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On Mar 17, 2024:

gut replied to "2024 NFL Offseason" at 03:46 pm
posted by Ironman92

What QB move would’ve moved the needle though?


None.  I'm just talking about the Yinzers creaming themselves over these "great" moves.  Reality is hardly anyone wanted those two stiffs.

Maybe Wilson has enough left for them to win an actual playoff game.  But I highly doubt it, and my guess is he looks completely washed in their jv offense.  Fields will probably be comical if he gets a shot.

And they've apparently promised Wilson a long-term deal after the season.  So I really hope he can still be a top-15 QB in their offense.  Depends on how much Tomlin obstructs the new OC.

gut replied to "2024 NFL Offseason" at 12:12 pm
posted by Ironman92

Who were you wanting? 

Kenny?

Williams?

Cousins?

Rudolph?


"Want" is far too strong of a word.  Both of these guys are done.  Some people are acting like this is the missing piece to a championship.  Getting guys that nobody wanted cheap doesn't usually pay off.

It's an upgrade, but it's not going to move the needle much.

On Mar 16, 2024:

gut replied to "2024 NFL Offseason" at 08:13 pm
posted by Ironman92

And what did they give up?


Jack squat.  My point was Yinzers are hi-fiving each other over PIT grabbing guys no one else wanted.

Fields is the running version of Pickett.  Wilson is probably washed.

gut replied to "2024 NFL Offseason" at 07:24 pm

So Justin Fields is now a Steeler.

PIT walking the streets picking up discarded scratch-off lotto tickets hoping for luck.

gut replied to "Biden vs. Trump 2024" at 03:41 pm
posted by CenterBHSFan

As far as searching for keywords maga and trump goes, you've got a good point. But it does not follow that buying religious texts fits into that nothing burger. If by buying religious texts lumps you into any kind of extremists or target of the govt - Books A Million would be a hub of terrorism.

Not sure that's the whole story, though.  And while they've probably not disclosed all the details, but apparently the searches were for transactions in and around DC on Jan. 6th.  Seems, also, that cooperation was voluntary.

I don't think it's black & white, but is this really any different than cops going to a business asking to see what their cameras might have recorded?  The financial transactions would let them know who was in the DC area that day, and then they could match names to faces they had on camera.  And to the extent they already had names, they would be within their rights for a warrant for those records.

"Religious and political extremist views" seems like it might be hyperbole.  It's more likely that the type of transactions they looked for are transactions that are correlated with people attending that rally.  So if you were there visiting the Smithsonian that day, you wouldn't be flagged.  But if QO was there buying a MAGA shirt from a vendor at the rally, he'd get flagged.

Maybe we'll learn more if there are coming Congressional hearings.  But Republicans should tread carefully, because at the end of the day the rioters ARE criminals, and they certainly aren't opposed to these tactics in other scenarios.

It is the sort of thing that demands oversight, but I don't think we know nearly enough to form an opinion if it was overreach or not, at this point.

On Mar 15, 2024:

gut replied to "Biden vs. Trump 2024" at 06:36 pm
posted by CenterBHSFan

And why am I just discovering this?

Look at the date - almost two months ago.  I remember seeing it, and the fact you haven't heard anything more is probably a nothingburger.  Even Jim Jordan isn't crying about it.

My guess is it was a very narrow, legal search focused on those purchases in the DC area around Jan. 6.  Likely used to identify people in photos that they were seeking to arrest.

gut replied to "2024 NFL Offseason" at 06:19 pm
posted by Automatik

So Russ is the only QB on the roster. Now what? Address in the draft?

The trade value for Fields is plummeting by the day.  Tannenhill has been rumored even before signing Wilson as he had a couple of good years with the new OC in TEN.

gut replied to "2024 NFL Offseason" at 04:39 pm
posted by Ironman92

Just the idea of preferring to move on says to me that he didn’t really want the competition or someone looking over his shoulder.

Mentally weak.  Refused to dress as the emergency QB in their last game, apparently because he was pouting, with the playoffs on the line.
gut replied to "Biden vs. Trump 2024" at 04:01 pm
posted by CenterBHSFan

Anybody else sick of all the talk about polling? Have we not learned the lesson from the past two election cycles?

Polling again has Trump > Biden and its just not going to happen. Again.

It's still too early, but Trump is well ahead, outside of the margin of error, in the swing states that would give him the needed electoral votes.

2016 polling was claimed people didn't want to admit they were voting for Trump.  I can't see that applying to Biden, and I don't think your average pollee is smart enough to think "I'm going to send Biden a message on his [insert leftwing policy] by supporting Trump in this poll, even though in the end I will vote for Biden".

To me, I think the difference is there's enough "undecideds" in these polls to still tip toward Biden.  And I think a 3rd party potentially hurts Trump more, with Republican voters who can't stomach Trump but won't vote for Biden.  And the remaining significant block are those claiming if Trump is convicted they will not vote for him [although those trials reaching conclusion before the election is looking more and more unlikely].

gut replied to "2024 NFL Offseason" at 03:47 pm
posted by Ironman92

Kenny preferred to move on? Wow

I'm sure he probably wanted to play in a real offense.  But I saw enough of him last year to know his ceiling is probably meh backup.

What's funny is an article a week or two ago said the new coaches at PIT were getting upset over the criticisms of Pickett.  I guess they had prop up his trade value.

gut replied to "Progressives, part 3..." at 12:51 pm
posted by jmog

TSo if you make $250,000 you pay SS tax for the first $168,600 but every $ after that is not taxed for SS (just federal, state, local, medicare, etc). This has been already talked about going away. They want to still cap the max benefit, but eliminate the income level where the "rich" stop paying.

Which is a huge tax increase for a lot of upper middle class folks.  If you make $250k (which is far from rich in expensive cities), they're proposing an additional $5k in FICA for you.

The problem is, there simply aren't enough people making more such that raising the limit higher would bring in the needed revenues.

Similar thresholds are probably prime candidates for reducing or eliminating the benefit, too.  A married couple could lose $60k annually on SS on that, which over 15 years is probably like taking $500k from their retirement nest egg, upfront.  I guess that would make it a de-facto wealth tax, except hitting a lot of people who aren't actually "wealthy".

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gut replied to "Progressives, part 3..." at 12:48 am

While we're on the subject, how about the hate for Joe Rogan?  I think his show is entertaining, sometimes informative, and often interesting.  He likes hunting and MMA, so he gets branded with "toxic masculinity".  He's had Neil degrasse Tyson on several times, but you only hear about ivermectin and RFK Jr.  But you have some controversial folks on and you have to be lumped in with Alex Jones.  Rogan doesn't claim or pretend to be a journalist - there's a lesson there.

I'm capable of fact checking myself, but the Left really wants to silence his "disinformation".  Maybe if they'd focus on cleaning up their own house we wouldn't have gotten Trump in sort of reflexive push back.

It's all really about silencing the opposition.  Forget about facts, they don't even want you to have a choice of narratives.  The right wing plays the same game, but their echo chamber is a lot smaller.  And, really, cable news audiences are relatively small.  Fox has maybe 20M occasional viewers, and so much gets made of that but CNN and MSNBC split a similar sized audience.  Fox just doesn't have the luxury of NYT and WaPo to whitewash their disinformation.

gut replied to "Progressives, part 3..." at 12:39 am
posted by Devils Advocate

When I first read your post, I thought what a crock of partisan shit. Then I went back and read it, and I thought to myself self there’s some validity to this.. it seems as though they are hiring these people to add credibility to something that has no credibility. So I apologize for thinking that you were an asshole when I was reading it like one..

I suspect it has little to do with credibility and everything to do with access, and some quid-pro-quo.  You just knew Jen Psaki was going to end up on CNN or MSNBC - she's a partisan hack, but she's sharp.  Dana Perino was W's press spokeperson, and she's probably one of the better straight news people out there (one of the few).

But you're right - it's incestuous and has corrupted whatever remained of the free press.  Just outlets for party propaganda.  Fox has maybe 4-5 hours in the afternoon of decent coverage.  CNN has none, but Fox prime time hacks kind of balances the scales.

On Mar 14, 2024:

gut replied to "Progressives, part 3..." at 10:31 pm
posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

I know a lot of the media is left wing crap.  I also believe a lot of the audience of left wing outlets are people who aren’t left wing, but are looking to be outraged.  


LOL, I think a LARGE percent of both audiences are people on the other side looking to be outraged.

On a related note, I remember reading some far left loony who happened to watch the same segment I did on Fox.  This was about Russia Collusion, which obviously was bullshit [for context].  Anyway, they had a panel of 3 discussing the left, right and center take on a particular aspect.  The right wing take went first.  Actually had some good points, nothing overly outrageous.  This dude flipped his lid and didn't hear, or at least didn't comprehend, anything else that was said.  It was a fine example of TDS where daring to question the CNN narrative somehow means you're defending Trump.  You even frequently see that, to lesser degree, on this very board.  People just can't separate their hatred for Trump from facts and logic.

Unfortunately, the left has taken over most of the major news outlets, so unless you choose to live in the Fox bubble, you can't escape the leftwing bullshit.  That would be fine if the BS was confined to editorials, but it's entirely pervasive.  "Journalists" now seem to think you're not smart enough to have your own opinion based on the facts, they have to manipulate and steer you toward the "correct" view.

Anyway, I'm trying to watch NewsNation more.  Seems pretty decent, even Cuomo now that he no longer has to toe the company line at CNN.  Years ago, I liked CNN (back when they covered actual news outside of politics).  Now there's not a single person on that network that can give a straight news piece.

gut replied to "The WTF thread..." at 07:07 pm

That's one boss you don't want inviting you over for a cook out.

"Barbecue" is definitely up there with "Scarface"

gut replied to "Biden vs. Trump 2024" at 12:15 am

Biden is so wiley he fooled the DOJ into thinking he was too incompetent to stand trial!

It would be kind of funny if they brought charges, and called all the usual Democrats to testify on Biden's competence.

On Mar 13, 2024:

gut replied to "Wordle "Golf" tournament, 9/6 - 9/23" at 10:24 pm
posted by iclfan2

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gut replied to "Wordle "Golf" tournament, 9/6 - 9/23" at 10:17 pm

First word that popped into my head on my 2nd guess, but I wasn't going to guess that dumb word

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On Mar 12, 2024:

gut replied to "2024 NFL Offseason" at 08:53 pm

"citing two anonymous sources".  Did NYT get punked again?

Not only does this sound like a complete joke [at least, I hope so], it makes 0 sense as presuming Rodgers is 100% committed to playing football next year.

My gawd the state of journalism today....Forbes article on it claims "Kennedy told the NYT...".  Apparently, he did not.  Later in the same Forbers article, both Kennedy and Rodgers camps declined comment.

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