2018 Draft Analysis, Part 3: Safeties
February 22, 2018
by Adam Taraschke
Welcome back to another week of my draft previews. This week I look at the safeties in the upcoming draft class. Contrary to last week’s CB preview, this year’s safety class is not as deep or top heavy. There are a handful of players who will make an impact in the NFL right away, but this year’s crop is a little weak. Versatility is a theme for this year’s group, but if you are looking for a true FS your options are limited. There are a bunch of box safeties who can impact the run game, but very few rangy safeties who can make plays down the field. Players with a single asterisk would be best suited in a dime or money backer role. Players with two asterisks would best be suited as a nickel corner/safety. The rankings are based purely on abilities as a safety and would be subject to change if I were ranking them as off ball LBs or nickel defenders.
- Minkah Fitzpatrick (Alabama) 6’1, 200
- *Derwin James (Florida State) 6’3 215
- Armani Watts (Texas A&M) 5’11 205
- Justin Reid (Stanford) 6’0 205
- Ronnie Harrison (Alabama) 6’3 215
- *Kyzir White (West Virginia) 6’2 215
- **Jeremy Reaves (South Alabama) 5’11 205
- Jordan Whitehead (Pittsburg) 5’11 195
- **Siran Neal (Jacksonville State) 6’0 200
- Godwin Igwebuike (Northwestern) 6’0 205
Day 1 prospect: Derwin James (Florida State) 6’3 215
Strengths: James passes the eye test as soon as he walks into a room. A HWS dream for defensive coordinators. He has the speed and quickness to play a deep third down the field, but is better utilized near the line of scrimmage. Finds the ball quickly and closes in a hurry. He’s a disciplined defender who can play multiple roles for a defense. Plays with great leverage and technique in his run fits. Great tackler who brings his hips into every tackle.
Weaknesses: He can get lost in coverage when he is put into space. Needs to be better with his eye discipline in coverage. Has trouble diagnosing coverages at times. He could clean up his pursuit angles. He tends to rely on his athleticism over technique. He has the frame and the strength to take on blockers, but he needs to attack blockers rather than catch them flat footed. Has a some tightness in his hips.
Overall: James is a top 20 player for me and definitely should be considered at 13. I believe he will be best utilized in a dime backer role. His size and speed would be a nightmare for OC’s to scheme around. He is a great blitzer with the size and speed to cover TE’s and RB’s. His athleticism would be a welcome addition to Washington’s run defense. Regardless of where they decide to use him he would make an impact day 1. This defense needs to get faster and more physical. James could help the defense improve in both categories. The former 5-star recruit brings a winning mentality and a top notch work ethic. He may not have a defined position, but he has a skillset becoming more valuable in today’s NFL.
Day 2 prospect: Armani Watts (Texas A&M) 5’11 205
Strengths: Watts is one of my favorite players in this class. He plays with a swagger that makes me want to run through a wall. He is a heat seeking missile once he locates the ball. He has a nose for the ball and finds a way to make plays all over the field. He is physical when attacking the ball carrier. He has good hips and range to turn and run down the field. He diagnoses plays quickly and knows when to attack an offense. Tremendous ball skills. Great athlete and leader on the field. He can control his deep third with ease. Straight up playmaker.
Weaknesses: He is physical in run support, but doesn’t always wrap up. Inconsistent in run support. Will take plays off if he is not involved. He lacks elite size and strength. He tends to get beat on double moves. Guesses on routes too much.
Overall: Watts is a guy who does everything well, but lacks an elite quality. He should be available day 2, but he is a top 50 player for me. He is a plug and play safety with few weaknesses. He can play either safety role and not skip a beat. With Torian Gray as his position coach he will develop into a quality starting safety in no time. If I were the Redskins GM I would select Watts with the 44th pick and never look back.
Day 3 prospect: Siran Neal (Jacksonville State) 6’0 200
Strengths: Neal is a versatile defender with experience at CB, S, and LB. He plays with a mean streak and a physicality that NFL coaches will love. He is a good athlete with speed to make plays all over the field. Can mirror well when playing man coverage. He plays with great leverage and discipline in his run fits. Powerful tackler with great form. He locates the ball and closes quickly. He can play corner or safety without skipping a beat. Solid ball skills when attacking an offensive player.
Weaknesses: His hips can be a little tight in transition. He tends to rely on his athleticism and his technique goes by the wayside. His instincts are average. He needs to diagnose offenses better. He is a read and react player rather than anticipating the route. His feet can get lazy giving him trouble against receivers with great feet.
Overall: As a day 3 selection I look for value. Neal gives you a guy who can come in and effect the run and pass from multiple positions and he still has potential to grow. I’ll take a chance on a guy like that in the 4th or 5th round any year. I think he is best suited for a nickel safety role. He can play near the line of scrimmage and use his athleticism to play the run, while using his versatility to match up with offensive weapons in the pass game. His level of competition is worrisome, but he is a competitive guy and I expect him to raise his game in the NFL. I think if Greg Manusky can find the right role for a player like Neal he could have a big time impact on this defense day 1.
Favorite prospect: Kyzir White (West Virginia) 6’2 215
Strengths: White is a box safety. When he puts his pads on someone they aren’t getting away. He plays with aggression and power when attacking a ball carrier. He is excellent in run support. Attacks blockers and sheds them with ease. He diagnoses plays quickly. He has the size and length of a starting safety in the NFL. Great eye discipline, rarely gets beat by double moves and play action. He can be a dangerous tool in a blitz package. Plays every down as hard as the last. Great leader and communicator on the field.
Weaknesses: He has tight hips and struggles to open and run with receivers. He does not possess game breaking speed. His lateral quickness is less than desirable. He seems to be destined for a role as a dime backer which will require him to add weight and may slow his development.
Overall: I picture White falling into the same role Cravens played as a rookie. He has the frame to add 10-15 pounds and play as an off-ball LB at 230 pounds. His physicality, instincts, and tackling prowess would be a welcome addition to this team. He brings a great mentality into the locker with him before anything else. He would be a great feature to Manusky’s blitz package. He is excellent as a backside force defender. He could cover TEs and RBs as a LB without Washington having to take Nicholson or Swearinger off the field. He would be an instant upgrade to our defense and fill a void that is very important to this team. In today’s pass happy league every team should have a dime backer that will play at least on 3rd down and usually 2nd down as well. For a player who should be available in the 2nd round he has a ton of traits to like and has a defined role he can succeed in right away.
Highest Ceiling: Minkah Fitzpatrick
Highest Floor: Minkah Fitzpatrick
Best Cover Safety: Armani Watts
Best Box Safety: Kyzir White
Most Versatile: Siran Neal
Biggest Riser: Jeremy Reaves
Biggest Sleeper: Jordan Whitehead
http://www.thehogsty.com/2018/02/26/all-the-free-agent-needs/
New Post. Sorry guys, in the doldrums over the next few weeks, at least till the combine.
New thread. Come on. You can do it. Just click that button and it’s a brand new day.
Nothing I posted is incorrect.
Some people man. I dunno.
Just say’n.
Nothing? Nothing ever? Jeez…
Chiefs trading Peters to the Rams….and for what nobody knows.
Happy Monday!
Hpy Hpy
Heyo
Any minute now….
Where’s the show? Come on Alex….hop to it man.
I was processing it.
Coffee my coffee
Nice civil conversation tonight hamsters. Gotta hit it now. Later
I’ve watched so many shows on Hitler and the Third Reich , I should be able to teach a class. Seems every night I end up watching another one . History channel, Nat Geo, etc. Stuff never ceases to amaze me , that it could actually happen and the level of madness.
SCamp AustinSkin • an hour ago
Well, for one , when hunting in Maine you can’t have a rifle that has more than 5 rounds in it… so it had a five round block. Also, you can’t “spray” with an AR… one trigger pull, one shot. Giving a small 12 year old a live round like a 30-06 or a .300 is far more likely to cause a lot of damage because the kick is so much that they will not be able to control the weapon.
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Does the fact that it’s semi-auto reduce the kick a lot, or is it mostly a factor of the caliber/load?
I’m not 100% certain on that but I would bet that its a bit of both. Since a semi uses some of the kick energy to load the next round and a .223 round is a pretty light load. Would be a terrible rifle to hunt large game… but for Turkey and deer it did the trick pretty well.
Makes sense. Just thinking that for a kid or smaller person, there must be bolt or lever action .223s that would fall in between an AR-15 type and .30-06.
Yea… a 30-30. I used that, too… but it was an old Savage and it wasn’t very accurate. Pretty heavy comparatively. The adults liked target shooting with the AR too.
I have one of those . Lever action , Winchester .
That’s a MUCH better weapon than the Savage…
Its the only used gun I have ever owned and I only have two rifles not counting a little 22 my son had .
The Savage was my dads old gun. He still has it. He’s going to teach my boy to shoot it in about 2 years.
Yes, that his a big factor.
The fact that anybody can walk up into a school filled with students, that has no business being there , with a number two pencil in their pocket , is scary . You can’t do it at my wife’s school and we are town with only three schools and not a huge tax base .
No doubt. But hey, in California we’d rather have a fake bullet train.
Or a guitar or band instrument case concealing an automatic weapon? Or a backpack for that matter?
That shit should be searched.
Ahhh, No , because you aren’t a student . You can’t be there . There’s all kinds of possible straw man scenarios . You could fill a guitar case with all kinds of shit . ten hand guns and case full of loaded clips . There is no perfect solution for evil and mentally deranged people . bad stuff happens .
Just so it’s clear , I don’t care if they ever make another AR 15 . Don’t have one , don’t want one. If Scamp has ten of them , I don’t care . If somebody is intent on killing a bunch a people , just because they can’t get their hands on an AR 15, is not going to stop them , in my opinion .
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That’s what they need to run down the speeding crotch rockets .
You can kill Carl. You can kill Rick. Heck, if he goes out in a blaze of glory, you can even kill Daryl. But, you go anywhere near Carol or Michonne…I’ma break your stuff.
Over a foot of powder up on the mountain today with maybe another 6-10 inches by morning! Should be epic conditions tomorrow. Retirement’s great!
nice
Where!? For the love of science….where!!!!!!? – Walter
I’d reply but he’s probably tucked in by now.
Yeah.
I could post some pictures for Walter tomorrow. Unless you don’t want to see a grown man cry.
Lol, post that powder!
SCamp • an hour ago
Well I have to disagree… I hunted with an AR15 when I was 12. It was an easy weapon for me to fire. Also, something like 95% of gun homicides are committed with handguns. The AR15 is the boogeyman of guns to a lot of people…
So, let me ask you a question since I am not a hunter.
I envision deer hunters as people who go into the woods in full camouflage, go to their deer stand and wait patiently for the perfect opportunity for the right kill. You quietly sit in your deer stand (or wherever) waiting for that perfect buck to come within range. When it’s in range, you aim for the perfect heart shot and squeeze off a round or two. And I’m also assuming there’s a bag limit.
Or is it common practice to spray the woods with rapid-fire rounds, emptying a 30-round magazine in hopes that you hit something? I’m guessing by that time, you have probably scared everything alive out of range.
So why is an AR-15 even necessary? Aren’t there other weapons equally capable?
I think it’s also reasonable to say that while 95% of all homicides are committed by handgun, better than 95% of all mass casualty events, like Vegas and the most recent shooting in Florida happen with AR-15-type rifles, with large capacity magazines.
Well, for one , when hunting in Maine you can’t have a rifle that has more than 5 rounds in it… so it had a five round block. Also, you can’t “spray” with an AR… one trigger pull, one shot. Giving a small 12 year old a live round like a 30-06 or a .300 is far more likely to cause a lot of damage because the kick is so much that they will not be able to control the weapon.
But the same AR-15 can easily accommodate a 30-round clip or greater, right? And that’s Maine. What about other States? Not being snarky, but when I grew up, people didn’t hunt with tactical military weapons.
You see, there in lies the problem. Because YOU don’t have a clue YOU don’t think law abiding 12 year old Scott and his father should be allowed to hunt with the weapons of their choice because somehow that will prevent crazy law breaking Las Vegas shooter man from killing a bunch of people. When in reality crazy Las Vegas shooter man would then just load up a U Haul truck full of fertilizer and drive it into a packed concert venue thus accomplishing the same goal. Also, I wasn’t aware that people’s rights were dependent on what YOU want.
Also, no snark intended. Just an illustration of the difference in thought.
Trying to explain these things is what the NRA gets crucified for and called a terrorist organization
If people would educate themselves on topics before speaking we could avoid a lot of that. NOT saying Austin isn’t educated… just speaking in general terms.
So an AR-15 worked fine for you hunting in Maine. Is there anyway that design can be modified to shoot a MAX of 5 rounds? I get that it was easier for you to shoot, I’m just trying to limit mass casualty events.
Well, you could make large capacity magazines illegal but you know criminals don’t follow laws. I guess smarter people than I could figure it out, though. I’m sure they could be made with a butt end spring loader that only holds 5 rounds.
So, you’re okay with making the possession of large-capacity magazines illegal? 30, 50, 100 round mags?
Seems like they are not intended for hunting.
You’ll have to make 3D printers illegal as well.
The lower receiver would have to be reengineered to prevent accepting standard magazines.
Well, I’m about to turn in. Had a great day.
I’lll leave it at this. I don’t like to bitch without trying to offer solutions. And doing nothing is not the answer.
Fuck the “Thoughts and Prayers” crowd. Those words are empty and meaningless without action.
Agreed… but no one seems to be focusing on security. Everyone seems focus on the weapons. I think that’s a mistake. Banning a weapon alone will make little difference. There needs to be a lot of other things done.
I want a multi-disciplined approach. Fully arming 98,000 public schools can make you feel good, until that securityh guard gets taken out, chickens out or is out on a smoke break when the building is breached.
Well… nothing is going to be perfect I guess… Might want to layer on security somehow. I hate this “sure, let’s make our schools look like prisons.” Well for fucks sake if it’s going to keep my boy from getting killed at school I couldn’t give 2 shits less what the school looks like.
Glad you got to participate today, you’ve been going on about this new representative of your’s for quite some time.
Yeah, following him has been pretty cool, because it’s been easy. I have also learned a lot about texas as he visits every one of the 254 counties.
But today it became real. Very satisfying. JFK was assassinated when I was 4, so I have no memory of his campaign. But I have never personally witnessed a canditate more passionate or captivating than Beto O’Rourke. So yeah, it’s fun being engaged with his campaign.
Pretty cool when you can catch that “lightning in a bottle” feeling.
I’m undecided on that. I don’t personally see the need for them until the government gets too big for it’s britches. We never owned more than 20 round mags. It was fun for target shooting… but we were obeying the law.
It’s not hard or time consuming to reload 5 round magazines as it is high capacity. You train enough you can get proficient at reloading several magazines quickly. Limiting capacity won’t make much of a difference.
Exactly . Good lord thanks for saying that .
furthermore there are many semi automatic weapons that don’t look anything like an AR 15
All non revolver hand guns for 1
So what’s your solution Buck? Thoughts and Prayers?
I would consider a class and training course where a trained psych of some sort can observe and be part of the class before being able to obtain that type of weapon. I’d have to think that all the way through but that’s a “first thought” at trying to compromise with the anti AR crowd.
Part of that class is an interview with the shrink that is specifically trained to weed out possible “problems.”
. Thoughts and prayers are not intended to be any kind of solution . That’s just liberal sarcasm .
You attempting to put me in your “thoughts and prayers ” category is pretty typical . I understand the train of thought , so does everybody else that lands in that category .
It will make a certain segment of the population feel better until the next one.
True
Laws passed to assuage people’s feelings is not something I would be for.
Also, an AR15 is NOT a tactical military weapon. Not one army on earth uses an AR15.
Austin, did you know…the AR-15 is Colt’s semi-automatic version of the widely circulated tactical military weapon, the M-16?
Also, when Colt’s patent on the AR-15 expired in 1977, other manufactures began to copy its design. Hence the term, AR-15 style weapon.
The more you know.
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I don’t really care. What i know is that the AR-15, Bushmaster, whatever has been the weapon of masss destruction for almost every mass-casualty event since Columbine.
Hmmm… I’d like to see the stats on that. I would agree that they were ALL caused by semi automatics.
So there you have it… a version NOT used by the military.
That’s such a very small part of the story….the star is too big.
Do tell… the more you know.
Here, I’ll do it for you. Kon is incorrect. The AR-15 model was around FIRST. The AR-15 was a rifle made by the Armalite Rifle company to build on their model AR-10. When Armalite was about to go belly up they sold the patent to Colt to develop the AR-15 (or the Stoner-15 as it was known then.) Colt then developed the M-16 FROM that model for military use.
Don’t forget the CAR-15, our Green Berets and LRRP teams that served in Vietnam won’t.
Virgil Caine was my name and I served on the Danville train
till Stoneman’s calvary came and tore up the tracks again
In the winter of 65 , we were hungry , just barely alive
By May tenth , Richmond had fell, its a time I remember oh so well…
“Every morn brought forth a noble chance
And every chance brought forth a noble knight,
deserve our gratitude, as do all the brave men who, in so many ways and on so many occasions, are ready, and continue ready to give life and all for their native land.”
some Vikings mother
yo
Never!
Blue Bloods is a damn good series. Like the character development.
Combine next week kids… things will start to heat up for a bit
not a lot of Defense in this Wizards Sixers game
I like Mission Barbeque
I love lamp
Were you there at noon
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Yeah, I know..who cares? But I enjoy baseball as a filler until September.
They’re already playing baseball?
Preseason. Opening day just over a month from now.
Heard Tebow was in camp with the Mets again
Yup. Think he’s doing okay too, at least from some of the reports I’ve heard.
Think it will be a tough season for the Rangers. Was really hoping they would splurge for some top notch arms. But they haven’t. So either they have some strong arms coming in from the farm system or they’re screwed. But I also keep an eye on the Nats and the O’s.
I used to watch baseball when I was young. Met Kirby Puckett and he became my favorite player. The moved to San Diego and lived across the street from a pitcher. Met Tony Gwynn… now I just can;t watch it except in the World Series.
35 to go
been boring .
Yea…quick though
Yes . Nothing like last week’s excitement . That was killer .
There goes Bubba
Not a good day . Typical Petty team really . They are not consistent by any stretch , rarely ever. Doesn’t matter whose driving.
Uh oh , caution …..that’s what they needed
Buck’s steak and gravy recipe
Take somewhat thin cut of boneless ribeye steaks and have butcher run through the tenderizer .
coat with flour , and fry in frying pan with onions
remove steaks , set aside .
Add water and more flour (if needed for desired thickness) to frying pan and make gravy with drippings . Remove grease if there too much . You don’t need much .
Combine gravy and meat together in bigger pot and let simmer .
Go to heart Dr and get your arteries checked ASAP.
add biscuits for sopping . put on some type of pants or shorts with expandable waistline .
This’ll help…later on.
Squatty Potty
Yeah . You won’t have any trouble moving your bowels . it will be forthcoming and soon .
They work. I’ll spare ya the TMI…
But yea, they work.
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Cut and eat with fork , no knife required
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/25/teen-survivor-father-parkland-victim-call-for-change-after-florida-school-massacre.html
This is must watch TV. Andrew Pollock lights up Chris Wallace on FOX. Fun to watch
Nice to watch that worm squirm.
Thing is… if he were on CNN and that started that gun control nonsense… he’d shut em down quick, too.
I agree.
He was pretty clear he was not having it about guns… this is about safe schools.
That said, I grew up in an era where AR-15s just didn’t exist. People hunted, shot skeet and may have had firearms for home defense. But nobody talked about it much and mass shootings didn’t happen every month.
Now we live in an era where mass shootings are commonplace, and AR-15s, Bushmasters, etc. are the weapon of choice to exact maximum casualties. Pretty sad. i want them gone.
Well I have to disagree… I hunted with an AR15 when I was 12. It was an easy weapon for me to fire. Also, something like 95% of gun homicides are committed with handguns. The AR15 is the boogeyman of guns to a lot of people…
I don’t think you and I are THAT far apart in age. I think school safety, as Mr. Pollock said, is far more important. Banning a gun isn’t going to make much of a difference. I, however, would be fine with raising the age to own a gun… and as anti Libertarian as these viewpoints are, I would also be okay with mental health background checks for gun ownership.
I will say this also, while I certainly did some dumb stuff in my life, I was trained with guns from a young age and never once did the idea of walking into my school and shooting someone ever cross my mind. You settled things with fists… not weapons.
We may have had issues with each other… but we all wanted to go home at the end of the day.
Mental health checks are a start.
But something spooked me today. When I went to see Beto talk today, my Uber got stuck in stalled traffic going to Georgetown. Turns out there had been a fatal traffic accident, and an officer on the scene also got struck by a passing vehicle. No word that I’ve heard on his condition.
When I got to the venue, I arrived exactly when Beto was outside the building. I wanted to shout out to him, but his back was turned to me and he was engaged in conversation with one of the event organizers prior to entering the venue. He wasn’t anymore than 10 feet away from me. No security around him, except for the squad car at the corner.
Beto looks like a 6’4″ Bobby Kennedy. It occurred to me that it I were a deranged individual, I could have stepped up and taken him out point blank. Like I say, it gave me chills. I peeled away and gave him plenty of space to enter the building.
Yea, unfortunately public figures understand that is the risk they sometimes take. They become targets for mentally unstable people. And while I believe we certainly have some mentally unstable folks here… I don’t think any of them are so insane they would take a shot at a politician.
It just triggered a sense of fear for his safety. He was a sitting duck. His star is on the rise and Ted Cruz will fight ugly, inciting his base that Beto will take away their guns and kill their babies.
Politics is a nasty thing
…but true Conservative gun owners aren’t taking shots at anyone.
They leave that to the crazy Bernie supporters 😉
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– Sirhan Sirhan
I believe we should live and love as hard as we can every day because tomorrow is not guaranteed!
Daughter’s team played a team of all stars and lost 3 to 1 but really had their chances. Can’t be upset about that
Nothing quite like kids sports… so much more fun than the money sports on TV.
oh my God yes. Watching your child grow and become better and assertive and be a member of a team is so much more rewarding
It has been a pretty wild wrestling season for me and the boy. He started out losing pretty much every match. Was making the same mistakes over and over. Before I knew it… and even before I recognized it he was subtly getting better. He was starting to win a match here and there… then a match each tourney… then two. I was still seeing him lose matches by making the same mistakes though… so I never realized he was getting better… until today. He goes out there and wins his first match 15-1… then immediately has to go back in an wrestle a kid that had a bye in the first round… lost. Then lost his next match… then, never gave up, got back in there and won a close decision… then won his last match by pin in the second period to qualify for state… I couldn’t frickin’ believe it… then it hit me… he never gave up and slowly got better. Now he’s wrestling for state medals.
that’s amazing so happy for you and him it’s the best feeling in the world
Yea… snuck right up on me… we have 35 kids on the team and I’m responsible for about 8 of them so, while I should have seen the improvement, I was focused almost solely on fixing the mistakes and making sure I was giving ALL the kids attention I missed some of the improvements in my own kid.
Real happy for you Scamp. It’s wonderful to see them grow up. My son just turned 44, so proud of him. But I remember his early golfing days. One week he was shooting 100’s, then 2 weeks later he was shootin in 90’s, then he was shooting in 80’s. Then he broke 80!
There’s nothing quite like seeing your kids progress at something they’re trying really hard at.
Soccer is huge now . They didn’t have it when I was in HS . Good way to get scholarship.
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wrestling they have here but I don’t think it’s as large as it is out west and in the Midwest.
Probably not . It’s fairly big in Va , and bigger the farther you go north . Big in Jersey . Delaware, Pennsylvania
Big time in Pennsylvania . Penn St is one of the top college wrestling programs in the country .
Midwest… Ohio, Penn, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin
Cale Sanderson is the coach and they don’t get any bigger than him in college wrestling
Popular out here with the Hispanics and, believe it or not, surfers. Soccer pretty popular with the Hispanics as you can imagine.
Then Scotty should whomp some ass when he gets there 🙂
Kick some ass Scotty
I have a feeling State is going to be rough on him though… he’s JUST starting to get the hang of it. These state kids are bruisers.
Probably rough on the majority of them their first go around . Nothing as gut wrenching as watching your kid wrestle as far as sports go. It’s a killer , but it builds character .
Soups on ! Steak and gravy , mashed potatoes , black eyes peas , biscuits .
Beef stew has been in the crock pot since early this morning.
Ooohh, that’s good eatin’ too.
Had that last night… gotta love it.
Sounds like a good ol’ country dinner there Buck.
Just missing the greens
Meat and three. Definitely need the collards
Gotta have something to keep the plumbing moving
He’s got an awful lot of cloggage there.
Oh the southern cooking collard greens with fatback all that grease will definitely keep you moving until you die of cardiac arrest, but oh what a way to go!
Jk
Moderation is the key
If you’re gonna live, live to enjoy life… no sense pretending to be dead before it actually comes to that.
I like the way you think
You would be a rarity up here then.
Yeah could have stood something green for sure . Not a meal you want to fix very often
Just had my fill of some chicken thighs that I threw in the oven with tamari sauce, minced garlic and some crushed chipotle. Covered at 375 for 35 minutes. Fork tender and basting in their juices.
I had to put the cover back on and walk away so I can save some for later. Twice.
4 fresh tires 16 seconds .
race teams starting to man their pit crews with former college athletes
The crap that ends up in my news feed some times. I swear.
‘Texas woman defecates in pants to hide drugs during arrest’
CORSICANA, TX (AP) — Police say a Texas woman attempted to hide evidence during an arrest by defecating in her pants and using the feces to conceal drugs.
Officers in Corsicana, about 55 miles (88 kilometers ) south of Dallas, were investigating a report of a theft at a grocery store on Wednesday when they attempted to subdue a female suspect and take her into custody. Police say they placed Shannen Martin in the back of a police cruiser where they say she intentionally defecated in her pants then hid a crack pipe, 2.3 grams of crack cocaine and a Valentine’s Day card in her excrement.
Officers had to sift through the woman’s feces to retrieve the evidence after Martin was booked on charges of tampering with evidence and possession of a controlled substance.
You’ve got one f-ed up news feed.
nasty . Seen them go through inmates feces looking for swallowed drugs on those prison shows . I hope they are making good money .
Anybody ranked Lt and up makes good money, but they aren’t poking around in shit, you can bet that.
I hope they’re wearing a hazmat suit and doing that in a sink with running water. Followed by strict CDC decontamination protocols and 24 hours of rest.
Man accused of riding horse on California freeway arrested for DUI
The California Highway Patrol says Luis Perez of Placentia had a blood-alcohol level of more than double the legal limit when they allege he took his horse on the 91 Freeway.
You know he had a good buzz
I know the 91 VERY well… it is a huge freeway and ALWAYS packed. This guy had to be insane.
lucky nobody got hurt .
Lucky no horses were hurt. I am confident that the horse was smarter than the human and is the sole reason no one was hurt
So, I Ubered my way to the Beto Town Hall. Good call. There was nowhere to park, and a packed house. I’m guessing about 1,000 people showed up. And Beto crushed it. Fun to see live.
Even better one of his campaign managers gave me a ride back.
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Um… you didn’t have to do… things… for the ride did you?
No, I headed to a nearby Starbucks to use the restroom and grab a coffee. Chatted with this gal wearing a Beto T-shirt. Told her I Ubered my way to Georgetown, and was getting ready to Uber back. She offered the ride, and I accepted.
Good… we wouldn’t want any shanahanigans going on
Got some very interesting insights into what happens behind the scenes in campaign planning and their campaign strategy.
Don’t give away their secrets Austin… we wouldn’t want you to disappear…
Mum’s the word
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Uh-Oh, the NRA doesn’t like Beto:
U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-El Paso (TX 16)
Last NRA rating: F
Total NRA contributions: $0
Not seeking reelection in the House; he is running for U.S. Senate in 2018.
Meh… NRA is small potatoes when it comes to lobbying anyway.
So’k.
O’rourke isn’t the one being looked at by the FBI for money going from Russia toward Trump’s political campaign.
I’m not aware of any Russian money going to anyone other than Hillary Clinton
FAKE NEWS!!!
Thanks for publishing this. Now I know not to vote for this guy.
You’d love him, Steve. Come over to the good side.
The good side… that’s cute
I’m already on the good side.
A one issue voter eh.
Me too.
No, I have alot of issues, but getting an “F” rating from the NRA means that I’m not voting for that person.
Michelle Obama’s memoir is coming out in November. I’ll send you a copy as an early Christmas present. My treat. Honest Injun!
Thanks. Appreciate the thought. I need some good material for the fireplace.
F in NRA
That’s good material for a song or a slogan.
1960’s era 300 six?
I swear he stole boogity boogity boogity off of me when I was 11
Maybe 12
Bubba Wallace…racing sensation
– Buck
I don’t think he qualified well
Running 22nd-ish
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Rain delay
Not up here, it all boiled off.
Beautiful day here in sunny SoCal… of course, even if it was wild fire tornadic weather it would be a good day to me.
Atlanta
What about Atlanta?
race delay . Nobody cares , I know .
Oh… forgot about NASCAR
Nothing else to do . I hate basketball.
Live right across the road from a Baptist church . try not to fire up any leaf blowers , weed eaters , mowers , pressure washer , etc on Sunday . Plenty to do , just not on Sunday if I can help it.
He’s used this excuse more than once…- Mrs. Buck
True, the church crowd does a lot on Saturday and Wednesday too !!
Amen
Hallelujah
Praise the Lord!
Go Baby Jesus!
high-five!
Just clouds though
*mute*
Can’t listen to that
Crispy 66F here.
But shhhhh….don’t tell wif where I’m at.
does geno smith really think the earth is flat? or is he just messin’ with us?
He been studying
we’re all entitled to opinions on subjective matters like politics and fashion and music, etc…. but…. the shape of the earth…?
would he advocate we teach “both sides” of the spherical earth debate?
It’s very depressing.
I advocate the US Air Force taking any flat earther for a ride up to the thin blue line.
And if it got me up there, I’d totally pose as one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwgfU228clE
I’m showing up with a fucking sign and some Jesus sandals, wearing a Missouri Show Me t-shirt!
This Brit brought a soundtrack…and it is so cool!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PmYItnlY5M
Lol, he’s scared shitless.
Thanks, k0n.
What is up with that landing gear?
Earth’s shape without water or atmosphere would really mess them up.
https://media.giphy.com/media/sH90K5xZv6HHa/giphy.gif
i think it’s way more spherical (oblate spheroid) than that. where is that image from?
of course…. here is what it would really look like w/o oceans:
https://water.usgs.gov/edu/earthhowmuch.html
https://water.usgs.gov/edu/pictures/full-size/global-water-volume-fresh-large.jpg
that big bubble of water sitting in the western US, represents ALL the water on earth. all of it. all of the oceans, lakes, rivers, clouds, everything. the little tiny bubble, is all the freshwater.
damn, that’s awesome!
Aye. That’s a model of Earth’s geoid. Rendered with http://www.asu.cas.cz/~bezdek/vyzkum/rotating_3d_globe/index.php
“Variations in geoid height are thousand times exaggerated”
well… jeez, dude, you did not include that caveat. even someone from dallas should be able to be more clear…
Ha!
not much has changed waiting for the NFL.com 2.0 mocks to come out
Vita Vea, DT, Washington 11
Da’Ron Payne, DT, Alabama 8
Derwin James, S, Florida State 5
Calvin Ridley, WR, Alabama 5
Roquan Smith, ILB, Georgia 4
Tremaine Edmunds, LB, Virginia Tech 1
Quenton Nelson, G, Notre Dame 1
Minkah Fitzpatrick, S, Alabama 1
Marcus Davenport, DE, Texas-San Antonio 1
Leighton Vander Esch, LB, Boise State 1
Josh Allen, QB, Wyoming 1
James Washington, WR, Oklahoma State 1
Denzel Ward, CB, Ohio State 1
Baker Mayfield, QB, Oklahoma 1
Different_Cat kon, for now • 4 hours ago
Proof that aliens are among us if there ever was.
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We’ve been saying that for over 420 years
— Native Americans
87 and sunny here
81 degrees and sunny
in miami….? j/k
at least you don’t reside in dismal Hollow
scots, being familiar with this weather, call it “dreich”.
I thought they called it liquid sunshine
This review had an issue with primer strike at 14:20 & 21:55
Thorough review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrSkm5qy1f0
Then there’s this idget…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttR1JJZUOsQ
This guy shouldn’t have a BB gun.
Yes thank you, I saw this one too and it has me wondering
Pay close attention to the shells he’s using. Is he a little bias in favor of the KSG? Idk
Look at the shells he shot in the KSG, vs. the primer strike shell he picked up from the DP-12. Is the second one high brass?
How the NRA misleads you:
https://qz.com/1214718/what-america-is-getting-wrong-about-three-important-words-in-the-second-amendment/
With Knapp telling you that a Benelli shoots itself while doing trick shots with low brass #8?
How successful is your argument , Robyn Pennacchia, when discrediting someone for using a quote out of context, you inadvertently lead yourself to do the very same thing?
Exactly . One persons opinion vs another’s . The words “well regulated militia ” have been debated since the cows came home.
Currently, the Supreme Court has at least 5 major rulings of supporting case law in favor of. Ms. Pennacchia is in effect, standing at the base of Everest, gazing up at her objective.
Some of these guys are amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5uHt4AwYb4
Hey 65, this is a much better review. This one takes 3″.
https://youtu.be/hyh4dayfXQQ
Ty
I’m out to participate in Democracy. Should be fun.
Good luck! Wear a helmet.
Enjoy. Good that you are involved
Sounds like your guy has a good head on his shoulders
Alright kids… off to State Qualifier wrestling tourney… enjoy your day
Good luck to Lil SCamp
He doesn’t have much chance but we’re here for the experience
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Going to State baby!
Alright!
…and another pin for 5th place in the southern region. The kid finally put it all together.
Anywho… while I wholeheartedly disagree with the world view of a few of the more vocal people on the left here, I have been able to engage several of them quite civilly on topics of disagreement. And while it’s true that I am one of the more aggressive posters here I have gone back on my word to keep things civil from my end. That is wholly my fault. I apologize to those that I may have offended and to those that don’t enjoy that type of banter. So here is my Mea Culpa… and a renewal of my pledge to only discuss football and non divisive topics on here.
A good debate is okay. Personal insults and name calling ruin it for me.
Ah come on Austin… we used to have some good ol rows. But you’re good peeps to me…
Yeah, but we were both guilty of dragging it way over the line and into the mud.
Indeed. Not lately though… Not since moving here.
https://youtu.be/EFvZ4W5BKl4
Lol, he short-stroked it on the second two, “expert”…….
Taylor though.
same, same.
Off to another soccer game catch up with you this afternoon
Not in Savannah this time is it?
No sir, Pawleys Island
I like Pawley’s Island.
Me too Austin
Cool place. A friend from college has a family vacation home there.
I didn’t get to spend much time there this time. My wife and I are coming back over Easter break… maybe I spend some more time then. I need to get a fishing charter, too.
yes and I definitely need to meet up with you too period with three children life is busy
Well, we tried to make an offer on a house yesterday but someone put it under contract the day before… anyhow, we are likely to have plenty of time to get together come summer
Anyhow I figured out a way around those pesky personal guarantees on our business LOC… so next time we won’t have to wait to make an offer to try and figure that part out.
Yes, im still trying to convince my wife to let me get that shotgun! Lol
Apply the give to get method.
It costs more, but there is value in the gained leverage.
Tell her I said it was okay
I already tried that lol
How the heck do they get the weave in Triscuits to happen?
fyi…they were invented in 1900 then patented in 1902. Production by the Shredded Wheat company In Niagra Fall, NY began the following year.
Proof that aliens are among us if there ever was.
I, am the proof you seek.
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Mr. Steve! k0n is misrepresenting me with a fake picture!
My people do not look like that……these human suits fit terribly.
Steve….some of the comments and commentators on this site reflect where we we are as a country…anger, cynicism and lack of ability to hear or appreciate differences without being nasty, insulting or crass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKA8H_LolNM
LOL
Rick, that’s true, we should be able to disagree without being disagreeable. And I profusely apologize to all that I have insulted or been disagreeable with.
And I’m sorry for the mornings when I get busy and you have to wait for Hpy Hpy.
I forgive you. 😁
Thanks man.
From where I’m sitting, I’m encouraged. Waves of people are getting off their butts, organizing and running for office. And some of them are refreshingly good, on both sides of the aisle.
It’s never a bad thing to weed out entrenched money grubbers and get fresh and new ideas in… and people that have not yet been corrupted by power.
So, fellas, I checked it last night and ended up having to delete multiple comments from multiple people. I just scanned the comments again this morning and deleted more. The personal insults are going to end, kids, or I’m going to turn this car right around and drive home.
Please help us out by not insulting each other. Our concern is that others will read these comments – you guys aren’t our only readers – and get freaked out and not come back.
I myself, prefer decorum. For sake of the site and the time you and other content creators put in here, I’ll do better to ignore the common denominator in those exchanges.
I’ll say again: it was more than one person.
I’ll say it again. The common denominator.
And I’ll say it out loud: SCamp.
I’m guilty of allowing myself to be provoked and I’ll try to do better. Sorry, Steve.
Actually D_C… I made a simple comment and you started piling on.
As for Kon… he made a ridiculous comment and I said as much, then he went off the rails.
It’s not surprising that neither of you can own it… it’s what you do.
Gonna be real hard to ignore the liberal knitting circle you guys are part of. That isn’t going to make for very fun group Nancy Pelosi email blast readings
It’s possible to debate positions without it devolving into ad hominem. Not EASY, but possible. 😉
I still see all of my posts…..
https://media.giphy.com/media/Nw8z2olm0nGHC/giphy.gif
Security clearances. Thoughts?
I have worked my entire career in the private sector, and have never needed a security clearance for anything. I was once interviewed by an FBI agent vetting one of my next-door neighbors for a security clearance and it was a lengthy interview. Questions about daily routines, drinking habits, drug use, un-American activities, etc.
My Dad was a senior US Diplomat with Top Secret clearance, and he took that responsibility seriously. He died in 1979, and never once even hinted on what he knew.
In the meantime, the White House is awash with people who are unable to get an official clearance, including Jared and Ivanka. They have a temporary clearance. In the meantime, Jared allegedly has access to the daily Presidential Briefing Report, which is highly classified.
If my dad were alive today, he would be losing it. For my part, I am deeply concerned about an administration that appears to be flying by the seat of their pants or just winging it.
It just highlights the hypocrisy of Trump and the Republicans re: the Hillary e-mail server.
each party is worse than the other some of you are such partisan hacks you fail to see that. open your eyes. don’t be blind to either sides hypocrisy. follow the light
HTTRsince65 • an hour ago
Maxine Waters?? Really?
Well, people need to go to jail over Hillary’s emails, including Hillary. Sending TS / S / confidential emails from a Blackberry and keeping TS /S /C info on private servers, wow.
I don’t really know exactly who in the current administration as their clearances, which are still in process, and who haven’t yet applied. Since most media outlets are utterly untrustworthy to report the truth about the Trump administration, so we’ll probably never know.
There are apparently dozens of WH staff who are handling classified information without permanent security clearances.
Hillary’s e-mail business has always been wildly overblown, and it’s also water under the bridge.
Which is worse, the routine display of ineptitude by the Trump admin? Or, that so many in public not only do not mind, they fully embrace it.
Those who fully embrace don’t care about the rule of law. POTUS has become their new favorite outlaw.
I’m just like, there’s god damn twitter troll in the White House and here we are having to keep on keeping on and not blow up democracy while we wait that sucker out.
Strange times.
Maxine Waters?? Really?
to date, no evidence of collusion in this expensive, long investigation yet she’s calling for impeachment??
Her latest is that she’s saying that it’s time to get ready for impeachment. As volatile as the times are, including the market and other people driven economic vectors….being prepared, just in case, is prudent.
Now, she didn’t mean stock the pantry…but all the same.
How do you know exactly what she meant? Listening to her with my own two ears I would suggest that she did mean to stock the pantry. I also think her mental health needs to be questioned. she’s equating Trump to Kim jung un and I think that crosses the line.
I know what she means because, reading. It’s fundamental.
So they tell me.
She’s crazy as a loon
I don’t think Maxine Waters should be allowed to own an AR-15.
lol
That’d be awesome
Oof
5 guilty pleas thus far. I’m thinking Mueller is playing poker, and holds all the cards. He’s playing them one at a time.
It’s pointless to draw conclusions at this point. One thing you can say for Mueller and his team is that they run a tight ship. No one who isn’t on his team knows where this is heading. However you look at it, the good news is that he’s moving fast.
Yeah I have a sense that the bulk of evidence has been collected. Now it’s time to play the hand. Wouldn’t be surprised to see folks flipping against each other in exchange for leniency.
Could make for a great movie.
I wouldn’t say fast. But yes, momentum is doing what momentum does.
So, today will be a first for me. I have always voted but have never been engaged in a campaign.
Congressman Beto O’Rourke will be doing a Town Hall in Georgetown, TX this afternoon, and I’ll be there. A wedding hall that holds 500 is the venue. There are now over 700 RSVPs, so the event is being moved outside. Every where he goes, the crowds are getting larger. Should be interesting. And he’s stomping Ted Cruz in donations, all from private citizens.
http://www.mystatesman.com/news/state–regional-govt–politics/beto-rourke-nearly-triples-ted-cruz-fundraising-2018/9gnJNWTwuYQUXD2bW8R40L/
Gonna head out early. Parking could be a challenge.
If he does a Q&A…ask him how he plans to represent Texas republicans in Washington.
He does Q&A at Every Event. That question has been asked several times. His response is that nothing gets done without bipartisan support, and he knows that compromise is part of the equation.
He wrote a bill to help stem the tide of veteran’s suicide by proactively making mental health care services available to ALL veterans, regardless of their discharge status. To make the bill happen, he reached across the isle and found a Republican congressman to co-sponsor the bill. Each side made some concessions, but both agreed that the bill could advance mental healthcare. The bill passed 450-0 in the house.
Good. Any chance of winning has to include that he’s there to represent Texas. Not a party driven political agenda like his opponent has been doing.
Yeah, it’s a big reason why he isn’t taking PAC money or money from special interests & corporations. Not even “friendly” PACs like the AFL-CIO.
His point is that if he accepts PAC money, then they are essentially buying lobbying access to him. His campaign promise is that when he votes on any issue, Texans can rest assured that he wasn’t bought to vote one way or the other.
The other thing I find interesting is that he often live streams his reaction to a particular issue being voted on the Hill. He shares his thought process on exactly why he voted for or against an issue, while standing in front of Burrito Brothers to pick up dinner before turning in to his apartment in DC.
As a Congressman representing El Paso, he holds a monthly Town Hall in a public setting like a school or library where he meets his constituents face-to-face.
I’ve seen a few of those town Halls and people want their questions answered. There are also some hecklers. but he is not afraid to face his constituents and update them on their concerns. This is in direct contrast to my Congressman, Michael McCaul who never hold town halls.
If he is elected Senator, his campaign promises is to continue to hold monthly Town Halls in different public venues across the entire State from the Panhandle to the Rio Grande Valley to the Coast.
That’s the best part, I think, is getting involved at the grass roots level.
Wow. No rain. I must have done something right.
Coffee. Good.
Looks like we might catch one last round of T-Storms and then we’re done.
…and here it comes as I am typing. Heavy rain and thunder.
Guess my location, Walter.
well, if your screen name includes a location, i’ll guess that’s where you are. heck, when i report weather, i generally say “in the sleepy hollow part of falls church” so as to distinguish from the western parts and falls church city….
Here!
Wait……There!
…and everywhere?
Yes, we’re from everywhere.
Yea. We got some stuff trying to organize up this way.
Life saving.
where?!?! you can’t make a weather report w/o including your location. jeepers. are you guys messing with me?
We know where you get your wind maps. We know you geek for snow. We know your opinion on the bible and the people that subscribe its way. We know your wife likes white bean chili.
And you can’t bother to know where peeps live?
damn, kon. that’s impressive “backstory” knowledge – especially the white bean chili bit.
sorry… guess i need to get a spreadsheet going or something.
A spreadsheet? lol
ehh
k0n=Dallas (Ithink)
it’s been gloomy and doomy here in nova for at least the past 3 day. annoying thing is the rain has been so light and misty, that we’re actually falling behind on rain. i don’t mind falling behind on rain when it’s sunny and beautiful out there, but gloomy and doomy and falling behind is annoying
After living in Myrtle Beach for years, going back to where i was born, NoVa, you recognize how cloudy and dreary it is there. I need the sunshine.
so, myrtle, now?
Yes, since 1988
Happy Sunday!
No happy vibes returned? Bunch of curmudgeons up here this morning LOL
Happy Happy
Hpy Hpy
Driving home after dark last night, it’s so warm (and we were having showers) that the toads were out on the road by the hundreds.
This morning on the way to town, the racoons were capitalizing on this phenomenon.
Hip hop, hippity hip hop, and ya don’t stop…….the circle of life, A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh……..
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Lol
Just scrolled down, and regretted it. For F’s sake, lighten up a little.
different day, same old shit from the same old peeps
it does get tiring
RIP
Emma Chambers, British actress, 53
Richard Taylor, Nobel-winning physicist who helped discover quarks, dies at 88
Nanette Fabray, 3-time Emmy winner as Sid Caesar’s comic foil on TV, dies at 97
Bollywood actress Sridevi dead at 54
Busy couple of days for the Grim Reaper
https://twitter.com/PFF_EricEager/status/967455618582925314
Seriously?
Fwiw, Geno only has one bar on his antenna….his cellphone may be fucked up.
Read two or three different reports that Norman is disgruntled and wants out . Supposedly linked to the Patriots . I’ll believe that when I see it.
They’ll pay a mint for him… cause that contract is fat. They’d have to pay us a hefty sum, too. I don’t see that happening.
Me either . I can’t see the Skins cutting him lose . No Fuller or Breeland.
I just can’t see them paying what it’ll cost
He came here for the money. He’s 30 and costs a fortune, I don’t see anybody giving us enough to make it worth our while to trade him.
Something about a third round pick from the Pats . It’s BS . LaCanfora
That sounds like something the Pats would do… not us.
…but to get out of that contract…. might be onto something.
Claiming he hates the FO and wants out .
That’s not such a stretch
Besides Flounder, who doesnt
Yea I don’t see that. Who the hell are we trotting out at CB next year? Dunbar and Moreau as starters. Nah…
They’d resign Breeland first
Pats aren’t dumb enough to take the contract we gave him.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e1cbaac9a192374adfe6b5d6ed69687a541e455a052397e1bf41b2549efae291.jpg
http://www.duck-dogs.com/bubba%20teeth.JPG
You’re welcome.
https://twitter.com/RobbieDuncanOL/status/967580473970085889
Someone wants to win a championship…
It’s gonna be hard to pass for 4,000 yards with all this pie on my face – Kirk
…but look at my bank account!
Money ain’t er’rytang.
That’s what he said… so I guess we’ll see.
Yeah, if I had banked 40 whatever mil, and knew I was gonna get at least that much more over the next couple years….. I’m after some glory.
Don’t you play the game for championships?
I would guess, if you’d risen to that level (NFL)
Would Bortles really have gotten more than that on the open market though? He’s not all that highly regarded. Certainly not as highly regarded as Kirk
No . He isn’t worth any more than he got . Not buying he accepted less money for the good of the team
Kon and scamp, go back to your neutral corners, pls.
Sorry boss… shakin’ the bush boss.
J/k
Self censored…
Many gun owners aren’t NRA members. I go back and forth on it. My dad has always been a member. They are bad about begging for money. I am going to renew my membership because of all of the nonsense ans misinformation they are fighting against. They have a noble purpose.
It amazes me that the ACLU aren’t fighting hand in hand with the NRA. They would if they weren’t the hypocrites that they are.
Hey… those gun owners that aren’t NRA can’t afford to travel so they don’t count.
I don’t know what he was talking about . Just should have said he was wrong or misspoke . It ain’t that hard .
That dude thinks he’s some sort of genius.
If it wasn’t so god damn sad watching you shove your foot in your mouth, it’d be funny.
I feel sorry for you. Your momma must be ashamed
Oh. You want to drag family into it eh.
Damn Scamp…be a bit more of a piece of shit why don’t ya.
Don’t go cry to the blog handlers when this shit comes back at you like all your other pussy buddies on here.
Yea, they went crying to Alex about getting what they give… and they are your better half. I can only imagine how you’ll be crying later.
I was a member once years ago. You are right about the money they called the house all the time . That was before cell phones .
So how about Bortles ? I originally thought they were on the hook for 19 million ,
I don’t think they were… but I’m not following the Jaguars very closely
Does it really amaze you? The ACLU is as liberal an organization as you’ll find.
Actually they’re not liberal at all. They supported the rights of Nazis to march and whatnot. They are entirely focused on supporting civil rights, whoever is asserting them.
Whatever you say
Simply the truth.
From you?
Doubtful
You wouldn’t know it if it bit you on your fat ass, would you?
Butt hurt again…
Sad
I’m sure you’ll get over it. Cheer up.
Unfortunately for you stupid isn’t something you can get over.
No, it’s not, which is why it’s impossible to talk to you.
The ACLU represented the leader of the white nationalists in Charlottesville, supporting the right of the white nationalists to protest. Pretty liberal, right?
D_C… I’m not sure how I can make this any more plain to you. I don’t believe a word that comes out of your mouth, no one takes you seriously, and you are a waste of 3 brain cells.
Good day.
What you believe has absolutely no relationship with reality. Ignorance makes you comfortable in your idiot world view. As you say — sad.
Yawn…
no one
Actually. the NRA and ACLU were in agreement about the mental health ban last year. ACLU maintained it was a civil rights issue and unfairly stigmatized people with mental health issues.
Yahtzee!
To be more specific, social security beneficiaries with mental disabilities, that had received counseling on how to manage their benefits from the SS administration. Approximately 80,000. The proposed rule would have violated both their 2nd, and 4th amendment rights.
if you want to stop illegal immigration, just mow the grass!
– Pelosi
I’m doing my part then .
she has to be one of the most insane members of Congress ever
I can’t watch her .
She’s lost her mind
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/22569038/jacksonville-jaguars-reach-3-year-extension-qb-blake-bortles
I think you are wrong Flounder
They already picked up his 5th year option in May .
No , I am wrong . They way I am reading , they could have cut him before March 14th , then they wouldn’t be on the hook for the money . I Think. You are right .
I hate IKEA just spent 5 hours putting furniture together.
Yeah, that instruction sheet is tough, eh?
So much for the Jaguars going after Kirk.
Jaguars reach 3-year, $54M deal with QB Blake Bortles, source says
I don’t think they had many choices . They were on the hook for at least 19 million for this coming season .
I am a little surprised they extended him though .
No they weren’t they could have cut him for no cap hit.
Then I misunderstood it . Not the way I have read it .
Pretty weird since they could have easily afforded Kirk, maybe they weren’t impressed.
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These are a list of cities/places that will be COLDER than the *North Pole* on Sunday (tomorrow) morning.
North Pole: 35F / 1.7C
Sacramento, CA: 34F
Chicago, IL: 31F
Amarillo, TX: 29F
Venice, Italy: 30F
London, UK: 29F
Seoul, SK: 24F
Paris, France: 27F
Mauna Kea, Hawaii: 19F
had this couples anniversary BS thing today with a bunch of friends we have had basically all our lives . They ran this slideshow on a DVD from a bunch of old pictures going back 30 years . Weddings , parties , birthdays , whatever . About 6 couples there and all the men had mullets and flat stomach’s . All the women had “big hair ” . Let me tell you we don’t look like that now . Laughed our asses off .
At least I do have hair. nobody else did .
Flat stomach , not .
Just found a Shimano ultralite graphite pole at DSG for $12 on clearance, WOOT!
Woot indeed
whats happening
Ole’ Red?
yeah , that’s him
We should ban him.
No , he’s too funny .
He’s an outlaw, they’d never catch him.
Joining Hertz — Symantec, Delta, United, and Metlife have cut ties with the NRA.
MetLife
Hertz
National
Symantec
First National bank
Enterprise
Allied Van Lines
North American Van Lines
Chubb
Alamo
SimpliSafe
Wyndham Hotels
Best Western
Delta Airlines
United Airlines
TrueCar
Avis
Budget
at the gun show today the line to sign up for the NRA was longer than the line to pay to go into the gun show
I’d have thought everyone at the gun show already belonged.
Most gun owners don’t belong to the NRA. I think people over estimate the lobbying power of the NRA.
yes I read your quotes earlier today Scamp. Also all these corporations distancing themselves from the NRA doesn’t mean that all their employees will.
I wonder how many people will actually use those companies simply because they distanced themselves from the NRA. Conversely I wonder how many people will boycott them for it.
given the divide in our country between the Democrats and the Republicans I’d say it would probably be a wash 50% will avoid & 50% will use their services
I would bet that both are relatively small numbers.
that I believe. Most people don’t give a f***
Probably mostly for show
the political arguments that we get into up here are not Of any concern to the masses trust me on this. There’s a fraction of our nation that is interested in politics or at least interested enough to know the difference between the parties and to discuss in the way we do up here. very small.
We do have a spirited and passionate bunch here.
you would be wrong DCat
Charlie Campbell saying that teams view Maurice Hurst as a 2nd round prospect. Be pretty sweet to get him there.
http://www.walterfootball.com/nflhotpress/article/Survey%20of%20Teams%20Projects%20Maurice%20Hurst%20to%20Day%202
Payne in the first, Hurst in the second I don’t care who they take afterwards
That would be quite a D line…
Allen coming back, yes….id be happy with that
Settle from VT is intriguing, too, if we don’t land Vea or Payne.
Or……. he’s the next PotRoast
Just 10 minutes into King Arthur Legend of the Sword…I’ve decided to watch the rest to find out just how much stupid it might get.
Trust me man… you don’t need to get any more stupid
But then that way someone here will finally understand you.
You’ll never understand me, liberals can’t think above a 3rd grade level… and I’m at least at a 5th grade level.
Rack once. Shoot twice. Gotta be hell on a home invader eh.
NATO Stormtroopers
Don’t they knock?
Shoot the blue ones!
NATO and the UN are coming? Well god damn. Maybe I do need more guns.
I’m joking. You don’t remember that conspiracy theory?
I guess I’m not up to speed on conspiracy theories.
I know about H.A.R.P, chemtrails, Obama is Kenya, 9/11 inside job, Bilderberg, cure for cancer is locked in big pharma’s file cabinet….something something underground lizard people run the world.
I don’t know anything about shooting the blue ones.
Obama’s bringing NATO in…..FEMA camps…….N.W.O.? C’mon man, that’s a classic.
FEMA camps. Right. Forgot that one.
Fake moonlanding too.
Isn’t there one about the Kennedy assassination too?
Yeah, that’s a Golden Oldie
Wait… underground lizard people run the world?!?!
LET’S GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE!!!
Dems call for travel ban on all NRA members wishing to travel in rental cars.
Take away their Driver’s Licenses as well. Because America!
exact reason gun owners don’t want a national registry list . there will never be common ground .
damn it’s in the low-80s I’m going to have to turn the air conditioning on
Just shoot some holes in the wall so the ocean breeze can blow through.
Damn. That sucks.
49°F and sunny here!
Seriously though, did you pull the trigger on the DP-12?
not yet gun show is tomorrow as well trying to convince my wife to let me spend $1,200
From what I’ve heard, stay away from the SRM 12-16. That’s the rotary one. Only thing I see that’s iffy about the DP-12 is the safety. It can only be switched to safe after you rack rounds into the chamber/s. That’s just my opinion. It’s fuckin’ nasty, no doubt about it. I recommend watching some reviews of your choices and determining what works for you. Recoil vs. weight is important with anything above low brass #6.
Kel-Tec is cheaper and more proven. You’re restricted to 2 ¾ shells with either. Holds 2 less.
thank you my friend
np
This sprint skating stuff is interesting to watch. Never having been an ice skater it’s deceiving how fast these guys are going. From the pull away shot they don’t look too fast. But when they put that camera right near the track in a still position those guys and girls are flying by.
Up to 36 MPH. On skates.
That’s wild. Can’t imagine that.
Those barriers around the rink are super thick. When there’s a wipe out in a turn, they go flying into those pads. Sometimes, they end up under the things.
Yea, I was watching some of those girls hit that thing… flying across the ice limbs in all directions. SMACK… that pad buckles pretty well.
They did things differently in Sochi
https://i.imgur.com/CchmJdy.gif
She’s out on her feet, concussion protocol!
Just watched the highlights from the men’s mass start race. That was pretty cool! I’d like to see that with a national teams elimination format with four teams lined up for the final.
Mid-morning nap. Just what I needed.
And what’s this I see….sunshine?
Holy crap! Sunshine!
Pretty sure it’s a rain mirage.
Cousins seems to have painted himself into a bit of a corner, rhetorically speaking. He says his main thing is that he wants to play for a winner — more so than making maximum dollars. So if he goes to a place like Denver for less money, he looks good there. But previously he said he felt it was his duty to future QBs to maximize his contract, so if he takes less he’s letting down future QBs, per his own words. Sort of a Catch-22 situation. OTOH, he’ll be making 10s of millions of dollars so he probably doesn’t give a shit. 🙂
102 words you’ll never get back…….
https://twitter.com/Hertz/status/967132184439066626
We have notified Hertz that we are ending our patronage of their car rental service
-5 million NRA members and many more gun owners
The accountants have already done the numbers.
That’s why dozens and dozens of companies are ending the relationship.
And don’t think they’re going to give a care about non-members. If they don’t pony up the cash to be in the NRA, they’re probably not traveling much anyway.
If they don’t pony up the cash to be in the NRA, they’re probably not traveling much anyway…
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This is a ridiculous statement. A gun owner that doesn’t belong to the NRA won’t travel? Sure man… whatever you say.
That’s right man. Whatever I say.
..is typically moronic.
There, finished it for you
…and just to back that up… only about 5% of gun owners belong to the NRA… so 95% of gun owners aren’t going to travel. Absurd
Reading comprehension. Get some.
Pretty easy to read what you said… I even quoted it for you.
Let me guess… you’re D_C
facts matter to everyone except those with a particular agenda
WTF dude ? You are just plain wrong on that one and you should admit it .
Wrong about what Buck?
Combine coming up this week. Finally, something to quench my football thirst
https://twitter.com/PLeonardNYDN/status/967404547500118017
I can’t wait to see how this all unfolds. Should be fun to watch
F mara
https://twitter.com/JReidDraftScout/status/967443550035234817
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A law enforcement source told KABC-TV in Los Angeles that Martin is now being held in a mental health facility.
so I’m at the Myrtle Beach gun and knife show and I found one I want.
Standard Mfg. Co. DP-12. The DP-12 is a bullpup-style, pump-action, side-by-side, 12-ga. shotgun with dual magazine tubes.
Git er done
This is a badass shotgun
Double barrel pump?
Yesss
Duuude
http://www.stdgun.com/dp-12-double-barrel-pump-shotgun/
You better practice with it.
Of course
Boom Boom rack Boom Boom rack Boom Boom rack.
Safety is funny too.
you don’t recommend? I’m having a hard time convincing my wife to let me spend the 1200 on it
For what purpose?
killing anyone that breaks into my home that doesn’t belong there
I’m guessing you probably already have a small arsenal that would cover that?
you can never have enough.
That’s pussy. Not guns.
I mean…you don’t really need it, right?
Need versus want. Water and shelter and food are all we really need. Everything else is a want
Do you want it bad enough to use it enough to keep your wife from bitching about it? Maybe I’m just lazy, lol
They finally changed the comments section on insider. Bullock took a stab on how to address OL in FA
Meh… no thanks
Good read on top 5 Redskins salaries… seems to me Reed is stealing money at this point:
http://www.nbcsports.com/washington/redskins/need-know-five-highest-paid-2018-redskins-0
A balmy 36 degrees here in sunny SoCal this morning…
74 here
Sounds nice…
We’re up in the 50’s now…
When Monty Python faces off against GOT:
https://www.facebook.com/ScreenJunkies/videos/10156082162007403/?t=65
So now you have to watch GoT to see where those scenes are from.
That was D_C, “well I didn’t vote for you!”
When Hamsters run amok:
BREAKING: Deputies: Man assaulted clerk with corn dog
http://www.fox5atlanta.com/local-news/deputies-man-assaulted-clerk-with-corn-dog
Click bait!
It’s in Florida. Could be Noone
Deputies covered the building from across the street as the assailant fled the scene.
True story…
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That’s Texans for ya
Chemistry humor…
https://www.facebook.com/ChrisBrecheensWritingAboutWriting/photos/a.294173680691941.64088.290072384435404/1464988586943772/?type=3
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No corn for you!
pfft
https://youtu.be/eUdGfplrbKU
https://youtu.be/uRyM1ujSwrM
https://youtu.be/VZwGxySwwZ4
http://survival-capsule.com/
Yea man. Coming back and closing the door to your car, was the right thing to do. Good job!
Ikr
Catch of the year in Egypt…
https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/967278125695553537
If he’d have been hiding behind his car……never would’ve made that catch.
Meanwhile in Greece…
https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/967402000269783047
Ain’t nobody naked……..fail.
No way Germany isn’t WTFing that sight.
USA. Pure curling gold!
Do you believe in miracles?
eyeha downt bileavvv in the doping, hunnhest enjun.
Lightweight, detachable bulletproof school desktops.
School desks that transform into a bulletproof capsule.
The Redskins always have a knack for getting rid of draft picks, as opposed to accumulating them.
When was the last time we had a compensatory pick? I can’t even remember.
ikr
– F Mara
Me either. We’re ranked 28th, since they started the program.
http://www.nbcsports.com/washington/washington-redskins/why-dont-the-redskins-get-compensatory-draft-picks
Enough already with the rain
I’m with you. Back yard is a swamp. At least it’s warmer.
I hope the mosquitoes are flourishing…..:)
They’re out
I’ll bet, with a swamp in your yard.
Truck in a few tandem loads of fill, you’ll have the only domed yard in the neighborhood.
Back yard was a lake yesterday. Now just soggy. System finally working itself out of Austin.
We had some rain, not as much as the week before.
Gonna build me an ark. Before it’s too late.
(bunch’a pallets tied to 55 gallon drums with baling wire, built in hookah.)
Was thinking something a little more water-tight. With decks.
But the hookah is a keeper.
Thinking and doing, though…….. better let me fabricate it, you can inspect the hull and bulkhead welds after, you’ll still have a brand-new paint marker when you’re done. Your ark will have UT OK written all over it.
Fiberglass hull is going to be a lot damn faster to build
It probably won’t hold up to the floating debris, though. If you don’t believe me, check out some footage of the Tsunami in Japan.
Looks okay to me
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/japan-earthquake/cms/binary/4477532.jpg?size=640×420
Lol
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91ysso2F0qL._SY450_.jpg
Not made from American Corn? Fail.
Lol
This place is empty.
I feel as lonely as the last leaf on a tree before winter!
JUMP!
I’m working…. mostly
heyo. Let’s talk guns
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Change one letter…….what that ladyboy told you in Bangkok. MWAHAHAHA!
Pretty good gun control editorial by a FL Republican Congressman (a veteran who lost his legs in Afghanistan).
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/opinion/brian-mast-assault-weapons-ban.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region
“pretty good”? It’s better than anything you could hope to muster, on Wednesday, with a full night’s rest, and the world’s largest and most powerful search engine at your finger tips.
I had to take away a few points because it’s in the failing New York Times.
But it’s quoted text, right? The Times is simply a vehicle. Thanks for the bit of psychological Intel, though, entering it into your jacket now.
Well, it’s an editorial, so the NYT editorial board chose to run it.
If they didn’t, someone else would. Maybe even your beloved WaPoop.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-hands-out-compensatory-picks-for-2018-nfl-draft-cowboys-packers-big-winners/
Cowboys get 4 picks, we get nada
Seems that way every season.
Yes it does. No one knows the exact formula, but it looks very subjective to me. if you read the article the Cowboys and Packers are the winners of this Doling out of extra draft picks.
We’re aware of the situation and prefer to sign other people’s FAs, so in a way, we’re also contributing to the overall process – Bruce
Lmao!
yes by signing former cowgirls, helps them to receive extra compensatory picks. You are precisely correct.
We do our part!
What kind of pussies are the Broward County Sheriff’s Department hiring down there? I have a few Good Ole Boys in the neighborhood that would have done a better job, including myself!
Happy Saturday!
Hpy Hpy
Who the hell thinks up a strategy to establish a perimeter instead of to eliminate the threat, when shots are already being fired and kids are dying? BULLSHIT, that ended with Columbine……IN 1999. “Guess Broward didn’t get the email” ain’t gonna fly.
That being said, Corral Springs PD did reportedly attempt to neutralize the threat, though he escaped them by running out with the other students. So, 18 calls to Broward County Sheriff’s Dept. about Cruz in the past few years……
https://twitter.com/KegsnEggs/status/967251389444390913
RIP
Actress Nanette Fabray dead at age 97
Alright kids… off to the hot tub…
Enjoy your evening.
Speaking of the Henson/Cravens story:
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2018/02/23/robert-henson-mistrust-lingers-between-cravens-redskins-front-office/
This is worth the read by the way
Rumpled’d.
My last take on this situation was that whatever else you may feel about the situation or the way it went down; I don’t think Cravens has the physical makeup to be an NFL SS. If 1 season and a training camp was too much wear and tear and exacted lingering long term health effects…well it’s not like the job will get less physical as time goes on. Rather not have another Jordan Reed on the team.
https://twitter.com/MrMichaelLee/status/967241334791778309
I don’t think I would trust a bunch of Md, bureaucrat’s with my 10 million dollars , but good on him regardless . his heart is in the right place .
Michael Lee’s tweet is mistaken. Durant is making a 10mill investment to open a local chapter of something called “College Track”. It’s sort of a public-private partnership with public school kids, but it’s not a 10mill check for PG County schools.
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I’d be curious to know how Henson has more knowledge about the situation than guys that were actually on the team and have played with Susie .
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Well, Henson was a linebacker for the Skins… my guess is these guys know each other. I haven’t heard any other people comment on the situation… my guess is also that if they ARE employed by the Skins, if they wanted to keep their job, they would keep quiet.
…but like I said… it seemed to me that Mr. Henson had an ax to grind… and it seems he’s been grinding on this same ax for a while now.
That’s probably true . I noticed every current player that comments on it , say they don’t know the whole story . I remember when Henson played for the Skins and I have seen his Twitter feed . He does seem like he has an axe to grind , I agree
It’s pretty funny how Twitter allows you to have conversations with people that would normally be too famous to give you the time of day. I’ve talked to Dale Earnhardt Jr, several Redskins, and Kevin Durant… one other famous person I can’t remember right now.
That’s very cool .
was it me?
That’s It! It was some guy from The Biggest Loser!
zing !!! Drums playing .
Badumbum Tssss
There are better ways to meet the police than this: a Florida woman is accused of pleasuring herself on a cop’s arm. Nicole Shankster, 34, was booked late last Tuesday on disorderly intoxication in a public place and battery on a law enforcement officer, according to Pinellas County jail records.
Cops said Shankster acted out that day. And by acted out we mean masturbated. A female police officer said she tried to stop her, but the suspect “did intentionally sexually satisfy herself on my left arm and lick my right arm while I was restraining her from masturbating while in police custody.”
This shit is pretty weird.
http://www.worldwideweirdnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/police-2-16.jpg
The ole girl was horny it seems .
How come I’ve never seen a girl pleasuring herself at a bus stop ? Don’t seem fair
Stay away from bus stops
That’s a terrible haircut .
Iconic “lot lizard” haircut. Christina Ricci, in Blacksnake Moan, lol
Original police procedures called for responding officers to set up a perimeter and contain during a shooting event
Now the procedure is to aggressively confront any shooter as quickly as possible
sounds like police in So FL were not up to speed on what to do
The latest is that an additional three officers were on the scene and did not enter the building at the school shooting in Parkland, FL.
Fantastic….so much for FL law enforcement……
Broward Co is going to get sued to death . They failed in so many ways .
Where did you hear that?
Was this article re: Su’a Cravens posted earlier? Interesting comment from former Redskins linebacker Robert Henson about Cravens not trusting the training staff.
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2018/02/23/robert-henson-mistrust-lingers-between-cravens-redskins-front-office/
I had a long discussion with Henson on twitter about his mistrust of the training staff. He certainly had an axe to grind. He may be right but it certainly seems like he had an agenda
He said the same thing about Mason Foster by the way… I asked him “then why is he all on board with the Skins now?” He had a number of reasons.
Here’s the end of the conversation… I’ll try to find the rest:
https://twitter.com/Mr_Henson51/status/958557806898147329
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Exactly… they lied to Mason and when found out he was pissed and told truth about them
Robert Henson added,
Scott Campbell @limowreck
Replying to @Mr_Henson51
That’s f’d up.
There was a lot more to it than this. He said something about Foster not liking them… I said he must not be too mad he just signed an extension. he said guys can use their own trainers… there was more to it
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Robert Henson Retweeted Scott Campbell
Fully expected him to being how entrenched he is here, players have the right to go outside of the training staff to receive treatment smartass 😂😂
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Scott Campbell @limowreck
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Mason Foster just re signed… must not be THAT much mistrust.
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Not being a smartass. Just common sense to those outside the scene. You posted money bags… would he trade his potential health for dollars? He could get money elsewhere
He responded with “Players are always trading their health for money.” I said I get that… that wasn’t my point. He could probably get the same money elsewhere with better trainers. He said his family and home are here…
I’d be curious to know how Henson has more knowledge about the situation than guys that were actually on the team and have played with Susie .
Thanks for sharing.
I hate doing planks but at least they don’t take up much time. I try to do a 2-minute plank 3x a day. Morning, mid-day, and evening.
Mo says C Baker will be brought back . I think they got tired of his mouth , but that’s just a hunch I had .
I tend to forget.
Forget why they got rid of him ?
De Monet
Edit: I thought you meant why the Skins got rid of him.
Shit that Moe says, he’s always reminding me.
Huh? What?
Just a joke… remembering one of Moe’s post opening lines.
Me, too. Both of us said we had CRS.
Nah… won’t happen
Saw a story about the Cowardly Cop that didn’t enter the school as the rampage went on for 8 minutes. http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-florida-shooting-resource-officer-20180222-story.html
I support more stringent psychological evaluations and tougher academy for LEOs, if that means higher taxes to support better wages, so be it. Raise the wage, be more selective.
The cop in Florida made upwards of 75,000 in 2016.
I am not familiar with what they make, hence the “if”. They need to be better vetted.
That being said, $75k isn’t good money for the job requirements, IMO. In Broward, ect.
They make WAY more than that in San Diego
Then be more selective.
That is a tough one, BC. Shortage of LEOs in Albuquerque–even with the bonuses offered at recruitment. (5k bonus if I’m correct…5k for that job is a joke)
Yeah, it probably is tough. They may need to do some sort of ROTC thing.
How long is the police academy? 8 weeks?
Found this:
The length of time required to complete academy training averaged 19 weeks as of 2006, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The Memphis Police Department Academy usually takes 21 weeks to complete, while San Diego’s program lasts six months.
That seems somewhat more reasonable. I would say 6 months at least. Active shooter training should be required and ongoing
They need something to test their salt, their decision making under duress. Maybe they have this already and just mail it in?
I didn’t know that , was just fixing to say they’re underpaid .
Trained cop was useless, but we’re gonna am the English teachers.
Dez would make a fine Redskin
–moe
Um…
no
I still see Mo over there posting from time to time . I don’t know what he gets out of it . Bunch of weirdo’s who say the same things over and over . Snyder this , Snyder that.
Kinda too bad moe doesn’t drop by here occasionally. He had some decent football related material to share.
Yeah his did . I don’t what the deal is . Doesn’t make much sense to me but to each his own .
Is Jonathan Martin the guy that was supposedly bullied by Incognito?
Yeah . He’s out of FB I think .
Yep. That’s “Big Weirdo.”
So now he threatened a high school?
Wow…
I don’t think he is playing with a full deck . Probably ought to be looked into before he is the next guy to go on a rampage
Well, you better hope they are looking at any guns this guy may have. Heard they took him into custody.
Just reading it . Sounds unstable .
CTE woudn’t surprise me.
No comp picks for the Redskins this year. Act surprised.
Saw that… not shocked a bit.
Cow patties got four picks….
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e02014e3f0c75f0d84d32006aaf429970fd61c7c1f6d3d4f41556f67b55ace21.jpg
That looks like my Weimeraner… guess they all look alike
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pUQDUWmj1Ak/T36EzwErnwI/AAAAAAAAAnY/uLPOhY7o-TI/s1600/Funny+Dog-04.jpg
Buck tooth coon hounds . ha ha ha
You gotta laugh at that . Hilarious
Hey, they look just like their master… Always wondered why you were called Big Buck.
Ha ha . That pic has been on the net for years . It’s been on peoples cell phones and everywhere else . Always makes me laugh . Every time .
What’s up, kids?
Samey same… you?
Been up on the mountain skiing all morning. Fresh snow, blue skies, cold but not windy. Left when the clouds rolled in and winds picked up. Supposed to have a big storm coming through over the weekend. I have a midweek pass so I’m hoping for epic conditions next week. CA and WA schools were off all week so the resort had more customers than usual. Next week it should just be locals. Might get 6 inches here in town. That usually means a foot or two in the mountains. 🙂
Where were you skiing at? Miss skiing…
Mt. Bachelor in Oregon. 25 miles west of Bend.
Sounds like fun…
It is but you’d hate Bend. Overrun with retirees from California.
Though, there aren’t too many places you can ski in the morning, go for a mountain bike ride in the afternoon, and then stand-up paddle board or kayak the river in the late afternoon/early evening.
Been to Oregon plenty… you can almost put up with the communism if it isn’t too crowded.
Just go east of Bend a couple of miles and there’s nothing until you hit Idaho.
…and then there’s still nothing. Idaho was one of the places I considered moving to… but the cold. Has some GREAT fly fishing
Forgot to add… then wash it all down with a locally brewed beer.
Jonathan Martin reminds me of those kids that were bullied in school. Jeremy spoke in class today
Too soon.
Great song, though.
I remember picking on the boy
Seemed a harmless little f*ck
Ooh but we unleashed the lion
Gnashed his teeth and bit the recess lady’s breast
How could I forget
He hit me with a surprise left
My jaw left hurting
Eyes wide open
How could I forget
I’m not sure that’s totally right. But great song.
Ooooooo, but we unleashed a lion!
Gnashed his teeth and bit the recess ladies breast
Eddie got his ass kicked, lol.
I once saw a kid getting bullied stab the bully in his thigh with a #2 pencil and then run like hell, hilariously clever. He timed it with the bell. The school couldn’t stop him before his bus left. 3rd grade, I think it was.
Good!
Some kid tried to start bullying me in middle school for a couple of days.
A few days later, I wore my steel-toed boots to school, He started in. Kicked him square in the nads and told him never to fuck with me again. Cried like a baby and never did. We actually became somewhat friendly in high school (I was definitely in more a popular group in high school and he wasn’t, so I didn’t want to be mean to him).
Popular group…hmmm…wonder what that was like….
Wasn’t meant to mean anything…. just context.
Went to more affluent schools, and was always the poorest kid. In elementary/middle school, kids were more mean. As I got older, like in HS and college, being poorer meant less and less.
No, I get it. It was just self-deprecating humor, because I most definitely was not anyone’s idea of “popular” back then.
What’s important to people changes over time. Generally, for the better. Orange Crush Cheers and have a great weekend!
At home drawing pictures
Of mountaintops
With him on top
Lemon yellow sun
Arms raised in a V
As the dead lay in pools of maroon below
No mention of an assault rifle……
And there’s a good reason for that.
Think he may be pulling for Pitt.
Surprised he caught it
LOL. Took all day to shoot that….
Haha
🎤 drop
Ok…… goddammit, take 68, and we’re rolling…….
I’m sure he was, too
Austin
Agreed on SPerine
Plus he’s got great hands too
Nothing more than a hunch, but I think he’s smart, persistent and durable.
To be honest, I was not impressed with our O-Line’s ability to open up running lanes. Would love to add Quenton Nelson, Will Hernandez or the LG from Georgia to the team.
I think it’s a little early for some folks to judge him based on a rookie season with an Oline that had zero consistency. I think he could very well do that job if the o line stays healthy. That seems to be a big if…
That was be a pleasant development. He certainly had spurts. Holding onto the ball really skewed many a views of his potential…
He was basically learning how to run when not in the shotgun
Another good point
Wynn
How screwed up is FL?
Gov basically closed the DMV and forced the county tax assessors office to assume that role
The tax assessors office actually do a better job, but the state reimbursement is so low they lose money on the deal
my county is the only tax assessor office to offer SAT office hours in the whole state
the offices are now so crowded from out of county residents they are cutting the hours and number of offices being open, plus only taking county residents because all the business has driven too far into the red like $3M projected for 2018
I found where the truly dumb people go to ask questions, Quora
Bet to differ.
-TheHogSty
former Dolphin OL Jonathan Martin taken into custody after posting disturbing stuff on Interweb
threaten violence and tagged his high school in Instagram post
Was he trying to do while remaining incognito?
well the police are a bit touchy about that subject right now
“The post included the words, “When you’re a bully victim & a coward, your options are suicide, or revenge.” It had the hashtags #MiamiDolphins and #HarvardWestlake. It also included an image of a shotgun and shells.
Martin tagged Mike Pouncey and Richie Incognito in the post. He accused his former Dolphins teammates of bullying him when the three played together in Miami.”
-PFT
*Harvard Westlake was his High School, which was closed today.
Quiet day in here.
Yeah not much happening right now
Combine will ratchet things up
so would a Kirk Cousins trade
or the signing of RG3 to a futures deal
Not enough lotion for the second one-dc
He’s ineligible for a futures deal, I believe. No such luck.
Let’s talk about something really controversial
I’ll start:
I think Perine will rush for 1,000+ yards this season.
I don’t, principally because I think there’ll be a new starter this year.
depends….
Last week, my brother asked me if I wanted to go to a local bar that was hosting a band open mic night. The house band is smoking hot. Very tight with a wide range of what they can play. He was just kicking back, looking to see if there might be a bass player he could recruit, since their bass player can’t commit to the gig schedule any more.
Saw a couple of acts that were pretty good, but then the talent started to decline. We were just about to leave before the next band came up, and i told him to hang on for a sec. They were doing Led Zeppelin covers. Lead vocalist sucked, guitar was okay, drummer sucked, but the bassist was shredding it.
She was a tall, slender, beautiful Asian woman (Chinese) who was just killing it. Turns out when rock and roll was finally allowed to be heard in China, she immediately jumped on learning how to play bass and John Paul Jones from Zeppelin was her idol.
He sent her about 6 songs to learn, and she auditioned last night. Crushed it. So she’s on board and the band will have a very interesting look.
John Paul Jones is one of the most underrated bassists of all time.
I’m sure having a beautiful women in a rock band won’t have any effect on sales.
-Female Irish Punk Rock Band Members
” the bassist was shredding it.
She was a tall, slender, beautiful Asian woman (Chinese) who was just killing it”
———————
damn…. that’s enchanting.
Yeah she has a very hot look. Her bass was like a brushed stainless steel bass, and she was wearing a pewter leather outfit.
Talking to my brother today, he said she was very excited to gig regularly. Kind of like a dream fulfilled.
This is not her, but she’s kinda in this ballpark:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_4bgLD2zR5o/UHBF-GJajdI/AAAAAAAALeU/0Qa5iSyUKI4/s0/beautiful-asian-model-1920×1080.jpg
Slow day… no gun talk to liven the place up
Mike Jones @ByMikeJones 8m8 minutes ago
Source confirms Rams have traded for Chiefs CB Marcus Peters. Deal becomes official at start of the league year.
I wouldn’t go further than a 4th for that whiny pain in the ass.
“Gucci turbans provoke fury from Sikhs”
maybe we were better off when we didn’t know what we were all doing.
The goods news? There’s a shop or thousand in India-China that’s firing up the fake Gucci turban-making machines.
Louis Vuitton turbans on the other hand….
Steam-driven Turbans
Johnny Quest theme turbans
Hadji!
Dick Durban Turbans
I was about to throw out another women’s fashion label when it occurred to me that it sucks that I even know these things.
i’m just so glad not to be wondering about our qb for the next several years. who the hell cares about what whatever qbs are signing for? we’ve go ours.
https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/967103934061047808
https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/967098992453660672
They’ve got to be giving up a lot to get Peters. 19 INTs in three years.
Curious to see what the compensation will be
He’s on the last year of his rookie deal. Probably agreed to some kind of extension.
I reckon he became expendable because of Fuller. GRRRR
Or they grew sick of him and the drama he brought
What’s drama?
–Kirk
shoulda traded Cousins at the end of 2012. the Cleveland Browns game and the end of the Baltimore Browns game was about what… Matt Flynn did… right?
https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/967097895928451072
Wow!
Peters is one of those defenders from U. Washington who’s no good because it’s such a soft division.
Meanwhile on Wall St…
http://www.horace.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/book-buy-sell-sell-sm.jpg
wall street is about putting money in for 30-40 years and not paying too much attention to it, maybe make adjustments as you get closer to retirement
unless you really make bank, but then the money is as an Angel investor/Venture so you get to cut sweet deals and screw the pink sheets investors
AND/OR
you’re playing with someone else’s money and getting a cut no matter what
Jaguars cut Chris Ivory.
What next? Maybe the Bucs will cut Doug Martin?
move him to FB!?!
AustinSkin SCamp • 9 minutes ago
We shall overcomb?
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Well Done!
https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/967057873128886273
Told you… that’s some funny shit.
i’ve oft-remarked how trump will be the first president in my memory not to go gray during his presidency.
it’s amazing how, for regular people, the presidency grays them. it’s the hardest job in the world.
So, by your analogy, Obama was a JAG?
he went gray. what do you mean?
Perhaps the more pertinent question is, what do YOU mean?
i mean:
1) US president is the hardest job in the world
2) trump dyes his hair (we’ll talk about the pathetic comb-over later) so it won’t go gray.
Odds that Walter has a comb-over?
I say 95%
my lovely wife cuts my hair these days. a simple #2 blade all over. easy peasy.
So just on the sides and back, then?
she has thought about and experimented with the #2 for the lower part and #3 for the top. she’s tried that a couple of times. i don’t think she is confident enough to do the #2 -#3 transition. frankly, if she thinks my hair looks fine, i don’t give a shit what it looks like.
That’s where I am.
So people that dye their hair are irregular?
i believe the term was “irrational”. and i would say, yes. let your hair be the color it is, or, actually, whatever the f color you want it to be.
“i’ve oft-remarked how trump will be the first president in my memory not to go gray during his presidency.”
“it’s amazing how, for regular people, the presidency grays them. it’s the hardest job in the world.” – Walter
Just a question. You don’t have to answer it if you don’t want to.
zig,
you don’t get it?!?!?! trump dyes his hair orange. i don’t think that’s normal for presidents…. though upon reflection, i’m sure reagan did. (not orange, of course)
MWAHAHAHA
(I think the orange is to color coordinate with the spray-on tan)
But, fwiw, it looks like he’s dyed it blonde, in the GIF above.
“Regular, irregular”
“Rational, irrational”
No… he’s a JAJ
I swear I just heard a pin drop.
it was that last video.
I don’t know what to day….
https://twitter.com/TwatBibIe/status/967081568471867397
how the f does someone come across a video like that?!?! turned it off halfway through.
We all have our fetishes I’m not gonna judge D_C
his horse is not high enough.
But can he get it through a schoolhouse door, while carrying a crossbow?
Not high enough to keep the corgi off?
Why are you bringing k0n into this?
Well, it’s no corgi riding a pony….
She certainly has the fight not flight instinct
hahahhaa… that’s true, from the half i saw.
We come from the land down-unduh.
A former adviser to President Trump on Friday offered rare praise for the Paris climate accord from a current or former Trump administration member, calling the deal everything previous GOP administrations have hoped to achieve.
George David Banks, a former White House senior adviser on energy and climate change, in an interview with The New York Times voiced support for the deal signed in 2014 by President Obama.
“I’m going to say something controversial,” Banks said. “The Paris agreement is a good Republican agreement. It’s everything the Bush administration wanted.”
Trump’s not a Republican.
Or he is, and all the people who say he is not don’t realize that they are no longer republicans.
Think about that one the next time you are high
of course he is, funk. own it! he may not have always been, but he is now wholly republican, as the wind dictates.
lots of people try to make the case that trump is “immoral”. i say “no!” he is a-moral. he has no morals.
AND THE JUDGE HAS SPOKEN!
indeed!
for further evidence see his driving his freaking golf cart onto the freakin green. perfectly illustrates trump’s perspective. no regard for anyone else. so, if you consider that a virtue, celebrate it.
RealGM (Jeff Risdon) pre-Combine Big Board:
https://football.realgm.com/analysis/3035/Pre-Combine-2018-NFL-Draft-Big-Board-Defense
A Russian bobsledder did a pre-Olympics interview wearing a T-shirt that read “I don’t do doping”.
…that bobsledder has tested positive for doping.
Really hits multiple definitions of the term “doping”.
He meant he doesn’t do doping testing. It was a translation from Russian to English failure
the “funniest” russian doping story i heard was about a curler being busted. a curler…. hahahaha
It’s like anything coming out of Russia just needs to break a rule. Breaking the rule may not benefit or help them at all…but if there’s a rule, well darn-skippy that Putin has a program in place to break it. That’s just how they roll – flying the bird to the world for no good reason.
tried to psych them out, didn’t work
Onion Sports Network Verified account @OnionSports 13m13 minutes ago
Eagles Fans Finally Sober Enough To Return To Work https://trib.al/kglbm3k
Wait… Eagles fans have jobs?
Good point. Fake news.
I guess they have to buy batteries to throw somehow… I always just assumed they panhandled for the money
Interesting read — Darrell Bevel, RWilson’s long-time OC, analyzing film and comparing Mayfield to Wilson.
https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/02/23/baker-mayfield-draft-film-study-darrell-bevell-russell-wilson-comparison
Feb 23, 1985. Bobby Knight threw a chair across the floor at a basketball game.
That was fun
He didn’t need to bribe players, they were to scared to even ask.
what does this have to do with christianity or high horses?
Butt hurt
sufferer of a persecution complex.
Sufferer of illusions of grandeur
https://twitter.com/MoveTheSticks/status/966895110012063744
https://twitter.com/Mason_Foster/status/967038464196784128
Wow,
A list of schools implicated in FBI probe from twitter:
Duke
N. Carolina
Kansas
Kentucky
Michigan St
Maryland
Xavier
NC State
Louisville
Texas
Bama
Seton Hall
Utah
LSU
USC
Clemson
Whichita State
Washington
S. Carolina
BTW, something going on where I cannot copy and paste from twitter. Think it’s just my machine.
Wow… quite a list. Is anyone shocked Bama is on it?
I’m more shocked that some small-ish schools are up there, I expect to see Duke and Alabama cheating, but not Xavier, or Seton Hall
Maybe I’m not giving those schools enough credit.
College basketball power houses?
Remember, this is for basketball. Xavier and Seton Hall are big-time basketball programs.
What’d I say?
Haha
This is without context, though. Some of these were alot more serious than others. Some of these just for lunches and dinners. We’re going to do a full story on this on our next It’s Just Business show.
I’m sure, but over the years the stories about some of the other programs out there, there are entire teams of paid guys and we all know it.
that just for basketball?
Yes, basketball
Glad to see Villanova not implicated (so far)….
or va tech or oklahoma. however, just waiting for the other sneaker to drop.
It’s a safe bet that most if not all programs will be implicated IMHO.
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People in the economics world might view the NCAA rules involving college athletes and no payment as a Moral Hazard. It occurs when the borrower knows that someone else will pay for the mistake he makes. This in turn gives him the incentive to act in a riskier way.
It looks like Maryland was implicated through one-done Diamond Stone. If that’s the case, then Mark Turgeon should be fired and it’s a travesty for a program built by Gary Williams – a guy who never ever ever touched the underside of the basketball recruiting world, and suffered for it as programs around him excelled and local players (like Rudy Gay) got bought out from under his nose.
Kind of surprised Syracuse didn’t make the list.
I believe this is simply a list compiled from a documents seized from one person at one “talent agency”. You can just imagine how this kind of network proliferates through all the ‘talent agencies” out there doing the same things.
Pick 13 rolls around and there are no good trade offers. The following players are available:
Derwin James
Derrius Guice
Vita Vea
Da’Ron Payne
Denzel Ward
Tremaine Edmunds
Who you got?
James
Obviously I’m taking Vea, but the good news is, there are no bad options there.
I know some say Guice is gonna be a great back in the NFL, but I don’t know if he’s a fit for the skins.
Cant remember who, but saw some writer type said they like him more than the kid from kid toucher U.
I think he’d be a good fit for us. Can run power and zone. He’s already a pretty good pass blocker (96.2% efficiency rating).
Ledyard from NDT Scouting has Guice as his top back: https://www.ndtscouting.com/ledyard-evaluating-grading-stacked-running-back-class/
I’d not be upset by the pick, I’m a fan of us grabbing a RB on principle
Payne
Guice
BPA would probably mean we pick Denzel Ward, although some would say Derwin James
Round 2 Pick 1 (CLE): Hernandez, Will, OG, Texas-El Paso (A)
Round 2 Pick 3 (CLE): Phillips, Harrison, DT, Stanford (B+)
Round 2 Pick 12: Jefferson, Malik, ILB, Texas (B+)
Round 2 Pick 32 (CLE): St Brown, Equanimeous, WR, Notre Dame (B+)
Round 4 Pick 13: Watts, Armani, FS, Texas AM (A+)
Round 5 Pick 12: Freeman, Royce, RB, Oregon (A+)
Round 6 Pick 14: Street, Kentavius, DT, North Carolina State (A+)
Round 7 Pick 13: Nichols, Deatrick, CB, South Florida (A)
Round 7 Pick 23: Campos, Jake, OT, Iowa State (A)
Vea or Payne
Ricky Sanders!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWpcDMaWAAAElaE.jpg
Think that pic is from the skins Alumni thing in the Bahamas last year.
Our Ricky Sanders interview was one of the better moments from our show.
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Steelers Listening To Trade Offers For WR Martavis Bryant http://bit.ly/2BNEV6F
I don’t think we have any more Kendell Fullers
2019 4th rounder?
No, we need all the 4th rounder’s, that’s where we get our best players.
Tag Cousins and trade him! Brilliant move!
I mean we don’t at CB, but we have other things we shouldn’t trade.
No thanks
Dude is talented. We could def use a Tyreke Hill type…and he’s more polished than Hill.
knucklehead Smith
Doctson for Bryant. Done!
Really dumb
Dumb like a fox!
Since Nixon first waged the war on drugs, it is estimated that over $1 trillion has been spent waging this war, without getting anywhere. Drugs are just as plentiful as they ever have been. I don’t smoke weed, but only because I don’t like the idea of getting busted. Never have been in the past, and now is no time to start.
That said, the only folks profiting from weed and other drugs are dealers. Meanwhile, Colorado and other states control the manufacturing and distribution of weed in their states, raising hundreds of millions in sales tax revenues. Opiate use is on the decline in those states.
In my view, legalize weed and end the prohibition. Let the states collect revenues. Eliminate the Schedule 1 status. That’s just plain stupid. And finally, minimize the revenue stream to dealers, who also sell meth and other drugs.
Yeah, I know, there will always be a black market, but I will take State control over the wild west.
I love me some fermented goat’s milk much better than goat heart
ser, if you want to earn cred with dothraki, eat a raw horse heart.
the liver is where all the nutrients are
That wasn’t milk. That was a billy goat.
Trump just said at CPAC “I try like hell to hide that bald spot folks. Doesn’t look bad does it?”
By the way… he actually said this… I heard it.
For the record, I would have strongly considered voting for Kasich. I think he was best qualified to craft sensible policy with greater bipartisan support.
He did seem like the best GOP option.
the Federale prob needs a good undercarriage wash and optimization. lots of things it doesn’t need to do anymore, and others that need resources directed to, still others that need/should be done, but aren’t the Federal gov’t role/job. it’s not really the best reason ever to delegate or push power upwards because they simply can print money and not have to deal with real consequences in real time. Carter is an example of that. And we may get a dose of that again as the Fed (Fed Reserve) pushes us into recession as they create another mini housing crisis c. 2019.
well that was a mouthful
All 5,000 people there at once said “Yes”
It sounded like steam escaping.
Self deprecating is not his style… so it was pretty funny
Tossing red meat to the crowd like its paper towel rolls.
We shall overcomb?
So did NPI get banned or something while I was away? Haven’t seen him around.
We did not ban him.
Mommy took away his computer privileges for being naughty?
I’ve had to be talked out of it once or twice.
Flounder has been scarce as well.
Saw him yesterday… he came on to complain about Trump then split
what percent of school-shooters and gun-using mass murderers are between 18 and 21?
oh… and i hope we draft a d-lineman.
That’s a smart question
It’s probably safe to say that all the school shootings are under 21. It’s just a logical thing.
Sure… but that wasn’t the entirety of the question
His point, is what effect would it have raising the gun ownership age from 18 to 21, if any. Its a fair point.
Pretty sure he understood the point. My guess is it could reduce school shootings. That’s a good thing.
scamp and i AGREE!
mark the time.
so, just to sort of end the “kumbaya” moment, i DO think it is totally reasonable to think parents of recently-killed children are not thinking rationally.
I think that’s a reasonable assumption. It’s an asinine assumption to assume that because they say something you don’t agree with that THAT statement is irrational because of grief. That’s just using an excuse to blow off something you don’t agree with.
scamp,
that’s just an example of where you go off the rails with your obsession for attacking me. i simply said how someone whose child had just been killed might not be thinking rationally, with which you just agreed, and you turned it into “walter thinks someone who disagrees with him is irrational”.
I assumed you were referring to the conversation we were having yesterday about armed guards in school. Your response was “he said that but he isn’t thinking rationally.” I can’t really say I’m surprised you can’t remember your own words or are intentionally misdirecting. It’s what you do.
yes, that’s what i was talking about. a parent who just had his child killed at a school might not be thinking rationally about the idea of armed TEACHERS, remember? we were talking about armed teachers? at schools.
i am opposed to the idea of armed teachers at schools.
…or, you just don’t agree with it so they MUST be irrational because they don’t agree with the great and almighty Walter. It’s obscene how self centered and arrogant you are. Must be a wonderful world up there on your high horse where all Christians are scum beneath you and everyone that disagrees with you is irrational.
aaaaahhhh…. it’s a christian thing. of course. duh… how shallow of you.
you know, some things do not have to with christianity! sometimes i post things that have nothing to do with christianity, nothing. and yet you always circle it back to christianity. persecution complex, much?
I was using it as an example of how you think you’re better than everyone. You really just aren’t very bright.
scamp,
i simply said that someone who just had their child killed might (i think i said “probably”) not be thinking rationally. what in the (imaginary) HELL does that have to do with christianity or my being “bright”?
you turned that simple, logical, statement into an attack on me. wtf?
You always misdirect when you get called out Walter. You never own your own words. You’re a pretty sad excuse for a man. Glad I don’t know you. Good riddance
sorry to present you with the FACTS about the exchange:
about teachers being armed:
you said,
If you watched the listening session yesterday… some parents of kids involved in these school shootings suggested it…
i said,
bear in mind that someone who just had a child killed is probably not thinking rationally.
and you replied:
Sure… they MUST be irrational because they don’t agree with your viewpoint. Makes sense
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nothing in there about christianity or imaginary high horses, etc…. again, persecution complex, much?
You’re full of it Walter. Sorry, I just can’t respect a bigot and a liar, of which you are both. Good day
i just presented the facts that discredit your claim.
scamp,
why do you think those kind of lies (as i’ve just demonstrated) and accusations about me are ok?
Is it really that irrational to expect their kids (or anyone for that matter) to be safe at school, the movies, etc.?
That’s really not any point anyone was trying to make. That’s a given… baseline we are all working from.
I’d imagine it’s fairly high, but not all, obviously the LV shooter was middle aged. But generally most are gonna be white men under 30, but not all.
One thing of note, I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a woman doing a mass shooting.
Charles Whitman…I believe the Fort Hood shooter was older, too.
Guy who shot at the congressional baseball game too.
He was an active army duty major, so he’d have been in his mid-30s, at least.
Wasn’t the accomplice in San Bernadino a woman? It is rare though.
Yes
Yes but 90% of murders are committed by men. And I think that by in large translates to mass murder.
Don’t forget Mallory Knox
Got a call 20 minutes ago that my kids HS is in lockdown. Preventative due to a shooting nearby – not at the school. Crazy times.
Man, getting that call must be scary.
Indeed but they did say in the call that the activities were not at the school. A couple years ago I heard about an active shooting incident on the radio at the school my GF’s kids went to. I called her right away and she hadn’t heard anything. That was some really scary shit. One kid killed another and then committed suicide. Shook her and her kids up pretty badly, understandably.
Earlier this week a knucklehead kid at my son’s high school posted a threat on
social media warning students not to go to school. He
got a visit from the authorities and it was deemed a joke. Doubt he’s
laughing now as he’ll be facing charges. We’re a little sensitive to these things in Colorado, particularly with Columbine only a few miles away.
Sheesh, you’ve had a lot of incidents.
Certainly our fair share of the high profile ones. Aurora theater, the guy in CO Springs awhile back, and so on. These things are becoming so commonplace nationwide that some like Walmart last Fall barely register.
So the numbers I’m able to find from a range of sites are that mass murders are 90% male, almost all between 20-49, and about 60% white.
No one on this, or any other planet, has anything to say that would compel me to pay them for it.
I mean, I’d pay Morgan Freeman to do the intro to THS’s podcast…
Just pass him a joint of some fine hippy lettuce
No
It’s cheaper than paying him and what he would prefer anyway.
I’d rather pay him.
Yes
Doctor: “We have the diagnoses, and the cure, for your ailment, would you like to hear it, the treatment is a 1 time treatment for $50, and it could extend your life an extra decade, would you like to hear about it?”
Kon: $50? Nope. Pass.
There’s always one of these peanut gallery mofos that shows up.
remember to tip the wait staff
AustinSkin alex35332 • 7 minutes ago
It’s funny. When Reublicans command large speaking fees, they are savvy business people.
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I’m sure it happens but I can’t ever recall hearing about Reublicans or Republicans speaking for fees at all.
But my take is… if you can make it… make it.
How’ve you never heard of it… they ALL do it.
Google any well known former politician and Speaking fee, and you can get the number.
I just pulled up Newt $15 K
W $100 to $150 K
The only ones it would be probably hard to find are guys who were pre-internet.
Probably because I don’t care enough about how blabbermouths make their money whether Democrat, Republican, alien, or sub saharan reptilian.
I don’t care, but that doesn’t mean I don’t know. It’s just like how I feel about the NBA.
If you don’t care why would you pay attention? I tend not to waste my time on things I don’t care about.
https://www.thoughtco.com/former-presidents-speaking-fees-3368127
They all do it. Although Clinton seems to get the most by a wide margin!
I’m sure they do… just never paid enough attention I guess.
I never really did until I googled it.
When you have an ex-president who’s taking speaking fees from a foreign government as part of a massive bribe and money laundering scheme involving his international charitable foundation that is intended to influence to influence the application of foreign policy by the secretary of state, who happens to be his wife, it’s a bit more interesting than, say, GWB or Obama speaking at an MIT conference.
How about the son of the current president giving speeches while on tour of another country (India) while also promoting the family brand?
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/22/politics/donald-trump-jr-india-business-speech/index.html
It’s bad optics, at a minimum, and if they ever asked me (which they won’t), I’d advise against it. It’s nothing compared to what the Clintons did, mind you, but it’s not helpful.
Hardly nothing. From the article:
As Trump Jr. arrived in India earlier this week, national newspaper ads
encouraged buyers to sign up early for Trump-branded condos in Gurgaon
— about 20 miles outside New Delhi. The promotion, which featured a
picture of the President’s son, promised “a conversation and dinner”
with him. That sparked a backlash from ethics watchdogs who are
concerned the President and his family are putting a for-sale sign on US
policy.
“These advertisements brazenly suggest that people can purchase access
to the son of the President of the United States,” said Noah Bookbinder,
the executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in
Washington. “It is an example both of the President and his family using
his office to enrich themselves and of an instance where the
President’s decision-making may end up being influenced by those who
support his businesses.”
Well, considering that the Clintons laundered hundreds and millions of dollars and allowed Russia to buy access to depleted Uranium in part via Tubby’s speaking fees, I’d say this is nothing compared to that, yes.
Exactly. The free market determined the speaking fee.
Skylar Phillips
Keep him in mind in the late rounds
he had a pretty bad concussion, kept him out the last 7 games of the season
Interesting
The NFL review failed to mention that
You need to swipe your ID and sign an affidavit every time you buy Claritin D, attesting that you’re not going to use it to cook meth. And purchases are tracked.
Why not apply a similar protocol every time you buy ammo over the counter? Large and frequent ammo purchases could trigger a red flag and a potential visit from law enforcement.
Some of my gun rights friends will argue that they fire hundreds of rounds at the shooting range. Fine by me. Buy all you need to shoot at the range.
Or just have the FBI visit this guy twice and do nothing as well as having the school security guard decide to go full chicken bleep in the face of danger
The only issue, if the FBI visited, did they see any signs that the guy was about to commit a crime? Did they see a gun and say, well you’ve got a right to own that, so nothing we can do.
Did the guy have a record?
He had red flags all over the place
Pretty sure they do that here in Cali… I’ve heard it’s hard to get ammo here. But I wouldn’t know first hand.
What’s the point of that? The Claritin D thing is because it contains a substance that is on the federal drug schedule, and they are controlling distribution. Having a person attest that they’ll only use ammo for lawful purposes, basically, serves no purpose at all because people are still liable for criminal violations whether or not they promised to obey.
The drug in Claritin is 90% of the time used for lawful purposes as well. Same with ammo, yes its 90% lawful use but just like with the drug the other 10% of the time is when people get hurt.
(not sure the numbers for either are 90%/10%, just an example, but probably about right for both.)
Oh I highly doubt 10% of ammo is used for illegal purposes.
It’s more like .000001% of ammo is used for illegal purposes.
I’m very, very, very against that proposal. That isn’t what free countries do to people. No way.
I bet it is calculable, but would be shocked if anyone’s ever tried to do the math. Just would need the # of ammo sales. vs number of crimes committed with a gun, assuming all guns are loaded when the crime is committed.
It’s way less than even the .000001% that I threw out there.
I also highly doubt 10% of any certain cold medicine is used to create meth
Yes, and for the record, I’m not okay with having to sign for Claritin D, either.
Fair enough. Lets say it’s 1% or less for both, the example is more about the fact that most people are still law abiding citizens.
My wife takes Claritin D for her allergies. I personally hate having to swipe my ID to purchase it for her. And I’m sure I would get flagged if I went from store to store to stock up on it.
Now if I bought hundreds or thousands of rounds of ammo over a short period of time, I think it’s perfectly acceptable for law enforcement to do a little bit of sniffing.
I think I would be okay with that, too.
Wait, are you saying a criminal might lie when asked that question?
Shocking, isn’t it?
I can’t believe it. I refuse to believe it.
the florida guy “assured” the gun seller that he had no mental issues.
as long as you got a voucher!
– navin johnson
I love this:
https://twitter.com/Gil_Brandt/status/966695800058167296
You guys might have to make due with the safeties column being our content for most of the day today. Sorry.
It’s ok
Totally fine
more time for gun talk then!
[no not really]
there’s going to be some disgruntled guy who goes into a school with a compound bow (or a cross bow), and be able to fire it like a good Mongol.
Be on the look out for anyone drinking fermented milk.
mixed with horse blood
they learned to fire the bow, not just an insane number of times a minute, but at the exact moment when all four hooves were off the ground (for accuracy). I imagine though, the horse is going to be a problem in a school.
“compound bow, crossbow”, not.
compound mitre crossbow
It’s a horrific scene in there…
Bodies?
None, aside from the attacker. He got about 80′ feet of crown molding in before the teachers beat him down, one with a taser.
What’s with the “horrific” then
The joints are horrific. Awful.
Milk was a bad choice
How’s he gonna get a horse into the school?
I was just thinking that
Loesch is okay to look at. But, she’s got a box of rocks between her ears.
Well, we couldn’t like, use a blonde chick, you know…..
Why Obama is speaking at Sports Analytics conference beside the money
“We know he’s a huge sports fan and he’s done a lot on tactical decision making leveraging analytics,” said Jessica Gelman, the conference’s co-founder.
There was some talk years ago about after his time in the WH that some NBA teams were thinking about trying to bring him in as a minority owner.
I’m pretty much 100% sure that I was attending that conference, I’d skip the day he spoke.
Wow! I am shocked!
In an awkward onstage appearance this week, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner drank a glass of chocolate milk to demonstrate his belief in diversity.
I love me some chocolate milk, I must support diversity too
What ethnic group is into chocolate milk?
Equatorial child labor. Duh.
Oompa Loompas
no way…. was the stunt popular with the audience??
Markelle Fultz — the #1 overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft — allegedly took $10,000 from the agency while in high school. He did not end up signing with ASM.
Other names …
Dennis Smith (North Carolina State) allegedly took $73,500.
Isaiah Whitehead (Seton Hall) allegedly took $37,657. He signed with ASM, but later left for Roc Nation Sports.
Bennie Boatwright (University of Southern California) and/or his father allegedly took $2,000.
Kyle Kuzma (Utah) allegedly took $9,500.
A bunch of guys who currently play in the NBA are on payout sheets obtained by federal investigators including — Kyle Lowry, Nerlens Noel, Malik Pope, Fred Van Vleet and Kyle O’Quinn.
since I have stopped following basketball I have no idea who most of these people are
I have to keep hitting Sort by Newest to get page refreshed and new comments to show
I have to do that sometimes and have to close out my web browser and re-open.
Also when I’m at work I have to do it all the time, because government computers suck.
MIT has a sports analytics conference? And Obama and Ted Leonsis are the key speakers?
Weird.
doesn’t Ted at least own some sports teams?
Hold on got to count them up now
Hoops, mens hoops, puck stick, small football, small football Hon’ edition, some thing with video games.
Speaking fee?
Obama speaking fee, $400,000, analyze that MIT.
Oof
Well I should say, that’s what he charged Wall St. not sure if he’s got a pro-rated thing for educational intuitions.
It’d be a great SNL skit.
At that price, having Obama there has to add about 650 participants to break even (assuming general admission prices are close to average, which are $600)
It’s funny. When Reublicans command large speaking fees, they are savvy business people.
When Dems command large speaking fees, it’s a scandal.
basically, when you go to a conference, UNLESS you think the key/plenary speaker might point you out in the crowd, it’s the most pompous content poor part of the conference and worth hitting that snooze button and returning some emails while you watch HBO (because you don’t have it at home) and then hit the technical sessions after the break.
No they did not just say that
NRA spokeswoman: “Many in legacy media love mass shootings. You guys love it… Crying white mothers are ratings gold to you…”
yes she did, followed up by, “Everyday there are crying black mothers in cities all over our country but there’s no town hall or media coverage. (paraphrasing)
Whats up dudes
so the PG county officer who died was a justified shooting because “he had no right getting all up in another man’s business”
so I assume “handling your business” is a cultural euphemism for domestic violence
So the cop who was at the school in Florida, did nothing to protect those kids, and is now being protected by the cops
I hope the irony isn’t lost on him
He needs to do the right thing and take his own life
Seppuku
Reassign him to motor pool, he can live with it for the rest of his days.
figure skating is ridiculous and blah, blah, blah. do you know who “johnny weir” is? former olympian, now commentator. i saw a hilarious remark about him” “he looks like he should be hosting the hunger games”…. hahahahaa
https://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2018/2/11/17000972/johnny-weir-outfits-2018-winter-olympics
so, serious-ish question: do you think gay people like this, or feel he’s reinforcing stereotypes?
He’s a flaming gay person.
The gayest man on earth.
My wife even thought he was a lesbian, lol.
Must of had a LivePD marathon on last night.
Slow morning
Slow week, dead week for team stuff. So not a shocker.
Things’ll pick up around the Combine.
the 420 crew was working hard last night
and who doesn’t like a nice pony ride?
That’s what she said
I’m convinced Payne or Nelson will be the pick
Leaning more towards Nelson as it’s a DL heavy draft
Nelson won’t be there at 13.
We’ll see
Awesome pick
Joshua Kalu, 6th round. CB, nickel, FS. Biggest sleeper. Only 1 year at S. First 3 at CB/nickel.
All of his weaknesses appear to be related to Sr year move to S.
http://www.nfl.com/draft/2018/profiles/joshua-kalu?id=2560050
Doesn’t make sense, with Swearinger and Nicholson to burn a day 1 or 2 pick on a S this season.
When you can get a top three talent…you gotta make the move.
Swearinger is a journeyman for a reason.
M Fitz isn’t falling to 13 and that prob leaves you with the ability to go after one of the best Def front 7 players in the draft. How many QBs get taken will be determined early in FA, but after they go 1-2, both the Broncos and Jets may have taken a QB.
What if Baker Mayfield is there? Would they dare?
someone would probably want to trade up at that point maybe AZ or BUF
which would be great for us, still able to take a good front 7 guy plus an extra 2nd or 3rd round pick
I think if you’re AZ, you might try to trade up to the Jets or Denver pick (assuming the Jets end up with their QB guy in FA)
Hoping that Doug Williams, after all his travels…is thinking that next year is the year to draft a QB.
Let’s bolster those lines and the secondary.
I know. There’s no topping a corgi riding a pony.
I should have saved it for later.
are the videos of city folk vacation in “the country” getting kicked in the face/crotch/neck by animals?
those are pretty funny
But are they safe for work?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSiSNntsSDw
So naturally you’re wondering, ‘how the hell did the corgi get on the pony?’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piR8IklrGAc
Happy Friday!
heyo
Hpy Hpy
Bleh
This is kinda macabre but who wants to bet that the coward cop that failed to go into this most recent school shooting and do his job and save kids lives commits suicide at some point?
I’m not taking that bet. For his sake.
I’m sure he thanks you for that… or he doesn’t have a clue who you are and what you think… or me for that matter.
…but everyone knows what he did.
he’d have been “bringing a knife to a gun fight” with the equipment available to him, he probably doesn’t save the lives that were lost, but he prob can secure a stairwell (or other choke point) that could have curtailed the guy from going floor to floor or section to section
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nice
https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=dPkCCjbs&id=9C2C6BD287267FC7DFD935B7A6097FEC27DB13CC&thid=OIP.dPkCCjbs3AoatPi91dt-gAHaFj&mediaurl=http%3a%2f%2fcdn2.armslist.com%2fsites%2farmslist%2fuploads%2fposts%2f2013%2f01%2f21%2f897028_02_12_aluminum_john_boat_640.jpg&exph=480&expw=640&q=john+boat&simid=608014951485802336&selectedIndex=1&ajaxhist=0
What the fuck is it with you and your obsession for bing?
What’s wrong with Bing?
Microsoft just isn’t a lifestyle brand.
It didn’t end well….
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/38e29be496e16a668588750ec01635fb9dfb2c503f903b8b1d5b3fbaa4795751.jpg
Ha, you are right! The ship actually had to be mothballed after it was discovered that it was infested with a highly dangerous form of asbestos.
You and the corn!
Sold for scrap to a company in India?
Don’t know, don’t care. Just happy we collected C.O.D.
You and the corn… weird. It’s like a fetish or something
Yeah Scientology is weird. During the 80’s I worked for an architectural signage firm. Although most of my work was hospital oriented,
I was thrown a spur-of-the-moment project to plan the signage for a cruise ship. The deadline for the project was godawful, and I spent 36 hours straight at my desk planning the 1st draft of the signage proposal.
https://files.akamaized.net/imagecache/scalefit-860×575@as=1@qa=85/data/shared/web/assets/videos/master_thumbs/freewinds_tour_en_US.jpg?_=d95152a95
The Freewinds was a ship drydocked in Curacao, and the plans were a bit confusing. Cabin numbers on each deck were straightforward, but there were rooms labeled “Cramming”, “Auditing” and “LRH”.
The ship’s designer was really flaky, and I needed answers fast to meet our deadline. When I asked her what “LRH” meantt, she replied, “L. Ron Hubbard”. I said ” The Scientology guy?” She said “Yes! Do you know about us?” And then she tried to recruit me.
I reminded her I was on a tight deadline, and if I couldn’t get the answers I needed from her in a timely fashion, the ship wouldn’t sail. That got her attention. I also told my CEO that the balance for the job should be collected cash-on-arrival before they wer delivered and installed on the ship. That pissed them off, but they had no choice.
I won’t go into how much of a cluster f*** that project was, but my liaison had zero attention span, and the project had no room for error. She was more focused on her Scientology counseling sessions than making sure that ship actually made its maiden voyage.
It gave me an interesting inside insight into how that organization works. Take Amway and make it a religion.
I just cut into a bell pepper. Inside of it, there was another, perfect little bell pepper.
Most likely from one of those farms using rotting pig fertilizer.
The label says greenhouse grown. Which is probably industry speak for giant indoor hydroponic farm.
Have you seen what Denmark and Holland are doing with LEDs and warehouses? Amazing, the size and scope of those grows.
Yea man. Acres and acres of farm. In a building.
It’s why anymore, a lot of produce never goes out of season.
And they have robots that travel on rails mounted to the racks that move trays of plants around.
A robot that can grow, harvest and trim dank….take my money!
I kid. Other than trimming….I love growing and harvesting my own.
Lol. I have an engineer friend who’s brother works for Phillips. He went over on a business trip with his brother, Phillips was going to be the vendor for their LEDs. He showed me a bunch of footage on his laptop of the setup. Brought back some sensi NL kernels, also 🙂
That’s cool. Here and there I’ve used Phillip’s HIDs for my gardens. Good brand.
The thing about the LEDs and even CFLs is, no heat, not to speak of. You don’t have to run air through your ballasts and they’re electric bill friendly. Commercially, not the best option for turnaround but I’m not fucking with that anyway.
Whole lotta bright. Not a lotta heat.
When I had to tear down, LEDs were still crazy spendy. Whenever I start up again, that’s where I’m going. Exhausting the heat of and just running HIDs was a pain in the ass. Lots of noise from the fans and of course, the electric bill.
To cut down on all that, I split the daylight hours up between CFLs and HIDs. The first and last few hours of the cycle, I ran CFLs. For the middle, the HIDs kicked on.
I miss my garden. But…here in Texas…in a crowded subdivision, with a elementary school I can hit with a rock…nuh uh. I’m just not crazy enough to risk it.
Nah, and we have families now. Is what it is.
I bug about even toking in the house. I only do it in the garage, exhale through a zoom tube, scrub the air with a carbon filter and go out through the back to make sure the alley is clear before I open the garage door.
Country living…..
Meh
It’s never too late. You’ll be retired someday.
And then flower, maximum overdrive. Keep a lookout for LEDs on clearance at Walmart and whatnot. You can make a large module with sockets and plywood, just wire them to a bus.
IOne near LA…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRyBKWqLzI8
My grandpa grew hydroponic tomatoes in is basement. Grapefruit sized tomatoes.
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Anyone know Walsh’s politics?
Might be rolling in his grave.
This book would be your best hope for a hint.
The Score Takes Care of Itself. My Philosophy of Leadership. By Bill
Walsh, with Steve Jamison and Craig Walsh. 2009
Alright kids… off to what should be my last coaches meeting here in lovely Southern California. Buncha good dudes in that group. Present company excluded of course.
https://camoflix.com/video/v59e3cbd89130a
The folks at Peta will love this .
Madness. I guess they have a problem with overpopulation, but I don’t agree with that at all, not one fucking bit.
pretty crazy . I guess if you are that farmer or rancher , you want the pigs gone .
Yeah. I feel like that’s a job for professionals though, it promotes irresponsible hunting, IMO. You wanna kill shit at that rate, join the Marine Corps or go Army Airborne. Plenty of bad motherfuckers over in Afghanistan that’ll give you a run for it.
It’s extreme , and why it gives ammunition (no pun intended) to the anti whatever crowd .
That’s fucked up
It kinda is . I wouldn’t do it myself .
Has to be a huge population and crop damage issue or it wouldn’t be legal . I guess.
Looked kinda like bean fields.
I plan on doing plenty of hog humnting when I get to Carolina… but with a croosbow
SCamp is talking Scottish tonight, lol
Aye
You better get up in a tree . No hogs around my way but I’ve heard some stories .
My brother lived down near Charleston… hog hunted all the time
Gotcha . Like to give it try someday .
I might have to travel an hour or so but I’m up for that
Yeah, that’s nothing . I have to do the same .
I’m just going to go ahead and not watch anymore of that.
God damn.
That’s right there with those fucks that were dragging that shark.
Bacon ? Pork chops ? sausage ?
Go for it. That meat won’t be good for much other than dog food. Maybe not even that.
well they obviously can’t properly clean and butcher that many dead pigs in a timely manner so yeah i agree with you .
Bean farmer Bob, had a hog problem, turns out, pigs eat dead pigs, so do coyotes and buzzards and crows, ect. Do they just let them lay? Wouldn’t the remains fuck up their cultivators?
They shoot deer in the fields here and let them lay . Do it at night . Shoot them in the guts so they just lay down and die . Farmers do it with special damage stamps .
There allowed to have x number of people shooting for them .
Fuck that… pick those damn things up and process them. Send them to the homeless shelters. That’s what they do with poached game in Alaska.
I hear you . Nobody wants to mess with that . They only worried about their crops .
A deer to a farmer is a major nuisance. They hate them. They will tell you they wished every last one of em were gone .
I can imagine what a bunch of wild pigs would do .
I’d have a gun squad out there with county inmates dragging them out, lol.
There you go.
The idea behind gut shooting them is , they will run back into the woods first before laying down to die . They don’t want them laying in the field because then they will have to go fuck with it
Doesn’t seem right.
They do it in the summer months mostly . The state allows it , IDK.
You must have shitloads of deer.
some places do . If the hunting season harvest declines they adjust the damage stamp shit .
They should bring back “earn a buck” to where you have to take two antler-less before you can take a antlered tag. It worked up here in Rockbridge back in the 90’s
We have damage stamps but you have to make a reasonable effort to recover the animal. Getting ticketed by Fish and Game for illegally disposing of a carcass is a thing.
said in the video they killed 23 pigs . so i’m like you , i wonder what they do with them.
It’d be hard to keep up with the kills unless they watch the tape and then send peeps out to collect them.
It would . They probably go round them up with big utility vehicle . I don’t think a farmer would want that many carcasses laying out in the open . Talking 23 not just a couple . That’s a lot of dead animals .
That video aside , there are some really good videos there . Somewhat new site by the Robertson’s
I run Duck Commander ATRs on my expedition, my wife can’t destroy them, and that’s saying something. They partnered up with Cooper Tire to make them. Reasonable price, too. $760 for four tires mounted and balanced. 10 ply load range E, also.
Dudes are into everything, their grandkid’s grandkids are set.
They might look dumb to some people but they are far from it . Marketing geniuses
I saw them the last time I ordered truck tires . I went with the Nitto .
I ran them on a Dodge 4×4, but gave that truck to a family member before they were worn out (he flipped it on ice). Put them (a new set) on the Expo, no issues. I’ve seen where my wife has ripped lugs out of tires from spinning on rocks, ect. Crazy. So far these have no signs of abuse, on the truck about 14 months now.
That’s not bad at all for all four . Not at all.
I don’t blame space aliens one damn bit for staying the hell away from us.
AHAHAHAHAAA!!! OMG that is so HILARIOUS!!!
Ohhh, ohhh… my God where do you come up with them?
Apparently the US men Swiffered themselves right unto the gold medal game
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Um… said it all along
I don’t see anything wrong with 21 for purchasing your own firearms. Most responsible kids grow up with their family’s guns anyway. If it hasn’t changed, VA law is 21 for handguns anyway, just rifle/shotgun at 18.
I’m okay with it.
I didn’t know that regarding hand guns . Good to know . Not sure why I never knew that
Because you probably followed the law anyway and never had an issue. It’s been awhile, but I’m pretty sure that’s how it used to be.
I only have one hand gun i bought years ago. I don’t fool with them , so I guess that’s why .
Is a elected official supposed to stick their feet in cement and never move on an issue?
You really have issues with humor don’t you?
meme
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noun
noun: meme; plural noun: memes
an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation.
•a humorous image, video, piece of text, etc., that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by Internet users.
I was responding to ‘said it all along’
Wrong post
And please dude…you and humor is like D_C and math.
Yea… yours is brilliant. Got me in stitches over here
Lame
https://camoflix.com/video/v59a61d35ee9e7
Snake removal
Looks a lot like hunting
Looks a lot like an underdeveloped frontal lobe
Why ? The guy is a multimillionaire , self made .
Dumb luck…it’s a helluva thing
Sure .
Mighty damn messed up that NBC took money from and aired a scientology spot during the Olympics.
Might as well run an ad from the nation of Islam.
So are the things curlers use to brush the ice called “Swiffers?”
Brooms
Deck Brush?
Apparently the Parkland campus cop — the only armed security person on the premises — never entered the building when the gunfire erupted. He waited outside for four minutes while Cruz popped off scores of rounds. He has resigned from the Sheriff’s department.
Good
He was with the Sheriff’s department for 32 years
I’m sure he filed his FRS retirement papers and will starting pulling down $4K+ a month
A YouTube star who had claimed a vegan diet and spiritual lifestyle cured her of breast cancer has died of the disease
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nope don’t need doctors or medicines or vaccinations…
homeopathy and spiritualism conquers all
No Christian Science either?
Tom Cruise could have saved her
Tom Cruise would think that he could have saved her, even though he actually couldn’t.
Crazy cult like BS .
2 TCCL’s for that one 713
That’s Scientology… completely different
Thought they were one in the same but the word Christian should have probably clued me in . I still don’t know what or who scientologist worship or believe in.
Themselves
Scientology came about as a result of a book called Dianetics written by a pulp science fiction author named L. Ron Hubbard and published in 1950. They don’t really believe in a higher power in the same fashion as do Christians/Muslims/Jews. It’s a set of mostly ridiculous beliefs about mental health, psychotherapy, the body, and other things that Hubbard literally just created out of thin air. It’s a bunch of hogwash. The “church” put out a bunch of lies about Hubbard’s U.S. Navy service that was totally debunked long ago by his actual service records, although the “church” still won’t admit it.
it seems like they worship Hubbard almost . There is another name you hear about often too that I forgot . I’ve heard former scientologist talk and its all about Hubbard . Weird .
David Miscavige. He’s the guy running the “church” now and is the one who recruited Tom Cruise and is his big buddy. There’s all sorts of controversy surrounding that guy, like alleged assaults, etc. I’ve read alot about Scientology.
I lost a sister-in-law to that cult. Haven’t seen her in 20 years.
Probably for the best then…
Huh?
It’s like Darwinism
Really ? She won’t associate with you and family ?
She wouldn’t be allowed to.
Scientology is a severely fucked up organization. Only the rich and the popular advance very far into it. Everyone else is essentially, indentured servants and slave labor.
Damn
Yeah, she got sucked in. We know she’s safe, but wants nothing to do with her family.
If she comes lurking when Mrs. Austin’s mom passes away, there’s $1 waiting for her in the will.
Happened to an uncle of mine with the moonies back in the 80s. After giving up his business, his house, wife and kids….he woke up.
Bullock doing a breakdown on Da’Ron Payne on Twitter if peeps are interested.
Oh, so he’s done lecturing America about gun control?
Went back and forth with Spencer Long on Twitter this afternoon about his views on the right of NCAA athletes to get paid (he’s been on the show once and Jamual also interviewed him for us at training camp), and I was just thinking that I hope he doesn’t check out our listener poll on our Twitter page about which FA fans want back most, because he was waaaaay behind last time I checked a few hours ago.
…as he should be. He’d be a very good backup… but Brown was a bona fide play maker
guards need lovin’ too
Do they?
He probably is well aware of his standings with the fans and the team both . He most likely has more sense than to react on twitter about it . seems like an even keel type guy .
He’s a pretty smart guy.
I commend him for this:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/966662241977360384
Now let’s see if he carries through.
It’ll be interesting to see if Republicans get on board with the leader of their party
Dude is no republican but this particular issue SHOULD be a no brainer. We’ll soon find out
Gotta have the Congress follow through. To me… you put this on a bill alone and see who does what. No excuses
I personally have always felt 18 was too young for many guns , but the law says you are an adult . You can go fight for your country and you can go the penitentiary . Most 18 year old boys/men I know or knew were still boys . Not all , but most and I knew quite a few when my son was that age .
I will say this , I wouldn’t have wanted my kid buying any hand gun period when he was 18 . He was in no way mature enough . I don’t think anything bad would have happened but I wouldn’t have liked it .
My 19 year old stepson unexpectedly went out and bought a 12 gauge shotgun (with his money) a few months ago. I’ve never taken him to shoot shotguns before. When I got home, I asked him to give it to me to let me see if, just to see how he handled it. The first thing he did was hand it to me without opening the action. Groan.
What did want it for ? Just to shoot at targets ?
No, his maternal grandfather & grandmother are big dove hunters, so he wanted one to take to hunt with them. I just had to sit him down and teach him the basics. His mother hates guns, so she never let me take him to the range to teach him how to shoot properly when he was younger.
Oh Ok . Good reason for getting one . He should be able to master that safely pretty quick.
Yeah, he’s better now, and I made him go out and buy a key-operated trigger lock.
is he talking 18 for all guns or just certain guns?
He’s talking about passing a federal law that raises the minimum age to purchase a firearm from 18 to 21.
It says 21, not 18.
oops…. i meant 21,
Both are reasonable, and it’s not him who has to carry through – it’s Congress.
If common ground can be found on these issues, then lets move forward with this and see if these proposed solutions help stem some of the violence. If not, then look at additional solutions. They don’t all have to happen at once, but we have to move forward with something and this would be a fantastic start.
He’s trying to juice his abysmal approval ratings. He’ll toss it to Congress and nothing will get done.
I think he should ask for $20M
Kirk’s tactics are already paying dividends for other players
yep.
A driver intentionally crashed his car into a Connecticut hospital’s emergency room entrance Thursday morning and set himself on fire, officials said.
I’m thinking we don’t sell him a gun…
do we even treat his burns?
very sad, he’s in critical condition
and the bomb squad is at his abode
I’m thinking he’s got bigger issues to worry about
I was going for the “he probably has mental issues” POV
“Ellam has an extensive criminal history that began when he was 14, Wallace said.
According to Connecticut’s criminal convictions database, Ellam was sentenced to 33 months in prison for an attack on a woman in June 2013 in Middletown. He pleaded guilty to first-degree strangulation, interfering with police officers, and violating probation. Middletown police said at the time that Ellam accused the woman of having sinned, and that he told her she would have to repent. Police said the badly beaten woman was able to call 911.
In 2010, Ellam was charged with assaulting his father, who had confronted him over his drinking, police said. Records show he has additional arrests for assault, a hit-and-run car accident and drunken driving.
A Linkedin profile for a Middletown man named Steven Ellam reads a job title of: “Butcher of souls at Earth/Hell/everywhere in the galaxy.””
http://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-br-middletown-hospital-crash-20180222-story.html
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no red flags there! anyway, can this guy get a gun, legally? what comes up in a background check?
also, given his hit-and-run and drunk driving should he have had a car?
as of yesterday, who would have argued he should not have had either of those?
At a minimum, the first degree strangulation is probably a felony, even if he was never convicted of all that other stuff, so that would mean that he’s ineligible to purchase a firearm.
If it isn’t somethings fucked up
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^ i love this!
generally colleges put their best OL guy at LT
and most of those guys end up at RT and G in the NFL
True. But wif was correct. There are an equal number of LT’s and RT’s
The implication was “good LTs”, though.
I know. I guess it’s an accountant/statistician joke
Didn’t realize accountants knew any jokes.
I know, it just just doesn’t add up, does it Steve?
Groan
which is why it’s not funny at all
there are 253 FBS and FCS schools
say 1/3 graduate a LT in one year
that’s 84 LT a year
maybe 4 of those guys make a NFL LT
QBs are the same way with maybe 2 being NFL QBs
that’s why QB, LT, #1 CB, #1 Pass Rusher get so well paid
This is why PFT sucks
There is a post speculating that Dallas is the mystery team that will go after KC
Journalism at its worst
PFT at its worst. Don’t compare PFT with journalism
PFT isn’t much more than an aggregating site with the occasional anti-Redskins preachy sermon by Florio thrown in for effect.
I don’t waste my time with him
that’s not journalism. Its national inquirer for sports…
They have a worse cap projection than the Broncos – $18 mil. How many players would they have to cut?
So, Twitter is suspending thousands of suspected “bot” accounts, and some folks are losing it.
Only those who actually care about twitter
This was pretty funny.
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-furious-after-twitters-bot-purge-leaves-him-with-fourteen-followers
It’s Twitter… your life is going to end because you can’t use it.
There go most my followers
That’s because Twitter has been busted for going after politically conservative-leaning accounts.
That’s because they’re fake accounts originating in Russia.
77 degrees
where?!?!
Trump says he’s thinking about pulling ICE from California
Pull ICE from Texas while you’re at it.
Trump thinking?
It’s because California, as a state, is disregarding federal immigration laws. The Texas government, on the other hand, is in the midst of trying to force its cities to comply.
Regarding this issue, CA = bad, TX = good.
Texas is ranked 43rd in education
Texas has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world
Texas is ranked 11th worst for health care
Not a whole lot to be proud of. Plenty of room for improvement.
Governor Abbott’s solution? Push a bathroom bill. Cut education funding. Make Texas an ICE Gestapo state.
Fortunately, there is record voter registration for the mid-terms. And I have many conservative friends who are already sick of the current leadership.
Testes?
One… two…three??
You can count to three on your testes? Damn, good for you. You got a bonus!
Or maybe that third one was a poorly-placed dingleberry.
“There are a lot of receivers and a lot of running backs in the National
Football League,” said one AFC exec. “There are only so many corners,
only so many pass rushers, only so many quarterbacks and left tackles.
And that’s why the highest paid guys are at those spots, and why they go
so high in the draft. It’s because there’s a scarcity of them.
i believe there are exactly the same number of right tackles as left tackles.
Not when they come out in the draft, the number of guys who come out at LT vs Guards and RT’s is way higher, they end up moving them from LT to the other spots like we did with Scherff
alex35332 Team Captain • an hour ago
FBI has a spreadsheet of college basketball players who are getting paid. You think they are using any Tabs in said spreadsheet or is it just 1 big sheet.
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depends on the skill level of the person who created it do they know:
filters or tables
formulas
sorting
cross-tabulation
etc.
and I think the FBI got the spreadsheet when the raided the sports/ad agency
2 tabs. One for the general gathering of the data. 2nd for the pivot. Maybe a 3rd or 4th if you want a few line graphs to see the trend of payments based on how crappy of a school they are going to *cough Kentucky cough*
tiered payments
Kentucky/Duke – $500/mo
…
Mary Washington – Coupon for free Happy Meal
5th Tab for Russian collusion
No tabs for potential school shooters
It was the agent’s spreadsheet.
I just wonder, if we end up with a list of 40-50 schools paying players, where do we go from there.
Ian Rapoport
Verified account
@RapSheet
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Tampa police are no longer actively investigating an incident involving a car registered to Bucs WR DeSean Jackson that was found to contain marijuana and hollow-point bullets after crashing into a tree, police told NFL Network.
Now being passively investigated.
Bucs decided to keep DJax, so investigation dropped
Gang ties- Andy Reid
Funny. Maybe he should move over to RT at the next level. This is why I don’t put too much stock in thesegrades.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWl1OnOW0AAeqqr.jpg
http://www.nfl.com/draft/2012/profiles/robert-griffin%20iii?id=2533033
Can you please post the review of RGriffin?
V V V
Egotistical fat head who refuses to protect himself . Unhealthy twitter obsession .
Need help figuring out what glue to use??
Thistothat.com
That’s awesome (and handy).
Never before has one of the biggest radio hosts on the major sports radio station in DC so clearly explained the problem:
@chaddukes
2m2 minutes ago
I hate sports.
he’s said that for a long time
He really should have taken that deal to go to XM when he had the chance.
Trenton Thompson is going back to school.
Not sure
USA Today from 1/13 says otherwise
Damn, in December he said he was going back to school. Jump on him, draft him, yes.
https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/966744335441113088
LOL
Graham GaNOOOOOOOOOO
Graham Guano
Increased grams from guano
Bat guano
Yeah
FBI has a spreadsheet of college basketball players who are getting paid. You think they are using any Tabs in said spreadsheet or is it just 1 big sheet.
https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2018/02/21/fbi-investigation-players-payments-spreadsheets?utm_campaign=sinow&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&xid=socialflow_twitter_si
are they just Adidas schools?
Here’s 1 quote: “If your school produced a first-round pick in the past three years, be worried.”
Lucky for the Wizards, they’ve not made a pick in the first round in the last 3 years.
Damn the wizards/bullets just never seem to get over the hump
Whew!
-Tim Miles
The Terps are safe then? It’s been almost 5 for them.
Hopefully it’s more legible than the one they used to track this Cruz shooter
That wasn’t a spreadsheet, but a series of post-it notes.
That were drawn on by someone’s toddler
Damn Kids.
Someone said “require everyone to go to school naked”
Lotta girls getting gunned down then…
I’m solving many problems at once. Teen pregnency is way down, how are we gonna keep a large serf class with out it?
The least of which is teenage pregnancy and sexual assault
Google servers kick into overdrive…….(edited out of “lockdown”)
Wow, I didn’t think you were allowed to be a Canadian and be a bad sport.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2018/02/22/a-canadian-hockey-player-refuses-to-wear-silver-medal-after-loss-to-u-s/?utm_term=.464f3919f206
Contrary to popular belief, Canadians are a bunch of self-righteous dicks
I don’t know if it’s a popular belief, the last popular thing out of Canada was John Candy.
Alex Trebec
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Knew that was coming
I mean, how could I not.
I’ll take The Rapists for $200
That’s therapists
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I don’t know who this is….. but okay.
What?
Double foul!
Turn in your man card and your nerd card!
Are ya gonna say who it is so I can start googling or are ya gonna be a jerk.
I’m embarrassed for you
Tricia Helfer
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I never watched Battle Star.
You should.
Great series. Even the wife will like it.
My wife is as big a nerd as I am, in some ways bigger, she’s into Dr. Who for example. So that’s never an issue. We did a Blade Runner marathon for my last birthday, and it was her idea. For valentines day She wanted Star Trek pajamas.
We are nerds I tell ya. big ol’ geeks.
You don’t have to convince us
Remember the Edmund Fitzgerald ?
Gordon Lightfoot
Neil Young says hey .
Like he said…..
The Band was Canadian , except for the drummer , Levon Helm . Some of the greatest songs ever .
Rush
today is national:
– cook a sweet potato day
– margarita day
– chili day
and, oddly, national california day.
This country needs less California, not more.
Yup agreed
A frickin men
How does one have a national California day?
I mean, if this includes tacos, I’m down.
Friggin’ hate sweet potatoes.
Love MAragaritas and Chile, though.
They go great together too.
Sweet potato fries…touch of salt. I tell you what.
Dip in some old bay mayo
Sorry, still don’t like ’em that way. Best use is probably for a potato gun.
Fuck pinko commie California! I’m outta here.
– SCamp
Damn straight
Trenton Thompson dt from Georgia
Worth it
Played QNelson to a stalemate head to head
What round he projected in.
4-5
He’s going back to school.
I keep seeing and hearing experts I trust talk about Nelson being one of the better OL prospects in years.
Nelson is excellent
Him next to TWill would be awesome
Gerrymandering. Thoughts?
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I think I can see Trump’s head in the white area enclosed by green.
Forgot to mention….this is a psychological evaluation, we will retain legal ownership of all data collected.
Kinda sorta.
I can see 5 of my 6 my in-laws homes in this map
I’m in what used to be Ron Paul’s district. I really had to hold my nose to force myself to vote for that guy.
That district was also famously gerrymandered for him too for years. If I recall there was a long thin stretch between two spots. Because they realized that he was too batshit crazy to stay in office otherwise.
He was crazy, and he was horrible, but the alternative in the general election was worse to me. I voted against him in the primary, though.
That salamander has one big ass head. Or is that the tail?
Gerrymandering is in no way new. Both parties do it when it’s convenient and better for them.
Yep, and everyone should feel ashamed for it.
The best solution, only let the 3rd 4th and 5th strongest parties in each state draw the lines.
I don’t feel ashamed for it. As long as it’s legal, I’m all for keeping politicians who share my worldview in power.
^ And that is why you should feel shame to begin with.
But, I don’t, not one bit.
Riiiiight… like you aren’t okay with it when it gets your guy in the house
My guy’s never once gotten in, at any office, any level.
I strictly vote 3rd party.
Well then, maybe you should think about some gerrymandering.
Why would anyone be okay with it, on either side, when the actual purpose is to artificially manipulate districts to take away citizens’ representation in Congress?
Draw a district with little or no bias, and I will gladly live with the results. Every vote should count.
Needs to be illegal
I don’t care who is drawing the maps. I would draw Congressional districts based on common infrastructure, school Districts, etc. So it would be more of a blob, and not the carefully-drawn monstrosity above.
What IS new is advanced AI computer programs that make it more effective than ever before.
Sriracha mayo all the things!
Mayo… gross
plane mayo, agree.
But it’s used as a base in most good fry dipping sauces now.
The substance itself is gross… ever looked at it under a microscope? If you like it then don’t…
I am sure that most things don’t look as appetizing under a microscope
We did it in science class back in the day. Couldn’t stomach it since.
You sure it was mayo and not something else you were looking at 🙂
God I hope it was mayo…
If you sampled a warm emulsion…then yea.
Make it at home, but chill it before you give it a try.
It’s oil and egg. Touch of vinegar.
Hardly the stuff of gross.
So you say… yet it’s still gross.
Damn good for grilling or toasting a bun/roll too.
I mean sure Sriracha mayo is okay in a pinch.
But it’s the old bay mayo and the garlic mayo you bring back home to make love too.
I’ve been known to indulge on an Old Bay aioli.
Interesting breakdowns for potential Cousins suitors if the cap gymnastics are correct. I thought it would be the Jets but he makes a good point about the taxes in NY vs FL. That and the Jags have a better team – SB ready in fact – to surround him with.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/22347565/kirk-cousins-2018-nfl-free-agency-sweepstakes-seven-offers-sign-quarterback-picking-best
Who?
Problem with that is they’re probably going to pick up Bortles option for $19 million.
In the Jags scenario they cut Bortles. We’ll see.
Kirk doesn’t seem like the kind of guy who would handle NY well.
But lucky for him he would never leave New Jersey.
We should ban Kirk.
He seems like sort of a nerd, but then again, so does Eli and he thrived in NYC.
Eli’s never come off as a nerd, he’s always been cast as the dumb dumb.
Install sonic gunshot detectors to locate the shooter. Spray the relevant area with ceiling-mounted tear gas and smoke.
have a secure entry point for schools and search bags/cases
much easier
low tech is better sometimes
So, concentrate all the kids in one tight area every day at a prescribed time. Sounds a bit dangerous.
you’d not have most of the kids go through the search
only visitors (which would include people who had been suspended, expelled, and heck, you could have a list for kids who could be a problem)
basic Marriott. you have a process. follow it unless there are outliers.
yes, that would mean a kid would have to wear a “badge”
Assault on sally port Charlie, movie coming soon.
Metal detectors with armed security guards.
God awful shame that kids have to go to school this way….
Man, when I was in middle school, there weren’t even fences for recess. I went to the Catholic School; during recess I used to run across the football field and meet up with the “girl I was going with” from the public school. Had to watch for the recess monitors, but they were easy to evade.
Now it seems like you’re gonna have to have the whole school campus under surveilance. Fucking awful.
Just outlaw AR-15s, Bushmasters, and every other weapon in its class, along with high capacity magazines, bump stocks, etc.
It’s a much cheaper solution, considering that there’s 98,000 public schools.
Mentioned it the other day, but South Carolina did a study and concluded it would cost them $100 million/yr. to outfit and man all public schools with metal detectors. And that’s a pretty small state.
“Installing metal detectors at every South Carolina public school would cost $14.4 million up front, plus up to $98.3 million each year to place staff at security checkpoints, according to a recent estimate from the state Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.”
Well, Constitutionality and the rights of millions of innocent law abiding gun owners aside, the government would have to buy all of those weapons. That’s a ton of money.
But listen, these schools are suffering a tactical assault by an infantry platoon. It’s been just one untrained lunatic. These suggestions are dramatic overkill. These just need metal detectors at high schools at most, and a beefed up security presence, which is easy. That’s it. They don’t need to arm teachers (which would go spectacularly wrong), the don’t need to install lasers, etc. That’s way too much.
That’s marginally effective. For about a week.
Then someone starts finding points of weakness and manages to sneak a weapon into the building. Or, uses something already existing in the building as a weapon.
What we want here is a proactive system that immediately responds to threats. AI robot dogs that come out of the lockers and render an attacker into hamburger.
I mean sure, it’s gruesome. But…put video of that online and crazy mofos will think twice. In theory.
Idk about the robot dog, but the basic theory is sound.
You haven’t addressed the Skynet problem. AI takes over and 10 minutes later all our kids are dead.
Except for one……….the future of the resistance……well, two…..we need a chick.
The Three Laws of Bobotics will take care of that overblown Skynet nonsense.
That’s way too much.
Don’t think he was serious….
Hrmmm. Seems measured and restrained to me.
Or do you mean the costs?
Sure. It’s all up front. However in time, it will pay for itself.
Just require all students to go to school naked, no where to hide a gun then.
Lotta ladies gonna get “pistol-whipped”.
^this would backfire, if you don’t remember back in the late 90’s mass shooting sprees shooters used the lack of exits/entries to their advantage.
There is one that was in Alabama or Arkansas, I remember in particular they basically used the security of the school as a way to find choke points.
A lot of kids today have ZERO social skills, they never look up from their phones — ever
Local TV station did an undercover news things about people using their phones while driving almost everyone single person under 40 was driving with their phone in the hand doing something with it
the footage they shot was scary
And the last thing they ever want to do with that phone is call someone. You talk to kids who can’t reach someone by text or e-mail and they’re out of options.
I see it all the time from my rear camera footage. They’re driving along, usually at speed…putting their attention to the phone instead of the road. Casual as hell about it too.
Sorry, what are you guys talking about? Just lifted my head from my phone.
SBNation dropped their Top 50 today.
7. Vita Vea, DT, Washington
Along with Edmunds, Vea is one of the most unique talents in this draft class. Possessing great strength and surprising movement/body control skills, Vea might be the modern version of Haloti Ngata in the NFL.
Make sure you wipe up after, other people need to use the library computers.
No need to worry about that… his man parts haven’t worked in decades
http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/news/nfl-draft-big-board-top-50-prospects-players-2018-class/psbeex8jndio1stkxw355h7mm
That’s not a console tv!
I’ll say it again…
you want kids to be safe, eliminate the classroom.
Right…..who needs social skills.
You know, such things can always be learned outside of the school environment.
By some, who actually parent their children. Are we being selective now?
Parent their children?
No no. They learn social skills at whatever passes for kid hangouts these days.
And make judgements based on values that they do, or do not possess.
Time of death….
3…2..1. mark!
Should school officials have access to stun grenades to temporarily disable a shooter?
One teacher in each school should be responsible for flying the Predator drone.
Kudos to you for trying to come up with solutions while others just scream “ban everything!!!”
…and those that are mocking you are the ones deserving of ridicule.
Don’t get me wrong, I have no use for the legal ownership of rapid-fire weapons, but I’m also for any deterrent to give schools the ability to incapacitate the intruder without standing in the line of fire.
It’s okay to not feel the need to own a fully automatic or even semi automatic weapon. That’s your right… but at least you’re not just acting like some screeching harpie with a totally closed mind that only one solution exists… and it’s yours.
I say we give the schools AI controlled rail guns. The moment an incidence occurs, the AI will respond by putting a hole in the shooter’s chest cavity big enough to pass a textbook through.
Oh oh….and AI controlled turrets that fire a mass of enveloping nanites at a shooter. Nanites programmed to disassemble the shooters constituent components and render them into a sculpture of a student skipping to class.
Oh shit! Just build the whole damn school out of nanites. The instant there’s any sort of aggressive display, bam! The building shuts that shit down!
Peet’s coffee sucks.
Low blow
stun grenade of truth
Lol
Why are you coming down on Peets man? That’s messed up. Damn.
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I’m going to choose to ignore this offense.
But only this once.
FYI, you can cut the surrounding white background and the corn will appear on the coffee bag. Good to see you assimilating, though.
Skip all that. Search images with transparent backgrounds. The plug right into whatever other image you want.
You are hindering Austin’s right to learn, a clear violation.
Yea well. Austin can go eat a bag of dicks right about now.
Coming down on Peet’s like that. Pfft.
Lol, you made Donald eat a big one this morning, Donald is, in fact, his hero.
Just thinking outside of the box, but would an arrary of hallway mounted tactical lights and/or lasers serve as a deterrent to an invader at a school? I’ve got to believe it’s hard to advance if you have strobes and lasers trained on you.
It would be even harder if entrances to the school were tightly controlled at all times.
That’s a tad extreme, no?
It’s hard to take aim when you can’t see don’t you think?
Might be hard for other kids to escape as well
If it’s trained at the entry points, while classrooms shelter in place it could help save a few lives. I would go for an ear piercing siren as well.
If your coming through an entrance the lights would be trained at your face. If exiting, the lights would be at your back.
If you’re coming through an entrance it’s already too late
This guy was a student and looked like one. He could hide an AR-15 in a guitar case and walk through the front entrance.
He was an ex student that had been expelled. If he had to have an active badge to get through a security door, like most any corporate office these days, he would have been thwarted
[puts gun to student’s head] “open the fucking door NOW!”
If that’s the case… hell, why don’t we ban all guns period?
Not anyone… not one single person
True, but don’t you think that’s a bit of an overreaction to a problem that, while awful, tragic, and evil, has an incredibly small chance of ever happening? Isn’t the far easier and cheaper, yet still effective solution to just beef up the entry way security and put a few armed guards in public high schools at the discretion of the local governments?
Cheaper to just outlaw semi-automatic, military style semi-automatic guns, large capacity clips and bump stocks.
…which won’t have the desired effect. Target the underlying problem… not the tools used
The real problem is that disaffected and crazy people are not properly monitored and supervised.
That, plus they have no problems getting guns capable of spraying hundreds of rounds in no time flat.
The existence of the firearm itself isn’t the problem. It’s an inanimate object, and one that ownership is constitutionally protected. Every gun can “spray” alot of rounds if the shooter so desires. If you think more gun control was going to stop the Las Vegas shooter, well, that’s naive.
No, it’s not naive. There is a very clear and direct correlation between prevalence of guns and gun violence. You can see this buy studying other countries. And before you say it, there is no corresponding prevalence of crime in general between the U.S. and other countries.
You can thank Ronald Reagan for that, but solving our mental healthcare delivery problem would be astronomically more expensive than every other option mentioned.
I am very comfortable in saying that Ronald Reagan was the best president of my lifetime and the greatest president of the post-WWII era. He’s a personal hero of mine.
And that doesn’t surprise me in the least. I think he was certainly better than the two of the three Republican presidents who followed him. I saw a recent survey of over a hundred academics and the rated Obama a few places above him. Trump, in the early returns, was dead last.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!
Academics… OF COURSE
That’s rich
I know, right? People who actually STUDY the presidency?! BWAHAH…..
Yes…academics… dyed in the wool indoctrinate your youth liberals.
There’s a reason no one takes you seriously
I’m sure you take the same position when it’s, e.g., some kind of life saving medical treatment that academics developed.
You’re a bad joke.
No one… at all
Yet, of course, the second amendment protects my right to own a gun. I’m in favor of banning bump stocks. There’s really no such thing as a “military style semi-automatic gun”.
Not in this century for sure
You know that occasional student that triggers fire alarms…
Now imagine them getting a hold your hallway mounted tactical laser light array.
Not if it can only be enabled/disabled by authorized personnel.
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight
Remote controlled gun turrets. [mic drop]
Hopefully we’ve seen the last Terminator movie.
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Jemele Hill is reaping what she has sown. Soon she’ll be out of work. Freedom of speech does not equate to freedom of consequences.
Indeed
Reap the whirlwind
And yet, Trump remains.
I don’t even know who that is.
She’s the ESPN mouthpiece who caused controversy last year when she called President Trump a white supremicist and ESPN only gave her a gentle slap on the wrist for it.
Oh… ESPN… that explains why I don’t know who she is.
She has a new job with ESPN’s The Undefeated.
And an invite to guest talk on a popular show….she’s not going anywhere anytime soon.
Tim Settle from VTech
Drop into the early 20’s and stock up on some picks
Meh
Can you please elaborate
Just a feeling, or lack thereof.
About the player I spoke of
Aye, and I’m all about some Hokies.
What round would you want to take him in? That’s the selling point.
Like I said drop into the 20s in the first round
I wouldn’t take him there, but that’s just my opinion. He could be the greatest Fatboy ever to play, time will tell.
FWIW, the US Constitution is not that long only 7 articles and 27 amendments
the USC is what is voluminous and lengthy
Yes, Constitutions are very easy. It is mostly just a process for selecting a government, give me a few beers and I can come up with 100 different ways to form a government that will function. The bill of rights were really “optional” from that perspective.
Easy to say, NOW, as you’ve grown up studying it, to get it right, as the trailblazers, while keeping it short and simple, speaks to the achievement of men that were “pretty smart for their day”……
Yes , because I am sitting here wondering how in the hell that could ever be accomplished today in Washington.
Sit down and try to write out something like that and then turn it over to schemers and strategists, see if it can hold water, and stand the test of time. Controlling the trajectory of amendments vs. being defeated and dismantled. Where would our country be today?
They studied, Jefferson at least, was plenty familiar with the Greeks and democracy as well as how to frame a constitution from his knowledge of the Magna Carta.
All that you enjoy now, even at this very moment, has been assured by that work, directly, or indirectly by the spirit that it invokes.
Copy/paste man
It’s hardly trailblazing
Those guys achieved something, but…they weren’t all that
Yeah, they made sure you could hold that view. The average self-absorbed fuckstick today would’ve most likely just given you England 2.0
That whole thing was mostly about taxes. Taxes. And some revolt against monarchy.
And look where we are today. Paying more in taxes than the Brits do. And bouncing from one polarizing president to the next while the UK has had some of the longest stability at the top the world has ever seen.
They adjusted their game after the fact.We, the People, have failed ourselves.
They laughed at our founders. The hypocrisy at the center of our sacred documents, has never been removed. We’ve never stopped being a nation of two sets of laws.
Yet you remain…
I’m not expatting until I’m done here.
i believe the Brits pay higher taxes than we do
Pass
Royce Freeman rb from Oregon
Thumper with good hands
https://twitter.com/JReidDraftScout/status/966705427600871424
Great. Hope he’s avalable in the sixth round, too.
If I’m listing the RB’s I’d want:
1st. Sony Michel if he’s there in the 2nd round
2nd. Nyheim Hines if he’s there in the 4th
3rd. Chubb in the 6th or 7th.
Michel is the total package in my opinion
My thinking too.
Hines I think could be a 2nd Chris Thompson.
I just don’t think the Skins are in a position to spend a higher pick on one of these guys . Of course i’ll be crying by game four that they need a playmaker in the backfield
Yes, but we have many needs, plus, many of you have said Alex Smith will lead us to the promised land where KC couldn’t so I’m on board! Go A.S.!
BREAKING NEWS
Today is National Chili Day
Breaking wind to celebrate!
That makes no sense, chili season is football season.
it’s the 4th Thursday in Feb for some reason
Clearly was selected by some vegetarian
Who’s creating a National Chili Day? Is there even a Chili industry?
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“It just explodes in a high pitch ‘yea'”
“Yea”
In one of Thomas Jefferson’s letters to James Madison in 1789 he said
that the Constitution should expire after 19 years. This was to allow
the new generations to learn from the past and change accordingly, it
was also to prevent older generations from “binding” subsequent ones.
Yep, he was a smart dude, the irony is that when he got old he became a lot of what he despised when he was writing the Declaration of Independence.
Or you could go for a constitutional amendment (which of course will never happen in this day and age).
I actually think it’s very likely, usually when we get in a state of polarizing volatility like we are, that’s when those kinds of big changes happen.
To amend the second amendment? Nah. Don’t have enough overwhelming support to pull off a constitutional amendment.
Amending the 2nd, probably not for another decade, and that’s only if the school shootings keep up. I think it was Bin Laden who said, you would have to kill 10 million Americans for the USA to actually solve a problem. Evil monster that he is, he may have had a great point.
…and yet he killed about 4000 and we solved him as a problem.
and before that no one payed any attention to Afghanistan.
Wait… what?
-Russia
Russia doesn’t count, we are talking about the American public.
Oh… okay. Sorry
There’s really no need to change the 2nd amendment.
Amending the constitution is very unlikely, because it was intentionally designed to be a very tough process.
It’s happened before, will happen again.
I’ll take that wager.
I don’t think one on the 2nd amendment is.
But I think an amendment will be the only way we resolve things like the budget issues, the healthcare debate and some of the other major problems this country keeps facing.
I doubt it happens BUT if it does it would be a balanced budget amendment (and that should have happened many moons ago)
I think at some point we will have a bunch of them in rapid succession.
Historically that’s what happens, we end up with something like 3 amendments in 5 years. Usually having something to do with major changes to society like voting rights.
I’d be for a balanced budget amendment if there’s a point of leeway in cases of national catastrophe, to try and stop an economic collapses, war, which would require some reasonable checks and balances.
But I think everyone would agree, there’s no reason to run in the red with out those.
Hell, we have a hard time just funding the government for more than 3-4 weeks at a time.
Jefferson, Mason, Madison, Hamilton were some pretty smart dudes for their day
Meanwhile that jerk Franklin was too busy buggering wenches to do a damn thing.
Agreed the second amendment was written for a completely different time period it has no relevance in today’s society.
And yet the founding fathers didn’t agree with him and declined to put that mechanism in place, knowing that a Constitution that is reasonably simple and contains basic principals and rights is the way to make it stand the test of time, which it has, being the oldest active constitution.
A constitution written by American politicans today would be 9,582 pages long, would take decades to write and pass, and would make zero sense. Look at what’s happened to state constitutions that are easier to amend.
because legislators have become bought and paid for politicians
i.e. Rubio and his $1M+ from the NRA
…and would be so ambiguous that it could be interpreted anyway the current whims of society deemed.
It’s the have our cake and eat it too theory.
Considering the federal government fails to even pass its own annual budget on time and without massive controversy, ever, I think writing a new constitution every 19 years would be a fool’s errand.
Well, there are no rules for re-writing the constitution, technically it would take time, but If I put my mind to it, I could get a rough draft done in 3 days.
I’d most likely want no part of a constitution that you’d write…..
TBF it took the 27th amendment 202 years 7 months and 10 days to pass.
In addition to Kentavious Street keep an eye on Breeland Speaks
Godwin Igwebuike has an uncanny wing span
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Hello, Apple, let me compare you to orange.
Wait… are you saying the internet is not always honest?
Squinns is a French model oolala
Yes lets arm teachers and hope they shoot back instead of pissing themselves, how fucking stupid can this President be.
Trump doubles down on arming some teachers, praises NRA leadership
If you watched the listening session yesterday… some parents of kids involved in these school shootings suggested it…
I’m sure you’d call them fucking stupid to their face
They also suggested banning assault rifles which wont happen. Arming teachers is stupid. Nobody needs an AR-15 sorry.
My dad has AR-15 style rifle and it’s a great gun to shoot. I love it.
I always enjoy people telling me what I need and don’t need . Such fun.
Again, I used to hunt with one when I was young. Great gun because of the relatively modest recoil.
Yes, actually I would call them stupid. Guns in school is absolutely the dumbest idea out there, except on the hip of a trained school officer
I’d love to be there when you call a person that just had their child murdered stupid.
the idea is stupid. the parent is emotional.
I still want to see it. Nothing more amusing then seeing some callous know it all get flattened by an angry mob.
by putting guns in schools you would end up with more students and staff killed each year with teachers’ guns than you would by some wacko coming into the school
Nothing like an argument based in zero facts to make a point
^LOL
Saw your reflection again huh?
bear in mind that someone who just had a child killed is probably not thinking rationally.
Sure… they MUST be irrational because they don’t agree with your viewpoint. Makes sense
Being armed and secure is good isn’t it Flounder? You believe in this don’t you? I grant you, some teachers may not be able to, but many would.
Yeah I’m sure why don’t we just arm everyone so we can all kill people when needed.
If you don’t believe in armed security, let’s get rid of it at all venues. Sporting events, concerts, The White House.
The players and coaches aren’t armed; the trained security personnel are.
Plenty of players are armed…look at those that have shot themselves…lol
It’s beyond sad that we have to even consider arming personnel in our schools to protect young children. Our society is fucked up…life isn’t valued and we’re wayyy too violent.
True. It’s horrible that we are even having to have these discussions. Both sides of this debate have to be open to discussion to find a real solution to the problem. I completely respect a person’s right to be armed (within reason), but part of that right may need to be culled to protect more children. And people to the left have to be respectful of person’s rights to be armed. There is a middle ground, but if neither side is willing to budge, the problem never gets properly addressed.
I think plenty of people are willing to budge… they just aren’t the politicians
Putting some armed guards on school campuses is smart and a very good idea.
who will pay for it? how many per campus? what’s the ratio? How much more in taxes will we have to pay?
It’s just a matter of redirecting a few local law enforcement officers. There’s no need to station a battalion at every school and turn them into prison camps.
Still, our local police stations are overburdened a it is. There would need to be a formula for how many officers you would need.
Take cops off the ticket writing and traffic duty.
Amen to that! Then just address the heroin problem, protecting the schools etc
very well said
You don’t have to look any further than this blog even , for the extreme scenarios and retarded statements . It’s going to be really hard on a national scale for some rationality .
https://twitter.com/TheHogSty/status/966694022306783232
We have a fun poll up this week. If anyone here makes a comment that’s any good I will try and bring them to the show.
Come on… that’s not a real poll
I can’t believe people voted for anyone other than Zach Brown… must be Russian bots
Grant is not even an option. He is Jay’s secret love child and will always have a spot on the roster (and after last year, he showed that he deserved one).
I’d keep Brown; with Gallette as a close runner-up.
That and he actually catches the ball, He isn’t much after that but at least he moves the chains .
Anyone who doesn’t say Z. Brown is stupid.
You callin’ me stoopid?
-Jay
If the shoe fits….
How did he do such fantastic stunts… with such little feet?!
Cross-eyed buffoon!
I think Brown will win in a landslide, but could at least understand the argument for Long.
According to certain statitstics, Gallette was really turning on the heat during the latter part of last year. You can never have too many pass rushers. May not have gotten a lot of sacks, but, at least statitstically, he had a lot of pressures.
Right now we have 3 OLB’s singed for 2018, we have 2 ILB’s already too. We have 1 Guard. That’s the argument I could see being made.
Long adds versatility on OL as backup C too
He’s still JAG
Question is, is a JAG filling a spot where you have 0 talent more important than an above average player where you have some depth.
The question was between those 4… didn’t say anything about not drafting or picking up other free agents. Hence the logic is non sequitur
Why was Breeland left off the list? I still would go with ZB but at least it would’ve been close.
Great write up
But safety just isn’t something I personally think we should spend either a first nor second round pick on
…hence the reason we’re getting safety out of the way now while it’s still early.
That’s where I’m at. Get the line play up so that we create pressure without blitzing and average secondary players will do just fine.
I agree, httr, but only if a DT DE is a game changer. Otherwise, I could see a S or CB in 1 or 2.
Pair another really good dlineman with J. Allen and we’ll be fine..
^First round.
I think the DT DE value is in rds 2 & 3, not under 20, except for Bradley Chubb, who will be gone by 13
^See, y’all still think of me as average, and my ego just can’t take it.
-Breeland
Derwin James sounds alot like a slightly better version of Su’a Cravens (absent the quitting part).
much better speed than Cravens, he can put the top on the coverage
something Cravens can’t do
Adam’s writeup says that coverage isn’t his strength.
the FSU coaching staff did not develop him a lot
he played at lot on just pure physical skill
with some decent coaching his coverage skills improve a lot
he just has a couple of bad habits in coverage
watched a lot of FSU games down here the last few years
^ Bad habits? Drinkin’, smokin’ and wominizin’ when he should be playin’ football?
Hey, live and let live!
-Kilmer
bad habits – poor coverage techniques, poor eye discipline, etc
^That’s what she said.
Not being his strength, and being slow for a safety, are two entirely different things.
do we even know what cravens is? wasn’t he injured most of his rookie season? then there was last “season”.
A meat popsicle – Mia
USDA Secretary proposing “special immigration status” for agricultural workers. Apparently most Americans don’t want to work in the fields.
Especially black Americans – bad memories
Nobody living today has any memory of slavery. Just saying.
institutional memories
no doubt
There are very little institutional memories, either. Probably only .000001% of people, alive today, a few of our oldest Americans, have ever spoken to anyone who was involved in slavery.
smh
is this the gun talk blog?
Shoot, no!
No
i think it can be, as long as we’re polite to each other.
Ima cap your ass!
Bus one, homie!
I am so white middle class, I even have to laugh at me writing stuff like that!
It’s funny, no matter who you are.
NO
OMG Facebook was horrible last night with everyone fighting and calling each other names
I was like I’m only here for the cute cat videos and I stayed away
I’m only here for the cute cat videos
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Woulda never guessed it. Noone is friends with DC on Facebook.
He tends to get beat on double moves.
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Dude, can’t beat the double move.
You rang – CRogers
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