WideNine

I get the concept, but information is not so easily rendered to the victor's view. Even the British back then had geopolitical enemies that would have offered compelling counter perspectives that historians could pour over to see if they were corroborated by other accounts or known facts. Today it is even harder as the source information is even more broadly disseminated. For other easy-exits try bad shell fish.

That spineless weasil. It would have been karmic irony if those crazed MAGA dumbs had been able to give him a good wacking with their giant flags at the airport. He has had his head so far up Trump's backside, and as soon as he senses a political shift in the winds he runs the other way. I would have had to run and buy some popcorn for the show.

Yes, I have heard of this widely misused phrase. Would actually mean something if history was written in stone and incapable of being revisited and revised. Not quite sure what point you are trying to make, and here I was trying to give you an easy exit. No good deed goes unpunished.

This is being seen on far right media outlets as they connect the liability dots and are thinking that purveyung known misinformation that incites a riot could potentially backfire on them too. If Twitter and Facebook are being called upon to manage their platforms why do cable networks get a free pass when they allow Newsmax, OANN, and Fox News to stir up the ignorant masses with baseless election fraud allegations? They are just as culpable in fomenting this Stop the Steal nonsense where the only one trying to steal the election was the sore loser - Trump.

It is like they finally capped a 4-year broken sewer main.

It's fine. Was being a bit snarky. True some of our founding fathers have written accounts and pseudo-memoirs that get rolled into broader historical context. Books like Inside the 3rd Reich by Albert Speer is an example of a pretty good historical view of Hitler's inner circle from a contemporary of that time. So it is not unheard of.

Hmmm...not sure about this statement. Our founding fathers did not write their own history books although books have been written about them by guys that do that sort of thing....historians.

I have actually thought this and it was a good year for him to focus and grow. Allen is a strange throwback in that he really does care about the fans... a lot. I don't think he fakes that. What comes in that same package is probably a dread of letting us and his team down. It would not shock me if that led to games where we saw the panic and hero-ball emerge. He was trying to do too much to carry the team to a victory. He has matured a lot and shown well in prime time games. That and retro music seem to help our QB keep a handle on the "yips".

I was also excited when we got Wrecks. Part of it was that he had played NE tough when with the Jets and part of it was my ingrained Bills inferiority complex channeling my inner Susan Lucci finally being recognized and winning an award... Those feelings did not age well.

I disagree with a ton of folks on this forum, but I can agree with them that our Bills are awesome.

My "rumors" logically align with the consistent track record of 1st-hand accounts that assess Trump as being unfit for office. Unlike you or I these come from just about every person who has ever directly served and left one of his cabinet offices or appointments. Mattis Spencer Bolton Kelly McMaster Barr Sims Manigault-Newman Cohn Cobb Haley Tillerson Farah Krebs ...and the current list of resignations of those who protested Trump's role in fomenting the riot with his lies. https://www.wsj.com/articles/heres-who-resigned-from-trumps-administration-after-riot-at-the-capitol-11610061311 Yours is based on... hell, I have no idea what fuels your illogical defense of that creature. It seems like you just parrot what he tweets and the marketing of far-right propaganda outlets.

Yeah it is more realistic to believe Trump grew a conscience. We have been down this path too many times where you wrap reasonable dialogue in blind devotion to that demagogue. It is a dead end and you are case study of those that will never accept the truth even as that man steers this nation off the rails and over a cliff. So whatever, we will agree to disagree.

I have my doubts. There has been a stubborn delusional alternate reality that Trump and certain propaganda outlets have nutured purely for literal and political coinage. I do not doubt that many maga folks have grievances, but they have allowed petty power-brokers to prey upon them to this end. It takes patient reading of government reports and bills (not just accepting the cliff-notes version twisted to fit an agenda), fact-checking (you have to be open to facts), Twitter-abstinence is healthy, and a recommittment to the benefits of staying within our nation's laws, democratic processes and norms to affect change. Remember career political swamp creature and fixer William Barr who shielded and propped Trump and the Office of the Presidency up time and time again...too late did the realization hit him of the danger those actions could lead to. What a buffoon. https://www.fox29.com/news/barr-says-trump-conduct-amid-us-capitol-violence-betrayal-of-presidency A good start is to vote less self-serving extremist and nut jobs into political office. That means as voters we need to be more motivated and more responsible than just voting party lines or doing some kind of eeney-meeney-miney-moe on ballots. That's how you create change in a democracy, not storm our nation's Capital and ransack the place.

Reports from Trump aides was that he was pleased with the mob and violent chaos. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-was-pleased-as-mob-stormed-capitol-report-says This fits his personality profile; a win at all costs - be it lying, cheating, bullying, lawsuits & courts, or pressuring election bodies into "finding votes" and when all those fail, rather than accept a legitimate defeat, throw a national tantrum via proxy by enticing his maga drones to riot at our nation's capital. For Trump this was a pleasing expression of the power he holds over his base, I am sure he got off on it. That fits better with all we have come to know about his personality. It was not out of empathy or concern for others that he called off his dogs. It was out of legal self-preservation.

Lots of nationally televised games. Fun team to watch with solid ownership, FO, HC, and QB to build around Its a good marketing investment.

Seemed a bit dry, but passionate when he talked about creating a winning culture and process. Researched what other coaches that worked with him had to say and he seemed to be a tireless student of the game. I especially liked the story of when he had worked his way up to defensive coordinator of the Eagles. McDermott felt he was different from other coaches before him that had gotten fired, that it could never happen to him, but after a lackluster 2010 season Andy Reid fired him. Apparently he was pretty crushed, but his reaction was to ask a bunch of folks in the organization for exit interviews on things he could do to improve. That spoke to me about the man's character. That he would not let the difficult situation get in the way of an opportunity to solicit feedback on how he could become better at his craft. He did not sit still long and was going to connect with the Denver org when Rivera and the Panthers told him they wanted him. The rest is history, but he was the right man at the right time for this organization and we were fortunate the Pegs brought him in. After Wrecks tenure I really did not have high hopes, but his approach seemed fresh and I just thought let's see where this goes.

I agree that the same approach would not have the same success. The Steelers have a much better secondary than the Colts IMO. They gambled bringing 5-6 guys or the house at Allen, but he was not intimidated and started to figure out where to go with the ball. The Steelers also have a great NT who was crushing the pocket that the Bills finally decided to double team as Morse was getting forklifted into Allen and was hurt on a series, or just needed a brace adjusted. Not sure, as he did come back in.

Especially the way Allen spreads the ball around. If I were a DC I might toy with the idea of using a lot of resources to take Diggs away as he is Allen's favorite target, but I don't see the DB skills on the Colts side to effectively do that. Also, Allen will just hit the open man. They will look at how the Titans and KC played us. Their best defense and chance to keep things close is to slow the game down and keep Allen on the sideline. They are going to try to ram Taylor down our throats and use short passes and RAC to inch down the field and keep our offense cooling their heels. Allen was dinged and struggled earlier this year solving zone defenses. I don't think the way those teams played him then will be as effective this time around.

Will not contest that there is likely a personality profile that is drawn to politics. My point was this misplaced belief of devoted adoration of Biden and comparing that to the mindless cult following Trump has created. Biden was just the most expedient detergent available that voters could leverage to clean the Trump stain off our national underwear.

I still love Josh relentless defense against becoming a Brady-like meme. https://billswire.usatoday.com/2021/01/07/buffalo-bills-josh-allen-did-not-want-tom-brady-meme-happen-him/

Oh no... the dems in office also have pretty nice portfolios too It is like when a bill comes up for Congress to reduce their salaries... just a chorus of "Nay" clicks. ...and you are right about low penalties encourage investment, but it could probably be a more equitable rate than it is without stifling investment too much. I say this as someone who has worked hard to build up a good portfolio myself, but I was also that guy that would work 60-70 hours a week over corporate transitions only to see close to half my income go to taxes, only to be told I don't pay my fair share. It sucks. The faster you run on the treadmill, the more they crank up the dial. I guess I have always been fine with paying my fair share, but when someone like Don the Con pays just a little over $700.00 in something like 10 years of taxes it chaps my ass.

If you truly want to tax the wealthy you go after capital gains. The truly elite do not need 9-5 jobs as they live off of their large portfolios of commodities and stocks yet pay at one of the lowest if not the lowest tax brackets for those gains. That is why Congress put down the proposed Buffet rule that proposed that our current tax system unfairly burdens wages over investment income like a wounded animal before it could gain any traction. Many in Congress fall into this category of having lucrative investment income. The average corporate shill can work 60 hours a week for the man and sure gross good income, but their gross income is taxed at the highest bracket. If they are super charitable, and/or have business ventures where they can write off "losses" the AMT overrode those write-offs and would still kick in and force them to pay high taxes regardless.

I would challenge Trump supporters to prove it by respecting the law and the truth over that man.

Yawn.

You ascribe too much to the cult of personality. Most Biden supporters simply voted for him to purge Trump and his reckless abuses from the office of the Presidency. Many of the folks that voted Biden that I have spoken to do not place an elected leader (Biden for instance) over the needs of this nation, the rule of law, or democratic norms. To place an individual on such a pedestal is the slippery slope of buying into populism propaganda and a cult mentality. Our elected leaders are just men and women elected to a government office to do a job. How well they do that job is reflected in their approval rates and ability to get reelected. Nothing more. We ask through history how whole nations could be led down a path of destruction by certain infamous leaders. It is that weakness in us to cling and worship those self-serving overconfident narcissist who promise to do all the thinking for us.