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Gameday Thread 1st Half Bills @ Chargers
PastaJoe replied to Chandler#81's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Maybe stop them on 3rd down before they get into FG range. -
Gameday Thread 1st Half Bills @ Chargers
PastaJoe replied to Chandler#81's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I want Peterman to stay in. We know that Tyrod can't bring this team back from a big deficit. Let's see if Peterman can do it. And the D needs to stop LA. -
Gameday Thread 1st Half Bills @ Chargers
PastaJoe replied to Chandler#81's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Let him get all the poison out now. He can only get better. -
Gameday Thread 1st Half Bills @ Chargers
PastaJoe replied to Chandler#81's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Bills not used to having the ball hit them in the hands. -
Gameday Thread 1st Half Bills @ Chargers
PastaJoe replied to Chandler#81's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Bills can't have nice things. -
(revisited) sex allegations against Donald Trump
PastaJoe replied to Cugalabanza's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
What's this about allegations against Bill Clinton? I've never heard it discussed before. How has so many years passed and it's never come up. Why didn't Trump highlight it? -
The tax cut that Kansas Governor Sam Brownback hailed in 2012 as “a shot of adrenaline into the heart of the Kansas economy” has been partially reversed. After years of sluggish growth and lower than expected revenues that forced brutal reductions in government programs, a Republican-controlled legislature overcame a Brownback veto to restore some of the taxes, paving the way for a moderate boost in spending. While the tax cut turned into a debacle, there is a potential silver lining: three clear messages for policymakers on federal tax reform. First, tax cuts won’t boost growth. Second, special tax rates for businesses will surely generate tax sheltering and revenue losses, but will not produce much new business activity. And, third, most importantly, when Americans see what their tax dollars buy, they choose higher revenues and more government spending over lower taxes and draconian program cuts. These lessons matter all the more because the tax and spending proposals made by President Trump and the House GOP bear important similarities to Brownback’s policies in Kansas. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2017/06/13/what-the-kansas-tax-cut-about-face-means/amp/
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Nathan Peterman to Start this Week.
PastaJoe replied to 26CornerBlitz's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
The Carolina Castoff Mafia must have pressured McD. Tolbert wants to catch passes downfield instead of dump offs. -
If you could have one car, which one?
PastaJoe replied to Roundybout's topic in Off the Wall Archives
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Gameday Thread Bills vs Saints 2nd Half
PastaJoe replied to Chandler#81's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
That was funny, Bills DB gets run over from behind by teammate, and was calling for a flag. -
Gameday Thread Bills vs Saints 2nd Half
PastaJoe replied to Chandler#81's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Peterman warming up on sidelines. -
Gameday Thread Bills vs Saints 2nd Half
PastaJoe replied to Chandler#81's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Benjamin is going to try to sneak onto the Saints plane. -
Gameday Thread Bills vs Saints 2nd Half
PastaJoe replied to Chandler#81's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I was going to joke that it was Tolbert time, but then they actually used him. -
Gameday Thread Bills vs Saints 2nd Half
PastaJoe replied to Chandler#81's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I have Ingram in 2 leagues. If they have to score, at least it's him. -
Gameday Thread Bills vs Saints 1st Half
PastaJoe replied to Chandler#81's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
A good QB makes those throws to Benjamin. -
More details about Trumpghazi emerging: Green Beret killed in Niger may have been executed, report says Two villagers who said they were among the first to find the body of Sgt. La David Johnson in Niger last month recalled discovering the body with a gaping head wound and the soldier's hands tied, a report said Friday. The Washington Post reported that the villagers' accounts raise the possibility that Johnson was first captured in the Oct. 4 ambush before being killed. “His two arms were tied behind his back,” Adamou Boubacar, 23, a farmer, told the paper in a phone interview. Another witness told the paper separately that the back of Johnson's head “was a mess, as if they had hit him with something hard, like a hammer. They took his shoes. He was wearing only socks.” Johnson, 25, was one of the four U.S. Special Forces – or Green Berets – killed in an ambush believed to have been orchestrated by militants linked to the Islamic State group in Niger. The attack took place outside a remote village called Tongo Tongo. Air support from French jets took an hour to arrive at the scene and the soldiers, who were joined by 30 Nigerian troops, had started to run out of ammunition, the report said. The Pentagon and FBI are conducting a probe into the ambush to determine if any errors were made in intelligence prior to the mission. The Post, citing an unnamed U.S. military official, reported that it appears that the soldiers' mission was changed after they left the base and were sent to assist another team in taking out a top ISIS target called Dadou. Five Nigerian soldiers were also killed in the ambush. Boubacar told the paper that Johnson’s remains were found on Oct. 6, two days after the ambush. The bodies of the other three soldiers, believed to have been killed in action, were reportedly found just hours after the fight, the report said. https://www.google.com/amp/www.foxnews.com/us/2017/11/11/green-beret-killed-in-niger-ambush-may-have-been-executed-report-says.amp.html
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For Veterans Day, a review of Trump's broken promises to veterans: AP FACT CHECK: Trump hails 'new' VA as old problems persist President Donald Trump speaks with pride about the progress of his overhaul of health care for veterans, declaring that the Department of Veterans Affairs already "is a whole new place." Old problems persist, though, and some of his steps are not as advanced as he advertises. For Veterans Day, the White House came out with a two-page statement to support the contention that "tremendous progress has been made in a short period of time." And in Vietnam on Friday, Trump told a small group of U.S. veterans of the Vietnam War that Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin is doing an "amazing job" on "things that we are doing and in the process of doing. " "In the process" is the key phrase, because some of Trump's big plans for veterans are lagging, and problems he has declared to be cured are still evident. While the VA has made some strides under the leadership of Shulkin, a holdover from the Obama administration who began work on several of the changes before Trump took office, the White House statement doesn't tell the full story. It doesn't divulge that a key Trump administration effort to improve wait times by revamping VA's electronic medical record system may not be completed for eight more years — when Trump will be out of office. Nor does it acknowledge that a bill recently signed into law to reduce delays in processing disability appeals from veterans unhappy with their payouts won't address the 470,000 pending claims. Other announced efforts, such as the posting of VA wait-time data and a new White House complaint hotline, have since been shown to be narrow in scope or have been criticized as ineffective by lawmakers or veterans groups. A look at statements and rhetoric on the subject: https://www.google.com/amp/abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/wireStory/ap-fact-check-trump-falls-short-promises-veterans-51057370
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DANANG, Vietnam — President Trump said on Saturday that he believed President Vladimir V. Putin was sincere in his repeated denials of interference in the 2016 presidential elections, calling the investigations into Moscow’s meddling a politically motivated “hit job” that is hindering cooperation with Russia on life-or-death issues. “He said he didn’t meddle — I asked him again,” Mr. Trump told reporters traveling with him aboard Air Force One. “You can only ask so many times. I just asked him again. He said he absolutely did not meddle in our election. He did not do what they are saying he did." “Every time he sees me he says, ‘I didn’t do that,’ and I really believe that when he tells me that, he means it. He says, ‘I didn’t do that.’ I think he is very insulted by it, which is not a good thing for our country.” https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/11/world/asia/trump-putin-election.html?referer= Trump 1974: "Nixon said that he absolutely was not a crook, so they should shut down the fake news Watergate investigation."
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Sex Allegations Against Roy Moore Send Republicans Reeling
PastaJoe replied to ALF's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
You equate child molestation to unpaid parking tickets? That's a new level of absurdity. https://www.google.com/amp/amp.nationalreview.com/article/453610/roy-moore-sexual-misconduct-allegations-shouldnt-be-dismissed-conservatives First, these women didn’t seek out the press. According to the Post report, its reporters reached out to them after hearing that “Moore allegedly had sought relationships with teenage girls.” So far as we know, they weren’t put forward by the opposing campaign, and the woman who made the most serious allegations against Moore says that she voted for Trump in 2016. None of the women have donated to Moore’s primary or general-election opponent. Second, if you read the report, it includes validation from a number of witnesses who say that they were aware of the relationships at the time. While this isn’t proof of guilt of course, it bolsters the credibility of the accusers. Third, the youngest accuser’s explanation for her decision not to come forward earlier rings tragically true. She told the Post that “she did not share her story about Moore partly because of the trouble in her life. She has had three divorces and financial problems.” It’s a sad and terrible truth that childhood abuse can have catastrophic effects on young lives — effects that last for years. -
Sex Allegations Against Roy Moore Send Republicans Reeling
PastaJoe replied to ALF's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
"There is nothing to see here,” Alabama State Auditor Jim Ziegler told the Washington Examiner. “Take the Bible. Zachariah and Elizabeth for instance. Zachariah was extremely old to marry Elizabeth and they became the parents of John the Baptist,” Ziegler said choosing his words carefully before invoking Christ. “Also take Joseph and Mary. Mary was a teenager and Joseph was an adult carpenter. They became parents of Jesus.” “There’s just nothing immoral or illegal here,” Ziegler concluded. “Maybe just a little bit unusual.” http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/alabama-state-auditor-defends-roy-moore-against-sexual-allegations-invokes-mary-and-joseph/article/2640217 Moore winning would be a disaster for Republicans. He would become the face of the Republican Party in the 2018 elections, from his child molestation to his extreme religious views. It's too late to replace Moore on the ballot, but a write-in candidate is possible. Perhaps this will be the way for Trump to ditch Sessions without having to fire him. Sessions resigns to run for his old seat as a write-in, Trump then hires Chris Christie as AG, and since he's not recused he then proceeds to try to shut down the Mueller investigation. -
Trump 2016: "We can't continue to allow China to rape our country and that's what they're doing. It's the greatest theft in the history of the world." Trump 2017: "Who can blame a country for taking advantage of another country for the benefit of its citizens. I give China great credit." So Trump once again has abandoned his get tough promises that misled his supporters. In effect, it was his economic "locker room talk", from calling it rape to absolving the perpetrator. I guess China can grab us by the p@&&y and get away with it.
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The Fire Bell In The Night
PastaJoe replied to Trump_is_Mentally_fit's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
That's why more Republicans this week said they weren't running for reelection. They'd rather quit and take their pensions than choose between a rock and a hard head. -
Election Day Wrapup 2017 - idiots everywhere
PastaJoe replied to Just Jack's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
I agree, Juanita was a weak candidate who was not wholly embraced by the Democrat party or even the Democrat mayor. I know teachers, who are usually Democrat voters, who said they didn't think she was up to the job and thought Walsh would do a better job. Hopefully he will truly be independent and not a Repub in Indy clothing. He will have to work with a County Legislator that became more Democratic. Trump's claim that Gillespie lost because he didn't embrace Trump more just doesn't hold up to facts. Exit polling showed those that voted against Gillespie and Republican control in Virginia were motivated to send a message against Trump by 50% more than those that voted against Trump in 2016. -
You think Trump is a progressive? He embraces Putin and the "good Nazis", "on many sides", ignoring history (or he just doesn't know it, like he was surprised there were so many countries in the world), and admiring autocratic rulers.
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What is better, no guns, or more guns?
PastaJoe replied to Security's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
So we should expect his nomination or his statement to be withdrawn after Wayne LaPierre makes a call to Trump. Trump's response to the question of extreme vetting of gun owners made no sense. There was no evidence that the shooter intended to kill "hundreds more" outside the church. If there was more scrutiny of who can purchase guns, the shooter wouldn't have been able to purchase the weapon, and if the neighbor passed the scrutiny he would still have had his gun. Just the opposite of Trump's explaination. And regardless, the shooter killed himself, not the neighbor. Not to mention that Trump reversed an Obama order to further scrutinize potential gun buyers with mental disorders, and then claimed it was a mental health issue.