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Dorkington

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  1. It's fun watching the mental gymnastics folks here are going through in regards to marriage equality and racism.
  2. If the government wants to remove marriage benefits, then that will happen equally under this ruling as well.
  3. Mine was first! Effectively a Marriage License is a "Civil Union", so now we're just splitting hairs. All this is doing is making the government treat same sex couples equally in terms of the Marriage License part, it's not forcing a church or religious institution to perform a ceremony.
  4. Supreme Court rules gay couples nationwide have a right to marry Equality is the only answer, bravo.
  5. Big Ben is one of the best pocket guys I've ever seen, really fun to watch at times.
  6. 3rd downs and redzone. Yards per carry, sure why not... but anything above 3.333333 can get it done, technically.
  7. Supreme Court upholds key Obamacare insurance subsidies
  8. Jesus Christ, you're miserable.
  9. He's like that dumb lovable always excited dog. Great companion/friend, but terrible at helping you win a chess game.
  10. There is room to be very good without being a hall of famer.
  11. The laws are only part of the problem (and one could argue they are a smaller part of the problem), the biggest problem is our culture. Crumbling lower classes and social support systems, lack of blue collar jobs, public education struggles mightily in poor areas, the war on drugs, systemic racism, privatized prisons that have a vested interest in repeat offenders, so there's no real attempt at rehabilitation, extreme difficulty in getting work after being convicted of a crime, easy availability of guns legal or not, popular culture obsession with violence and guns, and so on This is not some sort of easy problem. It's my sincere belief that most crime is the result of desperation. There will always be "bad guys", sure, but I think a lot of people are born into bad situations, go from there. If we find a way to raise the lower classes up, if we can find a way to educate and rehabilitate, instead of profiting off criminals, and if we can find a way employ more people in the lower classes, a lot of crime would go away. But, all that is way easier said than done, and the path to those results is often times debated so much, that little is done.
  12. McCoy, Spiller, that sort of back is always going to get a significant chunk of their average from big plays, it's the type of player they are. They have a harder time breaking tackles at the line. Slower, more powerful runners, are more likely to have less extremes. They get hit at the line, and they might push a couple yards beyond, but they also aren't going to be able to take off like Spiller/McCoy once they get space... unless they're AP. It's pretty simple and logical. I find nothing damning or shocking about the stat provided.
  13. White people aren't oppressed in any meaningful way, so no, it doesn't and shouldn't count. Yes, I say that knowing there are anti white crimes occasionally, but it is not a systemic problem.
  14. Join the Bills, have your ranking drop... Love it
  15. So much truth. I genuinely like Snow... AND it wasn't spoiled for me... and yet I found myself basically shrugging and saying "another one bites the dust"
  16. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/04/28/the-most-racist-places-in-america-according-to-google/ Heh.
  17. I hate that sinking feeling... I bet the suspension will be lifted, and the fines kept in place.
  18. I heard he sucks because 49ers this, and Bills past that.
  19. I'm predicting the outcome will be the Bills will be suspended for the first 4 games.
  20. When's the last time we've had a staff with a resume like Rex/Roman? I mean, I understand being pessimistic, because we've been low for so long... but I just don't see how Rex/Roman are the same as Chan/Stache for example.
  21. Super curious to see what players do this year compared to the Marrone tenure. Especially players who played for us before Marrone.
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