wv wrote:

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Well, wv-ram is, like, TOTALLY worried about Hav at guard and Grob at Tackle.

I dont think Hav is a guard and i dont think GRob is a Tackle. But what do i know. Apparently the OLine coach thinks he’s a miracle-worker. Or else the organization just feels stuck personnel-wize.

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That is precisely my response.

They aren’t moving until after the stadium is built, and they don’t even have renderings of it yet. They will be another couple of years in Oakland no matter what, so they presumably won’t be up and coming at that point.

This move is interesting to me. I read elsewhere that one of the progressive groups was shouting that “Now is the time to push for single payer now that we have the momentum!”

And I think “momentum” isn’t actually a thing. For starters, the Ryan plan went down for a whole lot of reasons, mainly because the Republican party actually has some members in it who still cling to reality by the fingertips, and they weren’t willing to completely repeal the ACA. Of course, the Freedumb Caucus would settle for nothing less. It was obviously division within the GOP itself that doomed the bill. It had nothing to do with the Democrats, though arguably the pressure put on by “the resistance” may have prevented the Republicans in less insane parts of the country to refuse to go beyond the pale in destroying the ACA.

And if the Republicans can’t get their signature reason for existence accomplished when they control both houses of congress and the White House, how the hell are progressives supposed to pass single payer with the tepid support of an incompetent, sellout Democrat party that’s in the minority?

And doesn’t he risk losing and balancing out the embarrassing defeat the Reps just suffered, and further convincing the public that government can’t do anything right?

But I suppose if it is handled correctly, and he can control the message (which Sanders is actually pretty good at, now that I think about it – he doesn’t get diverted), maybe he can build up enough public support that people start to see Republicans as the problem, and send some out in 2018.

I will say this: Sanders has clicked and dragged the Overton Window’s left frame to the left. Things that could not even be talked about two years ago are now within the frame of “reasonable.” That’s not nothing. Say what you will about Sanders, he is now the most popular politician in the country, and he has opened up the game even though he hasn’t “won” anything yet.

Sidenote: Cory Booker, who got trashed for opposing Sanders’ Pharma amendment in January, has now co-signed another piece of legislation with Sanders to allow import of Canadian pharmaceuticals. Booker has been dragged to the left on this issue by pressure from the grassroots. There is some “safety” rules included in the new legislation that allow Booker a fig leaf to cover his earlier opposition to this which he will now doubt use as a defense when he runs for president in 2020, but…whatever. He moved to the left. Even that POS Schumer has moved to the left rhetorically.

I think Trump will get impeached when Republicans calculate that completely distancing themselves from Trump is politically necessary for their own survival. There will, perhaps, come a point at which being perceived to be a Trump supporter will threaten their re-election, and it will become necessary to sacrifice him.

Dunno if/when that happens, but I think that’s the scenario. I mean…it’s not like any of them will do it on principle, since it’s pretty clear they have no principles outside of self-aggrandizement.

WTF is wrong with people?

It is awesome how our culture has made patriotism inseparable from blind loyalty to the military. The National Anthem, of course, is about the country, not the military, and as others have pointed out, he specifically stated his protest had nothing to do with the military, and pointed out that he has servicemen in his family. But. Some people cannot do complex ideas.

wv wrote:

Zooey wrote:

And I can’t help but wonder, if the 9ers had the best record in the league, if they wouldn’t have gone ahead and watched them while complaining about Kapernick.

People compromise with stuff they don’t like all the time if it gets them to a larger goal.

When that compromise is not going to get you to your goal, it is a lot easier to make that point of compromise the “straw” that broke the camel’s back.

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Yup. The Steeler fans hate big ben…but they love big ben. If ya know what i mean.

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We are doomed.

“We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law!”

That is from The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. A great play. It’s about something else. But I want it to be about this. “We are what we always were in Salem….”

Humans. At best, we’re hypocrites. At worst, well….

I think it is generally true that most people rationalize their consciences when money is at stake. One need only take a gander down the list of athletes guilty of despicable things who were hired in spite of those shortcomings to see that.

If Kap doesn’t get picked up, it will be a surprise. He’s certainly a guy that somebody is going to see as a better #2 than what they have on the roster, and someone who might push a weak #1.

But there are a lot of guys out there still unsigned: Cassel, Fitzpatrick, Cutler, Daniel, McCown, Griffin. I dunno. And I think his stance decreased his popularity, especially since owners are conservatives. Woody Johnson supported Trump, fwiw, and while the Jets need a QB….you know…it IS part of the mix.

I would have put Sehorn on that list.

wv wrote:

Many people asked, bewilderedly, “how did this [Trump] happen?” When I suggest it had a lot to do with the 35-year-long decline of incomes of the bottom 60 percent; the growing sense, ever since the Wall Street bailout, that the game is rigged; and the utter failure of both Republicans and Democrats to reverse these trends – they gave me blank stares.
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There ya go.

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While the first nine points were interesting, too, it was that same one which caught my eye – for the same reason.

In spite of Sanders and Trump, neither party seems to notice the obvious underlying connection. How dense are they?

Very selfish of Buffalo.

wv wrote:

TSRF wrote:

Rachel Maddow is becoming must see TV in my household. At least up until Trump gets impeached.
And then we’ll watch the victory laps for a week or two.

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Enh. Not to me. Shes a
Hillary lover.
And she
probably works for AIPAC

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Ditto.

Thought I like the stuff she has done to expose Trump in the past few weeks. I will give her credit for that. But…Rachel is only an occasional ally – a useful character to advance a scene or two, but not the leading lady.

It is such a transparent ripoff, it’s hard to imagine they would propose it seriously. And then, of course, the Freedom Caucus doesn’t think it goes far enough.

I really am fed up with this country. I just do not feel at home in this culture at all. The value system is just completely bankrupt morally and intellectually.

Belligerence and Greed. The American motto.

Well, I would call DE a “need.” The stapler they got from Miami is not going to replace Hayes. And Sims is gone.

So they have…a not-quite-himself Quinn…and…Westbrooks. Is Longacre still around? Whatever. That isn’t exactly the bone-crushing excitement I favor from the position.

zn wrote:

Woods says the Rams are young, explosive and speaks to the talent of Jared Goff, says it was an easy decision to come play for the Rams.

Buffalo?

Los Angeles?