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2 minutes ago, formerlyofCtown said:
Because we got two guys where we need to see what we have.
Its one season dude and everyone knew he was recovering from an injury. That would be why we got him so cheap. There are risks when you look for a bargain.
Cheap? In what world is $7.5 million dollars for a guy that couldn't play, who averages 4.5 sacks a year, cheap?
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Well, at this point they're paying him $11 million dollars a year, so he damn well better be less useless than he has been. This is easily the worst signing of their tenure. This guy should have been on a one year-vet minimum prove-it deal, but leave it to Beane to pay the max. If he was on a one-year deal last season he'd be unsigned right now.
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On 6/16/2019 at 4:51 PM, Rocky Landing said:
I think I know who you’re talking about. But, name names.
Brown and Beasley?
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The Bills already took my hopes and dreams, why not gold plate it with giving away all of my money and possessions too.
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58 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:
I read it -- it's gobblygook. You laud national sovereignty while deferring to "the people of the world". You don't like the term global order, but it's cleaner and more honest than "people of the world." You propose that countries are teams and humanity is the league -- making countries subservient to "humanity" (aka a global order of some kind). All the while laying out how you don't really believe in borders or nations being able to control who comes and goes. Then you cap it off by saying "as long as they let me have my liberty" you're cool with it.
Then you hold up the EU as the prime example of something to strive for. Literally the embodiment of globalism.
I don't say any of that as an insult. I am trying to understand your position and get you to elucidate it as clearly as possible so there's no misunderstanding. You've claimed to know my opinions without ever discussing them with me or asking me about them -- I don't like to do the same. I like to get to know who I'm conversing with to have a better conversation. The tone is not hostile -- I treat this place like my local bar, happy to drink and shoot the bull about anything/everything without it getting personal. And as an adult I'm more than able to have friendships/relationships with people whom hold different opinions than myself, even on controversial subjects.
From your words and comments it's impossible not to conclude that yes, you're a globalist. Yes, you're a socialist -- though I'd love to hear more about what makes that nuanced. I'd even love to hear more how socialism is in any way compatible with your individual liberty. Socialism crushes individual liberty for the greater good. It's fundamentally incompatible with liberty... so that leaves me to draw one of two conclusions:
1) You don't understand what socialism actually is --
or,
2) You don't really value liberty as highly as you claim --
Again, not insults. I'm not trying to put you down by stating that. I'm pointing out the inconsistency in your stated principles. If I'm mistaken, please expound/explain how. Add some context.
I just don't know how far I have to reduce it. Look: you clearly have a lot of information, but I'm concerned you aren't really processing that information. You've got some weird hangup and fascination with "globalism". If I had to bet, I'd put money down that you'd have a nice long take on George Soros and the Trilateral Commission too.
The EU acts as a federation that protects the interests of a strong Europe as a whole. It doesn't have an army, or a government. It just manages things that become untenable when you have so many countries in such a small geographic location like civil liberties, corporate operation regulations, sanctions, work visas, border policy within the EU, and helps with trade agreements. Most of the people that don't like it in the EU tend to be pretty similar to American republicans and fit the same socio-economic profiles, and so that makes sense to me. It's helped stabilize regional economies and ensures that people can work where the opportunity is while still calling their country home.
It would be really hard for Luxembourg to reign in Facebook and Google, but when they have the backing of the EU behind them they can bring them to task. That's a net good. A universal currency is highly convenient. The positive impact they've had on maintaining the Good Friday agreements is massive (Which Brexit under the current non-plan puts at risk).
It's not "globalist" in some sense that some mysterious and spooky New World order secret government is waving a shadowed hand over its puppet states across the globe. It's shared cost and shared benefit for shared objectives, goals, and principles.
If you want to define it as multi-national corporations ruling the world and racing employment to the bottom, that's a completely separate and unrelated discussion. I'm generally not a fan of corporations as they exist today at any level.
If you want to define it as globally open borders, i would say that I'm in favor of knowing who's coming and going on a visit, or the immigration process needs to be anywhere near the laborious process it is today. In the US, green-card applications are backed up to 2008. That helps no-one, citizens, immigrants or otherwise.
If you want to define it as a homogeneous set of values or political processes, well that's a whole thing.
What do you want?
Edit: I'm now wondering if by my references to liberty you think I'm referencing a Libertarian point of view. I'm not. Not at all. I pretty seriously disagree with most of that. However, I believe very strongly in social liberty. I'm not a big social justice advocate, because my general approach is "you do you" I think that as a country we have a duty to ensure that people within our population are not oppressed, but we don't have a duty to enforce that everyone likes everyone else or what they stand for. The more litigation/law side of it comes in with: freedom for and freedom of religion, no permits for you to put a garage on your own property, the destruction or the military industrial complex and the corporate prison system, etc.
If you want to do something that only affects you, or the repercussion to someone else are exceedingly rare or a mild nuisance, I don't think there needs to be a law to stop it. Laws should be built around core-shared values and a lot less ticky-tack bs.
55 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:I’m not sure what that means but you’re welcome to believe in whatever faith floats your boat as long as it has nothing to do with redistributing other peoples money.
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1 minute ago, SoCal Deek said:
You’ll get over it by the time you get to ninth grade. It’s a lot like acne.
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2 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:
You've yet to offer any other alternative other than: globalism good, individual sovereignty bad.
At least have the balls to identify yourself as to what you truly are, or admit you're ignorant of what words like liberty and globalism actually mean in reality and practice.
2 hours ago, BullBuchanan said:
Not sure I'm following your fictional scenario. I believe in countries whole-heartedly in that the country we live in should act in the best interests of the people within it. I view countries as nothing more than the government equivalent of a team. As part of that team, everyone should share in the highs and the lows, and the manager is responsible for making sure we're on the correct trajectory. However, I believe that ultimately it should be far easier to go to a country that has ideals you support and play for that team.What I get from most on the right is that they don't really believe in the concept of countries, because they don't have any interest in supporting their teammates.
I also don't view other teams as the enemy, because our ability to win doesn't depend on their ability to lose. As long as they let me have my liberty, they can have theirs. I have no interest in assassinating foreign leaders and installing fascist dictators in their place.
Here ya go. Seems you missed it the first time except you replied to it, so i can't help you much beyond that.
I'm probably most closely aligned with being a socialist, but it's more nuanced than that. -
3 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:
Just remember what the mass surveillance state is used most for -- it's not used to monitor and track terrorists as often as it's deployed (by multiple actors) as a tool in economic espionage/warfare. Spying on trade deals, using blackmail to coerce unwilling parties into deals, et al. That's rampant in the EU/5 Eye nations, including here.
So ***** those jobs and the people who are employed in those fields -- don't fight to keep them, don't fight for the working people of the country. Let them die off and get shipped off to other countries to help their poor and working class while you bow at the alter of globalism as if it's an altruistic agenda.
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32 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said:
I am not so sure about this. If you are an out of work programmer, you are a not a programmer, you are a hack.
Generally speaking I agree with that, for now at least. The problem is that short-term job loss can effect people in this country in a pretty extreme fashion over a short period of time. Our general "yay for me, **** everybody else" approach tends to hit most people at least once or twice in their life whether it's medical, housing or employment related.
Over my career in tech I've seen it go from a highly niche "nerds required" field to more of broad industry where maybe a bootcamp can get you by to be a low-tier programmer, sysadmin, devops etc. My only point there was just that jobs that are currently considered to be high skill are probably going to become more and more low-skilled over time, and we should all be preparing for the 10,20,30 year evolutions of those fields.
When mobile programming was brand new it was a nightmare and required a ton of knowledge and competence. A short 10 or so years later, children can do it.-
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14 minutes ago, Gary M said:
https://cis.org/Report/Costs-Immigration
FTA:
GOIRA estimated there were 550,000 illegal aliens in Texas in 1992. They paid $290 million in state and local taxes and generated state and local service and assistance costs of $456 million, for a deficit of $166 million. Applying the lower estimate of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) of 350,000 illegal aliens in Texas, GOlRA estimated total costs and revenues at $313 million and $183 million respectively, for a deficit of $130 million.
You should read the rest of the article. It's interesting. Especially when compared against data that's 25 years more recent.
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3 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:
You haven't. You've shown over and over you don't understand what it is. It's like those who come down here claiming "I used to be a republican but not now" who never were.
Watch:
What? This is nonsense.
"You don't fight for a first down by going through tackles, you fight for a first down by letting them tackle you and giving them the ball so they have a first down. "
Theres a shock. Proposing subsidies for people to be underemployed.
Who pays? The people do -- the same people who are being gutted economically by your mentality are also asked to carry the burden of subsidizing corporations moving the work force off shore.
No one is just saying that. I'm pointing to WHY those jobs went away. It was because of a push for globalism by our own politicians and business leaders -- at the expense of the country, not for its benefit.
You are okay with this because you "believe in Liberty" while proving you do not.
We've reached the limits of your comprehension regarding this topic. You either can't or won't read correctly.
You must have heard about globalism recently and were just waiting for a place to name drop it, because it has no bearing on this conversation.
You sound like the kind of person that's shocked when they need a new roof. Plan for the future, guy. If you aren't taking preventative steps for the future you're behind. -
2 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:
Dozens of them.
Pretending borders is an arcane concept is not being honest.
The EU has found a largely successful solution that still needs work, but has kept their economies heavily viable in a way they otherwise would not be. -
2 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:
I am only filling in the blanks you've left unanswered. You won't answer who is going to be governing this globalist paradise you're espousing where people can freely enter soverign nations (without borders or a process), jobs shouldn't be fought for, and your political "enemies" are cast as ones who hurt others because they want to.
Youre not interested in Liberty. You can't even define it.
Jesus christ. Did you hit your head on something?
I've defined it in every post I've made.
I don't believe you "fight" for jobs by trying to prevent others from taking them. i believe you fight for them by equipping your team to take on new ones. You can try to 'make the wishbone" great again all you want, but history shows that evolution is always the best path. Now if you came out with a calm and rational plan that said something like, "hey it's 2019 and fossil fuels are dying. We still have a lot of people whose livelihoods depend on it though. We should provide some subsidies to make sure they continue to be employed and also use the bulk of that to train them on wind and solar farm operation" I would be all the way in.
Instead what I get is a bunch "Dey took er jerhbs!" And that's useless. It helps no one.Those jobs are still going away and those people are just going to be more behind when they do. -
5 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:
Yet you don't think the country should fight to keep jobs here, and are in favor of the multiple (terrible) trade deals and agreements which outsourced our manufacturing base to other countries in the name of a "global order".
Using your analogy, if countries are just teams, then who is the league? The global order?
I'm not on the right.
But this is totally erroneous. The "right" does more to help their fellow citizens than almost every other political group through charity work, and yes, religious organizations.
You're a walking contradiction now, which is what I'm getting at. You don't seem to understand what our liberty is based in, and how it's threatened by promoting the globalist agenda you're parroting.
Liberty requires:
* Freedom of speech and thought
* Privacy
* Due process
* Equal justice under the law
All things under assault by the push for a globalist world order. The same order you're advocating for - either without realizing it or without comprehending the origins of the ideas you're espousing.
I'm not in favor of trade deals like NAFTA, no. They were put in place to help corporations and hurt everyone else.
Right now, mankind is the league.
You're on the right of me, by about a billion percent.
The right helps people who they want to help and they try to hurt everyone else.
You keep tossing around the term globalist, but you don't seem to know what it means and keep trying to convince me I believe in things I dont. Just stop, it's tiresome.
"World Order" lol. gtfoh-
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Just now, Deranged Rhino said:
That's all a dodge to the actual question asked. You claim to believe in liberty -- while espousing globalist nonsense and anti-religious takes. So I'm trying to better understand how you define yourself and your views.
Do you consider yourself a globalist? If globalism is inevitable as you state, how does that impact your views on liberty? Who sets the rules in a globalist society? Who governs?
Not sure I'm following your fictional scenario. I believe in countries whole-heartedly in that the country we live in should act in the best interests of the people within it. I view countries as nothing more than the government equivalent of a team. As part of that team, everyone should share in the highs and the lows, and the manager is responsible for making sure we're on the correct trajectory. However, I believe that ultimately it should be far easier to go to a country that has ideals you support and play for that team.What I get from most on the right is that they don't really believe in the concept of countries, because they don't have any interest in supporting their teammates.
I also don't view other teams as the enemy, because our ability to win doesn't depend on their ability to lose. As long as they let me have my liberty, they can have theirs. I have no interest in assassinating foreign leaders and installing fascist dictators in their place.
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1 minute ago, Deranged Rhino said:
Do you consider yourself a globalist?
In the definition you're likely after, probably not, but I think it's completely ignorant to ignore the impact the the world economy has on the people within it and how we must adapt our way of life in order to compete and thrive.
I've worked with people all over the world every day for the last 18 years, and probably will the rest of my life. They face the same challenges we have, do or will. You can try to stop immigration and outsourcing, just like they tried to save the steel mills in the 50's. The math just doesn't work and progress stops for no one.
If you don't figure out a better way, someone else will, and I like fight for things that move toward that better way. The days of getting a job or a career at 18 and riding that to retirement are long done. I've had 7 jobs in the last 12 years, and that's the new normal. basic programming will be the new Ford assembly line worker, Coal Miner, or Steel Mill in 20 years. You can either bemoan it or you can figure out what's next.Just now, Hedge said:
exactly.
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2 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:
Globalist nonsense.
(again, not something one who believes in liberty espouses)
Why wouldn't they?
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2 minutes ago, Nanker said:
Lots of Indians are in this country too. Lots of IT jobs are staying here. Many companies have learned that India isn't another way to spell panacea.
There's no problem with Indians being in the country. Outsourcing is always going to happen, and it's going to become more prominent than ever. We can't stop it and we shouldn't try. instead we need to be investing in ourselves to be able to compete in that market.
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6 minutes ago, Forward Progress said:
Fake news!! I read right on this web site that Zay won't be on the Bills roster this season.
is the opinion of the blog more relevant somehow?
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Every major city in Texas voted blue in 2016 and 2018, and the population has been increasing. Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, El Paso are all shifting more an more.
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Why do people make such a big deal about this? Can someone lead and not win a thing? I mean I've heard of that happening at least once or twice. -
3 minutes ago, Nanker said:
The job market is tightening. More skilled laborers are needed. Companies aren't going to hire Spanish-only speaking immigrants from Guatemala to fill a programming position. They would hire them to pull wire in the past. Now the world's gone wireless.
Those jobs are going to India. While everyone's been worried about losing their jobs to fruit pickers, landscapers, and house cleaners, $150K jobs that buy homes, cars, restaurant trips and vacations are going bye-bye. Add in the fact that a lot of those now out of work programmers have 6 figures in student loan debt and the real problems should become a lot more clear. -
3 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:
Then again, science has given people a greater understanding of the development of a fetus into a human baby while in the womb. Science has provided images which allow people to see exactly how alive that "piece of steel" is inside their bodies.
... But sure, put it all on religion like one who believes in "liberty" does.
You have your right to believe in religion, and live in a way that accords with it, as long as it doesn't infringe on the rights of someone else to live theirs.Just now, Deranged Rhino said:It's entirely relevant and makes your argument that if not for religion people wouldn't care moot.
But keep on bashing religion. That's what liberty means to you after all.
Being able to bash religion is EXACTLY what liberty is, just as your right to believe in it is also EXACTLY what liberty is.
Go ahead and tell people that having an abortion is wrong or morally bankrupt. That's your right.
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1 minute ago, Deranged Rhino said:
Then again, science has given people a greater understanding of the development of a fetus into a human baby while in the womb. Science has provided images which allow people to see exactly how alive that "piece of steel" is inside their bodies.
... But sure, put it all on religion like one who believes in "liberty" does.
Sure, that's cute at all, but it's not relevant. It's not a person. You can watch a BMW being made in the shop and at a certain point it can look like a car, but you can't drive it.
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4 minutes ago, row_33 said:
that is quite a leap into metaphysics and your little metanarrative there
that's not reason or logic or science
at least 4 levels of straw man in your comment
please show some sign that you have reason and science and logic in your mind at all, pretty please??
Those are some nice triple word scores you have there, unfortunately, the definitions aren't relevant at all.
A zygote, embryo, or fetus is not a person any more than a tree is a house, a cow is a steak, or a piece of steel ore is a BMW.
It's almost universal that different laws and regulations apply to materials and organisms in different states of existence, because as human being we can understand all of the above to be true. The issue comes when you start to involve religion, because then all of that basic understanding goes straight out the window in lieu of following stories in a book that most proponents probably haven't even read.
Without religion, the amount of anti-choice proponents would probably not be statistically significant.-
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Expect to see a different Trent Murphy in 2019
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Well we paid him 7.5 million to not play last year. It might even be worse by the time he misses half of this season. Want me to break it down per snap?