The Frankish Reich

If you consider complying with the Geneva Conventions to be "standing in the middle," well, then, that's indeed a good place to be. If you don't like that, explain where the lines are. Is Irv's suggestion that we nuke Gaza acceptable? If not, why not?

And it is perfectly fair and correct for the US to counsel others to avoid committing war crimes. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/12/world/europe/israel-gaza-and-the-laws-of-war.html Anyone who has spent much time on social media recently will have seen people conflate the justness of the conflict itself with the justness of the way it is being conducted. Some have appeared to excuse the killing of Israeli civilians on the basis that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories is wrong, while others appeared to dismiss the killing of Palestinian civilians in airstrikes on the grounds that Israel is right to defend itself from attack.

Elise Stefanik, upstate NY rep with endless ambition who herself wanted no part of the thankless job of Speaker, now going off against Biden like a Jim Jordan in the 184 weight class.

And yes, that's a perfectly acceptable response. These talking heads are expected to talk, talk, talk to fill the dead air while images of death and destruction play behind them. They don't always hit the perfect tone, and neither would I.

Looks like some Dems are going to sit out the vote to allow him to get a majority with fewer Republican votes. I hope they extracted something in return for that favor

You know what else "hasn't happened before or since?" FULLY FUELED JETS BEING FLOWN DIRECTLY INTO TWO ONE HUNDRED STORY BUILDINGS, CAUSING BOTH TO COLLAPSE, WITH AN ADJACENT 40+ STORY BUILDING COLLAPSING SHORTLY THEREAFTER. When heaven forbid that happens again and the building(s) remain standing, you'll have a good point. Until then ...

Jim Jordan with better hair and a less obnoxious demeanor.

You must be the person behind the rebranding of Israeli Couscous as Pearled Couscous. Yes, Israel must be reminded. And Hamas must be decried.

I had to look that one up. I was blissfully unaware that there's a crackpot conspiracy theory about that too. Yes, I do believe it collapsed from fires and the almost unimaginably intense heat and repercussions of the fall of the larger towers. https://www.nist.gov/pao/questions-and-answers-about-nist-wtc-7-investigation

Right. So if we did have Hines - if he hadn't been injured in that Jetski accident - would both of them have been active at the same time? What on earth were we going to do with two little guys whose skillets are essentially the same? Harty came with a cap hit of $3.75 million. Maybe that could have been better applied to a position of need.

Don't you bore yourself doing this all the time? Me: right wing social media has mischaracterized a CNN report. Possible responses: 1. You're right, they kind of did. (Good response) 2. No, they still kind of underplayed the horror of being held captive. (Acceptable, arguable response) 3. Hey, left wing media did the same thing last summer! (Pointless, boring, predictable response)

Even weirder because we thought we'd have Hines at the time they signed him. Did Beane rent the Jetski?

I know this is a somewhat different point, but we're seeing that blocking by "skill positions" players is really important. Lots of folks here hate it, but that's something PFF takes into account when they score players - they look at every play and whether the player succeeded in what appears to be his assigned role. Cook whiffing on blocks, some receiver putting in a bad effort on a block on a screen, etc. If our pass catchers aren't blocking effectively on screens and the screen fails, that's on them, not Dorsey.

Stupid, out of context tweet. I watched it - did Erin Burnett really suggest it was like a hotel? No. She said this to show that Hamas had prepared everything for the taking of hostages, including hoarding supplies in underground tunnels. Oh, and maybe to make those relatives of unreleased hostages feel a little better about the conditions their loved ones are being held in. But there's a cheap political point to be made, so what the hell, let's make it.

He was wide open deep against NE, but Josh seemed to forget that he's 5'6" and not 6'4" ...

Someone's been thinking about chicks with, umm, something special just a little too much.

A rare moment of agreement between Irv and Justice: it's all a conspiracy! Biden was behind it to improve his electoral chances. No! Israel was behind it to have an excuse to invade Gaza! The horseshoe theory of politics. The far right and far left are merging.

I agree with you. But you're missing my point. Dems = consistent position on cuts to entitlements: No cuts. We will deal with it (tax increases, probably, plus other things like raising the full social security entitlement age again) when the crisis comes. Repubs = inconsistent position. Deficit hawks in control of the House, a big-time deficit spender as the presidential candidate. It is fair to question "so what DO you want the government to do if you win?"

The embedded tweet actually softballs it. He didn't just "imply" that he thinks cutting Social Security and Medicare is necessary. He flat-out said it. By the way, this seems to have been in early 2019 as he's identified as "Chairman Elect" of the Republican Study Committee, and he became Chairman in 2019. So while I don't think he's wrong - in my opinion, we do need to consider how to rein in spending on all entitlement programs - there's no denying that he does want to cut these programs. Interesting what will happen when this runs up against Trump's "pretend the problem doesn't exist" campaign.

Fuzz Busters, Sears runs ... kind of a long time ago...

And that's where we are in America. Insane conspiracy theories = today's Republican opposition.

No. They showed something called party discipline. The Republicans acted like little children — “if you don’t vote for one of us we are taking our ball and going home.”

Whose

I guess “libtards” are responsible for the Republican crapshow.

Right. Well played. UFC embraces its homoerotic appeal. Or to be woke, I guess it wouldn’t be homoerotic with a trans woman. Maybe they’re still in denial.