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  • in reply to: comics, jokes, one-shot memes, funny tweets, etc. #139615
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    in reply to: comics, jokes, one-shot memes, funny tweets, etc. #139614
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    in reply to: comics, jokes, one-shot memes, funny tweets, etc. #139613
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    in reply to: around the NFL (starting 7/8) + other sports stuff #139588
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    Nice pass by the Lion’s quarterback.  At the 2 minute 50 second mark.

    in reply to: Just a thread for different kindsa interesting things #139587
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    Just a vid I watched.  Started it at the 30 min. mark.

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    in reply to: around the NFL (starting 7/8) + other sports stuff #139582
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    I would like to see Jimmy G on another team.   Just because I’m curious.

    I have no idea if he is a product of a Shannahan system or if he is a solid talent or what.    I’d like to see what he can do on a different team.    I’ve always assessed him as ‘average qb’ but I dunno.

     

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    in reply to: the new political tweets thread (4/4 2022) #139570
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    in reply to: the new political tweets thread (4/4 2022) #139569
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    . . . . we’re screwed — along with most living things on this planet. Some estimates point to an even higher percentage. Jason Hickel’s books, The Divide, and Less is More, are great at spelling all of this out. You’ve quoted him in the past, if memory serves. He’s excellent at presenting the facts in a logical, coherent manner that makes it easy for the reader to connect the dots. He doesn’t need to editorialize, etc.

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    Yes.

    …I’m 65 now, BT.   Spent many-a-year learning about capitalism, as you have.

    I’m done reading about it now, though.  Just Nuthin left I wanna know about it.   The ‘big picture’ is pretty clear.

    At any rate, I’m done reading political books.   Capitalism is ecocide.  What else is there to know, to say…

    Gonna read some nature stuff.  Some sci-fi, some fantasy, some literature, whatever seems fun, from week to week.

    I finished a book on Punk music the other day.  Enjoyed it.   Couldnt find a single solitary decent person in the whole book  🙂

     

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    Would seem that american-capitalism is

    ecocide

     

    Perhaps, possibly, there is some ‘kinder-gentler’ form of capitalism.  Maybe.

    (though, i would argue that sooner or later even those systems drift farther and farther right over the decades…)

     

    But the American version, given the level of propaganda in this country — it was always gonna be Ecocide.    I mean, the Left was just obliterated before each world war.  Obliterated.   What would we expect a country to look like without an actual Left?     Prettymuch what we got.

    Rightwing-Duopoly.   Public with astonishingly low Political-IQ.   Astonishingly Low.

     

    Plant some seeds.   Watch some Kupp highlights.   Play with the dog  🙂

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    in reply to: My Question I’ve never been able to answer #139540
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    Why are so many religious people (Christians) followers of Trump ? Is it just abortion or -as I think may be the case-do they genuinely believe that he is doing God’s will? If the latter wouldn’t there be a better candidate for them ? I just don’t understand their reverence for the guy who seems the be the very opposite of a moral person.

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    I think you already know the reasons.  Not that complicated, if you accept that humans are easily frightened, easily duped, easily propagandized.  And once they adopt this-or-that big-lie, they base their life on believing it.  And thus they double-down on it, if that perspective is threatened.  They cant live without the big-lie.  It would hurt too much.  Etc.

    Its really no different than why they loved Bush or Reagan, etc.   They wave the Bible around, quote a few passages, bring in some Rightwing Evangelicals as very visible consultants,  play the abortion card, and selectively play up the passages in the bible that make jesus look like a white, rightwing, American.

     

    wv-ram: Mom, how can you believe that sleazebag is really into Christianity?

    wv-mom:  He’s God’s Instrument.   God doesnt always use perfect people.

    And he will fight to stop the genocide against unborn babies.

     

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    in reply to: Playoff Games #139530
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    The 49ers games reminded me of the old Tampa Bucs vs GSOT games, a little bit.   ‘Body bag games.’

    You knew the 49er/Buc offense was not going to beat the Rams.  They had to rely on their defenses to force mistakes.

    But then sometimes the Rams coaches would get a bit conservative to avoid those very mistakes — and so you get close games even without mistakes.

     

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    in reply to: OBJ #139519
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    I think the board-consensus is they need a healthy OBJ for the big moments in the close games down the stretch.   Rams do not have a player with OBJ’s skillset.  Dangerous redzone player and deep-threat.  Takes so much pressure off Kupp and the other weapons.   Makes McVay a much better playcaller 🙂

     

    So many close games last year.  Other than the blow-out of the Cardinals

    these were the games down the stretch :

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    23-20 Bengals

    20-17 49ers

    30-27 Bucs

    24-27 49ers

    20-19 Ravens

    30-23 Vikings

     

    in reply to: Rams tweets … 6/30 – 7/7 #139491
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    Greg Cook, Bert Jones, Ki-Jana Carter, Gale Sayers…so many.

     

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    in reply to: Our back up QB, didn’t crack the top 10 #139490
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    “Is the quarterback depth of the Rams among worst in the NFL?”

    Seems that way to me, but who knows.

     

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    in reply to: around the league (6/11) #139397
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    Tomlin sometimes reminds me of Wesley Snipes character: Blade.

    No-nonsense, dont-mess-with-him.  And dont do anything that will incur

    the icy ‘stare’.

     

    I dunno who McVay is.  But he’s not Blade.

     

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    in reply to: around the league (6/11) #139382
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    I see 20 cases have been ‘settled.’    I assumed all of them would be settled,

    but 3 or 4 are still on the way to trial.

    in reply to: around the league (6/11) #139375
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    “ugliness is coming”

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    in reply to: the new political tweets thread (4/4 2022) #139350
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    Maybe something good happened in Australia.  I dunno.

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    in reply to: NBA: Warriors win it again #139349
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    WV, Have you seen current players shoot the “step back three”? James Hardin made it famous, but it pisses me off no matter who does it. Curry sometimes will. It’s obviously traveling, IMO, and refs never should have allowed it, but it’s now a part of the game. To me, it’s basically taking four steps and then shooting. The above may sound like “get off my lawn” stuff. But I can’t help it. Cuz, well, back in my day, players didn’t even have feet, so they couldn’t shoot threes, much less step-back threes. ;>)

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    No, havent seen the step back three.   I dont even watch NBA highlights.

    I always think players are traveling.  Apparently, I dont understand the rule.

     

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    in reply to: the new political tweets thread (4/4 2022) #139317
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    Aging exponentially.

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    Things do fall apart, dont they.

    But we managed to see another Super Bowl win.   Wasnt sure we’d ever see another one.    I’ve seen two now.   Two in one lifetime   🙂

     

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    in reply to: Rams tweets 6/12 – 6/15 #139310
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    I edited that last Faulk post vid, but it didnt show up.   Go to the 16:45 mark of the vid.  Faulk sez something good.

     

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    in reply to: around the league (6/11) #139301
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    I agree about the 9ers. I think the Cowboys and Eagles have more to prove than the 9ers do. And of all of the top teams mentioned, I think the Packers are the only team that clearly got worse. I think doubts about Trey Lance prevent me from ranking them #1, but I don’t think I would place them lower than #3. I dislike rankings anyway, and tend to think in “tiers,” but I would put SF in the top tier of teams.

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    I think the Saints and Vikings could put it all together,

    but who knows.

     

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    in reply to: around the league (6/11) #139299
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    I keep seeing lists like this.   And there’s no 49ers anywhere on these two men’s lists.   Cardinals, but no 49ers.    Astonishes me.

    In wv-brain, the 49ers might be the NFC favorites, assuming they have Deebo.

    in reply to: the new political tweets thread (4/4 2022) #139298
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    in reply to: the new political tweets thread (4/4 2022) #139297
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    We have relatives in the Bay area. The ONLY thing the recall showed was that even progressive voters can have enough of being afraid to walk their favorite streets downtown. The “City” is a place where people walk to places and it used to be fun and enjoyable. Now-not so much. Whether the D.A. was partly responsible is an open debate but people -progressives included-wanted a change.

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    Its been a while, W.   How you doin?

     

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    Jordan R is awfully good at her job.

    High praise from Kupp.  Thats not just ordinary sports-BS and cliches he’s giving.   That mcvay-trait Kupp is describing was critical last year.

     

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    in reply to: Rams cap #139271
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    I dont like hearing that cash-rich football owners have an advantage.   Even if its a slight advantage.    Shouldnt be that way.

    I hope the NFL doesnt drift towards the travesty that MLB became.

     

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    in reply to: the new political tweets thread (4/4 2022) #139197
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    in reply to: DV v. McV #139173
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    Its an interesting topic.  Ive thought about it a lot, but other than winning Super Bowls, I cant think of too many similarities.   They just seem really different to me.

    For starters the DV the Rams got was old-and-wise.  As well as old-and-out-of-touch at the beginning.   He’d been away from the NFL for a long time.

    McVay was the youngest kid-coach in the NFL.  He was more like that early Eagle-version of DV.

    I guess my broad takeaway is a championship coach can come in many flavors,

    and they can build a championship team in different ways.

     

    As an aside, I remember well, how the fine defense DV built, utterly fell apart due to age and injuries the year after the Super Bowl win.   I dont remember any of us predicting that would happen.  I mean, they were atrocious.

    (remember they gave up 54 to the Chiefs mid-season

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_St._Louis_Rams_season#:~:text=The%202000%20season%20was%20the%20St.%20Louis%20Rams%27,first%20team%20in%20NFL%20history%20to%20score%20

    It will be interesting to see how McVay does post super bowl.   It will take a helluva coaching job to get them back to the final 4.

     

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