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wvParticipantMay 11, 2022 at 8:46 pm in reply to: Are millennial leftists aging into right-wingers? by J.J #138851wvParticipant…I get why young leftists would be disgusted by the two parties. But I find it appalling that they’d choose the GOP over the Dems, rather than just saying a pox on both houses..
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Well, sure, its appalling. Its beyond words. But (1) I dont think that particular group was ever really ‘young leftists’. I think they were dummed-down-young-americans. And (2), I dont think there’s anything we can do about it, because late-stage-capitalism has won. Its massacred its leftist-opponent ideologically. There’s virtually no actual-left in the US. Dems and Reps. Where’s the ‘left’ ?
I know there’s an argument that Bernie and AOC and the Squad, and some of the ‘democratic socialists’ have showed that there’s a growing movement, etc.
But I just dont buy that, anymore. I dont think they are leftists and I dont think it would matter if they were, cause they are a tiny minority.
Dark view, I know. Just how i see it.
I’ve turned to nature. Planting seeds, etc. Non-human stuff. Thats how i deal with it.
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wvParticipantYou know there ‘is’ something to be said for being ‘battle tested.’
I do believe that. Dallas and Green Bay have cake schedules/divisions
(it looks like). That may not serve them well come playoff time.
A cake schedule gets you ‘into’ the playoffs and gets you a good ranking, maybe even a bye — but there’s a down side. Looked to me like the Packers were not ready for the physicality of the 49ers last year. The Rams were.
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wvParticipantSome of those animal thingies are awesome.
That whale photo? Jezus H Christ.
The singing bird made me laff.
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May 11, 2022 at 3:08 pm in reply to: Are millennial leftists aging into right-wingers? by J.J #138845wvParticipantI dont share much i-dee-ology with that first writer (he called AOC the ‘hard left’ in another article) — but I have often thought about this dynamic:
“…Fueled in part by anti-liberal animus, Sanders-to-Trump voters were a well-documented phenomenon that helped Republicans retake the White House in 2016. Many of those voters never came back, and the Sanders coalition became smaller and more ideological in 2020. Yet the Sanders-to-Trump migration continued, with some polls taken before the 2020 vote suggesting the number of converts could be as high as 15 percent. Doubtless this played a role in Trump increasing his share of the millennial vote by 8 percent…”
I think ‘that’ is an interesting, complex, often infuriating, sometimes faceplanting topic.
‘Part’ of the phenomenon (to me) seems simple — capitalism has dummed down American voters. Often they simply do not know much about policies. They just dont. And so they can ‘get mad’ at this or that party and end up wildly flipping to something else. I dont think they know what they are doing.
They were never really Bernie-bros and they arent really Trumpies now. They just end up places.
Capitalism dums people down, politically. They dont have critical-thinking-skills POLITICALLY. They might have them in other ways, but not politically.
I think politicians know this, of course.
Anyway, looks like the duopoly will be having very very close elections
for the rest of our lifetimes.
…i told my 92-year-old mom somethin yesterday. It just came out of my mouth. Didnt give it much thought. Totally spontaneous. But i knew in a millisecond it was coming from a deep place, and i meant it:
“I’m never voting in this country again”
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wvParticipantWell…’on paper,’ at this point, that is the toughest run of opponents
i can ‘ever’ remember. Ever.
We must, once again, pray for crippling injuries.
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wvParticipantRemembering the acerbic Ron Cobb on World Cartoonist Day pic.twitter.com/4cfT8H3iQK
— Robert Skvarla (@RobertSkvarla) May 5, 2022
wvParticipant‘the gathering’ ?
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"The Gathering" is both a yearly, week long meeting of billionaire & centi-millionaire families that fund the American religious right, and also the community which has coalesced around the yearly event. In 2012, I discovered the phenomenon & downloaded 15 years of audio…
— Bruce Wilson (@brucewilson) May 5, 2022
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OLB Andrzej Hughes-Murray, Oregon State
He was a semifinalist for the “Academic Heisman”In each of the last three years, he was a Campbell Trophy semifinalist, which is essentially the equivalent of the Heisman academically. He was also a Senior CLASS Award candidate and graduated with a degree in psychology.
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I dunno what the ‘academic Heisman’ would be exactly — but I’m wondering
what the trophy looks like? Einstein? Sid Gillman? Karl Marx?
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May 4, 2022 at 11:46 pm in reply to: Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows #138762wvParticipantWelp, considering I live in FL, the den of evil, aka the home of Ron DeSantis, very likely our next President… fuck… Yeah, we’re moving likely to MN in the next two years. My youngest is Non-Binary Trans and I’m sure if we don’t have it we will have trigger laws in effect not only to make abortion illegal in all cases here in FL, but also they’ll set up to challenge Obergfell and Lawrence, thus making gay marriage illegal and making gay sex illegal in this fucked up state. CO is the most forward, but so much CA money has gone to the state that it’s too expensive… and we like MN and it’s super LGBT friendly Prolly gonna take a few years to make it happen, but yeah… it’s on now…
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I wonder if blue-ish people will move to blue states and
reddish people will move to red states, and the US will become
even more…ya know. If thats even possible.
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wvParticipantTired: The Ratchet Effect
Wired: The Crank Effect pic.twitter.com/cQTckJaAgb— Caitlin Johnstone ⏳ (@caitoz) May 4, 2022
wvParticipantWho is the Asian actor with long hair and a mustache that always showed up in action movies from the 1980s and 1990s in speaking and non-speaking roles?.by Ken Miyamoto.You’re talking about the man, the myth, the legend — Al Leong.
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That was cool. I think we all remember him.
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wvParticipantOurlads… can run routes and catch the ball like a receiver, he can be fully trusted as a blocker, and he can create as a rusher in space. The team-first, tougher- than-nails attitude and play style will be highly sought after by coaches if they have much say in the draft room. He is a safe pro…
…A rusher, pass catcher, and returner…
…Elite in and out quickness…
….Anticipates and reacts to tacklers as if the game were being played in slow motion. Has a rare level of suddenness to him with the ball in his hands. Patient and crafty, will create on his own…
, lacks the final gear to run away….
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Sounds like a version of Cooper Kupp to me.
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wvParticipantHow do you replace a Hall of Famer like Vonn Miller? Get better in the secondary and LB units, i guess. I dunno.
As has been said before, a defense with Von Miller is different from a defense with Wagner. A defense with Wagner and a stocked secondary means less of what we didn’t like last year–those endless long drives by opposing offenses milking the short pass up the middle. (This is admittedly an impression and not the result of dedicated film study.) If that is your defensive strength instead of weakness, you can also script in blitzes, stunts, and tailored 3rd down packages designed to isolate specific guys. Last year the Rams were just 15th in Yards Per Passing Attempt Allowed, 13th in First Downs Allowed Per Game, 14th in Completion Percentage Allowed, and 20th in Opponent Time of Possession Percentage. Just a little improvement in those areas and its a good defense but in a different way. I want to see more punts from the other team (Rams were 15th in opposing teams punting.) Anyway I wonder if Morris’s thing is turnovers more than sacks. It may not go the way I’m saying but it could.
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In my mind, this next season will show us a lot about Morris. I know he did well last year, but if you have Vonn, Jalen and AD, I expect any DC would do well. Vonn and AD on the same line is just nutz.
But this year, will require something different. More…oh, i dunno the word…more ‘tactical’ or somethin.
Anyway, it will be inter estin.
Last time the Rams had a chance to repeat, the defense was atrocious
as i recall. It was like they all gave 17 percent of 110 percent.
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wvParticipantI dont have a take, since I dont know anything about any of them,
but how can we not trust mcSnead at this point?
Other than the tutu-debacle, they’ve been as good as it gets
in the NFL.
Looking forward to seeing these kids play.
How do you replace a Hall of Famer like Vonn Miller?
Get better in the secondary and LB units, i guess.
I dunno.
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wvParticipantCesar @ClappedCesarLooking back, the Rams losing to the 49ers in week 18 was probably one of the best things to happen to them. Humbled them before the final stretch of games where they couldn’t afford to lose.=======
I agree but i dont think it humbled them at all.
I think it angered them.
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wvParticipantCan we put TuTu back?
Why cant we put things back?
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wvParticipantDunno if this has been posted, but i dont see it:
wvParticipantThe Brian Allen thing is something I wish fans would pay more attention to.
So many times we ‘think’ a player has ‘regressed’ or ‘sucks’ etc,
and then we come to find out about an injury.
We dont always know wtf the situation is.
Granted, when in doubt, the best approach is to stick with the mantra:
“Fire the Offensive Co-ordinater!”
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wvParticipantA thread.
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People often assume that capitalism is defined by "markets and trade". But markets and trade existed for thousands of years before capitalism. Capitalism is only 500 years old. So what is distinctive about this economic system? Three things (well, more, but three for now):
— Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel) April 18, 2022
April 17, 2022 at 5:20 pm in reply to: different non-Rams stuff from around the league (starting 4/4) #138381wvParticipantI dont like Rogers, but Ive seen the media beat him up over the 49er loss — that 49er defense can make any offense look like crap.
I dont understand why that is so hard to grasp.
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wvParticipantI would totally take a RB, if a real talent falls to them.
Can never have enough weapons.
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April 13, 2022 at 10:30 am in reply to: Stephon Gilmore? and/or Tyrann Mathieu? updated: Gillmore signs w/ Colts #138330wvParticipanthuh? hicks!? hicks!? whoa. that’s… nuts. AND gilmore AND mathieu!?!?
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The difference between McSnead and Jerry Jones is startling.
Doesnt seem like Dallas is doing anything. And given the season
they had, that seems strange to me.
But who knows.
If Dallas crashes and burns after doing nothing, its gonna be ugly
in Texas though.
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April 12, 2022 at 9:00 pm in reply to: different non-Rams stuff from around the league (starting 4/4) #138320wvParticipantCam Newton explaining women:
wvParticipantThat last vid, there’s a play I still remember fondly. I still get all amused and admiring when I see it again–after Howard intercepted the pass to end the game, it is Gaines that tackled him. Great quick last second decision by Gaines. With Howard down nothing can happen to the ball and the Rams maintain possession.
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Yeah, that was a Faulk-like play by Gaines. Football-Awareness.
And i have zero doubt McVay will use that Gaines play as a teaching vid.
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I keep going back to that Scott hit on Deebo. That play is just unreal in today’s NFL. You do NOT see a hit that HARD that is still viewed as totally clean.
It was the perfect NFL Defensive hit. You cannot do it any harder or any better. Its the essence of…somethin.
I watch it and rewatch in slow-motion and every single time, I think to myself “where is the flag?” — because my brain just cant accept that THAT kind of hitting is STILL legal in the NFL. But then when you look at it, its…just…perfect.
Who woulda thought Mr Scott would come up with the best Ram hit of the year…decade…century?
Thats a body-bag hit.
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wvParticipantA quick lesson on US foreign policy and "human rights" concerns in four screenshots: pic.twitter.com/DyHzhgQ7qk
— Caitlin Johnstone ⏳ (@caitoz) April 12, 2022
wvParticipantShe believes that we all make a choice to incarnate, and that we see the entire life we are going to live, and we sign up to experience being human and to grow as a soul..
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So then, Hakim ‘chose’ to make that fumble in the playoffs against the
Saints?
I mean he coulda just not been born.
But no.
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wvParticipant🤣 #HistoryHumour pic.twitter.com/bqEdbpVAL8
— World History Encyclopedia (@whencyclopedia) April 10, 2022
wvParticipantThe QB conversation.
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wvParticipantLondon Fletcher still feels the pain of that Super Bowl loss to Belichick.
Reminds me of how John Madden used to talk about the Immaculate
Reception loss. Some losses, some players/coaches/fans just do Not Ever get over.
I think it often has something to do with the fact that the Best Team doesnt always PLAY like the best team. The Rams probly were a little better than the Pats. They probly woulda won a ‘best of 7’ series with the Pats.
Probly. (And i know how good the Pats were. They were good. They were the Pats)
The Pats outplayed them, and out-toughed-them and out-coached them,
on THAT one day. But were the Pats ‘the better team’ ? Nah. I dont think so.
And that makes the pain of the loss worse, I think. When the best team wins, I think the loss is more acceptable.
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