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Packers President Mark Murphy has nothing to say regarding Aaron Rodgers to the Jets, according to NFL.com.
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Here’s a great tune by Alice In Chains. Enjoy!
Wild West out there folks….better strap up and by bullet proof vests for your kids if you want them to survive.
https://twitter.com/andyrichter/status/1645819250152734721?s=61&t=MSJjCAC7RYtUNOadOBqDvw
Let’s highlight every single tragedy we can to demand we force people to surrender their rights and freedoms huh? Don’t Tread on Me.
Let’s bury our heads in the sand and ignore the carnage since it doesn’t affect us directly.
carnage… tragedies occur in life every day. Overeacting to them to take away rights and freedoms is unacceptable. Never give your rights and freedoms away.
I think you have rights & freedoms confused with corruption & culpability.
Florida, WooHoo!!!
Here is Republican hypocrisy 101…Missouri justifies defunding public libraries to protect children from LGBTQ material but are perfectly fine marrying off 12 year old girls. This is twilight zone level pedo grooming.
https://twitter.com/hausofpettymn/status/1646188906201731077?s=61&t=MSJjCAC7RYtUNOadOBqDvw
Bout time you poor bastards got some nice weather….go work on your golf game.
Packers Tackle David Bakhtiari on QB Aaron Rodgers: “He’s going to be a Jet”
I don’t really understand what any of those ramblings from bacteria mean and tbh don’t care.
This made me lol
https://www.yahoo.com/news/woman-demanding-reparations-target-gets-174749211.html
Haha. He decked her good and of course her name is Karen.
She wanted to get paid and now she will be.
She gets to play the victim and ‘settle’ for cash for her ‘pain and suffering’.
Nope. She was the aggressor and charged with a crime and fined.
Small punishment.
“I want free shit”
Security… Nope.
ehh, she’ll sue. The company will settle as they don’t want the bad publicity.
Calif gives the family of any inmate who dies in prison about $400k, doesn’t matter how they died, old age, heart attack, illness, inmate assault, suicide, didn’t matter. And with HepC a lot are very sick when the get to prison.
The state figured out that lawyers/lawsuits would cost them more than that on average so they don’t even fight it anymore.
Yeah you really don’t have to punch someone in the face unless they’re physically hitting you or have a weapon. She was walking towards him. He’s a man, she’s a fat woman…really what’s he scared of?? If she tried to put hands on him then push her away and if she tried to hit him then sure knock her out but to just blast her was a bit excessive imo but hey tough guys on here like to see a black woman get punched by a white man. Feels validating.
For SF to make that deal, they must believe that they can’t get there with Lance, indicating he would be a downgrade from Cousins for us.
Or they don’t think he can now and don’t want to see their SB window close while waiting for him to get there. What kind of compensation would they have to give up? Similar to the Lions/Rams trade?
Thats not the point. Lance would be a stop gap starter still on rookie deal. The win would be freeing Cousins and his bogus contracts from our books allowing us flexibility to draft AND hit free agency to get our roster back in to shape. Best case, Lance blossoms and were ready to roll, worst case, he’s here for the remainder of his rookie contract and we draft a replacement during that time. Its a BIG WIN for the Vikings with 0 down side.
Is he going to be ready to play at the start of the 2023 season? I seem to remember hearing he wanted to be ready for OTAs but don’t remember for sure.
That remains to be seen. Whats his ass can play a few games if need be to start the season. 2023 is a moot point so its really not that big a deal if he’s ready or not. We wont have a SB roster ready and we will have a 1st place schedule. Its a stacked deck.
I’ve never been one of the guys yelling for Cousins to go and I don’t think he’s bad but I have realized that I am ready for it when I see something like this and it actually makes me happy and gets me a little excited.
Never gonna happen. They can wait 1 yesr and get him.
Why would they wait and punt on 2023 if they think they have a SB caliber roster right now?
Not gonna happen. They gave up way to much for Lance to punt on him after like 3 games he’s played.
I think they’re high on the dude who finished last season too. No first rounders either and Vikes aren’t trading Kirk unless there’s that or 3 2nds and SF ain’t giving that up
A 2 this year and a 1 and 2 next year would suffice.
Just call the Jets and take Wilson and their 2 firsts off their hands and they can have Cousins. This also comes with the added benefit of hosing the Peckers.
Don’t think Kirk is a NY kind of guy.
#NoTradeClause
That stupid no trade clause always getting in the way.
Yup, Vikes should have insisted on not having one during last years extension. Hand cuffs the team badly.
Gives the player some control for sure. Traditionally contracts only work to the advantage of the team. It gives them total control of the player and the team can end the contract any time they want, and do anything with the player they want, and the player has no recourse. That’s a good way to do business, huh?
Thats the price of doing business. Kirk doesn’t HAVE to play in the NFL. Teams should have control over players and choose how to run their roster as they see fit. He’s the 10th richest person to play in the NFL I refuse to feel sorry for him, ever. He strong armed the team into mediocrity. Not a fan of that.
Well OK, then players have no rights and the Teams have all the power. We’re good.
Correct. He’s an employee. Its not like he’s being discriminated against if he doesn’t have a no trade clause. Thats like my contract with my company having a “no fire clause”. Not a thing.
I said we’re good.
Kirk has a HOF agent, for sure.
Too bad his play will never be as good as his agent’s.
They don’t have those picks
Well screw them then.
Also agree with this take. They spent a lot of treasure to get Lance and Purdy has a very high risk injury that some QB’s never regain full function and accuracy from so he’s no guarantee. They’d either want to much for Lance or won’t take the risk in having Cousins leave after a year if they don’t want to give him more than a 1 yr deal and be left with Purdy who may not make it.
They have a SB caliber roster right now and need a healthy QB, plus he’d only cost them like 10 mil cap hit, if they want him they should do it now.
Change at all levels was needed with this franchise. Things peaked in 2017 and it got very stale doing the same thing over and over every year since.
SLOTERGOAT!
I agree with this take.
Lmao some no name twitter account trying to get clicks
Like the guys you post? Lmao
It can only be true and reliable if Skolly agrees with the take.
I’d be down for the trade. Kirks dead on this team so might as well get something for him rather him walk for free
Well Skolly we know that trade isn’t possible unless for some reason Cousins agreed to it. So my sense here is unless KAM acquiesces to Cousins desires regarding his contract, then Cousins will be a free agent next year and sign with someone else. KAM will be stuck with the dead cap money and nothing in return. No harm no foul. Just move on and see if you can find a QB that is half as good as Cousins has been.
It does work so ya
IDK, they called the Okudah trade before it happened so they’re not a fake account. Preliminary talks could have just been Kwesi and John Lynch drinking beer and saying silly things.
They probably chatted but with the reworked deal it makes little sense now
Do we know that Queasy actually drinks beer? I think he´s more of an organic Chai Latte guy.
I would make one of the contract stipulations that he gets a haircut. He looks like a hippy who got his head caught in a fan multiple times.
But maybe it’s the source of his superpowers?
Justin Sampson Jefferson. He keeps playing like he does, do whatever you want. The grill he wears looks pretty stupid though too.
Grills have never looked cool. Ever.
Jefferson’s grill still looks better than Kirk’s though.
JJ ain’t going to show up. Book I it if no deal this season.
But he said he didn’t care about money and everyone said Cousins should be like JJ…
Lol…
He will show up.
The fines are large and he loses accrued seasons to FA if he sits out. Hes playing for the Vikings for two more years at a minimum.
I realized there is math to do here. 160/5 is 32 a year. Too much for my blood.
Happy trails, JJ. Vikings could have two solid running backs for 32 a year.
Still learning my way around here. Must admit, come here for football but find some of the political takes fascinating, in a good way. Can’t add much other than after living in DC for over four decades and spending far too much time at political cocktail parties, the person you see on TV is hardly the real person.
Regarding football and the KJ discussion about WR2. I wonder but must admit I’m swayed by one big play. A lot has been written about the fourth and eight play that ended last season, but not much is/was said about the third down play. Watching the play over and over, it appears the ball goes cleanly right thru his hands and hits the chest plate of his shoulder pads – a drop. JJ would have caught the ball hundred out of hundred times. Maybe the coverage was tight and the ball could have been more leading, but still a huge drop.
Can KJ beat single man coverage consistantly from an average level NFL CB?
The Conversations here are usually good, sometimes great, occasionally bad. But we are free to express ourselves and get feedback.
KJ may not need to “beat single man coverage ‘consistently’ from an average level NFL CB”. He can run his routes and help JJ by making defenses choose how to defend him and Hock. Play calling can stress the defense and if they make a mistake someone will be open. I believe that is how he got a lot of his receptions last year, D choose to defend JJ/Hock and KJ slipped between the cracks.
Just IMHO of course I am often wrong about complex issues.
I am not sold on KJ either. He seems more like a #2.75 receiver than a true #2, but I don’t think the split-hair differences matter much for the upcoming season. It is just one to get through and see how things develop.
I just hope we can have our once-a-decade run sometime in the 2020s.
I certainly believe you attended cocktail parties with DC political folks more than I do NVF ran black op missions abroad and worked directly for Orange Squeeze. Glad you’re enjoying the banter. That’s all it is.
I’m reminded of something the late Senator Fred Thompson once said when he first got to Washington- “I thought I was a pretty good actor when I first got to Washington but I quickly learned there were about 25 senators that were better than I am.”
The discussion yesterday about guns/mentally ill caused me to go read several articles on the subject. Learned a few things so all is good
Good points, yeah we talk about everything lol.
Good point on KJ. I think with seeing so much 2 TE sets I have a hard time thinking we will see a WR in the first round. I think Hock will be the #2 in many situations or even the #1 read in many boots and PA. KJ would be a fine #3 and I think in many instances he really will be.
Well… with the amount of draft capital and what little FA capital we had dedicated to the TE position we better be getting use out of it lol.
I actually like the two and even three TE sets. Line run blocks better anyway and JJ might get some better looks. Wouldn’t hurt to get a big, bruising back.
Trade Cook for Henry. Shoot swap Cousins and Tannehill in the process and make the Titans give up a draft pick.
I too really like big sets that force the defense to give your best WR 1 on 1 look.
Don’t take anything too seriously and all will be fine.
Assume sarcasm on 95% or more of the posts and you’ll be good.
I assume this post is sarcasm
Well plaid…
JRobert…..is that short for Justice Roberts???
No thanks.
JRobert Oppenheimer?
Once you get the hang of it it’s not hard to
navigate. Political stuff allowed here but usually it’s the same clowns each day. Feel free to engage or just scroll past it if needed.
Vikes news will pick up once there’s actually news…. Extremely bare right now in mid April. Draft in 2 weeks though!
I don’t do real reviews like Wrenage, BUT we did watch the new Puss’N’Boots Movie (give it a rest you juveniles), and both my wife and I thought it was BAD…..given the high rotten tomatoes scores I was looking for something more akin to Shrek. It wasn’t
I don’t delve too deeply into family animated movies. Nothing against them. Just aren’t on my radar.
I really enjoyed Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, though. What a great, quirky flick.
I still watch most of the new animated things once they hit streaming.
Some are good, some are not. Tried to watch Ron’s Gone Wrong. Turned it off after 20 minutes.
I like the old school things.
I reviewed Noah’s Shark. It’s quite horrendous…
https://www.lastmovieoutpost.com/retro-review-noahs-shark/
This is a thing? Also we are going to have to disagree that The 10 Commandments has anything to do with history lol.
Could Noah’s Shark be so bad it’s worth a watch just to cringe and make fun of it ala MST3K?
Nope, not worth watching just to cringe. It transcends terrible. I believe the guy deliberately makes bad movies to try to get the cringe market. To me, that is not an an honest bad movie. It is wallowing in crap to make a buck…like the Vikings…
Very fair point.
lol
I think the Redskins drafted a guy like that many years ago. Got to the NFL and sucked (of course).
I’ll be confused if Vikes don’t draft a QB early. If they don’t, then Kirk gets all the leverage again or forces Vikes to draft one in 2024 no matter what.
They don’t have enough picks right now to take a flyer on a mid round QB.
If they pass on QB why didn’t they just try to work something out with Kirk?
Let the rook play in ’24.
Its called taking a flyer on a mid fill in QB in 24. Theres more options here then you are realizing. Either way, Kirks not the future here. Its just a question of if its after 2023, or after 2024. Theres plenty of options that dont involve him being here in 2024 and letting a rookie sit in 2023 OR 2024
I think Wentz will be available for a one season stop gap.
Vikes brining in alot of WR. They may go WR at 23.
still think that’s a huge mistake
Nice to see JJ get help unless you think Osborn is a #2. Lots of needs. Flip a coin. Not surprised a trade out.
Trade back, add a 2nd rounder somehow with that, draft Hooker and a corner, then grab a WR in 3.
Not against adding picks, as long as not too far back.
QB isn’t gonna happen the more days that guy by for me.
Hope they can land Kirk this off-season if that’s the case
KJ is a WR2 in this offense. Hock is really the second read for Kirk anyways
He had “a” nice game. Not sold.
He had 3 100 yard receiving games as literally the 4th option (JJ hock AT).
Had more TDs then AT and close to JJ
TE don’t stretch the field. Means more doubles on JJ.
Well on the flip side the reason Hock was so open all the time is because of the doubles on JJ leaving the middle of the field open
Ben, as I rewatched the games over this past few months I noted for the most part all our receivers (including Hockensen) were pretty heavily covered most of the time after the first game of the season. Yes, there were some plays where JJ or KJ broke wide open, but those were more the exception than the rule. KOC’s grand scheme wasn’t all that grand. We were living on spectacular throws and spectacular catches.
Just a smokescreen maybe.
Or they are going to take one later in the draft and are doing their due diligence to ensure they have one available that they have talked to.
Yup, also a possibility.
Idk… why would they waste their time?
I still dont see osbourne as a legit #2. I agree with trading back, for a 2nd rounder and picking one up in the top 3 rounds somehwere.
He’s really a WR3 in this offense with JJ 1 and Hock 2
Yeah, and thats not good. I still want a legit WR2.
Oilers beat the Avs 2-1 in OT last night to keep a chance at the 1 seed in the Pacific. McDavid has a 15 game points streak, the first player in NHL history to have three such streaks in a single season. 8 wins in a row…they’re getting hot at the right time. Oh baby.
Lol Wolves last night. Loved it, hope they lose on Friday too
Nah, lets keep the shit show going….I want to see them get destroyed in the 1st round so they can understand how truly awful and embarrassing they are.
But if the lose Friday at home thats almost as good.
Anthony Edwards…if you are so hurt that you can’t contribute sit your ass down and let someone else play….lots of blame to go around but 3 of 15 (all layups) from your superstar is just terrible.
Timberwolves should be disbanded. They’ve only had one truly fun season: 03-04. And that got derailed because Sam Cassell hurt himself in the playoffs doing his big-balls dance. That is so Timberwolves.
I basically quit watching them when Kevin Love broke his hand doing knuckle pushups. Yeah, okay, Kevin…
I just couldn’t take the idiocy anymore.
They could just disband the NBA while they’re at it.
At this stage, yes. It’s time to let the lights shine solely on the WNBA!
Typical Minnesota sports.
Qualify for the post season, then choke it away.
Gopher hockey did the same thing on Saturday.
Up 2-0 in the second period, then choke away the national championship game.
Wolves can relocate. I wouldn’t notice for years.
neither would I.
The Gophers loss was pathetic. What a waste of a great team and a great year. Typical Minn teams.
When’s Kwesi meeting with the Hooker?
Trade Kirk!!!
Yet they also say it’s goin to happen. I don’t think anyone really knows what’s going on. Lots of conjecture.
Its gonna go up to the draft. If its not done then, it might be post June 1st.
Rich Eisen had an interesting take.
Rodgers should show up in GB for the offseason program.
I despise Rich Eisen.
It’s still an interesting take to potentially create chaos.
FTP.
True. Nothing surprises me any more with Rodgers
Can’t remember the story but there was one out there exposing him as the royal douche that he is.
Morning little skolholes
A big thank you to the ND legislators for standing up for fairness and girls rights.
The only reason the limp wristed governor signed it is because it is veto-proof.
North Dakota governor signs trans athlete bans into law (msn.com)
AND WE ARE GETTING CIGAR LOUNGES! WOOT!
And if I am reading this right, Trans Boys can play boys sports right?
AIC FTW!
Wife officially became American yesterday.
Hell yeah.
did she have to choose what kind of American she wanted to be?
box 1: lifer
box 2: not lifer
Box 3: Chinese spy.
That is also possible since she speaks fluent Chinese. If so, I will make sure she puts all you guys on the “safe list” when China rules the solar system.
Jealous!!
Back in college I dated a Chinese woman. Unbelievably beautiful, and about 5’8″. I was bartending at a restaurant across from the mall, where her sister worked as a server. Employees weren’t allowed to drink at the restaurant where I bartended, so I would get done with work and meet my girlfriend in the restaurant where her sister worked. Got done a little early one night, went over to wait for my girlfriend. Her sister finished her shift and asked me to walk her out to her car – there was a rash of recent robberies by thieves waiting behind the mall for servers to walk out to the parking lot.
So I walked her out to her car, turned around and walked back in.
My girlfriend got there and asked where her sister was – told her she got done early and asked me to walk her out. Bartended confirmed I was gone about 1 minute. Didn’t matter – my girlfriend broke up with me on the spot.
I think we’d still be together if she didn’t have a sister……..
I feel there must be more to the story. Why was she so sore you were gone for one minute, let alone escorting her sister safely to her car for one minute?
It was definitely the fact that I was alone with her sister.
I’m thinking there may be some history between her and her sister – maybe a stolen boyfriend or two?
Asian women be crazy. That’s not sexist or racist because I am just repeating what an Asian woman told me.
Not my wife either. I’ve never asked my wife if Asian women are crazy. I already know the answer because I’m married to her!
The Asian girl that told me Asian women are crazy is probably the smartest person I have ever encountered. It wasn’t just intelligence. She was sharp as a razor blade honed by a laser. Also funny as all get out. I don’t think she was human, honestly.
Hi Kodiak.
Haven’t heard that name is quite a while, wonder if he was banned too or if he just quit since Five was.
That’s a question for Skolly and Gone Hunt and Peck.
She’s ready to vote Biden 2024!
Just kidding. She is somewhat apolitical yet still harbors hate for Biden.
I don’t know the back story but congrats!
Originally, she was a Singaporian. Then she became a Canadian. Then she married me. After seven years, she is now an official U.S. citizen.
Hmmm…it occurs to me this maybe makes her a citizenship slut. Girl’s been with how many different countries now?
Ha! That’s awesome man!
I always thought that once you marry an American, you automatically become a US citizen. I guess that rule changed.
I thought so, too, but it was about a seven-year process. It had occasional meetings in Minneapolis and Sioux Falls, multiple paperwork packets mailed in, etc. I don’t know how many copies I made of my birth certificate over those seven years. Once we even had to go to Montreal for a meeting.
Once MT snuck across they knew they had to tighten up the rules.
So true. Letting that loser in. Sheesh.
Nope, it is a big deal, as in a long process. Unless you are a refugee walking across the southern border illegally.
But they are all going to vote for Biden so it is ok.
Congrats!
Yes, Congratulations!
Congratulations!
Was a great moment in my life, as well.
Minnesota Sports Fever! Catch it and then constantly feel like you’re dying for the rest of your life.
Finchy has to go.
Minnesota sports, man. Masochism at its finest.
Stupidity soup being served by Trump again. Slurp it up and act like you’re a patriot.
XI Jinping…”great brain” 😂
-Trump
What a fucking idiot….
Right Wingers making excuses for Trump and posting TDS defensive responses for the millionth time.
Post something bad about Biden and the left. I did this same exercise with 5, lets me know just how indoctrinated someone is. Can you do it? Because both sides do good things and bad things. Both sides are corrupt as fuck.
There’s nothing bad to say about Biden. He’s the best president since Carter.
Carter= good man/bad president
Biden= crook/weak/bad president
Trump=A-hole/egomaniac/good president
I see no error in your assessment.
@You must be a Trump Apoligist@
And Crook is a relative term, they are all crooks, some more than others. Hillary would have been among the worst.
I’m going to disagree. Mitch and Nancy have to be two of the biggest pieces of fuckin scum in recent history
I thought Nancy was going to move to Italy after the D’s lost control of the House?
Fuck I wish her and Mitch would just walk off into the sun… not the sunset but the actual sun.
That visual puts a smile on my face.
They should take our flat top lying senator with em.
Trump passes policy that are good for his own pocketbook. It just so happens that some of those policies also benefit other industries. He was good for the economy but I refuse to call a man that has only ever cared about his own bottom line a good president. He is much better than Biden but that is a very low bar. Obama is was way better than Biden, that doesn’t make Obama a good president.
Please name the policies Trump passed that were good for his own pocket book. Interested in this argument.
Corona Virus Stimulus Package:
Administration Action: The coronavirus relief bill, which President Trump signed into law, may benefit the president’s businesses in three ways. First, it makes some hotel owners eligible to receive small-business loans to continue paying employees during coronavirus shutdowns, even if they employ hundreds of people. The Small Business Administration, the head of which is a Trump appointee, will have some discretion over allocating these funds. Second, it includes a change to the tax code that lets hotels and restaurants write off money spent on renovations immediately, instead of having to take the deduction over a period of years. Third, it permits real estate investors to use losses to pay less in taxes on profits they earn from other investments.
Trump’s Business Interest: The Trump Organization is a real estate development company that owns and operates hotels and restaurants across the country.
Conflict: Though the coronavirus relief legislation is explicit that the president’s businesses should not receive bailouts from the $500 billion fund for distressed businesses, two other provisions in the bill may benefit hotels and restaurants owned by the president. For example, President Trump’s Washington, DC hotel is believed to qualify for a small-business loan made available in the relief bill. A third part of it may lower his taxes, if he has continued to claim real estate losses on his returns. President Trump has claimed significant losses on his tax return in the past. The new policy rolls back limits on how much in real estate losses could be used to offset other income imposed by the 2017 tax bill.
Coronavirus Immigration Order (so like this one falls under yes he limited immigration, everyone applauds him for but once again, he made sure it doesn’t affect his bottom line).
Administration Action: President Trump signed an order limiting immigration to the United States during the coronavirus pandemic that did not apply to a type of work visa that several of his properties utilize to hire temporary workers at a lower cost. Though President Trump first said he was “suspend[ing] immigration into the United States,” the proclamation that was issued did not apply to immigrants traveling into the country on H-2A and H-2B visas.
Trump’s Business Interest: President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club as well as golf resorts he owns in Florida and New York have applied for and been granted H-2B visas by the Trump administration. The Trump winery in Virginia, from which the President also draws income, has applied for H-2A visas.
Conflict: Excluding H-2A and H-2B visas from the immigration rule protects the President’s businesses’ interest in their ability to continue to use the visas to hire temporary seasonal workers at an inexpensive cost. The Trump winery in particular has reportedly struggled to find American workers.
Oil Drilling Order
Administration Action: In September President Trump signed an executive order extending a ban on oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico until 2032. The order also imposed a moratorium against drilling off the coasts of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. This was a sudden reversal for Trump, who had previously supported offshore drilling.
Trump’s business interest: Trump profits from several properties along the Atlantic Coast of Florida, including the Trump-branded Trump Tower Sunny Isles and Mar-a-Lago, his exclusive club and personal residence.
Shall I continue?
Ummm these were Congressional Bills signed by Trump written to benefit businesses in a very stressful period. Trump neither wrote them nor sponsored them, he simply signed them. In fact the bills themselves had provisions written into them to prevent the President from receiving any benefit. I have never seen a bill with any such language before. He could have not signed them, and hurt businesses. Also folks would have said he didn’t sign them because of the clauses I just mentioned, as a political attack on him.
I think this is a VERY skewed twisted view of how legislation works. These were not Trump “policies” which he created for his own benefit. They were Congressional bills he signed for the benefit of the country. The extrapolation here is just political posturing. My opinion.
I made a very long post outlining several policies… where did it go?
Damn shadow bans again.
I mean it was stupid long, could have been an automatic axe to crap that long lol. And tbh I get why.
Well that’s too bad. Was looking forward to it.
I just now saw your post, it was probably placed in “waiting for approval” due to the length (NWSS)
– not something one of us did to take sides in your discussion
Lazy Ass Mods
I understand why that exists no worries.
The fact he can’t say anything tells you all you need to know. I think the flip side is true though. Bow… can you say anything good about the democratic party or something Biden has done? Because as trash overall he is, there are some things he did that were good (well his puppet masters did it). If not then you know you too are indoctrinated to the point of blindness.
He did a good job raising oil prices and therefore the stock price of the oil companies I owned stock in. The things that are touted as victories are not things I would agree are great victories. The inflation reduction act for example does exactly the opposite.
His EPA is absolutely ridiculous and does nothing but put unnecessary regulations and burdens on industry, like trying to force companies to spend millions of dollars to reduce haze in wilderness areas an imperceptible amount while ignoring the fact that most visible haze is from wildfires. Wildfires that are getting worse because the forests have been managed to prevent all fires, therefore increasing dead timber and undergrowth. Sorry, that went down a bit of a tangent.
He got troops out of the Middle East, but the way that was bungled and the amount of equipment left behind, I would call that a loss as well.
The Democrat party is so anti corporation and industry it is sickening. Anti police policies have worked out great though. Female sports should get more interesting to watch now that they will be turning into sports for the males that aren’t good enough to compete against other males, basically women’s sports will become the minor league. I really don’t have anything good to say about the Democrat Party or their platforms but that is not due to indoctrination. It is because everything they state they believe in is contrary to my beliefs and what I think is best for me and my family.
I mean, you make some good points but it doesn’t take away from the fact they do do things that are bipartisan good. The fact you can’t bring yourself to say anything positive is the exact same reason Libs can’t find anything good to say about Trump. The Democratic party isn’t anti-industry or corporation, come on you’re better than that. If they were, they’d have no big time financial backers. They are two wings of the same bird. The Dems pretend and chirp to be anti corporation and then take millions and millions from corporate interests? Yeah OK. That checks out.
Also, check the things your family actually believes and see if the Conservatives actually support those things or do they just say those things? For the most part just like Dems they say things to appease to get voted in. They don’t actually care, and if you think they actually represent your values that’s like thinking wrestling is real or buying snake oil.
They are all full of shit but it comes down to supporting the party/candidates that pretend to care about similar things as me or support the ones that admit to the exact opposite. There are some decent dems, but the party as a whole is crap. Bipartisan accomplishments are not dem accomplishments. The core, stated beliefs and goals of the Democratic Party are exactly contrary to what I believe is good for myself, my family, my job and the country. Higher taxes, bad. Higher government spending, bad. Unions, bad. Unlimited abortions all the way to past birth, bad. More regulation, bad. Gun control/bans, bad. Reducing domestic energy production, bad. Forcing economically unfit green energy down the throats of everybody, bad.
I mean Bow, you need a reality check a bit and I am not trying to be mean. The Golden Boy Ronald McReagan raised taxes many times, both Bushes did as well, Trump’s taxes raised taxes for nearly everyone. You are lying to yourself about the number 1 core belief you are sticking to. Higher government spending? Are you kidding? Are you going to try and tell me the deficit didn’t go up during Trumps administration? (I am sure there are excuses as to why but the same type of excuses aren’t true for Obama or Biden?). Unions ARE NOT BAD, anyone who believes that is indoctrinated. Unions have WAAAAYYYYY TOO much power, anyone who doesn’t understand that is just as indoctrinated from the other side. But in and of themselves is not bad. Why can’t we have balance? Why does it have to be all or nothing? Agreed on the abortions, agreed on the gun control, Trump apposed off shore drilling in the areas he owned property on the coast… gee I wonder why. You are lying to yourself about the situation man.
I never said Trump was 100% great, but he did lower taxes, I saw it in my paychecks. The tax reforms did not raise taxes on everybody, that’s just false. Businesses were doing well, wage growth was very high and companies were actually coming back to the US. I don’t care who is the one raising taxes or the deficit be it Democrat, Republican, or a flying monkey. Just because a Republican does it doesn’t mean I agree with it any more.
Unions had their place but as you say have way too much power now. They force employees to pay them dues whether you want to or not then negotiate contracts that don’t really help the employee. In the open economy we have now, open competition for employees would get you a lot further than the unions do. Take Billings for example. We have 3 oil refineries here with union employees. They all negotiate a contract and its pretty much the same from location to location. The companies only have to meet the contract now and shitty employees are protected by the union. Take out the union and the contract and there would be competition between the companies for the best of the employees. The company willing to pay the best and offer the best benefits would get the best employees. Some of the stories I’ve heard from friends about how work “gets done” at the refineries because of union rules is absolutely ridiculous. A job that should take 20 minutes will take 5-6 hours. I am all for the safety of employees and whatnot but the procedures they go through to keep the unions happy are insane.
Trump’s tax policy were very short sighted for the positives for most. The policies stretched into the future would have raised for everyone quite a lot.
Again I think issue you and I are talking about is a big issue. Unions are no inherently bad. Unions having way too much damn power is bad. They were started to balance out the workers having no power. I have the same issue trying to talk sensibly to either side about climate change. Republicans go IT’S A HOAX, IT’S ALL FAKE! It’s like, no it’s not. Same thing with evolution, “IT’S NOT REAL!” And it’s like, no, we have proof things do evolve. Climate is changing but the reason why is what is up for debate. But it’s been so hijacked to be all or nothing. Same thing goes for evolution and the same thing goes for Unions and many other topics. We have been conditioned that the left believes this, the right believes that and you have to choose your side 100% there can be no middle ground or thinking for yourself.
I agree that unions had a purpose, 60 years ago. The time has passed and they do more harm than good. This is not an indoctrinated opinion I got from my TV that I don’t watch, except for hunting, Vikings, and Wild.. This is an opinion based on knowledge from friends and having to deal with unions professionally.
The rest I pretty much agree with. Climate change is so twisted its ridiculous. Everything is because of climate change now. Take the flooding in California for example. I’ve already seen it blamed on climate change but the truth is that the area that is flooding is a freaking lake bed that was artificially drained to make room for more farms. I already explained fires, but every year the wildfires are blamed on climate change, not the past 100 years of mismanagement of the forests. Fires are good for forests if allowed to burn naturally. The problem now is that you can’t just let them burn because of houses and even without the houses the amount of overgrowth is to the point that when a fire does burn through it nukes everything. Instead of opening serotonous pine cones, the fire just melts them and you are left with nothing but invasive weeds.
At the end of the day, I don’t think our beliefs are really that far apart on most of this. Some of the disagreement is purely semantics, and maybe a little misinterpreted smart ass takes and hyperbole.
That’s fair. I just hate when talking to smart, pretty open minded Libs or Conservatives, I just want to push them over the edge to open their eyes on that their side is just as shitty so we can get some common ground and get some shit done lol.
I bought into the Obama shit his first run. Partly because I liked McCain and he turned into a tool for the party once he got the nomination and that pissed me off haha I was a young kid in college who grew up in an area that I rejected everything about living in the country with horses. I still to this day don’t know how to saddle a horse even though we had them my whole life growing up, I skate boarded, played in metal bands, wore baggy clothes with crazy bands on them from Hot Topic lol etc… So naturally I rejected the thoughts and party that represented what I thought of at the time as just dumb hicks (some are lol). But… I have come a long way since then. I had to open my eyes to the fact the Democratic party was a putrid pile of horse shit… just like the Republican party lol.
Had to report to the balloon factory.
Both sides are corrupt yes but both sides are not the same.
Yes, one party wants to take all our rights and freedoms away from us and enslave the population to them… the other does not… more or less (I think there are RHINO’s and career politicians who are cheering the Dem’s on).
Conservatives want small Government that represents us not rules us. Liberals want Socialism where we are under the total control of the Government.
Is this sarcasm…? This HAS to be sarcasm. Conservatives want small Government… HAHAHA!
Conservatives want small Government. Yes. Less taxes, less Government.
True Conservatives do. That doesn’t mean politicians are truthful about it. You can be a Conservative and not a grifting politician.
Then why do you keep voting for guys that consistently make the government bigger and raise taxes? The proof is in the pudding.
There’s no candidates that don’t. Can’t vote for something that doesn’t exist.
Let me guess the Republicans are worse right?
Well Trump is quite a dummy himself. The reason he doesn’t workout is he thinks we are like batteries or like life bars from Mortal Kombat and when you workout you expend that energy pushing you closer to death. Makes total sense.
You can be a terrible person and still a very smart person who is also a great leader. The thing is I think you can make the argument he is making and have it not sound terrible. Problem is the things I think Trump really loves about those leaders is the fact that they get to be dictators while Trump isn’t even a dick-tater more of a spud-dick lol. He is so jealous he doesn’t get to do whatever he wants to make his bank account thrive without being apposed.
Or you can be like Biden and be a terrible person, an idiot and a horrible leader.
Trump is also a terrible person, an idiot and honestly a better leader than Biden but anyone who has any critical thinking skills wouldn’t be lead by Trump. He is a terrible leader but a good entertainer. You’d have to be complete moron or a complete tool for your political identity to be lead by either.
But if Trump called those leaders really stupid, you would point out how terrible a leader Trump is for not having “diplomacy skills”.
Let’s go skydiving today!
https://twitter.com/kirawontmiss/status/1645857202966777861?s=61&t=MSJjCAC7RYtUNOadOBqDvw
They all lived including the pilot in the other plane that exploded and the wing fell off. He had a chute on lol….
Holy shit! That’s crazy. I did that once (skydiving) back when I was young and dumb.
When I did it we had to climb out the window (small plane), stand on a step welded to the side of the plane, hold on to the wing strut and then jump.
Jump master wrote that I started ‘swimming’ to catch back up to the plane when i saw it leaving me behind.
Once in a lifetime experience, glad I did it and can cross it off my bucket list.
Exactly the same for me. I was the biggest/tallest so I was first to go. Jumpmaster said that the plane could not safely land with all of us on board so I was going out one way or the other. Not sure if that was true but at the time I definitely expected him to whip out a hammer or something if I refused to go out the door. I remember the feeling of dread as I put my right arm way out on the strut like it was yesterday.
I had just convinced myself that I wasn’t going to jump and climb back into the plane when the Jump master gave me the jump signal. Next thing I knew I was watching the plane leave me behind.
Kind of surreal looking back on it.
Don’t care how high i go, as long as i have one foot on the ground..
I refuse to Bungie Jump, mostly because I don’t trust a ‘Carny’ to not screw it up.
Good to know everybody survived that incident.
(Dave doesn’t typically publish a new comic MWF during draft season) here’s something from the past
I find it hard to believe that with only 6 players selected at that time, the Vikings couldn’t have dashed to the podium and picked ANY of the 4 remaining top 10 ranked players and come out just fine.
Sounds like amateur hour to me…
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It’s Hump Day
Yup
Good morning
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Good morning, SKOL!