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Man, a billion thanks to Bowbunch, Surly, and whoever else has been helping keep things afloat here. Life’s been chaotic, but smoother waters lie ahead. I don’t get to see the neurosurgeon to get answers on my neck injury until Monday, as he’s on vacation until then, and the other surgeon “doesn’t do necks”. So, until then, I’m running around in a neck brace, which is loads of fun with a beard in this heat. I really wanted to grow the beard to a crazy length, but I’ve been seriously considering lopping it off these past few days. The good news is that some of the strength has come back in my left hand, and the tingling in my left arm, hand and fingers has stopped. There also isn’t much pain anymore, so all of that is encouraging, and I’m hoping that surgery isn’t recommended.
We’re still planning to go hog wild with fireworks for the 4th, kiddo and I made one run to the fireworks store already, and we’ll get back one more time to finish off this year’s collection. I think we’re heading out to my brother’s farm again to light them off. Any other pyromaniacs in the crowd?
Vikings News
Aaron Jones made the NFL’s top 100 of 2025, per Vikings.com. He barely made it, coming in at number 98, but he made it.
In case you really like to worry in advance, the Sporting News has a full list of Vikings 2026 free agents and pending contract years. This list will look much different by next offseason.
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Fox Sports has a list of the 10 best quarterbacks to have never won a Super Bowl. I wonder if Christian Ponder is on there.
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Truly the meaning of propaganda. What a bunch of……..
And so many Americans bought it.
Remember when House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said of the Affordable Care Act, in 2010: “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.”
Then Hakeem Jeffries demands the BBB be read for 16 hours out loud on the floor? Oh yeah, then he talks about it for over 8 hours, trying to delay its passage.
The Dems are such obvious hypocrites its ridiculous.
‘The Dems are such obvious hypocrites its ridiculous’
This has been known for awhile.
They get all excited, then once proven wrong just move on to the next thing.
Figuring they will be right eventually.
Actually the Senate required the reading of the bill not the House of Reps.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-delay-tactic-ends-debate-begins-trumps-big-beautiful-bill
Kind of a thought provoking comment…
Addison could possibly get a three-game suspension stemming from his 2024 DUI arrest in Los Angeles. A jury trial is scheduled to begin July 15. Addison has pleaded not guilty to the drunk-driving charge, and the result of the trial will undoubtedly be followed by a decision from the NFL.
Obviously Jefferson is our biggest threat, and with a healthy T.J. Hockenson at tight end, and Rondale Moore in the slot, that should give McCarthy three strong targets. But is that enough? Teams can double Jefferson and Moore, especially if they play two deep safeties.
Do we need Jalen Nailor to take another step, and fill in for Addison? We also still have the rookie Tai Felton (third-round pick) who might could make an impact.
Does losing Addison for three games, make that big of a difference?
He could help but his receptions can be spread around.
Nailor and Felton probably split his receptions and we are fine.
#nojinx
Oh the humanity!!
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Yeah, I don’t think so. Mt Rushmore is a historic site. It’s something I don’t want altered. Just my opinion.
TPC Deere run is like us peon golfers playing 250 yard par 4’s.
Winner headed to -30 at JD Classic.
I watch the majors, after that it’s about the course and field. Open in a couple weeks, sure on most players mind.
FT(TWINS). Give me some football.
It’s summer.
Im glad it’s not snowing.
Dem’s are saying that the BBB will be the difference in the midterms. They think it’s a huge political loser.
I think they’re insane.
I’d say it depends.
On the economy, mostly.
I firmly believe revenues to the Treasury will pour in.
Reagan 2.0
Spending is always the problem.
15 months is a lifetime in politics.
Anything can happen.
It is a lifetime in politics for sure, but the “wins” for the Republicans are stacked about a hundred feet high and the losses for the Dem’s are the same going the other way. They are on the losing side of every political position in the country. Every single one. They now have a communist, anti semitic, lunatic running for the Mayor of New York. Basically 90 percent of the country hates this. The Dem’s are in a hole, and they just ordered a steam shovel.
That’s true – right now.
Remember after the first Gulf War Bush had like a 90% approval rating and then lost just 18 months later. and bush didn’t have the entire press corp against him. Further, Trump will not be running next time and he is a HUGE political force.
JR… Trump is truly a generational leader. A historic leader. We are lucky he decided to come out of the business world and fix the country. The courage, the grit, the perseverance, the determination, the fight, the will… we may never see that again.
But, we also have a ton of talent in the wings. Proven leaders who have fight and determination, along with a deep belief in America’s core tenets.
Incumbent party rarely gains seats.
I agree, but the commercials against all Dem incumbent Senators and Representatives are writing themselves every single day.
I like the documented proof of some dims from past when they try and realign. They simply want power.
No doubt about it. All they talk about is winning elections. They don’t care about the country, or law abiding citizens, at all.
Difference to help them? If so, why did they fight it – let it pass and then reap the benefit ..
Get ready for outrage over the next 3 days.
😂
Boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. arrested by ICE, to be deported
https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/45660229/us-immigration-officers-arrest-boxer-julio-cesar-chavez-jr
Facing organized crime charges in Mexico… uh oh.
His Dad was the real boxer.
This guy was more an entitled, want to be boxer.
We rarely buy fireworks for the fourth. They are very expensive and I’m a cheap guy
It has been decades for me since I got any fireworks.
Even then I got Sparklers for the kiddies to play with, they were preteens.
we are having a party with around 60 people attending.
spending the day in the lake, boating, swimming etc…
bbq and lawn games.
and everyone going has chipped in nearly $600 for me to go buy fireworks, so i’m heading across the border this evening and will illegally smuggle $600 worth of BIG LOUD fireworks
Go freezey go!
I’m surprised they allow fireworks in Stillwater city limits.
in minnesota, july 4th is like Purge night for fireworks, everyone is allowed to do whatever they want FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY
I double dog dare you to have a big beautiful MAGA sign along with the fireworks.
Freezey can do whatever he wants at the lake house. The authorities know better than to step on his property.
The only thing I have EVER bought are sparklers.
Sounds like the inflammation compressing the brachial plexus nerves running down your arm is resolving, letting the nerve impulses flow again. Good sign.
You could add some cold packs as best as you can to your neck to help reduce that swelling in there.
Oh, I’ll start using cold packs, thanks! I used them the first night, but haven’t since for some reason.
This is very damning…
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/07/03/new-cia-report-exposes-how-the-obama-administration-to-push-the-russia-collusion-hoax-n2659854
Watergate was basically Nixon listening to the DNC, and destroying the tapes.
This was the media’s outrage of government abusing it’s power on political opponents.
We’ve had a million times worse done by dems actually trying to jail a political opponent.
Just mind boggling.
The immensity of the effort, and lies propagated to the public are without equal in our history in my opinion. Truly next level evil.
Damn you must have had to take several showers a day.
Oops, should have posted below to your colleagues comment.
Sitting in the room with some of these guys knowing what kind of corrupt, terrible people they were, sickened me. I didn’t like them, and they sure as hell didn’t like me. Comey purposely “bumped” into me in a hallway once and I said pretty loudly “You ever pull that shit on me again and you’ll be eating your PBJ’s out of your asshole”. My boss was like “cool it”. He was a huge political pansy. I hated him too.
Comey is like twice my size BTW. Dude’s like 6’8″.
So you are 3’4” ??
Laughing… no, not quite that small. A little over 6′.
Are you surprised – Brennan, Clapper, and Comey. Three truly serial liars and criminals. All should be in jail for election tanpering.
These unfortunately were among my colleagues and peers at one point in my career.
When I went to bed last night the Rules Vote on Trumps BBB had 5 GOP NO votes.
I woke up and found it had passed with along party lines teeing it up for a final vote later today. Don’t know what Speaker Johnson and DJT said to the Freedom Caucus but it looks like it will make it to the signing on the 4th of July. #no jinx.
Looks like Wall St is good with it as the Dow is currently up 370 points and sneaking toward 45 K.
44,856.23+371.81 (0.84%)today
The Trump economy will destroy us all…
– The Experts
The Woke/Democrats/Lib paid ‘experts’ are on a historic losing streak.
Love Kirk Cousins….F#CK the protests…
Kirk Cousins’ ugly take on protests will leave NFL fans stunned
I think Cousins was trying to reason with folks in a language they understand. If he said it was unpatriotic, or he disagreed with their cause, that would have gone nowhere. Trying to address the situation by saying “this is a bad look” for the league, and will drive fans (and revenues) away was probably the most diplomatic way to communicate.
Interestingly enough, the article says Cousins was the only white player in attendance. How is that for leadership? No other white player was there. Only Cousins.
Cousins was right and this is a bullshit way of presenting it so as to make him look bad. If it’s bad for the game, and it was, it was bad in a lot of ways to include revenues.
A woke/DEI writer.
There is some truth to this though.
We have known for years what Kirko’s number 1 priority is and always has been.
Also, LOVE this accurate quote from that article..
Top 5 ALL time NFL earners through 2025:
Stafford: $408,314,912
Rodgers: $394,308,010
Brady: $332,962,392
Cousins: $321,692,254
Wilson: $315,862,520
Kirko will likely surpass Brady in 2026.
“It’s not about the money, but what the money represents….”
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/rankings/earnings-career/_/year/2025
U.S. job growth continued at a steady pace in June, surprising economists who had “predicted a slowdown” in hiring amid uncertainty over trade and fiscal policy.
The U.S. added 147,000 jobs in June, the Labor Department reported Thursday, above the gain of 110,000 jobs economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had expected.
The unemployment rate, which is based on a separate survey of U.S. households, fell to 4.1% from 4.2%.
People keep predicting less than stellar results for the Trump economy. They are consistently wrong.
They predict less than good results because that is what they want to happen, And then believe (stupid) that it will happen because they predicted it.
Trump was asked about why the economists predictions on tariffs have ended up not being accurate, and he said “they need to go back to business school”. That is actually a really good take. Economists are academics who have never actually been in business.
Saw this in an article, and I have to agree:
Darrisaw being ready for Week 1 this season after tearing his ACL and MCL a week before Halloween last October has always been a less-than-sure-fire proposition. With that in mind, the expectation should be free agent signing Justin Skule starting at left tackle for at least a couple of games before the Vikings have their full starting offensive line in place.
They can beat the Bores and Atlanta at home with out Darrisaw imo.
Totally agree.
My two cents, lop off the beard, GF. Makes you look way older. Grow facial hair in Movember when it is colder.
My beard is ‘salt and pepper’ and tending more toward ‘salt’ every week.
I have tried to get past the ‘itchy stage’ several times with no luck.
Will have to settle for pornstash with scruff.
I only grew it out because kiddo wanted me to. I really want to eliminate it, I’m guessing I will one of these days.
Glad things are improving for you GF!
De Smith, the former NFLPA boss, thinks Rodgers is a Douche.
Good morning, SKOL!
FTP!
Take it easy on the neck, GF. Get better soon.
Happy Thorsday!
Happy Fourth of July Eve!
GM!
FTP!
SKOL!
Brad, very glad you are not in as much pain. Hoping things look good Monday.
Yes. Used to go to South Dakota to load up on Fireworks every June. Neighbor and I would hold our fireworks show for the neighborhood. Kinda stopped that once the kids were older, but it was a lot of fun for years.
10 best QBs to never win a SuperBowl. Decent list. Not shocked that Kirko is not on that list. He does not even make the top 5 Vikings QBs.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1741990-power-ranking-the-5-greatest-quarterbacks-in-minnesota-vikings-history
Enjoy ThorsDay!
Sometimes it pays to read the fine print. That article was written in June 2018.
yep. nothing significant happened with this team from 2018 – 2024 that would change those rankings.
Perhaps, but still hard to even be considered if you haven’t even played a down.
Now, the top 10 list is solid.
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