The Frankish Reich

Exactly. I see Cook was undrafted out of Missouri, but his raw athleticism looks o.k. What do you have to lose? If gets shutout the rest of the season it gives Aaron Glenn an excuse. And the first overall.

Jets are just plain weird. I mean, I got the Rodgers thing. They thought they could win right away with him, and that wasn't ridiculous given the talent the team had and the atrocious quarterbacking they'd had the last few years. He just needed to be decent, like he suddenly is this year. And healthy. But the move to Fields this year was obviously one that could blow up. If they got lucky, he'd be like he was at the start of last year for the Steelers. If they got it wrong, he'd be like the guy who was run out of Chicago. And if wrong, there was no salvaging the season. Tyrod as a backup is the "salvage the season if your (good) starter is out a few games" guy. So now they have no young backup to hand the keys to, hoping that maybe they'll find a Brock Purdy. They have Tyrod, who is likely (if healthy) to steal a few wins, which of course is the worst thing they could do right now. Their practice squad QB is some kind named Brady (good start) Cook. Hand it over to him and take your 1-16 and the first overall pick.

Because Coach Tim was a little simple. Like Quayle.

If forced to name the worst, I think there's no real debate: Palin. Dan Quayle was a little unfairly maligned. I think he was basically competent, and he had some good staffers. Walz is a poor governor and clearly wasn't ready for the main stage. I still believe Kamala chose him mostly because she didn't want to elevate her competition (Shapiro, etc.) in case she loses and tries again in 2028. Still praying that she doesn't.

When you visit Buenos Aires you can tip your valet five bucks or 7,500 pesos. Your choice. So I thought the purpose of tariffs was to increase domestic production, regardless of what the good may be. That's why there's a tariff on aluminum even though it will take years to ramp up domestic production.

How quickly they forget Dan Quayle. And ever more quickly Sara Palin.

Latest exchange rate: the Argentine peso is now worth .00067 USD. Make sure you put enough zeroes in there.

The same way you make coffee grown in North Dakota and bananas grow in Maine? It’s been funny listening to Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent talk about this, as the rationales they offer diverge quite a bit. Bessent goes to some trouble to dress it up in the language of economics, casting it as a canny investment for America: “The success of Argentina’s reform agenda is of systemic importance, and a strong, stable Argentina which helps anchor a prosperous Western Hemisphere is in the strategic interest of the United States,” he tweeted this month. But Trump’s been explicit: He’s doing it to prop up his buddy Milei. “I’m with this man because his philosophy is correct,” Trump said of Milei last week. “And if he wins, we’re staying with him, and if he doesn’t win, we’re gone.” Whatever the rationale, it’s not clear their strategy is helping much. The Argentine peso sank to record lows yesterday, with little indication that the midterms were going to turn in Milei’s favor (who could have guessed that voters may not like the idea of being run by an American-puppet government?) and traders seemingly unimpressed by Bessent’s pitch of the currency as a prudent investment. The United States is now the proud owner of $20 billion in increasingly worthless Argentinian currency. America First, baby! https://www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-cry-for-me-argentina-heres-40b-trump-america-first-moo

Even you Trumpies have to admit that there's a curiously large number of Republicans engaging in "fun" racist and Nazi chats ...

1. Put tariff on Argentine exports and China exports. 2. Watch Argentina suffer economic consequences, and watch China stop buying U.S. soybeans. 3. Redirect tariff money to U.S. soybean farmers. 4. Give Argentina $20 (up to $40) billion dollar unsecured loan through weird currency transaction meant to obscure what's really happening. 5. Tell Argentina we'll buy more of their beef because beef is expensive here. 6. Watch demand for U.S. beef fall, beef prices to ranchers go down. 7. Watch ranchers complain; redirect tariff revenues to ranchers 8. Rinse, repeat. Command economy has entered the room through the backdoor.

All true. But nothing is free. Those big donors aren't donating simply because they think America needs a grand ballroom. They'll be expecting something, someday, and probably soon.

No, he was too busy making gas prices come down and beef prices go up. And installing Panera patios at the White House.

I have to admit I'm rather disappointed in the lack of development of the conspiracy theories here. Where's DR when you need him?

Meanwhile, Mike Johnson still refuses to swear in duly elected Rep Grijalva from NM. She will be the tipping point on the Epstein resolution. The House isn't even in session, so that vote won't happen. He's just b!tchily refusing to allow her to start representing her constituents. These people looove their predator friends. And also meanwhile: we see Prince Andrew out there essentially showing that Patel was lying when he said he wasn't aware of girls being procured for anyone but Epstein himself.

Older? Check. White? Yeah, that too, but not relevant here. Vaccine? No. Not yet. Got shingles? Yep. I did. Some serious advice because, after all, it seems I kind of like most of you angry older white men: get that damn vaccine. Shingles hurt like hell. Actually went into my ear and in a nerve down half of my face. Like someone stabbing an ice pick into my brain. Sharp nerve pain that only lasted a couple seconds at a time, but enough to wake me from a deep sleep jolted by pain. Like having a bad tooth that needs a root canal when you bit down hard on something, but totally random 100 times a day. Still have some weird tingling/numbness from time to time. Kicking myself for not getting the vax when I was first eligible.

The ballroom thing? Yeah, whatever. It's not like the East/West wing stuff is all that historical anyway. But tearing out the Rose Garden for that pathetic patio? That's a crime.

You're right ... i was just kidding because, you know, Jets ...

Looks like he's a running QB whose injuries from that style have caught up with him before he ever developed the ability to play as a more traditional pocket passer. So now you have a guy who isn't a huge running threat and is still very poor at making the timing throws/reading defenses. I think this was his last chance. Too bad because I thought he was fun to watch when he flashed that athleticism.

I think Arch Manning makes it known that he will never play for the Jets, the Jets trade the #1 overall pick, and they draft a few defensive players and sign Kirk Cousins.

Am I crazy to be more concerned about Andy Dalton than Bryce Young? Dalton is almost 38, but this is the year of the old man QB, right?

We'll let Elon continue to manage what's left of your brain. By the way, I am neither a Twitter nor a Blue sky subscriber. I don't want some algorithm telling me what I want to see. I know most people here don't read, so when I see a headline like this one I look for tweet or whatever that I can paste here.

Ten percent for the big guy? Only ten percent? How about the company partners and officers all share in the proceeds!

Comey's lawyers raise a real legal issue, not just a filing made for publicity purposes. Please try to pay attention instead of being mesmerized by Anna Bower. Like me.

Just for the sake of argument since it's probably unlikely that they admit that they were deliberately juicing ... ... PED effects last a whole lot longer than a six-week suspension, or even six months (the time of signing, when their suspensions became known). https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/effects-performance-enhancing-drugs-may-last-decades/ https://www.wada-ama.org/en/resources/scientific-research/long-term-changes-human-skeletal-muscles-after-anabolic-steroid The world anti-doping administration suggests 2 year suspensions may therefore be too short if the goal is to take away any advantage gained from prior PED use. I was only half kidding when I said that Beane is trying to exploit a market inefficiency in signing players recently busted for PEDs ...

Seems to me that Mac Jones and Brock Purdy are pretty much equal. Part of that is the plug and play Shanahan offense of course.