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  • in reply to: Eliz. Warren #105664
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    I do not want a Sanders Warren ticket. One of them should stay in the Senate which is at least as important as the White house. And VPs just go to funerals. That’s a waste of a progressive senator.

    I like Castro as VP.

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    Unbelievable. That is 4-4 for me. I don’t think I’ve seen 4 games over the TV in a SEASON in two decades, and I always get 2 every year when they play the 9ers.

    So…you know…selfishly…I figured this would be an advantage once they moved back to LA.

    in reply to: Why Pelosi Protects Trum; #105658
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    Barr denies he knew anything about this beforehand, and that may be true. It may not be. But the fact Trump said something about Barr proves nothing in itself.

    The Dems have crossed the Rubicon now. They have to go for the throat, or they are screwed. I would think that there would be calls for Barr to recuse himself soon, and I would think they would start amping up the demands for testimony, documents, etc. I don’t know what avenues are available – what citing someone for Contempt of Congress actually MEANS legally, and so on, but they better have a strategy for compelling access to some of this stuff, or we’re going to watch the Dems punch away at the air the way they have been for nearly 3 years now.

    They have to get the whistle blower report. The transcript is not enough, especially since it has passed through the White House filter. The whistle blower provided context, and probably had some dots to connect to this conversation. I don’t think the transcript of the call itself is the whole picture. If it is…the Dems are probably going to fail at this.

    in reply to: Eliz. Warren #105657
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    She could beat Trump…because so many voters just don’t like the chaos of Trump. They would prefer a wonk to a bull in a china shop.

    But Ball is right…she fits the profile of a long list of Democrat losers, and she COULD lose at the end of the campaign because she’s NOT going to get the passionate turnout the Dems need from POC and the youth vote. Those people will come out for revolution, but not for policy papers. At least not in the same numbers.

    in reply to: Eliz. Warren #105640
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    That was a purty good argument.

    in reply to: Why Pelosi Protects Trum; #105638
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    =====================

    What would be funny iz,
    if the Politicians somehow impeached Trump — and then he won re-election, anyway.
    (losing the popular vote again, of course )

    Amerika.

    w
    v

    Be a lot funnier if it were a movie instead of reality.

    in reply to: Why Pelosi Protects Trum; #105620
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    She’s calling his conduct “a violation of the law.”

    I read somewhere this morning that such an approach might not be the best because a president doesn’t have to violate the law to be impeached, so she may have set the bar higher than it needs to be, but I dunno about any of that.

    But…here we go.

    in reply to: Why Pelosi Protects Trum; #105617
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    I agree with you on the messaging, but IF they go through with it, I’m gonna wager they don’t do that. Probably they will go with some Trump the Villain narrative. That would be a mistake, but….

    in reply to: Why Pelosi Protects Trum; #105595
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    Yeah. Getting rid of Republicans is only Phase One, and it’s the easiest part. We then have to overpower the Democrats. And NOTHING we ever accomplish will be permanent unless we cut out the corrupting influence of money in politics. Any gains we make will only be temporary. We have to make a law that Money is NOT free speech, and corporations are not “people.” We have to get rid of legal bribery. We have to stop the revolving door between lobbying, congress, and Wall St. We have to finance elections with public money, and implement Instant Runoff Voting. We have to break up the media monopolies. We have to undo the damage the GOP has done to the judicial system. And…as wv points out, in the Senate we are outnumbered 99-1. In the House, there are no more than about 10 people who would consider doing this, and it may be fewer than that.

    And…so… there goes the planet.

    Bash on, regardless.

    in reply to: Barnwell: Rams surprising things for a 3-0 team #105531
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    Interesting.

    Yeah, um, I think I am expecting GOff to perform better pretty damn soon. If we get 6 games into the season, and this is still where he is, the conversation about “ceiling” is going to get a little flame under it.

    in reply to: signs, comics, memes, & other visual aids #105521
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    in reply to: reactions to the Browns game #105511
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    The pressure on Mayfield was the difference in the game. Not a lot of sacks, but enough pressure to keep him off balance all night.

    McVay/Goff need to adjust to the fact that defenses have adjusted to the Rams. People spent the summer studying the Rams’ games against Chicago and New England, and they need to come up with something. Goff still makes WTF throws, but I think he will continue to improve. He is still a puppy.

    TB at home, then quick trip to Seattle to finish off their season. Then some time off.

    in reply to: The danger of the "Trump? Whatever" syndrome. #105476
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    Yeah. It’s over. Capitalism is in Stage 4 cancer right now, and we are basically looking at palliative care. I’m kinda curious how these completely self-sufficient billionaire bunkers are going to work out, but I won’t be around to watch that part of the story.

    in reply to: Naomi Klein on eco-fascists #105475
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    Given how we already look at the poor of other nations as animals and are trying to build a wall to keep them out, there is little hope that we will respond humanely when whole populations of them are forced to move as climate change progresses.

    Yes, that’s been disturbing me for quite some time. There are going to be hundreds of millions of people displaced. Mostly poor, brown people. And they are going to head north.

    in reply to: The danger of the "Trump? Whatever" syndrome. #105423
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    ================
    Fox’s take on it, so far:

    jesuschristmybrainisbleeding.

    Wow.

    Well…if Bleached Blonde C-Cup says so….

    in reply to: the uniform #105418
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    I’m sorry, but the second somebody utters the phrase “progress them forward,” I’m out.

    I can put up with a lot of things, but you may not tarnish the English language without consequence.

    in reply to: remembering Larry Brooks #105416
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    Here’s the video evidence:

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    in reply to: The danger of the "Trump? Whatever" syndrome. #105409
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    Trump is an entirely new level of corrupt. He has moved the country from a state of polite corruption into a state of corruption in broad daylight. The really discouraging thing to me is that a significant minority of the country is perfectly okay with that. Not “Trump? Whatever.” There are 50-60 million people in this country who are “Trump? Fuck, yeah!”

    That aside…if this whistle-blower thing is what it appears to be…Pelosi cannot sit on her hands any longer. This is treason. This isn’t just run of the mill malfeasance, obstruction, lying, embezzlement whatever. It’s flat out treason.

    I believe Pelosi has calculated that it will be better for Dems to let Trump continue to inflame the country with his corruption, incompetence, and racist hatred than to impeach him. The dude is blowing himself up on his own petard, and the likelihood of a blue wave in 2020 is pretty good, imo. Nobody is going to incite a massive turnout like Trump. And I think that has been her thinking.

    But that calculus has to go out the window if, in fact, Trump has leveraged a foreign nation in an attempt to interfere in the election.

    And I think this is serious. ALL of it is serious (which is your point), but this is like Super Duper Uber Serious. An intelligence official has just galloped his horse with guidon blazing over a cliff. No matter what happens as a result of this, that person has just killed his/her own career. You cannot blow the whistle on the President and keep your day job. For somebody to do that, it has to be the Real Deal. Not some kind of librul hitjob made out of nothing. You don’t accuse the president of failing to come to a complete stop at a stop sign. This has to be a Hit and Run under the influence. You don’t throw away your career on anything less.

    So. IMO this is it. If this doesn’t lead to impeachment, it’s time to pack the bags and get out because the country is officially over.

    in reply to: tweets … 9/18 thru 9/20 … + VB q & a #105381
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    Jake W. Goldman@JakeWGoldman
    Guys: “I let my wife pick all the colors for our wedding because I’m terrible with that stuff.”

    Also guys: “I prefer our alternate uniforms because the helmet doesn’t clash as much with our pants and compliments the secondary color we use for our jersey piping.”

    Yeah…that’s not accurate.

    It’s…”The alternate uniforms are better cuz the other one sucks.”

    in reply to: media critters set up the Browns game #105379
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    Is there a yapper who deserves a paycheck less than Skip Bayless?

    I’m not sure that anybody on the planet takes him seriously.

    in reply to: the uniform #105361
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    Well, I’m sure people are very interested in this, and that whatever they do is going to generate controversy among fans.

    I had originally thought that they would change the logo, and modify the colors based on some sort of blue/white or blue/yellow combo. Then I saw the shape of the stadium roof from above, and thought it looked very similar to the current Rams logo, and thought that must have been done on purpose. I guess not.

    Anyway…the ONE THING they CAN’T do is get rid of the horns. They have to know that.

    They know that, right?

    I mean…they radically change the helmet, and there’s going to be a frenzy.

    in reply to: what Browns fans are saying #105354
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    Christopher Todd Massey.

    It’s unbelievable that it needed to be said, but wv spends his Sundays watching the 49ers, so it’s not surprising.

    in reply to: an amazed Baldinger sputters out praise for AD #105329
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    in reply to: what Browns fans are saying #105318
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    Without a doubt…that is the flimsiest set of arguments I have ever read.

    in reply to: film trailer: Dark Waters #105317
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    Bash on, regardless.

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    Just got this from a student this afternoon.

    in reply to: running quarterbacks the future? #105282
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    You are out of your mind.

    This has been argued since Roger Staubach, but it’s never happened.

    There’s always a guy or two like Wilson, or Elway, or Young, or Staubach, or Tarkenton…

    But there are a lot more Vicks and RGIIIs and Tebows et al.

    Those college running QBs are going to learn to stay put, or they are going to get kilt. Meanwhile later round picks like Tom Brady, Joe Montana, and Jeff Smoker are going to dominate in the future.

    in reply to: power rankings in week 3 #105281
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    Pro Football Talk: 5th (5th)

    It may not be sustainable, but 2-0 is still 2-0.

    In our expert analysis, we really didn’t think the Rams would be undefeated this deep into the season, but so far…they are. Gotta admit it.

    in reply to: Do the Rams stand a chance against mighty Cleveland? #105279
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    I don’t think I’ve seen the Browns play since Ernest Byner fumbled.

    I have heard that the Browns are likely to go to the Super Bowl, so I figure the Rams win by 17 in this game.

    in reply to: media etc. on the Saints game #105193
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    For Weddle, the game Sunday was his first at the Coliseum, which is about 45 minutes from where he grew up in the Inland Empire.

    That’s bullshit right there.

    There is no way to get from the Coliseum to the Inland Empire in 45 minutes without a helicopter. Unless it is 3 am on a Sunday night.

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