The Frankish Reich

So what was the income/revenue cutoff for PPP *loans *not really a “loan” because it was forgiven if you brought your employees back I don’t like the student loan forgiveness, but yes, they are comparable.

Thanks. The 4/5 being over 80 was just a joke. But suffice to say there’s a lot of older Americans - generally really good people trying to do a good job -in charge of the on-site polling places in our retirement communities. Your overall point strikes me as correct. Problems will arise, fixes will come, mostly just random stuff (“printer out of ink!”) that will taken care of. I’m just highlighting the leap to wild conspiracy explanations of ordinary issues coming from both sides. That’s America today.

Mesa = Probably Mormon = Republican. Just so you know whose vote is being diabolically suppressed this time!

Drop off your ballot! But reserve your right to complain. Over and over again. #AZRetirementLiving

I had a retired in law who lived there. When I say “there” I don’t just mean “in Maricopa” or even “in a Maricopa retirement community.” I mean in Anthem retirement community. Right next to the outlet mall. RIP. Old folks getting involved in everything. Go see for yourself.

Now THIS is a good point. Estonia - Eseffintonia! - votes by internet. Meanwhile we take a week and a half to count scantrons.

What, PPP ain’t good enough for those snobs?

How can 1/5 of the voting machines not be working in a county where 4/5 of election workers are 80 years old? Beats me. In the early internet days there was supposedly a code word for this: PEBCAK “Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard.” Yesterday’s PEBKAC is today’s Arizona/Florida poll worker.

https://www.npr.org/2020/10/17/924527679/why-do-nonwhite-georgia-voters-have-to-wait-in-line-for-hours-too-few-polling-pl https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/smartphone-data-show-voters-in-black-neighborhoods-wait-longer1/ all part of the new wave of “setting up your election challenge long before we even know the results” It was overblown then, it’s way overblown now. Plus: the best thing that ever happened to Anthem retirement community. Combines their two favorite activities: complaining and standing in unnecessary lines (ever heard of early voting you people with absolutely nothing else to do with your time other than bothering doctors offices and scheduling pickle ball courts?)

People need to chill. It’s mid-morning MST. Many, many hours to get problems fixed and ballots submitted and counted. A glitch is not a conspiracy. That goes for both sides. Every election we have those “long lines, people unable to vote” stories, and usually from the Democratic side. And by the time the polls close it’s all fine. Have you seen some of our election workers in a place like Anthem (read: retirement community) AZ? Do you really think they’re all tech wizards?

2020 draft looks great in retrospect. 4 key contributors without a first-round pick. And Moss was for a brief shining moment #5.

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/13/1128771511/florida-governor-eases-voting-rules-in-counties-slammed-by-hurricane-ian but, but, but … I thought that ANY deviation from the rules prescribed by the state legislature was improper and just part of the big steal? (I’m not slamming DeSantis here - the law shouldn’t be interpreted to require us to ignore the existence of a hurricane. Or the worst pandemic in 100 years.)

Agree. It exposes a weakness (basically the same one as last year). I wasn’t concerned in the 2nd half of the GB game. Fine, you’re down a bunch of points, you want to take the ball out of the reigning MVP’s hands and grind out long drives, have at it. But given the state of the Jets passing game and Wilson’s propensity to make mistakes the inability to stop the run (or was it the lack of will to commit to stopping the run) was definitely cause for concern.

I love that “check your 401(k) thing. Your 401k was growing by leaps and bounds during peak COVID because the Fed held interest rates at ridiculously low levels to stave off a depression, continued to inflate the money supply, and Trump signed massive COVID cash transfers to inject money into the economy. So you all felt rich. And now the party of fiscal discipline demands that the bubble economy be reinstated? Yep.

I’d say “mixed returns.” Elam has been what we expected - a guy who can hold down a key position as a starter on a good team. Benford has been a very pleasant surprise and a key contributor. Cook And Shakir have shown flashes. No draft pick is a clear bust. “Mixed” however because we’ve seen good O linemen drafted after Cook. And that was clearly a position of need. Good teams sometimes have to deviate from best player available and draft for need, and I’m afraid guys like Cook and Shakir may turn out to be luxuries that in retrospect we couldn’t afford (instead of, say, packaging picks to move up to fill positions of immediate need)

Rivers was pretty damn good! Not in the playoffs, of course.

I had to admit that “low energy Jeb” was perfect. He was, and that moniker helped kill his campaign. But Ron De Sanctimonious? How does that work? Has he ever come off as sanctimonious? Minor League Trump? The Poor Man’s Trump? Second Biggest Arsehole in Florida? Those are all true. The new nickname would be good for Mr Sanctimonious, Mike Pence. Go back to the drawing on DeSantis, Mr Trump.

I disagree. Poor guy had Carson Wentz when he was good (or he helped make him good), then one year of Andrew Luck, then a parade of losers: - Brissette, after Luck retired DURING PRESEASON - Ancient Philip Rivers, who he helped squeeze one more decent season out of - The Ruins of Carson Wentz again, who he squeezed one more marginally acceptable season out of - Ancient Matt Ryan, who no one can squeeze a decent season out of They were primed - designed - to peak in that 2019 - 2021 window; he was just shite out of Luck when Andrew walked out the door with no backup plan in place. Now they have to start over, and that usually begins with the coach and the GM. Good coach, bad Luck.

You mean, umm, the Frankish one

Where’s Andrew Luck these days? We would be the Colts if Josh Allen decides he’s done with football. In fact, we’d probably bring in a parade of old timers to try to squeeze another year or three of competitiveness out of an otherwise solid roster. Frank, you are still my hero. 😢

Jacksonville had the blueprint on how to stop us last year…. It’s a long season. That said, I’m really disappointed in the O line. I think Beane thought he made enough small fixes for it to be good enough as a unit. Right now it’s actually considerably worse than it was toward the end of last season.

First INT: I watched it a few more times. Just a bad throw. Meant to hang it up high so only Knox could get it and he missed. It happens. Second INT: beats me. I think it was an out, and maybe Allen thought it was an in, but it looks like he had time to see which way Davis was cutting before he threw it. Just a bad decision based on pressure?

And you can make a very good case that Tyreek Hill was not replaceable. They win that game last night easily if he’s in the lineup. But overall, that’s right. The QB and maybe one key receiver are the only pieces that can’t be replaced, as long as the GM has time to do it.

I don't know how Derrick Henry only gets 17 touches in an offense in which he is the only weapon. Was he hurting in the 2nd half?

I honestly don't think Willis is even prepared to do that. They must have practiced the plays for the first couple series when he looked like he could actually play QB, but after that it was a total disaster. Why they don't just go full Tebow style with him and Henry is beyond me. Old college style options every play. He did show us a couple good ball fakes ...