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In all fairness, she really seemed to be answering as to how the predicted "viciousness" of the next election will impact her family e.g. Sasha and Malia. And in that, the media have really respected the First Family's privacy and left the girls alone. Sure, she completely seemed to miss the intention of the question... but that's what she was alluding to. Not that I see '12 getting particularly nasty, unless a longshot Republicans like Bachman (or Palin [shiver down the spine]) gets the nod. If the Republicans nominate someone who focuses almost entirely on the economy, jobs and debt, they win big. It doesn't have to get nasty. Like I've said before, think deja vu of the '80 election. Reagan won that with tactful charm and asking a simple question --- "Are you better off than you were four years ago?"

Well, there's every chance that the negotiations will be infringing into Training Camp schedules. And, any time that can be saved by not having to pack up everything, travel a couple hundred miles, unpack... then repack, travel a couple hundred miles and unpack again will be all the more time they can devote to installing their system, do evaluations, etc.

I didn't subject the Libya action to a force-level comparison to Iraq. Where did I say those things? YOU. Yeah... the totality of reasons for war are never so simple. Vouchsafe that putting the squeeze on Iran vis-a-vis their nuclear ambition was a sizable consideration / side benefit. To a certain extent, any commander-in-chief's hands are pretty well tied into doing what the rank-and-file military's strategic goals are. If he (or she) goes too far against the military's interests, they run the risk of losing the support of their military. And that's a dangerous situation to be in for a civilian commander of any country... even here.

GK didn't have anything to do with "Fargo" that I know of.... But incidentally, the derivation of "Yah" would seem to be the Scandinavian "Ja" affirmative, with the J pronounced as a Y. When I was young, my Freisland (that is the barrier island region at the very, very north) Dutch grandmother used to call me "Yames" or "Yimmy."

So. To summarize here.... - The size of the helmet decal is roughly the same as it was on the red helmets. The leak from the other week was, as most people figured, was of a replica helmet, which usually have smaller logos than the authentic Riddell Pro Line ones. - The socks are different from the Madden 12 leak. That game had players in white jerseys & blue pants wearing blue socks, which was out of balance and looked like ****. The white uni set tonight had a white version of the socks.... - .... But curiously absent were blue pants. (I'm not against against this, actually. I'm not a fan of the blue pants, and it would eliminate any chance of there being a royal-blue-monotone atrocity). The all-white set from the 50th anniv. AFL set looked awesome last season. - The navy piping/drop shadow(?) on the jerseys worn by the retired players (very likely replica jerseys) was considerably larger than the piping on the soldier models, which ostensibly were authentic jerseys. They will probably look better when watching on the HDTV and the navy piping fades into the shot b/c of the distance. - On the soldier models (who were wearing shoulder pads), the sleeve stripes appeared in practicality to be curved over the shoulder almost like the Colts' jersey striping, rather than staying remaining on the upper-arm section of sleeve. I wonder whether this was as planned, if they had trouble fitting the jerseys over the shoulder pads and whether it will sort itself out as each individual player has their jersey tailored specifically. - To my eye, the front numbers were just set too low, being knocked down by an overly-buffered 'BILLS' word-mark. I think the charging buffalo logo above the nameplate and on the pant-stripes is overdoing it just a bit. - Can't tell for sure, but it does look like the numbers are screen-printed, not tackle-twill / stitched. So, this is the gist of what was unveiled and some minor nit-picks. A huge improvement over the 2002 navy set and white-with-navy-yoke jerseys. Gotta say that I still prefer the throwbacks, though. Either way, I'm not going to be plinking down ~$200 for a piece of cloth with a number on it that will see light wear. I stopped wearing jerseys in high school; I mean, c'mon....

He tells all manner of Scandinavian jokes (including that specific one in his annual Joke Show) with nationalities intermixed.

Well, Garrison Keillor would probably have you up on charges!

Well, to be certain, that was a major point. Of course, WMD was the money shot, but "the slaughter of innocent Iraqi citizens" was a big feature of the foreplay after Gulf War I (and why we kept the No-Fly Zone) and leading up to the 2003 invasion. Bush cited it plenty of times.

That is a punchline fail. 1) It's "extroverted vs. introverted" not "introverted vs. normal" 2) You're only supposed to say the first sentence there, with emphasis on the word "your." The listener is supposed to infer the rest... them figuring it out is part of the joke.

More than just a rumor now.... Buffalo Sabres sign purchase agreement with the Rochester Americans Pegula!

I thought there was a more substantive thread on this here, but a quick search of the archives came up with nothing.... UPDATE on this story that further proves the ATF's incompetence and agenda-ridden tactics. Obama likes to tout that guns smuggled into Mexico from the U.S. is what's causing all the violence, no doubt as a vehicle for federal gun control measures. Well, 1) it's been proved by CBS in their series that 90% of the cartel's supply is smuggled in from Mexico's SOUTHERN border and 2) Of those that went across the U.S. border, most of them came from the ATF in "Project Gunrunner," which was supposed to track the movement of the guns and follow with arrests... except that the guns weren't tracked and there've been no arrests. Only a dead Border Patrol agent (widely believed to be fired from one of the ATF-provided weapons), and now, confirmation that ATF-provided AK-47s were used in the torture and murder of a Mexico state attorney's brother. Link The more details that come out on this, just further shows the ATF's warped and gun-grabber agenda-driven methodology. This agency needs to be reigned in, and the people behind this clusterf--- need to be put in jail themselves.

Doubtless this rings into the farewell speech to NATO given by Sec'y Gates a couple of weeks ago, where he basically said that he doesn't know how much longer the U.S. is going to continue providing $ and lives to fight European problems. The hypocrisy on this is just oozing. The left is all for intervention against a dictator butchering his own people now that it's a DEM president. At least the Republicans are mostly arguing from the perspective of 'Hey, we sympathize and we want Qadaffi/Kaddafi/Qaddoffi/Kadaphi (one or all of those spellings may be right) sitting on a pole even more than the next guy, but we're !@#$ing broke and we're fighting two wars as it is....' But yeah, we've been providing them big brother protection since WW2 (and how much of it was uncompensated?). It's time for Europe to step up for themselves. DaveinNorfolk, they're probably taking it better than the release of Megrahi, he of the "terminal prostate cancer, with only months to live" by the Scots, pressured by / channeled through the Brits, and come to find out, in exchange for oil contracts. That was a corrupt rooster-up to the tune that it helped boot Brown and elect Cameron and the conservatives. At least we have a forgivable reason.

Moorman lost a lot of his touch last year, with balls kicked from a prime pin-down spot either skirting just inside the 20 or bouncing into the end zone. Frankly, looking at his numbers, especially the "Inside the 20" category, the Bell curve peaks ~30 in 2006-7. He had 17 last year. He rated 21st in the league. And while many of the stats for punters matter more on paper than on the field, being able to pin deep vs. getting touchbacks is crucial. He was swearing/yelling at himself far too much last year as he was walking off the field and that is what matters. At 35, he's not the oldest the league's seen in the kicking spots, but he's not exactly a spring chicken. As for UFA, look at Weatherford's (Jets) numbers last year --- 42 placed inside the 20! Even Maynard had 24. It's not the biggest issue, but as I wrote, it would be nice to have options rather than chaining ourselves to him because he's the 10-year incumbent. The NFL isn't a popularity- or Mr. Nice Guy contest.

We had two first-rounders in the MLB draft (19th and high 20s for two pitchers, iirc) from a team that's surprised a lot of people the last two years; they just lost in the College World Series playoffs to probable champ S. Carolina. Kemba Walker went #9 last night in the NBA draft. Perennial first-rounders. But UConn football, despite having their most successful season in the Fiesta Bowl vs. Oklahoma, didn't have a player selected this year until, I believe, the fifth round. But we've had a couple first-rounders in the program's 10 years in D-I. And, if you count the WNBA.... Fuhgeddaboudit. I actually sat with ~ half the women's team in a French gen-ed, and sat next to Sue Bird. She's pretty cool.

eball, you beat me to the punch (but only b/c I was still sleeping at 5:53 a.m.) that it was 2002. I'm not among those who think Moorman should be cut outright without a competent replacement for either punter or as Lindell's holder. But, owing to his declining productivity, the team should be bringing in someone who can seriously compete for the job, not just some scrub from a local U brought in as a courtesy. Way too often last year, Moorman walked off the field flinging his chinstrap against his helmet after a shank, a botched touchback (his numbers have simply eroded in this category), etc.

More appropriately titled, "Either you're for "wars of choice," and/or you're against them when it becomes politically expedient."

Traits that have been bred into a dog DO NOT "take a human to bring them out." That's like saying an infant with a congenital heart defect learned their condition from their parents. I would say, rather, it takes a human to control those traits. Many people can't control an average dog properly, nevermind the traditional fighting breeds. Whatever their threshold is for attacking, it doesn't make up for the fact that when they bite, they don't let go. Ditto.

Tell me that after you've had to fight for your life against one. I experienced the business end of a pit bull (and to a somewhat lesser degree, a boxer) just recently when I was walking in the road with my dog. It doesn't necessarily have to be taught or re-inforced. The same way my dog automatically points his tail and lifts his front paw when he sees a mallard duck, pit bulls and their derivatives are innately hard-wired that when they attack, they go for the throat and they go for a kill. Now, any individual one may never attack anyone, but make no mistake that the ability and instinct is just beneath the surface. Now, it's not right to beat a dog who's never done anything. But if there was any previous incident, that would be mitigation in my book. Still not right... but I could at least understand it.

"Funny 'ha-ha' or funny 'queer'?"

Were they planning on doing a live video stream, like they did for the throwback uni unveiling?

Have they tried frying the reconstituted poop?

Ralph has a raging case of Old Man Syndrome. Change is like pulling teeth.

Because there was no such thing as kiosks or ATMs before the **** hit the fan in 2008. Evil machinery... I doubt it ever liked us! I'm amazed that he didn't intimate soda vending machines that siphon American soda-jerk jobs. (But illegal immigrants? Hey, let's give 'em food stamps, SSDI, free education and then in-state tuition!) Jesus flipping Christ, this guy is grasping at vegetation on his way down the cliff.

Wait... he has a position? He said was OBL's dead, Pakistan works with the US and the government owns your property. Then there's the claim that this is intelligent. Where's the position? What is there to defend or refute?

Yeah, I mean, you set it down in a department store for a minute, and darned if you can ever find it again....