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WhitewalkerInPhilly

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  1. He certainly has his issues. But to me, it seemed like when the coaches and the line gave him time to sling it, he did it with aplomb. I mean, holy hell, that bomb to Zay was underthrown, but let's appreciate the distance on that.
  2. Well, they claimed to have checked that the authority was a member of the administration with some clout. If this person has a story in which they claim to be operating a shadow government, that's absolutely a story. It is their reputation and credibility on the line. So, assuming that they actually did verify the identity of the author, the Times is actively working as a free and independent press, which is what they are supposed to do. The question is the identity of the source and the veracity of what they say. I tend to believe it, as it tracks with what we've seen as outside observers: the biggest policy changes being deregulation and tax code, the orgasm inducers of the conservative wing. Everything else has pretty much ground itself out. The petty backstabbing and paranoia jives with what we heard in Fire and Fury and the Fear books. So either all these separate competing journalists all fabricated sources and documents to spin coorborating lies...or the dude who claimed to clean up 9/11 rubble personally while also watch Muslim in NJ celebrating is full of a metric ton of crap. Considering that their readership has been increasing...i am guessing no time soon. With two...i don't think you understand how journalism works. Or what complicity is. They would be complicit if they KILLED the story alerting people to this news. Publishing it has alerted people to a need to remedy the problem. Even progressives think it's dangerous to let those cowards be kleptocrats
  3. Huh? If it's quality reporting, then how are they anything other than a responsible press?
  4. That's my point. People are having it both ways. If it wasn't a legitimate threat to our Constitutional checks and balances, and raises the possibility that the POTUS is a borderline senile and easily manipulated man-child I would find it hilarious that the Deep State wasn't his political opponents or a secret cabal of intelligence officials but his reality show casting by hiring of petty, backstabbing sycophants out purely for their own gain. But it is, and I'm not laughing.
  5. So, what I am hearing is that the Op-Ed simultaneously: A) completely made up by some rando at the "failing" NYT as part of the "lamestream media's" war on Trump, in spite of the fact that it meshes with numerous accounts of people who left. And B) Absolutely validates a Deep State conspiracy, probably done at Obama and/or Clinton's behest.
  6. Ok, this might surprise some people: I think the author of the article is a coward. If you truly think that Trump is so unfit to run the country that you are actively undermining him, that you are working contrary to him to the point that you consider yourself a "Resistance" than what the hell are you doing? If there are so many of you, stand proudly and resign to tell your story. You could try to convince people to invoke the 25th Amendment which would place Pence in charge, and in spite of my feelings on the man, no one can deny that he is a bona fide social conservative. No, instead you have what you feel is an easily manipulated dupe and you are maximizing your opportunity. You can go do the things that you want to do, knowing that no one will be able to pin it on you and will blame Trump for anything unpopular. Once you leave, you can go make bank at a lobbying firm Of course, I think there is now ample evidence from multiple sources (Omorosa, Woodward's book, this Op-Ed) that the Trump White House is a dysfunctional mess, and that the man is especially inept, but that is nothing new.
  7. Look, I like Kaep well enough, and I think he's been treated unfairly. There is no way that he is a worse starting QB than Peterman. That said, we drafted Allen and invested in him. At this point, he seems to be alright with checking his reads, and his accuracy is nowhere near as bad as predicted. His biggest flaw seems to be that he still needs to feel where pressure is coming from. The only way that we are going to see that is getting him on the field. It can't be worse than what we saw from Peterman to lead us to 40-0.
  8. I could hear them on third down. You can say a lot of things about Philly fans, but they care about their team.
  9. What I will say is that I don't think that Buffalo has a monopoly on good wings. I *have* found that within the WNY area, pretty much every random pizza shack can make pretty decent wings. The same cannot be said for outside the area in my experience. There is a chain franchise around the Philly area called PJ Whelihan's, and they boast that they are the official wing of Wingbowl, the local wing eating competition. They are the local go to place for people on wing night. They are terrible. Soggy skin, small wings, flavorless sauces, and somehow they get the nod. In the meanwhile, there is a fantastic place called the Jug Handle Inn that is well off the beaten path. They are a bit unconventional: they bread their wings and keep the wing tips on. This turned me off, but their sauces are fantastic, the breading is light enough that you barely notice, and the wing tips give you an extra crunchy bite at the end.
  10. A game without an interception?
  11. It's over something so petty that it's not what I call outrage. It's more "sadly shaking head and laughing" I mean, Trump long proved that he wasn't trustworthy enough to watch a bent nickel never mind the presidency. There was his consistent pattern of ripping off contractors, claiming Muslims in NJ danced over the Twin Towers falling and then doubling down on it when it was debunked. There was him mocking a reporter that he had known for years on a name basis, in front of a camera and then lying about knowing the guy and that he was mocking him. There was him admitting that he doesn't pay taxes in a debate. There has been is ever changing story about the meeting his son took in Trump tower, from it being about adoptions, to a business opportunity until he finally admitted that his son went to the meeting to get foreign intel about his political opponent. This just makes me laughingly ask "What kind of idiot believes a word out of his mouth? What moronic rube can actually try to defend the level of his lying, which seems to border on pathological? How gullible can a person be?" And then I come on here and get my answer.
  12. Dude, I'm not the QAnon fanboy here. It would appear Irony has no bounds ? My question is this: who am I more likely to believe? The well respected journalist who has hundreds of hours of taped conversations to use as transcripts, or former generals/politician aides who have their jobs at stake if they don't form some kind of denial? Especially when the political aides have seen ample evidence of their employer's base simply ignoring facts about things caught on tape. Simply put, if it is really wrong, have them put their money where their mouth is: sue for libel. I highly doubt they will.
  13. Oh look, yet another example of the President lying about things he's said when there is tape of him saying it. https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-mentally-retarded-sessions-1106074 Yes, clearly the Pulitzer prize winning journalist who had one of the biggest scoops in the last 100 years of American politics is the one making things up. Please. Alright people, let's investigate "This week in Astroturfing fantasies" What was last week, crisis actors hired for another mass shooting?
  14. I am all for him. I came around too when I saw him go through reads when he had time and take plays where he could. That said, as much as I want to see him right now I am cognizant of the fact that the next three games are going to be rough. We saw how the O-line looked in preseason and the Ravens, Chargers and Vikings look to be very, very tough pass defenses. I can wait until we play the Packers at home. That's three games *braces self*
  15. Oh, I'm not angry. Just calling you out on your bull. I'm guessing you assumed it was Christian because it's those whacknuts who like to throw little shitfit temper tantrums about how "oppressed" they are. They even got themselves a precious little task force to protect their ability to be dicks to people they don't like. lulz Don't you have to get back for calling for a Supreme Court justice nomination to be held up because we are right before an election?
  16. I'm legitimately sorry. I thought Rhino was the QAnon fanboy. I also may have lost track of who was accusing whom.
  17. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/04/transcript-phone-call-between-president-trump-journalist-bob-woodward/ Geez, this is going to be a long read through if I need to keep fact checking. It is hilarious that he's the QAnon shitposter
  18. Well, that's funny. Because I never said "Christianity". What I said was that I thought that it was stupid that a company, a legal entity created to solely to make money, could have a religion. YOU decided somewhere in that farce you call a thought process that having a company be religious meant that it had to be Christian, and therefore circumcision would not be necessary.
  19. Oh, so only Christian companies have a religion? Come on boys, obviously Barilla is Pastafarian. BMW is Lutheran. I know I'm stretching the definition, but the NCAA is probably Catholic after all the molestation scandals.
  20. Dick Durbin did a good job working an excellent compromise immigration bill with Lindsey Graham. Before, you know, 45 decided that he had a hate-on for "Sh*thole countries" and threw the deal back in the face of the senators working on it.
  21. Ugggh. This is the **** that gives progressives a bad name. Of course they are free to donate to candidates as they see fit. Having religious beliefs is not a crime, and if management wants to donate it's their earnings. What drives me up the wall is the damn stupid double standard of "can a company have a religion?" It apparently is, but somehow we don't get to force them to be circumcised
  22. We know what SaviorPeterman used them for. It involves one hand.
  23. In the meanwhile, I'll start buying a 6 pack for my Ravens fan buddy. We didn't even make a beer bet on the game this year, but ill spite drink it while we get throttled.
  24. E hhh, I'm pulling for Allen but this seemed most likely. After the O-line let him get steamrolled in Week 3, I am ok with watching Peterman getting his sh*t kicked in during the few rough opening week. Ravens, Chargers and Vikings have some great defenses, so I would rather Allen not be thrown to the wolves and have Peterman be our sacrificial lamb. If I'm wrong, hey, I'll enjoy some early wins.
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