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Of course they do. The notion that additional time, dialogue and negotiation was an option v an armed raid is discounted. As does the fact that after multiple hours and complete control of the premises, the DOJ allegedly grabbed tax information and correspondence between Trump and his attorney. Thereafter, the resistance of the DOJ to the notion of an impartial Special Master to weed through the data was a red flag. I think Chi will argue that this is simply a reflection of the purity of the law, the essential application of the hand of justice. I’d argue that the application of simple, honest and straightforward event management would include dialogue about how to avoid any appearance of impropriety. On the other hand, it turned out that the Smith approach likely led, at least in part, to Trump return to the White House. In that regard, the Chi’s of the world played a key role in that. Complete clusterf*ck.

I currently live west of FT Lauderdale. Most likely move a few hours north and maybe west coast of Florida. In a perfect world one of the Virgin Islands.

Im shocked! Shocked I tell you!!!

My guess is that a $12 million deal with $30 million guaranteed will get done by game 1. He knows that this team is his best chance to get a SB, and the Bills know that he is the perfect RB for this offense. If they wait a year, his price goes up.

There were some years during the drought where I still watched/followed the team but I just knew they were a horrible team and had no actual faith in them accomplishing anything. I would call those seasons "going through the motions" years for me

After Wade was fired and that bumfluck Williams took over I lost alotta love.

Late '70s into mid-80s during undergrad and grad school. Just didn't have time to sh!t or wind my watch. Given the state of the Bills back then, the timing was fortuitous.

I was comparing outcomes, and your comments regarding apples, oranges, legal v political were fine. Your comment regarding a “stunt for ignorant” was standard fare from the typical Biden voter who fancies himself enlightened in spite of…well, well, just about everything Joe Biden. You didn’t stop there, though, and shared some graphic mental imagery regarding boot licking. While I have no doubt you would hold court on “apples v oranges”, the question is really would you characterize someone you disagreed with as a boot licker at the office? At a neighborhood block party? When ordering a coffee at Dunkin’? Oh—when working out at the local gym—would you tell the guy on the bench press who lingered a bit to “Get it moving, ya damn boot licker?”. I think you probably wouldn’t. For some reason here, in a silly conversation about political prosecutions in one of the dirtiest and grimiest political places on the planet, you felt it appropriate.

I'm triggered

Or every year since you’ve become a fan it’s been the same amount of passion every year? From 2001-2006 I did fall a bit of Bills fandom/following the team. Largely a result of being in college those years and not really much stood out from the team. Just in retrospect Drew Bledsoe from memory.

Let me preface this by saying that I am not close to the retirement age yet and I still have alot of work to do if I ever see retirement but I'm also at that age where parents, aunts and uncles, and friends are entering the retirement years and it's been fun watching them get to that stage and for the first time in my life it's something I am starting to think about in the back of my mind. I think about how if I wanted to remain in WNY I think my ideal place to live would be in one of those Condo's along the water at Niawanda Park. But as a golfer it would be cool retiring somewhere like North Carolina or Florida where you can pretty much play year round. The Villages in FL sound like the party spot for retirees. But I know this Country has alot to offer for retirement communities so would love to hear your opinions

Isn't that the definition of "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts"? The Bills OL is excellent but what makes it even better is making its job easier (QB) and philosophy (running the ball). If you exchanged Allen for Tua and the Bills philosophy for Miami's, the OL would not perform nearly as well.

Where are the Bills with Cook and the contract situation? Are they closer to getting a deal done? He is our 2nd best player on offense. Need to get a deal done hopefully.

ahoy matey. I will tag @Logic he is grateful Dead fan. I think he would like this thread 🙂 I saw them once upon Tempe AZ circa 1980 , or maybe 1981 I'd have to Google

He just likes that it looks like he has a stick up his butt when he runs.

As a campaign volunteer for Zohran (a “Ma’am-dani,” if you will…hurray for early-morning neologism!!), I can say with 100% certainty that he’s not intending to seize the means of production from private NYC businesses. Adding one public grocery store in each borough doesn’t qualify as “seizing the means of production” LOL… One of his main campaign policies, in fact, is to trim excessive regulations and red tape that prevent small businesses from competing with large ones. This is a policy I’d think right-wing populists could support?? Even if Zohran were to perform a complete post-campaign heel turn, he’d still have to contend with the entirety of the state’s Democratic Party establishment that is deeply committed to neoliberalism. One of Zohran’s biggest expected challenges will be getting Hochul and her crony capitalist acolytes in Albany to agree to Zohran’s absurdly modest tax hikes on the NYC rich. Consider this post a “FWIW” rebuttal, BTW. TBH, I couldn’t care less what you guys think about Zohran’s campaign. I’m confident we’re going to hit the majority vote threshold in November, regardless of y’all’s online Boomerish histrionics. You brought up Venezuela, which is in no way an indictment of democratic socialism. The issues that have plagued their government since 1998 are not characteristic of any particular economic system: a macroeconomy insanely dependent on one commodity (oil), deeply entrenched corruption, a reckless monetary policy, reckless fiscal policies, and sustained Western imperialist sanctions. The Chavez/Maduro price control measures have more to do with dirigisme and stupidity than anything market socialists or economically literate DSA members would ever support. You also brought up Trump’s tariffs. Yes, I generally do support targeted tariffs meant to boost domestic manufacturing. No, I don’t support the particular tariff mess that this populist charlatan is implementing. Where are the accompanying collective bargaining laws or Keynesian stimulus packages to help make the return of good-paying manufacturing jobs a timely reality?? Spoiler alert: these jobs aren’t coming back under Trump. His tariff wars have been a giant buy-low, sell-high scheme for his corporate cronies. I blame neoliberalism because decades of macroeconomics research papers point to neoliberalism as the culprit for urban unaffordability. It has absolutely nothing to do with my perceived political tribalism. The economics research literature has been unambiguous in its revelation that we have been mired on the left side of Laffer’s curve all this time. How deep into the academic weeds are you willing to go on a pro football message board?? Look again at the nine cost-of-living factors I brought up in my previous post. By far the most consequential factor is wage growth, as a function of inflation and worker productivity. The next biggest factor has got to be health care costs, the leading cause of family bankruptcy in America. In what ways have progressive policies negatively impacted these two factors?! The issues of urban affordability and food deserts, here in NYC and elsewhere in America, predate and extend well beyond the era of COVID lockdowns and BLM riots. Once again, I’ll just reiterate here that I formulate economic opinions from economic data and not from political axioms. Also, I take umbrage with the notion that “free money” and “closing down businesses” were distinctly progressive policies at that time. It was conventional economic wisdom to provide financial stimulus so to prevent a far more dangerous DEFLATIONARY cycle, as a result of the collapse in consumer demand. It was conventional epidemiological wisdom to shut down NYC, in the face of an emergent pandemic, because NYC is a major transmission nexus and one of the most densely populated places in the world. You’re asking me to consider the employer side of the employer-employee relationship. I do, on occasion, when the situation warrants it. Those situations in this era of neoliberalism, however, are few and far between. I can’t help but laugh at the capitalists whining about their own incompetence navigating paid family/medical leaves in the year 2025… Your last paragraph is interesting to me because I actually find the strength of Zohran’s platform to be proposing simple things that have been done before, elsewhere across the world, with proven levels of success. But if novel and ambitious ideas are what you seek from the far left, contact your local DSA and tell them to advocate for market socialism: have some goods and services nationalized and government-run, but have most others commodified by worker cooperatives. We can start small and expand with time. Extant private businesses, in their traditional form, can be grandfathered into the new economy so that no “seizure” of the means of production is necessary! Yay!

Three wins in a row and the Blue Jays finally lost a game. Hopefully their mid-season slump is over, and they can get back in first place in the division. Let's Go Yanks!

This case is definitive proof that the Dems must control the narrative for the stupid, because without it they will lose every election. No one cares that Kimmel made the same joke because everyone knows he is a known liar and no one with any intelligence listens to him at all, but a random tweet caused people not to vote.

7/9/95 was the last concert Jerry performed with the Dead. He died exactly one month later on 8/9/95.

Maybe he’s born with it…

BUMPING this to archive joy division no love lost Ditto Blackfoot train train I used to own this on vinyl

I'm seeing lots of posts on social media from multiple sources describing what a miserable guy he's been at his various events, appearances, summer camps for kids, etc. Anyone else have a similar experience? Here are a few samples that came up in my feed: My son attended his camp in Albany on Monday. He showed up late and appeared completely miserable. My kid come off the field and said cook was acting like he didnt even want to be there. Everyone has bad days and things happen but to act like that at a camp for kids who look up to you A reply to the above said; We attended one the next day in Buffalo same kind of thing. Acting like he just woke up barely any interaction with the kids. My son said he was rude. He told kids to “stop asking questions” and “just look at the camera and take the picture” not impressed what so ever..I’ve heard nothing but awful things by many it’s unfortunate And another: We didn’t sign up this year because last years it was a one and done type thing. He was late and miserable there too… didn’t sign anything else for anyone unless you paid extra for the on field access…

I've brought it up before and nobody has an answer. I think it is an admin account, either of Simon or SDS side login.

Definitely enjoyed Timothy Olyphant’s portrayal as the “Shooter McGavin” of the series … definitely not Ted Lasso but certainly enjoyable light summer viewing fare