Neo

FDR once said, “I ask you to judge me by the enemies I’ve made.” Joseph Conrad, “You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.” Three days ago I didn’t know Butker from Adam. Today, I really like him. Neo, son of a single mom, brother to a sister, husband to a wife, father to daughters, father in law to daughters in law, and grandfather to granddaughters. “Misogyny” has joined “fascism” and “bigotry” in the Word Likely To Be Used Incorrectly Club. The recent membership application of “genocide” is pending.

God, class, income, values .. what a feeding frenzy chum we have!

I have stumbled upon the most ridiculous commentary delivered with the most stout conviction. I’m not talking about Mr. Butker. For all of you “I know what’s best for you to believe” types, please send me private messages. There are times when I see different people having different beliefs and taking different paths than I do. Unlike you, I’m inclined to find them interesting and respect their views. I need a boost of your “I know the way God or Darwin intended us to live and it applies to 8 billion human beings” confidence.

I”m going to Miami …. Miami ami ami.

I don’t know if the NFL did or didn’t. Regardless, what do you find unbelievable and disturbing?

Oh, man … NO Miami in September, please. There should be a permanent agreement that game one is north and game two is south. I agree with everything, except for the “because” part.

I am guilty of half a dozen others ….

Ingrid Bergman or Sophia Loren?

I agree. I’ll add, if not for the sun we’d live in darkness.

Birthday parties can be cancelled. They haven’t happened, yet. Debt can’t be cancelled. You can only change who repays. More honest than “I’m canceling debt” is “I’m shifting the loan payments to working families who pay taxes.” If it’s a good idea, why not cancel credit card debt, auto debt and mortgage debt? The answer, of course, is that pandering at that scale would reveal the transparently absurd that goes unrecognized at a smaller scale.

Moore’s finest moment. Trump is the symptom, not the disease. You get Trump when you leave “everyman” behind. I am not aware of a politician less understood by those who oppose him. He was created and is sustained by those who oppose or dispise him most.

I don’t know Kristi Noem from Adam. I cannot attack or defend her character or behavior. I do know good people who I would defend who’ve put untrainable working dogs and unevenly tempered family dogs down. I know some who’ve used vets and some who’ve done it themselves. One of the more powerful memories of my youth was talking to a family friend who shot his own dog. From my eight year old point of view, living with my divorced single mom, he was a “man’s man.” He worked, hunted and fished. He was polite and quiet. The dog was elderly and in pain. It was a hunting dog and lifelong family companion. The man felt a responsibility, born in his love for the dog and his understanding of what it meant to be a man, to do the merciful thing with his own hand. He took the dog hunting one last time and shot it in a field. Hunting was the dog’s greatest joy. This memory is one of many that formed my view of what a man is. Imagine him talking to an eight year old with tears in his eyes. I hope I grew to become son. brother, husband and father who’d do the same thing the same way. Life lesson … there are dozens of cultures that are not your own, but are gracious, compassionate, thoughtful and honorable just the same. Call a shelter and tell them you have an untrainable dog that kills chickens and bites people. The dog was going to be put down.

Her Biography. Keep in mind, kids borrow money and give it to colleges. Colleges then give the money to the King-Slutzkys of the world. The kids then don’t pay the lenders back. The government then collects from you, and me, the taxpayers, for the loan. Loans can’t be cancelled. Lenders can only be stiffed. The bright side? Our kids spent four years with this … with your tax dollars in her pocket. People get the government they deserve. Biography My dissertation is on fantasies of limitless energy in the transatlantic Romantic imagination from 1760-1860. My goal is to write a prehistory of metabolic rift, Marx’s term for the disruption of energy circuits caused by industrialization under capitalism. I am particularly interested in theories of the imagination and poetry as interpreted through a Marxian lens in order to update and propose an alternative to historicist ideological critiques of the Romantic imagination. Prior to joining Columbia, I worked as a political strategist for leftist and progressive causes and remain active in the higher education labor movement.

We’re handling it a little differently here in Florida.

Clare Torry. Great story of her walking in and performing with little or no instruction.

For those interested, I watched “recaps” on Agadamator’s Chess Channel, YouTube. He’s very good and he gives some current event or historical context.

I understand your point. But, if fries are lacking vinegar and its not available on the side, I can understand a one star review.

I like the kid. Waffle House. Say no more.

The Google Webs will tell you the exact opposite in terms of the Fox Network demographic and the CBS Network demographic. Now, I’m no marketing guy, but some comments made me curious. Browse at your own pace and consistent with your own tastes.

Regarding trading with a bitter rival. You compete with them by assembling talent, coaching talent and deploying talent. If you fear outcome or criticism in any of the categories, you’re in the wrong business. Memes and jokes arise because there is a large portion of the population who react to the fear and create an audience for the memes. They're not NFL decision makers and leaders. We know the Bills valued Coleman and a pick exchange greater than they valued Worthy, They may very well have preferred, and therefore taken, Worthy at 28 without a trade if both were available.

Great choice, great choice. My wife’s birthday AND her sister is arriving to stay with us. The Big Night!

https://donatellotampa.com/italian-dinner-menu/ Plans and menu …. with my cell phone in my lap. Vorrei un Brunello di Montalcino, per favore.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_Lion I read this in middle school a million years ago. Great book for “everyman” fans. Athletic culture, teamwork, personalities, and the real gulf between pro athletes and the rest of us.

I had two turtles I kept in one of those little oval turtle habitats with the plastic palm tree. They were named OJ and Sogge. Steve Sogge was the USC quarterback. That’s how big OJ was. Knowing he could be a Bill had a seven year old following USC’s college team.

Princeton’s finest!