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Yes, and not just in Houston and Dallas, but in a lot of suburban communities as well. Particularly on COVID.

This is the thing about the Terry McAuliffe gaffe during the campaign... it clearly was a gaffe, saying that parents shouldn't have control over schooling is never gonna play well. Having said that, as we are currently learning from living in our red state, 'parents' aren't a monolith.... it's really just a question about which set of parents are empowered and get to call the shots and which set of parents have no voice at all. As far as I'm concerned, I'm in the latter group; if you don't agree with their line, these clowns are making the job of being a parent harder in Texas, and that now appears to be case in Virginia as well.

Maybe the Tigers were onto something when they put Spring Training tickets on sale haha

I'm pretty intolerant of LeBron's views on China and their actions against the Uyghurs, if that's what you are after. Not to mention the league as a whole.

Background (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Clymer)

I would have went with "No Shit, Sherlock".... it would have pointed out the absurd stupidity of the question in a less personal way lol

And regarding the "Orange Man did it too" comment.... One thing "Orange Man" didn't do after any of his comments is show any interest in apologizing. Biden did, as any adult would do. Second, when Biden talks about "shithole" countries or tells an Asian reporter to "ask China" in response to a question. Or maybe when he tells a Hispanic reporter to go back to Univision... or mocks a disabled reporter, maybe I'll see the comparison. Off of this, I'm just not seeing it.

A couple of things: Biden was clearly in the wrong here. I know a lot of liberals will say he was right (and yeah, it was a dumb question), but he shouldn't have called him an SOB. Presidents should stay above that kinda stuff, although like anyone under pressure, they can slip or make mistakes. But also, if the immediate reaction to an apology is that the apology doesn't matter and both sides are the same, doesn't that just provide incentives for public figures to just act like bigger and bigger jackwagons and double down going forward?

I just assume he's on the take. Never would be able to prove it, but he tries too hard for it to be genuine

Seems like something an adult would do

Maybe they watched the KC-Buffalo game and got worried about giving up even more market share to the NFL lol

Yeah, I think it does as well. Although I'd probably hold off on that trip to Lakeland in early March lol

It's almost like there's a pattern of asking dumb questions with Doocy

Buddha brought him into it. And yes, he's an idiot too. For the exact incident you highlight. And, whats your point exactly? Why is it my job to account for opinions I don't personally hold?

All the more reason why I don't need to hear the people who directed "shut up and dribble" at James/Kaepernick defend Rodgers on that basis. Conservatives, particularly the social media set, get off the hook way too easy for this kind of hypocrisy. I really don't need to hear from the same people who direct that at LeBron or Kaepernick, or going back even further, stunted Natalie Maines' career prospects on this.

Of course they have the right. Some are just mad that the rest of us have the right to hold an opinion on Aaron Rodgers.

In terms of there being two standards, it's pretty clear that's the case for Laura Ingraham. At the end of the day, all of this stuff boils down to the fact that people think 1A means that they (or whichever celebrity they find themselves aligned with) can say whatever they want without without any sort of consequences or blowback. And that's just not how any of this works.... In reality, it's never been how any of this has ever worked. The only difference now is that, simliar to what I said to Archie on the Mars controversy in another thread, is that the culture has changed. What maybe wouldn't have generated heat in 2003 now generates it in 2022. And, consequently, a lot of people aren't happy about that.

My response belies this claim.

Uh, Yes? EDIT: My only point is that a lot of the same people who screamed "shut up and dribble" at Kaepernick all of a sudden seem to think that a crime is being committed when someone criticizes or makes fun of Aaron Rodgers. We have 1A in this country. Rodgers or Lebron or whoever can say what they want, but it doesn't insulate them from other people using their 1A rights to call them idiots.

I can't speak for others, but I don't partircularly care what Rodgers says or doesn't say. But just as he has his First Amendment right to convey whatever thoughts he pleases, I also have the First Amendment right to call him a fucking idiot.

The crowd that birthed the "shut up and dribble" euphemism seems much less interested in applying the rule in Rodgers' case. At least if my FB timeline is to be believed.

Correct.... Class I railroads have their own police that have jurisdictions on their property. UPRR's police, like the other Class I's, are certified state law enforcement officers with investigative and arrest powers both on and off railroad property in most states. They also have interstate law enforcement authority pursuant to federal law. To be clear, there's overlap with local law enforcement, but yeah, UPRR bears a lot of responsibility for what happens on their ROW... and I'm not sure that LAPD or CHP would be first in the chain of command here.

The OT Rules are what they are, id like to see them change but the Bills made some key errors down the stretch. Kicking the touch back stands out to me... if they squib that, I'll bet they win. Regardless, I'm hard pressed to think of a better game in my lifetime than this one. Super Bowl 36 (Rams-Patriots) and Super Bowl 43 (Steelers-Cards) are the only ones that come to mind aside from this one.

He did. Still remember 2016 versus the Vikings. Very similar situation to this one (around 40 seconds left, 1 timeout)