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Tip of the hat to OP for an original post. Was fun to read.

The federal flood insurance program was broke back in 2010. It's now *super* broke. The reason is Congress doesn't allow FEMA to raise rates on repetitive loss properties or buy them out. It's not for a lack of trying - FEMA was set to jack the rates up to equal the risk in 2012, and Congress stepped in and stopped it. The problem is that owners of repetitive loss properties do not pay for the risk of having a property in a floodplain or flood-prone area. They keep receiving cheap flood insurance even if their house has been destroyed ten times by flooding. I'm not suggesting the government ban people from living in these areas, but it is fair for them to pay what the risk demands or have the government have the opportunity to buy the property.

We have rare opportunities to agree, but on this one I agree with you. After Katrina and Sandy, the federal government should have stopped insuring residential property that is in 100-year floodplains and well-documented 100-year storm surge areas. If somebody wants to privately insure those, go for it. I know that is crippling to places like New Orleans and coastline, but how many times have the taxpayers rebuilt homes in these areas? How many people have died because they stayed in homes in these areas? I've always found the "it's climate change!" argument ironic because whenever there is money to be made, we all keep building homes in deserts, in floodplains, etc. and we never revise the rules to prohibit it.

Jaguars-Eagles game Saw this in person in crap conditions, and it wasn't pleasant. I'm not a fan - go for family. Takeaway: The Eagles can run the football like a team from the 1980s consistently, and unless you've got a defense that can stop the run for all 4 quarters, they will eventually break your back with 60 running plays. They have a stonecutter mentality with the run game - they will eventually break through.

She's not on the take like the majority of scientists in this field of study. She doesn't have research money or patents to protect. You know the origins of Covid-19 is a filthy dirty story because for something that has spontaneously killed 1 million people in the US, there's no desire to get to the bottom of it to prevent it from happening again absent a scientist here, journalist there, Rand Paul here.

I read (perhaps a Taron Johnson quote) where they knew they had to disguise the defense better. In the first half, they didn't disguise the defense and that certainly made the difference. I don't know why they didn't disguise it - perhaps to not confuse the newer starters.

You need *a lot* of technical expertise to do this. Divers or drones, likely departing from a submarine/ship significantly far away or a shoreline nearby but shielded from satellite coverage Likely at night If from shore, you know where the sat. coverage will be Need precise coordinates Familiar with Baltic Sea currents and weather Heavy explosives, have to strap it to the pipe because it's concrete. Explosives that can be remote detonated at a specific time The explosives themselves leave no traces. Or you give yourself ample time to stage the scene. The fact that nobody has sent a dive team or drone down there yet with released pictures and video is telling. I rule out Russia for four reasons: 1) Their ships and personnel are likely watched like a hawk, they would have been detected 2) the amount of expertise required and 3) those pipelines were valuable pieces of leverage. 4) it now forces them to pump gas through the Ukraine. Forcing the Russians to pump through Ukraine gives Ukraine leverage in resolving the conflict and securing an even more lucrative deal from the Russians to pump their gas.

I still think Barkley buys you a good 1.5 months of the season. He won't be there for the playoffs. It's very risky. If you must trade for a RB, I think the Bills would be in a better position to take a flyer on Josh Jacobs or Cordarrelle Patterson. The Raiders didn't pick up the 5th year on JJ, and Patterson is a 31 year old player on a rebuilding Falcons team who turns out is a pretty decent RB. I'd want to add a value weapon to compliment what you have, not an all the eggs in the basket superstar.

I've learned the inverse relationship between the amount of media coverage and the importance of the story exists, and has for sometime. I was blind to it. This is a big story. Quite big. Yet, major news media isn't covering it. You have to ask why that is. It's a big deal when *someone* puts trained divers or drones (with highly trained operators) at the bottom of the Baltic Sea and attaches enough explosives to blow holes in a reinforced concrete/steel pipe of natural gas between the Russians and Germans. That's no happenstance. You need a lot of explosives. That's not ISIS. That's not al-Qaeda. That's not some hillbilly with propane tanks. That's a government or exceptionally well-financed private company.

I'd say most previous POTUS would have had that information in hand before making the decision. There were lots of better ways to address this problem than the way selected.

Only in today's universe is she considered "far" right. Throw back to the 90s or even the early 00s, she's center-right. She's pro-Italy, pro-Italian. How dare she. Italy could be a prosperous country. They have some of the finest manufacturing and manufacturing minds in the world.

A show chronicling the life of a player like Rhodes would be interesting. You're sort of in a purgatory between active NFL player and retired, have to do something else, NFL player. Is he mowing lawn and playing with the kids and a call comes in? Does he still work out twice a day in case he gets a call?

A practical signing they could do this week would be Josh Thomas off the Cardinals practice squad. He's familiar with the defense and gets you some safety depth. I like the Chris Harris suggestion. 33, but a smart corner who's played a lot of snaps in zone coverage.

I think they do a good job at that. It is a long season. I know it was a divisional game, but I would have been ok with the Bills playing backups the entire game yesterday knowing what I know today about the heat and conditions on the field. I may have pulled a Gregg Popovich with a lot of DNP-Rest. League wouldn't like it, but oh well.

Exactly. I personally don't like golf but I'd enjoy watching that showdown. I think it'd be fun to watch NFL players that aren't necessarily the league superstars become household names due to their skill in other competitions.

Surprise: It isn't football skills. Don't thank me NFL for your ratings bonanza. Cornhole CrossFit Archery Rifling Bowling Trivia Wings eating Caber toss Ax throwing Fastest chainsaw Dodgeball

Chiefs. No adjustments made. Colts didn't blitz Mahomes. He was blitzed just twice. They usually gash a Gus Bradley defense and he changed up the script and the Chiefs didn't counter. I think a Doug Pederson coached Jaguars team is dangerous. While Carson Wentz was an un-coachable QB that'd go out there and make the same mistakes every week when he coached Philadelphia, Trevor Lawrence got high marks for being a coachable quarterback, and therein lies the margin of success.

I've thought that. I think they tried to be proactive and that didn't work out and they were stuck. I don't think teams can fire a coach they just hired simply because if he hasn't coached a single game nor violated any sort of team policies. I don't think the Broncos would have gotten away with that without incurring significant cost and criticism. So here's Nate Hackett head coach. I think he lasts a couple games before Rosburg takes over.

Protesters will need weapons. The 79 revolution really only swung into gear once the armed clashes started.

Not really about the Bills specifically, if I were the players union, I'd be concerned about all these large men with hearts and bodies being stressed to the max playing in that 1pm heat. Also, the fans. I bet there were quite a few heat related injuries in those stands today. No shade to retreat to on the visitor side at that stadium for the players. It's a hazardous home field advantage.

I think J. Johnson will impress. He's well-versed in the defense. J. Johnson and Hamlin are football players first, athletes second, and they are smart players, well-versed in the defense. I'm excited to see what the Bills have here in these guys.

Tay Tay is ok. Certainly won't mail it in.

Trafalgar is the latest poll out in PA (9/16), and the media has ignored it. Why? It shows both races in statistical dead heats. (Gov: S47-M45, Sen: F48-O46) Error: 2.9% Trafalgar has a larger polling group, smaller margin of error, and even has greater under sampling of Republicans than F&M. "Too extreme" Doug Mastriano couldn't possibly be tied with Josh Shapiro! Yeah, looks that way.

Cornerback depth has to be a priority. Even if the season is fantastic and both Tre White and Dane Jackson come back and are healthy, rookies hit a wall, and you've got two rookies who are playing important minutes now.

I think the 2022 Bills offense is a close cousin of the Greatest Show on Turf 1999 St. Louis Rams and the 1998 Minnesota Vikings that went 15-1. The modern day salary-capped defense just don't have enough talent to cover the array of weapons for the entire game. I really like Ken Dorsey's play calling through two games.