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We might as well accept it now. Tailgating is dead/dying across the NFL. And that's by design.

Wait, so Smollett is in a privileged, aristocratic group of people that holds itself above the law? Say it ain't so!

Remember when the people who said that Trump wouldn't accept the conclusions of the Mueller report ended up being the exact same people who can't accept the conclusions of the Mueller report? Fun times. Fun times. But back to the task at hand: Chicago politicreeps managed to get this guy off the hook, but why? Could it be that he's in a group that prides itself on providing group members with old-fashioned privileges because of some sense of superiority? They had him dead to rights on at least one charge. What about money? Who got money, from whom, when, and for what purpose? And don't forget that Chicago PD basically called it when it was revealed Kim Foxx was going to handle the case (at first).

I guess that makes some amount of sense. Short-sighted, ineffective, and lazy - which is why I figured that wasn't why - but makes sense.

Then wouldn't he be better off just shutting up and riding out his term before fading into obscurity or some ***** big-charity boardroom?

But why? Last I knew he had no White House aspirations and isn't going to run for mayor again.

When did Rahm grow a set?

This. As much as people like to cry about the criminal justice system being racist, for the most part it's really just classist. Of course, there is the small detail that Kim Foxx is a Kamala Harris acolyte. But hey when it benefits the narrative who's really paying attention? I guess this is what criminal justice reform looks like in Crook County. Welcome to our bankrupt system, where veterans get rolled into paying $5M in legal fees over a witch hunt and scumbag actors walk thanks to their political connections.

Alcohol. Lots of it. If that's not your style then my backup plan is typically melatonin, blackout curtains, and a white noise machine with breaks for reading a novel, preferably fantasy or mystery. And of course, if possible, vacation to somewhere warm with scantily-clad women.

My man

Bills gamedays I just run on alcohol and @plenzmd1's ***** gumbo.

As I sit here my heart rate is at a cool 73bpm. Before my pill in the morning my resting heart rate is in the mid 50s. I live a charmed life.

Caffeine pill as soon as I wake up. Three cups of coffee - two at the beginning of shift and one at lunch. An energy drink a couple hours after lunch. Red bull vodkas at the bar sometimes.

If I've said it once, I've said it a million times: yinzers are some of the most revolting people I've ever had the misfortune of interacting with.

I go maybe once every two months, always the drive-thru. I can't stand looking at the sorry excuses for people I used to see in the building itself.

There's still good music to be heard, just not normally on the radio. Brian Fallon has put out two excellent albums in the last three years. Frank Turner released his best effort yet last year. Same with Sunflower Bean. The Killers are still going. AM Taxi just released a quality (if not terribly memorable) album. Volbeat is working on their seventh album. Ghost released a good album last year (and put on an amazing show just up the street from where I live). That's just off the top of my head and is pretty limited genre-wise. If you're into the heavy stuff (which I don't know much about) I understand that there are several excellent bands putting out good death metal and hardcore type stuff.

There are people who thought to write the obituary for Rock and Roll long before you thought to declare it dead. They were at least as wrong as you are.

Killer scene. OP got got. Lock this thread.

Except evidently it didn't even get that far. Thus Rap's subsequent tantrums on Twitter and blocking guys like Wawrow who called him out on it. Also, TG wrote a great piece that got published at The Athletic today, for those so inclined.

This. The H-bomb is a powerful tool.

Do the Gideons get to South Korean hotels too?

Presumably this one would be a bit better. On par with most modern festivals, at least.

Not to mention, of all the people that might check those boxes, not all of them ever touch a football in their lives.

Born and bred. Thanks a lot, dad.

Big yikes