The Frankish Reich

How did I miss this? Kristi's Backdoor Man, Corey Lewandowski, was fired from a pro-Trump PAC in 2021 because a woman named Trashelle accused him of sexual harassment. Trashelle. Really.

Israel - Gaza on September 9: no end in sight. September 10: Kirk assassinated; many questions remain unanswered October 9: pro-Israel peace accord reached. Fact.

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / Whew. Thanks, Homelander, for regaining narrative control here. I was really concerned. First you lose narrative control over PPP, the next thing you know Erika Kirk is taking Turning Point in a Bernie direction. Slippery slope.

There's definitely some truth to that.

I'll admit it. When he started strong with the Steelers I thought he'd turned a corner. But no. This one is on him, not completely, but mostly. The Broncos did everything they could to hand the Jets their first win. Fail.

That's what needs to happen to make the tush push situations interesting again! I'd love to see Hurts do a naked bootleg for 30 yards when the defense is all stacked up on the line.

Still one of the best places in the world to live.

This is the dumbest ever attempt of a boring old institution trying to pose at being relevant to young people. Like all such efforts, it won't work. In federal cases (a very tiny minority of all cases, most of which are brought by the states), we have the Bail Reform Act. Basically, in order to hold someone in jail before trial, the judge needs to find that there are no other conditions that could reasonably protect the community. So they'd have to find that a GPS tracker, a house arrest type situation, etc., wouldn't be sufficient. Setting aside the issue of flight risk (which is different), I actually thought the judge should have released Sean Combs pending trial. He was extremely unlikely to hold one of his freakouts while awaiting trial, and I'm sure he wouldn't be anywhere near some of the other women he abused. But as with all highly publicized things, the judge didn't have the guts to apply the plain wording of the law.

Plus I think we could get a high 3rd or even a low 2nd for Cook.

Are defensive players allowed to push each other? If not, why not? Seems that would equalize things.

The thread is even better. I'd bump it for a laugh but I've already done that a couple times and fear I might've outstayed my welcome.

Trump got the clot shot? And then he's gonna sit on AF1 for the trip to Israel? Succession!

Too much panic? There's never "too much panic!" I panic when the Jets or now Steelers sign Aaron Rodgers. I panic when we trade away the rights to Xavier Worthy. I even panic when Von Miller is let go, or when Reid Ferguson jams his right index finger.

Our OP explained it all for us. A true classic!

I love this. Expand the game day roster to allow each team to carry a 400 lb sumo guy, and only a 400 lb sumo guy.

Maybe is definitely not trash. I doubt he'll be Josh Allen. But he can definitely be Jared Goff or Jordan Love, and I wouldn't even rule out Justin Herbert.

Before the season I predicted the Jets would be the most improved team in the NFL. Am I allowed to amend that? The Patriots are the most improved team in the NFL. The Jets will be the most improved team in the second half.

Maybe we should ask @AverageAllensSuspensor how those Norwegians pronounce it. And before Arafat, we had Kissinger share the award the North Vietnam's noble representative.

Pretty sure it was mediated by Nixon 2.0. With a big assist from Kissinger 2.0.

The Particle Sun always returns. Where's my fatted calf?

Agreed. And we need this season's Cooper to actually produce. Yes, it would be better to spend money on the defense, but I don't think there's any one player we could reasonably obtain on D that would have the impact of a WR

Chad Kelly: had a really bad leg injury last year, and I think he's been out for Toronto ever since.

Uncomfortable truth: ICE is staffed with two types of agents. There are the professional (primarily criminal) investigators. They have long been embarrassed by being associated with the rest of ICE, so they've tried to rebrand themselves as Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). But organizationally they are still ICE, and Trump is increasingly pulling them away from criminal investigations to assist with mass deportations efforts. And then there is Enforcement and Removal, which is staffed with some smart and professional officers, and a lot of, well, men and women who couldn't qualify to get a proper federal law enforcement job. Some are goons, plain and simple. Some are lazy. There are a lot of military veterans, and again, some use that experience to adjust rapidly to a civilian chain of command, and others just think they ought to be able to do to American citizens or even illegal aliens residing in the United States what they thought they could do to Iraqis. These are the vast majority of Trump's urban strike force. Bad, bad sh!t is gonna happen. They are actively being encouraged to go rogue, and they lack the professionalism to reject that encouragement. Unfortunately, this won't end until something really bad does happen.

Thanks - fantastic report! Question: is it fair to say that none of our receivers can consistently gain separation vs. good CBs? You note that Palmer seems to be the most effective at good old fashioned route running, but was he open more than we thought? Shakir and Kincaid operate effectively against zones or when faced with a mismatch (LB/S), but that's kind of limiting ...

I never thought I'd say it, but I miss Diggs. He just reminded us what it means to have a true elite receiver.