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  2. But his army all have guns, don't they, according to you clowns? If Donald's supporters wanted to take over physically, trust me, they would. Millions of his supporters know how to use their weapons. Just sayin.
  3. Well the move up was less. Think the Bills had pick 15 before they traded with the Bucs (they got from the Bengals).
  4. When I trade up into the top 10 in mock drafts, it always takes this year's and next year's 1st and 2nd to get it done.....typically, you can do it with Buffalo's 2nd next year instead of Minnesota's 2nd next year, which would be obviously a more ideal scenario.
  5. You think they're putting prisoners in the tourist section of T&C? Where they get mai-tais and conch fritters?
  6. Bloomberg: GDP advances an annualized 1.6%, slower than all projections First-quarter core inflation measure accelerates to 3.7% rate Frankish: Of course! All good! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-25/us-economy-expands-at-1-6-rate-trailing-all-forecasts
  7. I saw her today at the reception A glass of wine in her hand I knew she would meet her connection At her feet was her footloose man No, you can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want But if you try sometime you'll find You get what you need
  8. Ask any CB they’ll tell you. They want the big guys over the quick shifty guys.
  9. Almost all of Brady's, Rodgers, Mahomes, Favre's and Allen's WR's for that matter weren't even first round picks.
  10. The post you have authored in good faith fails to acknowledge the reality of the business. First things first. Airlines have offered inducements for overbooking since I began my career. They keep extremely accurate data on this, and use very sophisticated algorithms to decide on each flight every day. Interestingly, of all the issues in the business, overbooking was the most popular issue among passengers. It is extremely rare, 1 passenger per 10,000 who is removed without volunteering. Anyway, to the point. The first thing is to acknowledge that aircraft movements on the ground and in flight, as well as airport status, gate availability and pretty much everything associated with the industry is controlled by the gov. The result, at least in my 32 year career, is that nearly all delays were the result of the FAA. Most were reasonable, ie weather and other factors, but they are really not good at optimizing the system. They do incredibly stupid things. Second, these small fee issues are totally passenger determined. Want to check a bag, that's going to cost something, because it requires labor to do it, move it, load it, unload it and pay for the airport systems to get it back. Internet service? Much more complicated and expensive to provide it and maintain it on an airplane. I could go on and on, but you get the point. These things cost money. What you probably don't understand is the price sensitivity of the airline passenger. I heard a large airline CEO explain that a $1 difference in ticket price listed on one of the popular internet travel sites results in an enormous difference in demand for the ticket. Ergo, the only way to survive is to have the lowest possible price listed. That is what created all of these other fees. Get the lowest ticket price as possible on the sites and you get business. Next, to think that the gov has ever been good at regulating the business aspect of the industry is crazy. As an example, I was a 777 captain. The Passenger Bill of Rights law they passed provided that if we were in violation of the time issue of not returning to the gate or a few other components of it, the penalties made it cheaper for me to blow all the emergency slides and simply evacuated the airplane. It's crazy. The legislation passed in 2010 as the result of the Colgan Buffalo crash was ill conceived. It had no understanding that little commuter airlines are not similar to wide body, long haul international stuff, so it made no sense in many ways. Anyway, I could go on, but the gov wacking industry when you've got something as goofy as our current FAA, which can't support the industry that supposedly funds it is crazy, and the current Sect. of Trans is proof positive, but this administration seems to have an allergy to soliciting business people advice. Their stupid strategy of trying to convince people they are helping the little guy is a failure and invites potential shortcuts that shouldn't be taken. Open a restaurant. Have the gov run your parking lot, your employees, your capacity, your ingredients. Then allow them to shut you down for hours during your busiest times. Understaff your "regulators" to the point where you can't operate at certain times because they can't staff their end. Then fine them when the gov can't perform. You get the point.
  11. I guess if you have terrible vision, and are without healthcare to cover eye care like yourself, you can say that. Anyone else not in your position knows your lying.
  12. Sounds like Brandon Beane is calling a LOT of people "pancake eating mother f******" today...
  13. Doesn’t help us. They’ll undoubtedly pick a WR we are after.
  14. If true then I guess Beane was doing some serious smoke screening last time we heard from him
  15. the Bengals feel like the type of team that would have powdered coffee creamer in the meeting rooms
  16. We don't know who they want but to get one of the top 3 it's gonna cost a lot. Like 3 1sts or 2 1sts and 2 2nds
  17. In the end the Bengals will lose neither of these players
  18. Breaking news! Requires a new thread!! Or maybe a recycled 4 year old story that got no traction then (because there was nothing there) and will get no traction now. Other than with the useful morons of Donald's Army. https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2020/01/22/whistleblower_was_overheard_in_17_discussing_with_ally_how_to_remove_trump_121701.html
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