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Outside of the Bills, I don’t prioritize watching football until the playoffs. The NFL has become more sideshow than I ever imagined.

Define government assistance. It's probably broader than you think. For example, I work in the legal field. I see and know of tons of MAGA-types getting free lawyers--through Legal Aid, Assigned Counsel, conflict defender, federal public defender, VLP, AFCs. You name it, they take it. That's all taxpayer funded, with the exception of VLP, which is volunteer. But I'm the "evil Democrat" who admittedly has used state education and government-sponsored student loans (of which I paid back every penny), and has otherwise never taken a dime of public assistance. According to these penniless fools, I'm also the leech. It's quite something, actually. I can't say that I totally disagree with that. There's a lot of laziness, apathy, unwillingness to work, and frankly absence of shame. But here's the thing: I see that I a lot of people who are now MAGA. Ever watch thousand pound sisters? The next day those slobs work will be the first. Dollars to donuts (if the sisters don't get them first), the majority of those jelly rollers are MAGA voters. They think it's the fault of the immigrants and the Democrats that they're losers. Hill and trailer country in Erie County is no different. Don't like your lot in life? Stop getting banged up at the fire hall three nights a week and get another job. But they don't, and they won't, and they'll continue to blame everyone else for their obesity and health problems while on the inevitable path to Medicaid and Medicare.

Also, given this video, Diggs would fit in well with Kansas City’s merry band of misfits

So where's James Cook? Depends on the daughter. Mine was very casual. My grand nephew and wife had one that would make the last Royal wedding look like a church picnic.

Amen!…..welcome back. Was beginning to think the thread was dead. You’ll get no argument from me, never a need to, Dodgers are a machine when not healthy. Thought I heard a fat lady yesterday for a sec, so I turned off the game to check, but it Mr. Softee, so I got an ice cream cone and a milkshake to soothe my jangled nerves with realization of pretty much everything you covered. I’m doing my part to pitch in. I got so pumped last season I’vs been buying thousands of dollars of Yankee crap to display, I’m rekindling my youthful obsession. Last night the room was ablaze with Yankee lights displaying my haul and to send some karma….looking like I’ll need to be doing that more than I’d hoped.

Nothing gets cardi b’s W.A.P going like watching stef with coke and hoes

I don't know if it holds true in Merry Olde but over here you generally have 10-20 people (many of whom may be strangers or never have participated) and are executing an intricately timed ceremony without the benefit of any sort of real time instruction. When you also take into consideration that pre-wedding brides are temporarily insane, high-strung sociopathic perfectionists that are liable to murder anybody who fails to make their day perfect, then you'll realize that taking a 20 minute walkthrough can possibly save multiple lives.

Is this your MO or something? Very bizarre to argue something for 3 pages to end with “who knows if he’d get the same salary as the other guy.”

On immigration policy and on foreign policy (the tariff stuff is economic policy, not foreign policy), he's been much better than where we would've been had the Joyful One been elected. When / where federal judicial branch openings are available, he'll be significantly better than she would have been. There is 0.0% chance DoGE would even have been attempted under her. And continued attempts to stiffle free speech would have ramped up just like they're continuing in the EU. On the rest of it, well, he had been a Democrat for most of his life.

Yea I get the night before in law meal. That is logical. The rehearsal.... less so.

not screwing over—other than providing nearly unwatchable product

😆 Josh wasn’t a V at the age of 15 man.

It's also an opportunity for in-laws who may not be very familiar with each other to spend some time then share a meal together.

Yet another way still to look at it is "minimum wage" is SUPPOSED to be for those entering the labor market or those simply supplementing their other income sources. Those jobs are not meant to be careers nor for raising families. The taxpayer isn't subsidizing the HS student working to have money to afford a car and to find out just why he/she wants to go on to college nor the SS recipient that wants to be able to work part time for whatever reason(s) that usually aren't related to being able to avoid having to have dog food on the table. Yes, there are those that aren't in those starting out / supplementing categories that need miminum wage jobs. And many of them fall into the categories of individuals you mention above. And absolutely those are the people that SNAP is tailor made to help. The question(s) to be answered is how do you get those that are mulitgenerationally in the welfare system out of it. And personally believe that starts by fixing the educational system particularly in inner cities and impoverished rural areas and also by incentivizing rather than penalizing two parent families. Realizing there is no overnight fix to issues that have engulfed at least 60 years worth of people growing up in that same situation.

Point I contested was that it was asserted the Commissioners in the NBA, NHL and MLB, unlike Goodell, were screwing over their fans.

Why wouldn't a successor (picked by Goodell himself) not demand the same? Whether he gets it or not who knows, but why would he not ask for it? Makes no sense not to. Tags got paid 8 million his final year. Goodell had already made 6.9 million by his 7th month as Tags replacement 19 years ago. So you're wrong there too.

Or perhaps we shouldn’t brag about stats until we have a platform to stand on. Want to brag about individual stats or Josh’s MVP? Awesome, I’m right there with you - especially if it’s a concrete award the player can show off. But to brag about team stats when the team hasn’t accomplished the singular goal every team strives for year after year? It just rings hollow. You can feel differently and brag about these stats all you want, that’s your prerogative. It’s also mine to shrug at such team statistics that haven’t been backed by anything concrete.

Donald Trump's House of Wings!

I'm not sure all of this expansion (on TV and internationally) gets done without the ultimate macher---Goodell. He knows all the "players" in all forms of broadcasting. Some new guy would not be viewed in the same way by those paying to broadcast the NFL.... Rule changes I agree--nothing to do with Goodell.

You keep saying the successor is going to “demand” the exact same compensation, now you want to move off it. You can’t defend this position. It’s obvious. You don’t actually think that Goodell in his first year as commissioner made the exact same as Tagliabue did in year 17. Because it’s really silly to think.

This has nothing to do with associates and partners--in the NFL there are none. Probably best to move off that odd comp. Whether there are 2 or 2000 lawyers clamoring to take the job has no meaning---only Goodell has it and he's not going anywhere until he says so. The owners have to be completely satisfied with his tenure thus far. His "successor" is a non-issue.

My understanding from someone who works in the NFL's UK office is the initial push was him to the owners and there was some scepticism at first. I don't think that happens (at least not as early as it did) with AN Other commissioner. I think that is distinct from rule changes and streaming which kinda would happened a pace whoever was Commissioner.

good for them. well done.

Because he otherwise doesn’t get the job and can stay being the assistant to the regional manager for comparative pennies? This isn’t the football side of things. It’s not like the QB market where there’s only 12 guys on the planet worth paying. There are lots of executives and lawyers that would kill to be commissioner. When Goodell got hired, I don’t think he was saying “pay me what Tags was making or I refuse to accept the job and will instead make 100k as the assistant to the President of the AFC.” You take what they give you.