The Frankish Reich

Sounds like someone's little "but what about Ray Epps, walking around with no consequences whatsoever" talking point has been taken away, leaving him crying for that special binky (and once again responding to people he performatively "ignores" - so cute!) No, but they shared the same moronic tendencies to go off at "the man" when they didn't get their way.

That is pretty good. But Fetty Man: do we have to join her in a race to the bottom? They are busy beclowning themselves. Maybe it would be a good idea to stay (err, get) classy in response?

Yeah, I love her comment style, as if she has any idea what she's talking about. "Hmm, I don't recall ever seeing a disorderly conduct single misdemeanor charge in a federal information." Umm, Julie, happens all the time. I have seen disruptive lawyers in federal courthouses arrested and charged with that single misdemeanor.

And right on cue, almost as if she is The Real Deranged Rhino, here she is. Too easy to be a member of the Trumpist commentariat, isn't it?

Oops. There goes that whole narrative. New narrative: DOJ and Epps have a deal in place to provide him cover. He'll plead guilty to a misdemeanor, get probation, and go away. Such is the nature of conspiracy theorists. Everything that happens to refute their theory is immediately turned around as providing yet more support for their theory. Julie Kelly, where are you?

I'll just say that if Sam Howell were on the Jets and Zach Wilson were on the Commanders, I'd be thinking totally differently about this game and their seasons.

And given their 2-0 start (against one bad team and one other middling team) and the problems the Giants are having, they have playoff dreams. And that's not really that big a stretch.

Breece is (actually was ... sorry Jets fans) a lot better than Robinson. But Robinson is big, consistent, and if their line performs adequately he will churn out yardage and probably at least a couple 10+ yard carries/catches. He's kind of what we want Damien Harris to be, maybe not surprising because they're all from that Bama mold.

Let me guess: scheduled 65 minutes. Reality: 135 minutes. Take out Carson Wentz's starts (believe me, Ron Rivera would like to do that) and the Commanders are 8-3-1 in their last 12. Not. A. Bad. Team.

But they're not a "bad team." They are kind of Patriots quality (or lack of quality if you prefer). A .500ish team that competes and is certainly capable of stealing a win against a better team.

The incredible childishness of Trump still has the capacity to amaze me. I mean, I think there's nothing he could do/has done that would surprise me anymore, and then there's something like this. I should note that the reports say that this is from an actual witness statement - evidence that we can expect to see presented at trial.

No, there's no reefer madness mentality here. I have lived in Colorado for decades, was for legalization, and believe that marijuana should be legal and regulated at the federal level. But again: it's not a wholly benign drug (is any mood altering drug?), and there's plenty of evidence refuting the peaceful stoner stereotype. And anecdotally, I have seen many such examples. One good study: https://jaapl.org/content/early/2021/12/10/JAAPL.210034-21#:~:text=Cannabis Use and Violent Criminal,Arseneault et al.

I think you need to check some stats regarding drug testing results of violent offenders. I have no doubt alcohol is worse, but the "pot smokers are lazy, pacified, and can't be bothered to get off the couch to point a gun at someone" is very 1970s.

Exactly. And if socialists like DeSantis weren't afraid to just let the market work, it would cost even more to insure property in coastal Florida. Hey, Ronnie, shouldn't we also eliminate that government-run socialist National Flood Insurance Program?

Not much information on the guy. But we do know he seems to have been strongly influenced by his uncle (himself just 29; these are big Utah families), a former MMA fighter with some issues. A lot of these Jan 6 guys were not the winners of the world. They were kind of misfits led down a rabbit hole, and when they found out that there was nothing but an illusion there and that they'd been used and forgotten, that reality may have been too much to handle. This kid didn't seem like a bad guy, but he did something illegal, got caught (eventually), and probably would've gotten a pretty trivial sentence since he was only charged with misdemeanors. There's a bigger story there, and it isn't about the DOJ ruining him. It's about older manipulative people ruining him. OK, groomer supporter ...

Not since Spirit Airlines attempted to merge with Frontier Airlines have we had such a promising deal: killing two awful products in one fell swoop. I think if you ran it like the NBA G League on a bigger stage, with minor league teams affiliated with NFL teams, you'd get people to pay attention. Until then, no.

Main thing: he was making his third NFL start last week, and things didn't go well in the first quarter. But he never looked panicked or confused. He's supposed to have limited physical gifts, but I didn't see any throws where I said "a stronger armed QB makes that play/avoids that INT," etc. Having said that, he shouldn't scare anyone. Chances are he's a Kyle Allen once teams start to understand his strengths/weaknesses/tendencies. Robinson is the guy I'm a little worried about. The receivers are good but not great. Logan Thomas is likely out or he'd be a threat in the red zone.

B-Man, continuing to rely on ONLY the most reliable of sources. Here's another gem from the same Twitter monkey! Apparently that salsa band, Hugo Chavez and The Venezuelans, rigged those voting machines!

I remember that one! It never would've worked with the sex roles reversed, but Tina Fey and Amy Poehler could always go to that 13 year old boy humor with the best of our 13 year old boys ...

MAGA talking points, September 2023 Edition: - Make sure to point out that some of the alleged Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plotters were acquitted by a jury. The failure of those prosecutions proves that this was a trumped up (hah!) political persecution. - Make sure to point out that all January 6 defendants who have had their cases decided were found (or admitted) guilty. The success of these prosecutions proves that this is all a trumped up political persecution.

I agree. It's frustrating to watch your defense sit back and let Tua complete those 6-12 yard passes all the way down the field. And they may even get a running game going against that 5 or 6 in the box defense. But if your offense can score (Chargers) that's the way to win, provided you don't make stupid (Chargers) mistakes.

Oh, you're right about that. The Women of MAGA calendar: - Miss January, Marjorie Taylor Greene. Furiously doing her personal fitness instructor while happily married for the campaign poster. - Miss February, Lauren Boebert. Engaging in mutual, err, groping in a public theater of the non-adult kind after becoming a grandmother at 36 and dumping her husband for a new man or men. - Miss March, Kristi Noem. Carrying on a years-long affair with Trump's former campaign manager while slathering the South Dakota airwaves with pictures of her idyllic God-fearing traditional values family. Horny little bastards! What are they putting in that MAGA juice?

Well, they've gotta actually win something (like a playoff game against something other than the carcass of Tom Brady) before I'd put that label on them. In other words: The goal is to play the Leslie Frazier defense! (everyone calls it the Vic Fangio defense now, which is interesting because he's hardly the inventor of something that's been around for 25 years or so). Everything old is new again.

The actual law of criminal conspiracy: a conspiracy is distinct from the substantive crime contemplated by the conspiracy and may be charged whether or not the underlying substantive offense actually occurred. A criminal conspiracy has four elements, each of which must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. A conspiracy exists when there is an agreement between at least two parties to achieve an illegal goal in which the parties have knowledge of and participated in the conspiracy, and at least one conspirator committed an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy. So what about the example of a couple of morons sitting around talking about robbing a bank, and then taking a drive to the bank to case it? Yeah, if proved, a criminal conspiracy to commit bank robbery. So what if Ray Epps was a third guy in that conversation and he was actually an informant? Two responses: - unless he actually put the idea in your head to rob the bank, it really doesn't matter - given that all these Deep State MAGA Conspiracists were the core of the January 6 rioters, how naive could they be? (We are always watching you)