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    How much did you pay for gas and groceries today?

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

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    8 hours ago, SectionC3 said:

    Keeping the fatties in line is  a tall order at Thanksgiving.  Be on the lookout for stretch pants or jogging pants.  You see those — the Thanksgiving pants — and you know they’re there to load up on the stuff that isn’t green.  The only thing that’s worse than a glutton is a glutton you have to pay for, especially in this economy.  

    You can have all the turkey and trimmings you want. 

    But the nice wine and spirits are strictly rationed in my house.

    How much did you pay for gas and groceries today?

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    19 minutes ago, Wacka said:

    My sister and her husband are having  me, my nephew and his daughter over. Her daughter is living in Germany and her other son has passed. We used to have about double, but with some passing and my brother going to his wife's kid's house that is what we have.  We have a turkey roll for the white meat and deep fried turkey  fried in the driveway far away from the house.

    Deep fried is great! Smoked even better, but I don’t have the equipment for that big of a turkey. Enjoy it!

    Highly recommend all true patriots watch Ken Burns American Revolution documentary

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

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    1 hour ago, Coffeesforclosers said:

     

    Reading books. I'm working through Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy's The Men Who Lost America.  Dean Snow's 1777 is very good. Just re-read Jonathan Grenier's The First Way of War...actually does Burns cover the Gnaddenhutten Massacre at all?

    The correct approach.

    It is a history of the American Revolution. Not the history. There probably is no such thing as the history. Adults understand this. Children want to be told.

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    Bills o-line scheme and reliance on mesh routes - The Athletic (Mike Sando)

    in The Stadium Wall

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    28 minutes ago, Nihilarian said:

    Elway, in the end, was similar to Peyton Manning in that he simply no longer had that supreme arm talent at the end.  Elway was helped with an RB by the name of Terrell Davis, who rushed for 1750 yards in 1997, for 2000 yards in 1998, and the Broncos ran the ball more than they threw it in those last two Super Bowls.

    Manning, in his last SB, was helped by a #1 defense while their offense was middle of the pack. 

     

    The current Buffalo Bills have the right idea with the run game and now need to upgrade their passing attack with more innovative schemes. That power run game is supposed to help protect Allen and not throw him under the bus... 8 SACKS :doh:

    True. That's the problem here: we've already done the Elway-Shanahan thing, moving toward a run-first, throw second approach to take some of the burden off Josh. 

    I'm in the camp that says that when you have a HOF QB, the solution is always to shift the burden back onto the QB.

    The New President Autopen

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

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    1 hour ago, wnyguy said:

    Gotta agree with you Frankish, it's not a good look for Trump and the administration. It's like all politicians are crooks or something.

    Thanks.

    The whole pardon thing, from whichever side, bothers me. When I was a relatively new lawyer for the feds, I got one of those dreaded assignments - reviewing case files in response to pardon requests. I probably overdid it. I really dug into a few cases and wrote really solid memos for the DOJ Pardon Attorney (there is such a thing, although it's now very politicized). I never really followed up on what happened; they weren't high-profile cases. But nothing was political. We were instructed to look at things like acceptance of guilt and evidence of rehabilitation, and the view of the prosecuting agency and the victims of the crime, and the value of a pardon for restoring certain civil rights like voting or owning a gun. I took my work seriously and left it to the Pardon Attorney to make his or her final recommendation to the President.

     

    So it saddens me to see a President just ignore that process and ran through pardons for political or other (including political contributions) reasons. It is easy to make fun of the bureaucratic process, but without it, this is what we get. People - not the Pardon Attorney after full review - sticking Pardon letters into the autopen or in front of the President to apply a sharpie signature without even knowing the first thing about what he's doing or who it impacts.

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    11/20/2025 Bills @ Texans 2nd half game thread

    in The Stadium Wall

    Posted · Edited by The Frankish Reich

    3 minutes ago, schoolhouserock said:

    Perhaps unpopular opinion: The rookies and 2nd year players are keeping this defense afloat. Anyone that got paid is letting the defense down.

    Rousseau? MIA this year.

    Bernard? Didn't we think he was, like, good last year? Or better than Edmunds?

    The DTs: disappeared, or injured.

    Bosa: pass rush, yes; subpar Von against the run.

    Benford: injury risk = injury reality.

    Milano: playing out the string.

    Epenesa: already in his decline phase? Without ever really being good?

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