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Considering the short duration of an NFL career, he'd be a fool to let a washed up singer tell him where he should play football.

You wonder why he didn't sign up for the AAF. You'd think he'd want to show teams what he can do.

I think he's going to steamroll the 2020 election, especialy if the Mueller report is a big nothing burger. Despite the outward appearance of being a major ####### to work with and deal with, he's accomplished or worked on everything he said he would, he's kept the United States out of another major war and the economy has been doing well. He's America's ####### in a world filled to the brim with them. IMO, the Democrats walked right into the trap of obsessing and raging about the man's personality flaws instead of crafting better policy or building a superior candidate. They essentially are doing what the Republicans did between 1992 and 1996 with Bill Clinton as he cruised to a second term.

"Le’Veon is still a great player." I laughed at this personal dig disguised as a compliment.

I've wondered about the lack of firearms myself because Alpha wielded a double barrel shotgun, firearms get "reintroduced" later in the books and Eugene was making ammunition for the Saviors. Considering gunpowder was invented in 850AD, it's not like you needed a modern 21st century facility to manufacture it.

If the AAF demonstrates viability - lasting more than three seasons without teams in financial trouble - I foresee it becoming the developmental league for NFL front office, coaches, players and referees. The NFL is the only major professional sport that lacks minor league infrastructure for its personnel. It's a win/win for the NFL. They get to expand rosters, football is on TV nearly the entire year, the NFL is in smaller markets, and perhaps even the quality of personnel will be improved if there is a stop between the college and pro game. I also see it as a way to keep NFL players who get into trouble in the game until they can get back into the league.

I really enjoyed Jay Mohr when he got his own show opposite Jim Rome a few years ago. His Jim Rome impression made me laugh every single time. Not sure whatever happened to him - he seems to have largely disappeared from Hollywood.

Repairing this injury to the foot is like pulling the frame on a car.

She will be back. I give that new ABC show she's fronting one full season, max.

Always thought that movie concept would be incredible in a "24" format.

My theory is that she's fairly self absorbed and comfortable and likes her life exactly as it is and refuses to budge on any of it, namely kids and living anywhere else but California. I think she made men feel emasculated in a relationship. Can't imagine equally self absorbed actor husbands being down with that for long. I surmize Donovan and Pitt wanted children as they ended up getting married into relationships with kids shortly after ending things with her and Justin Theroux has a well publicized hatred of southern California, espeically Los Angeles. I'm sure she's not an ice queen as Pitt and she seem to talk a lot years after the split. Brad Pitt seems to like the same kind of women whether it's Paltrow, Aniston or Jolie. Those three women don't strike me as the kind who like to compromise on much of anything and that's why they all have failed marriages and temporary boyfriends. Dudes just get sick of being led around by the nose being told what they are going to do or what the won't do.

I always felt bad for her, even at the height of her fame. She always struck me as somebody who was missing something in her life, despite the appearance of amazing wealth and success. For all her beauty and wealth, no man could stand to be married to her for very long.

If I'm Pittsburgh, I'd exclusively work with Detroit on a trade.

I hope this is an approach to firm up the guard position. As a center, one of the skill sets is to snap the ball consistently. He does not do this.

If it's not 5 billion dollars, I doubt he signs it.

I don't know where she's going to get money to sustain her operation. Hell, I don't know where any of these early announcers besides Bloomberg are going to get money to keep going for a solid year. It's Trump 24/7. He leaves zero tv time for anyone else. IMO, the donors that matter are holding the dry powder for Biden.

I'd really like for the Bills to draft a blue chip pass catching TE.

Other than satisfying one's ego and adding some lines to the LinkedIn, I'm not sure why she's even bothering. She will be one of the first to pack it in.

The Bills need a real deal Center this year, preferrably in free agency. That'd be at the top of my shopping list. Given that the OL will have a new coach, you want somebody who has real game experience in properly executing line calls. No more half measures Walter.

"Anyone who is opposed to medicare for all is an idiot. That might be too strong. Anyone opposed to medicare for all has likely done no research on the subject and just buys the spin of higher taxes without thinking more about it." You're welcome to voice an unpopular opinion in this very entertaining thread. I'm glad you did. I'd only offer that something "big" would have to give to pull off Medicare for all. There simply aren't enough future taxpayers in the United States to support that program, Social Security, the future federal government bailout of state pension systems, the federal debt and even if it's whittled down significantly, the expanse of the federal government. The problem is that the US needs to grow taxpayers at such a significant rate to pull that off and it's not. It's like somebody bringing in a dozen doughnuts for an office party of 30. I think ultimatley it'll come down to some almost too difficult to imagine choices. We can do Medicare for all but no more social security or the government doesn't ride to the rescue of the countless states with massively underfunded pensions and when they go broke, people lose everything they thought they had in them.

I'm not worried about her or her "plan" whatsoever. On a future Rob Lowe-narrated look back on the 2010s on CNN, she'll be a nice 3 minute section of the show. (FWIW, I really like those shows.)

Insofar as choice, I'd agree we don't. VW has a nice mid-size pickup you'll never see on a street here. However, I feel the tariffs help keep these companies in business and that generates jobs, advances in automotive research and development and a source of American automotive technology for the military. There isn't a country in the world that does not tariff something to protect its automotive industries. The concept that there is free trade in the automotive industry is a myth, largely because the sale of automobiles is just the retail face of a much larger defense contractor, that if needed, will build all the tanks and vehicles a war may need. That's why the government ultimately protects them. Sure, the jobs are nice but it's really about that if the US finds itself in a war, it needs American resources available to build stuff, and lots of it. A USA without American car plants can't build armor. Can you imagine needing 100 battle tanks in six months and you have to rely on Elon Musk to do that or the benevolance of of a foreign entitty to build them for you? An interesting example - The M1 Abrams tank contract was awarded to Chrysler Defense...who beat out General Motors.

You could argue that the tariff on light trucks, instituted way back in the LBJ days, has been amazingly successful for the United States over the long run. Chevrolet, Ford and Dodge still have a monopoly on the pickup truck market despite Toyota and Nissan taking their shots.

I really thought Buzz Aldrin had passed away. I was stunned he was there. Easily the most shocking moment of the speech for me. ? Last night was an example of personality overwhelming everything else. If Bill Clinton or Barack Obama read that speech, the Democratic Party would be making plans to add them to Mount Rushmore. If Reagan read it, the Republicans would opine he's better than Lincoln. If you can remove his considerable personality defects, the policies are pretty sound. It makes sense to talk to North Korea. It makes sense to fight childhood cancer. It makes sense to make a border safer.It makes sense to not fight a war for two decades. School choice is probably a lot better received by the average parent than you think. The economy is in good shape. The problem is, with his tweets and persistent personal antagonism, etc. he makes it nearly impossible to do so. I have issue with the persistent US meddling in South America. Our involvement in countries down there goes back decades and our actions only serve to create the dictators. You'd think we'd do something different.

I think it's got a better shot at being a true "minor league" team for the NFL than the XFL. The NFL needs a true development league for both players and coaches. If I were the AAF, I wouldn't resist being the feeder league to the NFL at all. I think it could attract a lot of high potential/needs seasoning young talent, some current players who are "finds" like Lorenzo Alexander was for the Bills and perhaps some ex-players wanting to play again. It could also be a fertile ground for coaching talent as well going forward, not beholden to "coaching trees" and retreads.