Andy1

This is a really good question given how this word is used in today’s politics. At its simplest, Patriot means one who loves their country. Then we need to examine what the word love means. It’s easy to love when no sacrifice is required. Those who sacrifice working for America in the military or in other capacities, representing America in foreign lands would certainly qualify. Politicians who serve with honor and loyalty to the Constitution, working for the betterment of all Americans, would qualify. Those whose actions put the welfare of their fellow citizens and our nation above their own self interest would qualify. Actions matter more than words.

This move restricts access of nursing students to Federal financial aide, forcing them to go to private loans with higher interest rates. America has a critical shortage of nurses. Trump just made it more difficult for young people to achieve their goals in this field. The billionairs will benefit while the rest of us will suffer with poorer health care. https://www.nurse.com/blog/nursing-no-longer-classified-as-a-professional-degree-whats-at-stake/

For all the cynicism expressed here about the Burns documentary, no one has given any evidence showing why it is not accurate. How do you all learn about history? Is there a better producer who explains American history?

For the MAGA doubters here, or those interested, here is the Senate Congressional Resolution 76: from the pre-woke year of 1987. This resolution recognizes the contributions the Iroquois Confederacy to the founding of our nation. Read document pages 12-16. Iroquois chiefs were in Philadelphia, speaking to congress during the Revolution, and in May to June, 1776. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-100shrg83712/pdf/CHRG-100shrg83712.pdf

I’m a few hours into this series. Seems well done and gives a much greater understanding of the events of the time. It’s interesting how the events impacted both the Native Americans and African slaves. About 5000 free slaves fought with the continental army. In Virginia, many slaves ran away to British boats as they were given the promise of freedom by the Brits. The British used the men for an Ethiopian regiment. The Declaration of Independence was embraced by those who weren’t truly free as they hoped for a better future. Hard to see how any of this is objectionable to anyone.

I also noticed that during the game. Houston beat the crap out of us, but they weren’t dirty plays. I have total respect for that team. McDermott and Brady are who needs to see this. That offensive scheme was stupid under those conditions.

Agree. Under Dorsey and Brady, both offenses became stagnant when defenses figured them out. You need a second act that works off your established concepts. Talent is also an issue. When talent is lacking, scheme and execution becomes more important.

Given that he has to work with what we have for now, first priority for Brady as the OC should be to protect the franchise - Josh. Against a defense like Houston or Cleveland, do that first and then go from there. That can be extra blockers, quick passes, moving the pocket, misdirection, leaking the TE as a target, or running the ball more. Brady failed miserably at that and Josh was beat up. If Josh gets knocked out with an injury due to his stupidity, like we watched in Houston, the season and maybe more is done.

Cover One has a new video out with some interesting points. Basically the organizational problem is everyone from coordinators on up. Last night, Brady committed organizational malpractice by not adequately protecting the franchise - Josh, when it was plainly obvious to everyone that our 5 linemen could not block their 4 rushers. Brady refused to adapt and bring in an extra lineman or chip the D ends to help the line. And stupidly, they left Brown out there with a bad shoulder with no help. The receiver routes did not provide Josh with quick options. If Josh had a season ending injury, from that stupidity, this season and maybe next season would be over. Furthermore, McDermott was seemingly fine with the approach. They show no ability to adapt and learn from past failures. Clean house unless the unimaginable happens.

Mamdani is going to require that each child to learn Arabic numbers. Step one in indoctrination.

The offense scored just 12 points. I’d say it’s Brady and Bean. The offense has no quick game answers except the WR screen that rarely works. I remember thinking the same last year when KC knocked us out. That’s a combination of player talent and scheme issues.

I’m not a fan of this defense, but they did give the offense plenty of chances in the 2nd half against a bad Houston offense. The offense could never control the line of scrimmage. Brady couldn’t scheme anything besides the big toss back play. Coaching scheme is such an important part but we always seem to lack in that department.

Blame for the loss should really be more on the offense tonight. They failed big tonight in all aspects.

Time to hire an offensive coach to pair with Josh for the rest of his career. If McDermotts specialty is defense and your defense is poo, it’s time to go.

There are no words to describe how dumb that was

Bernard has been playing with a bad ankle. The rest have no excuses.

Has there been a single penalty against Houston? Doesn’t seem like it.

Because there is likely a huge difference in wealth between the victims and the guilty. The wealthy can use lawsuits to silence the victims since they don’t want to go bankrupt with legal fees. They may also not want their names publicized. The young girls may likely also not have known who the men were.

Among politicians, there seems to be those who were with Epstein for the sex and those who were there for the cash. They may or may not be the same. I’m not trying to excuse any Dems. Any who assaulted those girls should pay the price.

And that might be the last time that teams ignore him. Will be interesting to see what he can do vs Houston tonight.

Coleman will need to learn from Shavers how to earn playing time. He needs a lesson in humility and learn discipline. He also needs to learn how to play WR. People can mature and change. He has great teammates around him. He might just grow up and become a better player but he better start showing it in practice.

Great interview of Shavers. So easy to root for. Him and Josh have the same prove them wrong mentality. He also talks about his friendship with Keon.

I don't get all the rush to dump Keon. The young guy has talent, he’s on the team and he’s immature. He was given a starting role and didn’t appreciate it. Now with the emergence of Gabe and Shavers, he is going to have to earn it. He has the rest of this season to show the coaches and team what and who he is. I hope he figures it out.

What changed is that the MAGA base wants the files released after their candidates campaigned on it for years. The Dems saw vulnerability in Trump obstructing the release and pushed for the vote. Every day the news is about Trump and Epstein is a good day for the Dems. That’s politics. It’s been over 20 years since a lot of the crimes occurred. A lot of the names in those files are probably retired or dead, or out of the public eye by now so their power has waned and the politicians voting now may not care about them much. No one wants to be accused of standing on the side of the pedos. Whatever is released, no one will be happy. No one believes anything anymore except that there is unity of opinion that the files should be opened to the public. People believe what they want to and absorb through their preferred media. Unless explicit details about Trump are in there, Dems will think Trump had his name removed from the files. Trump team has been through it all so they know what will be released, or not. MAGA will ignore whatever Trump stuff there is and focus on the Dem names in there. People who were just associates, but not guilty of any crimes will also be in there and their names will be out. It will be a mess. Reporters will have a field day sifting through it all and books will be written. I doubt anything implicating Trump will be released, but we may see who some real wealthy scumbags are.

Infrastructure all over America is aging out or not adapted to current conditions. It’s a giant problem which this bridge is just a tiny part of. It’s another problem which we largely ignore and kick the can down the road, figuring it’s a problem for our kids to deal with.