The Frankish Reich
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16 hours ago, John from Riverside said:
I told everyone here that Manny Sands was DIggs light and a better WR then Smoke
He is
I loved Smoke. But ... he was always the classic speedburner receiver, and that speed seemed to be in decline last year. He did a great job transforming himself into a possession receive in the first half of last season. But I'm not sure he ever broke free long all season. So Beane did his homework - Sanders is 3 years older, but he's got more left in the tank than Brown. And he was an overall better receiver throughout his career. Bottom line: Brown is still looking for a job.
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2 hours ago, OrangeBills said:
It's mostly all of them...since Leftists don't really comprehend basic rules of Economics.
But to answer your question, there are specifically THREE policies that have inarguably led to my likely conservative cost increase:
1) All of the policies surrounding energy that have led to significantly higher natural gas and gasoline prices. All of that is not free, it gets passed on...I know Leftists want to increase the price of Energy so that new Green-Energy sources make more sense (unfortunate that Greens/Leftists don't like Nuclear these days), but predictably they will hurt countless lives on their quest to get there...
2) All of the policies that convince people that they don't have to work, and that the State will care for their livelihoods. Yes, when the gov't shut down the economy to "stop the virus" (hilarious concept, BTW) they rightfully issued checks to those people whose lives they'd ruined...BUT, when the virus was a YEAR OLD, this idiotic "Administration" launched its "HISTORIC PANDEMIC RELIEF BILL of $1.9T" that was not necessary and really trapped citizens in a world of "I don't need to work because they're just sending me money". Now they want to borrow more money just to hand it to citizens, absurd
Leftists won't understand this but excessive borrowing just means that IRs will remain low/zero forever, creating asset-price inflation that ultimately means your increased Transfer Payments aren't enough to actually buy a home, for instance, or afford the type of life you want to live. This is most clearly demonstrated in the national housing market which is obviously pricing out those in the lower-income area (and no, more transfer payments won't help this)
3) The arbitrary Minimum Wage hikes very clearly only add to inflationary pressures; the market could/would/should force wages to rise in accordance with commensurate economic balance, but Leftist's don't understand this, and it will only hurt those they're trying to "help" as has occurred throughout all time.
Well, I'm not about to defend all of the Dems' policies, both enacted and proposed. But ...
1. Consider for a moment Trump's tariffs. And yes, Biden has pretty much kept them in place.
2. Consider for another moment Trump's (and, in turn, Hillary's and then Biden's) opposition to free trade deals.
3. Consider for yet another moment the fact that we no longer have a party that is even officially (if not in practice) committed to reducing the deficit and reforming entitlement spending.
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How quickly we forget. Jim Schwartz's D Line rotation in 2014 made us think guys like Stefan Charles and Manny Lawson and Jarius Wynn were starter quality. He actually played the D line rotation like hockey lines. It was super effective.
My analogy: one of the great insights of the baseball stats geeks is that even an ace starting pitcher becomes no better than a mediocre pitcher the third time through the batting order. Hence starters getting pulled in the 5th inning in the playoffs. (Whether this has made MLB a better or worse experience for the spectator is another question.) Same thing on the D Line. Even a dominant D lineman like Marcel Dareus (at the time!) was a worse option when tired than a fresh mediocrity like Stefan Charles. O Lines are more of a unit and aren't easy to sub in and out. Fresh D lineman over the course of a game win the war of attrition.
Beane got the depth. Frazier is using it beautifully.
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1 minute ago, GunnerBill said:
Does anyone have an "Emmanuel Sanders is washed up" apology form though? Because I think I need to submit one of those.
He's the one that's owed an apology. Knox dropped some big catches. Sanders? Allen overthrew him in Game 1 and everyone was saying that means Sanders is done.
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Where will I go to post my "We don't get no respect" comments? I am deeply disturbed by this development.
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1 minute ago, YoloinOhio said:
And that's the kind of reporting I have come to expect from Joe B.
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1 minute ago, Ralonzo said:
you need to threaten to switch to the Chamber Pot Of SecretsIt's just getting good now. Hagrid's big pet spider just showed up. I may stick with it.
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1 minute ago, YoloinOhio said:
With Milano?
Hah! Back when I watched a lot of Cubs games I used to know the suspended game rules (no lights at Wrigley). I think you play with the active roster you have when the game resumes.
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Just now, Dopey said:
I can't call in sick
I can't call in sick
Columbus Day for those of us in non-commie states.
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Just now, WotAGuy said:
NBC should switch to Heidi; such a great movie.
My wife just switched to a Harry Potter movie. Seriously. I go to the bathroom, come back, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is on.
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Just now, Buffalo619 said:
Drew Breeze looks like an insurance salesman. Bro who’s dressing you?
I see they put him with his good side facing the camera.
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1 minute ago, SirAndrew said:
Dan Campbell crying is just what my life needed.
It worked for Ted Lasso.
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tomorrow before MNF. I think I'd actually like that. Let's do it!
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4 minutes ago, buffaloboyinATL said:
First Geno Smith and now we have Mike Glennon for the Giants. Who’s next?
EJ! The King of the Class of '13.
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So what have we learned this afternoon?
1. That the 3 teams we've beaten suck. Like really, really suck.
2. That the AFC East 2021 is just like the AFC East for the last 20 years, except that now we're the Pats and the Pats are the Bills (or maybe the Dolphins)
3. That the one team we've beaten doesn't really suck after all. The Steelers made the Broncos (3-1, after beating maybe the 3 worst teams in the NFL) look like total garbage. They may be the best of the mediocre teams.
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11 hours ago, Rico said:
EJ won 33% of his starts, Geno won 39%. Advantage Geno.
Geno won 6 more games than EJ did. Advantage Geno.
And of course Geno was a 2nd rounder whereas EJ was 16th overall.
Congrats, Jets, that's why you're playoff bound again! In 2025.
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8 hours ago, Sheneneh Jenkins said:
Think I'd actually rather have EJ Manuel. At least there would be fewer INTs lol
Ahh, 2013 ... the weakest QB draft class ever, when we decided that this was the year we had to draft our franchise QB.
Career stats:
EJ Manuel: 6-12 as a starter, 58.1 completion percentage, 77.1 QB rating
Geno Smith: 12-19, 57.9, 73.0
Haha Jets, we won that one!
And I'll admit I really wanted us to draft Matt Barkley:
2-5, 58.4, 66.6
The record is horrible, but you could make a case that Mike Glennon had the best career of any 2013 QB:
6-21, 61.1, 83.5
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To beat Satan you gotta enlist the help of Satan.
Et tu, Mikey?
You lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.
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15 hours ago, oldmanfan said:
As I have said numerous times here, medicine is about benefit vs. risk. The numbers here suggest that there is a benefit to the vaccine, in that you have a 10 fold higher chance of dying from Covid than myocarditis in the younger age group.
Thanks for this moment of sanity. Just a really well reasoned, succinct post. In the rational world it would convince nearly everyone. Here? Umm, guess not.
9 hours ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said:There are many, many reasons people lack trust in the people telling them what they need to do. That has nothing to do with wanting to infect grannie, or the neighbor down the street, or anything else. I think virtually any time you get "Hey, we're the government just trust us!" you're going to get push back from a large segment of the population. Regardless of how you, individually as a scientist feel, most of the key players are categorized as 'government' fairly or not.
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2 hours ago, Warcodered said:
He's full of *****. He didn't say his lips were rubbery he said they were the size of tires, but nice try though.
Yeah, nice try Gruden.
You know, I'm usually willing to give a guy the benefit of the doubt. When I saw the headline "Gruden Racist Text" I was expecting something ambiguous because, well, usually it isn't this obvious. Usually.
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10 minutes ago, Buffalo Timmy said:
From the Onion but seeing as 99.5% of people survive- and higher than that under 50- it is a pretty pathetic parody. It would be the same as saying if I don't get the flu shot I will most likely end up in the hospital
And if you get the shot ... there's a 30% chance your arm will be sore for a day!
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On 9/30/2021 at 10:29 AM, Chandler#81 said:
Dubenion/Bass/Rutkowski, Lofton/Reed/Beebe & JD Hill/Amhad Rashad/BobbyChandler#81 all say ‘Hi!’ in unison.
Yeah, this group is really good, but 2 Hall of Famers is, well, really, really good.
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Nurse Carefully Weighs Whether She Better Off Getting Vaccine Or Losing Job And Dying
Wednesday 12:10PM
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UTICA, NY—Blasting state officials for putting her into such an “impossible position,” local nurse Sophia Wood confirmed Wednesday that she was carefully weighing whether she was better off getting the vaccine or losing her job and dying. “On the plus side, if get vaccinated, I could get to continue to live my life healthy and happy with no drawbacks, but is that really worth giving up the right to die while out of work?” said the healthcare worker, who had spent the past weeks agonizing over a long list of pros and cons of getting vaccinated that she had written up for each side of the issue. “On one hand, I have way more items listed under the pros column, like ‘keep job,’ ‘protect others,’ and ‘protect myself,’ but on the other, I have ‘freedom’ written in big red letters, circled, and underlined multiple times. I’m pretty torn between the two. Who would issue such a cruel ultimatum?” At press time, Wood assured herself that regardless of the choice she ultimately made, she would wind up back in the hospital.
From The Onion.
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20 minutes ago, Motorin' said:
The way Burrow throws the ball, he reminds me of Montana... I don't think I've ever compared someone to Joe Cool before.
That's one of the things people often get wrong about arm strength vs. being a good long ball passer. Allen (so far) has the first one, which gives him a huge advantage on a lot of shorter routes and when throwing on the run, including across his body. But he doesn't have that almost instinctive feel for how to connect on the long bomb.
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Where would Rousseau have gone had he played? [in college in 2020]
in The Stadium Wall
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This is turning into a fantastic draft year for Beane. Rousseau is already a major contributor. Spencer Brown - a 5th round small program guy - cracked the starting lineup in the first month. Basham is older, obviously more limited than Rousseau, but was ready to fill a rotational role. It's rare to find 3 immediate contributors in the draft for a team that was already in the conference championship game, hence one without many glaring weaknesses.