The Frankish Reich

Because it's such a big night, and there's an unusual amount of activity here because it's such a big night

Advance weather forecast for next weekend in KC: High of 18, low of 0. I think they'll want to avoid that ....

Thanks. So ... I imagine they'll have enough of an incentive to win tonight.

So ... I've got what happens with us. But what about Miami? If they win, they get us again in Miami. That can't be too inviting for them. If they lose, who do they get?

Vrabel: gotta hand it to you. You played everyone, got them prepared, and they played to win! (I'll go back to hating him next week)

Conspiracy/it's fixed posters - why on earth would the NFL rather have Jacksonville in the playoffs instead of Pittsburgh and the Bills?

I’m not sure he would’ve made a difference in our 2 games, but I have no doubt he would’ve made a difference in their season overall. Their QB play was so atrocious except for maybe 3 Wilson “comeback” games that even an old Rodgers would have been a huge upgrade.

Dear Elise: stop running for VP, start representing your NY district.

Johnson is right about one thing: more money alone will not fix the problem. We do need fixes in the immigration/asylum laws and procedures. But I fear you are right about there being more interest on the Republican side at keeping the issue alive by refusing to hammer out a compromise that actually helps us deal with the fact of massive/organized illegal immigration.

Update: 1240 prosecutions as of December. 710 guilty pleas. 170 convictions at trial. TWO (count 'em, TWO) acquittals. More in the pipeline. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/01/04/us/january-6-capitol-trump-investigation.html The most thorough, organized, successful law enforcement operation I've ever seen. Happy New Year to our great patriot investigators, attorneys and judges, and jurors!

I don't think you need to be a conspiracy type to believe this. The courts opened up fantasy betting as legal, and Fan Duel and Draft Kings completed like hell to grab market share in anticipation of all sports gambling being legalized.

The difference between having a very deep/balanced team vs having one or two superstar players and some huge problem positions?

Texas DAs previously prosecuted illegal entrants for trespass. Someone owns the land - public or private - and yes, illegal entrants were trespassing. So that wasn't a problem. There's no general federal "trespass" law, unless it's occurring on federal land. But the new Texas law - or at least the important parts of it - is clearly unconstitutional, as established by U.S. v. Arizona. Charging someone with illegal entry into the United States, and particularly detaining and deporting illegal entrants is a purely federal authority. There's gray areas, like transporting or harboring illegal entrants on state roads, etc. I think those are part of Florida's laws, and I think they would pass the constitutional test. But arresting/deporting for illegal entry? No.

Ooh, "within hours" of his plan to intimidate Mike Pence into refusing to accept validly submitted electoral college slates! What a patriot! And to further prove that, he ensures us that he will peacefully relinquish power if elected again (and alive) in 2029, rather than refusing to leave the White House and installing himself as America's Putin! What a guy.

1. SWATting attacks bad. Really bad. 2. Calls for Civil War bad. Really, really bad. No arguments from me.

I notice you're a lot more active here since NC put age verification restrictions on Pr0nhub.

That's kind of how it works. The stats show nothing other than normal seasonal fluctuations in demand. As far as supply: OPEC has implemented new supply restrictions, but even that isn't moving the price. And U.S. domestic production is at an all-time high, which certainly has a lot to do with gas prices. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chart-day-us-oil-production-213046589.html. This is what's so stupid about the Trump 2.0 campaign. Drill, drill, drill! Keep doing what we've been doing!! Only the uninformed are falling for this Greatest Hits Reunion Tour. (He has a point about illegal immigration though)

Non sequitur. Yes, I am arguing that the president doesn't have anything (or at most a tiny thing) to do with the price of gas. And that the price of gas plummeted during COVID as the economy shut down. And that the price of gas spiked during the post-COVID inflationary period. And that the price of gas has now fallen as inflation is coming under control.

Look, the whole topic is about inflation under the Biden Administration. The last "normal" economic measure, pre-Biden Administration, was January or February 2020. If we were to look at April/May 2020 we'd see really cheap gas because a huge percentage of the economy was shut down, so that wouldn't tell us anything.

Again. The thread is about prices TODAY. Not predictions about prices in the future. Not comments about the general level of industrial productivity. Not a historical analysis of gas prices. Today. Today = cheap. Deal with it.

He never derails his own topics with those idiot Trump memes.

No, it isn't! Gas prices are down about 50 cents a gallon since early November. Inflation adjusted, gas is cheap. Again. Drill, drill, drill. Whatever. Cheap. Enjoy it. Stop whining!

Funny, I read the topic as "how much did you pay for gas and groceries today."

This thread has gone awfully quiet since prices have started going down. How much did I pay for gas today? $2.17 a gallon. Sam's Club/Colorado. That's right. Regular unleaded. Average price in Jan 2020, just before COVID, in the Glory Days of Trumpism? $2.63. Oh.