2018 Draft Preview, Part 8: Tight Ends
March 29, 2018
by Adam Taraschke
We are less than one month away from the NFL draft and now we’re getting into the nitty gritty. From this week until draft day I will be hitting the four biggest positions of need for this Redskins team. Today, it’s tight ends. Tight end is another position that a casual fan would not think is a major need, but with Jordan Reed’s health concerns and Vernon Davis getting up there in age, Washington is due for an all-around playmaker at the position. This tight end class seems underwhelming at a glance due to its lack of elite talent, however, the depth and consistency of this group is impressive. There will be at least a half dozen tight ends that play long successful careers out of this class and I believe the Redskins could get a solid player at a great value this year.
- Hayden Hurst (South Carolina) 6’4″, 250
- Dallas Goedert (South Dakota State) 6’5″, 255
- Mike Gesicki (Penn State) 6’5″, 247
- Troy Fumagali (Wisconsin) 6’6″, 248
- Ian Thomas (Indiana) 6’5″, 248
- Dalton Schultz (Stanford) 6’6″, 242
- Mark Andrews (Oklahoma) 6’5″, 256
- Durham Smythe (Notre Dame) 6’5″, 257
- Tyler Conklin (Central Michigan) 6’4″, 240
- Ryan Izzo (Florida State) 6’5″, 250
Day 1 prospect: Hayden Hurst (South Carolina) 6’4”, 250
Strengths: He shows excellent quickness for his size. Versatile offensive piece who can line up all over the formation. He plays with a relentless motor when blocking. Solid hands with the ability to catch the ball naturally away from his body. Tough when coming across the middle of the field. He has shown promise as a blocker, but his technique needs improving. He is a powerful runner after the catch. He is a solid route runner who has shown he can run away from linebackers.
Weaknesses: He is not a polished run blocker. He needs to work on his consistency in his technique when it comes to blocking. He will be 25 this year so age is obviously a negative for him compared to others. He needs to be more consistent in his stems and releases as not to give away the routes he runs. He could use 10-15 more pounds on his frame.
Overall: Hurst is a great football player and the best all around tight end in the class, however, I do not think any tight end is worth a 1st round pick this year. Hurst is the closest thing to a 1st round talent this class has to offer. I think he would be a great option in the 2nd round, but the 1st would be a big-time reach. He offers versatility in the pass game and would add another smart, moveable piece to this offense. He is not a great run blocker, but his strength and tenacity make it hard to believe he won’t develop into a quality blocker. His age will be a factor later in his career, but right now he is the best all around tight end in the class and he would go a long way to stabilizing this uncertain offense.
Day 2 prospect: Mike Gesicki (Penn State) 6’5”, 247
Strengths: Extremely explosive athlete with vertical ability down the field. He is a lethal red zone weapon. Great feet for a big guy. Smooth route runner with loose hips. Outstanding ball skills. He can jump out of the gym and uses his volleyball and basketball background to help him sky for contested catches. He sets up his routes very well. He is disciplined in his release, stems, and routes consistently. He can run any route he is asked to.
Weaknesses: He is not a good run blocker. He has a skinny frame that could desperately use 10 pounds. He has trouble beating press coverage. He needs to get stronger to be able to compete as a blocker in the NFL. His motor in the run game must improve. He lacks technique to help overcome his lack of aggression as a blocker.
Overall: Gesicki is a prospect who is hard to grade. He is a guy with an elite athletic profile who has shown he can affect the passing game, but he may be the worst run blocking tight end in the entire class. Now, with the NFL becoming a passing league a player like Gesicki can thrive without being asked to block, but most teams prefer a well-rounded player. The Redskins have struggled to find a real in-line blocking tight end to compliment Reed and Davis. He would give Washington a serious weapon in the pass game, but would still leave them without a decent run blocker. As a day 2 pick you can’t pass up on the versatility and impact he brings the pass game. If he slips into the 3rd round I think Washington would be wise to make a move up to get him.
Day 3 prospect: Dalton Schultz (Stanford) 6’6”, 242
Strengths: One of the best run blocking tight ends I’ve ever watched. He is a 6th offensive lineman when he is one the field. Plays with great discipline and fundamentals in the run game. He has a great frame for the position. He has shown to be smooth in and out of breaks. He finds the weak spot of a defense and exploits it. Smart route runner who makes the QB’s life easier. He has solid footwork. He has the toughness and athleticism to be a problem in the middle of the field.
Weaknesses: He is limited as a route runner and tends to telegraph his routes as he runs them. Despite his height and toughness, he needs to add more weight at the next level. He lacks elite speed and can struggle separating from defenders. He is limited after the catch due to his average lateral ability.
Overall: If the Redskins need a blocking tight end then look no further. Schultz plays like someone slapped his mama on every play. He blocks with outstanding fundamentals and a vigor you can’t teach. He is good enough of an athlete to be a reliable receiving threat, but he would make his greatest impact in the run game. If he makes it to Washington’s pick in the 4th round I think he would make a great fit and a great value selection. He would take the burden of run blocking away from Reed and Davis and give Gruden another big, athletic kid to work with. He can develop into a full time starting tight end as he serves as the primary run blocker on early downs. If I were to pick any tight end in the appropriate draft slot, in terms of value, it would be Schultz in the 4th round.
Favorite prospect: Dallas Goedert (South Dakota State) 6’5”, 255
Strengths: Versatile weapon in the pass game. He plays with a natural fluidity that most men his size don’t have. Physical route runner who is not affected by contact down the field. Big, strong hands make him a reliable pass catcher. He is a mismatch nightmare when it comes down to safeties or LBs covering him. Explosive athlete who can attack the ball at its highest point. Uses his size to create space for himself in the pass game. He has the size and strength to be a solid blocking tight end. Tough kid with a blue-collar background.
Weaknesses: Needs to sell his routes better. Must work his stems and release to better disguise his routes. He needs to continue to develop as a nuanced route runner. Goes for highlight play too often, must focus and make plays that are available. He is an average ball carrier. His attitude when it comes to blocking needs to change.
Overall: Goedert is the next mismatch nightmare in the NFL. He is going to feast on slow LBs and small safeties who try to cover him 1 on 1. He has quick feet and strong hands. He has all the traits you look for in a starting tight end. He can make plays all over the field and would make a great companion for Alex Smith. He has the strength to be a factor against the run, but he needs a coach to develop his fundamentals as a blocker. He would come in and give the Redskins a future replacement for both Reed and Davis in one player. He can be a versatile chess piece you deploy all over the formation as a rookie and can be developed into a top 10 tight end in the NFL. The level of competition is a worry, but less of a worry when you dominate the way he did. If he is still available when Washington picks in the 2nd round they should pull the trigger. He would make everyone on the offensive side of the ball happy and would make opposing defenses sweat a little more preparing for this team.
Highest Ceiling: Dallas Goedert
Highest Floor: Hayden Hurst
Most Pro Ready: Hayden Hurst
Best Run Blocker: Dalton Schultz
Best Receiving Threat: Mike Gesicki
Most Athletic: Mike Gesicki
Biggest Riser: Durham Smythe
Biggest Sleeper: Troy Fumagali
Move along – new post: http://www.thehogsty.com/2018/03/30/redskins-roster-still-has-holes-in-key-areas-but-team-is-content-with-the-draft-approach/
Which TE, if any, is most Gronkesque? Take him!
Are you sure about that?
Yes.
-The Ladies
No.
-Team trainers and Docs.
Held his own when dealing with Notre Dame’s talented combo of Quenton Nelson and Mike McGlinchey.
Trenton Thompson
not gonna lie, that’s very impressive…6’4 295 5.06 40
Deadrin Senat
SOURCES TELL US “That guy was a handful in Tampa. Watch him in those practices if you can get the tape. Reminded me of what Javon Hargrave did when he was there.” — NFC Director of Scouting
I prefer his brother
Dieldrin Senat 6’0” 314 lbs
Ortho University
STRENGTHS Squatty frame carries thickly muscled arms and a barrel chest. Plays with a sturdy, wide base and is hard to knock off-balance. Hips stay under his hands. Low center of gravity and powerful base allows him to play under and through redirect blocks once he gets to the edge. Has fast-twitch initial hands. Punches first into opponent’s shoulders preventing them from capturing his frame. Stone cold killer. Fierce and persistent. Toxic to opposing linemen. Hands can be violent and sudden. Shows some two-gap ability as a shade nose. Never stops hustling and is willing to chase a tackle opportunity all over the field, like a cancerous virus that never stops.
in all seriousness, I like that pick, but he’s moved up from maybe “if he’s there in the 6th…” to “if he’s there in the 4th”
Okay, this mock. If we somehow came away like this, I’d do cartwheels
YOUR PICKS
1: R1P13 RB SAQUON BARKLEY PENN STATE
2: R2P12 WR CALVIN RIDLEY ALABAMA
3: R4P9 DL DA’SHAWN HAND ALABAMA
4: R5P5 LB SHAQUEM GRIFFIN CENTRAL FLORIDA
5: R5P26 G WILL CLAPP LSU
6: R6P14 CB JAMARCUS KING SOUTH CAROLINA
7: R7P13 OT BENTLEY SPAIN NORTH CAROLINA
8: R7P23 QB QUINTON FLOWERS SOUTH FLORIDA
What kind of grade did you get for this?
Didn’t use the grading system, this is fanspeak
Oh ok. Great picks. If Barkley fell that far I would wonder if something was wrong.
Picks 1-12:
1. Rosen
2. Allen
3. Darnold
4. McGlinchey
5. Smith
6. Chubb
7. Fitzpatrick
8. Nelson
9. Edmunds
10. James
11. Mayfield
12. Jackson
McGlinchey ain’t going that high…he wont go top 20 i’d bet…
Barkley still there at 13? Unlikely
I couldn’t believe it either. But if that happens I’m gonna go nuts.
prob could get a couple of good picks in a trade back
Agreed. If he slides to 5-7 range though should the skins try and trade up? Certainly possible if there is a run on QB’s at the top of the draft.
I want the Skins to burn their entire draft to trade up for a RB
…
because watching the fanbase in full DEFCON1 meltdown is hilarious
It would be funny but I bet they’d get over it if he lives up to the hype. A generational RB in a skins uni? That would be fun and would make Smith’s job a whole lot easier.
Happy Friday! Hope its Good for all y’all!
I see what you did there…
😁.
I’d be torn between this guy and Vea if they were both available.
https://twitter.com/MarkBullockNFL/status/979150991382769664
nice depth pick, since prob 1 of Nicholson or Swearinger goes down and Swearinger eventually moves on
I think he’d start out in the nickel backer role, because you have to get him on the field and he’d be great there. Eventually he’d probably take Swearinger’s job.
DJames to me is a luxury pick that this team cant afford.
Dead Last in the league, against the run…i can’t get behind picking a guy who will only help in that regard after the RB has gone 5-10 yards up field.
Opponent can’t run if DJames turns the ball over.
Ty agreed!
Vea, James or this guy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/football-insider/wp/2018/03/29/redskins-could-use-first-round-pick-to-add-another-alabama-star-to-its-defensive-front/?utm_term=.fd6f9a9d5f2f
STRENGTHS NFL-worthy build with good size and a broad, tapered chest. Wingspan measured over 82 inches at the NFLPA game. Tape is full of him bludgeoning blockers across from him. Explosive upper body power. Carries bang behind his pads and is able to knock opponents off-balance when his leverage is right. Decent lateral quickness to flatten out runners to the perimeter. Shows athletic ability to work edge-to-edge as rusher. Gets good mileage from his arm-over move and works his hands and feet in unison. Possesses balance to recover.
Touting this kid also, John Franklin Myers, 6’4, 292, ran a 4.75 40…if he’s there in the 5th of 6th, that’s a STEAL
I try and eat healthy….but Entenmanns Glazed Pop-Ems…..I could eat those until i’m diagnosed with diabeetus….
Speaking of beets…gonna start to incorporate beet juice into the diet….now beets are a super food…
google “super beets’, check it out
that’s my jam!
-Dre
NSFW
Did you guys hear about this?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/03/30/nhl-stunner-a-36-year-old-accountant-whos-never-played-pro-stars-in-blackhawks-win/?utm_term=.10c9d20c3560
love it when the guy in the stands actually has to come in and play.
imagine if that happened to an enforcer and they like, brought in Brock Lesnar
Imagine if other sports allowed you to do this.
that’s how Floyd Mayweather would end up in the ring with Brock Lesnar
Been touting this guy for a while…Kentavious Street
STRENGTHS Powerhouse with compact frame and a 700 pound squat to his name. Able to cave-in lesser tight ends who are tasked with trying to base block him. Shows some fight at the point of attack against tackles despite his lack of length. Heavy hitter when tackling. Runs through the ball carrier and makes sure they feel it. Straight-line pursuit speed appears to be faster than expected on tape. Won’t go to it often, but has access to an explosive spin move that can win as inside counter when he times it right. Uses low center of gravity and powerful rip move to play through a blocker’s edge once he gets the door open.
if he could carry 15 – 20 lbs more weight, maybe DE; I think i’d try him there anyway
doesn’t have the dexterity to play 3-4 OLB
he’s a DE in a 3-4 all day long.
I guess that 4.6 forty you were talking about turned into a 4.87?
still a good time for a close to 300 pounder.
Tesla is the new Tucker
Modern Day Cowboy
Happy Good Friday. After a pretty grueling week, all projects are cleared off my desk. Offices are closed. Beautiful dry cool Spring day.
Gonna schwack some golf balls with some good friends.
I’d rather hang out with Mohammed, Jugdish, Sidney and Clayton.
– Greg Marmalard
Hey…that’s my schtick
And Moe’s already hanging out with those guys on TI.
today is one of those fool me days here in the DMV. step outside in the 60’s… but the temps are going to plunge by the afternoon
As long as it fools the hot babes to do outside happy hour with their puppies on full display in their springwear.
I’m going early today.
yeah, but instead of booze and ruffies they’ll be drinking lattes and tea
Not where I go home slice.
C 2
CB 5
S 7
DL 10
ILB 7
OLB 6
OG 4
OT 3
OL 4
QB 3
RB 6
TE 5
WR 6
LS 1
P 2
K 1
Total 72
Includes the Cravens trade and L Daniels release
BREAKING: In a show of loyalty to the Administration, new NSA chief John Bolton agrees to shave mustache and wear deodorant.
TDS
I actually wanted him to run for president. He’s another dude who will hang his balls out while telling countries who wish to do us harm they are about to have their asses handed to them. Also, when asked a direct question…he always, always provides an answer without tap dancing or doublespeak.
That dude has served under Rep’s and Dem’s and the nation is better off when he is on point.
Do your homework rather than just looking at the current President who has brought him into the cabinet and basing your uninformed opinion accordingly.
If history is any gauge, he will be out within the next 3 months.
He’s a full on war mongering nutter. Highlight reel includes lying the U.S. into disastrous Iraq War.
He wasn’t good enough for the Republican led Senate in 2005. Had to be recess-appointed. He’s no better now. The thought of having him spoon feed Trump intelligence is scary as hell.
And the RB we should take:
SOURCES TELL US “Mark this down. Nobody will be talking about him until he gets to the Combine where he will lift well, run well and jump out of the stadium. Then, he’ll be the hot name.” — NFC team director of college scouting
Kalen Ballage..6’1 227 4.46 40…
Somebody up here was talking bout him. I’ve never seen anything on him. Is he the real deal?
in fake mockeries, he’s one of the guys left if you haven’t picked one up and it is the 5th round; but I soured on him and in the fakeries I take that cat from Fordham
Ballage
http://www.nfl.com/draft/2018/profiles/kalen-ballage?id=2559995
Chase Edmonds, RB, Fordham
https://www.nfl.com/prospects/chase-edmonds?id=32462018-0002-5599-67b6-83e11d5abce1
meh, slow and small…..
if you’re going by combine numbers, he’s stronger, equally explosive, and quicker as an athlete, the single thing that Ballage beat him on is the 40 time (4.46 vs 4.55)
the thing that bothers me about ballage is one knock on him is that he lacks “vision”
and for me, that’s a “pass” on any RB, no matter what athletic numbers they have
and yeah, Edmonds has a ? on him regarding size and pass pro; but the latter isn’t uncommon coming out of college
to me, while RB can be upgraded, the problem with the running game is the same genre as injuries: better preparation, maybe better scheme
maybe our OL doesn’t block that good? We had a lot of injuries there last year…dudes were seeing their first action of their careers.
That’s my take. There were very few holes opened by our OL, especially in the 1st quarter. Need some maulers, or a better running scheme.
SOURCES TELL US “I always feel like I’m watching a bouncer when I watch him. He’s stronger than everyone around him and he can drop some of these guys with one shot. He’s the enforcer out there for sure.” – AFC East scout
Skyler Phillips….I’m ALL about this kid….grab him in the fifth….DL in the first, RB in the second.
I picked him in a mock!
Looked at some footage. Strong.
I wonder if there is much of a learning curve moving from RG to LG.
If he’s dominant at RG, I wouldn’t mind seeing Scherff and TWill paired together.
Hell yes. You have to remember to set with different hand. Also, your huddle position is different.
Slow Start
need to prime it first
not much traffic this morning
We’ll hopefully have a new post later this morning.
heyo
How can you even function as a business in California? You need to put a warning label on my coffee so that I am aware I’m giving myself cancer while I buy it anyway.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-lawsuit-coffee/starbucks-coffee-in-california-must-have-cancer-warning-judge-says-idUSKBN1H5399
Rented a condo in Myrtle Beach for the week in July – Family week again v 7.0
Have a good time.
Hiking into the gorge for some trout fishing tomorrow morning, just the wife and I, Happy Good Friday!
good luck . should be a nice day .
Thanks Buck, we hit Lil Irish today for a couple hours with the kids and granny. My daughter caught two Brooks, I got two. Lost a few with helping her get them in but they gotta learn. Tomorrow is me time, my ole’ lady can fish so I can do my own thing.
See you then
Nce have a good time.
wait. you’re in Florida.
why would you drive 8 – 9 hours to go to the beach?
I met my first hamster today! Cool putting a face with a name.
is he an OK dude ?
Total prick.
Absolute dirtbag that guy 😉
Y’all are too much
Indeed. I expect by summer you’ll see more of me. That’s the plan anyway.
Yes sir. Glad the weather cooperated today!
I miss the way the east coast smells… so different. The greenery is nice, too. Southern California is so… golden
I know what you mean. I have relatives out west and it’s totally different. There’s Beauty everywhere though
That’s why I move around every 8-10 years. Life is all about experiences. Now I want to sit for another 8-10 and let the boy finish out his school life.
Sincerely,
Arizona State University
I’ve hung out with Smokey a couple of times.
So… we sign anyone today?
Hankerson may be resigned. I hear he’s available.
SUPERBOWL!
negative , there was a big knitting session though .
Shocker!
I met my 3rd hamster today
That’s cool . Is he an OK dude ?
Met him briefly but we’ve been on much the same wavelength here for a few years now so it’s cool to put a face with a name
Yeah that would be .
are you an OK dude ? I’ll ask him .
76 mocks, a few updates tonight
Vita Vea, DT, Washington 14
Derwin James, S, Florida State 14
Roquan Smith, ILB, Georgia 9
Denzel Ward, CB, Ohio State 7
Da’Ron Payne, DT, Alabama 6
Calvin Ridley, WR, Alabama 6
Minkah Fitzpatrick, DB, Alabama 3
Mike Hughes, CB, Central Florida 3
Josh Jackson, CB, Iowa 3
Tremaine Edmunds, LB, Virginia Tech 2
Maurice Hurst, DL, Michigan 2
Marcus Davenport, DE, Texas-San Antonio 2
Isaiah Wynn, G, Georgia 2
Saquon Barkley, RB, Penn St 1
James Daniels, C/G, Iowa 1
D. J. Moore, WR, Maryland 1
Tremaine gots two woohoo!
No Hernandez? That’s straight trash! -btg
Because drafting one of the best guards in this draft by a team who needs a guard
That makes too much sense
well when you have a bad defense, people expect you to draft defense
Not that its universal, but a really good QB generally tends to be a really smart QB.
https://twitter.com/HogsHaven/status/979486361181966336
I really hate the fact that these Wonderlic scores are leaked….The Hog Sty is not going to retweet them.
That’s just because your boy Lamar is a dumby.
Dan Marino scored a 16.
No one ever considered Dan Marino a Mensa member did they?
No but I consider him a HOFer.
I’m agreeing with you mister Steve, I don’t think you need to be top of the charts on the Wonderlic to be a good quarterback in the league. I need to figure out when the league started having these Wunderlich test because I feel there may be something more Sinister going on there
Obama started them.
When did The League start having these Wonderlic Tests?
Sam Darnold got a 28.
Didn’t Dan Marino score a 16?
Yes, and Bradshaw was down there, too.
And Johnny Manziel scored a 32.
Blaine Gabbert 42
Alright, so maybe its not all that reflective.
Favre was also a dumby.
Beat me to it.
Kirk Cousins – 33
Cam Newton – 21
Ryan Fitzpatrick – 48
Frank Gore – 6
Morris Claiborne – 4
Breeland – negative ten
well, I’ll tell you, it’s invaluable that a qB can think quickly. It may not be totallycomparable, but I want a smart QB who can make quick decisions. That seems to be the issue with JCampbell.
Ol Soup scored a 23
May be, but he could not make quick decisions
Do the Nats play today or tonight ?
Tomorrow or Saturday, can’t remember.
Gotcha
I thought every team played today for the first time in a very long time.
Oh yeah. They got weather delayed.
Backwoods off is very effective on gnats
That was fun. Think I’ll clean my guns before I go to church .
LOL, Don’t shoot yourself in your Bible!
LOL , I’ll be careful .
FYI – Obama had many admirable qualities that I liked . Just saying .
I like Trump’s response to the school shootings. And, I really hope he is serious about engineering this country’s infrastructure overhaul.
he’s had open conversations at least , with fellow lawmakers on both sides . IDK , he’s a politician but not in the traditional sense .
My wife can tell you some crazy shit that goes on in the school and it gets harder every year to discipline and keep control . It’s insane actually.
^I believe that, Buck. We’ve got to find solutions, and both sides need to be open instead of digging their heals in the sand, saying my way or the highway.
That’s damn near impossible .
Middle school kids vaping in school , having sex , drugs , not to mention total disrespect for authority .
Well… the having sex part….
Yeah. My kid’s in preschool. We’re really going to have to figure out what to do after the first couple grades of grade school. Public/private/ Move to a safe/good school district. Etc.
That’s scary in todays world. I don’t envy you , but you’ll figure out what’s best .
Private schools are better, trust me.
Home schooling?
What!!! They are having sex in 3-4th grade?
I know. Its sad. I remember the days of Reagan and Tip O’Neill going at it, but ultimately getting things done together. Everyone today takes such an extreme position on each side, and the sides are getting further and further apart with no room for compromise.
Clinton and Newt for that matter . That was a good era .
Yep.
The Su’a Cravens trade is official, and the team announced that they waived LeShun Daniels. I’m not putting up a new post just for that.
We waived Daniels? the front office sucks!!!!
Waiving Daniels has no effect on the salary cap.
We hardly knew ye . Is he the guy that got hurt in warm ups ? Something like that
When you talk about putting a SRO in every school in FL most counties you are talking millions of dollars per year and hiring additional LEOs to staff the positions
Like $2M for small counties and $26M+ for larger counties
Millions for each county ? They must make a good salary .
not really
one officer at say $40K salary = fully loaded cost is probably $65K
times 100 schools would be $6.5M
That’s the entire state though , right ?
nope 1 county
and the real numbers is close to $100K fully loaded cost
and the larger schools systems have 150-180 schools
One county has a hundred schools ?
67 counties in FL smallest has 8,000 people and largest has 2.6M people
about 13-14 have 500K plus
looking at 1 local county
50 middle/high schools
81 elementary schools
13 charter schools
then you need about 20% extra to cover sick/vacation/training days
and then you need about 10% on top of that for mgmt/supervisor positions
we have three schools , that’s it .
146 + 30 + 18 = 194 SROs @ $100K/per = $19.4M
and then you have to get them guns, uniforms, cars, radio, etc.
Pineallas has estimated around $23M per year
So there is a big dust up in my local school district . The parents and the schools are calling for an SRO (school resource officer ) for safety and obvious purposes in today’s environment . Since their budget has already been approved for this year , they can’t get any extra money . The HS gets one , but nobody else does . My wife works at the middle school and she can tell you all kinds of stories about these kids and how they can’t discipline them properly or get them the hell out of there . They got kids that are certifiable crazy and they can’t do anything about it .
Middle school in a lot of ways is worse than HS, 7th and 8th grade is when kids start the process of being confused about themselves, the world, but are completely juvenile and got them weird chemicals flowing around their bodies.
my wife quit teaching because she was teaching both 7th and 9th graders at a combined school. they can’t discipline them nor do much, and it was just really a handful of students.
basically teachers are expected to be expert psychologists, generals, and SMEs. but that’s really a high bar. and if you think about it, and sitting in a lecture room with 30 other kids isn’t really a way to learn. and it is a hatecrime to suggest that as a gross generalization (acknowledging that there are several main categories by which individuals learn best) boys and girls learn differently. and most public schooling is unintentionally optimized more for girls. but for this context I don’t know that matters, anecdotally, it seemed (that at least in 7th grade) that the girls were just as big of a discipline problem as boys.
My wife has a concealed weapons permit but she obviously can’t take it in the school , but she whishes she could . There are a few “students” in there she will admit she is afraid of , and she doesn’t get scared easy . She has said for several years , she is afraid one of them will bring a gun or something deadly in their backpack . I’m talking about kids with severe problems that shouldn’t be there .
and I’m not talking about a big sized school either . 800 students give or take.
What WaPo has to say about the hole Trump/Amazon thing
We all know what’s really going on here. Trump couldn’t care less about whether a corporation is paying appropriate taxes, or about the income of the Postal Service, or the fate of mom-and-pop businesses. His rage at Amazon comes from one place: the company’s founder and chief executive, Jeff Bezos, who also owns The Washington Post, the very newspaper you’re reading right now. That paper has reported extensively on Trump and his White House, reporting that paints a completely accurate and therefore highly unflattering picture of this president and the ongoing goat rodeo over which he presides.
That’s actually a quote from a supposedly professional newspaper?
direct quote from an op-ed piece
WaPo is really showing its pettiness and unprofessionalism. No wonder newspapers are dying.
Anything goes on an op-ed piece. But Trump doesn’t hate Amazon. He just hates that Amazon owns the WaPo.
Amazon doesn’t own the WaPo.
Bezos does
Yes, correct, so…Amazon doesn’t own the WaPo.
Doesn’t matter to Trump. He’ll go after Bezos because he owns both the WaPo and founded Amazon.
Ironic that the one president in half a century who refuses to show his taxes complains about someone else’s taxes.
Name the federal law that requires a presidential candidate to disclose his tax returns. Trump was smart for not doing it – if he had, a couple million amateur CPAs would sift through them, not understand what they were looking at, make all sorts of kooky declarations about them, and create absurd talking points for years. I don’t blame him at all.
And he just set the precedent for all future candidates to also not disclose their taxes, So just remember that.
I’m fine with it. I haven’t looked at any of their tax returns. As long as they meet the federal requirements, which Trump did, that’s fine by me. The only disclosed records I read page by page were George W. Bush’s military records.
He’s setting a lot of precedents. None of them good.
An op-ed is a written prose piece typically published by a newspaper or magazine which expresses the opinion of a named author usually not affiliated with the publication’s editorial board. Op-eds are different from both editorials (opinion pieces submitted by editorial board members) and letters to the editor (opinion pieces …
Yes, and the portion of said op-ed quoted here is petty, unprofessional, and exemplifies the attitudes that have caused half the country to not trust media sources they used to trust.
Are Hannity opinion pieces professional?
Don’t know; I don’t read them, but I do know that he tells the world he’s not a journalist.
And an Op-Ed by definition does not come from a journalist….
I 100%, positively guarantee that whoever wrote that would label himself a journalist.
He might call himself a columnist.
I’d bet my life that he or she has a journalism degree and calls himself a journalist, but I don’t care enough to go figure it out.
as much as Maddow’s are or the douche that comes on after him , I mean her.
I’m sure you know that this has literally nothing to do with why newspapers are dying so I won’t harp on your comment.
But following Donald’s logic- shouldn’t he be trying to prop up all newspapers like he is trying to assist mom and pop retailers and the postal service?
You know- business that are losing out to technology and consumer freedom of choice?
He should not have ventured into this amazon deal at all and it’s abundantly clear that it was because of the Bezoss /Washington Post connection.
Are you saying Trump is vindictive? Shocking.
In other words he is exactly like the people that oppose him so viciously . Birds of a feather
Pinko commie rag!
– Morty Seinfeld
Amazon, like all big corporations, has reason to thank Trump and congressional Republicans: Because of their corporate tax cut, the company got a $789 million windfall last year, helping it reduce its federal tax rate to zero.
Goat rodeo. lol
did we sign Hankins yet?
What does your source say?
We’re too busy praising and reminiscing over the spectacular 8-year presidency of Barack Hussein Obama.
Come on, can a brother get a ‘Like’?
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The definition of irony.
http://www.wnd.com/files/2018/03/Obama-Farrakhan.jpg
That sad thing is that Louis Farrakan is far from the most despicable associate Obama had.
Its amazing that each party can see the flaws in the other party’s candidates but refuses to/ can’t see the flaws in their own.
Hope you aren’t referring to me . They’re all hypocrites and full of shit in my opinion .
It’s the lesser of two evil’s , always . Whichever one you deem that to be .
Not you, Buck. Let’s bash O’Bama because he associated with Farahahn. But then we don’t talk about Trump’s associates or his words that there were very fine people among those white supremists.
Not trying to turn this into a Trump bashing session.
They’re all politicians. They’re all dirty. They’re all doing what it takes to get elected. None of them give a shit about you or me. So choose the one whose policies you most agree with.
God help me if I say something negative about Saint Obama, when you guys bash Trump all day long.
Fuck Obama . Deal with it.
Heyyyy…show some respect, please. This is a civil forum.
That would be awesome if he achieved Sainthood. Or at the very least, let the Queen knight him.
Sir Barack Hussein Obama has a nice ring to it, don’t you think?
Ummm, ya’ll talk about Trump’s associates and words every single day , numerous times a day . The whining never stops . Get real .
You won’t catch me hiding Trump’s flaws….I voted for someone else in the GOP primary and held my nose to vote for him in the general election since Hillary was so awful. He has flaws, although I approve of most of what he’s trying to do.
that’s why I always say each party is worse than the other
I firmly believe that history will eventually show Obama to be the bad guy that I think he is, although it will take awhile.
History will show that Obama was one of our better presidents, and there’s a very good chance that Trump will be the very worst.
Dude. You should seriously consider quitting posting altogether and getting a checkup from the neck up.
“No one is less right…more often…than D_C.”
Watch and learn, grasshopper.
Ha ha .
What history will show is that under Obama’s leadership, economic growth stagnated, ISIS proliferated, American society became polarized and hateful, and the military became hollowed out due to lack of funding for acquisitions and training.
Miraculously , the photo never surfaced until he was out of office . Strange .
CONSPIRACY!!!
Nah , just a coincidence of a lifetime .
Great pic. Look at those smiles. I miss that guy.
But what do you think of Obama?
You can catch him on Netflix .
Farrakhan?
Thank god he’s gone. What a terrible president.
It’s ashame there are Presidential Term Limits. He would have coasted to a 3rd term.
Heck, he probably would have run unopposed.
Yep , that and that damned electoral college . You should try and get that changed . You’re getting hosed .
I see Marshall Faulk made it in the photo (back, far right).
Naw , I’m fairly sure he is anti white hating racist and bigot .
Farrakan is also anti-semetic.
Yes , very much so. That’s his whole message more or less.
World Net Daily all over today’s news.
Good thing you showed up. Your knitting crew needs you .
Can I borrow your needles? Totally forgot mine.
Not buying it .You are never without your needles . They go with you everywhere
Man, you do love your knitting needles!
Austin police cave to PC pressure call bomber domestic terrorist
even though a recorded confession left by Mark Conditt revealed his motivations were neither racial or political
No one got hurt?
bunch of people got butt hurt because the bomber turned out to be a white dude and the police did not immediately call him a domestic terrorist and instead used the term disturbed individual
he was a killer and he’s dead, that’s all that matters
in my mind, “terrorism” has some political end. i would not consider a simply crazy person a terrorist. but, if he had a political message or desire, then… yeah -terrorist. we also should not be afraid to use the term “islamic terrorist” when the “message” (murders) is islam-generated.
exactly . he had no known reason or message .
But he was a Trumper!
Trumpers. The worst kind of terrorists.
See! and, and, and……homeschoolers!
they prefer the term Trumporist
Trumptorists
Trumproarists
terrorism generally ties back to one of three things political, racial or religious
it is a type of warfare used to advance an agenda through the spread of terror by conducting violent acts against usually non-military targets
Our own 44th president was terrified of referring to Muslim terrorists as “Muslim terrorists”, and always referred to ISIS as ISIL to deflect the fact that he was responsible for the proliferation of ISIS in the first place when he ignored them years ago.
Islamic terrorism roots goes all the way back to Jimmy Carter days
and was helped out a lot by inaction by Bill Clinton
Couldn’t hit a desert with a cruise missile!
Bill Clinton’s various foreign policy failures were the big causes, if Osama bin Laden’s words are to be believed, particularly Clinton pulling us out of Somalia too early.
Barack Hussein Obama has been perhaps the best President in our lifetimes, and I take personal offense to the nonstop attacks you wage on his presidency and on his character.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
That’s pretty ironic
I was using my GOP thin-skinned whiny voice.
And this is me holding my tongue since I’m supposedly an owner of this place.
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That’s only good for the next 7 years…..
as opposed to your normal voice ? I fail to see the difference .
coffee-spit!
BWAAAA-HAAAAA-HAHAHAHAHAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
steve,
his failure to specify “islamic terrorist” bothered me.
there was probably some wise political reason not to say that, but it bugged me.
wise-ass
It was Obama trying to appease his US-hating base.
please, steve. the idea that obama, or his base, hates america is koco-loco.
I don’t think he hates the U.S. (that was hyperbole), but I think his ideas about globalism, which come from his early communist and socialist influences, are crazy and not in the best interests of the country.
IDK dude , his pastor said some negative shit .
I can cue it up if you like . His pal Farrakhan as well.
he was trying to keep Michigan in DNC hands
Yeah, he pretty clearly wasn’t a terrorist to me, but a certain segment of the media and the population simply must have any white male who shoots someone labeled “terrorist” in order to make some PC, spread the terrorist love to all races. It’s utterly absurd. The bastard is dead and that’s what matters.
Far Cry 5! Come on down, shoot some white terrorists, from the comfort of your living room!
pussies . what a spineless city . bunch of nutbags .
LOL
Austin is a very non-Texas city in many ways. It’s nice place but the people are a bunch of hippy leftists, which I don’t care for.
Bunch of freaks.
I lived there for a time. I liked alot of things about it.
steve,
thanks. point taken. if i go to texas, i’ll go to austin.
my family growing up had a ford pinto and a gran torino. later my dad got a mustang 2.
gran torino had a front and back bench seats that went all the way across. pinto had fancy “bucket seats”….
Oh yea, my family had one of these babies when I was growing up
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/144397799a295e02b62173fdf3bdd942826266d3220c2a009933544422d74855.jpg
Did you family go on a road trip only to find the amusement park closed?
No, but we did get stuck at the top of a roller coaster at Hershey’s Park once after driving there in this thing so pretty close.
we drove our blue gran torino station wagon through king’s dominion’s “lion country safari” – where you would actually drive your car through a “wildlife preserve” with lions and giraffes and hippos, etc… right outside your car door. lawyers (or more accurately lawsuit-seeking people) quickly put an end to that.
Ford meh
the real brains was William S. Knudsen
he worked at Ford then General Motors
he was the expert on creating assembly lines and mass production manufacturing
he was head of war production for US in WW2
emigrated from Denmark to USA in 1900
one of his most famous acts was when he went to where they were creating a new massive airplane manufacturing plant out side of St Louis and there were huge disagreements on how the plant should be laid out, he walked around for several hours talking with the various engineers and parts makers/assemblers and then sat down and drew out on a large piece of paper the most efficient way to lay out the plant to maximize plane production in about an hour
that plant was able to turn out hundreds of bombers a month
Germany or Japan has no facility that could match the production of that plant
and he worked to set up dozens of plants to make ships, planes, tanks, etc.
And Ford harnessed some of that brilliance, if even just for awhile.
We sell our ability to people like Ford, or rent it anyway.
10 years at Ford and 16 at GM before Roosevelt “stole” him in 1940
they said he could visual things in a matter of minutes that takes groups of people today with high-end CAD systems weeks to design
I don’t think Lamar Jackson will get bast the 1st round. Personally I’d take him over Josh Allen, I think he probably’s the 4th QB off the board.
I don’t think Josh Allen should be drafted in round 1, even though he will be.
Maybe not, but he will be though. Too many teams want a QB of the future.
He’s this year’s gunslinger
I think he’s a bust.
Maybe so. We won’t be drafting him.
He’s Jim Drukenmller 2.0
Ah Jim Drukenmiller of the Memphis Maniax, the weirdest team in the XFL.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5060/5458846092_d6bb7de2af_b.jpg
Yes, that’s exactly who he is. I mentioned that to somebody the other day.
I think the mocks showing him to AZ make a lot of sense.
“Most of the bridges you drive across were built before man stepped foot on the moon.”
– Trump
Me – Eisenweasel
Best secretary I ever had! – Mac
Sadly true, most our infrastructure is from either the WPA or the 50’s.
Any chance of getting a real infrastructure plan went out the window with Trump’s massive tax cuts for the wealthy. You can’t cut revenue by over a trillion dollars and then borrow ANOTHER trillion or two dollars to fix our roads and bridges.
it’s easier to justify borrowing for assets than it is for liabilities
as if men have walked on the moon. hoax!
whenever i see women i glasses commercials, i think, “damn, she’d be even prettier w/o those glasses.”
Without her glasses, you’d have a shot?
i got mine. married out of my league. not looking for other shots. i must have some redeeming qualities besides my mediocre good looks….
Sense of humor?
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http://www.nbcsports.com/washington/redskins/redskins-draft-countdown-would-vita-vea-solve-long-standing-area-need
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So Lamar didn’t run the 40, and apparently his mom is representing him and teams are having trouble even contacting him to set up meetings and workouts. If all this leaves a bad impression and means Lamar Jackson ends up sliding to the 3rd round, do you take him?
I do.
No.
I love him as a prospect, but it’s just not a need this year. I’d much rather use that pick to fill a hole in the roster.
If you can nab a potential franchise QB in the 3rd you do it.
No. We have a franchise QB for the next 3 years. The smart move is to fill a roster hole in the 3rd round, if we had a 3rd rounder.
You never know, though. Smith is getting old and he could be hurt. We have an out after yr. 2, I believe, which would give Jackson time to adapt to a pro-style offense.
DO NOT DRAFT A QB IN THIS DRAFT.
If we had a Rd3 pick, hell yeah.
We’d obviously have to move to get him…
We don’t have a third, but yeah.
He needs to hire a real agent.
Grab him real quick. Should always have a legit prospect as a backup. Hard lesson learned from Kirk
Trump speaking live in OH on infrastructure. Nice crowd.
I’m sure CNN will claim it was a sparse crowd.
LOL
Like CNN will even cover it.
They have to. Even MSNBC is covering it. When Trump is on TV, it’s ratings and they are all behind FOX so….
Not if Wolf Blitzer can find a airplane to crash.
Though you would hope that if he does indeed have a good infrastructure plan it’s something all sides would get behind.
Sick of seeing the country slide into 3rd world territory when it comes to some of that stuff.
CNN isn’t behind good infrastructure. All they care about is discrediting him. What he does or says is totally irrelevant.
Generally I don’t listen to any 24-7 news stuff. I’ll look at bullet points whenever the AP or whoever has them. As long as we fund the supersonic rail & keep putting money into faster than light travel research.
It’s their bread and butter, these days.
Bingo.
I order from Amazon as a convenience, most stores don’t sell parts or tools, actually fucking have it in stock if they do sell it, or have enough registers open to take my money in a timely manner. From Amazon, UPS, FedEx, or USPS delivers to my door. Stores that complain about online shopping but don’t bother to serve the customer can kick rocks.
It’s like horse and buggy manufacturers complaining about Ford. The economy (not the President) should pick winners and losers.
Henry Ford was a sonofabitch!
Fix Or Repair Daily
Found On Road Dead
Fucked On Race Day
First On Race Day
After they kicked MOPAR out!
He was amazingly successful for an illiterate racist
Industrial revolutions create such opportunity.
Sure.
what we call racism was just a normal part of society back then
most people were still highly “tribal”
Publishing 4 books on “the Jewish menace” is more than just normal racism
The terms “racism” and “racist” are being indiscriminately thrown around today so much for either nonsensical or political reasons that at some point the terms will lose their impact and meaning.
True.
But in Fords case, he was a legit racist
Everyone knows he’s picking on Amazon b/c of WaPo. Sorry, don’t believe for a second that Trump is concerned about “mom and pop”.
The good “mom&pop” stores around here bustle with customers, day in, day out. Shitty service = Amazon or Walmart taking your business.
True
There’s something to be said when you go into a store and a salesperson who’s knowledgeable helps you find what you need. But the problem with most stores, the workers don’t know their own products anymore. Go into a Home Depot, the stock boys can barely tell you what side of the hammer to hold onto.
Truth
Thing is there are many times where I’ll admit I wish I had someone knowledgeable helping me know what to purchase. For example, my fridge has a water filter on it, but it’s an older model, the company doesn’t make replacements anymore, so you have to get some 3rd party thing. I will look at several websites but find contradicting info, and no person to talk to for answers.
I fucking hate refrigerator water filters, they should be standardized, constitutional amendment!
I feel that way about many thing. Especially simple car parts like Windshield wipers
Most of them are standardized, except for length.
https://twitter.com/BuckyBrooks/status/979393216628768768
Took it balls deep, eh?
What is Jackson’s projected round?
I think it’s late 1 to early 2, but he’s a real wildcard.
Probably 1st round, the real question is where you rank him with the other QB’s, is he 3rd, 4th or 5th?
Hmmm. 1st or 2nd round is a luxury we can’t afford, but I would take him in the 3rd round and let him sit behind Alex Smith for a couple years. Especially if the plan with Smith is to install some RPO offense, then that’s the kind of thing Jackson could pick up and excel at.
Sounds like an NFL QB.
Lamar Jackson is awesome, period.
https://twitter.com/MarkBullockNFL/status/979139276603609089
Don’t show me RG3 plays.
That play in the NFL will get him killed.
Were the Skins at the pro day?
All 32 teams were there.
Right
I have a good friend who was involved with Amazon’s drone delivery program. He’s moved on to Amazon’s flight ops now, but when he was in the drone program, he briefed Bezos many times. Told me Bezos is a guy who (1) is rude, abrupt, lacking in social skills, and not a nice guy, but far more importantly, (2) doesn’t care a wit about the here and now, or the details of things like how they were working to get the drones operational – he’s a visionary who only thinks about results 10 years from now. Didn’t give two poops about, say, coordinating with the FAA; only wanted to know when it would be done. Interesting and not surprising. I don’t like Bezos’ politics, particularly, and neither does my friend, but I admire his vision for what he saw in Amazon years ago when everyone thought he was crazy.
That reflects 100% in their Amazon Fire tablet’s OS. Complete garbage.
Trump seems to value people based on their wealth. By that measure Bezos is worth about 100 Trumps.
Bezos is a cocksucker, fixed it.
but not only that, once Bezos is gone, Amazon is done. the big shareholders will take over, and that long term vision for Amazon that keeps pumping money back into the company will be gone…
I think if you had built a company like that, while all the rest of the employees would see themselves as important peices to it, I think it would be tough to make that transition as “that guy” from “these guys are extensions of me, I pay them as labor under the umbrella of my vision” to, these guys are in some ways, “partners” in rowing the boat and having a creative and leadership role. because small businesses start out as the former, and often entrepreneurs are “that way”
Not shocking to me that he’s a 10 years from now guy. I think most technological visionary types are.
Though the thing I have noticed about Amazon is that you still need to shop around.
I made that mistake when ordering T-discs (kinda like K-cups, but the Tassimo version). And then a box from Bed Bath and Beyond arrived. yep. someone takes your order on Amazon, takes a little scratch for it, and then places an order at BBB and has it delivered to your home. And I imagine that is… how some dudes make a living, it’s a mod of the 4 hour work week model from the book. It isn’t a lot of money difference, but 50 cents here… 50 cents there, and boom. you make 10 grand a month doing very little after putting in a few long hours setting up your “business” It prob is so automated that it merely just places a bot order on BB&B. I dunno.
I usually find Amazon equivalent things on Ebay for cheaper.
True, but the security is sometimes an issue.
Years ago, when Amazon had few warehouses, it was able to get a competitive advantage by not charging sales tax. When retailers ship goods to states where they don’t have a physical presence, they do not have to charge sales tax.
But Amazon has been adding to its national network of distribution centers, and last year it announced it would start charging sales tax in every state, whether it has a physical presence there or not.
There are also third-party re-seller situations where Amazon does not collect the sales tax and leaves the third-party responsible for them
As would be their responsibility under the law.
Funny, I don’t remember anyone feeling pity on the oil refineries during the gas crunch of the 70’s.
I am sure that’s why they are like, “F those MF’ers. We’ll charge what we wanna charge and create shortages when we feel like it.”
one of the reasons we have wildly fluctuating gas prices is that environmentalists have been able to block any creation of new refining capacity for about 30 years now
Yeah they push us out into the ocean and slow down operations while China dips their straw into our drink from just outside the international border, sucking us dry while we bitch among ourselves.
There will be blood!
I’VE ABANDONED MY BOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Badass movie
Vivid. Intense. Gripping. Dark. Powerful.
Just like Niles Paul!
err, ok……
Lol
“Environmentalists” in this case includes ordinary Americans who in no way want to live in the vicinity of an oil refinery, for obvious reasons.
Just checked some Amazon order confirmations on my email, nope, don’t pay tax.
I pay tax on the majority of mine.
You live in NYC, right?
Virginia gets fucked by online purchases, not that I’m complaining.
New Jersey. It’s probably state specific.
Yeah, Jersey was always good at making me pay state income tax and then having to file for it back at the end of the tax year.
Is it the state of the buyer or the seller? I don’t buy much on Amazon, but I know other places I do shop online there’s usually taxes.
Sales tax is where you live, as the buyer. Virginia wants to tax what I buy.
not all transaction collect taxes (as I said below)
I don’t read everything you post, I’m sure that’s mutual. Pardon me.
well it’s your loss if you don’t read all the wonderful things I post!
LOL
Lol, fair enough
Its probably on a state by state basis in compliance with the law.
Oh, The Commonwealth wants their tax, you can bet that.
some of the marketplace orders don’t collect sales taxes
usually the stuff actually coming from Amazon does
bingo
I have prime because I order so much stuff from there, rarely get hit with tax. Of course it’s getting better (for the States) as they pass legislation.
More taxes isn’t better.
(for the State), not me.
Yeah, more taxes for the state isn’t better.
Sure, but they enjoy it. We have all sorts of taxes.
I seem to pay tax on almost all my Amazon purchases. In some cases, when purchasing a high value item like a camera, I’ll intentionally avoid Amazon for that reason. In other words, their tax policy actually puts them at a competitive disadvantage.
Modus Operandi for many years now
person makes statement (which is incorrect)
people provide counter point demonstrating fallacy of statement
person injects useless facts and information to back up original statement
much later person makes new/altered statement and proclaims how they were right all along
that’s how I roll
That sounds familiar, I can’t put a paw on it…
“Trump slams Amazon for putting many thousands of retailers out of business.”
It’s called the free market, Don. You’d think a guy whose only claim to fame is being a business man would understand that.
Midwest base loves those types of comments. Rhetoric.
I suppose — at least the ones whose 401Ks aren’t holding Amazon stock.
Tbf, anyone that reacts to that rhetoric in orgasmic fashion, doesn’t know what the fuck kind of stock they have in their 401k.
I feel like that’s a safe assumption.
weird because they love Dollar General and Walmart
Ummmm, that’s why they love those types of comments. Protective of their jobs.
You are a jackass. Word of advice, buy Dollar General stock.
Trump actually slammed Amazon for not paying their full share of taxes giving them an unfair advantage over regular retailers
if you’re going to complain at least get the facts correct
that being said there is only a small segment of their business where appropriate taxes are not being collected
millennial buying patterns have shifted away from traditional brick and mortar stores
and Trump’s real problem is most likely with Bezos and the WaPo he owns
The President doesn’t like Bezos because of the WaPo, for sure, and because he leans left.
Supposdly Bezos actually leans libertarian from what I’ve heard from someone who worked with him.
To Steve, if he isn’t a full-on Hannity fanboy he leans left.
There’s absolutely nothing about Trump that you could possibly say that has any credibility.
And by the way, I don’t watch Hannity, or any Fox News show, ever.
Amazon is one of the few online retailers that actually does collect state taxes on most transactions.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/380765-trump-slams-amazon-in-tweet
here is the tweet
I have stated my concerns with Amazon long before the Election. Unlike others, they pay little or no taxes to state & local governments, use our Postal System as their Delivery Boy (causing tremendous loss to the U.S.), and are putting many thousands of retailers out of business!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 29, 2018
So he’s complaining (wrongly) about both taxes and about Amazon putting retailers out of business.
you purport that the president doesn’t understand free market economics which is not correct
Those who hate President Trump say alot of things about him that aren’t correct, simply because they are still butt-hurt that he beat The Greatest and Most-Qualified Woman in History.
It appears to be 100% correct, as evidence by MANY of the things he has said and done. Amazon, for one. Two, is itching for a trade war, which he incorrectly claims an be “easily won.” Virtually no one thinks this is a good idea. Three, he wants to impose steel tariffs, saying it would be good for American workers, when the truth is that it would harm FAR more American workers than it would help. Etc.
I”ll take the word of a billionaire with a business degree from Penn over a guy named Different Cat.
Or you could take the word of far more successful billionaires and virtually every economist, including the ones that were in Trump’s cabinet.
you were talking Amazon nor tariffs
and you were wrong about your Amazon statement
You expanded it to “free markets,” which is what tariffs are designed to hinder. And I obviously wasn’t wrong about Amazon as Trump plainly complained that they put 1000s of retailers out of business.
you said free markets in your post
“It’s called the free market, Don.”
Only Amazon would have the clout to get the USPS to start delivering on Sundays. I’ve wondered what kind of deal they cut, but I haven’t looked into it yet.
USPS works a lot of Sunday but not delivery
the USPS says they are making money on the deal
Note that I said “delivery”.
Yes they added delivery for Amazon which was a huge extra expense for them as they already had people working on Sunday
they charge Amazon the same rate as any other bulk package mailer
So he really disagrees with using the laws to a business’s advantage? Really? Really???? Hello, Trump bankruptcies (not paying your creditors by taking advantage of the laws). I have never faulted Trump for taking advantage of the bankruptcy laws, but don’t be a hypocrite.
And Amazon doesn’t us the Post Office as their delivery boy. They use many methods. And, if the Postal System is giving them more favorable rates, isn’t that on the postal system and not Amazon?
Also, people’s buying habits, and the ever increasing workload on the family (and the reduced amount of free time) placing an emphasis on the convenience of online ordering, are putting those retail business out of business (and their failure to adapt quickly enough to the changing market place).
Generally, the whole comment is really kind of silly. I suspect much of his base like hearing it, but its not placing the responsibility on those that deserve. Amazon saw a business opportunity and took advantage.
they’ve put a lot of other retailers in business, I mean a lot of that stuff isn’t from Amazon
just bought some coffee from the UK on there. it’ll be here in 2 weeks
got an envelope from China (Chinese postal service) with a toy in it for my kid
got some hemp protein from Canada…
…
wait
free market economy – adapt or perish
I was discussing the President’s tariff’s with someone the other day, and I mentioned that I wasn’t really sold on them because it seems to me to be inhibiting the free market, and his response was that the tariffs are just balancing the import tariffs by the other countries, and thereby a good thing.
Of course it’s a good thing for us. These foreigners are bringing their shit into the US and undercutting our own manufacturers and then having the BALLS to charge us to import our products.
This is a good thing and states like PA and WV et al are all-in with Trump.
Don’t get me wrong – I’m all for protecting American workers wherever possible. The guy made a good point.
You realize that this is a traditionally democratic view, right? And Republicans have traditionally been rabid free marketers?
BENGALURU (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s import tariffs will do more harm than good to the U.S. economy, say the vast majority of economists polled by Reuters, who also expect the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year more than previously thought.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-poll/economists-united-trump-tariffs-wont-help-the-economy-idUSKCN1GQ02G
^ That’s bullshit spin you moron.
“Nearly 80 percent of 60 economists who answered a question on the tariffs said they would do more harm than good and the rest said it would do nothing or very little. Not one respondent said they would benefit the world’s largest economy.”
Translation: WHAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
The tariffs will work because they also let other countries know they can’t gouge us anymore.
Facts are stubborn things.
-The Gippa
A poll is now a fact.
That is so D_C.
“This is just straight up stupid,” Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institution for International Economics, said Friday. “This is fundamentally incompetent, corrupt or misguided.”
Posen, who served at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in the mid-1990s, currently sits on the panel of economic advisors to the U.S. Congressional Budget Office.
A poll is exactly a factual representation of the views of those polled. How does this need saying?
A poll can reflect whatever you want it to.
How does this need saying?
RIP Rusty Staub, beloved Mets icon, dead at 73
Rust in peace.
Reports say he was oxidated at T.O.D.
He died from a mortal Staub wound.
I was told Rust never sleeps?
-Neil
UK Man has ‘world’s worst’ super-gonorrhea
bet he is not popular at parties
Dirty Jayhawks!
https://steemit-production-imageproxy-thumbnail.s3.amazonaws.com/U5dqz6SjihE84B3ZdidLXn5iGGxagF4_1680x8400
Congrats to my dawg @iammsuzy for getting another blessing!
We know what’s up.
Life ain’t fair, so make it fair!
Proud of you for being strong.
The mission begins and never ends !
From Will Blackmon….who is apparently an enabler judging by that post.
Funny because some people say Su’a cost Blackmon his gig.
Blackmon is a LSD baby
Shaq Griifin had two things over Cravens, speed and experience playing LB
Watched 4 or 5 UCF games this past year
he was always around the ball, made plays at important times, he is a baller
shot caller
20″ blades on the Impal-er
Big ballin’, smashin’, makin’ my ends
Smokin’ big killa gettin’ high in the Benz
Big ballin’, smashin’, makin’ my ends
Smokin’ big killa gettin’ high in the Benz
In the wind smoke goes as I crawl down on Vogues
Twenty Lorenzo, smoke all up in my nose
Yo’ eyes, get froze, as you see my low
Candy-red, two-do’, let my top down slow
Hittin’, my remote, sittin’, in my shit
Presidential V-12 with that AMG kit
It don’t quit, as I get high
From K.C. to H-Town, connectin’ SouthSide
Now we worldwide, watch me highside
Fat Pat blowin’ killa, can’t be denied
187 thugs, oh yeah we got love
Blowin’ sticky green we flow through and above
what…..the……fuck……..? – Mike 57
Escargot, my car go, one-sixty, swiftly, wreck it buy a new one…
Da crew-run-run-run, Da crew-run-run
I’m guessing that’s not a new Van Halen song that I haven’t heard yet.
Fred Davis freestyle.
Nope, not Sammy….. maybe Dave, if you give him enough coke.
Heart, guts, balls, ability to overcome, never say die attitude, balls, guts….
couple more things he has over suze
Three: He’s clearly not a quitter.
https://twitter.com/AJFrancis410/status/979379319796617217
AJ seems to think that teams are looking for excuses when it comes to Jackson.
They are. I still think he’s being treated differently because he’s black.
I think it’s because he’s a running QB. He wouldn’t even be draftable if you didn’t consider his running ability.
That’s not what his film shows. He’s a pocket passer from a pro system with a strong arm.
Disagree.
he’s an athlete, and regardless of what you think of his QB skills when I’ve seen highlights of him my first thought is…
you know… he’d really be good… a nightmare, really… but do you want your QB… even your backup QB… 3rd string QB…
…
… returning K/P?
He name names.
– Hop Sings
Re: Shaq Griffin, I don’t think he makes it past the 3rd round. He’s going to be a very good NFL SS/dime backer.
the thing is re: Redskins, if you didn’t know what to do with Cravens, then Griffin is the same problem.
he’s not a SS. He is a ILB who can slide up to OLB
I want that guy going nuclear havoc in the front 7. Griffin and Brown with Swearinger calling the plays?
Cravens was in the perfect spot his rookie year. The problem is he only wants to play safety.
Cravens was always a tweener. I wasn’t particularly happy when they drafted him.
I don’t think there’s such thing as a tweener anymore. I didn’t like Cravens because he’s not a very good athlete.
tweeners are players that don’t fit the defense
OLBs who can’t cover the flat are tweeners too
perrrrrrrrrfffect
Shaq Griffin has the advantage of elite speed, so some team will find a place for him.
quickness. and that’s why I think you want that guy at LB. screen game killer, edge rush(ing) killer, and… can get to the QB
Lance Zierlein says 5th-6th round.
Certainly possible. Not a lot of precedent for this guy.
still lots of uncertainty on draft slotting, but his stock is on the up since the combine
Subconscious
Kirk
Grieving
Syndrome
In news of the Arts.
A musical based on the classic film Beetlejuice. I’ll go see that. I mean, it’s probably the best era of Tim Burton isn’t it?
http://www.playbill.com/article/beetlejuice-musical-to-premiere-in-washington-dc-before-broadway-bow
I’ve never seen any of the Tim Burton movies.
Never seen Beetlejuice?
No. They looked like colossal wastes of time.
All entertainment is a colossal waist
A colossal waist is a size 48 pants.
hey look! steve made a funny! nice.
isn’t Beetlejuice sort of a musical already?
No, it just had an iconic score by Danny Elfman. But it does have the banana song moment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5-5GhEO_hU
I boycott Howard Stern now because he interviewed Jane Fonda and called her his hero. Turned him off that day and haven’t listened since. He’s dead to me now.
I tried to cancel my subscription to his show, but Sirrius/XM wouldn’t let me without also losing the NFL games package, unfortunately.
I understand.
Colossal wastes of time.
Never seen any of these?
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Big Eyes
Frankenweenie
Dark Shadows
Alice in Wonderland
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Corpse Bride
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Big Fish
Planet of the Apes
Sleepy Hollow
Mars Attacks!
Ed Wood
Batman Returns
Edward Scissorhands
Batman
Beetlejuice
No, not one of them.
Mars Attacks is a great movie.
But I don’t think N Portman is “legal” there, so be careful of your thoughts
kidding!
People sleep on just how funny Sleepy Hollow is.
I honestly haven’t seen many of those films either. Mars Attacks, Beetlejuice, the Batman movies… I remember renting Edward Scissorhands but don’t remember the movie
wight
His original Batman was a classic. Beetlejuice was great, too.
To be fair, as much as i LOVE Burtons films there are some real stinkers in that list, Dark Shadows, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Planet of the Apes being among the worst.
These sorts of movies just aren’t my thing.
I do not want to see any pulled hammy’s this preseason or in the first regular season games. Yes, poor preparation on the players’ parts but this was a trend for the last couple seasons and I’d like to think the strength and conditioning coaches have made avoiding these injuries a top priority. At least I hope they have because we lose multiple dudes early every year with these injuries that should not be occurring if the players are in top running condition.
https://twitter.com/NFLDraft/status/979373807868657664
Lamar “I’m not a fugging WR” Jackson.
he’s got nothing to prove regarding speed anyway
He’s already a wild card so I might advise him – as his agent – not to do anything and let his tape and his interviews speak for themselves.
Good for him.
I’ll run a 40 for you guys!! – rg
OW…OW…my leg broke….dangit…foot fell clean off the other leg!!! – rg
I will fap 40 times in 4.34 seconds Robert!
– D_C
Its a nice day . Gonna get outside and take advantage .
Have a fine day , except for Squinns . later.
Buck is going out, and Squinns is sneaking in for a little nookie time with Mrs. Buck….
Nookie? That confirms it… you’re 83
Thank God for Viagra!
SKGS!
This is gonna start turning up at farm league baseball games as a given night’s theme charity.
Come on out to the ballpark, help to combat SKGS!
What does that even mean?
Skinnydippers Kan Goto Scamps
– Flunder
I asked the same question earlier, and no one would give an answer (other than good joke or two).
A mediocre joke or two, tbf.
The Skins should wrap Jordan Reed in bubblerap and not unwrap him until the start of the regular season. Your only going to get so many snaps out of this guy you shouldn’t waste them in OTA, TC or PS.
The only way to prepare to play football…is to play football.
and he can’t do that .
Ya I get that and I’m not serious about completely shutting him down. I do think they should do only what is absolutely necessary to get him ready.
Concur there. But I also can see his susceptibility to injury as being part and parcel to doing next to nothing in OTA’s, camp and pre-season.
^This. Buy him a strap-on and make him play some fuggin’ football.
All this “noise” between OBJ and the Giant’s FO is posturing. Book it.
No one is going to give the Ginas a premium for OBJr right now and he still could be facing disciplinary actions from the NFL for that blunt/coke lines video. Wonder if the league sent someone to test him after that came out. Either way, for the moment at least per his value, he’s damaged goods; meaning the Giants are going to keep him.
Exactly. He’s gonna get $18-20mm per year, AND a team would have to give up high draft picks.
Posturing.
Two first round talents who would be playing on a rookie salary ? No way . Or even one first round and a lower pick . Can’t see it.
6th round.
Ray-Ray McCloud or JoJo Wicker?
If you draft JoJo, do you tell him to get back?
You have time to talk about 6th rounders while on the government’s dime. First rounders I get. Second rounders, OK. But 6th rounders? No. Do something productive for the U.S. taxpayer with that time.
But buy the anti-government types logic. My wasting time is insuring that the government is less introusive on the day to day lives of americans.
Re: Shaq Griffin
As a situational speed rusher, that hand is not going to be as crucial. Dude posted 18.5 sacks in 2 years, so he can bring a guy down. But even so, the pressure of getting up and into the backfield, getting around the QB and flushing him out is the key. Disrupting the pocket. And by all accounts,he has the ability to do just that.
Keep in mind he’s an AAC guy, so the players he’s bringing down are not all 6’3 230 like QB’s in the NFL.
Shit JPP has one hand essentially and he is still effective.
it’s not like he’s assembling computers opr folding origami shapes. he’s rushing the qb.
He can still give the shocker.
So he’s got that going for him…
Best post of the Day! WIN
It actually matters for pass rushers – hand placement.
his effectivenesss not dependent on the dexterousness of each finger, apparently.
It doesn’t help, though. JPP is less effective without a hand, to a certain extent.
He has two arms, one hand, and one club. Big difference.
Evidently Reed had off season “procedure ” on his toes and is still rehabbing . Won’t be available for OTA’s . Normally that would give me no cause for concern.
The team needs to start preparing for life without Reed. Adam’s identification of TE as a need is accurate.
I was hoping to prepare for life WITH Reed for a change. We all are familiar with life without Reed.
Then I advise you to not read the article at CSN /NBC.
Did they replace his hoo-hoo with a penis?
Ha , I think the guy has some chronic feet/toe issues that they aren’t fully disclosing . Not to mention all the hammys, shoulder and head injuries .
and a ten million dollar cap hit I believe
Steve is right . They need a plan that doesn’t include Reed .
http://southpark.cc.com/clips/150190/drunken-barn-dance
You mean did they replace his hoo-hoo with a dilly dilly?
That round 5 Cravens pick, we should grab Shaqueem Griffin, if he’s there. I can see him being an ace special teams gunner, and a situational speed pass rusher.
And taking a guy with one hand who is committed to football would be a great little epilogue to the Suzy drama.
fwiw firstpick has him going much higher now
Round 2 Pick 28 (60) Steelers: Griffin, Shaquem (OLB) Central Florida
he went from 6th or 7th round guy to about a 3rd round pick in recent fakeries
p1funk • 3 minutes ago
Who’s the Round 5 gem we’re getting from the Cravens deal?
—
What would you say to Shaq Griffin?
Make him a hybrid?
I think you would start him on teams. Have him take on a backup/relief type role at SS and ILB in dime packages, yes.
Situational pass rusher with Gallette gone.
Funny that UCF only signed him so they could sign his brother who is with the Seahags now. And look at what a player he became. I would take that dude on my team any day of the week.
I think if he didn’t have that disability, he would be a top 10 top 20 talent.
Sure.
I would almost want to use him as a Swiss army knife type guy on 3rd and long downs.
JUST posted the same thought. That would be awesome.
Good story, hard worker, quality combine.
I have concerns about the effect of his one hand on his game.
Agree. But if we use a 5th round pick on a guy like that, I don’t worry about him not working out, and it’s a feel good story at worst.
We can vouch for him.
-Auburn
Round 1 Pick 22 (BUF): Hernandez, Will, OG, Texas-El Paso (B+)
Round 2 Pick 12: Carter, Lorenzo, OLB, Georgia (A)
Round 2 Pick 21 (BUF): Davis, Carlton, CB, Auburn (A)
Round 3 Pick 1 (BUF): Hill, BJ, DT, North Carolina State (A)
Round 4 Pick 9: Smith, TreQuan, WR, Central Florida (A+)
Round 5 Pick 5: Fatukasi, Folorunso, DT, Connecticut (A+)
Round 5 Pick 26: Ginda, Frank, ILB, San Jose State (B)
Round 6 Pick 14: Edmonds, Chase, RB, Fordham (B+)
Round 7 Pick 13: Breneman, Adam, TE, Massachusetts (A)
Round 7 Pick 23: Sanders, Dominick, FS, Georgia (A-)
No POONA? Fail
fwiw
Round 5 Pick 11 (148) Steelers: Ford, Poona (DT) Texas
i’m arounsed
things went sideways after the trade and at 12 in the 2nd round there wasn’t a DT worth taking, but then, it ended up pretty OK… as fake mockeries go
Damn, how’d you get Carter that late? (You don’t have to answer that)
There was a run on DL and OL between picks.
Round 1 Pick 23 (23) Rams: Payne, DaRon (DT) Alabama
Round 1 Pick 24 (24) Panthers: Ward, Denzel (CB) Ohio State
Round 1 Pick 25 (25) Titans: Hughes, Mike (CB) Central Florida
Round 1 Pick 26 (26) Falcons: Bryan, Taven (DT/DE) Florida
Round 1 Pick 27 (27) Saints: Hubbard, Sam (DE/OLB) Ohio State
Round 1 Pick 28 (28) Steelers: James, Derwin (SS/FS) Florida State
Round 1 Pick 29 (29) Jaguars: Goedert, Dallas (TE) South Dakota State
Round 1 Pick 30 (30) Vikings: Crosby, Tyrell (OT) Oregon
Round 1 Pick 31 (31) Patriots: McGlinchey, Mike (OT) Notre Dame
Round 1 Pick 32 (32) (PHI) 49ers: Key, Arden (DE/OLB) LSU
Round 2 Pick 1 (33) Browns: Hand, DaShawn (DE) Alabama
Round 2 Pick 2 (34) (NYG) Dolphins: Wynn, Isaiah (OG) Georgia
Round 2 Pick 3 (35) Browns: Hurst, Maurice (DT) Michigan
Round 2 Pick 4 (36) Colts: Price, Billy (C/OG) Ohio State
Round 2 Pick 5 (37) Colts: Jackson, Josh (CB) Iowa
Round 2 Pick 6 (38) Buccaneers: Phillips, Harrison (DT) Stanford
Round 2 Pick 7 (39) Bears: Evans, Rashaan (OLB/ILB) Alabama
Round 2 Pick 8 (40) Broncos: Harrison, Ronnie (SS) Alabama
Round 2 Pick 9 (41) Raiders: Shepherd, Nathan (DT) Fort Hays State
Round 2 Pick 10 (42) (MIA) Giants: Jackson, Lamar (QB) Louisville
Round 2 Pick 11 (43) Patriots: Speaks, Breeland (DE) Mississippi
Expanding from my post last thread. Look at who’s available each round, whats the best top 3 you think we could come away with in such a situation?
Here’s the list of the top BPA@PON from what they gave me. I’m considering the big 3 PON’s DT,G,RB. But also wanted to add in WR later as taking a guy with pick 2 or 4 isn’t that crazy to me. BTW if like R. Smith, Edmunds or Fitzpatcrick were there in round 1, I’d have added them too, but they all got picked before 13.
Round 1.
DT-Vita Vea, Maurice Hurst, Taven Bryan, Da’Ron Payne
RB-Derrius Guice
OG- Isaiah Wynn, Will Hernandez
S- Ronnie Harrison
Round 2.
DT Harrison Phillips, Derrick Nnadi
RB- Rashaad Penny, Royce Freeman, Kerryon Johnson, Nick Chubb
OG- Billy Price
WR – Calvin Ridley, Christian Kirck, James Washington, Deon Cain, DJ Chark
Round 4.
DT- Tim Settle, RJ Mcintosh, Nate Shepherd
RB- John Jelly, Nyheim Hines, Bo Scarbrough
G- Taylor Hearn, Wyatt Teller
WR- Keke Coutee, Equanimeous St Brown, Daesean Hamilton
I think the best situation would be
1 – Guice
2 – Price
3 – Settle
Get back to work while you’re on the government’s dime!
LOL
I’m monitoring a VTC
Have an IT guy try and fix my webcasting box
Setting up for a conference that starts at 11.
Also, I’ve been in the office since 7:30.
Give us taxpayers back the money you are earning while you post here! I’m writing my congressperson!
If anything I’m trying to save the taxpayers 5 grand by trying to salvage the webcasting box rather than just replacing it.
The time you spend here could be spent producing something more for my hard-earned tax dollars!
I make videos. Also edit government websites. At least it’s something tangiblish.
1.Vea
2.Johnson
3.Hearn
So we can get a Johnson or a Chubb in the second round? Sounds exciting.
LOL
They should end up in Philly.
Sincerely,
Cox, Johnson and Peters
Who’s the Round 5 gem we’re getting from the Cravens deal?
So do we think Sprinkle can become a year 2 gem?
Not sure. Has potential, but he’s young and very raw still.
Sprinkle is going to take Paul’s place as the blocking TE, H-back, move around guy
If the coaches did not direct him to a weight program to get bigger/stronger this off-season, then the coaches have already failed him.
He’s my favorite Redskin.
– Kotwica
I wouldn’t mind taking a TE in 4-5th round.
The mid round guy I like is Ian Thomas
still very raw, but a lot of upside
Just put up the weekly poll – pls vote:
https://twitter.com/TheHogSty/status/979363194362789888
Weakness: we can’t fucking block.
True. Geodert and Schultz both solve that problem.
Schultz
I know nut-ting
Most college TE who can catch don’t inline block a lot in the spread offense
I’m not interested in a catch-only TE.
We can’t throw any more either now that we lost Kirk.
We didn’t lose Kirk, we pushed him out.
– Hope
Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly’s cancer battle reached a critical stage on Wednesday, with a 12-hour surgery intended to remove recurring cancer cells from his head and neck and to reconstruct his jaw. Doctors deemed the procedure to be a success.
Jim Kelly is one tough SOB
I think he was actually recruited by Paterno to be a LB.
Damn , you know that’s painful as hell .
Zig-Zag_BC • 19 minutes ago
Stop it! SKGS is real, and it’s a serious problem!
____________
What does SKGS stand for? Sorry Kirk’s Gone Suckit?
Skins
Kicking
Game
Sucks
Squinns Kisses Girl’s Snatches
just because we can say snatch here
and also Dick Van Dyke
Sweet! Love it!
That’s incorrect.
How is that incorrect? Its sweet, and I love it.
Whatever blows your dress up…… it’s not what SKGS stands for, though.
Jordan Thomas as a PFA, 6’6, 280, ran a 4.75.
He either makes it as a TE, or you have him gain 20 -30 pounds and become a T.
Recall Jason Peters if you will…similar
Sounded like Rod Serling at the end there…..
Question: Might this be a good time to re-sign Breeland for a team-friendly price while he languishes out there as a FA? I mean, the Skins medical peeps probably have known about his heel injury from day 1 and are okay with that while other teams seem to have been scared off.
I’ve thought that EXACT same thing.
Sign him to a Team Friendly deal…tape for next year when he’s a FA again
Me too, but I get the impression they are done with him.
I think the coaches are done with his attitude
there was never a desire to resign him
It’s not a bad thought, but I think the team is really high on Moreau and Dunbar.
I had to delete three comments from the prior post, and that was just what I saw near the top of the page. Hope was one. No personal insults. I don’t care if you thought it was just a joke. Other people lurking and reading don’t know that.
Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do when the come for you
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.
You suffer from chronic halitosis and your home is in disrepair.
Come on you couldn’t pull the Gif? Show some respect!
https://media.giphy.com/media/OYBRPls9HpbTW/giphy.gif
Furst.