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Of course the goal is to keep the conversation because $$$$$$$$$$$, power, control. Of course the goal is not a definitive answer.......because no one would like the answer.

I don't have a favorite Billy Joel song but I a favorite part of every Billy Joel song. The end. When it's over.

Morgan's stick is short because the nuclear chick....who I also like....cut the radioactive end off.

I thought it was a decent episode and a good setup for the back half of the season. Lennie James just kills it acting giving long dialogues. Dillahunt is really good too.

It could be a lot of things....with phony on the very top of the list. One thing it is not.....aliens. It's simply not and that has been demonstrated over and over again. We are currently collecting immeasurable amounts of data. None of it shows anything. Bunk like Tabby's star and other crap are the BEST evidence that has come up.

The realization that we are alone would probably also be withheld from the public as governments tend to think of themselves as somehow superior. Here's the thing though:. You always have rogues in there somewhere. If we had discovered aliens someone would have found a way to disclose it. Realizing we are alone is harder though. People, even very bright people, will grasp at straws forever. This is demonstrated every day by the existence of so many endeavors people take on that are the proverbial needle in a haystack. It can lead one to ignore the obvious. The ultimate destiny of the human race has yet to be determined but the proper direction is relatively clear. It begins in realizing that we, as a species, are clearly alone and that we, as individuals, are not going anywhere beyond our immediate neighborhood. And we need to be ok with that because it is ok. Once these realizations are truly made we can indeed move on to initiate the fulfillment this destiny. Or we can put the future of our place in the universe at risk by diddling around looking for non-existent aliens and fooling ourselves into thinking that putting humans into space on a mass scale will ever make any sense when clearly it won't. It's our choice.

I agree with all of that but the question is why. An argument can be made that ROR became exactly that leader this year. When he was in Buffalo he could barely muster up the will to play at all. I don't see Risto as a natural leader anywhere but he is a nice piece for a good team. Why is it that guys are lost here? I hope it is just a culture cleansing that Bott/Krueger can fix but who knows? There is clearly something amiss. I don't think it can be ownership because the Bills demonstrate they are capable of finding guys to build a culture. You can see it building with the Bills. Any flicker shown by the Sabres is quickly extinguished. To me it has to be coaching, GM or the captain. We already have a new coach albeit one hired by the GM. Outside impressions can easily be wrong. Not everyone makes it easy to see their stupidity and incompetence a la Tim Murray. Eichel strikes me as everything you want in a player that is growing. He definitely has low points but most things are positive. He is probably too young to be the captain but the surroundings built by Murray may have forced that hand. I doubt he is the issue but if so, the new coach has to deal with it. Botts strikes me as a doofus who lacks a sense of urgency. A major step up from the destructive Murray but far from ideal. He needs to put a personality onto this team, which he hasn't done. A lot rides on Skinner in 19/20 and that is pretty unfair but Botts made that bed.

Why do players like Risto and ROR think they need to leave to win? There is some systemic behind the scenes issue for sure.

I wouldn't do it but I know an old outfielder from the Brewers would just so he could feel normal.

Or Tiananmen 1989.

There simply aren't cameras in the cell.

Has there ever been a bigger publicity hound than Michael Baden? Nobody else on Earth can do an autopsy?

That's pretty rude and unnecessary.

He uses a form of sitcom math but his equation actually fills.

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Not that there is anything wrong with that, but at least try to type the correct words.

Alluded? Is that from a poem?

A while back I pointed out that it is shameful to assume that another person's pronouns need to actually be pronouns. What if someone wanted their pronouns to be verbs, or numbers, or symbols like that name Prince had. At that point my pronouns were Spectaculous and freezie pops. I think it also stands to reason that people's pronouns can be as fluid as their gender. I don't want to offend anyone so I propose this thread be a place where we all post our pronouns. If yours change, come back and edit your entry. We should all then observe each other's pronouns. My pronouns are currently: Zorp and Article 317b of the United States Constitution. Please post your pronouns.

Umm Aaron Hernandez? Glass houses dude. Richie was/is a dude with issues but there are people on lots of teams with issues to varying degrees. And don't act like there weren't Pats fans imagining AH's innocence. Personally I think there are times when the league and NFLPA should be a unified front but it is probably difficult in practice....devil in the details and all that. RI probably shouldn't be playing and probably showed some signs behind the scenes in both Miami and Buffalo....and probably STL. Hernandez was known to be a bad dude. T Hill? Where/how is the line drawn? The culture and desire to win can be a destructive force. The alimighy importance of Penn State football caused that program, at the time legendary for its high standards of character, to look the other way on the most horrific crimes imaginable. And when the crimes were discovered the fan base was indignant about the wrist slap they received. We shouldn't discuss this topic because? My amateurish diagnosis is that Brown has some sort of OCD and is attached to that helmet. The league and the union can't bend to him given all the concussion talk over the last several years. Brady and Rodgers are bigger stars and nothing changed for them. It's possible that Brown needs some sort of mental health help.

Any updates on this?

Yeldon made a bad fumble but that was all that stood out as bad. Singletary looked very real which is probably the bigger issue for TJ. Murphy looking good didn't help his case either. I'm not going to go all torches and pitchforks on an experienced guy liked Yeldon just yet but he has work to do.

It was his first game so he needs to be cut some slack. Personally I thought the drop was behind him. That said he is well behind Brown, Beasley, Jones, Foster, Roberts, Phillips, McKenzie , McCloud and maybe behind others as well. Good luck.

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Very nice play by Joseph.

The low ball was on Allen, not Jones. The throw near the end zone was good. The announcer said Jones may have lost it in the sun which is a maybe. It was a bullet.