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Like it or not, Belichick is on the fore of this. True dual-threat TEs that, more than just being an outlet / dump-off option, have all the skills of a WR only in a bigger body. LBs can't keep pace with them, CBs are too small to cover. It's not just this defense that Hernandez and Gronk have destroyed. It's a tactical advantage that many teams just can't handle. David Nelson is a de facto second TE. I'd say it can't hurt to pick up a guy like the ND TE, if he can be gotten in place or if he slips a bit into whatever round (I'm guessing early 2nd). Biggest part of it, tho, is going to be a QB who can throw them the ball. But that's in another thread....

Who do you think is going to deliver medical necessaries person to person in the case of a N/B/C attack? My father is a rural carrier and it's in the training guide stuff that he will be among the first wave group getting preventative care like potassium iodide or what have you, and that he CANNOT transfer this care to anyone. It very much IS a matter of national security to be able to reach everyone in the country.

Don't forget that Buddy signed off on Chan hiring Wannstache. Any GM has to give some leverage to his coach, but in "The Buck Stops Here" fashion, Nix owns that from-bad-to-worse move, too, to go along with the fatal-itself move of sticking with Fitz and not even bringing another guy in. This is a QB league and Nix went with a guy who physically can't throw more than 20 yards and whose accuracy is atrocious. I love Fitz's toughness, his durability, his heart, his intelligence, his quickness, his facile nature. But the man cannot throw a ball and that is Job #1, 2 and 3 for the QB. That Nix refused to do anything about it until about 2 weeks ago means he should get walking papers. If he is that glaringly blind about THE most important position on a team, what's his ignorance of minor areas? I'm not even on the Whaley wagon, either. This whole thing needs to be scoured, top to bottom.

They should've released him from prison earlier for beating his own grandmother to death. Then he wouldn't have been so angry. Sincerely, NYS liberal courts and parole system

Again... "The Price of Politics" by Bob Woodward. You know, of Woodward and Bernstein fame? The debt deal was SO tantalizingly close last year. Boehner had wrestled the votes among even the fresh Tea Party Repubs for an $800M tax increase on high earners, that he and Obama had discussed as a framework. Then Obama said by telephone that it would have to be $1.2T in taxes increases. It was at that point that the debt limit was raised at the last minute and the fiscal cliff stuff put in place so the whole nasty-ass stuff could be put off until after the election. Worst tactical move Boehner could have made, in kicking the can down the road. Now, instead of there having been a watershed moment where Democrats proved to be the profligate tax-and-spenders that they are before the election, the GOP is about to kill their sacred cow and the Democrats --- who want spending increases so they can tear through that pile of the rich's money --- are negotiating to eat it. If Boehner had any balls he would say to earmark the tax increase for the deficit/debt. But he's proved to be a pushover to this administration, rather than flexing the House's spending muscles. He should be saying, If you want Dime One, we're talking spending cuts or GTFO.

Did you not even read the highlights of Bob Woodward's book? There was a deal in hand --- Boehner had the votes at a $800M tax increase on the rich --- and then Obama killed it when he did a bait-and-switch and demanded a $1.2T tax increase. One of the worst things the Republicans have done under Boehner's leadership is let the Democrats punt things until after elections. It gave a free pass and enabled Democrats to not have to run on SCREAMING records of tax-and-spend. It has let Obama/Dems stay on offense and dictate play. It has let Dems define Republicans. You can't just push this stuff to a later date and assume that you're going to be in a better negotiating position post-election. Boehner has been the epitome of zero backbone and zero cojones and look what it's got him. Ryan is very popular in the Congress, he's the numbers guy, he's the nominal party leader right now in this vacuum period.

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2012/12/22/Laura-Ingraham-Sources-Say-Paul-Ryan-to-Replace-John-Boehner-as-Speaker Gotta say that Boehner's time has been a serious disappointment.

There's planning and then there's bucking up and saying 'Let's get this done!' and stop handsitting. Some of these same entities were planning the Peace Bridge for 30 years.... It'll be up to the next owner now. Frankly, that doesn't fill me with confidence.

This was like the 96-year-old buying a new kitchen range because all the burners on his ancient one won't light anymore because they're gummed up with junk or connections have failed. It doesn't mean that he's going to start fixing up the entire house so it's a primo place and sells for a lot of coin after he's gone. All it means is that he has to have a stove so his home aide can have something to cook on so he doesn't starve. This simply kicked the can far enough down the road so we can keep walking, but short enough that the next guy isn't encumbered to kicking it more if s/he doesn't want to or if it's not profitable (enough).

My brother delivered a number of the inmates there with the Air Force Raven unit. He was just in and out, tho.

Que? I Want A Dog For Christmas, Charlie Brown was on last night....

Yes... but remember that the Mayans lived in our hemisphere's time zones.

As Craig Ferguson (the late, late show on CBS) said in a standup bit of his, there are three questions that must be asked before making a statement of any importance: Does this need to be said? Does this need to be said right now? Does this need to be said right now by me? The answer to the first two is definitely yes. And in this, I admire him for saying what few others have had the balls to say (and I believe he may be the first one to say this who actually has chips on the table). But that third one applies for EW. I can't imagine that these words will be looked at very kindly by the management/FO. It's been shown over and over that they don't care how much talent you have, if you embarrass them in public, they WILL cut off their noses to spite their faces.

From this post, it seems like you're still under the impression that the shooter's mother was a teacher. She was not. Who's the one 'speaking retard'?! This is the pot calling the Dove soap black. But to the other point, the thing about this town in Texas is that the nearest police presence is 20 minutes away from the school. In a scenario like Newtown/Columbine, everyone in the school could be dead by the time police car's rubber even enters the parking lot. Shootings where the intent is to kill as many as possible and then the killer shoots himself/is shot by police are done within and dependant on the margins of police response time. Now, they've learned some things --- in Columbine, police waited outside in an expectation of negotiation and as it turned out, the shooters used that time to keep killing. Since then, as in Newtown, police go in right away. But we're still left with the age-old problem that transportation of resources takes valuable time. We have not yet invented the teleportation device from Star Trek. I know all you liberals would like to think that dialing 911 and police are you need. People who live in the real world, tho, realize the truth to the adage that "when EVERY SECOND counts, police are just MINUTES away." And so, in many instances of violent crime, personal security is self-help. Police show up after the factto collect evidence to see if they can catch the perp and file reports for the insurance companies to use. And so, in this Texas school, since police physically cannot show up until it's all over, someone with an ounce of sense decided to try something that could handle a situation in a much more timely manner. These teachers receive extensive training and their weapons are secured. would be able to do more than shield and cower and wait. Perfect solution? Dunno. But it's a better option than simply shielding students with your body (an act that is THE most truly heroic, as reports of what Vicki Soto did, don't get me wrong) or cowering and waiting. And response times, even in developed parts of the country, can be on par to this 20 minutes and give those intent on destruction a lot of free, unopposed operating time.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2012/1218/NBC-s-Richard-Engel-released-in-Syria-a-journalist-danger-zone *Whew*

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2249562/Award-winning-NBC-News-foreign-correspondent-Richard-Engel-missing-Syria-Thursday.html Hoping for the best here.... He's been the best source of what's actually going on the Middle East for over ten years now.

I don't want to hear the contraction screams.... Show me the baby!

Wow, Denise is really shooting herself in the foot in this final tribal. Basically, telling the whole jury, 'I'm better than you!' and using that as her case. Lisa kinda screwed herself by not coming back with an 'I'm not rich from that...' to Penner. He just laid the wood to her chances there.

Actually, talking the experience through is one of the most effective forms of therapy. Another of the symptoms of PTSD is when remembering it brings about those same feelings of panic/anxiety/etc. One of the points of therapy is being able to talk about it without re-experiencing it. I would reference the PBS miniseries "This Emotional Life" in this regard. Granted... talking to the media isn't any form of this kind of therapy. But, people want to try to understand this event, and the people who experienced it are the kids. It's naive to think that this won't or shouldn't happen.

It doesn't merit censorship. On that I agree. I said far less about Ralph Wilson in the Shoutbox (that when he kicks the bucket, the state of the franchise will be better off. Literally. That's what I wrote.) and got banned and 2 "warning points" for it. So as for any consistency in moderating on this site... every mod is a sheriff in his/her own right and is above questioning as Beerball wrote in the Customer Service forum. We don't want them here, we don't need them here, we "police ourselves." You have the right to write your opinions here, but incumbent in that is a personal duty to not be a prick before dead first graders are buried. I know someone who has/is working the scene. In the school, in those two rooms. It is beyond terrible. This person is as hard-boiled as they come, had seen everything... and I can see a change in this person's personality already. It will be their nightmare for the rest of their life. Post traumatic stress disorder has been described as the brain trying and failing to make sense of the insensible. Someone has to do it, and it is unenviable. There's a reason why people in the military are rotated through Graves Registration. I have an uncle who did that through two tours of Vietnam; most of those guys blew their own brains out. I don't see how it's such a hard thing to let this settle down a bit before people go poking the nerve.

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And still, there's a time when it's necessary to show a modicum of respect and period of reflection in the wake of tragedy without being a total *. Even here on PPP, this applies.

They are saying that the virus likely caused dehydration, which caused the faint, which caused the concussion. That thought crossed my mind too, but I don't think even a Clinton would try that as an excuse. I mean... if they were really looking for an out, they would probably just have someone killed.

I get what you're saying about predictability and habits... but that's an extremely marginal factor in a case where there's a determined individual bent on destruction and who doesn't care a wot about consequences b/c he's preparing to die anyway, and is simply seeking personal vengeance and then whatever he can get to try to rack up a high score. There is no way that routines and/or changing them up would have made a difference here. He had deadly weapons combined with psychotic bent, and they hid behind doors and under desks. Feel however you want in whatever way helps you sleep. But if someone has you as a target for whatever reason and you have no method of security other than the police with 10 minute response times... you're on a slab, bro. Safety in the crucial first couple of minutes is self-help.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/15/children-and-adults-gunned-down-in-connecticut-school-massacre/ It's in the 3:06 p.m. update. Just going to say that I found out off the record just how bad this was going to be ("over 20 dead" someone told me) a little over an hour before the media got it and were still only saying the gunman was dead. Still didn't prepare me one iota for the shock. I feel 100 years old.