buddha

he's a guy that ends up playing a lot more at the end of the season when everyone who is decent is hurt.

i hope glenn gets an hc job next season so we can bring back patricia as a dc.

lions continue to get the band back together for the worst defense in nfl history. i'm stunned atlanta beat them to signing teez...

i dont think that money should be equated with speech, so i think that part of the law is wrong. bad politics? for whom? both parties are fine with it for the reasons ive said before. the democrats LOVE it because it allows them to 1) use it to get a ton of money and 2) campaign off it and get their base all riled up that theyre somehow the underdog against the big bad republicans. win-win for democrats. i'll let you smart people deal with the metaphysics aspect. 🙂

the democrats complained a ton about CU in order to fundraise off it. they dont really care and they do just as well or better than republicans when it comes to raising money from big donors, little donors, or corrupt donors. all that doom and gloom about how republicans will now be able to blow the poor democrats out of the water following CU because of their big money interests was all hot air to get headlines. you want to limit big money influence? make it a public campaign, pay for it with tax money, and limit the amount of time for the campaign. make it two weeks. but then the media wont get the ad money so they'll complain about "free speech" rights. the unions wont be able to bankroll democrats and the billionaires will have their time with republicans (and democrats) cut back. so it'll never happen. so now in illinois we're about to have the second biggest monied campaign foe governor between the second richest man in illinois (the current governor) and the stand in for the first richest man in illinois (ken griffin). democracy, baby. feel it.

consider that cherry picked!

just teasing, chas. i think the democrats have more popular positions when it comes to monetary policy, taxing the rich and on most social programs. however, they maintain less popular positions on a whole host of social issues which costs them elections. which is not a criticism of them, per se, because they are usually ahead of conservatives on most issues, but i do think their positions on those issues would prevent them from "landslides" over republicans. america is still a center-right country, imo.

"if everything was "on the level" everyone would agree with me!" signed, everyone.

plus he's french so i'm sure you dont want him.

its Kody. because all the kids' names have to start with "k"...

wembanyama is as skinny as chet, so it will be interesting to see him develop.

what a brutal schedule.

the other grand jury declined to charge him. the plaintiffs' lawyer in the case will have to find another county to keep up the pressure on watson to settle. watson should just settle the cases. get the women some money and they'll go away. the problem is that tony buzbee doesnt need the money. he's already a multi multi millionaire. what he wants is the publicity so he can get more business and run for office again. so no nominal amount of money that would usually settle a claim like this is going to entice him to do it.

bates has been used by his dad to further his dad's interests. its a shame. he may never live up to that potential because of it. that said, he's very young and is obbiously talented. he's got time to make some changes and grow up a bit.

speaking of 1978...i was watching that ridiculously stupid hbo series "winning time" on the lakers and there is a scene when theyre talking about replacing jerry west as coach and they have some names written on a chalkboard and number one on the list was dick vitale. but he was under contract.

memphis was struggling this yeat...and then bates left the team and they immediately went 10-0.

good run for a flawed team.

mayfield was hurt last year and was terrible. healthy mayfield was pretty decent. dont want him now. too expensive.

denied. keep trying, tony buzbee.

ivey is quick and can jump. he is nothing like stanley johnson.

welp.

doesnt play through injury. people questioned his willingness to play hard at oregon. its just draft scuttlebutt talk.

thibs is almost becoming underrated now. he's the "bendiest" of all the de's and the one that most profiles as a top top pass rusher. he's got some flaws and because he's been the presumed #1 for so long people have had time to pick him over, but he's a better "pass rushing" prospect than hutchinson. hutch had a great year, but he's not "bendy", he's got great hands, is strong, and has a non stop motor, but he's not going to be able to go through nfl tackles the way he went through ohio state tackles. hutch seems like a high floor high-ish ceiling guy, while thibs - with his injury history and perceived "character" issues - seems more of a lower floor but highest ceiling player. and i'm always wary of "character" and "motivation" concerns with prospects. i'd be fine if they took thibs.

yes.

jimmy butler has done this to every team he's been on. talked his way out of chicago, minny, and philly. he's a complete diva.