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At least the Twinkies lost by a more respectable score today 4 – 2.
Movers were just here to ID and document what we are moving for their estimate.
He was a Packers Fan, Ugg
But other than that he was a pretty good dude.
Not sure what posted today but i say bullshit!
You would be almost entirely correct.
Moving, change of address a pain in ass. You and teacher can handle it. What will your new handle be? Northern Idaho?
have not figured that far out.
Maybe NLSCMF.
#grin
Anybody here know the law and/or the rules of the Senate?
When Trump was impeached in 2019 and Republicans controlled the Senate, McConnell said the law requires a trial.
Today, Schumar in a procedural vote (they have 51 votes) got the impeachment trial completely dismissed.
Different rules different people?
I am sorry I do not. Kind of counting on you to know that stuff…you are a Washington insider after all.
I understand the politics OK, but not always the legal in’s and out’s. Perhaps Schumur is simply a more ruthless politician than MConnell who had the same means available to him – but chose not to use them. Not like McConnell and Trump were buddies.
If that is the case, no wonder our side gets their ass kicked so much.
True, we are less likely to stretch the rules….well except for that whole Merrick Garland thing and thank God we did….at the time I was a little pissed that we were being unreasonable, but man he turned out to be a full blown partisan hack.
Politics is a blood sport. Years later no one remembers how. It’s all about use of power.
It’s up to interpretation of the Senate body.
I don’t think there is any requirement.
The Senate just dismissed the charges, just like a judge in a court case.
Just my take.
So the Repbubs are less likely to play hardball than then the dumbacrates….got it.
Usually.
Like you mentioned with McConnell and the Garland nomination, republicans have played hardball.
Thanks. So they are not true ‘jurors’ as most have suggested – jurors can’t dismiss.
Interesting that MConnell didn’t do the same thing in 2019. He certainly had the votes and that impeachment was an absolute sham.
McConnell was/is anti Trump.
So it didn’t surprise me. He wants to get along with his DC friends.
There are different rules for each party Duh.
Plus one was presidential and one is Cabinet, different?
ben, i was wondering if you could make a version of the picture up top to fit one more blank in the first word to make it frick, for those of us here who don’t swear aka ME
Serious question…..would you be more comfortable with “SCREW the Packers” rather than “F@CK the Packers”? The meaning is essentially the same but somehow “Screw the Packers” is generally thought of as being less offensive, and I am not sure why.
Yes. Because if someone ask you something and you say ‘Screw it’ that is far more acceptable than’ Fuck it.’ In my opinion.
Yes, but why? The meaning is the same.
I mean from a biblical point of view you shouldn’t take the name of the Lord your God in vain, and it has passages about not using vulgar language, but I am not sure why the one is classified as vulgar language and the other is not.
I would say intent can matter to a degree.
Even “Baked Beans” can be a swear if it delivered with rage and hate. On the other hand, the “F” word could also be delivered with good intent.
“And then the suspect said, &$%# you and die, your honor.”
Such swearing falls under the realm of just being a decent person within currently societal trends.
I personally rarely use the “F” word in real life unless it is for effect to make a good point. For example, my niece once backed into my car by not paying attention and crushed my front quarter. I didn’t get mad, but I said…
“Okay, that was a f%&k up. Try not to repeat that mistake again, okay?”
She got the point. Paying attention while backing up is not just an oopsie if something goes wrong. It can be genuinely dangerous.
Yes, I too use the F word extremely sparingly (my wife is never impressed when I do), but occasionally it does seem like the perfect word to use.
I am not a good swearer anyway.
Drill sergeants, Eddie Murphy and Quentin Tarantino are the only ones who can get away with copious F word use.
Oh wait…David Goggins. He can use the F word like 20 times a minute, and you don’t even notice it. Just blends it it seamlessly with his topics and demeanor.
Drill Sergeants – not in today’s woke Army.
Most times i use it it’s against me when i do something stupid. Like “you effing idiot!)
Intercourse and fucking mean the same thing. I’m pretty sure one is better accepted in normal discussion.
True. But one is a scientific term (intercourse) and the other is street slang – isn’t “screwing” essentially street slang?
I mean it really isn’t that important to me but I am bored at the end of the day so decided to chase this rabbit a bit.
Well, don’t know then. But, 50 years ago ‘screw it’ wasn’t accepted either. Maybe as a society as we become more crude ‘fuck it’ will be fine.
unfortunately so.
Also, going to take my bride to a movie tonight – which is rare – “Ordinary Angels” based on a true story. Family Friendly with a Christian theme – the kind of movie I like to support rather than the drivel that the movie industry regularly puts out these days. Have you seen it?
I have, very good movie, based on a true story. Has Reacher in it (Alan Ritchison).
Thanks! Looking forward to seeing it.
Stop imagining a “u”.
Just call it an “I”
Fick the Packers.
Problem solved.
Tell me you’re not a Vikings fan without telling me you’re not a Vikings fan. Follow a player over a team much?
tell me someone is living rent free in your head without telling me someone lives rent free in your head
tell me you have an axe to grind without telling me you have an axe to grind
tell me you always say this is the internet and shouldn’t take things so seriously but can’t let a disagreement go without telling me you always say this is the internet and shouldn’t take things so seriously but cant’ let a disagreement go
Tell me you love me Freezy <3
you love me Freezy
NO ONE ASKED YOU SKOLIFER!
As you wish
Rec for The Princess Bride.
And you him!
Perhaps. But I trust Freezy to not kiss and tell.
i do love you
that last bit took me a while to re-read to make sure i did it right
I read it 3 times to make sure as well
Reminds me of a great song…
So glad I am leaving this place.
Don’t they understand that the more you give to the ‘homeless’ the more homeless you will have?
A hand up? Yes certainly. Constant handouts?? Nope, doesn’t work.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/la-mayor-pleads-wealthy-help-buy-housing-homeless-unprecedented-partnership
The stupidity is nearly beyond belief.
You’re leaving Skoloholics?
There are probably some that wish that.
#snicker
I know a lot of Cali is conservative, it’s a shame that LA, San Fran and SD get to decide what the rest of the state has to abide by.
Yep.
Will be someone else’s problem in a few months.
Meeting with Realtor and Moving Co later this afternoon.
my next door neighbor is moving….
don’t miss a once in the lifetime opportunity to live next door to me!
Maybe a beach volleyball team will move in next door.
Think of all the yard work you would get done!
honey i have to mow AGAIN
Well we are moving to the house we bought 4+ years ago.
Maybe next time.
Does this offer include free battery changes?
One way or the other – give it to them or raise taxes and have the government give it to them. And this country was built on the sure determination, perseverance, and hard work of so many.
Run away, Brother. Enjoy the new state.
In addition, apparently SF is asking Grocery stores to have a succession plan before they leave and close down. Not sure how they enforce that.
“You can’t go out of business unless a new business is ready to take over your pain”
What a joke.
We just need to be playing and replaying and replaying the Paul Harvey “if i were the devil…” across the airwaves every single day. So that people would wake up and see what has truly happened to our country.
Definitely.
Yes!
QOTD – and this may not rise to that level of thinking. But, any chance we make substantial improvement in our IOL?
No, not this year….Maybe next year when we apparently have plenty of cap space. I don’t see us using one of our few high round picks on one this year.
There are two OCs rated right near our #23 pick.
If a QB falls to us at #11 I have used 23 to keep him safe/upright.
Best use of a high pick? Don’t know but I could be talked into it.
I often take IOL early in my mocks, OC and OG both.
Will they be ready start of the season? Doubtful but they will be available as injury replacements and possibly starters in 2025.
Pretty low bar. Even getting 1 person who doesn’t have a super glaring weakness would be a pretty big upgrade.
Don’t think we can have a good run game as long as one of the three amigos regularly allows penetration.
A great talent – left far to early.
everytime i watch a movie with John Candy or Chris Farley, i notice how fat/out of shape/unhealthy they are, with my knowledge of how they died early due to that (or drugs) and just wish they had someone in their life that had tried to really get them healthy and on the right path…
that being said. John Candy was hilarious
I have seen my father cry 3 times:
At the end of ‘Turner & Hooch’ when Hooch dies.
At my mother’s funeral when they played ‘Unchained Melody’
And when he found out that John Candy died.
ugh i love turner and hooch
Wasn’t the OL top ten or something?
It likely won’t happen this year though.
Not sure how they grade these things. But do think the pass blocking was a lot better. but do think the run blocking was still lacking (RB’s didn’t help that much either).
I’ve made the perfect pot of coffee this morning.
3 heaping scoops of Dunkin Original. 6 cups water.
1/2 tablespoon of chicory.
Perfect.
Gonna be a good Wednesday.
Skol!
nothing better than when you make the perfect coffee
A little ‘treat’ to go with it is always nice.
you forgot the Baileys
I only add Bailey’s to my coffee in the wintertime and then only on the weekends. Or Christmas.
What is chicory?
Coffee made with roasted chicory root. I’ve got friend who’s a NOLA native and it’s pretty popular down there. She brought me back a can of chicory coffee from Cafe Du Monde in the French Quarter about 15 years ago and I’ve been using it ever since.
That’s where my sister lives.
I’ve been there, but don’t recall if I had chicory coffee.
Too funny!
this is WAY better than the mountain dew it gif
Agreed.
Racking up the street cred today, Freezy.
I will have to refresh to see it and add to it.
They usually don’t show up for me until after I do.
It would be even better if soda slut was the humper
i’d give it a rec based on creativity for sure
Hawt!
This gif got me thinking of sexual harassment which leads me back to Baby Reindeer which I just finished on NF last night. Has anyone else watched it? I found myself alternatively repulsed, endeared, and angry during every episode. I felt like Richard Gadd and Jessica Gunning should get top awards, the acting was amazing. It is a true story.
never heard of baby reindeer and what is NF?
NETFLIX …..
hahaha i literally wracked my brain trying to figure it out. I’M AN IDIOT!
LOL…
Yeah, sometimes my age gets the best of me with one of those hipster abbreviations people use.
I’m sure you could easily stump me.
if i read that description i would have ZERO interest in watching it.
i’d rather not watch a tv show based on someone getting stalked and sexually assaulted…..but that’s just me
It’s outstanding. You would enjoy it.
She didn’t say “boop.”
So, if you watch really closely you can see she lifts her hands off the ground just before she is nudged from behind…which is a clear indication that this was indeed staged…
But I like it anyway.
She might have just seen her coming and was starting to stand up.
My wife gifted me with 2 Vikings tickets yesterday for my birthday (I’ve never been to one). When they go on sale, I get to pick my game. I can take her or my son with me. My wife is amazing.
Which opponent do you think would be the best game to watch coming up?
Atlanta @ Minnesota
Betting that game gets a MNF or SNF billing.
FTP
Well first, it’s interesting you refer to your wife and son as “opponents” but you know them better than us, you choose! lol! Go to whatever game you think man. It’s such a crap shoot. I’ve been to Packer and other rival games that ruled and some that were stinkers. Been to games that were on the schedule a “meh” but then turned out amazing. BTW, bring your son. Unless your wife is a huge Vikings fan as well… I know I won’t ever forget the Vikings games with my dad! Just my 4/2 cents!
Sometimes they certainly can be opponents!
Yeah, I’m leaning that way, too. I remember going to Twins games with my dad. My wife is a Packers fan (nominally……blame her dad). Makes sense my Vikings fan son would be the one to come with me.
And that’s the difficulty. If the Vikes get crushed by a division opponent, then being there in the building might be even worse.
I vote Atlanta.
Make sure you bring a sign that says,
“It’s not about the Money and I want to retire a Viking”
Or…
I picture of Kirko with…
“Show Me the MONEY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Take your son.
My son is not a huge football fan, but still remembers me taking him to the metrodome and the Vikings beat up on the bears. Randy Moss did some Moss things.
You clearly raised him wrong, or maybe right since he then isn’ta Vikings fan?
He is not a big fan of any sports.
My daughter, however, is a big sports fan, and she and I used to go to games. Buffalo 2018 was the last one I took her to.
Now that Kirko is gone, she wants to start going to games again.
QOTD
ben, did you ever go to the vikings training camp when it was in Mankato? if so, what were some of your favorite memories there.
if not, you’re an idiot.
Mankato training camp was the best. I took my two sons there when they were little for about 10 years straight. They got so many autographs and I got lots of pictures. The new facilities are nice but doesn’t even come close to the fan experience that was Mankato.
100% agree with you.
i only went 2 or 3 times, usually with a buddy or two. it was just a really cool small town type feel. during the breaks, seeing vikings players rolling around on bikes around the campus was super cool. they would stop and chat with fans and it was a great time.
my favorite story of my time there.
we are sitting in the bleachers watching practice and an old man (probably late 80’s) is sitting in front of me and asks if he can lean back on my legs (as eveeryone knows, bleachers have no back support and are uncomfortable for just about anyone, so of course an old old man would be uncomfortable) so i told him sure why not, so my legs acted as his seat back FOR AN HOUR, he must have been so comfortable that he fell asleep…..so i am sitting there for an hour with an old man leaning back on my legs….
You’re a good man freezey
Anytime we attend an event with bleacher seating, my wife will sit in front of me for that same purpose. I am a back rest for hours at a time.
Good on you, Freezy.
lol, yes, the bleachers could get very uncomfortable, and no shade. Lots of memories, fun times.
Heh heh the things that old folks will ask.
Saw Tim Newton, that was one large (although not tall) man.
I didn’t, by the time I moved to the cities they had built tco and did training camp there, I have taken groups of people with disabilities to the new camp and it was awesome
hello idiot my old frienddddddd
Now tell us why you didn’t visit Vikings training camp in Mankato.
need to move these to the top every day…
I find it slightly seizure inducing. But I like the countdown.
QotD:
How would you react if the Vikings don’t draft a QB at all in the draft?
I would figure that the Vikings were going to build the best team possible with the current picks, see what Darnold could do with a good situation/Coach and come up with another plan to get a QBTTF if (when?) Darnold failed.
We have Mullins and Hall as well. Mullins can play if he figured which team to throw the ball to and Hall is not full Cine status yet?
I could deal with it.
Good points – could live with this.
‘Good Points’
“I’ll try not to let it go to my head’
Fezzik
Princess Bride
great movie, even if it is one of the douches favorites (Rogers used to quote it a lot in the locker room according to reports)
What The Douche does or does not do is not a consideration for me.
But Princess Bride Quotes are standard for my extended family.
My sentiments exactly, he is mostly dead to me now that he is a Jet anyway.
Darnold mullens and hall suck. Darnold is just as much an interception machine as mullens. The end.
Possibly true as well.
They all seem to be trending that way.
Circumstances matter. Darnold could turn out fine.
It is possible, braintrust must think so since they brought him in.
Probable? Beyond my knowledge to ascertain.
Highly unlikely. Even if he is good enough to have a winning season, definitely not good enough to win a SB, particularly if our previous QB was supposedly not.
Suspect you are correct.
But stopgap while we build a more complete team is a possibility.
You’re probably right. but he’s going to have a real chance to show what he’s got, or not.
Would they have paid him 10M if they didn’t think there was a chance, or is that just the going rate?
I was told ‘going rate’ when I complained about the pick up.
Good point. I sure wouldn’t have spent 10 mil if there wasn’t a fair chance.
I would love it. Build another purple people eaters defense and take QB high in 2025.
Also reviewed another made-for-TV horror movie from the 1970s…
https://lastmovieoutpost.com/retro-review-satans-triangle/
I have to have a tooth pulled today. Farewell #29. We shared many good foods together. Sorry about all of that pop and candy, but you have to understand…it’s nature’s Prozac.
Do you know what tooth is opposite #29? It is #4. Opposing teeth always add up to 33.
This is good to know. Someday I will be on a trivia show, and that will come up, and I will sit back with a smug look on my face as the question is read.
Fascinating.
Good morning, SKOL!
FTP!
Happy Hump Day! Here is a new one for MT.
She is an angel. Must have been immaculate conception.
Ha!
Either that or she knows who the father of that child is…..
Assuming she is looking at a pregnancy test.
Wonder how old he is by now.
That’s funny because all the anatomy scans I have read today have been wee lil 20 weeker boys.
I assumed she was checking her rectal temperature.
Happy Hump Day!
Also, First
First auto rec.