Media loves the LA Rams.

I dont know that the media ever loved
the St Louis Rams.

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McVay is a ‘shanna-hanian,’ eh?

Might as well put this tidbit here, fwiw. I read it the other day. Just something mildly interesting Kyle Shannahan said:

“..’It was two extremes being with someone like Jon Gruden who does every play known to man and you have so much scheme, which was awesome,” Shanahan said. “You had to learn it all. Then you went to Gary, who believed less is more. Not having as much. You come from one extreme and that’s all you know and then you go to the other and it’s totally different.’…
…Jon Gruden’s philosophy was to overload players with scheme and ideas, pushing learning to the max through excess information. Kubiak believed in perfecting a specific way of play within a smaller concentric circle…”

Kyle Shanahan watched and learned, both in Tampa Bay and Houston.

link:https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/01/08/49ers-kyle-shanahan-found-happy-medium-between-jon-gruden-gary-kubiak/

I’m watching the Replay, and Kupp is looking like prime-kupp,
but the issue has never been his talent — its his durability.
(Imho)

The way he plays, is almost reckless. I just dont
expect him to be at full-speed by the end of the year,
if he can play at all.

When he’s uninjured and fresh he’s
great, obviously.

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Cincy:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-09-02/police-reform-behind-the-rise-and-fall-of-community-policing-in-cincinnati?utm_campaign=news&utm_medium=bd&utm_source=applenews

Cincinnati Was a Model for Police Reform. What Happened?

The rise and fall of collaborative policing in the Queen City raises doubts about the possibility of long-term change.
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Watched a quarter and a half so far.

The Stafford-Bomb to Van J was something I havent seen a Ram QB
do since….oh….Banks? Ferragamo? Gabriel?
I mean, Stafford just flicks the damn ball and it goes 40 yards.

We knew he could/would do this, but its so damn cool to see
him do it as a Ram QB. He threatens the entire field.
You cant coach that.
It changes the game.

Somewhere Bob Waterfield smiled.

My favorite play so far though, was not by a Ram.
It was by this Montgomery kid. That S.Joseph.Day would-be tackle
in the backfield. The kid was rammed and wrapped up — and he just
would not go down. Old school football. 70’s football. Loved it.

Somewhere Brian Piccolo smiled.

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Mackeyser wrote:

Some people leaving’ just hurts more than others, ya know?

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Omar. One of the most iconic characters
in the history of American tv, I’d say.

Or maybe, just my personal favorite,
I dunno.

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— Sally Hunt ☭ 🚩🏴🌹 (@sallyhunt666) September 6, 2021

So did modern day #WHALES evolve to lose their legs? 🤔 Amazing!!

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— The Curious Hummingbird (@curioushumbird) August 26, 2021

Zooey wrote:

I think the neocons believed that they could transform the Middle East, and bring them American-style corporatocracy, and saw that as a good thing.

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Well, maybe. But in my mind, its almost equally probable
some of the neocons are just mouthing platitudes for the masses,
and the real game is simply arms-sales, privitization-profits, pipeline-profits,
etc. Not so much nation building as raw, unmitigated bribes and graft.

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I for one, think this is great.
Glad a quality player became available.

He will have a role to play,
for good, or evil, before
this is over.

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“My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play in it, for good or evil, before this is over.”

Zooey wrote:

It’s almost like nation building isn’t really a viable military strategy.

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Well, it must not be ‘nation building’ they are even trying to do.

Six trillion dollars went to corporations, etc.
Afghanistan (and Iraq) were HUGE successes to the powers-that-be, Ie.,
the corpse.

The politicians and masses debate ‘nation building’ but
apparently thats not really the game, is it.

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This is what private healthcare looks like . . . pic.twitter.com/lnWV1dOCj3

— Ken Pope (@kenpopekpz) August 24, 2021

And the direct connection between those
corporations and
the corporate-media, and
the Senate/House/President is
clear.

Its not going to change,
and we are out of time.

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One of my ten favorite tweeters. Squirrel.
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I often get asked about book recommendations, so I'll try to post more of those from time to time. here are some of my favorite history books, which are less known outside academic circles, but very much worth reading pic.twitter.com/9bjkhwQcw6

— ☀️👀 (@zei_squirrel) March 3, 2021