The Frankish Reich

I'm just excited for a great Sunday of football. Looks like the best lineup all year so far. Send the family away, stockpile the microbrews, order a pizza just for me. Bills-Bucs, then KC at DEN, then DET at Philly. That's a good solid 10 hours in the basement.

I'll give Beane the benefit of the doubt on this one - maybe a healthy Gabe Davis looked like a better option than trading for the not-exactly-stellar WR talent that was out there. We shall see.

I haven't read the article yet, but I would assume the starting point is this: a large, large percentage of pre-dynamic kickoffs were touchbacks into/through the end zone with almost zero concussions. The league got what it wanted - more returns. But with more returns come more collisions. Probably fewer grisly knockout type concussions, but more than with a kick through the end zone. After watching this for a while now, I think I'd like to just have the receiving team have the option of getting the ball at the 35 or having the kicking team kickoff with the new rules. Unless a team is trailing late it's likely to just take the 35, meaning zero injuries. But if you are trailing late, you get the option of trying for the big return.

special teams mostly

That was before they offd poor Virginia. Dead women tell no tales.

I thought of the same skit when the whole gait thing came up.

Continues to exhibit that he cannot ignore me.

Inflation hits home! More specifically, hits the basement. Between that and the potential disruption to my air travel, I'm about to go all J6.

You meant to say "while Trump was still President"

Wow, look at you! There aren't even 70 posters who comment in this little backwater. Maybe 20, of which only 10 or so are regulars? You have truly mastered the art of self-pleasuring, posting only to yourself.

They were never going to get their demands from Trump and the Republican Senate. The shutdown accomplished a couple things: it probably took Trump's approval down a tick or two and, more importantly, ensured that Democratic turnout would be higher in the VA/NJ races. I haven't seen specific language in the Senate deal, but if it includes a commitment that Thune will take an extension of Obamacare subsidies to a vote, AND if that somehow happens on the House side too, then the Dems make every Republican publicly vote on that specific issue, which they will use in the midterms. It is what it is.

Reminder: "your government" on January 5, 2021 = the Trump government.

"once fine agency" Now there's a telling comment. It's always been a federal disaster area ever since Clinton undid Reagan's blow-up of it.

Yeah, $15 million is a small bribe to pay to get the FCC to approve the hugely profitable sale of your company.

Tom Brady will in in Santa Clara, just down the 101 from where he grew up, to usher in the new dynasty. Robert Kraft will be seen exiting one of the Thai Massage Parlors of San Jose before putting his greasy hands all over the Lombardi.

You nailed it. No one cares if the National Arboretum closes. Some people care if food stamps are cut off, but they're not the people politicians care about. But eff with my Thanksgiving plans? Now we care.

Junk science.

Shutdowns are dumb. Glad this one is over. I have a couple flights scheduled this month and early next month and I don't need any disruptions. Both sides can pretend they "won" something. In reality, the Air Traffic Controllers are the most powerful force in America.

You sound like a mortgage lender, maybe even a subprime one 😀

"Haul her in" based on ... her average height and gait analysis. This is the best survey I could find re: forensic gait analysis. Not compelling evidence to say the least. I don't expect you to read it; the worst conspiracy theorist is the one with no self-awareness. https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/19470676/royal_society_forensic_gait_analysis_primer_for_courts.pdf

The homeless have a right to vote. It looks like here they got their ballots but never cast their votes. Wow. Big story.

There's a not-so-hidden assumption here that housing prices will always go up. And over the long term I guess that's right. But what if there's a deep recession and housing prices - particularly in some markets - go down sharply as workers in those markets lose their jobs, are forced to move, and are forced to sell? 2008 is what happens.

I'm not against the concept. If the free market decides to start writing 50 year loans (Bill Pulte, what's stopping you?), then we will have 50 year loans. I don't get why the federal government has a role in this unless it is to subsidize those loans in some manner. And that's what I object to.