Well, one possible future iz, Trump waits a bit and then signs a ‘new’ deal with Iran thats really just the same deal. But he talks about it like its a better deal and his base congratulates him on being tough.

Another possible future is…AIPAC will just openly, finally be named Secretary of State.

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“..It’s another intelligence scam driving us to war,” Blumenthal said, calling the intelligence cited by Netanyahu “arguably fabricated.”

Apart from Netanyahu, who has long been advocating the collapse of the internationally recognized agreement, Israeli lobbies within the US greatly contributed to Trump’s decision to take a more hawkish stance on Iran in line with Israel’s own, Blumenthal said.

“This triad of likudic billionaires – [ Home Deport co-founder] Bernard Marcus, [casino magnate] Sheldon Adelson and [hedge fund billionaire] Paul Signer – contributed over $40 million to pro-Trump Super PACs, and also contributed enormous amount of money to Trump’s UN ambassador Nikki Haley and Tom Cotton, the senator that shaped Trump’s Iran policy,” the journalist pointed out.”
Max Blumenthal on the Iran situation:https://www.rt.com/usa/426213-iran-deal-withdrawal-israeli-lobby/

…speaking of punt-returns — i watched this old vid of Hester. (two TDs against the Rams are on here). I was wondering who the best punt-returner I’d ever seen was. Thing about Hester if you watch is…its not really his speed that stands out. Its not his power. Its not his juke-skills. (though he has all that stuff). I tried to figure out what was so special about him — and it looks to me like its his…Vision. He just see things. Lanes. Angles. Paths.

Sometimes a player just see things. I guess you cant really measure that.

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he Pats are an interesting example. They, apparently are often below average on the draft, but they must be good evaluators during free agency, cause they always put together a good team ‘somehow’.

I don;t agree with that either btw.

Subtract Brady and Bellichick and you don’t have a good team.

That doesn’t mean they put together good teams, measured against others. It means they have both Brady and Bellichick.

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Well what is it that Belichick does? He “puts together a good team”.

Also — Gronk.

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Interesting article about the eroding-or changing face of communism over the years/

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-gitlin-communism-anniversary-20180504-story.html

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“…During the preceding half-century, despite all of Communism’s recorded crimes, Marxist-Leninist revolutionaries had remained committed to the absolute rule of a single party as the only viable remedy for capitalism. Around the world, Soviet-style governments enjoyed a reputation as the best imaginable route to social progress….”
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Thank goodness we have something so much better than a SINGLE party here in America.

I mean we have TWO whole parties that rule everyone. 🙂

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“I will say is that there are particular features of the American constitutional system that renders a third party futile – at best.” Todd Gitlin

Boy, i think its good to try stuff like that but there’s a lot of subjectivity to it and lots of layers. For starters, I’d call tavon a bust. I really would. Because i consider where they were drafted. Now, i know you dont consider where they were drafted, cause i’ve read you on that. But i do, so to me he was a major bust.

Also, what complicates ‘grading’ teams or reducing them down to one percentage is the blue chip, red chip aspect to it. Its one thing to draft a Hagar who ‘contributes’ but its another thing to draft an Aaron Donald (and he was not a consensus pick. there were folks who thot he was too small, etc)

The blue chip, red chip player thing kinda blows up percentages, because its a lot more important to draft one Brady than three ‘contributers’. Ya know.

Also, of course you have different percentages for different rounds, and some teams had multiple first rounders, etc etc.

I dunno where any of that leads us, but i dont think it leads us to this percentage or that percentage is good or not-good.

Having said all that its purty obvious to me that Snead has done a good job. A really good job. That doesnt mean he’ll continue to do so. The Bethard example is the one i go back to, always. One year everyone thinks he’s a personnel genius, then a few years later he’s a bum who knows nothing.

Personnel is such a tricky game. The Pats are an interesting example. They, apparently are often below average on the draft, but they must be good evaluators during free agency, cause they always put together a good team ‘somehow’.

I think somewhere George Allen is smiling at the latest Ram team. The future is now.

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“…Many Redskins cheerleaders understand the team’s approach — sex sells — and remain enthusiastic supporters of the team. They said they were troubled, however, when their safety was not taken seriously. There is no leaguewide policy for security, or a union to protect them…”

Sigh. Well, I dont even know where to start.

The corporate aspect of the NFL is truly appalling.

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I gave up on him, a while back. Ball security.

I hope he does well with Dallas, but I dont think he’s long for the NFL.

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Enh. Very inconsistent, a project. A need pick.

What were the odds zn came up with about OT’s picked after the second round? Somethin like five percent?

Its a good thing they are an unstoppable Dream Team.

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Yeah it’s about 5%. But that’s not OTs, it’s just LOTs. So a coupla outcomes here. One is, he becomes one of the odds defying lower round LOTs. Another is, he becomes a guard or ROT. Some have even mentioned center. The odds of finding a lower round starting guard or ROT are significantly better. They need OL. They just do…2 are old and the other 3 are FAs after this season. So if he becomes a starting LOT, then, they scored big time. If not, they need a guard or ROT anyway. Heck right now, as a swing tackle, he is already by far the best depth they have for THIS season.

Rams have had their share of good to great OL coaches, going back years. Kromer is one of the top ones, if not THE top one. He of course was in on this pick. So there’s probably more to this than the negatives in scouting reports would lead you to think.

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Well my gut sez Bust.
My brain sez my gut doesnt know shit.

I do think its reasonable to think they will find a couple of gems in the late rounds with all those picks. I hope they dont trade up. I hope the make a gazillion picks and a couple are likely to be good.

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I’d like to see the Browns rise from the ashes this year. Maybe win the AFC. Maybe play the Dream-Team in the Super Bowl.

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I think they should just pass completely on the whole draft.

Just be smug about it. Ya know.

We already GOT the dream-team. We dont need no stinkin college players.

And I dont think they need to play eleven players on defense, either. Eight, maybe.

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I think a professional ‘minor league’ is a good idea, if thats what the concept is. There oughta be a place young footballers can learn and grow outside of college. Like in baseball.

I think. I dunno. The concussion thing looms over everything, of course.

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