“All of a sudden, one of the first plays to appear on the screen was the Music City Mistake,”

The yard that the Titans robbed from Buffalo on that play came back to haunt them in Super Bowl when Mike Jones made the tackle….

but Wade Philips should’ve started Doug Flutie over Rob Johnson that day.

I guess John won’t be leaving his mom’s house anytime soon…

A couple of things came to mind when I read this article.

1) A buddy of mine warned me before the 2016 election that riots and gun battles would happen across the country if HRC won in Nov. he warned me to prep my RV, buy guns / ammo and “”””move to the hills because a Civil War is going to happen if HillDog wins”””””””” I have known this guy for about 20 years, we met at work are fishing buddies and became pretty good friends….….. about 5 years ago he told me that his brother was a member of the KKK in So Cal and burned down a Jewish church…. I was stunned and initially didn’t believe him, but there is book written about his brother called “Sign of The Cross” written by the prosecutor of his brother’s case. To sum up the book, the Rabbi befriends my buddy’s brother while he was serving time in jail to enlighten him. I would have never thought that anyone in my circle of friends would be tied to the Klan….. turns out I have other buddies that their uncles or great uncles are tied.

2) I have many many friends that have recently built quite the arsenal of guns… I mean big time gun arsenal that they have recently collected in recent years……. it’s getting crazy. These are my childhood friends that I grew up with, from immigrant families, we played ball together and went to school in mild manner Santa Clara Valley, but the arsenal gun ownership seems to be getting out of hand etc…… huge collections like Sons of Anarchy …..t….

3) I just read the article below over the weekend, and I had a very similar experience to what the author wrote about his trip to a gun show….. ….. for the past 2 years on a Nov weekend before Thanksgiving I had stayed in a hotel in Reno, NV for a baseball tourney which coincided with a Gun Show at the hotel….thus I attended it last year to check it out and came to the same findings that the author did below.

Bottom line, we have a cold war like arms race going on within our country with very slanted views…. We’re talking serious armament, not your typical 10/22 Ruger rifle, but some crazy automatic rifles that can cause some serious slaughter.

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-alexander-nra-convention-liberal-20170511-story.html

What happened when a 64-year-old liberal attended his first NRA convention

By William Alexander

May 11, 2017, 4:00 AM

Some men, when they retire, take up fishing, others golf. Not I. Perhaps decades of watching deer romp through my garden subliminally planted the notion. Or binge-watching “The Rifleman” reruns on Saturday mornings. Whatever the reason, I surprised my 64-year-old liberal self recently when I realized I wanted to try a new pastime: shooting.

I learned something quickly: There are not many left-of-center gun owners. The connection between guns, God and conservatism remains a bit of a mystery to me, and — as I found at my first NRA convention — balancing on only one leg of that triad can be stressful.

What better place to shop for your first rifle than among the 15 acres of guns and materiel that recently occupied a corner of downtown Atlanta for three days? I know the NRA’s reputation, but I went to the convention with an open mind, prepared to have my stereotypical notions challenged, and hoping to connect with gun owners who feel, as I do, that it’s high time the organization returned to its roots as a group promoting gun safety, training and responsible ownership. I’d heard, encouragingly, that 90% of NRA members support universal background checks.

Indeed, the attendees were a more diverse group than I’d expected, with the notable exception of race. Amid the three Bs — beards, baseball caps and bellies — there were cute elderly couples walking the exhibit floor hand in hand; mother/daughter pairs; even entire families. I met a teacher from Indiana pulling her young son in a small wagon through the cavernous exhibit hall.

As we chatted, I asked how she related, as both a teacher and a mother of a young boy, to the recent San Bernardino school shooting, where a teacher and an 8-year boy were shot to death.

“I understand, in schools, when your child is killed by someone who shoots, I understand that can be heartbreaking. But we are legal gun owners, we’re the ones who make the right choices.”

As for protecting the innocent from those who don’t? “I think somebody in the school should’ve been armed and able to protect themselves,” she said.

Another conventioneer scoffed at background checks. Even to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill? “Who’s to say who’s mentally ill?” This was a tough crowd.

Looks can be deceiving. No matter their age, gender or social class, every person I spoke with regurgitated the same NRA talking points: self-defense, guns-don’t-kill/people-kill, and 2nd Amendment rights. Three of the sweetest little old ladies from Georgia you’d ever want to meet explained that, as widows, they often drive alone on country roads. “What if my car breaks down?” one asked rhetorically? “I need to be able to defend myself.”

“Is being attacked in your car a common event in rural Georgia?” I asked.

“Well, not as much as where you’re from, I’m sure,” she said, not actually knowing where I was from, but pegging me for a city slicker. The women didn’t believe me when I told them that, to my knowledge, such a crime was virtually unknown where I lived.

One common thread among the conventioneers I met was fear. Real, genuine fear. But that’s no accident. Protecting yourself from crime, real and imagined, is what the NRA is all about. The NRA’s America, unrecognizable to the vast majority of Americans except from television, is a very dangerous place. Lawlessness, crime and violence reign. Rioters rule the streets. Islamic terrorists are coming to your town. Unarmed women are rape bait. Unarmed men are cowards. It is twilight in America and no one is going to defend you. Except you.

At seminars I was told not to expose my home address on luggage tags, to set up a safe room in my house, to make sure my holstered weapon is so comfortable that that I never leave home without it, even to go out for milk, and to cover all accessible windows with bulletproof film. I learned that the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre was the fault of the school itself and the “lyin’ dirtbag media.”

Needing some air, I walked a few blocks downtown to observe a small rally held by Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense. Flanked by mothers holding photographs of their children killed by guns, Stephanie Stone, an African American woman from Atlanta, spoke movingly of the death five years ago of her 14-year-old son, shot three times in the head during a home intrusion robbery. Wait a second — I had just seen a scary NRA video based on this very scenario! Except, of course, in the NRA version the lesson is that fewer gun restrictions, not more, would have prevented this horror. Afterwards, I expressed my condolences and asked Stone how she felt about the NRA essentially appropriating her tragic story for their own, opposite purposes.

I expected — I wanted — her to express the outrage that I felt, but I received no such satisfaction. She noted that several of the moms were gun owners themselves, and explained, “We’re just for some common-sense things” such as waiting periods, universal background checks, an end to pawnshop sales. “We have to keep guns out of the hands of the wrong people.”

Thinking about our conversation in full — gun thefts in her neighborhood, the 18-year-old neighbor who recently bought an AK-47 — I understood one reason for her surprisingly tempered response: The moms holding photographs of their slain children were likely the only people I’d met all weekend who actually did live anywhere that even remotely resembled the NRA’s dangerous America, and could legitimately view a gun in the home as a necessary protection.

The great, tragic irony is that the NRA, in supposedly “solving” a crisis that overwhelmingly doesn’t exist for its members, is in fact contributing to the very real crises of inner-city gun violence that mothers like Stephanie Stone face every day.

I returned home with a new question: Can one be a responsible, guiltless gun owner who keeps up his skills at the range, or does the mere act of joining the gun culture and economy, of bringing another weapon or two off the assembly line, make me complicit?

Perhaps golf’s a better hobby, after all.

William Alexander is working on a book about his indoctrination into America’s gun culture. His last piece for the Los Angeles Times was on correctly using vous and tu.

NFL films is great……. the music, the slo mo, the narrators (I always preferred Harry Kalas’s voice over John Facenda’s “Voice of God” on film narration)

Game of the Week
This is the NFL
This Week in NFL Football

As a kid in the 1970’s, I looked forward to fall Saturday afternoons to watch a 1 to 3 minute segment of Rams high lights on that show…. Brookshier and Summeral…. that was gold.

I sometimes binge on youtube watching the old 1970’s Games of the Week. no matter the team(s)

One of the first NFL Games of the Week I remember was the Colts vs Cowboys super bowl with the O’Brien FG…. they cut the audio when the game winning kick was made…..all you heard was the thump of the ball being kicked as it sailed in Slo Mo though the uprights…… the crowd gradually got louder while the Colts celebrated victory…. Coincidentally, my brother and I received that Tudor electric football game featuring that Super Bowl for Christmas in the early 70’s…..

but the football follies, I could do without… not so good…..

Damn if you do damn if you don’t…..

Kick the FG on the road in Detroit before halftime or go with inept redzone offense that happened in LA vs Buffalo where they can’t score a TD.

In Detroit, maybe Fish had a Chuck Knox Rams / Tom Dempsey Flashback from the 1976 Vikings playoff game and went for it in Detroit.

I think small bits of successful play calling will win those close games… Fish couldn’t do it, unless it’s against Seattle or Arizona or vs Harbaugh… other than that……Fisher’s coaching staff is like a shitty bullpen in baseball, his staff couldn’t close games…

not a fan of the white facemask….. i’m not sure how the gray facemask lost the vote…. must have been Russian interference. ….

http://www.latimes.com/sports/rams/la-sp-rams-2017-schedule-20170420-story.html

LATIMES.COM

Sept. 10: INDIANAPOLIS, 1 p.m. PT, (Ch. 2, CBS) — The last time Colts quarterback Andrew Luck played in the Coliseum, he helped Stanford to a 56-48, triple-overtime victory over USC. Linebacker Akeem Ayers, cut by the Rams last year, plays for the Colts.

Sept. 17: WASHINGTON, 1:15 p.m., (Ch. 11, Fox) — New Rams coach Sean McVay, the Redskins’ former offensive coordinator, will entertain — and attempt to beat — old friends. Former Rams receiver Brian Quick signed with Washington.

Sept. 21: at San Francisco, 5:15 p.m., (NFL Network) — Jared Goff is on track to finally play in his home region after spending the 2016 opener at Levi’s Stadium inactive. McVay, at 31 the NFL’s youngest coach, goes up against the 49ers’ Kyle Shanahan, 37, the second youngest.

Oct. 1: at Dallas, 10 a.m., (Ch. 11) — The Rams play the Cowboys in August in their first preseason game and then travel to Jerry’s World in Week 4. Running back Lance Dunbar no doubt wants to make an impact against his old team.

Oct. 8: SEATTLE, 1, (Ch. 2) — Don’t count on a repeat of 2016, when the Rams defeated the Seahawks and a hobbled Russell Wilson at the Coliseum without scoring a touchdown. The Seahawks added running back Eddie Lacy in the offseason.

Oct. 15: at Jacksonville, 1 p.m., (Ch. 11) — Will the Jaguars have drafted a quarterback to replace Blake Bortles? The Rams will probably spend a few extra days in Florida before leaving for London.

Oct. 22: vs. Arizona Cardinals at London, 10 a.m. (Ch. 11) — The Rams are 0-2 in London, including last season’s loss against the New York Giants at Twickenham Stadium. This year’s later kickoff time will make TV viewing in Los Angeles a bit easier.
Oct. 29: Off.

Nov. 5: at New York Giants, 10 a.m., (Ch. 11) — After last season’s trip to London, and a bye, the Rams played at home. This season, they must go across the country to play against Eli Manning, Odell Beckham Jr. and company.

Nov. 12: HOUSTON, 1 p.m., (Ch. 2) — Rams defensive coordinator Wade Phillips coached with the Texans for three seasons. With the Brock Osweiler experiment over and wished-for Tony Romo in the CBS broadcast booth, who starts at quarterback for the Texans?

Nov. 19: at Minnesota, 10 a.m., (Ch. 11) —There is optimism in Rams Land, but it’s doubtful that the Rams will make more than one trip to this season’s Super Bowl site. Former Rams starting quarterback Case Keenum is a backup for Sam Bradford.

Nov. 26: NEW ORLEANS, 1 p.m., (Ch. 11) —With former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams gone to Cleveland, this matchup lacks the intrigue from last season’s Williams-Sean Payton “Bountygate” reunion. Rams defensive line coach Bill Johnson came from the Saints staff.

Dec. 3: at Arizona, 1:15 p.m., (Ch. 11) — The Rams mistakenly thought they were legitimate contenders when they defeated the Cardinals at University of Phoenix Stadium in 2016. Will McVay deliver an early Christmas present to Arizona coach Bruce Arians, a la Jeff Fisher?

Dec. 10: PHILADELPHIA, 1:15 p.m., (Ch. 11) — It’s the compare-and-contrast bowl as Rams quarterback Jared Goff, the No. 1 pick in the 2016 draft, faces an Eagles team led by No. 2 pick Carson Wentz. Rams linebacker Connor Barwinfaces his most recent employer.

Dec. 17: at Seattle, 1 p.m., (Ch. 11) — At least it’s not a cold Thursday night game this year. Will cornerback Richard Sherman still be with Seahawks to revisit the tackle he made on Goff?

Dec. 24: at Tennessee, 10 a.m., (Ch. 11) —Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota, the second pick in the 2015 draft, appears to be hitting his stride. The Rams not only fired Jeff Fisher, but also the roster is now void of players with Titans ties.

Dec. 31: SAN FRANCISCO, 1:15 p.m., (Ch. 11) — Quarterback Colin Kaepernick, a free agent, apparently won’t be in position to beat the Rams in the final seconds at the Coliseum for a second year in a row. It shapes up as a rockin’ New Year’s Eve in L.A. with Chargers also entertaining the Raiders.
Times also were announced for most of the Rams’ preseason games: Aug. 12, vs. Dallas, 6 p.m., (Ch. 2); Week 2, TBA, at Oakland; Aug. 26, vs. Chargers, 5 p.m., (Ch. 2); Aug. 31, at Green Bay, 4 p.m. (Ch. 2).

• This reply was modified 8 years ago by joemad.

Zooey, you’re my fucking hero…….

Here is a fact: a higher percentage of Sanders voters cast votes for Hillary in the general than Hillary supporters did for Obama in 2008. So you should just shut up about that.

YOU don’t own the party, Sally. You don’t get to tell anybody else what belongs in the party, and what doesn’t. It isn’t YOUR party, and there is a strong movement afoot to take it back so it serves the bottom 90%.

This one below is gold Zooey,…… gold!

LOL. Okay, Sherlock, your superpower sleuthing skills have helped you learn that your progressive credentials are stronger than mine. You go cling to that old tyme religion. It’s winning you a lot of elections. Like you can’t even get the most qualified human ever to run for President elected, but that’s the fault of the people who identify as progressives, but can’t hold a candle to you, and hate women. Carry on telling people they don’t belong in YOUR party, and see if that brings up your vote tallies.

I’m stealing this one…….

What do you think would empower women more: increased wages, health care, and free higher education? Or a woman in the Oval Office? Cuz if you think having a woman in the Oval Office is somehow going to benefit women, I ask you to explain to me how blacks are better off now than they were before Obama was elected. And before you answer, consider the fact that #BlackLivesMatter arose in the second term of a black president. Obama did next to nothing to help blacks, and that’s exactly how much Clinton would have helped women.

Game, set, Match…. fuck Sally.

Then I go to Sally’s FB page to see what’s happening there…AND I AM BLOCKED! Completely blocked! I get an Error Message.

People can’t handle the truth, because they don’t know what it is…….

please keep enlighten people!

He’s pissed… he’s moving from LA to Cleveland…

I liked him as a player, but Not cool to make it public.

plus this Sullivan guy wants to play for McVay…. that’s a good sign….

wv wrote:

Zooey wrote:

They aren’t moving until after the stadium is built, and they don’t even have renderings of it yet. They will be another couple of years in Oakland no matter what, so they presumably won’t be up and coming at that point.

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O man. So the Oakland fans are gonna keep them for another year or two?

Thats gonna be weird. And ugly. And fun to watch.

w
v

the window of opportunity to win a SB in Oakland is open now.

they have the team and structure in place.

1) They have the GM (Executive of the year)
2) They have the coach
3) They have the franchise QB
4) They have a young balanced team.
5) Tom Brady is old, thus Oakland can get deep in the playoffs….

This open window could’ve also taken advantage of the SF bay area fan base, as the 49ers window to win now is far from open, but Oakland wants the big payday in a much smaller market in Vegas….

2 years is a long time to be lame duck…. anything can happen, I’m not sold yet on the LV Raiders.

Crashers

Silicon Valley

Andy Griffith re-runs…

have any of you guys watched Sons of Anarchy or Breaking Bad?

Breaking Bad was one of my all time favorites….

wv wrote:

He really threw a lot of accurate quick darts in that offense, under
plenty of duress.

Still, i wouldnt want him as my franchise QB. There’s just somethin
about Sam i dont like. I cant quite put my finger on it.

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v

He’s a very good QB…… I’d take him over most of the NFL playoff QBs from last year, with the exception of Rodgers, Wilson and Carr…… I’d take Sam over Brady only because Brady is 105 years old in NFL years….

Give me Sam over Prescott, Ryan, Big Ben, Alex Smith and Dieter Osweiler…..

I think he’s won the gig over Teddy the Bridge over troubled Waters…..