All_Pro_Bills

No. Our "bi-partisan" government is incapable of negotiating and resorts to armed conflicts (amazingly war is the only thing dems and reps agree on) which generally result in defeat and a consistent loss of global influence. That's what we do. In case you haven't noticed this has all driven Russia and China along with several other "enemies" closer than they would be otherwise. Look around. The US empire is in decline. Broke but still spending big. You should be more worried about the personal implications of that loss of power and influence rather than people on the other side of the world.

The Illinois State police should issue a warning about the biggest genuine threat to your safety in Chicago. Mayor Lightfoot. How about that?

I saw speculation elsewhere that suggested Zelensky might actually have that dirt on the Biden's that Trump was look for way back when Vindman dropped a dime on the ex-prez. Running a little blackmail op. Theory might fit but unlikely.

The committee charter called for 13 members, 5 chosen after consultation with the minority leader. Fact The actual committee consisted of 7 democrats and 2 republicans. Fact 2 which were certainly not approved in consultation with the minority. Fact The House Speaker violated the committee's charter both in size and composition of the committee. Fact The Speaker vetoed the minority appointments and the minority determined opting out of the process was a prudent course of action. Sure plenty of other choices could have been made as long as Pelosi approved. That's dictatorial which is ironic as that type of behavior alleged to have been expressed by somebody else was a focus of the entire committee expressing constant concerns for democracy while violating the very rules governing their committee. The message, democracy only if we win.

I call bull sheet. What the committee leadership didn't want was anyone on the committee that would ask questions they didn't want answered. Period.

Pete shouldn't like that situation either. Because the underlying "logic" behind Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity is that absent all racism and biases, the natural state of things would be for all demographic groups to be proportionally represented in all occupations and fields. In that "optimal" arrangement there would not be too many or too little representation in anything. At that point all that's needed is some authority to ensure those proportions are enforced. And the end game a loss of freedom to choose your occupation or line of work. Short white guys that can't hit a three pointer don't despair, the NBA will soon be calling you.

Well reality is what reality is and these federal agencies have formal responsibility and accountability to perform oversight and address these emergencies and disasters and once again they're not doing their job. Do us all a favor and stop covering for their incompetence with lame excuse after lame excuse.

To quote the link right from the BEA a federal agency: Current-dollar GDP (not nominal - my words here) increased 9.2 percent, or $2.15 trillion, in 2022 to a level of $25.46 trillion, compared with an increase of 10.7 percent, or $2.25 trillion, in 2021 (tables 1 and 3). Or Google this "what is the total 2022 US GDP?"

I've heard of mixed marriages. In fact, my niece married a Jets fan but it didn't work out!

BEA statement puts estimate of 2022 US GDP at $26.15 Trillion. https://www.bea.gov/news/2023/gross-domestic-product-fourth-quarter-and-year-2022-second-estimate Fiscal year 2022 defense spending around $778 Billion. A fun fact is that if you add the budgets of the next 7 biggest spenders China, Saudi Arabia, India, France, Russia, Britain, and Germany the US spends more than those 7 combined. But where the $1.9 Trillion quote in the post a couple entries above is coming from who knows?

British film awards come under fire because all award winners were white. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64707017

That at a minimum a partial fallacy. Let's use NYS as an example. These were NYS top 10 exports in 2021. Gold: US$14.7 billion (16.3% of New York’s total exports) - my notes this is the NY Fed & NYMEX Diamonds (unmounted): $9.6 billion (10.6%) - my notes this is the diamond district in Manhattan Hand-drawn paintings, drawings: $4.5 billion (5%) Jewelry articles clad in precious metal: $3.9 billion (4.3%) Rubies, sapphires, emeralds: $1.3 billion (1.4%) Silver: $1.137 billion (1.3%)- my notes this is the NYMEX Parts of assembly machinery: $1.135 billion (1.3%) Aircraft including engines, parts: $1.06 billion (1.2%) Integrated circuits (processors/controllers): $1.01 billion (1.1%) Original sculptures, statues: $911.8 million (1%) Here's Kansas 2021 as an example: Aircraft, aircraft parts including engines: US$2.1 billion (16.7% of Kansas’ exports) Beef (boneless, fresh/chilled): $1.1 billion (8.6%) Soybeans: $607.3 million (4.8%) Corn: $583.7 million (4.7%) Wheat, meslin: $500.5 million (4%) Beef (boneless, frozen): $472.9 million (3.8%) Grain sorghum: $379.9 million (3%) Ethyl alcohol, other denatured spirits: $232.9 million (1.9%) Dog and cat food for retail sale: $214.6 million (1.7%) Modems, similar reception/transmission devices: $155.8 million (1.2%) NYS is a great example of a financialized economy where not much in terms of real good is produced. Kansas is not. Which has more "value"?

When you get right down to it the debate isn't so much about what books get approved or banned. It comes down to who gets to decide which is which. Until recently school boards and educators such as teachers had free reign to decide. And then parents got involved, raised their concerns and objections, organized and then began to get some say which resulted in the transfer of control and power to make those choices of the hands of schools and districts. What the people supporting the schools and districts, and in most cases they're liberal educators or their supporters, are really pissing and moaning about isn't in opposition to some form of censorship. They're mad because power has been taken away from them.

Rather than something to do with the actor or act itself, I think it all boils down to an individuals willingness and ability to objectively assess a situation rather then do it subjectively by employing various experience filters, personal preferences and biases, likes and dislikes, to the target topic. A subjective example might be person 1 does X and person 2 also does X. I like person 1 so it was okay but I don't like person 2 so its not okay. Like an enemy kills 100 civilians and that's a war crime but our side kills 100 civilians and that is brushed off. And objective assessment would be eliminating my like or dislike of person 1 or person 2 and simply assess the action X on its own and conclude both person 1 and 2 were either both good or both bad. In the civilian example above both are bad. When it comes to political debate we get a lot of subjectivity and while I can admit some level of that behavior in my views it would be nice if the people doing it with regularity would admit to it too. To those folks, admit your biases, confess your sins!

Exhibit A. Find this recent bombshell story on any major US outlet from an investigative reporter with a pristine record of uncovering the truth. But this time.. crickets. No rebuttals just some mild sideline bashing of the reporter which is typical of these liars. I rest my case. https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/world-int/22973-us-and-norway-blew-up-the-nord-stream-pipelines-seymour-hersh.html Other stories he broke: My Lai Massacre (1969): Hersh broke the story of the My Lai Massacre, in which American soldiers killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians. His reporting, which won a Pulitzer Prize, revealed a military cover-up and sparked outrage across the country. Abu Ghraib Torture (2004): Hersh's reporting on the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq exposed a culture of torture and impunity within the U.S. military. His reporting won a George Polk Award and helped to bring about significant changes in military policy and public opinion. Nuclear Weapons in Pakistan (1998): Hersh's reporting on Pakistan's nuclear program, including its collaboration with North Korea, was controversial and initially met with skepticism. However, subsequent events confirmed much of his reporting, and it is now widely regarded as groundbreaking. CIA Domestic Spying (1975): Hersh's reporting on the CIA's illegal domestic spying program helped to expose the agency's abuses of power and contributed to the creation of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Iran-Contra Affair (1987): Hersh's reporting on the Iran-Contra scandal, in which the Reagan administration sold weapons to Iran and used the proceeds to fund the Contras in Nicaragua, was instrumental in exposing the corruption and illegal activities of high-ranking government officials.

Because in general all the other news organizations fly cover for the government. I think that's it.

If I've got it right the Bills organization structure has both the GM and HC reporting into ownership. So, they're sort of co-GM's. I think that's a problem but one that's easily correctable. If I'm Pegula, I would address that by changing the reporting relationships to HC to GM and GM to owner. That's put Beane clearly in charge of the draft and all other personnel decisions. At this point I think its better to concentrate this responsibility with the GM to remove any real or imagined bias towards picking defensive players. I expect there's not much of a chance this happens. I agree they've neglected the offense for one reason or another and not surrounding your QB with protection and more weapons given the way the league favors the offenses and how unique of a talent they've got in Allen is a major blunder. Whether its McDermott's influence or defensive bias on the selections or how the board is set up. I think they still need to go BPA vs. pure need but if there's a close score between an offensive vs. a defensive guy the offense needs to take priority.

I'm operating under the assumption social activists believe anyone can pretend to be anything they desire. But alas, what matters most is not the rules but rather who is entitled to make them.

What about the war in Yemen? Is Biden standing up for what's right there? In a war prosecuted by the Saudi's with assistance and consent from Washington through war and starvation and sanctions of vital food and medicine, 10's of thousands of civilian men, women, and children have died. We've already established that killing civilians is a war crime by charges against Russia for that act. Even our VP made such statements last week. So if our government and the President are "fighting for what's right" and is compelled to seek war crime charges against killers of civilians and our Saudi allies are killing civilians shouldn't the US step in to stop the carnage and charge the Monarchy with war crimes? Why aren't they doing what's right? And if the Saudi's are committing war crimes and Washington is looking the other way while consenting to their actions doesn't that make Biden a war criminal? Using your logic I'd suggest the people running Washington are isolationists that are ignoring injustice. But my conclusion is they don't care who lives or dies as long as their agenda moves forward and challengers to it are neutralized. And that's how the world works. Not like the good vs. bad fairy tale you peddle.

Suppressing evidence hides the truth. Why don't you want the truth to be heard and seen?

Unless anyone can cite some clear, specific, and present danger, the right of the people to know the truth and the legal rights of any defendants to due process of the law outlined by the 6th Amendment takes priority over any theoretical security concerns. Otherwise, such a contention is nothing more than an excuse by the prosecution and the government to hide and suppress exculpatory evidence. Government motion denied.

That question is totally irrelevant to this conversation.

You're just repeating a false narrative. Forensic investigations proved shots were fired from locations different than those where officers implicated by the coup instigators were locating during the event. No officer was arrested, tried, or convicted of killing any protesters during the maiden riots dispute your contention they somehow killed protesters. The event proved a catalyst and convenient excuse to overthrow the elected government. But the US government would never participate in such a nefarious action because we always wear the good guy hats. Even through I could name about 3 dozen times Washington has toppled foreign governments. But you can look it up too if you'd like.

A coup engineered by the US State Department's Victoria Nuland against a democratically elected government because they wouldn't play ball with Washington. Who just so happens to be back in charge of the operation after a 4 year vacation 2017 through 2020. Washington loves democracies but they also love monarchies, dictatorships, and theocracies as long as they go along with the regimes objectives and rules. When they step out of line, then the plot changes. But the fools that think our government hold a special place in its heart exclusively reserved for democracies will believe what they want to believe.

That outcome is an extremist position that isn't going to happen regardless of the circumstances that end the conflict.