I feel a shared sense of joy with this place and you folks.

That was outstanding. The big guys had big moments. The opening of the second half was a nightmare, but the defense did it’s job. That winning drive was a masterpiece.

High fives and fist bumps all around.

Ha! This site was unavailable to me for a period of time, like it had been dismantled and terminated. I tried to find this crew as I have in past migrations. Couldn’t find you guys. I thought it was over. Then I just tried again and here it was!

Is there one citizen who is pro-repeal of net neutrality? I can’t think of any reason why any person would be for it, and I can’t think of any reasoning that suggests that it is for the greater good. If it were put to a vote, it would be a near-unanimous decision to uphold net neutrality. And yet, our representatives may approve the repeal, as they approved allowing our internet info to be exploited a short time ago. Nobody wants it, but we all will get stuck with it. It is what experts in the field refer to as “fucking bullshit.”

I give this game a solid ‘D’ for strength of opponent, and a solid ‘A’ for not playing down to them.

I was also reminded of a 3rd and 38 play the Falcons got against us way back when. I looked it up. It was week 8 of the 1980 season:

The Falcons had a 3rd and 38 from their own 19 before Steve Bartkowski hit Alfred Jackson twice, on a 27-yard pass play to the 46 and, on 4th and 11, the winning 54-yard bomb.

I feel a cathartic purgation of that childhood memory today, even though it was not against the Falcons.

1980 was also the year Jewerl Thomas lit up the Cowboys on MNF. And we swept the Montana Niners. Then got beat by Dallas in the playoffs. That year.

Those are my two favorites. They’re long, but it doesn’t even matter. They discuss many different tangents. I love it when they discuss artificial intelligence. On a separate topic, in another podcast, Rogan has on Graham Hancock, along with Randall Carlson, and brings in a debunker of what those two put forth. The best that comes out of that is a discussion of an ancient monolithic construction that is about 6,000 years older than the ancient pyramids, Gobekli Tepe, which I had never heard of. Mind blowing stuff.

http://podcasts.joerogan.net/podcasts/lawrence-krauss

So much fascinating stuff. I love listening to podcasts with cosmologists talking about these things. Joe Rogan has a couple – Lawrence Krauss, Sean Carroll, N D Tyson. I can’t pretend to understand quantum mechanics or astrophysics, but not all of it goes over my head.

George Will has written some stuff I like, but it was about baseball. I Disagree with his politics.

I agree with most of what bnw says above, with small difference of opinion in terms of jobs. Maybe the refugees would damage the job market, but I feel that the fears surrounding refugees are exaggerated, or exacerbated, in the media.

My biggest complaint about loss of jobs is with employers who pay little or no taxes, enjoy the benefit of a military who protects their global investment climates, and yet ships jobs overseas. They avoid picking up the tab for the military on the front end, and then they avoid hiring the guys who go offer their lives to protect their interests on the back end. That’s fucked up. And it is all George Will’s fault I guess is my point.

I am just useless with posting images. -5.25; -6.46. Those coordinates are supposed to be some of the best ones out there. Really high-end.

Pretty civil discussion about an emotional topic. Kudos. I see the heat, anger, frustration, and stuff, but you guys keep a good lid on it. The discussion usually devolves way before this.

Anyway, if I can weigh in with a point of view that has already probably been reflected, I will share my thoughts.

I don’t want to take away rights. This is a country that has guns. Guns are a part of this country’s culture and identity. I also don’t think there is any real campaign to take everybody’s guns away.

But I think there is a reasonable level of regulation, and it seems clear that tighter restrictions are in order. I think registering weapons, background checks, safety training, and that kind of stuff is just obviously in order. I am no expert on current regulations.

The argument against further regulations, when I have personally had the discussion, is that it isn’t fair to punish law abiding citizens for the actions of criminals. I understand that to mean that the registration, background checks, and stuff like that are taken as punishment. I don’t see it that way. I’m not claiming that that is the only counter-argument, or that I understand it correctly.

Also, I have heard it repeated that if a killer is going to kill, he doesn’t need a gun, and regulations and restrictions will be of no use. I don’t think tighter regulations will end all gun violence. But what if it reduces gun violence by some percentage? I think it is reasonable to expect that it would.

I’m not against concealed carry, because I know some concealed carry folks, and they are the people I feel comfortable carrying guns. That is an admittedly narrow-sighted view. But the training and education required for such a permit is a great idea, and I think gun owners should have to go through similar training and education. It is like saying: “yes, you have the right to own and operate this deadly weapon, but, because it is a deadly weapon, we can’t just take your word for the fact that you are good to go. So you can earn a permit.”

I don’t understand how anyone can rule out the fact that guns play a part in the problem of gun violence. I hear it repeated that it’s not the gun, it’s the person. Why wouldn’t it be reasonable to think it might be a little of both, or at least that maybe it would be a good idea to take steps to make it more difficult for the wrong people to access guns? Sure, it would make it more difficult for everyone, including law-abiding gun owners, but isn’t that a small price to pay?

Anyway, nice to see people fight nice.

I’m a California boy, been with the Rams since I can remember, back when they were in LA. I have to say I am not overjoyed by the news. When they moved to StL, it didn’t diminish my fanship at all, and this wont either, but, frankly, St. Louis deserves the Rams, and LA doesn’t. LA doesn’t give a shit. They’ve lost two NFL teams, couldn’t keep them, and never tried to get one back. Haven’t had a team in 20 years, and couldn’t have cared less. This hurts Stl more than it helps LA. I wish they would have stayed. I feel for the hometown fans, all the people who worked for the team or at the stadium during games, the beat writers, and everyone who’s gonna get stung. St. Louis is a better home. I see and hear local Ram fans all stoked for the return, even gloating. Not me. I wish they were staying.

Also, I love that Gurley’s presence now sets up play-action almost before the game starts, before any running game is actually established.

Barnes did big things on that 50 yarder. Helped a block, then made another block that helped spring gurley.

I have no idea about Mannion. The conversion chart for college QBs entering the NFL is a complete mystery to me. They “had” to take one, I guess, so they took the best of the leftovers. I hope he turns out good, but teams weren’t crawling over each other to get him.