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Between Roger and the Refs Union both being "insulted" that people think it is fixed I couldn't help but notice they did not address the reason people think that, which is the level of officiating being putrid. Neither one said anything- at least in the clips I saw- in regards to the calls being unacceptable. I don't think it is fixed, but I do think the top 25% of NFL fans would be superior refs to what we have, which is guys who think they are part of the game

I think the other parts of Asia is most likely quickly and a few select industries to the western hemisphere over the next few years. If China makes a real stink it might be accelerated .

I very much hope the Dept of Education is shuttered and replaced with a small group whose entire purpose is to determine which states are prepping kids best for life/college. The total budget should be less than $1 billion and each state should be required to collect and maintain the information. Basically $10 million average per state and the rest is in DC as a Clearinghouse

I think I might have just "won" this thread, and all I had to do was listen to a Democrat, which was painful.

Thank you for contradicting yourself and repeating what I said.

Or possibly the objective is to shift the market to a more American Friendly country, either still in Asia or preferably into the western hemisphere. If Ecuador or El Salvador wanted to get a factory up and running then it would be far preferable to it being in China.

I just read that Trump is going to the Super Bowl and I think that is a mistake. He should go to the World Cup next year and see the US team play but the Super Bowl is such a logistical nightmare he is going to make things much worse for everyone.

I will admit I til this week I thought the AID part was aid, not agency for international development.

Some of the plan was already announced, which was in response to Trump, and more happened because of meeting yesterday. So in other words, all the change is from Trump. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-pledges-beefed-up-border-immigration-restrictions-appease-trump-2024-12-17/

Only to a dishonest person is a statement of fact, "framing". As for the second part, you do have a point since I doubt there is anything to stop Trump from doing exactly what Biden has done when he was vice president and president.

Kash had a job at Truth Social as a media director, he was assured of shares for his work, they paid it out before he was put in charge of FBI. Only you would be surprised by any of this.

You realize you can just sit out the obvious wins, right? Trump has each country agreeing to assist along the border and help stop the drugs, that is a win

This is how we are going to buy Greenland, we buy it and use the resources to replenish the fund.

USAID is exactly what most of government has become, a good idea that is so bloated and backwards that dishonest people are taking advantage of it more than any actual good is happening. The fact that they don't want to be audited should be pissing everyone who pays taxes off and is most likely due to the fact that 80% of the budget is waste and bribery. Are you talking about when Biden got the guy investigating his son fired?

I wanted to be sure I understood what you meant by soft power- and I will ask directly, do you believe Biden projected soft power to anyone?

What is "soft power"? You need to keep reminding yourself who was president the past 4 years, Biden was harmless to the enemies and feeble with our allies.

I am putting my personal disclaimer on this this thread- this year the officials absolutely screwed us and we're completely incompetent but the past 4 years prior we lost games by our own accord. I think we have lost about one game a season because of terrible officials since Josh got good but this was the first time the officials were the primary problem

I was talking with my college age son today for first time since game and he is just really getting into football and stated the game was boring because you did not know what was happening with the officials. His friends who have no allegiance to the Bills turned it off in the main room when they gave KC the ball on the 4th down because they felt the officials were on the take. They will not be watching the SB either.

The 1619 project admitted it was not history, or factual, but a narrative. At that point it is creative writing and should be treated as such. Unfortunately those who most need the help in history are the least likely to get it

This is awesome, how you got that from what I wrote only proves you are illiterate. Just because you are fun I will ask how am I DEI?

My wife had to deal with this in 2010 when the salaries were frozen for 4 years due to the recession. I was not a teacher at the time but it did effect me. Part of the teacher problem was the union leader was crook who used all the money to enrich his friends instead of fighting for better pay. It took years to get rid of all of them because the idiots that are teacher loved them for fighting "the man". It truly is a pretty good analogy and in the end it made my transition to teaching in 2013 easier because so many teachers were leaving because the union was worthless. https://www.wesh.com/article/orange-county-teachers-union-president-board-of-directors-let-go/4443971

You seem to think the purpose of Trump is to make the best deal for the socialist party of Canada. Trump has a job to make the best deal for Americans first, not to worry about the damage that Trudeau has done to his country. Truly the best thing Trump can do is show Canada that their leader is a feckless loser

Renegotiations means you start over if one side does not agree to maintain the previous agreement. I get you guys don't like the tariffs but to pretend he is violating the treaty when it has a renegotiation window is dumb. If you had a contract and could renegotiate would you not try and get the most money you could?

He put in a 6 year renegotiation into the first deal, he is renegotiating as the deal states. Harris said she would renegotiate if she won also

Not being sarcastic but Stephon Gilmore was flag magnet for us and then he switched teams the flags stopped. Sometimes officials just see what they expect to see for a team.