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Vikings News
One of the Vikings free agent signings received praise from MSN.
Vikings.com looks at receivers in tight ends in their training camp preview.
NFL News
Former Saints TE, Jimmy Graham is competing in Arctic sports and doing well, per nfl.com.
Media Selection
A really good conversation here, worth a listen.
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From Addison’s lawyer:
“Today, after careful consideration of the charges against him and all defenses, Jordan Addison decided to plead to a lesser included vehicular offense, commonly referred to as a “wet reckless.” As a result, Mr. Addison will pay a standard fine and complete two online courses after which we expect that his probation will be terminated early in six months. Over the past year, he voluntarily participated in MADD events and programs and, after reflection, decided to enter this plea understanding the ramifications of this decision. He has kept the organization apprised throughout these legal proceedings, and will continue in his full commitment to being a valuable member of his team.”
Good work by the lawyer acting like Addison is doing everyone a favor by taking a plea deal.
Rickie Fowler has 3 birdies, and two bogies on his round today. Both bogies on putts from inside 4 feet. Bother. Should be 3 under, but is only one under.
what a perfect gif.
also, have you seen the new show on Prime called “House of David”?
British Open day…
Happy Thorsday?
FTP
Skol
Redskins signed Von Miller to a one year deal. Wonder if he has anything left in the tank.
The Packers got themselves a smrt one
I guess he is not that into geography?
Not sure I’d recommend giving half the guys in the league an IQ test.
OK, who doesn’t know Wisconsin sits on top of Illinois, and Green Bay sits just off Lake Michigan?
I know where Wisconsin is.
But i have no clue where GB is in Wisconsin.
And I am ok with that since I don’t expect to ever go there.
Hell I grew up in Illinois and still have no idea where Green Bay is and don’t really care.
F.I.B.!
Sam Ponder talks about her firing from ESPN after Trans Controversy.
“They were uncomfortable with me talking about the trans women in women’s sports issue and that they weren’t going to allow me to misgender people.”
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/former-espn-host-details-firing-after-support-women-against-trans-athletes-i-thought-sports
Not a big fan of links golf, can watch once a year. Problem is i look for grouping and favorites are usually 4 in the morning. Not setting my alarm.
Just stay up ‘til four in the morning, problem solved.
If you stayed up until 4am to watch the start of golf wouldn’t you need to stay up to watch the actual golf?
If that is even possible watching golf.
It’s different and makes a nice contrast to the point and shoot golf we play over here. And usually the weather is dicey requiring a certain “toughness” which is is neat too.
https://babylonbee.com/news/doctor-reassures-nervous-patient-this-procedure-will-make-him-truckload-of-money
Finally!! An Honest Doctor….
Got a draft of the letter from the lawyer…he’s expensive but he writes a mean response.
I read that as Koi Perch and thought, “gee, Koi aren’t perch, they’re carp”
The Los Angeles Chargers are reporting today, since they’re participating in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game on July 31 in Canton.
Their opponent, the Detroit Lions, will report on Saturday, and every team will be fully reported by Wednesday, July 23.
Closing in on NFL news in just a few days.
Laughing… so hard. That is funny as shit.
Really funny!
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie introduced a bipartisan resolution to force a vote on mandating the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release files related to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
The bipartisan effort, led by Massie (R-Ky.) and Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), is labeled the Epstein Files Transparency Act (EFTA), which would force the House to vote on the “complete release of the government’s files related to Jeffrey Epstein.”
Congress cannot compel the Judiciary to violate law, as a political stunt. The case has been ruled on, and the files have had all names associated with the case redacted by two judges. This is a matter of Constitutional law, that politicians seek to overtly violate.
Just park a wood chipper in front of congress and see who avoids it.
Why aren’t we allowed to know the names of these child molesters, while other child molesters are in jail?
Why is Maxwell even in jail if the names are so important that nobody should know?
Are there pending criminal charges for the redacted names?
Why not?
Because it’s against their rights, guaranteed under the Constitution.
Charging child molesters is against the molesters rights?
And the victims have no rights?
This smells like a CIA operation that nobody wants exposed.
Which means it’s bad.
The judges determined this, not me. They redacted the names, based on law. The Constitution provides the right to privacy. The right to privacy is the ability of an individual to keep their personal information and private life out of the public domain. The principle of privacy is essential to human dignity and the protection of our autonomy, dignity, and personal identity. It is a fundamental right that has been recognized by the Constitution of many countries around the world, not just ours.
Releasing names of people, that other people talked about, with no evidence to prove any wrongdoing, violates this right. Pushing names out to the public of people who may, or may not have conducted themselves criminally, is a violation of their Constitutional rights.
What rights are you referring to? Fair trial, legal defense, but privacy is not normally a right.
What part of the constitution is this in violation with?
Right to privacy. The judges rightly decided that the names of people, that other people talked about, could not be released, under the Constitution. This is called hearsay, which is inadmissible in a court of law. Therefore, the names could not be released to the public. It’s a legality we should adhere to.
Isn’t it hearsay as evidence in court.
If someone was with Epstein, didn’t really do anything wrong and is NOT being charged, why is the government required to protect him. He made his bed. As my Dad used to say, you run around. with garbage you’re going to get some stink on you.
Because any association with Epstein is ruinous to one’s reputation by default. The court of public opinion would destroy anyone. Thus the judges did the right thing under the law. Protect the innocent, and we are innocent until proven guilty.
I’m surprised people here would want the names of people who may not have done anything at all, being released.
The video tapes probably don’t reveal anyone’s identity. Thus no charges can be filed. These are the rules of engagement we live under, and abide by.
There’s legally wrong and just pain wrong. Lots of folks think just hanging with a pervert like Epstein and his gagle of young girls says a lot about one’s character.Believe Bill Gates wife thought so and she divorced him.
Addison hearing moved to Thursday.
Thanks. I was wondering how it went in court for him yesterday. Now we have to wait till tomorrow.
Remember in 2000, when Tiger won the 100th U.S. Open by a record 15 strokes at Pebble Beach? I do. May be the greatest victory in the history of sports. No one has ever won a Major Championship in a manner like that, before or since. A record I feel that will never be broken.
Tomorrow, the British Open starts in Northern Ireland, where Rory was born. I wonder if he’s thinking about putting on a show like that at Royal Port Rush.
Pretty sure he’d take a simple one stroke victory.
Absolutely.
Your boy Rickie actually qualified for the tournament.
That’s big for him.
I agree. I like Rickie a lot. He is kind, accommodating, and caring. He has immense talent, but unfortunately, he’s never quite achieved as much as many folks expected. That is a weight to bear, but he never shows it. He’s pretty much hanging on for dear life now, but he’s always there for his fans, and the media. I doubt seriously he’ll make the cut, much less contend this week, but I’ll be pulling for him.
He sounds a lot like me in golf and most areas of my life!
Anthony Bernal, former assistant to Joe Biden and senior advisor to Jill Biden, declined to answer questions about Biden’s cognitive decline, pleading the Fifth Amendment.
So this is just weird. They can’t answer a question about Biden’s cognitive state, without incriminating themselves? What criminal act are they extricating themselves from?
The crackhead has spoken:
Hunter Biden claims the reason the Democrats lost in the 2024 presidential election was due to their lack of loyalty to his father, Joe Biden.
“We lost the last election because we did not remain loyal to the leader of the party,” Hunter Biden stated during an interview with former DNC Chair Jamie Harrison. “That’s my position. We had the advantage of incumbency, we had the advantage of an incredibly successful administration, and the Democratic Party literally melted down.”
Hunter Biden argued that the Democrat Party’s decision to force his father to withdraw from his reelection campaign will likely lead to internal party conflicts throughout the Trump administration.
Somehow the crackhead believes his clearly mentally challenged father, was the right choice to be President.
Incredibly successful. What a effing crackhead.
British Open coverage starts tomorrow at 1:30 a.m. on Peacock, and continues on USA from 4 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
I may or may not be up at 1:30 to watch…
That’s 1:30 Eastern? 12:30 God’s time?
God’s time is 2 hours behind eastern.
Yes, it’s 1:30 a.m. Eastern. God’s time appears to be debatable… grin.
If I got to heaven and it looked like the midwest, I’d start looking around for Ashton Kutcher and the cameras.
Had a brief discussion at med staff yesterday about Medicaid Expansion ruling and the work requirement. CEO felt that the work requirement will help local businesses that are routinely understaffed. One member of med staff opined that by requiring some people to work they may exceed the threshold of eligibility for Medicaid (which to me is a good thing), and another thought the absolute number of able bodied adults on Medicaid (aka the 28 year old guy living in his mom’s basement playing video games all day) must be vanishingly low.
My personal take is I don’t want my tax dollars paying someone’s health insurance that simply doesn’t work because they don’t like working. However, enforcement is going to be difficult and it is better for society as a whole if everyone has access to some form of health insurance and preventive care.
We have nearly 78 million people on medicaid. It has gotten way out of hand and will bankrupt the government without changes. And as a society, we want and need able bodied people to work.
That whole narrative about “we” have to be sure everyone has access to some form of health insurance and preventive care is a nice, altruistic, position. Very virtuous. I hate that guilt trip BS that I’m responsible, by societal default, for other people. I take care of my own family. I don’t want to take care of other people’s families. I suggest though, that people be interviewed and assessed in person to qualify for medicaid. They also must prove they are seeking work, to maintain any benefits.
Trouble is that those people know how to work the system. They are required to go to job interviews to “prove” they are trying to get a job, but they should have to prove they aren’t bombing these interviews on purpose so they don’t get hired.
My uncle hired for the state highway department and said he saw them all the time. He once had a lady walk in his office for a job interview and she sat down and put her feet up on his desk. She obviously didn’t want a job, just had to do an interview so she could stay on welfare.
I think the interviewer should have to sign off that it was a legit attempt, they just didn’t hire them.
Yep, we see that a lot. Half ass applications to meet their quota and totally avoid even getting to the interview stage. We get a lot of people quitting on day 1 or 2 as well during or right after training. The other one that we see is guys that will work for a couple of months until the court finds out about their job and is getting ready to adjust their child support.
Simple solution like was once done with unemployment. For 18 months you report every 2 weeks with interview statuses. At the 18 month mark, coverage is terminated.
Great motivator to get a job.
Hunger is also a great motivator.
Indeed. People need to stop being cared for so much, that there is no incentive to work.
Nice Bow… perfect!
Semi-quick story: Son in graduate school at MSU. Lived with four other dudes all 5 in graduate school in mathematics or similar working towards masters or PhD’s. Paid $1400 per month, tuition waiver, but they have to teach one class per semester. Health insurance through MSU $1000 for the year. 4 outta the 5 opted out of the MSU offered health insurance and got on Medicaid, they showed W2’s at $16.8k/yr and were eligible for Medicaid. Those same 4 also used their W2’s to use the food bank. All the while spending $100-200/month on beer and refer.
I am paying for health insurance for graduate students so they can have beer and refer money. Coincidentally, my son’s first project at his first job was a statistical analysis estimate of the numbers of new M Aid enrollees in the MT and the cost to the state with M Aid expansion.
Rent a protest company turns down $20 million.
After 9 years I finally traded in the Joyota Fundra. I needed something a little more suited to towing. Hopefully the new(ish) pickup will be half as good to me as the Tundra was.
Nice pickup! Duramax?
Gas. 6.6L
Nice!
That’s a purty looking pickup. I’m a Ford man, myself, but Chevy makes a nice pickup.
Great looking truck. Hope you get many years of service out of her.
We skipped Wednesday…..
Damn
Gotta give you a hard time.
Hope all is well/getting better!
Oh yeah, all is well. Baseball tournament is next week, season’s almost over. Pretty soon, football will start.
Work has been pretty wild, lots of inspections this month and I’m dealing with an eviction.
Not an eviction of me, of course. Evicting somebody.
Billings on the 25th to get my neck examined. Hopefully they don’t recommend surgery.
Heading to the Wisconsin Delles on the 28th, water slides should be good for the neck
Man, I haven’t done a good waterslide in decades. That sounds like a lot of fun.
I bet you’ll like him. I’ve never known him to push surgery. So many times surgery actually makes things worse.
What would be the path if not surgery? What kind of therapy?
I’m not sure, probably some physical therapy. I think surgery should be a last resort. Bismarck surgeon thinks I should get it done, but definitely need another opinion before considering that route.
I don’t know if you had seen my comment from your post earlier this week, but I have a bone spur in my neck as well and I have been getting steroid injections, about every 6-9 months. It calms the nerve and reduces inflammation which relieves the pain. My doctor said I am too young for surgery, and I believe we are close to the same age.
I’m hoping to avoid surgery. I feel pretty good, my left arm still isn’t at 100% drink, but other than that, I’m good.
I don’t fly ball at practice the other night, that was dumb. I felt that one the next day.. I also backed the lawn tractor off a 4 foot drop, the stupid ramp moveed when I was on it, that hurt too.
Why do I get the feeling you are going to end up as a Darwin Award winner?
Rec for Darwin Award reference.
Gougers gonna gouge
Great trip.
Sherels & McDaniel both said they’d wear their Skoloholics shirts. Really nice folks.
Dang, Sherels looks young. Amazing how quickly their careers are over. What is he doing these days?
He has a few businesses in the Rochester area, he’s doing really well. Very nice person.
I forgot he went to John Marshall High School.
Happy Wednesday.
FTP!!
First. FTP. FTL.
Congrats to both of you.