“When a sister becomes pregnant, the priest insists that she have an abortion,’’ a report noted. ‘‘The sister is usually dismissed from her congregation while the priest is often only moved to another parish — or sent for studies.” https://t.co/KdBrlE2ivs

— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 7, 2019

Zooey wrote:

I swear to god.

If this isn’t the longest week of my life, I dunno….

Please just STOP with all this “Talking About Nothing,” and toss the damn coin already.

Yeah, I can’t take any more hype or stories about nothing presented as if they were something.

I’ve instituted a Super Bowl blackout until kickoff. No more insubstantial articles. I’m not even going to watch the preview show leading up to the game. The TV will not be turned on until a few minutes before kickoff.

If smoking marijuana causes short-term memory loss, what does smoking marijuana do?

— David Crosby (@thedavidcrosby) January 31, 2019

InvaderRam wrote:

watched superbowl opening night.

there’s noticeably waaaaaaaay more pats fans there than rams fans.

hope it’s not like this during the actual game.

Yeah, the Pats have one of those giant national fan bases like the Steelers and Packers. I’m not concerned. The Rams have been great at dealing with crowd noise, and like zooey (aka russellwilsonfan3 on all other boards) mentioned above, it won’t be nearly as bad as it was in Nawlins.

joemad wrote:

officiating wasn’t better in the past…….. it was less scrutinized and reviewed with technology that is outdated…….. today’s video HD technology and camera angles gives us views we never had in the past… it doesn’t mean that officiating is worse today than it was in the past… it’s most like better….

BTW, the Saints were not flagged for a penalty until there was 5:39 remaining in the 3rd qtr…. New Orleans ended up being penalized only 3 times in a game that had more than 4 qtrs of football…..

The perception among most fans has always been that the refs aren’t very good. I never agreed with that assessment but I would like to see replay applied to penalties. The important thing is getting the call right, no matter how that happens.

zn wrote:

It’s a big deal in New England. It goes like, Rams shouldn’t be in the game they robbed the Saints on a missed call.

Really? Every Pats fan I’ve spoken with says it was a bad noncall but also agrees that bad calls went against both teams. They seem pretty empathetic actually.

wv wrote:

Still, it was a terrible non-call. I am guessing every hardcore, longterm football fan has their own list of terrible calls that cost their teams playoff victories. Thats football. Off the top of my head, one that I always think of (for some odd reason) is the ‘push-off’ noncall between the old Cowboys and Vikings. A lot of Viking fans STILL grumble about ‘that’ one.

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As a Rams fan, instead of thinking about a bad call that ruined the lives of a lot of Vikings fans (something that should be celebrated) I think about the 74 playoffs when the Rams had the ball on the Vikings’ one yard line, and Alan Page jumped offsides, but the refs called a penalty on Tom Mack. Replays showed that Tom Mack never moved. Cost the Rams the game.

I’m sure it warms your heart to think of that moment but for Rams fans it’s a painful reminder that the universe is cold and uncaring, and that the Vikings must be destroyed at all costs.

Happy B-day, Ramsmaineiac.

Watch for a bunch of babies in LA being named Greg tonight.

— Johnny Hekker (@JHekker) January 21, 2019

I WAS TODAY YEARS OLD WHEN I LEARNED WHAT LIVE CONCHS LOOK LIKE pic.twitter.com/fuURg6sRid

— Rachael Lallensack (@rlallensack) January 16, 2019

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Sheesh, Anderson and Gurley don’t make the list?

Zooey wrote:

wv wrote:

The Talib play was weird. I dunno what he was doing.

But THE weirdest play was the bad-call that went against Dallas. The phantom sack. That was the worst ‘in the grasp’ call I’ve ever seen.

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If I understand you right, what you are saying there is that you hate the Rams.

Noted.

I suppose wv cowboy thinks Dallas would have won if it wasn’t for the refs.

Tell him to go bury his face in his Walt Garrison body pillow and cry it out.

zn wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

InvaderRam wrote:

although. yes. as petty as it may be. i don’t want the chargers to have any success. is that wrong?

I hope the Chargers get destroyed on Sunday. I hope they are humiliated so badly that they decide to immediately dissolve the organization before they even fly back from Boston.

That could happen, right?

I see it differently.

First I don’t mind 2 winners in LA.

Second no way you will get me to endorse a Patz win.

Third I think the Chargers are deserving, they’re a good story IMO.

So it looks like we have us…a board war.

Like the British Navy, the Pats dominance is coming to an end. One more victory matters little.

And what makes the Chargers such a compelling story? Perhaps the most talent-laden team in the league wins a buncha’ games and makes the playoffs? That’s a good story?

Nah, to me a better story would be: “Unworthy and unwanted team that dared challenge the Rams for LA supremacy perishes in frigid eastern Massachusetts like the Germans at Stalingrad”.

Sorry for your loss, Rick.

I know from personal experience what it’s like to lose a dog. They truly are a member of the family.

One of the most beloved members of the family if I’m being honest. Especially if extended family is included.

Anyway, hopefully the Rams can provide a least a little distraction at this time.

Take care.