All_Pro_Bills

That's true. A mask will help prevent you from infecting someone else so it can serve a useful function. But the majority of people infected with COVID report wearing a mask all the time when out in public. And still got inflected. One conclusion is the infection is most likely to be transmitted among family members in their living space, at other social gatherings, or between people living in close proximity to each other like in high density housing but not so much in general public settings like at the local supermarket.

That's an interesting insight. So simply "I might not mean it but I'm going to tell you want you want to hear so vote for me".

35-40% seems very high to me. But don't you think that estimate says more about your thought process than it does about the suspected 35-40 percenters?

I said most people. Do you see anyone campaigning for more poverty, or more hunger, or more bias? If you have I'd like to see it. The difference of opinion is how to achieve these things. Like the Green New Deal. I'm all for it if you can support base load power requirements without interruption or variance in output at a cost that is competitive with current and conventional power generation sources. But if you're going to tell me my power bill is going to be 4 times higher and we'll experience rolling blackouts every day then I'm against it. Like all ideas and objectives the "devils in the details".

The thing is generally everybody's for: better education better health care eliminating poverty less people in prison eliminating racial bias income equality equal rights for everyone eliminating hunger a clean environment solving student debt problems good housing for everyone good paying jobs for everyone The contention is generated from differences in how to accomplish these goals. So what are you willing to do in order to accomplish these objectives?

What's most peculiar about Joe Biden's ascent to the Democratic nomination is how little his historical and current views and positions align with ideals and objectives of the "core" constituents of the party in 2020. Which at this point is a very left leaning agenda. Very little Biden has stated and supported during the campaign provides any evidence that he personally supports many of these positions or plans on pursuing them if elected. So either the potential Presidents positions needs to be modified or the expectations of the left need to move to center. Otherwise something just isn't right here. A cynical person might suspect the Party is running a Trojan Horse campaign with a moderate candidate to bamboozle the electorate into giving the far left power as being "honest" about their true intentions would likely lead to defeat. Note that Pelosi is pushing a 25th Amendment legislation designed to give the Congress powers that the 25th Amendment restricts to the Executive branch. Powers to remove the President if the legislature deems him/her as "unfit" to hold office. She herself has stated this is not intended to be used against Trump but in future situations where it might be necessary. Such legislation removes the need for a change to be "voluntary". So might it be necessary in the case of a President Biden? Which brings us to the topic of a potential Harris presidency. I expect by the Summer of 2021 this will be reality.

It was a catchable ball. But what made matters worse were the circumstances. If Brown wasn't hurt Roberts would not have been on the field for that play. And it was the initial drive of the game. It set the tone for the entire evening. A short field against a defense that showed no resistance all night and the Titans were off to a fast 7-0 lead. For me that play destroyed all the momentum and enthusiasm generated out of the Bills 4-0 start. And a feeling of impending doom came over me as I watched.

You've arrived at a very important insight. I want to share a similar conclusion in my work experience several years ago. Working on a "team" that was charged with "cultural transformation" of the business. Our "leader" voiced the idea that everyone on the team was an agent of change in leading the improvements of the culture and management system. My response to this was something I later regretted speaking. I said I don't believe that because everyone in the room had risen through the ranks of the company or came to their highly compensated position through working a system they understood and benefited from. I asked why would people who benefit most from a culture or management system want to take the risk of voluntarily replacing it with something that might result in them not fairing as well? My statement was met with total silence. While there was no direct action taken against me for daring to speak "truth", I did find that over time my assignments disappeared to the point where I found myself with nothing to do but report to work everyday. And even if I didn't show up would anyone notice? I had two choices, milk my free time for as long as possible or seek a transfer to another assignment. I choose the later. A few years later I left the company but in the end the transformation did not work and the company suffered massive losses and was marginalized in their sector by more innovative and creative competition.

And yet these are the candidates both political parties present to the voters each election. The "best and the brightest" among us appear to be seeking their passions and fortunes elsewhere. Whether you're liberal or conservative or middle of the road we owe it to ourselves and each other to ask the question "why can't we do better"?

When Joe Biden heard that Mitt Romney has endorsed him for President his initial response was "who is Mitt Romney"? And later stated "Oh, I remember now, he's that moron from Utah". When told of this Romney said "it doesn't matter if Joe remembers who I am or not or if he doesn't know the difference between a Mormon and a moron". "Because what I'm really doing is endorsing Kamala Harris for President because once Joe wins he's going to be declared mentally insane through Nancy Pelosi's new law she's pushing and Kamala will be President stating in February".

Like it or not expectations have been raised.

My guess is Bell ends up at one of these spots ranked highest to lowest: Seattle Philadelphia New England Green Bay Tampa Buffalo Carolina Pittsburgh

Longer-term Edmunds seems better suited on the outside than as the MLB in this defense. Your assessment is spot-on. MLB is a big need. On top of this outside of Milano our LB group is weak and wasn't addressed well in the off season. Can we get Lorax out of retirement for another season here? But the DL is no better. They are consistently losing the one-on-one battles with the offensive line which allows them to step out and tie up the LB's. And they are neither stopping the run or putting pressure on the QB. Usually you get one or the other but getting neither? We have no quality run stuffers or pass rushers. That's a problem. And the secondary? Left hung out there all night they didn't fare well but still the coverage was poor. My takeaway was they played like it was the first week of preseason. To win with this defense, unless there is a miracle improvement, we need the offensive to put up 30+ points and play a mistake free game along with special teams holding their own. And that isn't going to happen every week.

There were a couple individual bright spots but part of that is because everyone else was so bad. The Bills looked completely unprepared in all 3 phases of the game last night. If you didn't know it you would think they were the team that didn't have more than a couple team practice sessions over the past two weeks. I put this one on the coaches and the disruption caused by all the uncertainty surrounding when the game will be played.

A great punt puts the Bills at the 2. This is what we want to see here. Josh and the O going 98 yards. No 3 and out here.

Most concerning is the Bills look totally unprepared. Let's see what kind of adjustments they make in 2nd half.

No pass rush, no linebacker depth and a secondary playing soft. Not a good look tonight. Some drops on offense.

But isn't that what they did with the Russia hoax? Use the apparatus and resources of the government and intelligence agencies against Trump?

When referring to "rigged" people should really speak about voter fraud and voter suppression. Voting by those that have no valid citizenship claim to the district or state they are voting in or voting multiple times or actions to suppress or prohibit citizens from casing valid ballots. The Dems say Reps are vote suppressors and the Reps say the Dems are voter fraudsters. That I think sums up the playing field here.

Point goes to the Chiefs because they've got the SB and their franchise QB locked up what for might be the next 10 years for just a swap of a first pick and a first the year after. Allen is making progress to the level of play the Chiefs are getting out of Mahomes but there's a ways to go and the team hasn't won anything yet. With all the wheeling and dealing Beane did in that draft to get Allen at 7 you might want to through the Edmunds pick in too. So Mahomes for White, Allen, and Edmunds is the way I see it.

The OP's post represents everything I've been arguing with my liberal friends and family. Specifically, they believe they are morally and intellectually superior to everyone else and those that disagree with them are of low intelligence or suffering from some behavioral disorder or one of many character flaws. I know this because when I challenge their views with this conclusion they have no answer. The truth is that when you reach a certain point in life you realize nothing is black and white. There is no absolute good or absolute evil. Or other extremes. Everything around us resides in the gray areas in between. Maybe if more people accepted that conclusion we'd all be better off?

The difference is the alt-right nut jobs see the government as the biggest threat to freedom. As such the government sees them as a real threat. To their power and control, not to the safety and security of the general public. One of their objectives is to shrink the government, through violence if necessary, and return to a time of limited government. Obviously, government officials with lots of power aren't on board with any of this stuff. The alt-left nut jobs see the government as their means to impose their authority and program on the population. They want to control every action of every citizen from what they eat to what words they speak. The government watches these groups closely too but their view of the risk they pose is somewhat different. After all, they have the same agenda as the government which is to acquire and wield more power over the people. So they really don't have any argument with the objective. The difference is how to use it and who calls the shots.

If the Titans or any other teams are proven to have broken league protocols they should face penalties. This includes forfeiting games and if the outbreak keeps spreading maybe all the way to shutting them down for the season. It seems unreasonable to expect every other team on their schedule to be inconvenienced or forced to accommodate their recklessness and disregard for the rules established and agreed to by the teams.

If the league finds the Titans broke mandated protocols and procedures a more equitable thing might be to give the Titans a loss but not award the Bills a win. And then account for this in determining tie breakers and other impacts to playoff seeding and the standings. That might be fairer to the rest of the league than gifting the Bills a win. But if I'm the Bills I'd be more than cautious here. I wouldn't want to expose my team to the Titans at this point under any circumstances.

So has Barr really been working to expose misconduct and criminal activity within the government agencies and departments or is he a "Trojan Horse" working for the deep state playing the role of "Good Cop" but in reality blocking anything from happening?