sherpa
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At the end of camp/pre season, I judge the talent of the team, to some extent, on who they cut vs. who they kept last year.
Hamlin is the guy I've been waiting for to be released.
Great guy. Great story, but always behind the play and not a difference maker in any way.
I get that he fulfills a trusted role, but if we want this defense to stand out, I would be more confident in someone who shows more.
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Courier Express paperboy for three years.
The vindication continues.
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A little short story about that Richard Reid shoe bomber thing, Paris to Miami flight.
I flew a trip with the the first officer who dealt with Reid once the passengers had him zip tied to the seat, which was much more difficult than expected.
He was talking to to Reid had the shoes in his hands and had no idea what the deal was so he brought them up to the cockpit.
So the three guys are sitting in their seats on the flight deck, and looking at them and one of them figures out it's a bomb when they note the wiring. Anyway, the captain shouts "Get those things out of here," which the the spare First Officer does.
He told me he couldn't believe how stupid he was to bring them up to the cockpit, but never gave it a second thought.
There's even more to the story after they landed in Boston and watched the police screw around until they finally figured out it was a bomb.
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I often wonder why people who seem to think things are heading bad don't simply short the $, short the S&P, short the OEX and the bond market instead of posting here.
Just go with your feelings and make some money instead of posting this crap.
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10 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:
You would have a good point if it were clear that the goal of the Trump tariff game theory is to get to a point of true free trade.
But that isn't it at all. The administration has clearly restated an old/discredited mercantilist theory of tariffs, and has also pointed to tariff revenues replacing income tax revenues. So ... no.
I'll wait for the end game on this before judgement.
Not handled well, and yet to play out, but the unfair nonsense that existed needed to be addressed.
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52 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:
Who the f do you think you’re talking to. What’s clear is the you’re a self inflated made.
Simple answer.
A liar.
(What is a self inflated made)?
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22 hours ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:
You called me a liar. I contend that you are.
I called you a liar because you lied.
Is that clear?
Should be.
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11 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:
The critical difference between Milei and Trump: Milei is a free trader, actively working to remove - not increase - tariffs.
I often wonder what the response would be if the Trump Administration actually reported to the American people the gross tariff and other trade disadvantages the American worker lived under prior to this ill presented tariff policy.
We were abused.
Getting to somewhere near a fair trade situation is desirable.
I've spent a lot of time in Argentina, and I can't be more happy about their trajectory.
But......There will be trouble ahead. That's almost a sure thing when you have decades of corruption and institutionalized cheating.
Good luck to them.
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1 hour ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:
Of course you don’t want to transmit it any more than you want to transmit infectious diseases but you know MAGAs and covid…. Is that really the word you were wanting?
I really don't know anyone I would judge as Maga, and that is the word I chose, purposefully.
Your obsession is a gross distortion, and leads you to false conclusions about people you know nothing about.
That is your issue, as well this apparent need to relay your travels.
None of my business, but quite odd.
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9 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:
Not sure why he will neither admit it or refute it with past posts. Puzzling😅
Perhaps it’s the illusion of military omnipotence cloaked in false nonpartisanship that he finds convincing
Nope.
Wrong again, and the second sentence is pure idiocy.
Anyway, nothing to admit. The claim is nonsense, and I have no need to transmit it, and my political views are not "non partisan."
Can't stand the Dem party and never supported Trump.
Don't care a bit about your view, and never have.
Further, I really don't understand how someone of your age spends so much time caring about proving some false claim, but we all make choices about how to spend our time.
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3 hours ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:
Not the point. You claimed it was easy. Giving up your citizenship is not easy.
Ya it is.
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34 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:
so why did 50,000 Americans flee to Canada and become exiles until pardoned by Carter? They just liked the cold? It was easy for a very select few. And there were some in that group that went. There were some that had no reasonable choice but to go, They made Cassius Clay a criminal.https://www.nextavenue.org/we-gotta-get-out-of-this-place/
Name a maga policy you disagree with.
First things first.
I don't perform for you. You post absurd accusations in order to marginalize people who you don't agree with.
That is stupid, dishonest, and cheapens your persona, but it's your choice.
I am not going to respond to your request for me to address things I don't agree with or like about Trump, and there are plenty.
I don't have the desire to spend time doing that. Didn't vote for the guy in any primary or general, and wouldn't.
Regarding the folks who headed to Canada, I don't think negatively about those who avoided that draft, whether for medical or student deferments, getting married, becoming a father, conscientious objector or any other reason. That was a stupid war run by two idiots in DC that cost tens of thousands of lives, needlessly.
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2 hours ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:
"some are more equal than others". I read that somewhere. and no, everybody that could get out of it didn't. don't be stupid. you know better. If I remember correctly, John Kerry was there...So were many other that could have pulled strings but actually had a conscience.
https://www.history.com/articles/famous-american-vietnam-vets
John McCain and Colin Powell are fools to maga's like you...
good for you that you paid your respects. very impactful.
Not a Maga, and never have been, for the thousandth time.
Kerry did it for personal, political reasons.
John McCain was an Academy guy with a family history that included head of the Pacific Fleet.
Despised as an officer, but respected as a POW.
Not that that matters, but it is what it is.
The point is that anybody who had no other motive avoided it, and it was easy.
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3 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:
If I remember correctly, John Kerry was there...So were many other that could have pulled strings but actually had a conscience.
John Kerry?
Please.
The guy who brought a video camera with him to record his "service" for political reasons.
Absolute worst possible example.
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3 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:
tell that to the dead and their families.
I've met some of them, during events honoring them.
Don't be stupid comparing what everybody who could did during those days with the people who were killed.
It's an ignorant position.
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5 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:
i did. it's patently false. read some history. check out the D vets in congress. Kennedy actually was in combat. your fearless leader dodged service with fictional bone spurs but he's forgiven that by you morons.
Everybody who could dodged service during that time.
Useless, senseless war run by moron politicians.
Enjoy the Fourth and get over it.
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Enough animus.
Take a second to read the Declaration that Jefferson wrote.
It changed human thinking which had established power in government.
One of the best, and most influential documents in history.
Where did we get such men, and why did we deserve them?
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On 7/3/2025 at 11:29 AM, The Frankish Reich said:
People are acting like the devaluation of the dollar is necessarily bad or unexpected.
Bond market follower for years leads me to an Occam's razor view, because there is no single data point that argues against it.
The Fed is more inclined to lower rates than otherwise.
Neutral now, but certainly mort likely to lower than raise.
That makes the $ less in demand.
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30 minutes ago, K D said:
A media company got busted for purposely changing a candidate's (they favored) answer to put them in a positive light. Whether that had a quantitative impact on votes is hard to say. But the damage is done. Nobody should trust CBS news ever again. What else are they spinning?
Not the first time for CBS.
Remember the fake Bush National Guard stuff that led to Dan Rather resigning?
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Of the silly things that get posted here, economic snapshots, wherein one month data reports are judged, is among the most silly.
Monthly reports have serious weaknesses and strengths.
Use a six month moving average for more accurate trends.
Still, always funny to watch both sides use one month data for political purposes.
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Iran was in a different place in early June 2025 than they were during this stupid agreement that was to end this year.
They still threatened Israel from Lebanon, (Hezbollah), Syria, Yemen with the Houthis and Hamas.
Prior to Syria falling, and the demise of Hamas and Hezbollah, a case could be made that it was in Israel's self interest to follow a strategy of delay.
Once those issues ended and they accelerated, there was no reason to delay ending the program.
The sole reason the Islamic religious regime exists is to pursue the goal of ending the Israeli state.
Their nuclear and ballistic missile programs are solely designed for that, and to suggest other motives, ie., domestic energy production is idiotic.
The time was now and the results are better than anyone imagined a month ago.
If they resuscitate it, which they undoubtedly will, it will be much easier to deal with.
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35 minutes ago, Homelander said:
You’re praising this administration for being ‘true to their word’? That's nice.
Trump campaigned as the “peace candidate” and promised to end wars on day one.
Instead, he tore up the Iran nuclear deal during his first term - then never replaced it. And you seriously think Iran was going to negotiate a new deal with the same guy who shredded the last one just to look tough for his racist base?
That agreement was the only functioning, verifiable deal keeping Iran’s nuclear ambitions in check
And if you’re still buying it, congrats - you’re just another sucker who got played by a guy who never meant a word he said.
Pure nonsense.
The Iranian nuclear weapons program was never going to stop, and they have never abided by any agreement about it.
Ever.
The Israelis knew that and committed massive assets to prevent it.
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8 minutes ago, Homelander said:
Operation Eagle Claw didn’t fail because we lacked guts it failed because it was a logistical nightmare with no margin for error. ‘Would’ve been something’ doesn’t change that 8 Americans died and zero hostages were rescued. Real leadership means learning from disaster, not romanticizing it.
It failed because it was an insane plan, ill researched and led from Washington.
I am extremely familiar with the scheme and what was going to happen if things went poorly on day two, which they probably would have.
I don't know anybody "romanticizing" anything about it.
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25 minutes ago, Homelander said:
Before the so-called ‘pro-peace’ candidates came along, when exactly was the last time the US bombed inside Iran?
Got any idea what probably would have happened during operation Eagle Claw if we didn't have that disaster at the "Desert 1" refueling site in April, 1980?
I do, and it would have been something.
What's your ideal retirement location?
in Off the Wall
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