The Frankish Reich

Our OP explained it all for us. A true classic!

I love this. Expand the game day roster to allow each team to carry a 400 lb sumo guy, and only a 400 lb sumo guy.

Maybe is definitely not trash. I doubt he'll be Josh Allen. But he can definitely be Jared Goff or Jordan Love, and I wouldn't even rule out Justin Herbert.

Before the season I predicted the Jets would be the most improved team in the NFL. Am I allowed to amend that? The Patriots are the most improved team in the NFL. The Jets will be the most improved team in the second half.

Maybe we should ask @AverageAllensSuspensor how those Norwegians pronounce it. And before Arafat, we had Kissinger share the award the North Vietnam's noble representative.

Pretty sure it was mediated by Nixon 2.0. With a big assist from Kissinger 2.0.

The Particle Sun always returns. Where's my fatted calf?

Agreed. And we need this season's Cooper to actually produce. Yes, it would be better to spend money on the defense, but I don't think there's any one player we could reasonably obtain on D that would have the impact of a WR

Chad Kelly: had a really bad leg injury last year, and I think he's been out for Toronto ever since.

Uncomfortable truth: ICE is staffed with two types of agents. There are the professional (primarily criminal) investigators. They have long been embarrassed by being associated with the rest of ICE, so they've tried to rebrand themselves as Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). But organizationally they are still ICE, and Trump is increasingly pulling them away from criminal investigations to assist with mass deportations efforts. And then there is Enforcement and Removal, which is staffed with some smart and professional officers, and a lot of, well, men and women who couldn't qualify to get a proper federal law enforcement job. Some are goons, plain and simple. Some are lazy. There are a lot of military veterans, and again, some use that experience to adjust rapidly to a civilian chain of command, and others just think they ought to be able to do to American citizens or even illegal aliens residing in the United States what they thought they could do to Iraqis. These are the vast majority of Trump's urban strike force. Bad, bad sh!t is gonna happen. They are actively being encouraged to go rogue, and they lack the professionalism to reject that encouragement. Unfortunately, this won't end until something really bad does happen.

Thanks - fantastic report! Question: is it fair to say that none of our receivers can consistently gain separation vs. good CBs? You note that Palmer seems to be the most effective at good old fashioned route running, but was he open more than we thought? Shakir and Kincaid operate effectively against zones or when faced with a mismatch (LB/S), but that's kind of limiting ...

I never thought I'd say it, but I miss Diggs. He just reminded us what it means to have a true elite receiver.

Yep. Another exhibit in the sad disappearance of he "maverick Senator."

"But instead of charging Margolin, the Marine Corps moved him to an air base in Miramar, California—referred to as a “coveted gig” by Marine attorneys. At the time of his transfer, in August 2014, Ewers served as the staff judge advocate to the commandant and was directly involved with what duty stations his judge advocates were assigned to, attorneys said. “When [Margolin] didn’t get processed for separation, you could have knocked me over with a feather,” said a retired judge advocate who served with Margolin. “If you think people didn’t notice the clear and abundant favoritism, in the words of the immortal Judas Priest, ‘you got another thing coming.’ But it was par for the course with that group: You were either in their little tribe, or you were sucking eggs.” Margolin retired two years later with full benefits. “I’ve seen enlisted Marines court-martialed for less,” said a retired senior defense attorney. Margolin is currently serving as a supervisory immigration judge in Santa Ana, California. He did not respond to interview requests." https://thewarhorse.org/sharkys-and-the-golden-boy-military-justice-abandons-the-vulnerable-to-protect-the-powerful/

The lol emoji is for that last sentence.

Thanks. This is actually a very thoughtful essay on the whole tragedy.

If the divas fight will it be in burkas?

Off topic: Chad Kelly made $583,000 (I think Canadian) last year. Not bad. I hope he is saving some ...

I looked it up ... the AFL's minimum salary was 9K for rookies, 10K for vets. But that didn't come until a CBA was ratified in 1968. Yes, even 9K was a very handsome salary back then, but it wasn't that way in the early 1960s.

This is what I mean. It starts small (some evil group of people is secretly running something behind the scenes), and we've seen that once someone takes that step it's not that difficult to convince them that Charile Kirk was wearing an exploding mic and that Mossad did it.

My dad worked at the airport back in those early days. He'd have stories about the Bills player loading bags back then. The exception was Cookie Gilchrist, who always acted 100% The Star.

Mossad is slipping. All those 3rd Base Coach signals are pretty bush league.

Yeah, it's ever-shifting. I need to send a progressive poster to Hawaii to keep the overnight advantage. Because it is important.

I kind of miss COVID lockdowns. Everything is so damn crowded again.

Whew. That was a close one. Thanks to Big Blitz for calling in the code blue. When I last checked, the Top 10 threads were dominated by those started by MAGA types. I can now breathe a huge sigh of relief.