UConn James

Jesus knew where the sandbar was.

One could say the same for every team. As my father used to say, "you can wish for it in one hand and stevestojan in the other." The D literally blitzed EIGHT in the second half of the Iggles game and couldn't sniff Vick. This team has next to no pass rush, and that blueprint is now out there. And no pass rush doesn't do any favors for the CBs. You know, defenses have been struggling this year WRT how much the league/rules committee has tilted the tables toward offense and scoring. Like him or not, James Harrison was correct; they're not being allowed to play defense anymore and soon it will be tantamount to flag football. But even with that in mind, our D has taken some serious beat-downs from guys who had no business putting up numbers like they did (see: Andy Dalton). I don't have insider knowledge, but he primarily coaches ILB. The ass't head coach title is something that definitely does make the guys look up to you and he has Gailey's ear more than another position coach, but it generally only means that he runs the team if/when the coach isn't there.

Link Geez! People expect me to turn stevestojan into gold for them every day!

Granted, but let's not overlook that these are important venues for things other than football. Stadiums have served as major staging areas in times of natural disaster --- The Superdome during Katrina, a UConn football game was re-scheduled when the state used Rentschler Field during major Hurricane Irene flooding a couple of months ago, only as two examples off the top of my head. God forbid, in the case of nuclear or widespread biological attack, the state/fed government would be using this high-capacity space as treatment centers, etc. It may never have to be used for something like this stuff, but it's a great help to have a facility like that in place if needed. That's why governments generally kick into funding. I suppose they could use eminent domain in times of emergency but an understood "the govt helped pay for this" is a friendlier persuasion. Now, I'm not saying that govt should foot the whole or even most of the bill. But the point here is that stadiums do serve functions other than football.

And here is Herman Cain's proverbial nail in the coffin. There's some leeway for having ones' mind change on a subject over the course of time and/or given some dramatic change in events/facts. But when you're running a campaign to become president, from that moment you have to have a clear message, and it needs to go in one direction and stay in that direction with every word you speak. You need to be fully prepared and come into class with your homework done. That's why Romney's economic/tax plan had so many points, Herman. This stuff is nuanced and while it needs to be simpler, it will fail badly if it's simplistic (see: 9-9-9). People are starting to see that Cain's soup isn't warm enough yet. If he can tune his policy ideas into ones that work, figure out his message and stick to it and isn't so dependent on short soundbites, he could be a major force in a subsequent primary. But considering his age, that may not happen.

Death photo making the rounds on FB (Be warned, it's quite graphic.)

Actually, it's "Vive la France!" "Viva" is Spanish... or a brand of paper towels.

Link Finally some measure of justice for Pan-Am 103.

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Whenever I hear about the doings of our Congressional delegation, I am ashamed to live in this state. How about they reduce taxes so people can buy their own !@#$ing diapers without having to filter money through the gov't? I'm going to wake up one day and read about a United Socialist States of America where the potato farmer gives his whole crop to the FDA and gets back a 2-pound box of dehydrated spuds. What the !@#$ have we wrought? How has **** like this been allowed to happen? “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.” ― Alexis de Tocqueville

Unless there's a position to measure cheerleader bra sizes with my tongue, or team equipment manager where I would order underwear and jock straps four sizes too small and put itching powder in their shoulderpads, no deal.

AP: Iran's supreme leader ups fight with Ahmadinejad

"Here, come right in and see for yourselves just how limited our SDI is!!!" Ronald Reagan just rolled over in his grave.

I'd be careful about making any comment WRT that kind of stuff. While it's a generalization for guys who played in that era in the early part of his career, we have NO idea if Kent Hull had issues with that. Unless you know or can reference this as a fact that contributed to his passing, please show some respect until an official cause is released. Using "likely" is a cop-out.

In a sense, yes. Documentation of birth certificates is kept by the various governmental agencies and hospitals. But it's a private public record. Just because it's kept by a gov't/quasi-gov't agency doesn't mean they must/can share it with the press or every Nosy Parker who walks in. Liken it to how Pres. Obama had to consent to have his birth certificate publicly released. Or just the same how not anyone can walk into the dog catcher's office and look at their files of licenses, vaccination records, owner lists, etc. As to the lawsuit's merits, tho, it's crap if the data is true. Actresses by definition put themselves into the public eye, so they lose most rights afforded on "right to privacy" grounds. And falsity is a requirement for libel/slander cases... and that's only if one considers revealing someone's age to be a libel/slander. And while there do seem to be financial/employment implications WRT actresses' ages, that has to do with legal or illegal discriminations on the part of studios and production companies.

I can't put it any better than that. RIP #67

I can confirm that my name is or is not James and I am or am not related to dev/null.

Missouri application to join SEC imminent It's been rumored that they've been sleeping together for a few months now, but now it's getting closer to becoming official with Missou ready to file for a marriage license.... Also in here, the Big 12 is reportedly courting Louisville and WV.

And pretty much all of Western Europe, and South Korea. You know... so we can stop paying for their security.

Berkshire-Hathaway's tax returns under scrutiny When Warren said he wasn't paying enough taxes, evidently he was correct.

I don't know where the tipping point was WRT the obesity epidemic, but the fact that first "Survivor" winner Richard Hatch was prosecuted for child abuse for making his overweight adopted son begin a walking regime was a low spot in the degeneration of our society. I mean, Richard Hatch is what he is --- you can hate him for not paying his taxes, say he's a manipulator, call him a big gay bear --- but trying to put him in jail because he wants to get his son some exercise to get healthier? Seriously, WTF? I wouldn't have as big a problem with obesity if I weren't forced to subsidize it with higher health insurance premiums, because companies now legally cannot charge overweight people more. The land of plenty became the land of too much and it's populated by people who must have and have and have.

I got that impression as well from the several shots they had of Fitz sitting on the bench --- all quiet, just sitting there with a thousand-yard stare. The body language was telegraphing that his mind was elsewhere or that he was hung up on the INTs. Need to snap out of that, put it behind you, talk with your teammates, look at the formation photos and DO SOMETHING besides sitting there and brooding.

I'm not going to say that racing is evil, but there comes a point at which it's too fast.

Before LA gets two teams, perhaps it would be prudent for them to show they can/will support one.

Oh I remember that now. Jack's scenario makes some sense in a scorched-earth policy, as Team Red is already down a player. Going down by 2 (especially losing Ozzy for challenges... but then again, if he's going throw them because he's kitty-sore then he pushes the issue) would really hurt going toward the merge. As a strategy, if Ozzy thinks he can get into the Blues' graces by destroying Red like this and then feels he can win individual immunities then he'll go for it. Smart money says this is a mistake tho.... That Blue core is going to be tough to crack. And NO DOUBT that Coach has no intention of letting Ozzy stick around.