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wvParticipantwell. when ya put it that way…
ha.
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Its mainly just a tax-thing.
I’m not knocking him, btw. I always liked Chris.
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vwvParticipantHe’s playing great in Philly.
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I didnt think he’d last this long. Sure seemed like he was tailing off in the last couple years with the rams.
Maybe he just needed to get healthy and have fewer reps.
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vwvParticipantWell it looks like just in football salary alone (not counting commercials, real-estate deals, etc) he’s made about 90 million.
So, he donated a million or so this year.
http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/philadelphia-eagles/chris-long-3241/cash-earnings/
Thats nice.
If you had 90 million you would match that, I would think. 🙂
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vwvParticipantJust somethin i read, fwiw:
“The U.S. has an estimated 800 foreign military bases in well over 100 countries while Russia has three in two countries. U.S. military budget is at least ten times that of Russia’s and was just increased by 10 percent while the Russians just reduced theirs by 7 percent. Who is the aggressor?”
mintpress:http://www.mintpressnews.com/understanding-the-the-news-behind-the-fake-news-hysteria/233330/The aggressor in this case is the writer who thinks he can whitewash the fact that both countries are aggressors.
It’s simple. As Marx himself said, there is no such thing as imperialism, there is imperialismS and they compete.
I never see the point in forgetting that.
Then again the source here, mintpress news, is pro-Assad, so there’s that.
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While i agree with you that Russia (like virtually all powerful nations) is an ‘aggressor’ — the point “I” was making was more of a ‘scorecard’ point: 800 to 3. That is a meaningful difference. To me ignoring that difference would be a form of ‘whitewashing’ too.
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vwvParticipant“…“I call it addition by subtraction,” Snead said, recalling his mindset at the onset of the offseason. “Let’s think about subtracting anybody who we deemed unreliable. And you can do that before you add anybody. And then from there…”
=================Well it sure looks like Mc-Snead is a better combo than Snisher was.
Its only been one year, but so far it looks that way.
Does that mean anything?
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vwvParticipant“We’re playing as a team and finishing games,” Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald said. “We’ve had a lot of adversity in our games, but we’re still finding a way to play for four quarters and finishing.”
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vwvParticipantYou remember that documentary you posted about several years ago, about the theatre prodigy named Oakley Hall, III? The Loss of Nameless Things?
After his accident, he ended up living in a town about half hour north of me for a while. He has family there. Anyway, I came across his sister on Facebook when she commented on a performance of a former student of mine. I recognized her name. How many people named Sands Hall are there likely to be in my neck of the country? So I messaged her, and never got a response, so I forgot about it. Well, she just messaged me back a few minutes ago, and she is going to send me the script for his “Frankenstein” production that was so stunning. It’s never been published. I am going to see about producing and directing it.
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Well, thats fucking awesome, aint it.
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Oakley:http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Bill-Rose-set-out-to-film-Oakley-Hall-III-s-2634863.phpThe play:http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2013/11/its_alive_ensemble_theatres_fr.html
wvParticipantthot it was interesting when stocton/schlereth noted that C.Campbell gets sky-high when he plays in games with A.Donald.
I’ve heard thats how Nittany feels just knowing i’m in the same thread.
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vOctober 16, 2017 at 2:33 pm in reply to: week 7 thotz…are the Rams shaping up into a contender? #76175wvParticipantWell it always about matchups, i suppose. Its one thing to look like a top D against Bortles and the one-dimensional Jags — its quite another to shut-down Carson Palmer and the wiley Adrian Peterson.
So, another test.
This is fun.
I’d love to see Watkins catch a deep one against the evil Patrick Peterson.
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vwvParticipantPatrick Peterson left the game yesterday with a quad injury. No word on whether he will play Sunday or not.
I’m hoping…not.
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Look, only the Rams can beat the Rams. If Gurley or Cooper or Tavon or Goff dont fumble, they’ll smoke the Cardinals like a crumpet in banned-book fire.
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vwvParticipant…They’re 21st in yards, 28th in points, 26th in passing yards, though 9th in rushing yards and 4th in yards per carry.
They’re still 11th in sack percentage though 27th in sacks.
On offense, they’re 10th in yards, including 3rd in yards passing, though 20th in points, and 3rd in yards passing, though 32nd in yards rushing…===============
Yes, but what are their numbers against Horned teams, playing in Europe, with a coaching staff with an unknown number of left-handed assistants ?
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vwvParticipantIts an interesting matchup as this team continues to create-itself.
The Cards just beat the crap out of the Rams in that 44-6 game last year.
The series is like 38 to 37 or somethin like that.
Series:http://www.footballdb.com/teams/nfl/arizona-cardinals/teamvsteam?opp=29
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vwvParticipantI watched it on replay, and i thought C.Barwin played well. He had a key block on the Cooper Kick Return.
They tried to go deep to Watkins three times. (once Goff held on to the ball, but he was looking deep) Jax had him covered well twice and Goff just missed on the one where Watkins had separation.
The OLine played very well. Big holes for Gurley and M.Brown.
Defense was workman-like. A good D OUGHT to shut down a mediocre QB like Bortles and they prettymuch did. The contrast between Bortles’ skill set and Goffs was apparent, i thought. Bortles just does everything slower than Goff.
4-Net is the best RB I’ve seen in a while.
4-2 is awesome.
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vwvParticipantAint watched it yet. I’ll watch it on replay. I saw the hi-lites and read the box score and it looks like yer basic tough road win against a tough defense.
This is what good teams do. They dont find ways to LOSE games like this.
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vwvParticipantI wanna see more Reynolds
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These palaverous posts of yours are hard to get through. Can you be more succinct?
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vwvParticipantSpeed_Kills
If the Rams play mistake free football tomorrow they will run the Jags out of that stadium. Bank It
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Only the Rams,
can beat the Rams.w
vwvParticipantThe defense is intriguing isn’t it. It probly wont be ‘dominant’ with Quinn not being Quinn anymore, but if they get Joyner back, and they all gel and learn the system, they could be in the top third of the league.
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vwvParticipantThis guy wrote a book called The General’s Son. (i ordered it) His father was a famous Israeli General, who began to question Israeli polices…
He (the son) has an interesting story. This utube is part2 of a three-part set, and i started it where he talks about meeting Palestinians:
wvParticipanti don’t know much about wentz really. haven’t seen him play, but goff’s pocket presence is light years ahead of bradford.
bradford was mobile. at least as mobile as goff, but it seemed he had no idea where the pressure was coming from.
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I agree, and its not so much a knock on bradford as it is noticing that Goff has some special skills. He’s still learning but its obvious he’s gonna be tricky in the pocket. And his throwing on the move skill is just elite. Thats what makes him special in my eyes. Its there in all his college vids. I was hoping it would transfer to the pros. And it is getting there.
The guy can throw accurately, with velocity, on the move.
This offense is gonna be so much fun to watch, when it grows up.
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vwvParticipantIf Wade wants him, thats all i need to know.
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vwvParticipantUgh. I think a lot of us suspected that.
Not that we ‘know’ that that report is true, but it would explain a lot of things.
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vwvParticipant“…The process of devising that plan is collaborative, carried out in a series of meetings throughout the week in which open communication is encouraged. Each coach has their own responsibility in regards to game planning. LaFleur teams with McVay on pass plays. Kromer works the run game. Quarterbacks coach Greg Olson handles third downs, and tight ends coach Shane Waldron focuses on red zone. “They’re all instrumental,” McVay says.
But McVay oversees it all…”
see link:http://www.ocregister.com/2017/10/12/sean-mcvays-crazy-mind-play-calling-skills-as-rams-head-coach-quickly-gaining-notice-in-nfl-circles/
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vwvParticipant…i got nuthin against Simmons but he reminds me just a bit of J.Gordon from the St.Louis paper. If ya know what i meanz.
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vwvParticipant“…this year is still Goff’s rookie season. He hasn’t started 16 games in the NFL….The more year-to-year continuity that Goff, his line, and coach Sean McVay can have together, the more layers we’ll see with this offense that will make the Rams a dangerous unit.”
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vwvParticipantTake a listen to this interview with JV. I started it at about the four minute mark. Jessie talked about having a heart problem and having to give up wrastling for about six months. Vince McMahon approached him and asked him to announce.
Now pay attention to when Jessie sez, “If you believe it, its true.”
And then think about Trump and his very close, very real connection with the WWE. It was part of his training ground, a lot of us think. Think about how Trump just brazenly makes up his own reality. Think about where that came from.
…oh and remember Jessie went on to play the political game, too. Governor of Minnesota.
wvParticipantwould take Goff’s throw anytime in that situation. It wasn’t center of the target, but it gave the WR a chance to make a play. I expected Kupp to make the catch, but I am not as positive that he should have made the catch as some. I say 7 or 8 out of 10 times he catches it. I think if he would have had his thumbs together, he would have had a better chance to make the catch.
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Its pretty obvious God wanted Seattle to win that game.The question is why?
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vwvParticipant“…The ideology that put Donald Trump in the White House is one of victimhood as much as it’s one of resentment. As a candidate for president, Donald Trump did more than attack presumed outsiders like Muslims and Hispanic immigrants; he also quenched a thirst for a large group of Americans indignant about what they have suffered at the hands of others. But these supporters weren’t victims of any real oppression or exclusion—they saw themselves as victims of political correctness, living in a world where a liberal media suppressed truth in the name of supposed fairness….”
=============Well, but is that really true of all the factions that voted for Trump?
I’d say the working class folks whose jobs were neolibbed out of existence,
were indeed ‘excluded’ and ‘oppressed’ by the country-club folks and Neolib/Neocon policy makers.w
vwvParticipantI dunno. I am not sure what i think about it. One the one hand, the rule makes it very dangerous for the ball-carrier to carry the ball recklessly down by the goal-line. Maybe it adds a little excitement.
Its an odd rule, but i dunno that its a bad one.
I’d like to see a new rule, whereby, endzone celebrations count as lost fumbles.
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vWhat is the point of the rule? What does it accomplish? Honest question.
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I think it rewards awesome defensive plays like the one Earl Thomas made, and it punishes loose ballhandling at the goal-line.
It kinda gives the defense a desperate shot at turning things around.
Looks like the Seahawks D is well-schooled on the rule, too.
Like i said, its an ‘odd’ rule, but I am conflicted about whether its a ‘bad’ rule.
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vwvParticipantwvParticipantI dunno. I am not sure what i think about it. One the one hand, the rule makes it very dangerous for the ball-carrier to carry the ball recklessly down by the goal-line. Maybe it adds a little excitement.
Its an odd rule, but i dunno that its a bad one.
I’d like to see a new rule, whereby, endzone celebrations count as lost fumbles.
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