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  • in reply to: Happy Birthday, zn? #39554
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    Thanks for everything,
    dude.

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    in reply to: Fisher Steps Down From Comp Committee #39536
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    Sensible.

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    in reply to: 101 — Vermeil on building the GSOT #39512
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    He said his wine used to be at the 8-8 level
    and now its about 9-7.

    I’m wonderin if he’s not just a
    figure-head wine-maker.

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    in reply to: America Sucks Less #39486
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    Sucks less? Maybe. Maybe not.

    America is ranked 34th
    in life-expectancy, for example.

    Tied with Qatar.

    Lebanon,
    is ranked higher. Lebanon.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy

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    I dunno. Of all the ‘reasonable scenarios’
    I’ve read and thought about — trading up for Goff
    or Wentz, strikes me as the riskiest.

    And would one of them start next season? A rookie?

    Maybe that plan would work, but personally, i like
    the idea of using the top pick on a WR or DE
    and then maybe one of the second rounders or a third
    rounder on a QB. I just want to keep stocking up
    on playmakers until they can find the
    most-excellent-QB.

    Course what do i know. I have no idea
    which QB is going to be the diamond
    next year.

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    Kiper even sees value at quarterback beyond the first two rounds, perhaps more so than in other years&

    “You’re looking at middle-round guys that are intriguing, would be guys like Brandon Allen from Arkansas would be a nice pick at that point,” Kiper said.

    —

    There’s 2nd round options and 3rd-4th rounds options.

    Okay, count me in.

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    Yeah, one reasonable scenario seems to be
    draft BPA with the first pick (DE? WR?)
    and find some BAWs in the second round
    (best available weapons) and draft
    a QB somewhere in that 2nd to 4th round area.

    Which leaves Keenum the likely starter
    for year one of the LA Rams 2.0

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    in reply to: can Ogletree replace JL at MLB? #39456
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    Is that before or after the
    Big jettison ?

    ….i still havent gotten used to seeing
    “Los Angeles” Rams.

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    in reply to: can Ogletree replace JL at MLB? #39453
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    I heard an interview this morning on Sirius NFL Radio with JLau. He did confirm that they are going to slide Ogletree to middle and have Barron play weak. I know that some people are worried about having two former safeties playing those positions and being too light, but I think that their athleticism will compensate for what they lack in heft and I wouldn’t be surprised if they asked Alec to put on a few pounds.

    Another interesting thing that JL said is that he thought it was very important for the Rams to resign McCloud. He said that McCloud is who he communicated with and that he is the QB of the defense.

    I think if they can bring most of these guys back, they are going to field a very athletic defense.

    Isiah 58

    Well, I’m just glad the Rams will again
    be the Youngest team in all of pro sports.

    They will be the team that never grew up.
    Like Peter Pan.

    They should have tinker bell on
    their helmets.

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    in reply to: Wagoner mailbag, 2/20…Parts 1 & 2 #39388
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    “…Rams still like Mannion and think he has potential but they want to see him speed up his delivery
    and improve his decision making moving forward….”

    Thot that was interesting.

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    in reply to: Done with Caucuses. #39383
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    in reply to: can Ogletree replace JL at MLB? #39355
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    JL had been one of the players,
    fans were split on, for a long time.
    A lot of folks thought he was replaceable.

    I guess we are gonna find out, just
    how good — or mediocre — JL was.

    I have no idea what to expect from
    the LB unit, now.

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    in reply to: JT & Wagoner tweets #39307
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    Well, Hayes aint gonna last 16 games if
    he has to play a lot. So, maybe they
    are gonna draft or sign a DE ?

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    in reply to: Cruz Analytics — five types of Republicans #39287
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    Ah. The analytics thingy categorizes ‘every’ american into one of five types. Not just Republicans.

    I’d still like to know what the five ‘types’ are.

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    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ted-cruzs-data-app-helps-campaign-target-voters/

    “…Cambridge CEO Alexander Nix said the company categorizes every American into one of five basic personality types derived from academic research and up to 50,000 questionnaires conducted each month.

    “We’ve quantified the personalities of every adult American,” Nix said. “We can reach out and target those different clusters with messages about the things they care about most, but that have been nuanced to resonate with their personality type.”

    For example, a Cruz campaign worker about to knock on the door of a house would access information about the household’s members through the Cruz Crew app, receiving prepared scripts about what issues each person was likely to care about, modified to appeal to their personality.

    Even within issues such as the right to bear arms, Nix said personality types will tailor the message. For voters who care about traditions or family, a message may resonate about guaranteeing the ability of a grandfather teaching shooting lessons. For someone identified as introverted, a better pitch might describe keeping guns for protection against crime…”

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    in reply to: Rams release Cook, Lauranitis and Long. #39280
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    Fascinating.

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    in reply to: Rams hire Groh as passing game coordinator #39253
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    “…You can’t live in the past —
    we’ve got to move on to the next play.
    And just be process oriented.
    We dont’ want to worry about the results,
    we want to stay in the moment,
    stay in the process
    and the results will take care of themselves.”

    Groh sounds a little zen-nish.
    A bit Phil-Jacksonish.

    A new-age passing-co-ordinater.

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    “You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment..” Henry David Thoreau

    in reply to: who/what is Keenum #39227
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    Well, i think Keenum is as good as
    last year’s version of Peyton Manning.

    So, all the Rams have to do is
    have a defense as good as Denvers.

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    in reply to: Rams & qbs in free agency (from RG3 to possibly Fitzpatrick) #39205
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    i read it. definitely doesn’t sound good.

    but again. there isn’t much risk. you don’t need to give him a huge contract. if it doesn’t work out it doesn’t work out…

    Normally, i’d agree with that. And there was a time i was RG’s biggest fan — but. man, i have ‘never’ read so much negative stuff about a young QB,
    in my life. The stuff i have read out of Washington over the years,
    has been just awful.

    I am not sure ‘there is no risk’ in bringing him in — I mean,
    what if he outplays the other QBs in preseason, and they give
    him the job — and then he becomes a cancer in the locker-room
    and the drama-queen stuff starts and dogs and cats start
    falling from the sky? What then?

    At any rate, if they did bring him in, Imho, theyd
    have to totally redesign the offense. I mean, they’d
    have to make it RG3 friendly and i dont even know
    if his knee would hold up in an RG3-friendly offense.
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    in reply to: Alex Jones #39172
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    …. The endgame, Jones believes, is a mass eugenics operation that will depopulate the planet by poisoning our food and water with fluoride, radioactive isotopes and various futuristic toxic soups being engineered in New World Order laboratories.

    I didn’t think anyone knew about that.

    You say that so that i will think that its all a big joke.
    And yet, I know that you ‘want’ me to think that, so i ‘get’ the fact
    that you want me to believe that you believe, but i know better…
    But wait…

    in reply to: My heart is not breaking. I am not sad. #39166
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    bnw and wv…

    Two Mulders adrift in a sea of Scullys.

    …yeah well I never explicitly said i was SURE
    Alien pod-creatures ate Scalia’s brains. I’m just
    saying an autopsy might have shown his brains were
    gone.

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    in reply to: Alex Jones #39165
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    He believes a lot of crazy-stuff.
    Did you read the article?

    I did read it, though admittedly, I did it quickly.

    What is some of the crazy stuff he believes?

    From the rolling stone article:

    ….The New World Order’s methods are many: manufactured economic crises, sophisticated surveillance tech and — above all — inside-job terror attacks that fuel exploitable hysteria. The endgame, Jones believes, is a mass eugenics operation that will depopulate the planet by poisoning our food and water with fluoride, radioactive isotopes and various futuristic toxic soups being engineered in New World Order laboratories. Those who resist are being tracked by secret, federalized police bunkers known as “fusion centers” that will eventually round up every dissenter and throw them into camps run by the Federal Emergency Management Authority.

    By disseminating such theories over the airwaves and online, where followers can get the word out faster than any film distributor, Jones can draw a million viewers within days for a documentary like his The Obama Deception. “In the past, such theories were circulated in booklets, books, public speeches and sermons,” says Chip Berlet, who studies conspiracy…

    Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/talk-radios-alex-jones-the-most-paranoid-man-in-america-20110302#ixzz40SqDbyfE
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    in reply to: McShay Kiper just now on ESPN raving about Rams talent #39148
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    The OLine is still a question mark.

    Personally? I don’t think it’s a question mark. I think at worst it is already an average OL.

    They added 12 linemen starting in 2014 and haven’t even sorted out yet which of the present 14 they have now…with more to come…will be the 9 or 10 they take into 2016. Either way all the signs indicated they did well with that, with better than usual for rookies rookie performances from 3 of the ones they drafted in 2015 (who gets 3 good linemen in one draft??? …but then who gets 2 consecutive rookies of the year).

    Yeah, i am close to that point of view.

    Its mainly GRob I’m still concerned about.

    And the Ram-OL Curse.

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    in reply to: My heart is not breaking. I am not sad. #39147
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    There isn’t a law requiring autopsies because SC justices’ deaths have never been questioned before. We don’t make laws, typically, in anticipation of something that might happen. We make laws to address issues we already experience.

    And Scalia’s death would not be an issue at all if it weren’t for a few circumstances. First, it’s Scalia. Secondly, he didn’t die in the hospital. And, most importantly, the narrative many people in this country are living is one in which democrats – particularly the Clintons and Obama – are basically demons with no scruples. It goes hand-in-hand with the same narrative that has led us to Donald Trump as a serious presidential candidate. The relentless right wing media assaults on these people have created a subculture that EXPECTS democrats to perform illegal and even “evil” deeds. That suspicion has been seeded continuously for the past 30 years.

    It’s really no surprise that they would suspect foul play.

    Thats all perfectly logical.

    And i still think there should have
    been an autopsy.

    Somehow, i will press on with life,
    despite the fact my wishes for
    an autopsy were ignored 🙂

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    in reply to: Alex Jones #39146
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    Then he’s not a conspiracy theorist, anymore than Chomsky is.

    Conspiracy theorists create fictions.

    He’s an historian of the present. It’s a different thing.

    I dont know what you mean by that.

    He believes a lot of crazy-stuff.
    Did you read the article?

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    in reply to: McShay Kiper just now on ESPN raving about Rams talent #39136
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    ferragamo79

    obviously they need a QB, but I was shocked how they were raving about Rams talent

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    Well, i never quite know what to think
    of these kinds of ‘ravings’ by the media celebrities.

    There are Many teams that are ‘close’
    to challenging for a ring, i think. A few players away, maybe.
    I think the Rams are one of those, many teams.

    The OLine is still a question mark. Lots of “potential”.
    Lots of encouraging indications of talent. I’m
    optimistic about the OLine, but I’m also still
    in “wait and see” mode — especially with GRob.

    Receivers? Loaded with talent? Nah.

    Tight Ends? Loaded with talent? Nah.

    Defense? Well, we’ll have to wait and see about Quinn.
    So thats a question mark. And we’ll have to wait
    and see how many key players they can re-sign.

    I can see this team rocketing up the standings
    and winning 12 games next year — and i can also
    see this team wallowing around the .500 mark again.
    So….i dunno. Lots of question marks for me.

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    in reply to: My heart is not breaking. I am not sad. #39132
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    Dunno why this is controversial.

    The justice of the peace relied on information from Scalia’s doctor and law enforcement on the scene.

    So, unless we accept that Scalia’s doctor AND all of the Texas Law Enforcement were at the very least brought to cow… there can be no conspiracy. The mere act of no autopsy is not direct nor circumstantial evidence of a conspiracy nor indicative of any type of motive.
    Basically, there is no “there” there.

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    But Mack how would a family doctor and some local cops
    know if Scalia had been poisoned or killed KGB-professional-style ?
    There is no way nonprofessionals would or could KNOW.
    It would take an autopsy to know.

    Now, do i suspect foulplay? No.

    But am i surprised an autopsy wasn’t required
    by law or wanted by the family? Yeah.

    And yes you DO know why this is controversial — cause
    this country is very divided and has millions of
    people who dont trust the system. Like, at all.

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    in reply to: My heart is not breaking. I am not sad. #39095
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    All I’ve ever written is what was reported and my disbelief that the unexpected death of the highest government official in office since President Kennedy didn’t warrant an autopsy.

    Well, I’m surprised an autopsy wasn’t performed.
    I woulda thot there was some sorta law about that
    to be honest.

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    in reply to: My heart is not breaking. I am not sad. #39094
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    It aint because he’s funded by some rightwing machine.

    You do know no one said conspiracy theories are funded directly by an rw machine. In fact saying that would be a conspiracy theory.

    But there are resources out there that are supported by private money, yes. They provide access and distribution but there’s no conspirator making up conspiracy theories and putting them in people’s heads.

    And the popularity of this one guy doesn’t have anything to do with that either way. There’s always all kindsa guys out there. But in given years, certain kinds of issues take massive precedence…like the energy time and money spent on proving Obama was this or that foreign thing.

    Yes, agreed.

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    in reply to: My heart is not breaking. I am not sad. #39086
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    <bl
    I bet there’s tons of psychological and sociological stuff that plays into that, and yeah, the internet certainly helps promote this stuff. People distrust government. They distrust corporations. They distrust organised religion, etc. Often that distrust is legitimate but the conspiracy theorists’ response is way over-the-top. They’ll come up with a scenario that seems to fit the facts but ignore actual evidence or dismiss it as fake – because the authorities can’t be trusted. And because they refuse to believe contradicting evidence, conspiracies can never be disproven in their minds. Every conspiracy theory ever imagined still has its proponents.

    Yeah, its complicated. And its not just “rightwing” stuff. Alex Jones is the King of conspiracy and he is not easily catagorized. He rails against Corporations as much as the Government. He is a fascinating phenomenon. People often mistake my views for a version of his…

    Anyway, i’m interested in why Alex Jones is so popular. It aint because he’s funded by some rightwing machine.

    http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/talk-radios-alex-jones-the-most-paranoid-man-in-america-20110302

    in reply to: My heart is not breaking. I am not sad. #39071
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    In fact it fans the flames.

    There will be very few flames.

    That’s my bet.

    That is exactly what Vince Foster said about Benghazi right before his emails turned up in Whitewater.

    Conspiracy dynamics are interesting to me. There seems
    to be so much of it in the last ten years.
    What accounts for it? Is ‘it’ increasing? Why
    would that be? Does the internet have something
    to do with it?

    I mean, even the network-suits are plugging into it.
    The X Files kinda capitalized on this dynamic,
    with its story lines, and other shows have as well.

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    in reply to: Celebrating Bernie Sanders' Victory in NH #39064
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    I saw Michael Tigar speak at a California Attorneys for Criminal Justice seminar many years ago. Impressive person.

    I would have liked to have met him. I think he did work
    for the Black Panthers at some point in the 60s.

    We ‘do’ agree on the importance of surfing, W 🙂

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