ComradeKayAdams

To be clear: you CAN successfully implement top-down price control policies in certain limited situations (with “capping” or “flooring” preferred over “fixing”). Price gouging collusion in, say, the aftermath of a natural disaster is an example of a free market failure, and it is one such scenario during which the temporary use of price controls would be fine. Price setting is an emergent collective phenomenon, but it’s ultimately done by individual employers based on their anticipated operating profit margins. What Trump appears to be doing, however, is applying an economic band aid over the early stages of an economic gunshot wound. You can’t just “art-of-the-deal” micromanage your way out of international supply shock inflation LOL… As far as we know, at least, Walmart is intending to set prices based on legitimate prior knowledge of impending supply shocks.

Muppy, I’m just shocked that anyone would think Leh-nerd and I have similar writing styles! It’s also quite amusing to think of my alter ego from a dissociative identity disorder developing into Leh-nerd, of all people… Wow! I’m REALLY not a fan of these types of character assassinations. They’re tawdry attempts to invalidate political opinions here. Please contact a moderator or website administrator at Two Bills Drive and ask them to compare the IP addresses, IP address locations, and login histories of Leh-nerd and I. Then report back what you learn. You can do the same at BillsFans.com, by the way, because Leh-nerd and I are both members there. “Foxx” is the user name of the owner of that website. I’m not sure if Foxx personally knows Leh-nerd, but he knows my real-life identity and can verify that I am who I say that I am. CAN CONFIRM. See: Section 4-A, Kay’s formal apology outline.

My apology is sincere if your emotional hurt is sincere. Stop being such a poophead and just accept this heartfelt act of contrition!! Oh my God, Leh-nerd…we’re in the “Papal Conclave” thread of all places, dude…practice forgiveness! I’m arranging my apology in outline form because I know you like my posts that way. TOPIC: Kay’s Mea Culpa to Leh-nerd 1. Why Kay Shouldn’t Have Called Leh-nerd Fat: 1-A. It is self-evidently childish and mean-spirited. 1-B. It doesn’t respect the many natural differences among human body shapes. 1-C. it doesn’t account for challenging life circumstances and natural body changes that can influence one’s physical weight throughout one’s life. 1-D. It could trigger an eating disorder in Leh-nerd. 2. Kay’s Reactions to Leh-nerd’s Posts Were Wildly Emotional: 2-A. Causes: 2-A-1. Unmatched reciprocation: Kay doesn’t feel that the PPP denizens put in nearly the same level of effort and thought into their posts that she does, and she unfairly took this disappointment out on Leh-nerd. 2-A-2. Subpar MAGA reading comprehension: Kay’s fundamental frustrations go beyond reasonable left/right political disagreements and into the realm of discerning objective truths (logical, factual, scientific, economic, moral, etc.); regarding Leh-nerd in particular…some say** that Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Simple Man” was actually a song about none other than PPP’s own Leh-nerd Skin-erd. 2-B. Solutions: 2-B-1. Strive for emotional detachment: Kay needs to compose dispassionate PPP posts with the strict objective of mentally organizing her own political thoughts; the responses are secondary and not to be expected. 2-B-2. Improve communication skills: Kay needs to work on her conversational brevity and maybe increase her use of visual aids (i.e. lighthearted internet memes). 3. Miscellaneous Apologies: 3-A. Calling Leh-nerd smelly. 3-B. Literary allusions to Leh-nerd’s murder. 3-B-1. Murder by cannibalization. 3-B-2. Murder by crossbow. 3-B-3. Murder by “large gun.” ** 3-C. That was me…I said that just now…the implication here being that Leh-nerd is a stupid dumb-dumb head. 4. Counterarguments: 4-A. Subforum hypocrisies: Leh-nerd is well-known at PPP for his jocular banter towards leftists, which oftentimes can be perceived as insult-laden. 4-B. Fat-shaming motivations: Hollywood actor and marginal rock star, Jared Leto, is Boomery like Leh-nerd and is still ridiculously attractive as ever because of his strict vegan diet (those doe eyes also help…and incidentally, in a thread-appropriate way, Leto kinda resembles Jesus!!). Also: see Brad Pitt (maybe vegan?), Milo Ventimiglia (maybe vegan?).

MAGA’s aren’t even thinking about the national debt whenever we’re in Trump Economy Stage “B.” Allow me to elucidate… Trump Economy Stage “A” = Tariffs go up, economy becomes anxious. Insists MAGA: “The manufacturing jobs are coming back! Tariffs will pay off most of the debt! Will we even need an income tax??” Trump Economy Stage “B” = Tariffs go down, economy stabilizes. Better trade deals to benefit Trump’s donors and friends. Exclaims MAGA: “Art of the deal, baby! Woo-hoo!” We generally oscillate between the two stages. I believe there’s a funny internet meme about this. Whoever is successfully riding these buy low/sell high waves is making a lot of money. The rollercoaster fun will eventually end, however, when international supply shocks kick in and stagflation features emerge.

That “global calm” you speak of is always a mirage, thanks to a corporate American media that rarely covers the asymmetrical power imposition of American imperialism. In other words: we rarely hear much about the collateral damage from U.S. drone strikes, the consequences of our sanctions and embargos on the citizens of other nations, and the attempted coups and regime changes throughout regions like the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. That concludes my general foreign policy diatribe…now getting back specifically to Trump… It’s kinda weird to give Trump credit for both the 2014 Crimea invasion and Russia’s 2022 Ukraine invasion not happening on his watch. The implication here is that Democrats are super weak, but Trump is super strong and super intimidating. If that’s the case, why is the Ukraine war still ongoing? Why do all leaked negotiation details tell of Ukraine’s significant resource concessions to the U.S., while the aggressor (Russia) is being asked to give up so little in terms of war reparations and conquered land?? Trump had FOUR whole years to withdraw from Afghanistan, but he didn’t because he has always been a puppet of the MIC. Trump had absolutely nothing to do with India/Pakistan. The chances of Trump successfully negotiating with Iran are extremely low. He was the one who pulled out of the JCPOA in 2018, so I doubt Iran has any remaining trust in him or in the United States (and we can’t blame them for that distrust). Israel/Palestine/Gaza…where to begin?! This is the mother of all complex peace deals, and the only realistic path to enduring success is with either a one-state or two-state solution (or three-state, if Gaza and the West Bank were to become separate nations). Israel, which has grown to become an extremely far-right society since the Second Intifada, is unfortunately steeped in genocidal mania right now. Only the U.S. can rein them in, but Trump is completely controlled by AIPAC and Zionist donors like Miriam Adelson. He continues speaking fondly of Gaza’s ethnic cleansing, continues ignoring the Leahy Laws by regularly sending munitions to the IDF, continues condoning settler violence in the West Bank, and continues doing absolutely nothing to stop the ongoing Gaza hunger crisis. Trump, in fact, did a lot during his first term that motivated the Hamas attack on 10/7/23: recognizing the annexation of the Golan Heights, moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, and disrespecting Palestine via exclusion in the Abraham Accords. Trump COULD radically change course, I suppose, if he cares about not destroying his presidential legacy… And I didn’t even get into the topic of Yemen…ugh… Anyone who is a student of pro football history, by the way, already knew that Donald Trump was a total fraud. See: history of the 1983-85 USFL. There’s even an ESPN 30 for 30 documentary about it: “Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?”

Ugh…you are probably correct: I shouldn’t be trivializing the dangerous precedent it sets to violate the Constitution without penalty, nor should I expect Trump to competently negotiate such a complex peace deal.

Sup, Mup?! Yes, long time no speak! This is the first that I’m hearing about your health scare! Please feel free to keep in touch with me on it, if you’d like, by PM or by any other way. Obviously, you have my best wishes and prayers! Any strong thoughts on the 2025 schedule?? FYI: my parents back home are working on tickets for weeks 17 (Eagles) and 18 (Jets). I may also attend the week 2 Jets game in Jersey. Let me know if you’ll happen to be in Buffalo or NYC during those times and would like to meet up! I’ve been lurking around these parts, both here and at BillsFans.com. I’ll post and write, on occasion, if the inspiration happens to strike at that moment. I’m looking forward to the summer and hope you are too! The warming weather, in fact, is inspiring in me a variation of a famous poem from Harry Chapin: There are so many summer fashion options nouveau: Floral cut-out dresses for weekend fun. With Yasmin Wijnaldum struts and a catwalk glower, Slay resplendent blazer dresses of threads well-spun. Fair enough, Leh-nerd. But don’t think you can completely get out of this one, with your disarmingly sanguine offerings of such wonderfully mellifluous poetry…which incidentally evoked a particular childhood summer redolence while frolicking in an upstate New York meadow of yore. < heavy sniffles > I am prepared to offer you ONE sincere apology and ONE forum concession. But in return, I want you to think about how YOUR posting habits contributed to the breakdown in our PPP conversations. To quote ComradeKayAdams: “There are so many MAGA’s in front of my crossbow. Too many MAGA’s, so I’ll switch to a large gun. I see Leh-nerd and I see him cower. With those chubby legs, let’s hope he can run!” Fear can be a powerful motivator for self-improvement, Leh-nerd. I patiently await your mea culpa.

I’m afraid to say this, but I think I stand with the MAGA cultists on this one specific issue… No doubt, this is a flagrant example of government bribery and is unconstitutional. However, what is fundamentally the difference between this bribe and the AIPAC bribes (i.e. large campaign donations) that the rest of our country’s politicians routinely accept?? I’m thinking more pragmatically and cynically, with starving Gazans and Israeli hostages in mind. By accepting Qatar’s airplane gift, the hope is that Trump can be persuaded to directly negotiate with Hamas (thereby circumventing Netanyahu) and arrange a ceasefire peace deal that would include immediate food aid and the full release of hostages. Negotiating with terrorists may not lead to anything, either, but we know now that Israel has ZERO intentions of ending the current siege in Gaza. Their full intentions are to steal the land in Gaza, steal land in the West Bank, break the will of Palestinians, and fatigue the region to the point that nearby Arab countries finally relent and agree to accept Palestinian refugees.

That’s fine. What some consider “tedious,” others might characterize as “comprehensive.” But whatever. There is no moral quandary with eating plants because they don’t have central nervous systems. I distinctly remember explaining this to you in the past. What “hypocrisy” with my goods and services?! Are you still ranting about that Juicy Couture perfume set, gifted to me from my grandma, which I kept for sentimental reasons?! You remain the only person on the planet who would consider that to be an example of my ethical hypocrisy. Are you perhaps seeking an apology from me for calling you fat and alluding to your murder and subsequent cannibalization? NOT GONNA HAPPEN. Sorry, not sorry. Two reasons why: 1. I am an alum, of sorts, from the Anonymous for the Voiceless “school” of vegan activism. Our methods are aggressive and controversial, but also highly persuasive and impactful. My priority is the defense of animal life, not tiptoeing around the feelings of MAGA “f*ck your feelings, bruh!” types. The Tree of Compassion must be nourished, from time to time, with the tears of abashedly corpulent MAGA omnivores. And so may their rivulets of insecurity coalesce around their crow’s feet and nasolabial folds**, grow to form a Biblical deluge, and spring forth new heights of ethical decency! 2. You have repeatedly and consistently undermined my attempts at meaningful debate in this political subforum, on issues you know are especially important to me (anthropogenic climate change, American imperialism, macroeconomics, etc.), because you have chosen conversational damnation among the following possible paths: 2-1. Agreeing with me and/or giving me a positive emoticon rep point (you never choose this path). 2-2. Disagreeing with me by carefully explaining WHY I’m wrong on the particular topic (you haven’t done this in a very long time). 2-3. Blatantly ignoring my post when we BOTH know you have something you want to say on it (you do this sometimes). 2-4. Deflecting with non sequiturs, jokes, whataboutisms, and specific remarks criticizing Bernie Sanders (your raison d’etre, I’d say, at this point). Be better, Leh-nerd. ** Note: 100% whole-food plant-based diets are excellent for preventing skin damage, due to the volume and array of phytonutrients present in fruits and vegetables (and minus all the free radical cellular damage that comes with animal product digestion).

UGH. I came here for the Bills schedule release talk, but here we go… To be clear: 16 weeks is the lowest theoretical limit at which scientists think auditory sensing can begin, and 12 weeks is the absolute lowest at which general sentience can begin. ~90% of all performed abortions fall within the first 12 weeks, ~95% fall within the first 16 weeks, and the remaining ~5% are mostly comprised of special situations related to the mother’s or baby’s health (as opposed to the “YOLO…like, whatevs!” kind). If accepting 15 weeks as a legal abortion limit makes me a “sick baby-murdering lib,” then polling data on this topic indicates A LOT of centrists, independents, conservatives, Christians, and Catholics to be at least equally as “sick.” Also, a very clear distinction needs to be made between what someone may personally believe and what that person is willing to legally impose on others. If you want to talk about “sick” beliefs, let’s talk about the following: forcing a woman (or child!) to give birth to her rapist’s baby, removing the social safety net for unprepared mothers forced to give birth, and systematically starving children in an ongoing genocide/ethnic cleansing in Gaza. Strange how we choose to demarcate our empathic and punitive thoughts, no?? It’s almost as if concern for the fetus/unborn baby/child isn’t quite the morally compelling force that we assume?? What evolutionary biology and anthropology (and economics!) tell us is that female fecundity is a highly valued “resource” and is subject to “market regulations” like any other economic good or service. Those who seek to regulate are seeking to adjust a supply/demand curve. I’ll leave my dear readers to ponder all the motives, but in my opinion, the socioeconomic decay of late-stage neoliberalism and the rise of Christian nationalism are correlated. My male peers are struggling in this bullsh!t economy, but they are misdirecting their economic consternations and insecurities. Oh my God…this thread is so tedious…more so than my own posts. Call me when someone is ready to talk about animal rights and the Catholic Church…or Leh-nerd’s unethical diet…

OH MY GOD…trannies and wh*res, wh*res and trannies…it is unreal how fixated you guys here are on the two topics of abortion and transgender rights, to the exclusion of so many other important ones like those that I had already mentioned in my previous post! How curious, indeed, it is to see the topics that might stir the most titillation rise to the fore of your conscience! I’ll return to abortion and transgender rights in a second, but first… Your conspicuous failure to acknowledge the genocide in Gaza I find most unconscionable. As soon as the first Gazan hospital was “oopsied” out of existence, you guys should have started to realize that Israel’s response to 10/7/23 was about so much more than hostages or self-defense. Read up on the 1948 Nakba, Israeli apartheid practices since 1967, Israel’s history of bad-faith negotiations since the First Intifada, the ongoing settler colonial violence in the West Bank, and the full details in South Africa’s ICJ report to figure it all out. Anyone who still can’t distinguish between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, or between Hamas support and Palestine support, needs to do more learning and less opining. 19 months into this genocide, both Netanyahu and Trump have replaced the ethnic cleansing dog whistles with foghorns. Take a public moral stance. That’s what Jesus would do. I admittedly have a patchwork understanding of the Bible. I’m genuinely curious to know which specific Biblical passages you all are using to formulate your stances on abortion and transgender rights? I’m sure they’re all super vague, however, and literarily crafted in a way that leaves them open to all sorts of biased interpretations reflecting more one’s personal bigotries than the decrees of God/Jesus… My opinion on abortion is rooted in science and sprinkled with practicality and respect for fellow women. I’m fine with a sentience standard for conferring personhood onto a fetus/unborn baby. France has the best abortion policy, so I would prefer we plagiarize theirs (limit of 15 weeks, constitutional protection, full list of exceptions to be adjudicated by health professionals and not law/order ones). The Catholic Church’s position against abortion in cases of rape is a big initial reason why I chose to quit the Church…something about two wrongs not making a right…ugh… My opinion on transgender rights is also rooted in science and sprinkled with respect for fellow humans who happen to be born a bit differently. Just as we have human sexual dimorphism with chromosomes and reproductive equipment, we know of the same with the morphology and functioning of the human brain. So you can think of the brain as a gender-determining organ just like you do the sexual reproductive organs, and all of these can be incongruent with each other at birth. I’m fine with transgender children fully transitioning, provided they have parental approval and sufficient levels of prior therapy. I’m friends with a few members of the transgender community. According to them, they knew they were different at extremely early points in their lives. OH MY GOD, LEH-NERD!! What makes you think Jesus in 2025 would be apolitical?? And why do you think Jesus would find Bernie to be such a malevolent force on humanity, one presumably far worse than Trump?! Your BOUNDLESS intransigence with me, no doubt, must be some kind of psychological defense mechanism worth exploring. Oh, and my imaginary dialogue? It’s just a posting technique I sometimes use to make my naturally haughty didacticism appear more invitingly dialectical. Do observe… You: “Hi, my name is Leh-nerd Skin-erd. I am a big fat smelly omnivore who enjoys meeting his daily protein requirements by slitting the throats of innocent defenseless animals. I probably hate Kay so much because I can never defeat her in a political debate. Her mastery of public policy is so superior and her posting content so substantive that I have to resort to a barrage of politician hypocrisy whataboutisms and other such non sequitur deflections. Kay is an egotistical know-it-all with an insufferably long-winded writing style.” PPP Subforum: “Woah!! Bruh…why do you hate Kay this much?? We happen to think she’s a great poster with lots of useful insight into the far-left political movement.” BillsFans.com Community: “May we briefly and randomly interject? We find her writings on Buffalo Bills history to be equally quite insightful.” PPP Subforum: “Yeah, and wouldn’t YOU have a bit of an inflated sense of self after so many of your friends keep telling you that you remind them of Hollywood star, Renee Zellweger??” You: “LOL…that’s not exactly advancing your argument, bruh…” PPP Subforum: “Woah!! Oh em gee, you’re such a shallow f*cking misogynist, Leh-nerd…on Mother’s Day, no less! No, we mean the young/pre-cosmetic surgery version of Renee…and minus the Bridget Jones movies when she had to put on a lot of weight for the role.” BillsFans.com Community: “Which kinda brings this conversation full circle, so to speak, since perhaps your underlying hatred towards Kay is due to the fact that you resent how her commitment to a 100% whole-food plant-based diet allows her to rather effortlessly maintain a ~19.3 BMI?“ PPP Subforum: “Indeed. And at that low a BMI, you can greatly expand your sartorial repertoire.” BillsFans.com Community: “Yup. All kinds of crop top options, too, which in the winter makes your fashion ridiculously chic and bad*ss. Certainly more chic than some musty, faded, overstretched Lynyrd Skynyrd t-shirt in which the imprinted lyrical “free bird” could operate as both a physical metaphor for Leh-nerd’s YOLO Dad bod torso and a conceptual metaphor for his dietary intransigence with Kay.” You: “Arrgh! Leh-nerd MAD! Leh-nerd FAT. Leh-nerd SAD. Blah blah blah FAIR SHARE! Blah blah blah HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PAY FOR IT ALL, KAY?! Blah blah blah BUT WHAT ABOUT JOE BIDEN?! Blah blah blah…!” < belches > < burps > << NARRATOR: In a fit of defeat-induced rage, Leh-nerd maniacally logs out of his Two Bills Drive account and storms off into the horizon. Hours later, a marauding cadre of misfit cannibals pick up a fatigued hitchhiking Leh-nerd off the side of a highway. In a terribly ironic twist of fate, they murder poor Leh-nerd and both literally AND figuratively cook him. This then gives the cannibals an idea to start a dietary protein business called “Soylent Leh-n.” Soylent Leh-n quickly becomes a huge success. The cannibals become powerful corporate oligarchs and exploit their hired labor as LITERAL consumption goods. There is no happy ending to this story, unfortunately, because STUPID Leh-nerd Skin-erd voted for the STUPID corporate deregulatory practices of STUPID Donald Trump. >> P.S. Just playin’ with ya, Leh-nerd. Have a great Mother’s Day! And remember: veggie chips, not paint chips!

Some in media circles already are, though, which was my point. I’m referring strictly to their ECONOMIC politics, of course, and nothing else. Specifically: standard progressive protectionism versus Trump’s current tariff policies. You and I may find the conflation absurd, but the average American doesn’t follow politics nearly as closely as we do. Corporate establishment propaganda can be disturbingly effective on such people. Do you understand now? Or do you want me to clarify my thoughts? I was basically providing commentary on political strategy and on how the word “socialism” is being misconstrued for the purposes of propaganda. To elaborate a bit further, think of American politics as divided into 4 factions: far-left populist progressives who tend to vote for Democrats, centrist establishment neoliberals who also tend to vote for Democrats, MAGA dullards, and libertarians who tend to vote for Republicans. As Trump’s economy collapses and Bernie’s “Fighting Oligarchy Tour” surges in popularity, the other two factions (neoliberals and libertarians) seek to fill the power void by associating both populist factions (MAGA dullards and Bernie progs) with the unpopular economy. Progressives should NOT rely on an emergent economic depression to counter the propaganda. They need to figure out how to communicate effectively with the American people. Even though I’m (apparently) not the best consultant on such matters, I’ll still recommend a simple visual display of two superimposed plots: one showing American worker productivity since the early Reagan administration, and another showing inflation-adjusted wage growth in that same time span. The observed difference in slope is the labor exploitation of the American Neoliberal Era. In theory, market socialism would eliminate the difference in slope. In practice, progressive taxation policies (as guided by professional economists) can suffice.

Yup, that’s a promising initial list. Christian precepts do tend to align well with modern American progressive politics. In present-day America, Jesus would far more likely be seen wearing a Bernie Bro t-shirt than he would be seen sporting a red MAGA hat. Single-payer health care? Yes. Universal human rights? Absolutely. Concern for the poor? You got it! Labor exploitation? I mean…”thou shalt not steal,” right? American imperialism? “Love thy neighbor,” no? Environmental stewardship? Respect the Garden of Eden!! Something is conspicuously missing on that list, though… Pope Leo XIV needs to be as vociferously opposed to Israel’s genocide in Gaza as was the late Pope Francis. If he isn’t, I don’t think the Catholic Church can survive much longer as any sort of serious international moral authority. You can’t showcase your morality as your entire business model and then NOT take a definitive stance against collective punishment and ethnic cleansing!! Many here, of course, will (correctly) point to all the historical corruption and all the controversies the Catholic Church has already endured. Its woefully inadequate stance against the Holocaust will surely be mentioned, too. I would then just reply that the landscape of ethical expectations from human civilization is vastly different in the twenty-first century than it was over the previous two millennia. Also, in the specific case of the Holocaust, I believe Pope Pius XII was genuinely afraid of Hitler invading the Vatican in retaliation (not that this excuses the cowardice, but you get my point…). PPP Subforum: “Wait a minute, Commie Kay…aren’t you an ex-Catholic and current atheist? Why do you care about Catholic Church affairs?” Me: “I care because the Pope is still an enormously influential public figure and is capable of galvanizing hundreds of millions into positive action.” PPP Subforum: “But wait…where do you get your morals from??” Me: “Secular humanism and the Golden Rule, more or less.” PPP Subforum: “But wait…how do you think the universe came about, if not from God?” Me: “Net-zero-energy quantum gravitational fluctuations, with a currently poorly understood conception of emergent spacetime.” PPP Subforum: “You have been an absolute conversational DELIGHT, Ms. Adams, on this fine Friday morning.” Me: “Thank you! Go Bills!” PPP Subforum: “Yes! Go Bills, indeed.”

It’s not, though! We can’t just redefine socialism to mean “any government economic interventionism that we don’t like” or “a centrally planned economy.” In Trump’s economy, the workers definitely don’t own the means of production. Corporate oligarchs still have all the power and control the flow of wealth generation. Moreover, I automatically distrust the motives of any neoliberal or libertarian author attempting to equate Trump’s economy with socialism. Most Americans still associate the social democratic policies of Bernie/AOC with that of “socialism,” and so the (inevitable) failure of Trump’s economy can then somehow be blamed on the Democratic Party’s progressive wing. It’s quite the predictable ploy we have grown to expect from our country’s corporate media! Let’s all be clear on how progressive tariffs would differ from Trumpian tariffs. A three-stage plan from progressives: 1. Carefully crafted prior labor regulations that foster an environment for competitive wage growth and healthy work conditions. 2. Keynesian stimulus packages to expedite foundational shovels-in-the-ground projects and workforce training (a good example: 2022 CHIPS Act). 3. Targeted tariffs applied to a specific and limited set of overseas industries (chosen for reasons like national security and domestic macroeconomic growth balance). And by comparison, a three-stage plan from Trump: 1. Broad tariffs imposed on every country and trade ally, with nonsensical and often exorbitant rates. 2. Nose picking as prices predictably soar and markets collapse. 3. Removal of tariff impositions, accompanied with braggadocious “art of the deal” claims. Two key reasons why you should have known all along that Trump was an economic charlatan: 1. He thinks trade “deficits” are inherently bad, as if this kind of deficit is in any way similar to a personal/family budgetary “deficit!” 2. He claims his tariffs are to be used for tax revenue generation, even though successfully applied tariffs are intended to do the exact opposite…INHIBIT international consumption of goods! Kay’s Super Profound Conclusion: So what’s REALLY going on here?? Well, some people in America are certainly benefiting from Trump’s economic machinations! In the progressive vernacular, these people are referred to as “corporate oligarchs.” Others will be much worse off, due to the regressive taxation effect of widespread price inflation on consumer goods (followed by macroeconomic contraction). Let’s call this group the “99%.” So now Little Susie gets 3 dolls for her birthday instead of 30, Little Joey gets 5 pencils for school instead of 250, and Commie Kay gets maybe only a few dozen Squishmallows (at most) for her new queen size bed instead of THOUSANDS. I think I speak for Susie and Joey when I say, “BLEEP you, MAGA Commies!!!”

Small correction: the 1966 AFL title game against the Chiefs was the only Buffalo home playoff game (other than Sunday night’s Ravens game) in which they were ever a Vegas underdog (+3.5). But back then, keep in mind that the AFL alternated home title games each year between the East and West divisions. So under modern NFL playoff rules, the Chiefs would have been the hosting team because they had a better regular season record. For the 1964 AFL title game against the Chargers, the Bills were the Vegas home favorite (-5). For the 1965 AFL title game rematch, the Bills were the Vegas away underdog (+6). Your post reminds me of a very important question I had always been meaning to ask this message board: whatever happened to all the AFL game film of our beloved AFL Bills?? At NFL Films headquarters? Tucked away somewhere in Bills franchise archives? ABC broadcast archives (for 1960-1964)? NBC broadcast archives (for 1965-1969)? There are 144 games in total. I ask because I would like to eventually see a grassroots movement emerge to get our AFL legends senior committee consideration for the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Gilchrist, Saimes, Byrd, Stratton, and ESPECIALLY Sestak. Actual game film can make the case that basic stats cannot. As an amateur internet Bills historian (and fashion enthusiast!), I’ll give this one a shot: 1. No idea. I think capri pants were popular in Hollywood at that time. I’ve seen old pics of Audrey Hepburn wearing them, at least. 2. I’ve read persuasive arguments from pro football historians making the claim that the AFL had mostly caught up to the NFL in talent by the mid-60’s, and that only Lombardi’s Packers dynasty far exceeded the talent of the best AFL teams. Up to a certain talent differential, the right X’s and O’s can surpass the Jimmy’s and Joe’s. Such is the mantra of “any given Sunday” in professional football. So while the NFL would have likely won the imaginary Super Bowls of 1960-1962 and 1965, the 1963 Chargers would have matched up well with the 1963 Bears. Likewise, the 1964 Bills could have absolutely defeated the 1964 Browns! The speed and physicality and creativity of Joe Collier’s defense, coupled with Cookie’s running style and the novel AFL-style vertical passing game, could have easily flummoxed the Browns. 3. VERY cool. Your mind was apparently associating Cookie’s number with that of another Bills Hall of Fame RB! Small correction: that legendary 17-game streak ran from week 7 of 1964 through week 8 of 1965.