed office room and everyone discussing their favorite Star Wars, Marvel, or Indiana Jones movies and shows. Connect with Atul: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tulshi/ Learn more about SGNL: https://sgnl.ai/ Connect with Sean: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanodentity/ Re-thinking federated identity with the Continuous Access Evaluation Protocol: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/re-thinking-federated-identity-with-the-continuous-access-evaluation-protocol Shared Signals Working Group: https://openid.net/wg/sharedsignals/ Connect with us on LinkedIn: Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/ Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/ Visit the show on the web at idacpodcast.com and follow @IDACPodcast on Twitter.

Wir hatten noch Gesprächsbedarf zum Thema Sensible Soccer und haben uns nochmal hingesetzt und über einige offene Fragen geredet, etwa warum eigentlich der Musiker Captain Sensible im Soundtrack vorkommt, was Sensible Soccer mit Segas World Championship Soccer II gemein hat und warum Leute heutzutage noch SWOS spielen. Bei letzterer Frage hatten wir Unterstützung vom Sensible-Experten Michael Jänsch, der mit sensiblesoccer.de die größte Fanseite zum Thema betreut. Vielen Dank für das Interview, Michael! Hinweis: Dieser Podcast ist ein Beispiel für unser Format „Wusstet ihr eigentlich… ?“, das ist eine Serie von Begleitfolgen zu den großen Hauptfolgen, die wir normalerweise exklusiv für unsere Unterstützer veröffentlichen. Darin arbeiten wir unbenutzte Recherche auf, führen aber zuweilen auch extra Interviews und gehen mit intensiver Recherche Randfragen nach, die im normalen Podcast unbeantwortet geblieben sind. Derlei Folgen machen wir zu den meisten der Hauptfolgen von SF, SSF und SFT. Alle diese und massenhaft andere Formate gibt es auf Patreon und Steady für Unterstützer ab ca. 5 Euro monatlich.