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He's the type of all-in signing the Bills will need to look at over the next 1-3 years. You need a home run hitter in that unit.

The Europeans are slaves to Russian energy. The persistent closures of coal and nuclear plants have strategic consequences. I don't think the Germans, for example, are stupid. They want to save the planet, and they traded their sovereignty for it. Energy independence should be the top strategic initiative for any sovereign nation. You're not exactly calling your own shots if you aren't. The Germans (and Europe) won't do anything. They freeze to death if the Russians shut the gas off.

Oh I'm with you on this one. I'd enjoy the games without the announcers, and they are no longer a necessary feature of the broadcast.

I'm still amused Aikman is considered on-air "talent."

I don't expect Michigan to do what needs doing.

If I were the NCAA, I'd demand both of them be fired. Coaches should be held to a higher standard. They are mentors. Have to control those emotions. If you or I did this at work, we'd both be fired. Unless your job requires you to touch people, the cardinal rule in professional life is don't.

The "police" had more hearing protection on than protection from the COVID. That's because there's no rule of law anymore.

An Ottawa judge denied bail for Lich. She's charged with mischief. Let that soak in. She was the brains behind the fundraising, and it appears Trudeau is pretty pissed about that.

It's not a crazy idea for both player and team to explore. For the Panthers, it's an absolute no-brainer if you want to keep him on the field.

I think James Washington is one of those buy lower, high production FAs. Generally, no free agents over the age of 30, unless the plan is to play them lightly through the first 8-9 games. You're paying them for playoff performance at that age.

Thank you. I'd rather this be tried rather the free college.

The emergency powers isn't just for Covid protests, just like the Patriot Act wasn't just about 9-11. The "emergency" will most certainly evolve.

Eliminate tenure. Every single teacher goes on contract. Eliminate No Child Left Behind. Let kids learn at their own pace. National database of teacher misconduct for the pedophiles and the teachers that get fired for misconduct (like booze parties). National database of expelled children who were expelled for violence. Charge the parents/guardians for truancy. Base funding on YOY improvement in test scores, not annual scores. Base teacher bonuses on YOY improvement in scores. Bring back Phys. Ed. Real phys.ed. with sweating. Bring back Home Economics. Teach a personal finance course every year in high school. Pay students for good grades - not in cash, but an accruing scholarship to trade school, community college or college. Make that worth their while.

Americans aren't any more stupid today than they were 30 years ago. What's happened is that TPTB have effectively energized emotional response, that quick, pleasurable dopamine hit, over critical thinking. As a result, the critical thinking muscle has atrophied. And...they certainly want it that way.

$20 Parliament will vote to keep the emergency powers. Government never relinquishes power once it's got it. The so-called opposition will fold like a cheap tent. Just like in the US, there is an illusion of "sides", and that Candice Bergen and Pierre Poilievre are on the people's side. They aren't.

Good for these athletes. I wouldn't want to get hurt either cramming all the evaluation into one day. If this is for the "safety" of the athletes, they are making it safer just not having it. Remember, the Combine was only created as a way for billionaires to save some money on scouting. There is no benefit at all to the player.

I've watched it. He and Kat Timpf don't do anything for me. The better shows are when they have guests that aren't the usual Fox personalities and they keep the topics moving. That's the original secret sauce that got him the show, the not so ordinary guests.

I've been learning a lot about Canadian politics watching the daily debates in their Parliament. Trudeau nor any of his useful morons have brought up COVID once in their justification for ending the blockade. They haven't even bothered to explain why the mandate makes any sense.

I think from a cost perspective, going all in for a 1-3 year window will be less expensive than floating an "above average" team for a decade. The GM and coach don't care - they will be gone by the time the team is terrible. For the Rams, the trophy will guarantee years of great ticket sales in a brand new stadium and lucrative TV and advertising deals, even when the team ultimately gets terrible. For the owner, just sit back and watch the money be wheeled in while you make even more money by saving on expenses fielding a crap team that people, being the fools they are, will still spend gobs of money to watch. If you're the Bills, you want to get to the Super Bowl and win it the year before your new stadium opens so you have that peak interest. From the Pegulas standpoint, who cares if you never win another one. You want the team close to a championship, but not quite there yet while you're locking up all that public financing. A dark view of sports, but trust me, some highly paid consultant lays it out just like that.

There's no un-ringing that bell. That's a casus belli for people. Aggressive government action always brings out the people itching for a fight. Always. It's why if you're the government, it's literally the doomsday option.

I gotcha. I was thinking - has he performed at all since his last work which I thought was 2015 or since his aneurysm?

I gave it an "ok" although I enjoy all of these artists - Dre, the most, Lamar the least. Snoop is a great performer because he's kept performing since he hit it big. Same for MJB. You can tell their voices are in shape. Dre certainly showed the rust - I don't think he's performed in *years* - at least since 2015 probably. Same for 50 Cent. He's more actor today. Their voices weren't there. I like the variety of the SB halftime shows. Post Janet, the NFL mined the elderly rockers for too long.

Biden will join Trump as a one-term President. I don't think he'll hang on for all four years, he will gut it out for three. The nightmare scenario, however, is Kamala Harris trying to manage a country in recession (inevitable, as it's the only way to put the inflation fire out). She's barely serviceable as a do-nothing VP. Trudeau will be booted out. I'm not an expert on Canadian political science, but this trucker protest has ended his political career, because people won't stand for it seeing images of law enforcement and the military taking action against their own citizens. He's such an absurdly fearful coward of a personality, almost a cartoon character. I can't imagine any US President reacting the way he has to this situation.

My take: He got lazy after getting paid, and this team is not going to suffer a Dareus situation. Even with COVID, I'm sure these guys had to check in with the team on working out, weight, etc., and there was something there that did not sit well. Some guys only perform when they feel "disrespected" or with something to prove. Jordan Phillips comes to mind.

Today's Republican party is a mirror image of the today's Democrat party. Many of them belong to the uniparty of they have, and you don't. Over half of Congress are millionaires. Half! The other half are there to become millionaires. Almost all of them are feckless opportunists, solely there to enrich themselves, that won't stand up for the average American, ever. Both parties have noisy fanatical fringes that the media fixate on because it gives their highly paid talking heads something to talk about instead of real news. ACO is irrelevant. Trump is irrelevant (he is). The media desperately wants to keep people like them happening because people get emotional over them. Both have few moderates that want to do practical things.