WhitewalkerInPhilly

Yes. There weren't any Nazis there. And no one got hurt. Excellent reading comprehension. *slow clap* Good boy. Do you know where there were, gathered about a statue? Riiiiigght. 3 dead, mass violence

That wouldn't be nice. How would you like it if you saw something that terrified the MAGA crows showing up to their rallies! Can you imagine them holding back their terror from something as anathema to them as this?

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/21/640435962/after-a-year-of-rising-tensions-protesters-tear-down-confederate-statue-on-unc-c Protesters Tear Down Confederate Statue On UNC Campus I figured I'd beat ya'll to the punch on this one. The protestors deserve whatever punishment comes to them. That a professor was around means that he should be fired. He simply can't condone this. That said, I'm just noting that no one gets hurt when Nazi's aren't there. Just saying.

And there was much rejoicing.

I wouldn't set anything in stone, but at this point, I would assume so. We've seen some spark from him, and although 6th rounders are often expendable, it appears that he would be worth the gamble. I also don't trust that he wouldn't be picked off the practice squad.

I know. As much as I loved Tyrod's runs, it's huge to he steady in the pocket when you know a hit is coming.

Agreed. I don't want to rush him, but he is honestly much further ahead where I thought he would be.

To be fully honest, I was not happy with the Allen pick on draft night. But I just got done watching his snaps, and it looks like all my concerns were addressed. Accuracy issues? 9 of 13. Even more important, there was only one head stretching throw that I saw. (The first pass). The others were drops, quick shots to avoid a sack or throwing it up in the red zone in a spot where only his receiver had a shot. Footwork? That TD pass was a thing of beauty. Not ready for an NFL defense? He took his time, kept his eyes downfield. Yes, there were rookie mistakes and all the caveats of preseason apply, but he definitely earned time with the 1s.

Just as a note Baldy is very well regarded in the Philly area. His review of Allen is overall positive with enough critique to not be Pollyanna

At this point, I am pretty sure you are right. As much as I might wish it, I think they are pointedly not having him start week 1. After the first preseason game, I am ok with that plan. He clearly has a lot of potential, but he has a lot to learn.

I can fully agree with you on the bolded part. I don't exactly agree with the animus behind a lot of it, but there are legitimate national security concerns with open borders. At the very least, you need monitoring and review. I personally think that a more fluid response force makes sense, with a lot of coordination with military intelligence and other intelligence services. It' would also help with smuggling and trafficking through sea ports as well. The saying I heard was "the easiest way to smuggle a WMD into the country is in a bag of weed". I honestly think we can have better, more effective national security using those methods rather than a static enplacement. As to the other part...I concede you may have a point. I think that you can shame each side into doing the right thing, but the Democratic leadership is so laughably inept that I could not bear to stay with them. They might turn down a deal that gives them half of what they want if they thought they couldn't have repercussions. I am all for draining the swamp and I hoped that the term limits promise would actually yield something. But all I've seen is things get swampier.

OK, there's a lot to unpack. I will deal with boyst's rambling in a second. First, to the bolded point: ok, that's fair, but that's why I specified anti-trafficking as a pure crime bill. There are trafficked people who wind up all over the country, and who enter from all points. And that's not even talking about the financial aspects of the crime. If you keep it away from immigration, the Dems in either house lose their talking point. If the White House can't wrangle the Republicans with a law and order bill...well, then they really are impotent.they have egg on their face. Also, that was more of a retort about how somehow, business manages to occur in the Senate. The crux of my argument is that if you can get something through the House and the Dems stonewall a "help the oppressed undocumented immigrants" bill, Here is what I saw about the Senate propose compromise bill. https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/17/politics/dreamers-bill-immigration-graham-durbin-congress/index.html So, not perfect, but Wall money (I still contend that it's a stupid AF idea), a permanent DACA fix, no visa lottery and cuts on chain migration. As to whether it would pass the House...well, that's another problem, but at least it would have been something. So, I'm not actually hearing a critique of my proposal, as much as "I hate Obama RAH RAH RAH. I don't understand the word "authoritarian, because brokering people into unpopular political choices is just about the opposite of that" Don't get run over on your way out.

Well, that's funny. I could have sworn that a Supreme Court justice and multiple cabinet positions were appointed. I seem to recall a compromise bill that was ready to be passed that would have fixed DACA and funded the wall...but there was something about "shithole countries" and Trump killed it. When Lindsey Graham has moral high ground, hoo boy... I have no idea what this subpoena is about, but if you are talking about investigation files, they had enough for the Nunez memo...and much much more, which of course Nunez redacted to the point of uselessness. But ok, let's assume for a hot second that yes, the Democrats will simply oppose everything that Trump proposes on principle. So let them do it. Pass a clean bill with zero immigration ties in the House, focusing solely on dismantling human trafficking. Give resources to go after the white collar criminals and money launderers and "legitimate" business fronts, and breaking up organized crime. Make it about the plight of the enslaved persons, many of whom are children. Drop it into the Senate. If Democrats oppose it on principle, you have a rallying cry for the midterms. "Look at these Obstructionists! We tried to help the people they swore to help, and they slapped us in the face on spite". The Blue Wave never happens. Republicans set the legislative agenda for at least two more years. Tell me why that's a bad idea.

DC Tom pulled it up. You know I have to hand it to you. A ten percent bump is definitely something, and Trump does deserve credit for that. I just don't get why, if it is such an issue, why they aren't doing more? Republicans have the House, and can you imagine the blowback if Democrats voted down a clean anti-trafficking bill.It's handled by the DOJ, not ICE. It's not immigration law, and ? it happens all over the country so it's not just a Southern border issue. They would have zero leverage or talking points, especially with the midterms coming up.

Great, a statement. That and $50 will get you a full tank of gas. Where is the data that says that the cheerleading does jack squat?

And my focus was on the "maybe he was trying to swerve out of the way" bit. People were, and clearly, still are bending over backwards to defend this guy. Take a look through that thread for the full context, and it is so, so much worse. There are people who cheered the And believe me, I am criticizing Antifa. They did more damage than I thought. You are not seeing me put on a bandana and stomping people. But man, their body count is lower, and it is in a direct response to opposing a violent movement. And, to quote B-man again "I can't go as far as calling those azzholes, "victims"...........they put themselves there, and I would bet a few of them started fights also " Not that I agree with them, but him turning around with this bull **** is hilarious As to "they have the right to free speech", the truth is that they do. They are free to vent and shout. But they storm a college campus with torches, show up armed with rifles, violently bludgeon people and run them over with cars...do you actually think that arming yourseldf to defend yourself is unjustified? Because if you do, it runs counter to the endless guns rights activism I have heard around here. No, of course not. There are plenty of Republicans who are disgusted with Trump too. I'm just calling up reminders of how many of you were singing a very different tune about protestors a year ago. The Neo-Nazi who ran over people with his car in Charlottesville last year.

The selective spinning is hilarious! That was a quick sample, but yes, you kept giving the benefit of the doubt to a murderous Nazi. And boyst is doubling down on blaming the woman who got murdered!

Ooooooh yes. Let's roll that footage of posters on here making excuses for the guy in the car. It is found here: This one is from B-Man From Rob's House Take You To Tasker B-Man again *takes bow*

...literal calls for Lebensraum and murdering neo-Nazi's who beat people to a pulp and murdered and maimed people with their cars. vs. Literally anti-Facist (not communist, just anti-fascism), who shoved people and threw eggs. To you, these are equivalent. Good to see where we are.

The man is saying that murders and assaults, committed by Neo-Nazis, with abundant video evidence, is fake news, and I am the piece of trash? "Well, one side is in favor of the violent genocide, and the other side is...against violent genocide" Yes. These things are equivalent. /s Aren't you tired of being on the wrong side of history?

Are you f***ing kidding me? https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/driver-accused-of-plowing-into-charlottesville-crowd-killing-heather-heyer-due-in-court/2017/12/13/6cbb4ce8-e029-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html?utm_term=.759a5e42784c

No. That was wrong. They shouldn't have stooped to that level. But when the armed Nazi's are in the streets, where last year they beat and murdered people, and your first reaction is "Well an Antifa person shoved a guy" (I watched the video. He shoved a cameraman) it shows your priorities pretty well. I watched people here bend over backwards to justify RUNNING PEOPLE OVER IN WITH A CAR. And one cameraman gets shoved and it's "why is the left so violent?" EDIT: Yes, they also threw eggs and water bottles. If you think that beating people to a pulp and vehicular homicide roughly equates to that, you very clearly as delusional and are looking any reason to diminish that side that is not violent Nazis.

I'm not upset at the lack of the wall. That he hasn't done it doesn't bother me other than the obvious broken promise that you lot seem to not care about. The Wall is a monumentally stupid idea. It deserves a literally monument, one in a museum, for the crystallization of stupidity that it is. For one, it is probably the least conservative thing ever. It is a massive publics work project, that overrules multiple states. It requires seizing land from citizens via Eminent Domain. Enforcing and maintaining it would require epic deployment of manpower and tax dollars. I would have sworn that a liberal had proposed it. And for all that, it is almost certain to be ineffective. Cartels use catapults to launch their drug shipments over walls. They have excavated tunnels under the ground. The wall does not effect sea travel, and it's been said that the easiest to way to smuggle a WMB into the US is in a bushel of marijuana via our seaports. It does not stop cartels from using mules to fly to Canada and come in over that border. There is no current way to effectively search every car going through our checkpoints along the southern border. Ineptitude. Graft. Pork barrel spending. It is everything that made me want to walk away from the Dems, bundled up in one package. A...well regarded fact checker service? This disturbs you? Things are beginning to make sense here.

OK. That is bad. Now...tell me what, precisely, this administration has done that shows on iota of effectiveness at stopping that? If you have verifiable hard statistics and data show me that then, hey, Trump has done two things I can get behind. I looked for the last half hour or so and can't find anything. What I do know is what isn't working, and what isn't likely to work. A border wall is ineffective. https://www.newsweek.com/2017/03/17/why-mexican-border-wall-wont-stop-drug-cartels-564112.html In fact, stricter border laws in other parts of the world have increased it. http://sciencenordic.com/do-stricter-border-controls-increase-human-trafficking If you can find the data, I'll mea culpa.

Nope. Absolutely dead serious. Of course, I read news apart from a twitter feed, so I can see the difference. Believe me, I was looking to vote Republican in 2016. I enjoy capitalism, and I like the parts of tax reform that reduced taxes for the middle class, and the parts that look to help small businesses. I am annoyed at SJW's who will bite your ear off about the correct pronoun, and safe spaces and trigger warnings. But no, one way went "Let's build an extremely costly and ineffective wall that will require the seizure of land from private citizens" and "The man who tanked the USFL, has a precedent for not paying people who built his buildings, is on trial for fraud and won't release his tax returns is the perfect choice to help the economy!" I would say that the #WalkAway movement is misguided...but then, that would require the memes to be of real people, not stock photos with quotes on them. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/walkaway-campaign-stock-photos/ Yes. I fact check.