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Hey, we made it another week! These days can suck if you let them get to you. No football, no baseball, the weather is hideous, winter has been dragging on for what seems like an eternity, and there’s no sign of it ending anytime soon. It seems bleak. Thankfully, we have ice fishing, crock pot recipes, and other important causes to discuss that will help us endure these lonely cold days up on the planet Hoth. They say spring is coming soon, I’ll believe it when I see it.

The Vikings reportedly have interest in re-signing Garret Bradbury. To be honest, I was hoping that the team would seek to upgrade the center position. I know Bradbury took a step forward last year, but he was still the weakest link on the line, in my opinion. Maybe they’re seeing something I’m not, but his pass blocking is still sub-par. Maybe they think they can get him for a reasonable price, and signing him would shore up a position instead of creating another position of need by moving on. While that may be true, I still think they need to upgrade.

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From MSN, the Vikings reportedly have interest in re-signing C Garret Bradbury.

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benjammin
Admin
24 February 2023 2:29 pm

Summary:

JacksonVike was first today

Thumbs down discussion

Inflation discussion

NVF was privileged to live in a car for 2 years

FloridaSkol thinks Kamala would love MTs post

Mental health disorders discussion

Stu actually showed up today

Freezey loves him some NFV, no confirmation if its reciprocated though

Russell Wilson sucks discussion

NoDakCommie sparks CRT debate

Loooooooong economy/housing market/inflation discussion, once again LFA not around when he could finally be useful

Aaron Rodgers is a douche

According to SoCal its all trumps fault

Wrenage posts about prison candy called Crystal Taffy, sparks a long MRE discussion

Stu says everything orange man bad always

Chef suggests Kamala has gas, my guess is she does not since gas of all forms is racist and the result of white american male privilege

More inflation/economy discussion

Wrenages wife got covid from being lustful

More Kirk Cousins debate because we love beating a dead horse

GF refuses to vote, VikingPetunia is with him, lol what a couple of pansy fence sitters

Bowbunch called Benjammin a fogey, though I think they are pretty close in age.

That’s it, peace out, have a great weekend all!

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 2:41 pm

Ha,
The few times I make the summery it is always for the wrong reasons.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 3:44 pm

Lol

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
24 February 2023 5:54 pm

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 4:19 pm

My son had a nightmare about it last night from a poster at the theater last weekend. I expect a review on Monday so I can decide if I want to watch it or not.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 4:23 pm

I dreampt i spent $1,700 on chicken last night! Where hell does that come from? Is it a sign?

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  norseman1
24 February 2023 4:30 pm

Sounds to me like you are either jealous of or have a crush on Mick.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 4:33 pm

One of those dreams relieved to wake up.

DE Viking
Reply to  norseman1
24 February 2023 4:40 pm

Was it at Slim Chickens?

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  DE Viking
24 February 2023 4:44 pm

Wingettes/drumettes. My 6 qt slow cooker wouldn’t have got it done.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 10:36 pm

Lol

HUNViking
24 February 2023 4:04 pm

Missed the Marty Robbins party yesterday, so here goes <3

HUNViking
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 4:20 pm

I never understood the wankers over here touting that America “has no culture”.

You guys do have an amazing, unique culture over there. Here´s another favorite of mine:

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
24 February 2023 3:47 pm

400th Post Today.
Bee awhile since had this many, and on a Friday to boot.
You guys did good. Take the rest of the week off.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
24 February 2023 3:51 pm

You’re welcome… grin.

kathy.clater.3
kathy.clater.3
24 February 2023 2:53 pm

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  kathy.clater.3
24 February 2023 3:00 pm

Sad thing when someone finds a way to bring the truth about so many misdeeds to the public, and then suffers such indignity from the organization he founded.

kathy.clater.3
kathy.clater.3
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
24 February 2023 3:04 pm

Robert Barnes said he always advises clients NOT to go with the non-profit organizational structure where this type of crazy is more likely to happen due to all the rules and regs.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
24 February 2023 2:49 pm

The Teacher of the House had school cancelled today due to road closures into town.
She what does she do? Go back to bed??

Nah she goes into school to catch up on grading.
The Lady is not quite right in the head.

(we knew this since she continues to want to hang out with me.)

kathy.clater.3
kathy.clater.3
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
24 February 2023 2:54 pm

Work ethic! I used to know lots of people who had it.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  kathy.clater.3
24 February 2023 3:04 pm

People who have it seem to be a dying breed.
@Gov is encouraging more of it though I hear.@

VikingPhilip
24 February 2023 2:33 pm

My oldest son graduated from the Army Nurses Program yesterday. He was top in his class. It make’s a dad proud. Since he is a sergeant, it took them awhile to decide where to put him. We are very thankful that he will not be going overseas again. He will be stationed in Washington (the state, not DC).

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 4:49 pm

They live streamed the graduation so we were able to watch. He was the student speaker and per normal I could see a lot of me in him because of just the way he says things and his thought process. It was nice to see him do well. Since we couldn’t be there, my sister and her husband took the trek across Texas to attend. That was nice.

MT Viking
Reply to  VikingPhilip
24 February 2023 2:44 pm

@Hard to find work as a nurse these days@

VikingPhilip
Reply to  MT Viking
24 February 2023 4:51 pm

We are really surprised that he picked the medical profession as he was (and is) a computer nerd all his life. He really likes the medical stuff. His bedside manner is not the best, but I’m sure that will come.

kathy.clater.3
kathy.clater.3
Reply to  VikingPhilip
24 February 2023 2:51 pm

That’s awesome, you should be proud! We need more good guys.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  VikingPhilip
24 February 2023 3:44 pm

Very cool!

NoDakRube
Reply to  VikingPhilip
24 February 2023 4:50 pm

CONGRATULATIONS!!

DE Viking
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 4:43 pm

I’m up abut 5 % from when I bought it on your tip.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
24 February 2023 2:14 pm

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 2:27 pm

Lol

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 3:28 pm

He should be more concerned with what he needs to do to actually become a top ten QB, because he’s not there yet.

stuman55
24 February 2023 1:58 pm

Bye everyone have a good weekend.

fkers

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  stuman55
24 February 2023 1:59 pm

Same to you Stu.

stuman55
24 February 2023 1:40 pm

I see a major article on the front page which pins us against eachother once again:

Are you a Kirk Cousins Hater or Apologist

I’m not sure, I think Kurt is good enough to win you games, but is quite meh. With the right help around he could win a SB, but his contract is high and our defense has been neglected as of late. Not sure I’m a full on hater or an apologist. Just that he’s meh.

Nuance is lost

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  stuman55
24 February 2023 1:44 pm

You are meh and this is unpossible as it would require elite oline, elite skill position players, elite dline, elite LBs, elite secondary, elite STs, and elite coaching. Good luck with that.

With the right help around he could win a SB

stuman55
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 1:46 pm

I”M NOT A MEH

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  stuman55
24 February 2023 1:48 pm

I’ve seen the yutes using the word mid lately, is that the same as meh? If so you’re mid.

stuman55
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 1:57 pm

dude….idk

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  stuman55
24 February 2023 2:00 pm

Exactly what someone who is mid would say

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 2:06 pm

To a question asked by a fogey.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 2:26 pm

Watch your sassy mouth Jr.!

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 1:51 pm

Ben,

The Vikings won 13 games this year with one of the worst defenses in the league, an anemic running game, and the worst kicker in the league (or close to it). The O-line wasn’t very good either. Hmmm… what DID work? Well, the QB tallied the 4th most passing yards and the 5th most passing TD’s in the league. So the receivers and the QB carried the team. THAT’s what worked.

Hey I got a great idea… let’s get rid of the best part of the team! Let’s get rid of the QB!

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  stuman55
24 February 2023 1:45 pm

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  FloridaSKOL
24 February 2023 1:50 pm

.

KFEY93
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 1:57 pm

And both come backs against God Awful teams in meaningless regular season games against AFC opponents. HANG THE BANNER!

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  KFEY93
24 February 2023 2:02 pm

Laughing so hard…. you have it bad KFEY

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
24 February 2023 3:05 pm

KDS it is.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  KFEY93
24 February 2023 2:06 pm

There is this issue though.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 2:23 pm

I do as well, it performs amazingly, never had a problem in any way.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 3:29 pm

Mine has a natural gas line from the house, which is awesome, never had any flare ups, wonder if natural gas vs lpg makes any difference

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 2:32 pm

I have the same one as well. I installed my grill grates the right way though.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  KFEY93
24 February 2023 3:29 pm

BTW I think one of those was the comeback against the Bucs… not AFC

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 3:54 pm

Yes, back in 2019 the Vikings were trailing the Broncos by exactly 20 points at the half. This stat is for trailing by 20+ points at the half though.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 3:58 pm

I read it as 20plus or more than 20.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 3:59 pm

I think that’s what it means in this case. Cousins first comeback of 20+ points came in Week 7 of the 2015 season, when he led the Redskins to a victory over the Bucs after being down 24 points and famously screamed “You like that?!” following the game.

The second was when we were down 33-0 at the half to the Colts.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 4:08 pm

The Bucs game doesn’t count because the Redskins were down by 17 at halftime. They were down by 24 at one point but scored a TD at the end of the first half.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  stuman55
24 February 2023 2:05 pm

You have to pick and vote Stu

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 2:25 pm

I’m with you GF.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 2:28 pm

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 4:01 pm

Skolly up here just trying to divide everybody using Cousins Identity. He’s kind of acting like a lib.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 4:09 pm

or words?

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 4:52 pm

Pansies.

Wrenage
24 February 2023 12:30 pm

Just found out wife has the COVID again. We figured she was just suffering from exhaustion from living in a state of perpetual lust for me, but nope.

I’m sure the perpetual lust wore down her immune system and made her more susceptible, though…

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Wrenage
24 February 2023 12:32 pm

Yup.
That perpetual lust thing can be a problem after a few years.
Heard it could wear a man down quite a bit (down there).
PS. Hope she is ok.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Wrenage
24 February 2023 12:32 pm

I found a foolproof way to not have Covid. Don’t take a test. No positive test = no Covid, just a cold.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 12:34 pm

this has worked for me these last 3yrs.
The Teacher of the House is required to test weekly.
I figure if she is clear of the plague then I must be as well.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
24 February 2023 1:25 pm

Cali if stupid. My wife is a teacher and has never had to have a Covid test for school.

MT Viking
Reply to  VikingPhilip
24 February 2023 1:44 pm

Better yet, I’m a physician and never had a Covid test for work. Should be interesting when the government (us) no longer pays for testing.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  VikingPhilip
24 February 2023 2:33 pm

Your wife must not be a teacher in Calif.
She was required because so many others in her building/grade lvl were positive so she was considered a ‘close contact.’

Wrenage
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 12:47 pm

Yeah, I don’t worry about it either. She’s been coughing for a week, so I thought maybe she had bronchitis and should go in. Test showed COVID.

I had that once and actually fainted from the coughing because I just thought it was the regular flu. Started coughing, next thing I knew I was on the floor. Figured, yeah, it’s about time to see the doctor…

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  Wrenage
24 February 2023 12:33 pm

Is this her displaying that lust?

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  FloridaSKOL
24 February 2023 12:34 pm

More like this
comment image

Wrenage
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 12:45 pm

If I’m really careful, I don’t even wake her!

Wrenage
Reply to  FloridaSKOL
24 February 2023 12:44 pm

That’s her when I do the dishes at least…

NoDakRube
Reply to  Wrenage
24 February 2023 12:48 pm

Sounds like more bed time anyway…more bedtime = more opportunity….tell her you will do all the work.

Wrenage
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 12:53 pm

Tell her I will do all the work…you mean there is another option!?

NoDakRube
Reply to  Wrenage
24 February 2023 1:09 pm

Thats funny.

Sometimes I am told to just lay there like a sex toy and she will do what she wants………………………………then she usually leaves to go what tv in the living room

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  Wrenage
24 February 2023 1:21 pm

RIP

kathy.clater.3
kathy.clater.3
Reply to  Wrenage
24 February 2023 1:48 pm

Hope your wife has a speedy recovery. Since I know that movies are your thing, thought you might find this America’s Untold Stories video interesting, “CIA in Hollywood”:

kathy.clater.3
kathy.clater.3
Reply to  kathy.clater.3
24 February 2023 1:54 pm

For those who don’t care about Hollywood, I also found this one interesting. It’s about how the CIA likes to recruit whole families. They only briefly mention the Paige family, the in depth one I posted earlier about them is better, but they went into more detail about connections with the Obama family, which I found fascinating:

bowbunch
bowbunch
24 February 2023 12:22 pm

Apparently the increased inflation is just a “setback” but “today’s report shows we have made progress on inflation.” Not sure what Joe’s looking at but the economy is not doing great. He also said that families have “a little more breathing room” since he took office. What an embarrassment.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 12:23 pm

Brandon is looking at the Political Science.
Continue to tell the big lie backed up by the Fake News and the sheep will believe it.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
24 February 2023 12:27 pm

The left is probably happy to see inflation rise. It will give them more opportunities to make people dependent on the government and pass woke joke programs and funnel money to themselves.

JacksonVike
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 12:33 pm

Inflation is a way to raise taxes without actually raising taxes.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  JacksonVike
24 February 2023 12:35 pm

Bernie should be happy. Keep on the path we’re on and soon he’ll have those bread lines he wants.

NoDakRube
Reply to  JacksonVike
24 February 2023 12:47 pm

JacksonVike is correct…Inflation is just a way of raising taxes to pay for your shit….This was there plan all along.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 12:25 pm

Need to be an illegal, standard of living better.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 12:44 pm

Imagine if this administration had not been voted in (and I’m not so sure it was). No Ukraine spending (because Putin never would have challenged Trump) no inflation, no gas prices going through the roof, 401K’s healthy and growing, continued minority business growth, energy independence, and a secure border. Instead we get a President who shits himself in front of the Pope, can’t remember where he is or what he’s talking about, lies incessantly, and ruins the economy and everything else. Thanks a lot Democrats.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
24 February 2023 12:49 pm

No!! @Trumps Fault!!@
Do you need to go to re-education camp Mister!!

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
24 February 2023 1:53 pm

Apparently…

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
24 February 2023 3:30 pm

I can testify to a fact he is destroying suburban neighborhoods with his insertion program. Lowering property values. Who the fuck is this clown to make these decisions?! Sounds real constitutional while he builds a fucking wall at taxpayer expense. FUCK HIM!

VikingPhilip
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 1:27 pm

I wonder if that was a campaign slogan how would it go over.

I will give a little more breathing room. Vote for me.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  VikingPhilip
24 February 2023 1:33 pm

More like I’m going to decimate your savings, make you max out your credit cards, make everything so expensive that you have to decide if you really need staples such as eggs, bollux the supply chain up with vaccine regulations to the point that you can’t get baby formula, allow adversarial nations to overtly spy on us, destroy our energy independence to the point you can’t afford to fill your car to go to work while also funding Russia in a war that they will start because I am a weak bumbling idiot by raising the price of their main income source, but don’t worry I will tell you everything is good and anything that is bad is somebody else’s fault.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 1:37 pm

That doesn’t sound as good. And when would a politician tell the truth. As the old saying goes….
Q: How can you tell when a politician is lying?
A: When his lips are moving.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  VikingPhilip
24 February 2023 1:44 pm

Did you hear about the bill Biden is set to propose next week to help with the labor shortage?
He heard about the 100s of thousands of cattle guards across the west. He says that number should be cut in half by retraining half of them for a different profession.

norseman1
norseman1
24 February 2023 12:07 pm

K. Harris says electricity prices going down. She must have gas.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  norseman1
24 February 2023 12:12 pm

Only thing going down is her

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 12:13 pm

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  norseman1
24 February 2023 12:13 pm

Gas is all that she has between her ears.

norseman1
norseman1
24 February 2023 12:06 pm

Happy Friday knuckleheads.

NoDakRube
24 February 2023 11:33 am

Since Bowbunch brought up the Yellowstone Caldera, I thought I would share a map of the expected kill zone and ash fallout.

YellowstoneKill.jpg
stuman55
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 11:37 am

shoot

MT Viking
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 11:47 am

Yay! Lucky me I might survive the blast, tephra and pyroclastic flow only to be buried in forty feet of lung destroying ash.

NoDakRube
Reply to  MT Viking
24 February 2023 11:53 am

Build a self-contained underground shelter. You can do it!

pirateflip
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 12:01 pm

They should consider moving Yellowstone to California…

NoDakRube
Reply to  pirateflip
24 February 2023 12:02 pm

THIS is an excellent idea.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  pirateflip
24 February 2023 12:02 pm

Since that’s not possible, we are just convincing them to move here. Then we’ll lock em in their houses while we sneak out of the state and then we’ll hit the detonator.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  pirateflip
24 February 2023 12:02 pm

Well considering most of the ash would be blown east with the prevailing winds NY City may be the better option.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 12:08 pm

I’m safe!

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  FloridaSKOL
24 February 2023 12:15 pm

But you have to worry about this Canary Island Megatsuami.
The resulting wave is expected to cover Florida completely.

https://www.e-education.psu.edu/earth107/node/1609

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
24 February 2023 12:25 pm

VikingPhilip
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 12:10 pm

Yeah, I’m in the secondary ash zone. Good for me. Also, I like the small print that this is just an estimate.

Wrenage
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 12:43 pm

At least it will get the Packers, too…

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Wrenage
24 February 2023 12:49 pm

It would improve Lambeau.

stuman55
24 February 2023 11:26 am

stuman55
Reply to  stuman55
24 February 2023 11:27 am

^Lifer when he sees a made up t*ump headline

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  stuman55
24 February 2023 1:21 pm

LMAO!@!!!@#@

stuman55
24 February 2023 11:24 am

Lol did I see Lifer going on yesterday late about the train brake thing that has proven to have been done under Obama? LOLOL

Everything orange man bad always. Delusional

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  stuman55
24 February 2023 11:29 am

The problem is he doesn’t know he’s propagating total lies and misinformation. He really believes this shit.

stuman55
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
24 February 2023 11:38 am

meh I think some of it is an act, I do believe he’s smarter than that, been duped way too many times to keep buying into the same stuff.

MT Viking
Reply to  stuman55
24 February 2023 11:48 am

It absolutely is, Lifer just enjoys rattling cages.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  MT Viking
24 February 2023 12:01 pm

I find him/it entertaining.
Hopefully there isn’t a real person being triggered like that.

stuman55
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
24 February 2023 1:42 pm

I do believe Jorge was that. Poor guy had Big Stu on the brain 24/7. Rent was cheap

VikingPhilip
Reply to  stuman55
24 February 2023 2:27 pm

I’m convinced that Jorge was a 12 year old girl.
About the same mental acumen.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 2:36 pm

There was no rational discussion with Jorge, it was all emotion.

kathy.clater.3
kathy.clater.3
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
24 February 2023 2:15 pm

I know people who STILL believe every lie MSM tells them. One of them said the other day the Ohio train thing was Trump’s fault. Another bragged a while back how Biden was bringing gas prices down (they didn’t know he was selling our reserves to China, I didn’t even bother to tell them). Some of them still get every booster shot, even though they’ve had the virus at least once, some of them twice. The strategy of painting all conservatives as evil worked, just like it worked for Germany to paint all Jews as evil.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  kathy.clater.3
24 February 2023 2:21 pm

You are totally correct here. MSM is the propaganda arm of the left wing Nazi’s.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  kathy.clater.3
24 February 2023 2:29 pm

The strategy of painting all conservatives as evil worked, just like it worked for Germany to paint all Jews as evil.

And the fact that people can’t see that is disconcerting.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  VikingPhilip
24 February 2023 4:28 pm

Painting conservatives as nazis is disrespectful to the Jewish community

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 4:31 pm

National Socialist Party.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  stuman55
24 February 2023 1:21 pm

Lifer was off his meds last night

NoDakRube
24 February 2023 11:15 am

Cordell Volson (OG), 4th round Pick of the Bengals from NDSU was named offensive rookie of the year….

Imagine drafting good lineman past round 2….it can be done.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 11:18 am

A O Lineman as ORPY?
He must be exceptional or all other options not so good.

NoDakRube
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
24 February 2023 11:20 am

I would say he was solid…but he did start every game for team that made it to the conference championship game…started a little rocky but improved as the season went on.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 11:24 am

lolwut? WR Garrett Wilson of the NYJ is the NFL offensive rookie of the year

NoDakRube
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 11:37 am

YOU ARE CORRECT…
Someone sent it to me claiming Volson was Rookie of the Year….
Upon further investigation he was, but only for THE BENGALS…
Head slap.
I need to check my sources better.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 11:41 am

I didn’t mean to seem like a dick, I just remembered because the NYJ had both the offensive and defensive rookies of the year, they really had an amazing draft.

NoDakRube
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 11:43 am

no offense taken..didnt think you were a dick…

VikingPhilip
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 12:12 pm

But you should because he is.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  VikingPhilip
24 February 2023 12:13 pm

This is true.

NoDakRube
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 11:36 am

Never Mind Fake News.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 10:54 am

Enjoy the endorphins.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 11:58 am

Wrenage
24 February 2023 10:30 am

Thanks to the wonders of the Internet, I learned about a candy inmates make in jail called “Crystal Taffy,” and now I want to try it.

You pour some coffee creamer in a mixing bowl, dump in a packet of Kool-Aid, put in a little water and mix for 15 minutes until you have like a ball of clay.

Then you crush Jolly Ranchers and mix into it. Finally, you sprinkle with crushed Jolly Ranchers.

Prison ingenuity is a fascinating thing.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Wrenage
24 February 2023 10:41 am

That’s interesting, in the Army we’d make “ranger pudding” with the packets of creamer, cocoa, and sugar in the MRE and mix a little water till pudding consistency. Some people put in the instant coffee from the MRE too but I thought that tasted like garbage.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 10:50 am

Yep… ranger pudding was great… MRE’s for 6 to 8 months at a time, not so much.

DE Viking
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
24 February 2023 10:53 am

Since I was never in the military, what was typically in the MRE’s?

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  DE Viking
24 February 2023 11:05 am

There are dozens of MRE meals. They even have veggie and kosher options now.
They normally have a main entree, side/fruit, drink, candy, gum, a heater, and other odd accessories.
Just be aware that they are designed to maintain a solder in combat so it you eat all of the contents you will consume 3,000 calories or so.
Everyone will toss or trade their unused portions. That is normally what is used to experiment with to come up with the odd recipes. After a week or so in the field you will have a sizable collection of odds and ends from MREs.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
24 February 2023 11:11 am

This guy ‘field strips’ an MRE and does a pretty good job explaining the parts and what they are for.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
24 February 2023 11:33 am

I went to high school with a kid whose mom worked at the pentagon and designed MREs when they lived in fairfax VA. She started telling us about how and why they include the different stuff but we got bored and stopped listening. I’d probably find it interesting now though.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  DE Viking
24 February 2023 11:10 am

DE,

A Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE) is a self-contained individual United States military ration used by the United States Armed Forces. It is intended for use by American service members in combat or field conditions where other food is not available. The MRE replaced the canned Meal, Combat, Individual (MCI) in 1981.

Basically it’s the military’s portable field ration.

General contents may include:
 
   Main course (often referred to as “the main”) my favorite was beef stew.

   Side dish

   Dessert or snack (often commercial candy, fortified pastry, first strike bar, or Soldier Fuel Bar.)

   Crackers or bread

   Spread of cheese, peanut butter, or jelly

   Powdered beverage mix: fruit flavored drink, cocoa, instant coffee or tea, sport drink, or dairy shake.

   Utensils (in rare occasions, a full set is included – with a spoon, fork and knife – but most commonly only a plastic spoon is given)

   Flameless ration heater (FRH) just add water believe it or not.

   Beverage mixing bag

   Accessory pack:
       Xylitol chewing gum
       Water-resistant matchbook
       Napkin / toilet paper
       Moist towelette
       Seasonings, including salt, pepper, sugar, creamer, and/or Tabasco sauce

       Freeze dried coffee powder

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
24 February 2023 11:15 am

Here is a the official list of 24 menus.
My favorite is the Chicken Burrito Bowl.

https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/TroopSupport/Subsistence/Rations/MRE/MRE40_Menu.pdf

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
24 February 2023 11:31 am

Also came with candy, skittles, m & m, or charms hard candies.

LOL, the tiny tabasco bottles, at basic training a couple guys thought it funny to prank people by putting a drop of it in guys mouths while they were sleeping.

JacksonVike
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 12:51 pm

We saved those as well, and towards the end of basic two guys were having a pissing contest, so we lined up the Tabasco bottles and the first one to quick drinking them lost. The one guy drank ten of them I think.

MT Viking
Reply to  JacksonVike
24 February 2023 2:28 pm

Oh that would hurt in the morning.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
24 February 2023 11:43 am

Ham slice and Beef Stew were my go-to.

Had fun building MRE cannons out of those heaters and water bottles. Some good MRE cannon battles ensued.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  FloridaSKOL
24 February 2023 12:49 pm

Laughing… yeah I had forgotten about that. We did the same thing!

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
24 February 2023 12:51 pm

Just out of curiosity, how does one make an MRE cannon?

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 1:23 pm

Build a 3-foot tube out of water bottles. Make sure the bottom has a solid base. Pour in the FRH (Heater), as the accelerant. Pour in some water and then jam in your projectile. After a minute, the rapidly expanding gas will shoot the projectile out of the tube. Be sure to be aiming down range.

Google “MRE Bomb” for some You Tube videos showing the power of the accelerant.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  FloridaSKOL
24 February 2023 1:29 pm

I’m not sure the new army would allow that. Someone might get hurt.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  VikingPhilip
24 February 2023 1:36 pm

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  DE Viking
24 February 2023 11:27 am

A bag of high calorie garbage that you mostly had to choke down, though a couple of my personal favorites were spaghetti and any of the stews, pound cake was actually very satisfying. The vegetarian ones were the absolute worst.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 11:31 am

Considering the other options for feeding a gang of soldier in the field for long periods it could be worse.

We get a few at the commissary for camping and keeping in the car during the winter.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
24 February 2023 11:36 am

Really comes down to the main dish, there are certain ones I like, a fair amount that are edible and nothing less, nothing more, then several that I would just toss the main dish and eat all the rest. If I truly needed to I would eat all of them, luckily I never got into that situation.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 11:40 am

Once after a week in the field the ‘real food’ we were suppose to get for the ‘last night’ dinner never found us.
We had enough stuff in the ‘odds and ends box’ to feed the whole platoon dinner and a light breakfast the next morning before heading back in.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
24 February 2023 11:42 am

That sucks. But anytime we got a non MRE meal in the field we were very appreciative and nobody ever bitched about helping out in KP.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 11:45 am

Yeah and it was usually steak the last night at Ft Hood.
We were looking forward to it for sure.
Pogie Bait was pretty much used up by that point.

stuman55
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 11:38 am

quit talkin about yourself imo

A bag of high calorie garbage

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  stuman55
24 February 2023 11:41 am

At least I’m high calorie garbage though

JacksonVike
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 12:46 pm

I hated the omelet one. We had a guy that loved it so it was an easy trade. The dehydrated fruit cocktail was pretty good.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 12:54 pm

I didn’t mind it so sometimes I could trade and get some good desert or such.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 12:52 pm

The C Rats we got in the early 80s were expired but they still gave them to us.
@I am sure that they were much better freshly canned.@

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
24 February 2023 11:28 am

Yeah, depending on which one you got it could be awful.

Wrenage
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 10:51 am

I like reading about prison culture sometimes. How people find ways to entertain themselves is amazing. And some of the escape stuff is amazing too. The things folks come up with when they have nothing to do but apply themselves to a goal is impressive.

Always liked the one about the British POWs who built a glider to escape. They never got to use it because they got liberated, though. Someone built a replica of the glider and tested it to see if it would have worked. It did.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Wrenage
24 February 2023 10:57 am

I often said while working as a (knuckle dragging) prison guard that all the inmates went to MacGyver School given the things that they came up with.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 1:00 pm

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Wrenage
24 February 2023 11:25 am

That Mac guy in your book sure would’ve found some activities with other guys

How people find ways to entertain themselves is amazing.

Wrenage
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 12:40 pm

I was ahead of the progressive movement, eh?

Except my reason for doing it was because I wanted all of the GIs to be flawed characters. I actually wrote out my reasoning for doing everything at one time, but then I lost it, and I have since forgotten most of it. Writing the book is mostly a blank now.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 10:58 am

We used to add coffee to the cocoa package, it was good enough to keep you awake for a 12 night shift.
(P.S. if you resort to eating chocolate covered coffee beans stop after an hour or so or you will be up the rest of the next day.)

JacksonVike
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
24 February 2023 12:44 pm

For some dumb reason a couple of buddies and myself would keep the instant coffee packets from the MRE throughout basic training. The last week of training we were in the field and set up our tents on a gravel parking lot. It rained the entire weekend and the chalky rock became cement on the tents. we had one week to get them clean enough to turn in, and there were only 12 washing machines for 300 guys. The three of us decided, since we had no access to the machines during the day we would stay up all night running our pup tents through the washing machines.

We took the instant coffee packets and would eat them straight when we got tired, along with a couple of no dose pills. I ended up sleeping 1 hour in 7 days that week. I slept the entire 24 hour ride home after graduation.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  JacksonVike
24 February 2023 12:58 pm

Some people say that ‘he who has the most toys when they die wins’.
I believe ‘he who has the most war stories when they die wins’.
Between my time in the army and working in prison I figure I am way ahead of the game.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
24 February 2023 10:29 am

No Lifer yet this morning, unusual.
He was ranting late yesterday about how everything is always Trumps fault.
Since I was bored I accused him of having TDS.

I guess he needed a time out to heal that gasket he blew.
Didn’t even get to point out that there has been no appreciable raise in global temp since 2016.

I suspect he will stop by during the Ballon Factories lunch break to blow another gasket.

NoDakRube
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
24 February 2023 10:35 am

Yes, saw that article that according to NOAA there has been no warming since 2016 despite pumping an additional 500,000 tons of shit into the atmosphere.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 10:36 am

Did you see the guy that made the chat bot admit to no global warming based on that data? It took awhile and the “neutral” chatbot kept trying to say that global warming is getting worse.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 10:53 am

But it is all Trumps fault.

Wrenage
24 February 2023 10:08 am

Finally dug out of the snow. Ready to go back in. We haven’t had a good two-day storm in awhile that shuts everything down. It was kind of fun.

Wrenage
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 10:24 am

It was a very satisfying snow-blowing experience yesterday. It was nice and deep, so you get those nice high walls on either side of the driveway.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Wrenage
24 February 2023 10:35 am

Now go help your neighbors.

VikingPhilip
24 February 2023 9:30 am

Henceforth and forthwith, as NoDak has confessed yesterday to his true character, he shall now and forever more be known as Stupid Commie. I declare it.

NoDakRube
Reply to  VikingPhilip
24 February 2023 9:33 am

shut up Petunia boy…
Stupid Commie works for me but it is redundant. If you have Commie in the moniker you don’t need stupid.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 9:36 am

My feelings are hurt.

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FloridaSKOL
Reply to  VikingPhilip
24 February 2023 9:36 am

DE Viking
Reply to  VikingPhilip
24 February 2023 9:37 am

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  VikingPhilip
24 February 2023 9:46 am

Did I miss something good?

NoDakRube
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
24 February 2023 9:48 am

I admitted my Grandpa was a member of the communist party, and that my mom is pretty much a communist.

I am not a communist but i guess I am guilty by association.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 9:49 am

Communism is in your blood. You are just hiding it, but eventually it will come out.

NoDakRube
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 9:51 am

if I drink enough alcohol can I kill it?

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 9:53 am

Possibly, might as well try. Has to be something ‘Merican though like Bud Light or Corona, not sissy like an IPA. I heard ‘Merican flags and shooting guns can scare it out too.

NoDakRube
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 9:54 am

Ha!

GA Skol
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 9:52 am

Take your commie ass to China

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 9:53 am

Is he at least immunized?

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 10:06 am

Haha, well, you know… nobody on here would ever blow anything like that out of proportion and hold it against you forever. I think you’re safe.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
24 February 2023 11:23 am

It’s what we do. Besides, I know NoDak has a good sense of humor.

NoDakRube
Reply to  VikingPhilip
24 February 2023 11:31 am

Usually, Petunia boy, Usually……

VikingPhilip
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 12:16 pm

Are you trying to say that every 30 days you are cranky?

NoDakRube
Reply to  VikingPhilip
24 February 2023 12:41 pm

Ha!! Thats funny….

I am cranky when I am stressed and overwhelmed….which thankfully isn’t often. I have a tendency to snap at people and display impatience…Not attractive traits so I try to be self-aware…

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 12:45 pm

Recession/depression going around Sniffer and cackles say we’re good though.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 1:32 pm

You have to be careful with that self-aware stuff.

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MT Viking
24 February 2023 9:27 am

I hate to admit it but I am starting to get excited for the NHL playoffs. Oilers are far from guaranteed with the Wild among others nipping at their heels but they embarrassed Crosby and the Pens on their ice last night. McDavid banked a goal in off the back of the neck of the goalie. He is very special, even if you’re a casual fan you should watch a few highlights of his play.

MT Viking
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 9:38 am

You may call him McJeesus

MT Viking
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 9:45 am

As in he fired that shot with the puck on the goal line, elevating the puck, and it went in on the near side of the goalie. Short side roof.

Hello darkness my old friend

https://www.nhl.com/video/mcdavid-scores-on-penalty-shot/t-277350912/c-15458897

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  MT Viking
24 February 2023 9:29 am

Agreed. The NHL Playoffs are fun to watch. Incredible speed and passion.

benjammin
Admin
24 February 2023 8:56 am

I started reading Wrenage’s book DogSS Of War. I am satisfied and intrigued enough that I will continue for at least several more chapters, and likely the rest of the book unless it somewhere takes a major turn to sucksville.

NoDakRube
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 9:27 am

Good to know.

Wrenage
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 10:09 am

Awesome!

Full disclosure, you put $1.90 in my pocket with that purchase. If I sell like three more books, I can go to McDonalds!

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Wrenage
24 February 2023 10:15 am

I heard Slim Chickens is good.

Wrenage
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 10:26 am

I’ve actually been to Slim Chickens. I didn’t get any cockroaches, though. I should send them a complaint.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Wrenage
24 February 2023 10:20 am

I would have sprung for like $2.90

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Wrenage
24 February 2023 11:25 am

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benjammin
Admin
24 February 2023 8:48 am

narcissistic attention whore

DE Viking
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 8:50 am

Douchy selfish prick

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 8:51 am

benjammin
Admin
24 February 2023 8:45 am

This is good for the economy right?

NoDakRube
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 8:47 am

Move along, nothing to see here.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 8:47 am

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 8:54 am

Meh, Joe said, “the economy is strong as hell” and he’s never lied.
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No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 8:58 am

Biden also told a Naval Academy graduating class he was appointed to the academy in 1965. He wasn’t.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
24 February 2023 9:01 am

And that he graduated top of his class
And that he was shot at in the Middle East
And the whole Corn Pop crap
And that he is mentally fit
And that he was arrested protesting with Mandela
And that he had no idea about Hunter’s business dealings

Come to think of it, about the only honest thing he’s probably ever said is that he likes kids rubbing his legs.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 8:58 am

LOL, WTF is going on there, he like bites at or sucks at her finger then she does a jackoff motion by his junk.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 9:15 am

LOL! I did not see that, at first. Now, I can’t unsee it…Gross…

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  FloridaSKOL
24 February 2023 10:10 am

Yeah, its gross and weird, just like Sniffer Joe

VikingPhilip
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 12:16 pm

That’s just creepy.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 8:55 am

It’s because of racist white privilege as I understand it.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 9:08 am

https://www.redfin.com/news/housing-market-loses-value-2023/

Overall, the average home price is down 11.5% from the high in May. The Redfin article says that the Bay area took the biggest hit (year to year) followed by Oakland and San Jose. Only 3 other metro areas in the US saw a year over year drop, New York, Seattle, and Boise.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 9:22 am

Why isn’t there any dots in the red circle? What crap, they don’t even give any data for us flyover states.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 9:26 am

Yeah, I’ll have to see if I can find data for up here because I’m curious and would like to buy land in the next year or so.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 9:33 am

It has slowed but prices haven’t really dropped. Houses under 300-400k still go fairly quick but not same day like they were. More expensive houses are sitting on the market now. They are still ridiculously priced though. For example, there are some 40 acre dry land lots for sale. I doubt you would be able to drill a well and they want 214k. Any house with 20 acres, even a trailer house or double wide is 500-600k minimum. Decent stick built 2500 sf, you’re looking at 700-800k. If there’s a shop or other out buildings, 1 mill.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 9:45 am

That’s gotta be tough. I was curious so I filtered homes currently available in Billings for under 160k

0 Condos
0 Multi Family Homes
2 Single Family Homes (one is 260 sqft, the second is 660 sgft, both in bad parts of town)
0 Townhomes
17 Mobiles, all in trailer parks

We bought our house about 5 years ago for 180k. Built in 1955. Realtor.com says our estimated home value is now 329k

MT Viking
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 9:53 am

FWIW we lived in a mobile home for four years in Grand Forks. It was okay and we actually made money on the sale so to speak as we spiffed up the home ourselves.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 9:59 am

In our zip code prices are
-down 4.2% since August 2022
-up 8.96% since January 2022
-up 42.6% since Jan 2020

That is the median list price but the price per sqft is pretty similar.
-down 1.3% since Aug. ’22
-up 9.9% since Jan. ’22
-up 40.5% since Jan. ’20

MT Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 9:29 am

I hate to tell you but you won’t find any deals on bare land.

MT Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 10:29 am

You should definitely upgrade. That way you will be poised in a couple of years to help pay property taxes on that $240 million rec center.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  MT Viking
24 February 2023 10:35 am

Yeah, and they should start working on the new lake this summer. There’s also the Inner Belt Loop that was supposed to break ground on Wednesday (not sure why they delayed that it’s just a little snow and cold). They’re still working on the Billings Bypass as well. Curious to see where they would build the rec center. All I read was South Side. And why do we need 2 more ice rinks? The one that’s here doesn’t get used.

MT Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 10:36 am

It’s on the SE corner of Amend park.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  MT Viking
24 February 2023 10:37 am

Ah, that makes sense.

DE Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 9:45 am

Why isn’t there any dots in the red circle?

Maybe that’s where the Russia and Chinese nukes are scheduled to hit so there is no point in posting data about that area.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  DE Viking
24 February 2023 9:47 am

Well, this is where they sent their balloon so I guess it was nice knowing you guys.

NoDakRube
Reply to  DE Viking
24 February 2023 9:49 am

Yes, I live at Ground Zero…
GF might have a chance.

MT Viking
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 9:53 am

Exactly.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 9:54 am

I guess we have a race between the Chinese and the Yellowstone Caldera now.

Wrenage
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 10:11 am

There was a guy on Joe Rogan a short while ago who had an interesting take on China. He said they have about 10 years left before they start going down the tubes. They don’t have any young people.

The US is going to be short of young people, as well.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Wrenage
24 February 2023 12:04 pm

Illegal immigration is working on that

The US is going to be short of young people, as well.

pirateflip
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 12:07 pm

Don’t know whether to thumbs up or down this, Is factual (up) but I disagree with the practice (down)

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  pirateflip
24 February 2023 12:12 pm

Same here. I am 100% for legitimate immigration, but leaving the boarders open for thousands to just pour in is a different thing. Here in the commie state of MN, they are going to pass a bill giving drivers licenses to anyone regardless of legal status.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 12:18 pm

If you read English you must take a rigorous course to learn to drive. If you do not read English we will just give you a DL.

MT Viking
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 12:21 pm

Did you see the Yuma city council discussing the problem with their maternity ward overflowing with dreamers birthing babies so they have to defer elective surgeries and elective inductions for paying customers. Good times. Thank goodness the border I’m 130 miles from is the Canadian border.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  MT Viking
24 February 2023 12:57 pm

That sounds “progressive”.

NoDakRube
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 11:22 am

I have a chance of surviving the Yellowstone Caldera. A better chance than GF and MT

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 11:28 am

I saw/read a report of the expected damage and Boise was just inside the ‘destroyed zone’.
Hope they are just a little bit off and us being on the west side of Boise will be enough to make the difference.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 11:44 am

I’ll be gone before I know what happened.

GA Skol
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 10:17 am

Probably is. Housing got stupid during 2021. Needed to come down.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 10:29 am

I’d like to see prices come down about 25%. Then I could afford a house out of town with some land and keep our current house on the cheap mortgage we have to rent out.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 10:38 am

Ditto. I think we are at 2.5% and are 3 years into a 15 year mortgage.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  GA Skol
24 February 2023 12:02 pm

Yep, housing costs got real stupid down here starting in 2021. I think it is finally starting to come back to reality.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
24 February 2023 8:32 am

Good for Kirk extension

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  SkoIdiers
24 February 2023 8:37 am

Honestly, I’m on the fence with Carr. I don’t know if he’s good or not. If Jon Gruden couldn’t get a lot out of him, I’m wary. Sorry, his production on the field doesn’t really live up to his hype.

DE Viking
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
24 February 2023 8:59 am

What stat should we use?
If we use the “kirk is a gamer fourth quarter comeback legend” stat…..

Cousins: 22 comebacks, 28 game winning drives.

Carr: 28 comebacks, 33 game winning drives.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  DE Viking
24 February 2023 9:04 am

Carr only has more comebacks because he played worse than Kirk and had to comeback whereas Kirk just got more leads earlier. The only comebacks he has had to make was because the defense gave up the lead he already had.

DE Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 9:16 am

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  DE Viking
24 February 2023 9:16 am

DE, I would say Cousins numbers in this regard are tarnished by the fact that he has scored late in 15 games in his career to give his team the lead, only to watch his defense allow the opposing team to score at the end of the game to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Take for instance the Lions game where the defense allowed them to drive the length of the field and score a TD by refusing to cover the guy standing on the goal line on 4th down.

DE Viking
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
24 February 2023 9:19 am

So this is a bad stat because it was the defenses fault…something….something…..

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  DE Viking
24 February 2023 9:23 am

It’s factual. That’s all.

KFEY93
Reply to  DE Viking
24 February 2023 9:53 am

Pro Cousins: Factual. Anti Cousins: Misconception. That is how his brain works, you cant argue with it.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  KFEY93
24 February 2023 9:57 am

Unfortunately for you, you have no facts to hang your hat on. Thus you use slurs and denigrating verbiage towards me. Sad really.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 9:11 am

What about Wentz?

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 9:16 am

You mean the guy that is about to leave his 3rd team? Who was replaced by an aged Matt Ryan. Wentz’s ceiling is a career backup at this point if he’s lucky, even if he is from ND. The Eagles team around him was so good they took Nick Foles to the SB and where is he now? That team carried him, not the other way around. For a cheap enough price I would be ok with him sitting on the bench and watching Cousins.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 9:19 am

Pretty horrible. To be honest, just trying to stir something up and I know you’re a Wentz fan. Yesterday was really boring. I don’t think Wentz has much of a future at this point though. I don’t even know what team will sign him. Jets? Raiders? Taints?

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 9:24 am

I get it. That’s why I figured you wouldn’t take it personal if I took a shot at him. We won’t talk about any QBs that came from Montana.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 9:29 am

Ryan Leaf finally cleaned up and does speaking gigs. He’s also (or has been) on XM NFL Radio. I looked up Osweiller and he is a stay at home dad in AZ.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 9:34 am

Yeah, he did a good job on the radio and seems like he really got his head together and has no problem talking about the issues he dealt with.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 9:33 am

I could be a stay at home dad, if I could stay at home and not have to watch any children.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  SkoIdiers
24 February 2023 8:42 am

Good for Kirk’s side, if Carr wants 35 mil, Kirk will be demanding 50.

NoDakRube
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 8:46 am

He will want 40 for sure.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 9:08 am

Cousins was 4th in the league in passing yards and tied 5th in the league in TD’s. For the most part he continues to produce every single year. Some folks say he’s too expensive though. That’s a value judgement. The Redskins (Bruce Allen and Dan Snyder) hated Cousins for making them look like idiots for giving up years of draft capital for RGIII who Cousins eventually usurped. Allen kept offering low ball contracts to Cousins which he rejected, forcing Allen to use the franchise tag on him twice. Finally Allen just let him go in free agency and brought in Alex Smith who never came close to matching Cousins production and of course eventually (and tragically) broke his leg. Since the Redskins let Cousins walk they’ve had 11 QB’s start for them who have amassed 95 passing TD’s. Cousins has thrown 153 TD’s in that same time. To date, the Redskins are still searching for a “franchise” QB.

I don’t know what Cousins is worth. I only know he’s a relibale QB who puts up big yards and TD numbers every year.

NoDakRube
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
24 February 2023 9:29 am

Yes.

DE Viking
Reply to  SkoIdiers
24 February 2023 8:42 am

Isn’t this the twitter feed that said Rodgers wasn’t coming back to GB and then said Rodgers was coming back to GB?

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  DE Viking
24 February 2023 8:44 am

If you predict both possible outcomes you will always be correct. Any correct predictions negate incorrect ones.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  DE Viking
24 February 2023 8:44 am

Correct, not particularly reliable, just regurgitates crap they read online.

NoDakRube
24 February 2023 8:29 am

Slow day. So I will post political shit. I love ND. The legislature is in the process of banning the enacting or teaching devices concepts (CRT) in our colleges and universities.
What is a divisive concept?As it relates to Senate Bill 2247, a divisive concept means that:

  • One race or sex is inherently superior or inferior to another race or sex
  • An individual, by virtue of the individual’s race or sex, is inherently privileged, racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or subconsciously
  • An individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment because of the individual’s race or sex
  • An individual’s moral character is determined by the individual’s race or sex
  • An individual, by virtue of the individual’s race or sex, bears responsibility for an action committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex
  • An individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or another form of psychological distress solely because of the individual’s race or sex
  • A meritocracy is inherently racist or sexist, or designed by a particular race or sex to oppress another race or sex
  • This state or the United States is fundamentally or irredeemably racist or sexist
  • Promotes or advocates the violent overthrow of the United States government
  • Promotes division between, or resentment of, a race, sex, religion, creed, nonviolent political affiliation, social class, or class of people
  • Ascribes a character trait, value, moral or ethical code, privilege, or belief to a race or sex, or to an individual because of the individual’s race or sex
  • The rule of law does not exist, but instead is a series of power relationships and struggles among racial or other groups
  • All Americans are not created equal and are not endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
  • Governments should deny to any person within the government’s jurisdiction the equal protection of the law
  • Includes race or sex stereotyping or scapegoating
SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 8:31 am

Stupid libs

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 8:32 am

Silly ND. They should be more like places such as Tennessee who are evaluating using Covid funds to pay reparations.

NoDakRube
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 8:45 am

I can’t believe Tennessee would do that.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 10:03 am

This is dumb. Why can’t people see the big picture here? First off CRT can’t even be defined and even if you aren’t just banning CRT but rather these specific points all it does is open up the flood gates to the government banning things eventually that you support. It is a BAD BAD BAD BAD idea to give the government the power to do this. This is just going to play into the hands of people who like to censor. You draw the line and then inevitably people who like power and like censoring keep pushing the line further. Bad precedence to set.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
24 February 2023 10:40 am

Which of those specific points do you think we should be teaching our children is true? Just curious.

I am SO GLAD they are doing it.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 11:29 am

I would prefer that they just disband the department of education and start all over again. There are too many career politicians in that department (now I sound like Edge) that don’t really care about the kids, but just care about keeping their jobs so they go along with any silly idea that pops up on social media. Plus too many of them don’t know anything about real life because they have lived in academia too long.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 11:44 am

What don’t you get about my stance on this? My issue has nothing to do with in favor or against any of those points. This is where we get so twisted we can’t see the forest just the tree. The government should NOT be passing laws on these items. That’s the issue. If you think they should and believe it is OK for the government to do this then you are OK with the idea of the government mandating all these things be taught explicitly in the classroom. You have to see that. The government should not have the right to ban or force these things. It’s a very dangerous precedent to say they should. Because if you say it’s OK for them to ban these things you disagree with, just wait they’ll start banning things you do agree with or forcing things you don’t agree with and you can’t say anything against it because you are for giving them that power. I actually believe limiting the government’s power. Apparently you are pro big government. I guess if you need a Nanny-state good for you, but I don’t.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
24 February 2023 12:16 pm

Egde would it be O.K. the Universities taught that Black were inferior beacuse of their color?

Are you O.K. with that because the government shouldn’t tell people what to teach? I hope you are not.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 12:49 pm

Would I agree with a university’s stance if they taught that? Of course not. Do I hope that if they had that stance they had the right to express it? You are damn right I do and I hope they do because light is the greatest disinfectant. You have every right in this country to be as racist as you want to be and we have every right to not support and bury those institutions and people. Go ahead University, teach that black’s are inferior, out yourself as the racist scum you are so we can get rid of your ass instead of those racist POSs getting to hide behind a law so these people or institutions stay in a position of power that is doing more damage from the inside.

Now answer my question since you avoided it. Do you think the government should have this power? If so, don’t complain when they use the same exact power to do things you disagree with.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
24 February 2023 1:01 pm

I think government works best when the power lies closest to the governed…

So in answer to your question, No I do not think the federal government should have any power concerning what state institutions can and should teach. I WOULD NOT be in favor of a federal law banning CRT in all institutions, I AM NOT in favor of a federal law banning abortion, although I am very strong pro-life.

I absolutely think that citizens of the state of North Dakota should have input into what is taught at the state institutions because we are paying for it and should have oversight over it.

Local k-12 schools should be managed by the citizens of the local school district – i.e. little to no state or federal oversight.

The take away here is that government works best when executed at the local level.

Does that help?

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 1:20 pm

I understand where you’re coming from and I get in theory what you’re saying but I do think the idea of the local K-12 curriculum being controlled by the locals is a fucking horrific idea. Everyone thinks they know education because they went to school. That’s as misguided as saying, “Local hospitals and Doctor’s should be managed by the local citizens.”

All we would have is echo chambers everywhere and that is a scary notion. We should have differing opinions being taught. One of my favorite teacher’s I ever had told us right off the bat that we will never get his actually opinion on anything. He will simply play devil’s advocate to get us to THINK about our own positions. He would challenge us on any stance we took and play Devil’s Advocate and argue the other side just to challenge us. That’s the way it should be, it shouldn’t be, a certain district of small town Midwest thinks we should be teaching the Old Testament as historical and scientific facts so that’s an OK thing to do. Because that should be challenged and thrown out because that’s not science or history. That should be challenged by actual science and scientists and kicked to the curb and taught in places of worship if that’s your belief. Same goes if some hippy libby commune populated some area and wanted science taught that boys can have babies… again, that should be challenged by actual science and scientists.

See, no matter the side of beliefs you fall on actual science, actual history etc… should be what drives our education system. Those areas of expertise funneled through the best practice and understanding and implementation of learning and development. Not just that education should be ran by the beliefs of the locals.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
24 February 2023 1:39 pm

Yes, I understand the issue with local control is that if you have an ignorant population it will self-perpetuate its ignorance….And yes that is a concern,but I would rather err on the side of local control then somebody else mandating how and what should and needs to be taught..

So, using your example, if Fargo wants to teach that boys can have babies (and that is being taught in other parts of the country), I want the citizens of Minot to be able to teach that only girls can have babies…if Fargo wants to get it wrong thats up to them.

And yes education should be based on actual science and actual history…but what happens when the federal government starts promoting the 1619 teachings as actual history (or that boys can have babies)? I want the local boards to be able to say no, America wasn’t founded to perpetuate slavery, sorry we are not going to teach that garbage no matter what your woke historians say.

Even with its risks local control is the way to go….we may just have to agree to disagree on that.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 2:52 pm

I think what you are missing is the basis of what you are saying. The basis of what you are saying is that we should be teaching local beliefs about science and history in school as facts. Now I understand everyone has bias and beliefs but science understands boys can’t have babies. Science knows creationism isn’t science. History knows the Old Testament has some history in it but isn’t good history. So you are saying we shouldn’t teach science and history. We should be teaching the local beliefs of science and history. See the difference?

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 2:54 pm

So you’d be OK if you lived in some hippy dippy tree hugger area that told your kids boys can have babies and all fossil fuels need to be eradicated etc… because it’s what the local population believed? I highly doubt it. The only reason you are OK with it is because where you live a lot of it is something you agree with AT THIS JUNCTURE. Make no mistake that will change, it always does. Then it’s too late, you’ve given them control to teach based on beliefs of science and history not actual facts.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 12:09 pm

I didn’t see where you said anything about children though I may have missed it, college/university students are not children

The legislature is in the process of banning the enacting or teaching devices concepts (CRT) in our colleges and universities.

The collegiate level is exactly where theoretical ideas should be taught or discussed.

NoDakRube
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 12:14 pm

Disagree…if you are teaching what CRT is thats fine..If you are teaching it as fact, that is not fine..
So if you are teaching that because you are a white, evangelical Christian male you are oppressive and privileged, that is not fine and I do not want my tax dollars going to support an institution that teaches that.

Would it be O.K. for the university to actively teach that black people are inferior? Of course not…none of us would say “well, its just a theory and its being taught in the university so its ok.” Garbage is garbage no matter where it is being taught.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 12:22 pm

I take it that they are teaching it as theory since that is included in the title. College is exactly where you should be learning to think in terms of abstract thought using logical rational thinking. If they are teaching it in these terms it would be a question and exploration of IF white males MAY have oppressive and privileged tendencies, i.e. The biggest issue I have with it is teaching it to actual children in public schools and the lack of standardized curriculum.

NoDakRube
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 12:26 pm

No, they are not teaching it as theory, they are teaching it as fact. And they are teaching all of the would be teachers that it is fact and they should see the world that way.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 12:28 pm

My question is when are they going to start teaching that communism has not, does not and will not work, ever?

NoDakRube
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 12:37 pm

Wouldn’t that be nice???

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 12:39 pm

Eventually, you run out of other peoples money.

DE Viking
24 February 2023 8:24 am

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  DE Viking
24 February 2023 8:25 am

Nice! LOL!

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  DE Viking
24 February 2023 8:31 am

LOL

FloridaSKOL
24 February 2023 8:12 am

Good morning, SKOL!

benjammin
Admin
24 February 2023 8:08 am

LOL, what a POS

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 8:11 am

That’s the RGIII move. He went to Dan Snyder and told him he couldn’t/wouldn’t play for Mike Shanahan. Then the Redskins kicked Shanahan and his all star coaching staff (many of whom are successful head coaches) to the curb and brought in Jay Gruden.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 8:19 am

He has ruined what was an up and coming Broncos team.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  FloridaSKOL
24 February 2023 8:30 am

Thought he was an all-time great though? How could an elite QB be bad for a team? Maybe Pete Carroll just put Wilson in the perfect circumstance to succeed with a great defense and a great running game. Sprinkle in some impressive deep balls and some running around by Wilson and voila… Super Bowl.

freezeyface
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
24 February 2023 8:35 am

i love me some no longer new vikings fan

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
24 February 2023 8:41 am

Wilson looks cooked to me. It seems like after getting beat to shit for years behind a horrible pass blocking oline he is hesitant to scramble or run and wants to just sit and throw from the pocket now, which isn’t what made him great. We’ll see how he looks with Payton though, Hackett was an awful HC.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 8:53 am

So investing in a running QB with a bad line doesn’t bode well? Nor does investing in a pocket QB with a bad line though, unless it’s Kirk Cousins. He’s also been hit and beaten up behind bad lines his whole career. Still producing at a high level though.

Good O-lines help make good QB’s. Mahomes wasn’t good behind a bad line in Super Bowl LV against the Bucs. The Chiefs lost, 31–9.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 9:20 am

Who is hesitant? Cousins? He goes through progressions. If the throw isn’t there he has to move on to the next guy, and the next. No QB hesitates when the throw is there. That makes no sense. He has to hold the ball when the defense takes away the read.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 9:25 am

OK, we’ll just have to disagree there. No problem.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
24 February 2023 8:42 am

Agreed. I wonder if Sean Payton can get anything out of him?

freezeyface
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 8:37 am

“let’s ride”

stuman55
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 11:25 am

hi

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  stuman55
24 February 2023 11:37 am

Hi Stu!

Spoiler
I fully expect this comment to get the thumbs down

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
24 February 2023 8:08 am

Skol!!!! good morning

NoDakRube
24 February 2023 8:07 am

Good morning Comrades!
Colder than a bitch here again today.
Did everyone in MN survive the storm?

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 8:31 am

Currently 71 here with a high of 82 expected.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
24 February 2023 8:34 am

-18 when I came to work this morning. We’re up to -16 with a high of 19 today and 42 tomorrow.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 8:35 am

I’ve played golf in 35 degree weather… I feel ya.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 9:53 am

Wow… that is so cool… right now my swimming pool (which is unheated for some reason) is way too cold to use. This weekend we’re looking at 95 degree weather though. Might be able to use it.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
24 February 2023 10:01 am

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MT Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 9:33 am

Billings, the banana belt. -24 here. The chocos were peeing on some coyote turd this morning on our walk. The younger/bigger choco peed on the back of the older/smaller choco and he had frozen pee on his back the rest of the walk. Gotta love dogs.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  MT Viking
24 February 2023 9:35 am

Nice. When I let mine into the garage this morning he walked to the dog door then turned around and looked at me like, yeah I don’t need to pee that bad.

MT Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 9:51 am

Oh my OCPD means I have to walk the dogs. Definitely must walk the dogs. My wife said it’s too cold don’t walk far I’m like they’re already out might as well do the normal run. Poor suffering Labs, got a nice meal and training session, scraps of toast from our breakfast, and were laid out in the studio on their warm beds sunning themselves with the rising sun.

MT Viking
Reply to  Gone fishin'
24 February 2023 10:15 am

MT Viking
Reply to  MT Viking
24 February 2023 10:16 am

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bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  MT Viking
24 February 2023 10:19 am

Huh, I haven’t heard of that before. I resemble that a bit. A lot if you ask my wife.

MT Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 10:27 am

One of the hallmarks of a personality disorder is that it is hard to recognize it as maladaptive. My father was the definition of passive aggressive and it is still a struggle for me to realize that being raised in that way affects my ability to respond to stressful situations 36 years after moving out.

Passive-aggressive personality disorder causes people to express negative feelings and emotions subtly or passively rather than directly.

This often creates a contradiction between what they say and do.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  MT Viking
24 February 2023 11:31 am

I could see me landing in the middle of that somewhere.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  MT Viking
24 February 2023 12:06 pm

I saw yesterday, that Kamala loves Venn Diagrams. She would love this post.

bowbunch
bowbunch
24 February 2023 7:50 am

Inflation gauge closely watched by the Fed accelerated more than expected in January
Nothing to worry about, all is well. The economy is strong and inflation is not that bad. Just ask Brandon, he’ll tell ya.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 7:51 am

And with that news, futures are falling like a rock.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 8:05 am

“Accelerated more than expected” while closely watched by the Feds.

We didn’t have any of these messes under Trump. The economy was good and the market was thriving. More minority owned businesses were established as well. Why? Because Trump was committed as a businessman to making America great again. When will the idiots who support the Democrats get this through their thick skulls? The Democrats want to own us, not represent us. They want us on our knees. STOP voting for anyone who wants to keep sucking the lifeblood out of us and take away our rights and freedoms in the name of social justice, income equality, or whatever. .

NoDakRube
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
24 February 2023 8:09 am

Shut up you privileged white dude…you have prospered off of the backs of the poor and the minorities long enough…Its time you feel some pain.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 8:13 am

Yeah I’m so privileged I lived in my car for two years at one point in my life. Everything I have I earned through blood, sweat, and tears.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
24 February 2023 8:18 am

Don’t forget your white privilege. You would be nothing if not for that, and the Beatles.

NoDakRube
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
24 February 2023 8:22 am

If you were a minority you would have been arrested or killed while living in your car. Your white privilege allowed you to survive and succeed.

O.K. I am done, I get sick typing that BS even when I am just making fun of it.

benjammin
Admin
24 February 2023 7:43 am

I was busy yesterday so I missed all the action, lol looks like someone was crabby and thumbs downed most of the comments. Wonder who would do such a thing, especially comments as innocuous as “Stu!” or “Sup Stu?” or “My man, what’s up Dr?!?” If its a bit its kinda funny as I laughed a little.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 7:48 am

I noticed GF had a lot less thumbs down than most everybody else, coincidence?

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 7:59 am

Yeah, that is odd.

freezeyface
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 8:29 am

it was for sure a bit, i just wonder if it wasn’t me, who was funny enough on here to think of it on their own and do it.

MT Viking
Reply to  freezeyface
24 February 2023 9:34 am

I don’t see any thumbs down.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  MT Viking
24 February 2023 11:32 am

That’s some good dry humor there MT.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  MT Viking
24 February 2023 11:39 am

Can you see this?

MT Viking
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 12:17 pm

Yup

stuman55
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 11:26 am

Yea I laughed, many thumbs down. After I saw how it kept going it was hilarious to me

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  stuman55
24 February 2023 12:15 pm

I’d guess its a bit, or BSF is still crabby from the other day.

DE Viking
24 February 2023 7:22 am

Roach found in chicken tender.
@Not sure what the big deal is.@
Government will ban meat and force us to eat bugs within a decade anyway.

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https://www.foxbusiness.com/retail/viral-post-bug-food-discovery-20-dead-roaches-popular-florida-chicken-joint

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  DE Viking
24 February 2023 7:26 am

If it was McDonalds the roach was closer to real meat than the “chicken”.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  bowbunch
24 February 2023 7:36 am

Probably at a popeyes, I’ve been there twice and saw roaches, never eaten the food there due to that reason. Now if we’re talking good chicken fingers, its Raising Canes and Chick fil a and then everything else.

NoDakRube
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 8:03 am

It was Slim Chickens

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  NoDakRube
24 February 2023 8:08 am

No clue what that is, but its the opposite of what I’d be looking for, plump chickens or fat chickens sounds better to me.

NoDakRube
Reply to  benjammin
24 February 2023 8:11 am

Good point…We just got one in Minot a year or so ago..good but not great.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  DE Viking
24 February 2023 8:15 am

JacksonVike
24 February 2023 6:33 am

First, Good morning

JacksonVike
Reply to  JacksonVike
24 February 2023 6:33 am

And first Nonce Invalid

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  JacksonVike
24 February 2023 7:36 am

You need to validate your nonce JV!

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I'm a dad, husband, Army vet, believer, and a die-hard, life-long Vikings fan from the great state of North Dakota. I've been a Viking fan dating back to 1980, I've been covering the Vikings for nearly a decade, and I founded Skoloholics in 2022. I work in real estate and property management, I love spending time with family, working in the yard, doing anything in the outdoors, and as you can tell from my username, I love fishing. SKOL!!!!!!!!!!

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