Until Britain voted in Boris Johnson in a landslide, I disagreed with that.

Now…I expect Trump to win.

Yeah, I don’t think the collapses we have seen on defense have to do with the OL. Plenty of good defenses perform well even when the offense is terrible. I do think the OL has a lot to do with the Rams struggles on offense this year, but the defense is inexplicable to me. Some games they have just looked unable to stop the opponent. A defense as talented as this one should not be giving up 4 TDs or more in a game every other week. I don’t know why they do.

Yeah, so…you’re right about it not mattering where we live in the sense that we can’t escape to a better place geographically. Escaping is mental or spiritual. It’s a state of mind.

But I just think that state of mind is easier when the mind is occupied by other things. If I move to Portugal, or Mallorca, or go back to Thailand, FOX News won’t be on the TV in the lobby. The cars on the street are not gonna have bumper stickers celebrating gun violence. People will not be wearing Trump baseball caps. No confederate flag license plate frames.

Plus…there will be that quaint village with a view of the Mediterranean where I can drink espresso and think about Dido and Aeneas.

Maybe I will go for just a few years. Enough time to regain some youth. And maybe I will come back to find out that Ilhan Omar is president, and there are only 3,500 homeless people nationwide, and Flint has potable water, and Matt Gaetz is working as a security guard at a cineplex.

That’s a bummer about losing Dakota Allen. I thought he was promising depth.

Also…Rams Wire seems to believe that the Rams still have Sammy Watkins.

wv wrote:

Good questions, Comrad. I can only say, for ‘me’ its just that I cant stand ordinary-amerikans anymore.

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That’s the thing. I will never be able to look at many people in my life the way i used to, ever again, as long as I live. I did not realize how deep the rot still goes in this country. Of course, I knew there are racists, and systemic racism, and so on. But I am stunned by just how many people there are who are willing to sacrifice the planet, sacrifice Life On Earth, just as long as they are assured that brown people, and gay people, and so on, will suffer MORE than they do.

And I know that other countries all have their racists, too. It’s not unique to America. But when I am living in another country, I just don’t feel responsible for that country’s zeitgeist. In America, I feel responsible somehow. And I just can’t take it.

You know…living overseas is nothing to be afraid of. There is a short adjustment period, but it’s not as hard or scary as people think it is.

FWIW…Collinsworth makes me cringe. I mute the TV when he is talking. I know everybody has their “thing” when it comes to announcers, and it’s totally subjective, etc. But I cannot listen to Collinsworth.

wv wrote:

PA Ram wrote:

I think many people have suspected these things for years and it is nice to have it documented with real quotes from insiders. But at the end of the day, the country doesn’t care.

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Yeah, I had typed a sentence in my post about the public not caring, but I deleted it. I didnt want to beat a dead, decayed, maggoty, maimed, disfigured, very sad horse.

This nation jumped the shark. I dont know when exactly, but its done jumped the shark.

And I’ll say that even if Bernie wins the election. The deep-state is what it is.

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Yeah, I was thinking something kinda ironic yesterday…Bernie, and the Green New Deal. Like…it’s GND or die, and it may be too late anyway, even if we get the GND.

But I was thinking…at best, Bernie can save the planet. But he CAN’T save America. The forces of Greed have learned propaganda techniques that work, and there is no antidote. America is over.

I’m leaving, btw. I can’t take it anymore, and I’m out. I’ve got about 3 more years of work before I reach my maximum “multiplier” for my retirement pension, and I’m leaving shortly after I hit the nexus between my age and that multiplier. After I hit that mark, there is less incentive to keep working. I’m going to go set up my life in a different country, probably moving from one country to the next, until I become feeble, or I die, whichever comes first. But I am basically done here. I am seeking a divorce from the United States of America.

Well…goes without saying that certain posters on this board will have no difficulty rooting for Seattle tonight anyway.

It’s not too little, but it is too late.

Ok…where are the directions for putting tweets in here? Cuz I cannot do it.

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zn wrote:

ProFootballReference@pfref
Since 1978, only three teams have allowed under 150 points thru 11 games while maintaining a better point differential than this year’s Pats.

All three of those teams (the 1985 Bears, the 1991 Redskins, and the 1999 Rams) won the Super Bowl.

I’m next to positive that the last thing anybody needs is another Patriots Super Bowl victory.

zn wrote:

I don’t see this as a playoff year.

Yeah, the Steelers game to me was the final nail in the coffin.

A playoff team cannot lose to Frisco at home with 4 days more preparation than they had, and cannot lose to the Steelers coming out of a bye.

It’s not just the math.

It’s the performance. This is a team with loose sprockets.

I think they should draft some new sprockets, and get a damn wrench in the off season.