The Frankish Reich

Not gonna lie. A part of me is dying to know what cockamamie theory he’s promulgating about the Chinese balloon and the lesser balloons. Aliens? The beginnings of our own military coup that will restore Trump to the presidency? Some George Soros Jewish mind control thing? But really, one Bills forum ought to be enough for anyone. EDIT: I’m out of practice. No doubt a test spaceship fueled by that stuff Hillary extracts from babies. Or is it Patton Oswalt that does that. I can’t remember.

All I know is he would get unreasonably testy when I used a line like that on him ….

A struggling would-be screenwriter in a basement apartment in Pacoima?

Oh, they have a clue all right. My teenage daughter loves Rihanna. Loves her for being a celebrity, for being a queen (not of the drag type) for making tons of money and living her best life. She doesn’t really love her music; I mean, she knows it if it’s on the radio or a Spotify playlist, but doesn’t actively seek it out. She loves the brand. And she couldn’t care less is Rihanna is lip-synching an entire show or if all the music tracks are prerecorded. She probably wouldn’t bother to go see some kind of 1990s “Rihanna unplugged” show with Rihanna sitting on a stool crooning her hits dressed in jeans and a sweatshirt. That wouldn’t be a spectacle. That’s what the kids love. A spectacle. By the way, she (and her friends) also like other music that she streams - actual songs written by actual songwriters - but unlike my generation it’s not an either/or thing. I wouldn’t be caught dead at her age listening to some pop garbage. My tastes were too “elevated.” Or so I thought. This generation? Not interested in being music snobs. Maybe that’s a good thing.

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There’s obviously serious doubt regarding whether Tua will make it back. And if he does, he may be one more concussion away from the end of his NFL career. Miami strikes me as the perfect fit for Carr - they are in win-now mode, Carr gets rid of the ball fast, and they have no one internally to turn to. Jimmy G or Carr? Slim pickings. I’d take Carr. Who knew that you could monetize (and charge a pretty penny) for sitting alone in the dark.

I hope Miami doesn't realize that he'd be their best option for 2023.

He says he was assigned to the NSA, so if he’s telling the truth he knows something about signal intelligence. Why shoot it down if it’s no risk? His take: because WE will learn a whole lot more about China and its surveillance programs/capabilities by shooting it down over the shallow continental shelf/ocean, where it can be easily retrieved and analyzed. That is, a whole lot more than China would have ever learned from the surveillance itself. The fact that the Navy has already retrieved the business end of the balloon lends credence to his theory (he says that part is pretty much a piece of cake for the Navy).

I’m not Tibs, but … I’m light of what Putin has said and done over the last year, why would you believe anything OTHER than Putin is trying to annex the whole of Ukraine? The “limited eastern provinces” action was there for the taking. It is highly doubtful that Russian tanks rolling into and staying in the Donbas alone would’ve met with this type of resistance. No. It started with bombing of major cities and a campaign of terror accompanied by tanks rolling straight to Kiev. I tend to believe a tyrant when he says what he’s going to do and then proceeds to try to do it.

I don’t know much about this guy (apparently a regular on a news network I rarely watch) but I found this to be the best explanation so far of what China is playing at and how it isn’t much cause for concern. The China part starts more than halfway through. The first part (Ukraine) is interesting too.

Specifically re: Rex. I pray that he never gets another NFL job. He was a joke in Buffalo, clearly just cashing the checks and doing the minimum by his second year. Sean Payton likes those “blitz from all directions and hit ‘em hard” defenses, and he doesn’t dare hire Gregg Williams again, so here we go. The Rex and Rob show is landing in that mile high air. They’ll both need oxygen.

There’s that. And the feeling that this is all Andy’s show and Eric is a clipboard carrier. Not gonna lie, there’s maybe a tiny bit of racism there too. And weight-ism. Daboll’s a fat guy (and of course Andy too) but the NFL is moving toward super fit guys. In related news: Sean Payton is said to be considering Rex Ryan for his DC. Fat guy (other than long tenured successful fat guy) = loser franchise.

Do I have to answer that? Ok, I will. McAfee in something other than the wife beater is preferable to Favre. But Favre on a tractor is worse than McAfee in a wife beater. Kind of a rock-paper-scissors thing.

I was that rare Lee Smith defender during his two stints here. We could have used a Lee Smith this year to help hide the inadequacy of Spencer Brown, at least on some plays.

I like this fake Damar. Looks like he could hit the weight room and maybe even make the team. Give him number 3A, as in Alternate.

https://www.scribd.com/document/573619172/Luna-Stripper-Document-POLICE-REPORT

I don’t have time to dredge them up now, but equally fair are the old articles questioning Biden’s bs stories — the Wash Post actually did one about the infamous face-off he had with the legendary “Corn Pop” (conclusion: there was a person known by that name, but no one remembers young Joe going mano-a-mano with him)—and articles about Bill Clinton putting a spin on his personal story. All successful politicians do this. They write books that nobody reads—books that are a blend of half-baked policies (“we need an America that works for the American people” or something similarly vacuous) and embellished personal narrative (you’ve got to “overcome obstacles” even if you were born into wealth and privilege). By the way, the Wash Post said nothing about Luna being anything other than a waitress at a gentlemen’s club. Others have reported that she may have done other things there too, and it’s not a wild fantasy given that it coincided with a time in her life when she was modeling for men’s magazines, etc. Someone here suggested that I was saying she was a prostitute. No, unless you think everyone who may have modeled in a bikini is a prostitute; I will grant you that others may be more familiar than me with that whole scene.

Because I read it, and it was fair. I assume you're only reading criticisms of it - much like this criticism of a WP article on Tim Scott (I'll read that one and I'll let you know). This is kind of like reading movie reviews, not seeing the movie itself, and then having an opinion about the movie. Are you saying my wife was a "waitress" in a "gentlemen's club?"

I’m sure you didn’t read the Wash Post piece, because I’m sure you never read the Wash Post. It was a fair piece. She is a bullish!!!er in an old fashioned, pre-Santos way, playing up her Hispanic heritage when it benefits her (in Florida) and playing down her prior job (ostensibly “waitress” but others suggest a bit more) in a gentlemen’s club. And playing down her middle class upbringing. Like I said: garden variety politician spin on her background. Maybe Biden-esque if you will. Definitely not Santos magnitude, but then who is …. It’s an interesting piece because it sheds light not just on her, but on the kind of biography Republicans so deperately desire in order to anoint a new “rising star.” Full disclosure: yes, the hottest woman in Congress. And it’s not even close.

Exactly. The burden of proof is on the “vaccines are causing sudden death” proponents. All I see from them Is anecdotal: “look, another apparently healthy young athlete died suddenly.” This is an example of the Seek And Ye Shall Find type of inductive reasoning.

Well let’s just say I’ve got a few years on you. And I’m enjoying these Bills seasons after the two decade drought. For me it’s more like another multi-year rebuild would just cause me to lose interest. Maybe forever. If you stay really good and are always winning your division or coming close, that Saints/Brees or Colts/Manning or Giants/Manning or Packers/Rodgers or Steelers/Ben year will come, and you will get that SB parade you’ve been waiting for all your life.

I’m not sure “the process” is to continually improve the team. The team is already pretty damn good. Nobody improves over 3 or 4 loss seasons, other than making some moves aimed at getting over the playoff hump. “The process” is to build a team that remains competitive year after year. Not the Rams, throwing it all out there to try to win a SB in a 2-year window and then go straight back into a rebuild. Ideally, a new Pats. More realistically, another Chiefs or Packers. Even more down to earth, a new Panthers. McD and his mentors had that working great until his offensive AND defensive mainstays - Cam and Kuechly - both completely broke down at unusually young ages. I’ve asked it before: all other things being equal, would you give up a decade of playoff appearances for a 2 or 3 year run resulting in one SB win, followed by several really down years? I wouldn’t. I’m happy that the team I love to follow is poised to remain relevant and a SB competitor year after year after year. That SB win didn’t seem to have such a great impact on Rams fans after it was over. In fact, it didn’t even seem to create more Rams fans. They can have that model. I’ll take “the process” - the good with the bad.

Did they book Rihanna NOT knowing she is pregnant? I had no problem with the halftime show. Not really my thing, but my daughter loves her (tried to make her an indie girl and failed miserably), so it was what it was. But it wasn’t what she (or I) would’ve expected of a Rihanna performance. Nobody paid to see it, but if they had it would’ve been kind of false advertising. The kids love the dancing, the wardrobe changes, all that glitz. This was like Rihanna in an oversized red jumpsuit surround by Squid Game type unenergetic dancers.

Agreed. After seeing what the Bengals middling pass rush did to us, I have to say the Eagles would have eaten our O line alive. And the weird thing is KC had the exact same dysfunctional O line a couple years ago and then completely fixed it in one off-season. Whereas we stand pat, or sub a Saffold for a Boettger.

The game is NOT fixed. But on close judgement calls, certain teams and certain QBs and other great players tend to get the benefit of the doubt. And sometimes that’s the difference.