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  2. Sure, it was throwing a football and not this:
  3. completely agree. Amputate my arm for the wealth he amassed in his career. Not to mention the glory.
  4. How's the job search going? Hoping for a quick turnaround for you.
  5. Aw, sorry - maybe billsfans.com can help you process that emotional damage.
  6. It's just BS. It's just rhetoric used by the politicians that are funded by Big Oil to get oil friendly policies. I mean if energy independence was a true goal then China wouldn't be using our technological discovery--solar power--to build a profitable manufacturing sector off of. Reagan, another oil politician, could have seized on that technology, as Carter rightfully tried doing, to make the United States the leader in the technology we created. China thanks these oil politicians
  7. Whose opinions I would trust, you ask? Select IAEA representatives plus Congressional members of national security and intelligence committees (of all political stripes: left and right, populist and establishment). We should be following Constitution-esque protocols when dealing with imminent nuclear threats. Would you have been comfortable with a senile Joe Biden whimsically and unilaterally bombing, say, Canada over unsubstantiated rumors of imminent nuclear annihilation? Why am I still living here in the United States, you ask?? LOL…um, family and friends, career and culture, the melting pot ethos, a lifetime of cherished memories, the vast natural geographic beauty, representative democracy, the Bill of Rights, the Constitutional separation of powers, etc… What’s wrong with me using the political process to change public policy? Didn’t you try to do the same last November? You are perfectly free to consider yourself an arbiter of what’s “American” and what’s not. Go ahead and declare imperialism and trickle-down economics “American,” while declaring universal health care and nationalized land/natural resources “un-American.” Just remember that at previous points in American history, ideas like slavery and Jim Crow and miscegenation and Gilded Age capitalism and legalized misogyny and the ethnic cleansing of Native Americans were considered sclerotic American values. Yes, your post is a bit opaque to me, but I THINK I’m following: you’re telling me that there are clear standards for defining “imminent” nuclear emergencies like this one, and that you personally know of evidence existing that shows Iran crossed this “imminence” threshold? I’m honestly in no position to tell you that you are incorrect. I’m a civilian biomed device engineer who took one college elective course in intro nuclear science/engineering (random shout-out to the Lamarsh textbook…I still have it in my bookshelf!). All I can tell you, anecdotally, is that my Dad is a solid-state materials physicist and a mild-mannered political centrist. His technical nuclear background is a lot better than mine, and he has DARPA funding under his belt. We talked about this exact topic for a few minutes last night, and he seems to think that the technological likelihood of Iran being able to strike Israel (let alone the U.S.) with nuclear weapons this calendar year is absurd. I feel like we’re going around in tautological circles at this point? Absent new nuclear intelligence information that is made publicly available, let’s agree to disagree. I envisage scenarios in which we’re aligned with what the proper course of action should have been. P.S. My formal business wardrobe ratio of blazer dresses to CHIC pantsuits is officially 4.5. FOUR POINT FIVE. The implication that I might ever wear a frumpy Hillary Clinton warmonger pantsuit was completely out of line. You’re out of your element, Leh-ny, and how dare you.
  8. The Condo! Nicknamed as such because he was even bigger than 'House' Ballard. IIRC, we played a very early overseas game - in Germany maybe? And at some pre-game PR event, the locals requested not the biggest stars, but the biggest players. We sent House and Condo.
  9. We don't agree a ton but we are in lock step on this. If I had come to the NFL 4 or 5 years later than I did when it started to have its 00s growth in the UK and I didn't have a reason to root for a team I'd be a Saints fan because of Drew Brees.
  10. Tater Tots scene is great as well!
  11. Energy independence is the insurance policy against blackmail, as happened in Carter's 70's with the emerging belligerence of OPEC. These days, we buy energy and sell energy in the open market using simple business decisions. The backdrop is that we go go it alone, so we can't be as impacted by threats. The problem with the middle east is that the hatreds there have the ability to lead to regional conflagration, and that would be immensely impactful. That's why this is such a once in a lifetime opportunity. Imagine no Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis and Syria not launching weapons into civilian areas of Israel. Imagine Israel able to peacefully coexist with Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon Iran, Saudi Arabia and others. Advanced commerce without constant threat and disruption. All of these assets wasted on trying to kill each other spent my responsible govs on advancing their people.
  12. I am actually an iceberg fan. I never understood the foodie hate for it. Sometimes a cold/crisp/taste-free vehicle for for dressing and various accoutrements is perfect. Don't hate on iceberg. Hate on curly frisee.
  13. I like to imagine if I had Josh. I also like to imagine if I had Hailee.
  14. He could either be a part time realtor right now or a HOF QB with hundreds of millions of dollars at 46. Seems like a very good trade. Where can I sign up?
  15. Before there was “Action Jackson”, MarShawn Lynch gave Fred Jackson the nickname “Head”
  16. Post this on the Ravens Site - it will probably shut down!
  17. Sad news for sure. A left handed Brees would still be the Bills 3rd best QB all time. Probably my favorite non Bills QB of all time.
  18. The vibes in Miami are so bad though. GM and HC are dead men walking and it feels like half the org knows it. Tyreek and Jalen Ramsey actively want out. I feel like if they start off 1-2 or 2–3, they will fall apart completely.
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