The Frankish Reich

I'm somewhere in between "he's done" and "he'll be back to the old Russell Wilson." People who didn't have the misfortune of watching every Broncos game last year (living in CO I did, just so I'd have something to talk about on Monday) probably can't comprehend exactly how effin awful Nathaniel Hackett was. Just incredibly unprepared on offense and special teams. Wilson showed a little of the old flash late in the season and has looked leaner and more athletic in preseason so far. His main problem now: no one to throw too with a ton of injuries in the receiving corps.

https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Vanguard_safety https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-business-investment/fact-check-video-claiming-blackrock-and-vanguard-own-all-the-biggest-corporations-in-the-world-is-missing-context-idUSL2N2WI1K4 I don't think you understand how mutual funds work. You would do well to actually read up on this instead of cutting/pasting silliness from social media.

The impeachments resulted in straight party-line votes in the Senate. It was clearly a political process (and yes, that's what the constitution created), so saying suggesting that the fact that he wasn't ultimately impeached" and removed from office (or rendered ineligible to run again) is hardly the same thing as a finding that he was not guilty. In fact, some of the arguments his attorneys made were that even if his behavior was arguably criminal, it didn't rise to the constitutional definition of "high crimes and misdemeanors." So pointing to the political results of the impeachments as some kind of evidence that the charges were bogus is ridiculous. The Republican House brought impeachment articles against Bill Clinton. The Senate did not vote to impeach. That certainly doesn't mean that there is a judicial finding that Bill Clinton did not lie under oath. He did. He was guilty, but not impeached in the political process in the Senate.

You mean when Trump was "acquitted" because at least 49% of the jurors (Republican Senators) were predisposed to NEVER vote against him? That's the ultimate rigged jury pool. Today: "but he'll get a Fulton County jury full of Democrats! Unfair!!"

True. It was more of a lack of ability to adapt to those special situations that call for a different approach.

Name one great NFL QB producing school. Succeeding as an NFL QB is just too much of a crapshoot to say "just another USC QB." (Or whatever school you choose). Here's an ESPN list of the best QB producing colleges: https://www.on3.com/news/quarterback-u-espn-released-top-10-producing-schools-oklahoma-alabama-lsu-ohio-state/ Oklahoma is #1 because guys like Sam Bradford, Baker Mayfield, and Kyler Murray have definitely succeeded as NFL QBs. But Jalen Hurts is the only one who seems like he has a chance to become an elite NFL QB. Other colleges on the list are there because they've produced the likes of Justin Herbert (maybe a future elite) and Marcus Mariota (definitely a current journeyman) or Bryce Young (we'll see), Tua (same) and Mac Jones (we've seen enough I think). And our great current/recently retired NFL QBs have come from Texas Tech, Wyoming, Cal, Michigan, Tennessee, Purdue, Louisville. If we limit it to the 2000s, "Name one great [school name] QB" works for pretty much any college.

Sad but true.

This Alabama move came really, really close to outright contempt. The larger point: a long time ago I worked on a civil rights districting case dealing with local electoral districts. Back then the prevailing theory (still ensconced in case law) is that "majority minority" districts were critical to allow for a minority to get elected. And that's what has often happened. But over the years a lot of voting rights advocates have wondered whether this is counterproductive. Creating a majority black district may indeed get a black candidate elected, but at the expense of creating several safe "white" districts - districts where a black candidate doesn't stand a chance, and where white politicians can ignore concerns of black voters without suffering any electoral consequences. It's a good debate, and one that we should be having now instead of these never-ending gerrymandering lawsuits.

Well, there goes one Trump vote under your new rules.

He won't be in jail. Even if one of the trials finishes before the election, he'll almost certainly be out on bail pending appeal. But you are right about the other points. Barring something truly unforeseen (like a major health issue) he's steamrolling his way through what's left of the Republican Party in his epic Get Elected to Stay Out of Jail campaign.

I had to look up that name ... 1967, co-founder of the Santana Blues Band!

What, that's a whole 12 days ago! Plenty of time to develop the kind of "always liked" attachment to some artist.

Saffold is 35. This has to be concerning for a guy like Mitch Morse, who is 31. We've come a long way in the NFL since the old Deacon Jones pass rusher who led with a hard slap to the helmet. But it's still brutal on the O line.

The Cards are the only team that is acting like they are tanking. So I gotta go with them.

Maybe what we're saying here has some common ground. Leslie Frazier's D holds the opponent to 2 field goals in their first 3 possessions. Josh Allen's offense scores 2 TDs on their first 3 possessions. The opponent is playing from behind, taking more risks, the ratio of passes to runs increases, they give up the ball.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/mike-williams-bucs-agree-to-six-year-4025-million-extension/ $15 million guaranteed ten years ago. Sad.

I disagree. The point was to prevent the other guys from scoring. And measuring success by points allowed, well, that worked. The opposite of the Rex Ryan style defense, which is based on causing confusion in the offense and capitalizing on it. In that defense you take the risk of giving up the big play in order to make one yourself.

Silly knee-jerk response. Of course my point is that when you want to create a program that hands out money, you've got to think about what could go wrong. And when you create a program without much in the way of internal controls because you want a quick political benefit, lots of things do go wrong. Sensible response. Congratulations for not doing the Big Blitz thing.

So let's say you're a governor who's all for education reform. You might also dream of being elected president. So you do something truly innovative. You're gonna expand school vouchers, and you're gonna let parents decide not to send their kids to woke indoctrination centers. They can even stay home with the kids and homeschool them and get state money to help assist with the education of their little ones! School supplies, all of that nice stuff, right? Why should the parents have to provide the learnin' stuff that those woke indoctrination centers typically provide? It's only fair, and what could possibly go wrong? https://popular.info/p/disney-tickets-ps5s-and-big-screen Oh. Florida parents are taking advantage of an expanded school voucher program championed by Governor Ron DeSantis (R), according to messages from private Facebook groups obtained by Popular Information. The private Facebook messages reveal how parents are using the new Personalized Education Program (PEP), which provides about $8,000 annually to thousands of homeschooled students to get taxpayer-funded theme park passes, big-screen TVs, and other items with an attenuated connection to education. PEP is limited to 20,000 students for the 2023-24 academic year but will expand dramatically in future years, increasing by 40,000 students annually. In one exchange posted in a private Facebook group last month, a parent inquires if anyone has had luck getting passes to Disney World approved through the program. Another parent responds that she was able to get passes for Disney World and Universal Studios paid for with taxpayer funds.

No. Not every natural disaster. Not, for example, any Florida or Texas hurricane. Those are God providing an opportunity for DeSantis and Abbott to Show Leadership. But any natural disaster impacting a liberal state or locality is unambiguously a sign on the Wrath of God. This is actually very easy to understand. Tornado in Oklahoma = Opportunity to Excel. Flooding in Reno? Likewise. Flooding from same storm just outside Reno? Divine Retribution.

Im relieved. After one of your Twitter monkeys said something equally stupid, apparently not in jest, I felt compelled to ask.

I think Ol' Tarheel lost a little off his fastball when he brought in Deranged Rhino as his personal pitching coach.

If he'd tugged on the white boots we'd still be talking about him. Rookie mistake.

I am assuming this is snark. But after Jack Posobiec attributed such things to the Wrath of God, I'm just not sure anymore.

It smells. That's why I want it to be investigated! I don't know what else to say. Investigate, investigate, try to get evidence on what/how Joe profited and whether Hunter's actions impacted White House decisions (remember, he was VP, not president, so it's not like he was dictating policy). But what does that have to do with Jared Kushner? Congress doesn't have the resources to look into both at the same time?