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Mr. PortnoyMr. Portnoy

Anyone who still uses a fax machine is by definition an idiot.

My son told me, I always remember this, not that long ago, he said anybody that uses a fax is by definition an idiot... I knew the minute I did that, I was going to hear about it.

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Jan 4, 2019
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Big CatBig Cat

The 2018-19 NFL playoffs are the most wide-open in history

I've been saying it. It is the most wide-open playoffs we've ever had, and I'm excited. Yeah, three of the four games [this weekend] are under a field goal in terms of the point spread.

The 2018-19 season featured many close games, but calling it the 'most wide-open ever' is a subjective superlative.
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Jan 4, 2019
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Big CatBig Cat

The Saturday afternoon Wild Card game is always the worst game of the NFL season.

We always say this is the shittiest game and it usually is... it's where you get all your jokes off... it's really the Twitter jokes game.

The 2018 game (Colts/Texans) was actually a 21-7 win for the Colts, which fits the 'low scoring/boring' mold despite having good QBs.
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Jan 4, 2019
#18181
Big CatBig Cat

The Colts will beat the Texans in the Wild Card round

My pinky's on the line, and I'm not saying this just because my pinky's on the line. I think the Colts are going to win this game.

The Colts defeated the Texans 21-7 on January 5, 2019.

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Mr. PortnoyMr. Portnoy

Late-night TV news commercials for products like CarShield are frauds

When I see them up there, those products are fraud... I mean, they wouldn't be advertising there if they weren't a fraud. I have an occasional check with the FTC site and the Better Business Bureau to see various of these companies have all sorts of consumer complaints against them. And what a shock!

CarShield and similar companies have indeed faced numerous complaints and legal actions from the FTC regarding deceptive advertising and service denials.
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Mr. PortnoyMr. Portnoy

If a commercial starts by saying 'this is not a scam,' it's probably a scam

When they started with the reverse mortgages... the ad started with a sentence: 'This is not a scam.' I mean, that was the furthest thing from my mind until he put it in my head that this might be a scam. Why are they saying it's legit? It never occurred to me that it's not, but now I'm going to start to investigate it.

While logically sound in terms of consumer skepticism, it remains an opinion on marketing rhetoric.
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Mr. PortnoyMr. Portnoy

The New York Times was desperate for Alex Cooper to say something negative about Barstool Sports

It was obvious to me... that the New York Times was salivating to get [Alex Cooper] to say something that would be damaging to Barstool. And she didn't. They couldn't resist getting [the sidebar about Dave Portnoy] in there.

The editorial intent of a publication is inherently subjective and cannot be definitively proven.

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