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Falco. He was "huge" in Europe and had a string of decent hits in the United States (Der Kommissar, Rock Me Amadeus) in the mid 80s but I thought his best was Vienna Calling. The booze and drugs really snuffed out a lot of his potential and ultimately killed him. (Died in a car crash where he was loaded with booze and cocaine.)

Tony Gonzalez is not good at his job. I'm still amazed Fox rolls out those early-2000 robot graphics still. As an aside, Shane Black is going to regret making his Predator movie. It looks so Straight to DVD.

It depends. If your loved one has Parkinson's or Alzheimers or something similar where they need 24/7 supervision and care, those places can do it better than you and your family can. My grandfather had Parkinson's and although my parents meant well, they couldn't provide the necessary 24/7 care that required while working, while raising three children. The curse of living longer. Used to be you'd stand a good chance of checking out in your late 60s to mid 70s. Now if you retire at 65, you probably need enough resources to finance your health care until you're 90.

Definitely mixed feelings on McCain. He was a good family man and I appreciate his military service. However he should have resigned after the Keating Five scandal. I think he got away with a crime because Congress wasn't about to prosecute five well known members of their small fraternity.

I think that the offensive line is having a difficult time learning the new offense and the complete chaos is lack of communication and getting the line call correct. I think it's part coordinator to coordinator communication and you have two inexperienced centers (one who's never started, one who just joined the team.) You're asking a lot of those two men. I don't think the Bills have shown a thing on defense scheme wise. I think you're seeing a combination of experiments and evaluation. The quarterbacks are fine. I feel good about all three. Improve protection and any of these guys will do well.

I tink these OL problems chalk up to two centers having a very difficult time learning this offense. Looks like five men lost and in panic. They are zagging when the defense zigs.

Legalized prostitution isn't far off on the horizon. The government is running out of vices, drugs and things to tax and make some money on. Why have an illegal market where you spend money to police it when you can legalize it and make money? Alcohol Tobacco Firearms Pot Gambling, now with sports betting Another thing I can see the government regulating and taxing in the future: Assisted suicide pharmaceuticals.

They are athletic and quick. It wouldn't surprise me that Williams is running playbook schemes in preseason games against vanilla offenses as a way to build confidence in the players and have them run the plays with less thought, more learned behavior. That seems like a very "Gregg" thing to do.

I could wax on about all the stuff I don't like about the "modern" game but the primary reason I'm less interested... Priorities change as you get older and you choose to do different things with your Sunday afternoons and your time overall. For example, if its a beautiful Sunday afternoon in fall, there's 0% chance of me being parked in front of a television or in a bar.

By modern standards, the story is a bit lame. For 1986, the movie had a lot of big, known names, it had a soundtrack that was just as popular as the movie itself. It was also an immensely popular rental in the dawn of the affordable VHS where you had video rental stores popping up all over the place. It also had something movies at the time did not - nearly full cooperation from the US Navy so being on the deck of a carrier was like a first generation IMAX experience.

Not the most hilarious thing they presented to the public recently. They literally made ED-209 from RoboCop. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-45282805

If Mack communicated that he'd want to play for the Bills, the Bills would be foolish in not trying to swing a deal.

+1 on Kasich. Rubio was so terrified of making a mistake he often said nothing and did nothing of substance. His number one priority was covering his own ass. Nikki Haley is the female version of Marco Rubio. If in theory, the Republicans wanted to give Trump some competition, I think they'd need a businessperson like him without all the baggage and his propensity to create baggage. I don't think anybody cares about insider Washington politicos in a post-Trump era.

Nobody is taking down an !@#$ who's presiding over a good economy. It's never happened in the history of electing Presidents. I absolutely agree Trump is a mess. He tweets too much, talks too much, and if he'd spend a fraction of the energy he spends being dramatic on a real problem, he'd have a great legacy. If the majority of Americans had to choose between: Obama, good guy with eight years of a lousy economy or: Trump, not so good guy with eight years of great economy I bet Trump wins that election each time. It'd be different if Trump had an Obama era economy but he doesn't. People ask themselves one question in the booth: Am I and my family better off today than we were four years ago? The bottom line of self interest never loses. I think the one thing that is lost in this Manafort/Cohen issue is that this is how both sides behave. In an alternate reality where Hillary Clinton is President, she's being investigated just as intently. (Servers, the Foundation, etc.) It's not like America would miraculously be scandal free. )

He should shut up about it. The debate has run its course.

I barely survived a GBS attack in 2001. Before we were able to stop it, it had paralyzed my legs and arms. For the last 17 years I've lived with its chronic cousin, CIDP. I was able to rehab back to where I live a normal life today but I have significant nerve damage in my feet, especially my toes. Without orthotics, I have significant foot drop in both feet. You have to stay reasonably fit to avoid muscle atrophy. Have to keep your muscles in good shape. The nearly two decades of drugs has taken a significant toll on my body (lost all my hair, have several food allergies, have weird proteins in my blood). According to my neurologist, I've had one of the better outcomes from it long term. Although the government and the medical community can't shake their head to the side hard enough, GBS attacked in the weeks after getting my one and only flu shot. I'm no anti-vaxer but those flu shots are dangerous. The flu won't do what GBS has done. The good news for Travis Frederick is modern medicine has made great gains in understanding and treating the condition. There are more doctors who know what they are talking about with GBS and CIDP and the front line medications are quite good (steroids, IVIG, plasma exchange, other chemotherapy agents). He also has age on his side too, along with hopefully good health insurance. If he caught it early, perhaps the damage can be contained. When you go to the support groups, you can tell that the younger ones do better than the older ones. The condition sucks but the drugs too, come with consequences. The bad news is his football career is more than likely over. You're never "fully" cured of GBS or CIDP and it usually attacks the parts of the body he needs (feet, hands) to play - the worst. Relapses are always possible and the medications to treat it aren't conducive to a career as a lineman in the NFL.

This movie only works if Michael Ironside *and* Tom Skeritt are in it. The obvious next step is a new Iron Eagle.

All-Pro physical tools with the work ethic of Rex Ryan.

This story stunned me in a few ways: 1. Women still jog alone in 2018. 2. People in the United States still go to bed with their doors unlocked. To me that is a dangerous lack of self awareness and being aware of your surroundings. I don't think society rewards that faith in humanity any longer.

If Congress didn't impeach Clinton who allegedly committed his crimes while in office, I highly doubt they will impeach a President for allegedly crimes before assuming office.

I have started and stopped this show several times over the course of its run. IMO, it's a show that lacks a coherent theme or identity. It's a weird hodge podge of Point Break, Ocean's 11 and Sons of Anarchy and they've made Ellen Barkin's character weirder every season.

On a related note, if you're interested in the "anatomy" of an airplane crash, there is a guy (Allec Joshua Ibay) on YouTube that posts videos where he uses Microsoft Flight Simulator, transcripts and the FAA investigation to show why and how the crash occurred. Covers events from all decades simulating the event with the right plane, cockpit, flight controls. The most maddening ones are where stone-cold human negligence is the cause. ValuJet Flight 592 (where they loaded highly combustible oxygen containers in the cargo hold) and Alaska Airlines Flight 261 where the lack of lube and inspection of the rear stabilizer caused the crash come to mind. There's also quite a few incidents created by idiot pilots. The plane is a-ok but the inexperienced or in a rush pilot gets everyone killed.

There is a larger than you'd think contingent of media and pundits that want to see Tyrod Taylor be successful and felt the Bills never gave him a chance. He happens to play for the Browns. (FWIW, I like Tyrod. I also think the Bills treated him fairly and gave him all the opportunity in the universe.)

I think you need training and experience in calling games live to be good at it. Romo is the exception to the rule that you, as a former player, can just walk into the booth and be good at being a play by play analyst. ESPN is relying on everyone being patient while they train their personnel...on the job. ESPN lost its way a while ago. They are doing some things better recently. They quit the Michael Smith/Jemele Hill tire fire. They are allegedly bringing Berman back in for an expanded role. Olbermann is back and he's pretty good when he's not opining about politics. The E30 series with Jeremy Schapp is one of their long ignored strengths - the inside story on a sports topic.

Perhaps not a trendy pick - Stereo MCs.