Jauronimo

He didn't even play.

I assume you're referring to @Royale with Cheese

I replied in the spirit of the post I received, buddy.

Don't bother.

You're offended that I glossed over his stint in the Reserves and political activism? Ok then. I think if he wasn't a talk show flapping head he had 0% chance of ever appearing on Trump's radar. Its really the deciding factor on why he was selected. Nothing else on the resume even remotely qualifies him for the position. Talk show host and ring kisser were his winning attributes for the appointment. No, I really haven't seen the lowering of standards in any appreciable way. I've seen a few promotions where people grumbled that it was likely a diversity play. And maybe it was. But every company I've ever worked at, including multi-national companies with strong DEI movements, the ranks above manager are overwhelmingly dominated by white men. Many of which have been semi-competent in my view, benefitting immensely from their identities as they looked like their superiors and shared similar values and backgrounds. I've been in the room multiple times where my bosses felt comfortable enough to share views on certain races, cultures, and genders that would have likely gotten them in hot water if not fired. I know I have benefited from being a white guy who is fun to have a few beers with. If DEI is replacing all the white men with black lesbians, then its failing miserably in my experience. A few true "DEI hires" sprinkled in here and there, per the most salacious definition advanced in PPP, is more akin to tokenization than a movement with any teeth. Have you ever worked for a white guy who had no business occupying the position he found himself in? I know I have. Incompetence and non-merit based hiring pre-dates DEI by millennia. Are we upset about incompetence or who benefits from hiring incompetence? Seems like the latter to me. In response to the "DEI is just a pathway to hire incompetent minorities", I submit the following counter points: - Resume studies that demonstrate that people with "black" sounding names were significantly less likely to get called back than identical resumes with "white" sounding names. - Employment studies which suggest white applicants have more success at every level of education and experience or lack thereof. - Despite the fast track to the good life DEI has supposedly granted anyone who isn't a white man, minority applicants widely believe they need to be "Twice" as qualified or experienced as their peers for similar roles. And for executive positions data supports the idea of more qualified/experienced rather than less. https://www.npr.org/2024/04/11/1243713272/resume-bias-study-white-names-black-names https://cepr.net/publications/the-continuing-power-of-white-preferences-in-employment/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/10/why-black-workers-really-do-need-to-be-twice-as-good/409276/ Many more studies on the topic exist for anyone who is actually interested. If anyone has a credible study on DEI practices and resulting in widespread hiring of less qualified applicants over white men, I'd love to see it. I'm not interested in any one off tweets, thanks. I had similar views on Affirmative Action and DEI as you and many on this board not all that long ago. I had major objections to hiring based on race or identity over merit and I still do. Years later I believe this remains more of a talking point based on a hypothetical outcome of bad DEI practices, and while compelling, I believe this talking point is unsupported by the studies I've read and my experience in corporate America. Maybe its more pronounced in the public sector? Based on the political rhetoric from 40 years of affirmative action and DEI you'd think Fortune 500 companies would look more like the NFL by now. Something isn't adding up.

His leg and foot were pointed 90 degrees off from normal. I believe he tore about everything in his knee there is to tear. Pretty gruesome stuff.

The histrionics about DEI and the possibility of the hiring of unqualified minorities is hard to take seriously form an administration that hand picked Kash Patel, Pete Hegseth, RFK Jr and Dr Oz to positions of power. Apparently no one really cares about the complete lack of merit when its the result of good old fashioned cronyism. I'm supposed to stay up at night worrying about the possibility of black lesbian pilots and surgeons rising to the top of the most heavily regulated professions in the nation when I live in a reality where a talk show host leads the greatest military the world has ever known?

Thats fine. No one is going to see your shorts during the game unless you do something awesome.

Jason Peters has a super bowl ring. He was on the Iggles squad in 2017. He suffered a season ending injury but still is technically a super bowl winner.

AJ is open even when he isn't open. I'd take him in a heartbeat. Even if it meant he was absolutely miserable all the way to the Super Bowl parade.

It was an homage to Sean Taylor. Totally symbolic. RIP Sean.

Despite all the whining protesting, football fans will tune in no matter who plays the half time show. Millions of other people who could not possibly care less about the NFL will tune in to watch the Half Time show. This is how the Super Bowl went from a big football game to the single largest cultural event in the nation. Under Goodell's leadership, the Super Bowl is the most watched event in the country and the NFL is the most valuable professional sports league in the world. I think they may know something about effective marketing.

If you make eye contact with him you will completely forget he ever existed for 30 years.

This you?

A less panicky form of disappointing. He has not progressed at all since his freshman year.

I'm telling you, this new roof is a game changer!

Leaving the pit in guacamole does nothing. Avocado browns due to exposure to oxygen. Things that will delay the browning your avocado or guac: 1. Leaving the pit inside one half of an avocado until you need to use it; 2. Covering closely with plastic wrap. As in plastic wrap pressed directly to the surface of the guac. 3. Lime juice

Live it up. It probably won't get much better than this. Helenius looks legit. Benson had a pretty sweet assist on the Tage goal. And we are all the way back.

Yup. Stat line below. 5 for 18, for 24 yards passing. 2 INTs, 3 sacks taken. 1 rushing yard. Down 26-0 at the half. That half confirmed that Peterman's disastrous game against LAC in 2017 wasn't a fluke but the most likeyl outcome. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/201809090rav.htm Especially with Daniel Jones looking like a real QB in Indy. I fully expect that story line to crash and burn soon but at present it all looks really bad for Daboll and Schoen.

There's a lot to unpack in that post. I'm not even taking it out of the box. Taped it back up and returned to sender.

Locking up a QB to be a backup in 2 years is asinine. You really think you won't be able to sign a Jameis level QB in 2 years?

Why are they even paying Jameis? Their moves at the QB position have been baffling.

We're back! All the way back!

I would prefer to see the Ravens lose. I don't see many remaining Ls on their schedule. Chiefs look shaky enough to drop a few WTF type games. Its a long season. I fully expect both of these teams to round into form.

Banks and Steelz is Wu Tang member side project worth checking out. Lead singer of Interpol with Rza.