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Id love to take credit Dule, but it was simply an autocorrect. I do t take false credit for stuff.

interesting to see how this impacts Cook

The Cincinnati Shame: Mayor Says He Is Too Busy to Talk to Victims David Strom If a gang of white people stalked and beat a black couple on the streets of Cincinnati, we all know what would happen. Politicians would be wearing kente cloth scarves, taking knees, begging for forgiveness that white people exist, and preparing scaffolds for the perpetrators. There would be marches, speeches, yet another national reckoning on race, and endless think pieces in The Atlantic, The New York Times, and a 60,000-word essay in The New Yorker about the horrors of white supremacy in America. But in this case, the perpetrators were black thugs and the victims a middle-aged white couple, so nobody in the establishment will give the victims a thought. It is the job of the victims to be victimized, and of the victimizers to be valorized, or perhaps given mild punishments and patted on the head. ... When the mayor of Cincinnati, Aftab Pureval, was asked if he had reached out to any of the victims brutally beaten by a black mob during the city’s Jazz Festival chaos, he said he had better things to do. ... Ever since this story broke, I have struggled with it. Initially, I didn't even want to write about it because doing so would elevate a particular crime into an archetype that feeds into racial stereotypes. It's not so much that I fear being called racist--everybody is called racist these days if they deviate a millimeter from the acceptable narrative--but rather that I didn't want to feed actual racist narratives that are out there and growing. Just because a disproportionate number of black people commit crimes--hate crimes included--I do not believe that it is because they are black. It is because we have fostered a culture of racial impunity in which many black youths believe they can commit hate crimes with impunity. There was a time when the same was true for whites, who could and did commit hate crimes against blacks without consequence, and that was evil, too. Civilization exists largely to tame the evil in all our souls, and when it fails to do so, the hate bubbles to the surface. Now I am on my fourth piece on the Cincinnati shame. Why? ... Simple: the shame is not that of the thugs who committed the crime--they were doing what barbarians do. Everybody is born a barbarian--watch 2-year-olds fight over toys--and it is the role of civilized adults to coach our youth into becoming civilized. We called children who have not been civilized by their adults "spoiled," and when they get older, criminals. ... The shame is that of the city fathers and mothers of Cincinnati, who have been calling for "context" and downplaying the crime. They blame social media for allowing the world to see that they have created an environment where barbarians can beat people, laugh, and broadcast their crimes to the world in order to get applause. ... The leaders of Cincinnati look away. Make excuses. Chastise us for being appalled. They, in effect, say that being a barbarian--at least if you're black--is normal. It is anything but normal. I do not believe that black people are particularly prone to barbarity. But I do believe that American black culture--at least what we euphemistically call "urban" culture--celebrates it. That is why the perpetrators were laughing and broadcasting their crime--it was something to be proud of. https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/08/02/the-cincinnati-shame-4-mayor-says-he-is-too-busy-to-talk-to-victims-n3805414

He really got railroaded in Cleveland. I'm glad he's making the most of his second chance in Tampa.

Is he better than Kyren?

Do you acknowledge that there was no such post from B-man as you claimed? Was it a lie or just an emotion-driven response that was false in its entirety?

How does he know so much about my family?! 🙁

I disagree. Making a deal with a locker room favorite does nothing but boost moral. He was drafted, developed and performed. Those guys have been paid. Negotiating in a vacuum is foolish. Splitting hairs over a million or a million and a half isnt changing a players evaluation. Thats all it is asset evaluation. Player is valued at X. Player thinks he is worth Y. Where is the market heading? What would need to spent to replace the asset? Late rd 2 pick who has out performed his draft position. Would be looking at drafting a rb in the first to middle of rd 2 to get equivalent production. Open market puts him between 12.5 to 15. Jones, Jacobs, Taylor and Henry. Cook younger, less usage(wear) and less injury history. Based off draft capital and current market imo resigning him is the best option. Keeps the offensive strength outside of Allen intact. Opens draft capital to attack roster deficiencies vs chasing previous production.

This makes some sense. Hollins has never produced a lot but does have intriguing length and straight-line speed.

JP, it would have been nice for you leave the last names, and no. Im still an avid Bills fantic, but now have lived in Tampa longer than Buffalo. We love Mayfield down here, but some who don’t follow the NFL that closely still think of the reputation of Mayfield in the beginning. He’s been a helluva find for Tampa. It’s a large reason why the Bucs have won the NFCS for the last 5 years just like the Bills. Mayfield is no Allen, but he is a heck of a good QB.

If you like dark comedy the first two seasons of white lotus are good (haven’t seen the most recent one yet). Classics like The Wire and The Sopranos are also on there if you are into crime dramas. Game of Thrones is pretty excellent for fantasy/drama (last couple seasons aren’t as good as the rest). There are probably like 20 great series on HBO to watch if you haven’t seen any of the back catalog.

I for one would just settle for a little consistency from roundabout. I assume that he would agree that his attacks on the duly elected president of the United states does NOT mean that he hates America...... (and I would concur) But for some reason, when you point out the corruption that surrounds President Zelinsky he brands you as Anti-Ukraine (and Pro-Putin) You can't have it both ways. .

twice, for road-related things had a car coming opposite way on the mass tpke go into the median, hit something and start doing sideways barrel rolls had a car i was following driving erratically - probably DUI

Wonder if he has a "ghost" of a chance to make the roster . . .

Not sure. Specter's injury is thought to be a calf injury. Barring a muscle tear, I wouldn't think most calf injuries would be that serious.

Excellent!

Sure man. Again, I'm really not surprised this is how you react. You couldn't even call a Nazi a Nazi when he posted about sending people to Auchwitz.

With that skinny little body that they propped Baker's head on in the commercial, he looks more like Dalton...

Are injuries his way of ghosting the team when they need him?

Meanwhile: Texas Democrats Fled Their State. They’ve Done That Before. It Almost Never Works Time ^ | 8/4/25 | Phillip Elliott If you’re one of the millions of Texas residents living in a blue state House district, there’s a better-than-even-odds chance your state rep has fled the state. Even if you live in a red district, or really anywhere else in the country, those truancies could determine the final two years of President Donald Trump’s time in Washington. More than 30 Texas lawmakers are in Illinois. Another six are in New York. Massachusetts was a draw for others as their comrades gathered for an unrelated wonkfest. And a few are in California, where Gov. Gavin Newsom first floated a plan that has become a national script for Democrats preparing to retaliate against Texas, where Republicans plan to further gerrymander the state’s U.S. House districts to improve their chances at maintaining the national balance of power in Washington. In a striking reminder just how fragile politics can be, roughly 60 state lawmakers—each standing as proxy for just shy of 200,000 constituents—stand to potentially decide who will be the next House Speaker dictating policy for 345 million Americans. They split from their state on Sunday in what boosters have branded a “Texodus,” one day after a GOP-led panel in Austin moved forward with a partisan rewrite of the state’s district maps. And yet, despite serving as a rallying cry among Democrats nationally, this gambit by Texas Democrats is going to fail if history is to be a guide. (Excerpt) Read more at time.com ... https://time.com/7307356/texas-democrats-flee-takeaways/ .

You’re getting frantic. This is something that didn’t happen. Do yourself a favor and try to do some urban planning.

What's he going to do? Go all 'Lamont Cranston' on them? 🤔 * https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow

We've been told that King Trump is planning to cancel the mid term elections and that it would be a bad thing. I agree. That would be very bad........if it had any basis in reality whatsoever. So...what do we think about foreign leaders who have in fact canceled elections?

I dont think Parsons fits into what the Bills do on defense. He's a freelancer who specializes in rushing the passer. Parsons, and the Dallas defense in general is below average at setting the edge in the run game. The Bills want to spend money on guys who can do both well. I wouldnt hold your breath for a Parsons trade here, especially with him wanting 40 million a year.