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whoah, Quick Parker was a nightmare made real (as a football player) I don't know much about Parker's character but I do know that he's going to heaven, because St. Peter doesn't have Chris Walby to keep him out.

I think it's meaningless unless you compare it to the draft records of other NFL teams. And with most NFL careers being so short, that number doesn't stink on its own, it needs context.

i yeah, I think this makes Jacquie's point -- a legit GOAT like Milt doesn't even have a .500 record, it's tough to say anything about a football player by looking at their W/L. (except maybe that Milt was more patient than the Bombers deserved.)

yeah, Jacquie is right. I'd hate to see Milt Stegall's lifetime W-L record...

******* Anthony Weiner.

Damn, Hope Hicks has some shitty taste in men. Control freak Lewandowski and bedroom boxer Porter. If I were in her family / inner circle / whatever, I'd be saying to her "You know, Hope, maybe men aren't for you. Maybe start looking for a good woman to settle down with?"

From the article: Man, those tricky three-syllable words...

Another thing that comes through on the rewatch is that for all Leia and Holdo grind his gears, Poe was right to attack the dreadnought -- presumably its big cannons would have made short work of the escaping fleet after the first hyperspace jump.

I don't really know either exactly where it's going, but the table is set -- Kylo Ren owns all the core worlds, Skywalker is dead and Rey is his heir. The entire resistance now fits in the Falcon and they're running for the sanctuary in the boondocks, and the porgs are going to be the cane toads of the Outer Rim. It's more clear than things were at the end of TFA, when we're not really sure if the New Republic is finished off by the Starkiller attack, or if it's more of a Pearl Harbor type situation that they can come back from.

yeah, re-watched it last night. still think it's a mixed bag with some great stuff and some pacing problems, I was leaning on the fast-forward during the casino bits (tho I did pause to take a look at some of the costumes, which were bananas) Still the #4 Star Wars film for me and I think that ep. IX is set up pretty nicely at the end, which is what a middle chapter really needs to do. Bring on the next one.

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yeah, that's the play that I think of when I think of Hurl's tenure here. An MLB one-on-one with an RB in some traffic in the red zone in an elimination game -- he's gotta be able to make that tackle or at the very least slow the RB and give the rest of the D the chance to rally. Like Dave Ritchie said, you gotta beat the guy lining up opposite you if you want to win the game.

Calling it, Muamba will be a midseason injury replacement for some team for inflated dough this season and he'll be a free agent again this time next year. (as a predictor, I am so wrong so often about so much that all I can do is use this power to get Blue the middle linebacker that'll put 'em over the top)

Yeah, talk is cheap -- but if he follows through on some gun control measures it will be a legit achievement and I will have props for him.

Bah, Trump's firing list still fits in a single tweet. Weak!

Based on my own personal experience, TUP is right about the Sessions stuff. I've worked for bosses who, for whatever reason, did not want to fire people. So they would passive-aggressively "manage them out of the company."

Not our league, but weird enough I wanted to call it out: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000917735/article/league-could-change-dpi-from-spot-foul-to-15yard-penalty?campaign=tw-nf-sf183146560-sf183146560&sf183146560=1&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral If you're a db beaten on a >15 yard route, wouldn't it always be the right play to grab your receiver if you can get to him? A deep pass into the endzone, it might be a safer play to blow up the receiver than risk the TD, especially towards the end of the game. Seems like this won't just make db strategy weird, it'll also increase the wear and tear on receivers. How does this work in the NCAA?

Gotta read this. I'm pretty pro-gun-control but man, implementing a semiautomatic weapon ban in a nation where millions or tens of millions of such weapons exist ... that is a tricky one, and the implementation will really matter.

I wonder why they always announce charges on Friday?

Yeah, you gotta grade the 2013 Bomber team on a pretty steep curve, but Henoc was a super legit bright spot there.

Strange that the Second Amendment didn't save the American veterans camped at Hooverville or the African Americans who were burned out of Tulsa or the college kids at Kent State or the Branch Davidians in Waco or the Indians at Standing Rock -- just to name a few of the dozens of cases where large-scale government firepower has been pointed at U.S. citizens. The only example I can think of where the US government backed down in the face of armed resistance was the Bundy cattle grazing case in Nevada. Besides, the idea that an American could resist a full-on US government assault with an AR-15 is laughable. If the **** has hit the fan and the government really wanted you dead, they would drone you or robot you. At this point, one needs antiaircraft weapons and sensors to credibly defend ones' self against government attack. Look back 150 years to the US Civil War. The Confederacy was an entire nation with a functioning economy, considerable external support, and a pretty freaking legendary fighting spirit. And even they couldn't beat a determined US Government.

My Grade 1 teacher, Mrs. Travolo, was terrifying and could kill with a stare. She didn't need any guns. My Grade 8 teacher, on the other hand, had massive temper and anger issues -- he had some epic classroom meltdowns. That guy should never be armed with anything more deadly than a popsicle stick under any circumstances.

Back in the day I worked for the Ontario government in a large open concept office. Lots of my coworkers had radios at their desks, all tuned to T-Bay's single crappy pop/rock FM station. This was when Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You was huge. For weeks the crappy radio station played it every day at 4pm on the dot. And respect, the lady could really belt it and her voice cut through the office noise like a laser. So suddenly every day, just before quitting time, I'd be absolutely surrounded by this song and it was freaky. I still get a weird feeling when I hear it in a mall or wherever. So yeah I hear you about work music TF.

This board needs a laughing/crying reaction emoji.

Here's another weird contradiction I've noticed: Headline: Minority person dies in encounter with law enforcement. Right wing talking point: Blue lives matter! We support law enforcement! They are the thin line between chaos and civilization! Headline: Law enforcement fails to intervene in pre-crime; NRA takes heat Right wing talking point: Law enforcement sucks! You've only got 10,000 crazies in your jurisdiction, how did you miss the fact that it was this one who was actually a homicidal freak????