The Frankish Reich

Much as we hate to admit it: add Tom Brady.

Mahomes: acts like he's dying, comes back 6 days later with his best game of the season. Josh: breaks a hand in Game 1, acts like nothing's wrong, has his best season ever. Two different ways of getting to the same place, the AFC championship game. Only this year Josh has got it.

He was fun to watch. Imagine if Tebow had a rocket arm.

An, umm, well-seasoned fan's perspective: - 1970s: Roman Gabriel (peaked before my time, in the 60s), Bert Jones. Watch the tape! - 1980s - 90s: Elway, Randall Cunningham, Steve Young, Steve McNair, Favre - 2000s - now: Culpepper, Luck, Rodgers, Mahomes All big (or big enough), athletic running threats (Luck would surprise you), big arms, big cojones

Sliding scale, JDHillFan. Graded on a curve.

E-Mace-iated Ozempic Queen always ready with the sound bite!

And as usual, we are learning about the shooter's chaotic home life. Hard to imagine, but it seems that the parents married each other three times, then divorced each other three times ...

For a long time I've believed that what the child psychologists and sociologists tell us is 180 degrees wrong. We keep hearing about the crisis of low self-esteem, etc. What I've seen is far too much self-esteem. This was apparently a girl (I think genetic girl, but who knows) who thought she was better, smarter, all around superior to her stupid Stepford-student peers. That seems to be true of almost all these school shooters - they have a messianic complex that goes way beyond the idea of being depressed or disaffected. Maybe we've pounded into them that they're special and uniquely gifted. Mostly (not Luigi, but he was older although child-like in our delayed adulthood modern world) they're ordinary kids with social problems and a ridiculously inflated sense of self-worth.

That's perfectly sane. Hey, I always hold a little gold as a hedge against inflation. But I know people - young people (at least to me) - who are basically putting their entire nest eggs in crypto. And I've heard stories of other people doing things like taking loans from their 401k in order to buy Bitcoin. That kind of thing usually doesn't end well. The case for Bitcoin itself (which is better than the case for crypto in general) is still remarkably weak. After those 13 years it still does not function as a medium for transactions other than shady/criminal transactions, which is more of a statement about it's ability to avoid regulation than it is about intrinsic worth as a medium for transactions. And wild price fluctuations vs. other world currencies are a bug, not a feature. There should be no need for a Tether in a world that is actually using Bitcoin for its intended purpose. The fact that Tether exists tells us that crypto has not crossed the threshold into being a useful mechanism for exchange. Maybe it will; I doubt it.

Mass hysteria.

School shooter today was extreme feminist who wants to destroy the patriarchy, your side also. Well, maybe it's both. Hard for either side to disavow her. The truth: She is one of ours, a product of a sick culture. The horseshoe theory, now reaching a high school near you.

Good for you! No, really. I don't begrudge people making money on highly speculative investments trades. I do hope they understand the risks. It sounds like you do, in a way at least. At some point all of this is like the meme stock thing. The "greater fool" theory of investing. My prediction: I just saw a guy on CNBC saying he can't see what stops Bitcoin. I may have better vision. Here's what I see: something really, really bad will happen. We already saw it with the almost-collapse of Tether the first time around. Or there will be something like a terrorist attack on U.S. soil (or even European soil; sadly, nobody seems to care much about the soil of other continents) that was funded through big Bitcoin transfers. And then crypto will become subject to the same rules it has skirted so far - the rules that apply to all other money exchanges. So be careful out there!

Still relevant, 177 years later. Bitcoin as the newest, fanciest tulip bulb? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_Popular_Delusions_and_the_Madness_of_Crowds The first volume begins with a discussion of three economic bubbles, or financial manias: the South Sea Company bubble of 1711–1720, the Mississippi Company bubble of 1719–1720, and the Dutch tulip mania of the early seventeenth century. According to Mackay, during this bubble, speculators from all walks of life bought and sold tulip bulbs and had even declared futures contracts on them. Allegedly, some tulip bulb varieties briefly became the most expensive objects in the world during 1637.

What about Indian tribes? I'll be fair here: liberal constitutional scholars have always said we should examine the context in which an amendment to the constitution was adopted. So they say the 2nd Amendment was adopted in a particular time under particular circumstances, and a fair reading of it is that it wasn't about a wholly "private" right to bear arms, unlinked to the well-regulated militia language. The people who want to read the 14th Amendment as not granting birthright citizenship are following in this liberal tradition. Meanwhile, conservative constitutional scholars have been textualists. The plain words of the amendment are what control. Applying those principles, the answer is easy: the 14th Amendment citizenship clause applies to every baby born in the United States except members of Indian tribes (not considered "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States at the time; that's why we say, for example, "Navajo Nation") and children of diplomats (which is why diplomatic immunity is a thing). So be consistent. Is that too much to ask?

Exactly.

Frivolous lawsuit. The attorney who signed off on this should be sanctioned and the plaintiff assessed all costs/fees on dismissal.

The Bush Administration's rationale for allowing soda to remain food stamps (SNAP) eligible, c. 2007: One of the USDA's primary concerns with any new restriction on SNAP is that it could increase the embarrassment and stigma associated with SNAP use and thereby deter SNAP use. SNAP participants who are unaware of the new exclusion of sweetened beverages would attempt to purchase the excluded item, and it would be embarrassing to be told at the cash register that they cannot purchase it. This embarrassment, in the USDA's words, “has the potential to stigmatize participants by singling them out as food stamp participants, and may discourage some eligible low-income persons from participating in the program."

I'm not a TBD power user. Is there a way to do a global find and replace for all forum posts? Find: Rape[d] Replace with: Finger-Bang[ed] That should take care of any potential issues.

Because I finally gave in and bought the Sunday Ticket for the sole purpose of watching this game. (The NFL was forcing me to watch Broncos-Colts for free)

As usual these days, our assassins and would-be assassins can't be categorized as "left" or "right." They demonstrate the horseshoe theory of politics in action. Sometimes they are enamored of the radical socialist anarchist Unabomber. Sometimes the same guy is enamored of right-libertarians like Joe Rogan, or nuts like Jordan Peterson. One common theme: they overconsume, overidentify, overreact.

Exactly. The ill-informed OP seems to think that being named Time's Man (Person) of the Year means that you made a positive contribution to the world. Wait ... don't we also get to count that faked Time Man of the Year cover he used to display in Trump Tower?

Then what would all those Razorback hillbillies sell to buy their oxycontin? Short-sighted.

Julie is looking pretty rough. Ridden hard and put away wet.

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