Trump supporters no longer care that he did not “drain the swamp”. They accept the swamp now. They will say that he sort of had to say that during the campaign but in reality he kind of had to pick these people. It’s okay. They understand.

Trump filling the swamp? Okay, it’s fine.

Obama? Horrible. How can he do this?

These people twist their thinking to support their preconceived notions. Reality literally means nothing anymore. They create their own reality and when they get backed into a corner then you’re beating on Trump without giving him a chance. That’s not fair. Obama had a chance. Everyone gave him a chance. Women did not fill the streets. They will ignore you if you keep talking about Trump and they have no answer.

Trump is THEIR guy. They know that THEY are responsible. To question Trump is to question THEM. It’s personal. They will not accept that. They can’t accept that.

I know all this from Facebook interactions.

I see how it is. I see how it is going to be.

Even IF they have buyer’s remorse at any point in the next four years they will either just ignore you and keep quiet about “politics” because they hate “politics” on their Facebook or in their face or whatever—OR they will keep getting defensive. They will flip everything in the other direction and blame someone else.

THIS is the reality of America today. Rush Limbaugh and Fox News will comfort them.

They don’t need YOUR truth. They have their own.

And you’re just being an annoying asshole.

My wife and I were at a local rally today. They had a couple of hundred people.

Some nice speeches.

Billy_T wrote:

About 2018? I am not sanguine in the slightest. Actually, I think the GOP is likely to pick up seats in Congress, primarily due to the huge number of Dems defending in “red states” and the continued effects of gerrymandering the House.

Demographics favor the Dems. Systemic structures favor the Republicans. I think the latter win for now.

Unless the Democrats are able to correct the gerrymandering that the Republicans have built into the system to hold their majorities–I don’t see how 2018 hurts them.

This is going to be a disastrous 4 years. No one is going to save us.

We have to hope for the best and hope that someone can clean it up in 2020.

He’s no London Fletcher. But I thought he was pretty good–picking up a lot of extra responsibility this year. The guy is an amazing athlete. Wade will get the most out of him.

nittany ram wrote:

Brilliant. 🙂

I’m going with the Steelers/Falcons.

#1) I hate the Patriots.

#2) I hate the Patriots

#3) I hate the Patriots

Other reasons are that the Pats didn’t look great against the Texans. Leveon Bell is incredible. Antonio Brown is incredible. Big Ben looked healthy enough.

As for the Falcons–they just look like the best team playing right now. Period.

Before McVay became OC of the Redskins, they were 9th in dropped passes. His first year as OC they went to 26th in dropped passes. The 2nd year they went to 30th. They improved each year.

The Rams were worse in 2016(8th) than they were in 2015(17th). I’m hopeful he can really improve the receivers. That would be a great thing and really help Goff.

Still, I think the o-line is priority #1.

https://www.sportingcharts.com/nfl/stats/team-receiver-drops-percentage/2016/

That was a great game. Green Bay pretty banged up now though. Gotta go with Falcons.

6 playoff games so far. 6 blowouts. Not good for the NFL.

One thing I see is that the Rams aren’t alone in having receivers who can’t seem to catch the ball. Other teams have this affliction as well.

Atlanta was very impressive. Their running game is fantastic. Freeman and Coleman are very good. Freeman does not go down with fingertip tackles(I’M LOOKING AT YOU TODD GURLEY!)and Coleman carried tacklers on his back. I wish the Rams had taken Jake Matthews instead of Robinson.

The Texans have to be sick that they gave Osweiler all that money. He’s young. He may improve. But…he may not.

Why is Julian Edleman allowed to push off with no flags? Oh–that’s right–he plays for the Patriots. I swear if a Rams receiver had sneezed at the defensive back he would have seen five flags.

I think Shanahan just won the 49ers job.

The bottom line so far?

Offense rules.

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zn wrote:

PA Ram wrote:

Okay, but if it’s getting bigger–and there’s nothing for it to expand INTO—HOW does it get bigger?

Space is an effect of the big bang. Space expands. It banged into existence out of nothing. So all that happens is that more space expands and the nothing is irrelevant.

To think it is “inside” something is a spatial way of looking at it. But you can’t do that since space–meaning, precisely, the 3 dimensions of existence–is itself a result of the big bang.

So the problem is conceptual.

To think of space as being inside something is to think of space as expanding…inside another space.

But there IS NO “other space.” The only space we get is the space created when the universe is created.

And there is only being INSIDE of the space of the universe. There’s no outside, just nothing.

It’s all a bit too “zen” for me to wrap my mind around. It’s just one of those things I’ll never really get. I accept the weirdness of it all. I certainly accept the science of it. But I’ll never have a comfortable understanding of it. My mental ability just isn’t expanding enough, and that’s too bad because I have plenty of space in my cranium.

zn wrote:

wv wrote:

In that last vid — i liked this question — ‘the Universe is expanding into what?’

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It doesn’t have to be expanding INTO something.

According to big bang theory, space and time are themselves effects of the bang. So an expanding universe just means space gets bigger, as opposed to there being absolutely nothing.

Okay, but if it’s getting bigger–and there’s nothing for it to expand INTO—HOW does it get bigger? If I put a balloon in a small box and pump air into it, it can only get so big before it bursts. If it’s not in the box–it can get bigger just fine because there is space to grow.

But if there is space in some sense or another to grow–then WHAT is that space?

I love it.

This makes me feel better about McVay’s youth. I am surprised he didn’t go to coach with his son but–hey–good for us.

I agree that the OC isn’t that concerning considering that McVay is an offensive guy. The DC was much more important. And that’s solved.

“Fight for LA”. It sounds like they are challenging the Rams for the town.

Gonna be interesting.

Alden Gonzalez ‏@Alden_Gonzalez 44m44 minutes ago
Anthony Lynn is scheduled for a second interview with Rams, per @JosinaAnderson, but I’m told Sean McVay remains the clear front-runner.

So if you want to check out the fancy new stadium but the Rams stink, now you can go see a Chargers game instead.

I don’t see how two teams in a market is good for either team.

Yes–the Jets and Giants have made it. But that’s a more football friendly area.

If these two teams are struggling for fans 10 years from now I would not be shocked to see moving vans back up again. On the other hand–if the teams make money in spite of that, it won’t matter, I guess.