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    May Movies: X-Men, Godzilla, Spider-Man, & Maleficent.....

    in Off the Wall Archives

    Posted · Edited by gjnoronh

     

     

    Godzilla is worth seeing. Darker and much better than I expected. Won't leave any lasting impressions like true sci-fi classics (Alien, Terminator or more recently Prometheus), but then again it's not trying. There's just enough scientific explanations thrown in to keep the story moving, and setup several delicious scenes of monster-on-monster action, and man's attempt to stop them.

     

    Saw it last night with the wife and really enjoyed it. Agree with both of your takes.

    NFL networks coverage of Michael Sam

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    I care. And I am not angry that others don't nor do I assume that they do or that they should. Hence the amount of coverage, be it too much, too little or too shallow, doesn't bother me.

     

    I would like to suggest however that for someone who doesn't "f'in care" you have some highly developed thoughts about his behavior in locker rooms. Suggesting, as you do, that this a valid concern, I wonder if you can point me to a study or some other body of evidence which justifies your deep concern for how gay men generally conduct themselves in locker rooms? Funny how his college teammates didn't seem to be bothered but perhaps they just don't understand gay people as well as you do.

    Agreed

     

    Do folks think Jackie Robinson was just another baseball player whom the liberal media makes too much of? If we were watching coverage of his entry into MLB would you say "who cares" But you will argue that's different because folks saying they don't approve of blacks mixing with whites in sports were clearly wrong but the followers of the "gay lifestyle" are an entirely different issue?

    May seem like that to some today but it also seemed pretty important to keep blacks out of white professional sports not that long ago.

     

    As a 7th round pick he isn't likely to have a great career but he broke a barrier here that lots of responses in this and the other thread are clearly showing proof still exists.

    UK ObamaCare--HAha

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

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    For what it's worth I am a "GP" (internist) and the health care reform bill includes significant increases to payments to primary care providers from Medicaid and Medicare as part of the law. That's a major financial support for those of us taking those insurances. The reason that many of us don't is because the pay scales are much worse with those insurances than those with other insurances.

     

    The incentives for quality and IT use in healthcare were originally actually part of laws signed during the bush administration. This was expanded during the Obama administration.

     

    For what it's worth here the first article on mortality rates post Massachusetts health care reform "Romneycare" that was the basis for the ACA "Obamacare"

    http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1867050

     

    I don't think the ACA is remotely close to perfect, but the problem is most of us fail to realize what a mess health care in the US is and remains under our health care system (and by that I mean purely from the insured's standpoint)

    Gotta Love Doug Whaley

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    From this morning's MMQB article by Peter King, here are Whaley's words last night after pulling that trade:

     

    “We’ve got to win,” he said. “We’ve got to win now. Fourteen years of not making the playoffs. Fourteen years. The people here deserve so much more. We need to give them more. We need to give them a winning team. We need to do it for the people of this region, and we need to do it for Mr. Wilson.

    “I understand how big the deal is. I’m a competitor. I like our odds. I like our chances. The information we had made the decision for us. The player made the decision. I think I made the best decision for the Buffalo Bills. I can live with that, however it turns out.”

     

    How any Bills fan would not like and respect Doug Whaley is beyond me. The guy gets it.

     

     

    Love it thank for posting this.

    7 Elite Prospects in the Draft

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    I know the draft and have been watching it for years. It's always a few players that go in rounds 4-7 that make the most impact on an NFL team and seem to be the elite players in the NFL. It will be names that we barley discuss here on the message board.

     

    Scott

     

    Agreed but elite prospects have a better chance of panning out as starters than later players. Being an elite prospect definitely does not mean likely to be an elite player- though my previouspost did conflate the two.

    Former Jills suing the Bills

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted · Edited by gjnoronh

     

    I'm not a woman but know enough from my wife that the hygiene rules are pretty much standard feminine hygiene. The glamour requirements fall under "dress-code" in my opinion.

    Agreed it's not that shocking and it's definitely not written by a man to tell a woman what to do it's written by an older woman trying to keep her younger team members o out of trouble.

     

    Doesn't make jiggle tests less demeaning or mean they shouldn't get paid but seriously have you watched that Dallas cowboy's cheerleader try out show? Their manual has to be twice the size of the Jill's.

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