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Looks like the team could get Cashman back tomorrow. Other than having a new holder and kicker for tomorrow, the team is relatively healthy. Vikings are a TD favorite. @What could go wrong?@
I saw someone ask about the schedule, with 3 road games in a row. Let’s just say that when a team has 3 road games in a row, that third game is one where you normally bet it all on the home team to cover. It’s even worse than Kirko in prime time for stats.
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Thanks Surly!
Just when I made some great posts.
But then that is what always happens when you consistently post great things.
The Ref’s are speaking German… nice!
Daniel Jones may be the most overpaid QB in the league.
And Donna Shell deserves all the credit for that.
Just my opinion, think the HC is one of the most over rated in league.
Might be…
Great Trolling,
After raking in over $1B in donations the Cackles Campaign is broke and can’t pay all of it’s bills.
So DT steps up and offers to pay those bills because they have ‘lots of money left’ after raising about 1/3rd as much.
https://www.outkick.com/culture/donald-trump-breaks-silence-incredible-gesture-democrats
The guy is sharper than the average bear.
And if you listen to the media, Kamala ran a “flawless” campaign. All’s well in the world of the elite.
Seems like DT has a couple of smart ass advisors that look for ideas (Micky Ds, Garbage Truck, etc) and present them to him. Then he picks some and turns them into Gold.
Rumors are Stefan Diggs will be moving on from the Texans next year. Some folks think he could end up on the Ravens or the Chiefs.
as long as he is not a Viking
Yeah, no chance of that happening.
Game day. I think we’re in good shape. We’ll be facing Mac Jobes, as Trevor Lawrence has an A/C sprain. Flores should be able to handle that. KOC can handle their defense, so I think this will be a comfortable win.
Mac Jones…
We meant what you knew…..
Would be nice to get a blowout victory today.
Can’t remember the last time we just dominated a game from start to finish.
Week 3 vs Texans?
#nojinx
#4 Miami (FL) goes down to Georgia Tech.
#3 Georgia goes down to Ole Miss.
Figuring out the top 12 teams for the playoff will be interesting.
Army took 21 plays to 94 yards and their QB is 1-3 on the day for 7 yards with an interception.
He has also rushed 28 times for 128 yards with almost a full qtr to play.
Not exactly a Blitzkrieg.
He finished 2-4 for 15 yards and 36 rushes for 153 yard on the ground.
They are undefeated but barely rated, #25.
A day after Trump won the election in a sweeping victory, NY Gov Kathy Hochul, along with New York Attorney General Letitia James, promised to fight back against any potential “revenge or retribution” now that the incoming 47th President is back in the White House.
However, Trump lawyer Mike Davis offered a grim warning before they violate “Trump’s constitutional rights or any other Americans Constitutional rights.” (and in doing so referred to James as a fatass).
After that, it took no time for Hochul to straighten up. She called Trump to have a “very cordial” talk and tell him she would work with him on issues facing her state.
“It was a very cordial call, and listen, I said I’ll work with anybody,” the Democrat governor said. “I basically just reaffirmed there are areas we can work together, like infrastructure, where we rely on federal money, and he seems to share my priorities.”
Money talks…
😞
dogs are so much better than many people in this world.
Indeed
Laughing… that’s funny…
Sa Shit Ay?
Sa turd ay
I would say You Know Your Shit.
Laughing
My wife and I had an ornament exchange with the senior group at church this morning. Since we were in town she drug me to the men’s clothing store and I ended up coming out with a new sports coat, dress shirt and dress pants. I’m a new man.
Nice!!!
I haven’t bought a new sports coat in forever. I have a couple that I wear that, how do I say this, must have shrunk. And since I’m so short, they are hemming the dress pants up for me so technically I didn’t walk out with them, but will pick them up next week.
She also drug me to a thrift store, so that was painful.
Well, give and take as they say.
*VikingPhilippe
Looks like Dak Prescott is done for the season with a hamstring tear requiring surgery. Prescott became the highest paid NFL player in history this year, and is currently ranked 24th in the league in passer rating. To say he has underachieved since getting his massive contract, would be like calling the Grand Canyon a creek.
The House races have not been called yet, which worries me. Are Dem’s pulling levers behind the scenes to steal seats????
Aren’t many in CA and NY?
Nothing left to call in NY.
Calif, Nev, Wash have the most left.
Calif is only at 61% of the votes counted so anything close can’t be called.
I saw a FEMA official was telling workers in Florida to skip houses with Trump signs….
Is anyone surprised??
FEMA official needs to be prosecuted and jailed.
It is ok, they were given a harsh talking too and moved to another cushy job.
But they tell us it is an isolated incident and we can trust them on that.
The whole of Government is actively working against Conservatives. DOJ, IRS, FEMA, you name it. They are waging war on Conservatives.
Secret Service?
Indeed
Tried to watch the Goofers play football.
They should really just stop having a football program.
They were fine and up half way thru the 4th Qtr.
And then they gave up 12 points in 5m (TD, FG, Safety.
A lazy Saturday afternoon thought.
I always thought Trump was a good business man, smart and a fair amount of common sense, Never thought of him really one way or the other as a politician.
But was thinking. we have like one other time in our history where a defeated president then came back to win a second term. And then this was after 6 Jan, Impeachment proceedings, a Jan 6 commission that trashed him, and four or so federal and state civil and criminal court cases, And being convicted as a felon once. Then had to win an intense primary campaign.
Despite all that, he won a convincing victory.
Believes he’s become one hell of a politician.
Or not… maybe the Nation is sick and tired of politicians ruling them, and pushing a woke agenda. Maybe they want a businessman to fix the economy, who represents their core beliefs. You know, like he did the last time?
Perhaps. He is certainly a great business man, but I think he has also become a great politician.
Four years ago if Larry Hogan had trashed him like he has, Trump would have stomped him. This year he welcomes him to be an other republican senator (lost anyway).
I’m not sure anyone in our history could have endured and manuvered his way back to WH as well as Trump has. You have to be a lot more than a business guy to accomplish that.
‘He is certainly a great business man, but I think he has also become a great politician.’
Not sure those two are all that different.
He makes deals, that is who he is. He will make deals to help make ‘Merica better. ‘Do this or we will kill you’ or ‘Do things this way or we will tariff you into bankruptcy’ are great deals for us.
More than half of Harris voters want to relocate following Trump win: survey
Wouldn’t it be great if a large number of them did actually leave?? The article says that while about half want to leave, only 5 percent are seriously considering it. Even if its 5 percent, that’s 5 percent fewer socialists….
Yep.
Less of them makes this place better.
Maybe their place can be taken by some hardworking migrants.
I would be all in favor of that!
Oh no – we should throw ourselves down and beg them not to leave. They are such fair minded and loyal Americans our society will be so much less without them. Please,please don’t leave, we feel your pain.
Yeah…..no…..I might be interested in helping pay for their out-going tickets though.
Heard the same thing in 2016 – and no one left.
Just get the new computer set up, powered on, and the first thing it does is ‘upgrade software’. Dang thing is brand new, and it needs to upgrade it’s software??
It’s brand new but was likely manufactured at least a year ago. Software is never done. It’s ever evolving. So, yeah, gotta update it.
Nope,
When we went to the Apple store they had just announced (that day) this upgrade, they didn’t even have any in store yet.
Got the newest model at the same price as the (then) current ones.
Manufactured maybe a month ago, maybe.
Probably not the OS, but some other software preloaded. Apple computers are evil in my eyes, but they make very good hardware. The wife gets all in one Macs that last longer than my desktop PC’s. Difference is, my desktop PC that is 6 years old still boots up way faster than her mac. Once they are a couple of years old, they still work, but everything gets slow.
The Teacher is on her 3rd PC since I got this Mac.
But it is starting to lock up if I try to play a game or to steam YouTube TV.
It was the OS,
Went from 15 to 15.1.
Couldn’t see it at the time but can now.
So that would have happened on any machine.
Glad you got things running and can now rant on the interwebs with the best of em.
Yeah, when I have to set up new laptops for my coworkers, the initial software updating is the worst part. Lots of operating system and security updates that are needed. Have to keep restarting and checking for updates again until it’s all up-to-date.
Evidently my Old Computer is to old to Transfer data to the new computer unless I try to download a new app (maybe) or I cable to two computers together.
Was your old one an Apple? Might have to use a flash drive to transfer files?
It was/is an apple.
Too old to have Migration Assist files.
So I would have to download an App that might work or do it the old fashioned way, move one thing at a time.
Ouch. Good luck.
Don’t have any files or data to move so it more about recreating bookmarks and printing out my ‘notes’.
Ah. Ok, good.
Panthers and Giants tomorrow in Germany… not exactly an awe inspiring, dramatic matchup.
The question was asked ‘Why is the NFL sending it’s bad games overseas?’
The answer was ‘because they can’.
https://sports.yahoo.com/why-does-the-nfl-keep-exporting-its-worst-games-to-europe-because-it-can-013023744.html
“It’s like introducing Italian American cuisine by opening up a can of SpaghettiOs. Or showcasing the best of American barbecue by serving a McRib”
Great analogy there.
I remember eating my first ‘authentic Italian pizza in Europe.
Very disappointed, did not even finish that little piece of flavored bread.
Laughing… me too. Flew into Aviano Air Base my first trip to Italy a LONG time ago. We went to dinner for “real” Italian cuisine, and had that same initial experience.
Good thing I’ll be watching my local soccer team play at our stadium at that time, so I can’t watch the abomination this Gnats – Panthers game will likely be.
I will still watch. Football is football. Even bad football.
My new computer arrived last night, to replace my 10+ year old Vintage/Classic one.
And by new I mean ‘just announced by Apple’ less than 2 weeks ago.
Apple M4 chip with 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine.
I will attempt to get it up and running today so if I go dark later you will know that I screwed it up.
Keep me in your prayers.
Laughing… good luck SoCal.
I am going to need it, little help will be coming from The Teacher.
She has Apple phones and iPads but not computer.
Still using my 2016 iphone. Can’t bear to change. Good luck today.
Got this computer in early 2014, 10+ years is a lot for computers.
Might be able to milk this one along for awhile longer or it could lock up any day. I think it is time.
Did my 8 year old laptop last year. Got my son to hock it all up. Little faster but don’t notice much else. then again, I don’t try to do very much either.
I don’t do much ‘high tec’ stuff either.
When they tried to sell me a bunch of ‘bells and whistles’ I just said that the fact that the computer is so much newer/better than the old one is enough. I don’t need ‘cutting edge’ stuff.
Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, told reporters on Friday that the European Union (EU) is now considering replacing Russian liquified natural gas (LNG) imports for American LNG imports, following Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential win.
In March of 2022, Biden signed an Executive Order (E.O.) to ban the import of Russian oil, liquefied natural gas, and coal to the United States. This was seen as a significant action to deprive Putin of the economic resources he needed to continue his war on Ukraine.
Biden also wanted the European Union to join him in his ban. Europe simply could not honor these restrictions though, because they had nowhere else to go. Thus Bidens efforts to impact Russia economically were a miserable failure.
Now, Trump is about to put real teeth into these policies, and actually cripple Russia’s oil and gas industry, dramatically affecting their economy. He’s going drill, drill, drill, and crush Russia.
The man knows what he’s doing.
Interesting to watch things happening around the world since DTs election.
Germany’s Government Collapses within hours of election results, coincidence?
It is amazing how much DT’s election is already affecting the entire world. Just imagine where we would be today, if the Democrats had not stolen the 2020 election.
With the ‘lessons learned’ I expect DT to do some amazing things.
Vivek Ramaswamy thinks that with recent Supreme Count rulings (Chevron and others) they can cut Government Swamp pretty quickly. He starts talking about that about 27m into the video.
Biden is trying to fast track Billions of more dollars to Ukraine before Trump gets into office. Gotta get all the kickbacks he can, before his personal gravy train for his family dries up.
Tusi stated that FJB was trying to get treaties sign with Europe that DT won’t be able to get out of, essentially ‘Trump Proofing’ a lot of government.
Yeah… the Dem’s will do anything to maintain their power.
The Swamp needs draining Ramaswamy convinced me.
And part of the problem, there’s dang near as many Republicans in the swamp as Democrats.
RINOs, not Republicans.
Some neocons too.
As we learned recently these micro treaties done by Executive order can be over turned quickly. A real treaty approved by the Senate has real weight behind it.
I figure DT can make some calls and get EU to back off some of that crap.
Not sure how legal that is before he takes offense though.
Think last time DT had no real idea how deep and wide the swamp was. He’s ready this time.
As he told Rogan he had never governed anything before.
He was the 1st president ever that was not in politics or had been a general prior to taking office.
Well they’ve pretty much finished the job of wrecking German economy on the pretext of their “green transformation” und unlimited import of illegals, so it’s time to replace them with a “conservative” government, most likely.
Goes without saying that that “conservative” government will play by the same playbook. Hint: that playbook is not written on European soil.
That could be a problem, we’d very much like to heat our homes over here during winter. In other words, we are dependent on Russian gas. Importing American LNG to Europe via cargo ships is a disaster financially even if the EU and especially the German government is pushing for it because Washington told them so. But it surely is nice for the American economy, while we over here are trying to somehow pay the ever increasing heating bills.
The only one that is really hurt by these sanctions is the European population, not Russia’s economy. They just sell their natural gas to other parts of the world, India for example, from where the EU is importing it to exorbitant prices. I’m afraid those sanctions are as much designed to hurt Europe as they are designed to hurt Russia, because they sure as hell don’t do shit to limit Putin’s economy or his ability to wage war in that shithole called Ukraine. Just my 2 cents concerning this problem.
Trumps ‘Drill Baby Drill’ policy will bring down costs eventually, but it certainly won’t be this winter.
You have to remember, Iran’s oil production is a big part of their economy too. Flooding the market with American oil, will drive down prices, and hurt them badly. Russia and Iran are two of the biggest threats to our country, and we need to have power over them.
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Sure doesn’t bother me a bit to put the screws on the Iranians too If ever we have an enemy, it’s them.
Actually American LNG is cheaper than Russia’s. So the change to American LNG makes practical sense for Europe.
Russian gas via pipeline is much cheaper than American LNG. Plus we don’t even have the infrastructure here to receive as much American LNG as would be needed to replace Russian gas. Would take years to build the necessary infrastructure. Those sanctions are a joke, honestly. Virtue signaling, mostly, and the European population is paying the price for them.
How comfortable that “someone” blew up those Nord Stream pipelines…
“We still get a lot of LNG from Russia, and why not replace it [with] American LNG, which is cheaper for us and brings down our energy prices,” said von der Leyen.
‘ European population is paying the price for them’
Which is why European Conservatives are on the upswing currently.
Problem is, those conservatives are mostly conservative in name only, like the RINOs. Not expecting much positive change from them on the EU level. The EU itself is a moloch that’s 100% dedicated to a “green new deal” and committed to change Europe into a China style dictatorship with social credit system etc etc, a few conservative victories here and there won’t and can’t change that institution.
Those parties that really could do good things for the people are kept out of positions of real power, like the Freedom Party in Austria. “Far right” and “Nazi” is what they label them (same playbook as with Trump), and despite winning the election in September they’re not allowed to govern. Not seeing much hope for change to the better over here, not even with Trump winning. He has a few political partners over here, like Orbán in Hungary, but that’s it. Most of the European political establishment is as commie as it gets, even if they call themselves “conservative”.
Sorry. That’s actually quite sad to read.
We are toast anyway over here, I’m afraid. We’ll see.
Yeah, sad state of affairs there, and of course this is exactly where the Dem’s want the U.S. to go. Thank God we voted them down.
‘despite winning the election in September they’re not allowed to govern’
How is that possible?
It has always been good practice in Austria that, after an election, the party that managed to get the most votes is authorized by the federal president to try and build a coalition government. The Freedom Party – FPÖ – managed to do just that and win the election. Now, all other parties, even the other “conservative” party (ÖVP, who had ruled the last few years in coalition with the “Green” communists) declared they are not willing to cooperate, or even negotiate with the Freedom Party under their current leader because they are “Nazis” and “far right”.
So the current federal president, a card carrying marxist and freemason, member of the “Green” party who was installed in 2016 via an election coup not unlike the one in the US in 2020, decided to authorize the ÖVP, who came in 2nd place at the most recent election to build a coalition government.
Freedom Party is the only anti-globalist party in Austria. EU and the political establishment hate them. So it didn’t matter that they got the most votes and won the election, they were outmanoeuvred by the political establishment and the system.
https://apnews.com/article/austria-president-nehammer-chancellor-government-far-right-b7c91e9030d266d92f348f52acd9e5a8
So they ‘won’ but don’t have a majority?
Makes it tricky when they lock you out like that.
Exactly, system in most countries over here is designed to have more than 2 parties, so it’s actually very unlikely that one single party can get an actual majority.
It’s the weekend!
FTP even though they don’t even play this week.
Headed to Radio City Music hall to see The Rockettes Christmas show this morning, then to Chinatown for shopping and whatever else we decide.
Play nice skolholes.
Didn’t know the Rockettes were still performing. Also, too early for Christmas shows, but have fun.
Stay safe in that Sh*thole.
Democrats are reportedly discussing whether to call on Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to immediately resign in an effort to avoid her replacement potentially being made under President-elect Donald Trump.
This comes after Democrats lost their Senate majority to Republicans in the elections, which according to one Democrat Senator, caused discussion over whether to initiate an immediate replacement of Sotomayor, 70, during their remaining two months in control of their chamber.
The concerns have continued to grow after the possibility of Trump appointing someone to fill her seat, should it becomes vacant during his presidency, are becoming more of a reality.
However, with the former president set to take office in January, any supporters of a quick turnaround replacement have a short window to act.
The Democrat also said that there are two concerns about the idea. Confirming a new justice under Congress’ already packed schedule and whether any members would be willing to go on the record against Sotomayor.
The Supreme Court was a huge reason Trump was elected. Liberals want control of the Court to legislate from the bench in their favor, and undermine the Constitution based on politics. People are seeing this as a real threat to Democracy.
Managers at FEMA told staff to ignore helping people on hurricane relief efforts with homes that had Trump signs.
Shocked. Not shocked.
‘least 20 homes with Trump signs or flags were skipped from the end of October and into November due to the guidance,’
That they know of at present.
Our FEMA claim was denied… maybe the R in my voter registration record played a role in it?
They obviously tracked your online posts here, you were never going to be approved.
Potentially
If this is true, someone(s) should go to jail.
FEMA has confirmed it, said that supervisor is not ‘in that position’ any more.
Just means that they moved her.
Moving her, removing her, or whatever, is not enough. She must be prosecuted.
Damn right. You cannot be in a position like this, and make decisions based on politics.
One of the points Ramaswamy brought up was it was almost impossible to fire a government employee.
That is why he is advocating for ‘realignment’ since that does not come with individual protections.
Having been in a position of hiring and firing Government officials, I can attest to the fact that getting rid of a Government employee, no matter how bad they are, is hard. That said, if someone does something unlawful, like withholding Government assistance for political reasons, they can and should be prosecuted.
They said that FEMA will have to testify to Congress on this in a couple of weeks.
I expect the same ducking and dodging that the Secret Service has done since the first assassination attempt. No one has been fired for that either.
Maybe wait till next year.
Plus with outgoing Senate members Manchin and Sinema they cannot confirm a nomination even if they get one done before DT is sworn in.
Yeah, that is really fortunate.
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Tomorrow the Vikings will beat the Jaguars, and we’ll all be rejoicing!
#nojinx
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