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Down goes Twinkies 6-1.
Down goes Twinkies epic 2 game winning streak.
The freezing winters don’t seem to be enough to ‘keep the rift raft out’ of ND.
‘Since 2023, North Dakota has seen an increase of 7% in violent crime, 29% increase in homelessness and a staggering 75% increase in drug overdose deaths since 2019′
https://www.foxnews.com/media/north-dakota-officials-testify-growing-dangers-illegal-immigration-surges-northern-border
The Biden midnight flights are changing the demographics in ND to flip it blue.
🤣
Those flights are trying to keep up with all of the people fleeing NY and Calif and other blue/woke wastelands.
Don’t want any of those to lose any more Representitives and not have any chance to controlling the House.
The left is breathtaking.
They want Alito to recuse himself while are quite happy with that criminal running the Trump case in NY.
Woke Logic.
Fits well with TDS.
Read this and had to laugh.
Some pundit proposed a trade for Justin Jefferson the Falcons should consider:
Minnesota Vikings Receive: WR Drake London, 2025 first-round pick, 2025 fourth-round pick
Atlanta Falcons Receive: WR Justin Jefferson
Their schedule you’d think they could win 12, what pick would that be? Dumb, why not JJ for London straight up idiot.
I don’t think the deal is plausible.
But any deal with Jets would require a 1st round pick to the Vikings.
If he’s traded rob someone blind.
I think it’s just some guy spitballing… like I said, made me laugh.
I’ll watch Falcons stats closely, that Penix pick? Seems odd.
I expect Cousins to have a stellar year again. He was completing 70% of his passes, leading the league in passing TD’s, and second in yards, when he went down last year. That’s what he does in the second year of an offense. This year he’s starting over with new teammates, another new rookie OC, new Head Coach, new everything. I think despite all that, he’ll still find a way to put up solid numbers.
Can’t argue his numbers with Purple. They don’t lie.
LOL
I want some of whatever that pundit is smoking.
I like Drake London – think he’s a good player working on great. Seems like a good kid.
But Justin Jefferson is elite. I think he’s the best WR in football (and likely gets paid like it) there isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that he gets traded in that deal. No. Effing. Way.
Jury done for day? Civil war?
This travesty of justice is appalling.
Nothing is too far. Trump must be stopped at all costs to save the future of our country. If he is not jailed, the election must be suspended to save democracy.
They have 5 months of garbage to dish out.
Its going to be one hell of a summer and fall in 2024.
It is.
Bill Buckley once said politicians don’t give the average American credit for their common sense and fairness.
Elections are usually decided by the Independents. Let’s hope Buckley is right and good folks can see thru all the crap that is going on.
Laughing… I think they’ve been pushing garbage out on Trump since he announced he was running in June of 2015. Nine years we’ve endured this relentless character assassination diatribe by the left.
Of course.
But you ain’t seen nothing yet.
This is war to them.
Jury has been ‘done’ for some time. The jury is the judge – pick a felony and if you don’t agree on it, that’s OK. We’re creating new law here.
I’ll have to google democracy again, thought i had a handle on it.
Well you better bone up on jurisprudence while you’re at it. This judges appears to be insane to me.
You have two choices “Guilty” or “not innocent”.
You would think that the two lawyers in the Jury would understand what BS this all was.
Such a sad day when we have to trust ‘lawyers’ to do the right thing.
I didn’t know there were two lawyers on the jury. Might be liberal “plants” to sway the verdict.
Judge Jeanine mentioned it on The Five on Fox.
Don’t know if they were late adds after the Defense ran out of challenges or is they are more corporate/paperwork types vs Trial lawyers.
Probably done to “add validity” to the guilty verdict. “Even the lawyers that were jurors knew the evidence was airtight!” or something like that.
Putting the law aside – a business perspective.
Trump runs a multi billion dollar company. A 130k entry is a rounding error on the income statement.
This happened 8 years ago. I’m confident Trump’s books were audited by one of the major firms and. they certified the books. Given all Trump’s real estate in NY and tax implications, you can beat State Auditors have been all over his books – many times. So the State missed all this and the greatest auditors in the country.
And now a rouge DA knows how to balance the books.
I’d say that. I’d bet he has dozens of CPA’s that do his taxes every year. There would have to be some culpability for them, in my opinion. Yes, Trump ultimately signed off on his tax returns, but he wasn’t the one who constructed them.
Would think he is incorporated and his books received years of state auditors going over the books. Not to mention probably one of the big five accounting firms.
And given the size of his business and income, 130k is pocket change.
Yep
Ithink Minnesota would have to offer something in the neighborhood of four years and $140 million to Jefferson, with a NTC and a ton of guaranteed money to re-sign him.
Anyone think that will happen?
Makes me nervous. Not a iron man position, many ways to get hurt. Hell, missed 7 games last year.
It depends on the final year.
Sorry DE, not tracking. What about the final year?
If most of the guarantees and salary is in the first three years, with some flex in year four, or the final year of any deal, I think a deal can get done.
I have my doubts it happens. Jets wants money and I’m not sure he will be flexible with anything at this point.
I think KAM is up against it. He doesn’t want to bust the budget on one player, but he has a truly great one he has to try and keep.
Yep.
I think he could get tagged in 2025 and then dealt.
BTW, just my opinion, but I think Florio is the type who demands to be noticed.
Getting Noticed = Getting Paid.
This is what Social Media has provided us with.
Its not Kirk Tuesday so nobody shows up to comment.
Some great De Niro memes floating around. F him.
Laughing…
Well beating dead horses is an exhausting exercise.
Interesting read
Bills offense ranked against rest of NFL for upcoming 2024 season – CBSSports.com
Vikings are tied with the Eagles and Browns for the 2nd best offensive line behind the Lions.
We are rated has having a bottom 8 QB.
Overall our offense rankings out at 13th…..sounds about right.
Looks like grading system for figure skating. but 13 is reasonable.
The offense is in its 3rd year, so I expect it to be decent. I don’t think our O-line is anywhere near 2nd best in the league, but that’s JMO. KOC should know what works and what doesn’t work (like his running game for instance) in his scheme, and I expect him to adjust it this year. I have my doubts about the QB position. I don’t see us having a QB that is in the top 10 this year. Thus, our offense might struggle. I hope, somehow, we get a combination of scheme and talent on the field that can score points. The Raiders game last year is in my head.
Looks like LG is Brandel’s to lose. Ingram needs to step up. Thinking Bradbury has hit his peak.
I’m just living on hope at this point…
There simply is no substitute for good blocking on running plays regardless of running back.
Same for passing plays, but totally agree.
One thing – we are going to find out if KOC can really coach.
“We’re going to be situational Masters” “We need to be at our best, when our best is required”.
Stop, I can only get so erect.
Here’s the actual interview.
Saw some film on him, fast. Reminds me a bit of L.T. Think he’s bigger though. He should be fun.
So….Darrisaw is getting old and slow??
This tweet was wrong. Darrisaw said it was on somebody else.
Scheffler is a big time stand up guy.
All charges have been dropped.
Scheffler says police have a tough job and it was just a misunderstanding. His lawyer had recommended a suit but Sheffler would have no part of it.
Solid citizen. Never said one negative word about anyone through out whole affair.
Learning to forgive, let go, and move on is something that is sorely lacking in the modern world.
Learning to forgive, no grudges, is truly a sterling quality.
When you forgive someone, you set someone free, that person is you.
God doesn’t encourage us to forgive our enemies for the benefit of our enemies, but for the benefit of ourselves.
That concludes today’s sermon.
That is for sure right on target. Yet many have it backwards.
The Vikings offensive line sucks!
Unfortunately, like many things you are no better than your weakest link.
Center. Still an issue. Was hoping we would draft one later in the draft for competition. Unless you cant that Bama kid but they have him listed as a tackle.
I see Mike Zimmer and Eric Kendricks are reunited in Dallas.
Have been for….months.
Well, I never said I was quick on the uptake. With Edmonton and Dallas in the western conference finals I’ve been following the Dallas sports news, said that he had been working out with Zim and is poised to become the top LB IN THE WORLD.
Too bad he’s lost most of his closing speed, he’s a major liability in coverage. Zim might get a few good packages to use him in but his days of being a top LB are long gone. Good dude though.
I think Zimmer got reunited with cheeseburgers too during his time away from football.
The best kind of shaming
Definitely in the 3rd trimester…….
Is he in transition?
Damn not a very flattering pose.
Just imitating his boss.
Is he still
doingbeing used by some european model?Makes sense.
The excuses for the QB need to go away, so that the QB can be blamed for everything, compared to the last 6 years.
No one has to make excuses for great play. You just hate Cousins. We get it.
Just took my almost eight year old choco to the vet for his annual exam and shots. I always chuckle at the discussion and interactions with the vet and vet tech; obviously it is like taking in an infant to be seen because the owner is the one that answers all the questions about how they are feeling. New vet…he and his wife bought land over by Wibaux and his wife is a veterinary pathologist working from home. I wondered how that would work, I guess they send her boxes and boxes of slides every week and she spends her days on the microscope.
Takes about five seconds at a vet visit for my background to be exposed – “Well Tuck has some arthritis in his elbows, with a little synovitis here at the left elbow and some hypertrophic spurring about the radiocapitellar joint…oh yeah he had a little spot on his muzzle that I thought might represent discoid lupus erythematosus…am I in the healthcare field you ask?”
Have a 7 yo choco, recently switched vet clinics because previous vet left. She looked like Pamela Anderson in her Baywatch years and wore a scrub top slightly to small. The vet tech looked like Lauren Bacall raspy voice and used to wrestle around with my dog. My dog got sick all the time back then.
Haha! I think I’ve mentioned on here before – my buddy’s dog got fish hooked up at Martinsdale and we went in to the vet clinic in Harlowton on a Saturday. A cute young lady greeted us and we both assumed she was a tech (I mean she looked like she was 24). Turns out she was the new vet. I told her if she had any complex fractures she could send me the x-rays as I love to learn new things, which she did – a complex hock and forelimb fracture in a horse. Two months later my stepson’s girlfriend says oh my friend’s horse is lame, do you think there is a fracture on this x-ray. I looked at it on her phone in full sunlight and said wow this is a complex hock and forelimb fracture this looks just like the one the vet in Harlow sent me…turns out the vet and ss gf were college roommates in Bozeman.
Small state
When my dad had back surgery, they just had to watch me put a gait belt on him to figure me out.
“Oh, you’ve done this a few times before…….”
My daughter is a Vet. She tells me when she gets ‘really smart’ owners she puts on her jacket that says ‘I had to learn the anatomies of eight species.’
Yeah, no kidding. After I told him I was a radiologist, he asked if I was a human radiologist, then he said “well you know there are veterinary radiologists as well”. I’ve had this exact same convo before and was ready this time, I said I can’t imagine as while veterinary radiology would be much more radiographs and ultrasound versus human radiology which is heavy on CT and MRI, and the diseases that affect the skeleton would be similar in mammals, there would be the whole issue of reptiles and birds to learn about, and I bet something like osteogenic sarcoma is harder to spot in a turtle than a 3 year old kid.
WTF?!?
Dammit! I didn’t get my wife anything yet……..she’s gunna be mad.
Happy Hump Day!
I think the tweet is worded wrong.
But yes, it is a complete farce that they all don’t have to agree on the same charge to be guilty in order to convict. Total BS.
Were the 34 charges ever presented to the jury?
The three crimes listed above are the options the judge gave that would make the 34 misdemeanors a felony in this twisted sham. The federal felonies listed have all been investigated and ignored by the feds and the statute of limitations has passed. That is why they have charged the misdemeanors but turning those otherwise misdemeanors into felonies requires that they were committed in the process of covering up one of the above felonies. The judge has said that they can all pick a different felony they think he was trying to cover up and they don’t have to agree even though the failure for them to agree is in itself obvious reasonable doubt.
This is absolutely stunning. There is total disregard to even ‘pretend’ honesty. It is so over the top – I can’t really find words to describe what is going on. Damn even the Communist in their trials pretend better than this.
We are doomed. Just wait. No matter what happens in November, Trump will not be president.
That will be great…inflation is way down from when Trump was in office, we have the strongest economy IN THE WORLD, pause, and people have the cash in their pocket to spend.
The country is doing so great that I have gotten stronger over the last 3 1/2 years without even going to the gym. I can now lift $200 worth of groceries with one hand.
And no need for a grocery bag, so he is saving the planet as well.
$200? that is about a bag and a half out here in Commifornia.
He only eats prime rib, shrimp and organic.
That’s why he gets all of his groceries in one bag.
Correct.
He could be suicided or something.
We are. if our side just takes this laying down. Recall last week maybe it was you talking about bringing a ‘gun to a fight.’
Last I remember the House which we control has authority over government spending – they authorize it. Maybe the State of NY (being so crooked) might deserve to receive less money going their way.
We need to be something.
Nothing will happen. I have heard so many times that this is it. If they cross this line we’ll stop them just for people, both politicians and non, do nothing. The lines in the sand from Republicans mean as much as they do from Obama.
Sorry to say this, but if we’re this gutless, we deserve what we get and if we don’t start fighting this BS we are. going to get Biden.
I am a slight conspiracy theorist at times. Almost as if “they” ( but I don’t know who “they” are) are trying goad some far right wingers into violence and militia skirmishes
Could be one part of the strategy.
Yeah. They’ve shown their play book and the plan is visible for those who want to see it. They are telling the world they will not leave the White House no matter what. Violence from the Mega MAGA crowd will be a perfect argument to suspend the election. They will claim that the crazy righties are going to intimidate voters and therefore it will not be fair or safe so the election must be delayed.
Now that Haley has claimed she is voting for Trump, the knives are back out from State Run Media.
https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-05-29-24/h_0d4b133d5e6ecb993a547853de363ba1
@Shocking@
Yep, agree.
Quality depth.
Too bad they can’t keep him in for pass plays and swap him out of running ones.
That might give the defense a slight heads up on what play was coming next.
Robert DiNiro is a crazy, stupid, leftist moron. I will never watch another movie he is in, either old or new. What a complete idiot.
I will – mainly his old ones.
Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Cape Fear, Goodfellas….
All great movies. But I can separate the art from the artist. Still watch movies produced by Harvey Weinstein, would still watch ‘The Cosby Show’ – if I could find it.
Completely agree that he’s a wackadoo though….
Yup, his old movies are good, and I can still enjoy them even if DeNiro turned out to be a leftist Hollywood dumdum.
It’s all a set up for his next movie. His acting is sublime.
I’ve always wondered what’s so awesome about being less than a lime……
Unplanned court appearance for Sheffler’s attorney today.
Sounds like the cop may have ran up to his car and hit him with his flashlight with no instruction or identification. Just yelled get out of the car and hit him in the head.
There it is.
I’d still file a lawsuit against the Louisville PD on this.
Absolutely
Screw Robert DiNiro – no more of his movies for me!
Trump wants to destroy the world. No matter what it takes, he must be stopped. If he becomes president he may not give up power. He’ll probably try to jail his opponents. He’ll probably even take drastic measures to reform the electorate. He might even call for an overhaul of the Supreme Court.
‘He’ll probably try to jail his opponents. He’ll probably even take drastic measures to reform the electorate. He might even call for an overhaul of the Supreme Court.’
You still talking about Trump? Because you are listing FJBs accomplishments.
Best way to distract is to accuse your enemy of doing what you are doing.
Must have offended someone – got a red flag.
Anyway, Someone wants to pack the Supreme Court, someone wants to do away with filibuster, someone ‘does’ send FBI to arrest parent at school board meetings. Democracy is indeed in danger.
And then there’s locking up your political opponents but that’s another matter.
It was probably Edge.
‘Must have offended someone – got a red flag’
Must be a movie fan.
Do we have anyone here like that?
#grin
I can only think of Wren, but he seems to dislike every movie he reviews.
That’s just because he purposely reviews shitty movies.
Now I am jealous, I am going to try to get one.
I’ll give you a little street cred.
DeNiro is so out there, I wonder if he is…
A. Genuinely crazy
B. A puppet for someone who has incriminating videos
I refuse to believe a normal human being can believe the words he spews.
I have heard Brandons Campaign Chairman Katzenberg has enough pull in Hollywood that if artists don’t do what he says they don’t get much work.
I rarely watch movies anymore….Hollywood has become such a cesspool.
I did, however, watch Oppenhiemer a couple of days ago, that was pretty decent.
I was unimpressed and kept waiting for the movie to actually start.
Yeah, I get that. It’s not what I expected…but I thought it was pretty decent.
Same,
Last one was the last Indiana Jones movie (not as bad as expected).
If The Teacher wants to watch a movie I occasionally get dragged along if her BFF can’t go with her.
But this was a perfect tweet my Trump
Mike Floriolololol now leaning towards a deal getting done.
He’s got to cover all angles so he can claim he was right.
What a putz.
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/can-vikings-justin-jefferson-finally-get-deal-done
It’s like the weather forecasters these days. “If model A is accurate we will have 5 inches of rain tomorrow, if model B is accurate it will be sunny and dry, if model C is accurate there will be overcast skies and a light mist”
Thanks for nothing.
So many things going on this spring, I haven’t kept up on much of the team doings.
Are we SB bound yet?
Heard yesterday that JJ is so raw and needs so much work that we will be lucky to go 0-16-1.
Well, on the bright side, that would probably get us the first pick in the draft.
How much IOL can we get with that?
I have heard that McCarthy is going to make Ponder look like a pro-bowler by comparison. He can’t read a defense, he doesn’t know the offense, and his mechanics need a complete overhaul.
He will make Ponder look like a pro-bowler by comparison. 0 and 17. We will all be wearing bags over our heads at the games.
For some of us wearing a bag over our heads would be a public service.
Myself included, although The Teacher seems to disagree.(aka female logic)
Ahhh….she likes your ugly face! We should all be so lucky to have such a woman in our life.
I often tell her she has terrible taste in men.
What’s in Santa Barbara?
“What’s in Santa Barbara’
The Presidio, The Old Mission, My mom, beach, mountains, great weather, lots of pretty girls.
Well, that’s more realistic than a superb owl.
There’s a Presidio there too?
I was stationed at the one in Monterey twice (one year each), and I know there’s one in San Fran………
My ancestors were soldiers assigned to build the presidio in 1781.
https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=608
Sweet! That’s quite the heritage.
I’m sure glad I had the opportunity to live in CA for 2 years, but I’m sure glad now I don’t have to sell my offspring to afford to fill a gas tank.
When I filled out the escrow paperwork they asked how long I had lived in Calif.
Since Calif was my ‘home of record’ while in the military I could honestly say Since Birth.
When will the jury have an answer????
I’d guess by Friday.
It should be a slam dunk not guilty verdict and done within 3 hours.
With an honest judge, it should be directed verdict and over.
But that won’t happen.
It’s in the hands of jury.
The Fix is in, I expect him to be found guilty.
I hope I am wrong.
Posting this might help my curse of always being wrong.
I hope that it does.
I’m going full on prison in the hopes it’s the exact opposite.
Like he is found guilty, and the judge orders him to jail immediately.
Just following Brandons orders.
Nothing to see here.
Brandon apparently is planning on a whitehouse presser after the verdict.
This is because the verdict has been pre-ordained. Brandon has been practicing his speech for weeks now.
His teleprompter. Pause…..
No practice needed really.
It will sound something like…..
He will be found guilty guilty guilty…the judge has fixed this case. It will be overturned on appeal, but that will be down the road. The Dems get their “He is a convicted Felon” messaging.
It is all so sad that is country has come to this.
Suspect Sleepy will cancel the debates as he won’t get on the stage with a ‘convicted felon’.
You nailed it! If Trump is out of jail, that is what he’ll say. Major talking point. Like when he was “impeached”.
I think he will go to prison.
They also want that mugshot AND a picture of him behind bars.
It’s bigger than that. The dems have shown repeatedly that they will blame the republicans for doing exactly what they are doing. What is their biggest scream right now? That’s right, that Trump will not leave at the end of his term. They will use this case and anything else they can dream up to say the election will not happen or was illegitimate because they need to save democracy (see Ukraine). If you want to know what they plan on doing, just listen to what they are blaming the other side for.
Both sides do it – Eggslusher
Yep. There is a long list of former Presidents being charged and tried to prove it.
All draft picks have now been signed except JJ and Turner.
Good morning, SKOL!
FTP!
Now that the Timberwolves won one, they might as well win two. Hopefully, Luka doesn’t go into Terminator mode and come back with a 60-point game.
Otherwise, it is a Testament kind of morning…
Luka is a great player but Edwards did a nice job defending him last night. Hopefully that’s the game plan for game 5, keep Edwards on Luka and McDaniels on Kyrie.
You mean terminator cry baby mode. Dudes a bigger crier than LeBroni. If these monster dudes want to bang around in the paint and push people around they should be allowed to get pushed back.
Can’t go wrong with Testament.
First!
I accidentally scheduled the thread to post at 12pm instead of am, what a fool I am. Otherwise I’m guessing one of those old dudes from Florida or Surly would have been first like usual, but either way, I like that you went strait to soda slut, enjoy being first!
HA! Yep, I checked in at 0600, but saw nothing new…LOL!
FTP!
I also checked in @ 0600 cst…..
you’re right, I should have included you and said one of those old dudes from the east coast 🙂
First auto rec
Honorary extra rec for making soda slut First.