The Frankish Reich
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I've watched Ep 1. It was good. I learned some things, took a moment to rethink some things.
Well worth watching the whole thing.
Disagreement? Let's let some scholars raise some points, and then we'll argue about them like grown adults.
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11 hours ago, JDHillFan said:
FINE!!sigh
A Herculean effort!
Actually, more of a Sisyphean effort.
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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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Not since his rookie season have we seen Allen look this helpless
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And Shakir breaks a tackle to prove me wrong!
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Has anyone other than Cook broken a tackle tonight?
And that includes Allen
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Just now, BuffaloBaumer said:
I never thought I would hate a coaching staff more than Dick Jauron
There's a really good argument that Dick Jauron did more with the talent he had than McD is doing with the talent he has.
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Just now, buffblue said:
Thursday Night Football is an absolute abomination
Exactly.
This game will not prove anything about the relative merits of these teams.
I hate, hate, hate football on Thursday.
Eff college, just play on Saturday night.
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Oh man. This is getting ugly
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1 minute ago, Nihilarian said:
WHAT, no screen to Shakir?
Don't give up so quickly.
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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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Worst Bills defense ever? No. I checked.
1971. The year I became a Bills fan. Worst scoring defense in the entire NFL.
Balanced out by the worst scoring offense in the entire NFL.
How an 7 year old became a Bills fan that year is an eternal mystery.
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Just now, BuffaloBaumer said:
Is this the worst defense Buffalo has ever had?
Probably. At least in the McD years. I'd have to think about those 1980s teams though.
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Let's end the first half thread on some unconventional wisdom: our defense hasn't been good since Terrell Edmunds left.
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Just now, Urban Achievers said:
I hate our defense so much. Keep Hairston walker and bishop. Everyone else is expendable
Agree - everyone else is expensive and/or on the downside of his career.
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Good Lord, our defense is awful. And how about zero pressure on Mills.
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1 minute ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:
Cole Bishop reminds me so much of Bob Sanders it’s crazy. He’s like a heat sealing missile.
Someone said John Lynch last week. I laughed. And then I thought, hey, not so crazy ...
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Just now, Stads said:
Bishop taking people out now
I don't know when he turned into a bigtiime hitter, but I'm glad he did.
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Too fast! We put the ball right back into the legendary Davis Mills' hands.
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I was about to say Ray Davis isn't fast enough for kick returns...
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I actually like those high gloss red helmets.
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36 minutes ago, B-Man said:
Oops !
That one always struck me as weird, since even a brand new lawyer would know better.
But there's a whole host of other problems, some of which may warrant outright dismissal.
And I think that's where we're headed.
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1 hour ago, AlBUNDY4TDS said:
My mom was a drug addict and me and my sister were on our own since teenagers. And my dad is dead and wasn't in my life.
I should be dead or in jail tbh.
The fact that I'm arguing with u on the internet is a minor miracle.
Congratulations for making it. I think I mentioned before that I was a teaching assistant as a grad student a lifetime ago. The most involved/best students I had were in a night class with mostly "nontraditional students."
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2 minutes ago, Roundybout said:
Better than his appearance on MNF this week that’s for sureI thank the NFL gods for scheduling a crap game that I had no interest in, thereby allowing me to avoid this.
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Tired of MTG
in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Posted · Edited by The Frankish Reich
Oh, I think some nutcase from North Georgia sees an opportunity to cash in while Trump is still in office. Simple as that.
MTG Live on Youtube.
Or MTG on Fox News.
Or MTG everywhere.