oldmanfan

Trenches win games

Beane will trade Addison and pick up a 7th rounder. Simmer and/or Phillips will be gone either by release or trade; my assumption is they are drafting a 1 tech guy. Johnson is on the bubble; if a Rousseau or Basham can play special teams well then Johnson probably it s gone.

Dane Jackson starts at CB next year.

Now get a big fat tub of goo at NT.

They saw what worked in the Super Bowl. We have to be able to pressure the QB. No problem with these picks.

Both speakers represented their positions fairly well. Biden has the Democratic approach of more expansive government, Scott the Republican view of less expansive government. The one thing I wish would have been brought up is the size of the national debt. Biden’s increased spending will add to it, Scott’s party and their tax cuts made it bigger, and meanwhile China owns a lot of our debt and our country. That is dangerous. Also, thank God neither talked about the idiot culture war crap. I liked Scott, but his problem is that he espoused traditional Republican views for a party that has abandoned such and has decided Trumpism is their way forward. If they party is smart they’ll listen to what Scott said. But they won’t; McCarthy afterward talked about us not eating hamburgers even though he knows it’s a total lie. Independents like me are sick of that crap. We were last November which is why Trump lost.

What are you asking? Yes, I think taxpayer funded public education is OK. I said that. Are you asking how much they, meaning state budgets i.e. taxpayer funds, should pay? I'd go 50:50 with the student as a starting point.

Fourth sentence.

Realistic depends on public vs. private school. I think state universities in general are OK; I got both my degrees from UB and got a solid education. And the work force and the research you get from that investment as a state seems reasonable. For a student’s cost, I would say maybe 5 k a year for a state school , maybe 20-25 k max for private. Those are off the top my head and I’d need to see detailed budgets. In general at a research university I’d have research professors who have to generate their income through grants and teaching faculty that are funded by the school. And probably have fewer faculty overall.

I agree to a point. Online classes would be very helpful, but not as practical depending on the course. I teach physiology, and the lecture component of such a class is doable on line. The lab is not; labs by their inherent nature are best done by getting your hands in there and doing things. My younger daughter is a freshman right now, and is going into music therapy. While some of her classes work well on line, it is very difficult to do her voice and instrument classes in that venue. Those really require being in person. I have taught at college and medical/graduate schools for decades now, and would emphasize the social aspects of the learning environment. I think that, for some kids, the social aspects of college may be as important as the academics. College gives a kid the opportunity, and the challenge, of developing their own sense of values, their own sense of work ethic, the ability to work together with others and to develop socially so they can function when they get into the working world. In one of the classes I teach, I challenge my students to develop the ability to think, not just regurgitate information which is unfortunately what many are taught through high school and earlier college years. I also demand accountability, which in the era of helicopter parents is sadly lacking in many students. The affordability is a real issue. I am an advocate for just putting a realistic number on it and going forward. Right now a private college is around 30-60 k a year, and half of that gets cut immediately as a "scholarship" if you have halfway decent grades. Just make it realistic.

To the original question, of course Chauvin should go to prison. He killed the man.

Same with my family. And we read three newspapers a day, Courier Express, Buffalo Evening News, and Tonawanda News.

It means she was gutless.

The weakest guy is the one who lifts the least amount of weight. In terms of their play, probably LG. Boettger is average at best and with Ford hurt we don't know who takes that spot.

Birx should have stood up at that very moment and told the people how stupid an idea it was.

As do yours

Somewhat. Maturity hopefully allows one to see through his or her prejudices and acknowledge that, in the political spectrum, neither side is ever 100% right or wrong.

Not always wrong, but extreme views on either side never take into account their hypocrisy.

Don’t know. I would hope someone rational.

Yep.

2+2still equals 5 to you. Just yesterday the Nevada Sec State confirmed no fraud. As did the Georgia Sec Stare. And so on. You have nothing to support your contention.

As an Independent I have some things I lean more one way than the other. This one I lean way right. No way I allow a mad man with a nuclear weapon to exist. Take the nukes out now before he uses them.

I honestly do. We are wasting time with this irrational nut, and if he dies his sister is just as bad if not worse. They're going to fire a nuclear missile at us or our allies, it's just a question of when it happens. I'd rather use the most powerful military in history in a proactive vs. retroactive manner.

I agree with your comments. They're being trained, but things have to change. I think any clear eyed view of the situations in our cities would tell you that. They have to change to help the citizens and the police. Training needs to change to help manage conflict.

Don’t be disingenuous. You know he’s not talking about them taking math classes. As a general rule for any job more training is better than less.