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Not much news out there, although there was some action at the 2025 Pro Bowl Games. It sounds like Greenard & Van Ginkel both impressed, and the NFC is out-performing the AFC thus far.
Other than that, there are allegations out there that Justin Tucker is channeling his inner Deshaun Watson. I hope the rumors are false, but there’s sure a lot of smoke in the air. I’m not sure why a kicker needs to go crazy with massages, I’m probably far more active and rough on my body than a kicker is, but I suppose I also don’t have 7 figures a year to burn through. I dunno, I’m not very judge-ey, and I’m a firm believer in “innocent until proven guilty”, so I’ll let the facts come out. I’m just glad that it isn’t Vikings players in the news for this stuff now. I remember the days when Tice was the head coach, and it seemed like a Viking was in the news for bad things on a regular basis.
Vikings News
Vikings.com takes a look at the cornerbacks in their 2024 Vikings position recap.
NFL News
The NFC grabbed the lead over the AFC in the Pro Bowl Games, per CBS Sports.
Massage therapists have accused Justin Tucker of misconduct, from CBS Sports. Being pervy isn’t just for star quarterbacks anymore. WTH is wrong with these guys? He’s innocent until proven guilty, so let’s hope this isn’t true. The number of accusations doesn’t look good for Tucker, but I’m not gonna judge him until hearing more. I’m far more physically active than a kicker. We’ll see how this goes, but it doesn’t look good at the moment.
From Yahoo Sports, Justin Tucker has denied the allegations against him.
The NFL is looking into the allegations against Tucker, according to NFL.com.
NFL.com looks at what we learned from the 2025 Pro Bowl Games.
Media Selection
Here’s an interesting one from one of my favorite story tellers, Mr. Ballen. Enjoy!
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Wrenage, I watched The Killer this weekend after reading your review. I thought it was a really good show. I might watch it again.
I started watching The Heretic last night, I’m gonna finish that later today.
When the wind chill is 30 below zero, there isn’t much else to do besides watch movies or play video games.
Looks nice at Pebble. Rory is rolling it pretty good. Tried some flag football. Meh………
Beautiful day at Pebble. Rory rolled in the eagle putt on 14 to go up by three shots over the field. Four holes to play. Feeling pretty good about Rory getting it done here.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon will no longer officially recognize “Identity Months,” such as Black History Month and Pride Month.
“Going forward, DoD components and military departments will not use official resources, to include man-hours, to host celebrations or events related to cultural awareness months. Service members and civilians remain permitted to attend these events in an unofficial capacity outside of duty hours.”
I completely agree with this.
He also said something wonderful last week along these lines. Something like ‘ diversity is not our strength, unity is our strength.’
Real soldier thinking.
Yep. I was always miffed by this. I always believed the armed forces should prioritize national defense over social and cultural agendas.
‘diversity is not our strength, unity is our strength’
Truth, although the woke will never understand or admit that.
“We believe in facts, not truth”
Joe Biden
Actually what he said was “We choose truth over facts.”
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-we-choose-truth-over-facts/
Either way he was a member of the PTL Club – ” Pass the Loot.”
Either way he was a member of the PTL
ClubGang.FIFY.
JJ (the QB) tweeted that he wants The Hitman to stay another year.
“#onemoreyear22”
Guess he wants a ‘grandfather’ figure around.
https://thevikingage.com/j-j-mccarthy-weighs-harrison-smith-possibly-retiring-nfl-minnesota-vikings
OK, so McCarthy wants the Hitman to come back. Smith is now entering the first of his four void years on his contract, and the Vikings owe him over $10.7M. I think Smith says “hasta la vista” and calls it a career.
I think The Hitman loves what he does.
If Coach Flo thinks that there is a role from him he might be back.
Although I think it is more likely that he comes back as a position coach than as a depth, replacement piece.
The Vikings are mulling over Sam Darnolds future, and pundits are saying he’s worth $100M for three years. Some are even saying $160M over four years. I don’t think KAM believes that, and I don’t think they’ll offer him a 2 or 3 year contract, at all. I think KAM will offer a one year extension, and $15M max. They have Daniel Jones, Mullens, and McCarthy. My take on this is, they’ll wait and see if anyone decides to pay Darnold a lot of money to come play for them. If no one takes the bait, they’ll low ball him, and keep him on the roster.
‘They have Daniel Jones, Mullens, and McCarthy’
Well actually the only QB we have under contract for 2025 is JJ.
I hope we don’t overpay for Sam and doubt he takes a one year deal.
Jones is hopeful but unknown if he wants to stay or how much he will want.
Keeping Mullins is an option if the others leave, we could do worse I guess.
You’re right SoCal. Only QB under contract is McCarthy. I still doubt Darnold gets anything but a small extension offer from KAM. Same situation as Bynum. KAM prefers extensions to contracts.
If the contract is expiring is it considered an extension or a new contract?
As long as the contract is still in place, the team can offer an extension.
Don’t know much about all the money stuff. But do believe there is only one reason to keep Sam, and that is to be the starter. You aren’t keeping him to be a backup. what that means down the road, not sure.
I can see Sam as a one year keep, more as an insurance policy for JJs knee and readiness. Is D. Jones as good and cheaper option?
A tag is still an option but at $30M? It will be an interesting off season.
PETA wants….instead. Poor Phil.
Yeah I posted this a couple days ago. Crazy.
Good morning, and SKOL!
Peta is a joke, or was, they are not that funny any more.
Just got home from dinner with several people celebrating my wife’s birthday. Table of 8. Lots of banter, lots of jokes and stories. Really had a great time, and my wife is so happy. Makes me feel good to bring a smile to her face,
What did you order?
Some real food or something fancy?
Inquiring mind would like to know.
Chilean Sea Bass. I had some oral surgery done recently so I can’t chew without pain. It was delicious. Also had some jalapeno creamed corn, and mashed potatoes. I loved it. The wife got the seas bass with shrimps. The other guys got the Prime Rib, and the other gals had various dishes of Lobster, etc.
Sounds fancy to me.
Growing up I didn’t develop sophisticated tastes and the Army solidified that in me.
Glad that you enjoyed it, and the Mrs of course.
I’m a meat and potatoes guy. I love a good steak, and that’s what I would have ordered if my mouth wasn’t so sore. The bass was easy to eat, and it was delicious.
28 years in the military left me with the same palate as you. I eat regular food.
I prefer a burger or even a hunk of meatloaf to a steak.
At least you didn’t lower yourself to eating a salad.
#snicker
Laughing. Love a good burger, for sure.
Gonna call it a night. Take care and catch you tomorrow. Rest those old bones!
The heater is already on and warming up the bed for me.
Sleep well.
The Pinto Beans with Ham worked pretty well.
Cooked it on low for about 11 hrs and beans were soft.
The Teacher said it was tasty.
I went with crescents as we had some that needed to be used up.
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/220822/slow-cooker-pinto-beans/
The Gym/Rec Center was holding an Indoor Triathlon today.
We shared the track with competitors, support staff, officials, and family (kids included).
It was hectic and distracting. I got caught up a bit in it all and ended up doing 38 laps or 7.6 miles in the same time I normally work hard to do 34 or 35 laps.
I am feeling it now.
Hey SoCal, way to go! You done good!
I don’t feel all that good.
Achy and sore and worn out.
Almost feeling my age here.
You took one for the team, and contributed to the greater good. So awesome!
My Fitbit said I spent 1h 18m in Vigorous exercise and 50m Moderate exercise.
115 bpm average.
Heart health is vital so I will take it as a win.
It is strange, we were at the Gym less than 2 hrs (including walk time and changing) but it gave me 2hrs 8 min of exercise.
The Teacher says that is not unusual for FitBit.
$17+M a year for Bynum?
Yeah, I would look for other options at that price.
https://thevikingage.com/projected-cam-bynum-price-tag-points-minnesota-vikings-departure
There’s a market out there for Bynum. He’s been one of the most reliable secondary players in the league, the last few years. In a word, he’s a proven product, and teams will come after him in free agency. KAM is going to have to fish or cut bait here.
All that said, he’s not worth nearly $18M a year.
With The Hitman probably retired as well we will need safeties this offseason.
Not sure what else is out there.
Well, you have Javon Holland on the Dolphins, and you have Talanoa Hufanga of the 49ers. Both will probably be at the top of the free agent heap, with Bynum likely coming in a close 3rd. Those would be the top three safeties in my opinion. They will demand top dollar. Then I think Justin Reid of the Chiefs, who would be a good get. After that, Tre’von Moehrig of the Raiders would be a good pickup.
At those prices $58M will not go as far as we would like.
KAM will have to be smart and busy.
There’s always Cine.
He’s in the Super Bowl… gonna want a lot of money…
Pay money for Corners and Edge rushers, and the rest will work out.
Well, I think Jonathan Greenard, Andrew Van Ginkel, Dallas Turner, and Patrick Jones are a pretty good set of edge rushers.
The Teacher just woke up, went to get her coffee, stopped and went to the cabinet, pulled out a new mug.
Said ‘I almost forgot it is a new month’.
Valentines Day accents throughout the house here we come.
Nice… Valentines Day is always great. Give your sweety some special attention, share lots of kisses.
It is also our anniversary. I was smart enough to combine them so as not to forget either.
#grin
Gump you’re a GD genius.
‘I am just a simple man.’
Travels in pairs. Ours is Valentines Day also. Small world.
Great minds and all that?
Well one great mind and mine still seems to work.
Must admit something.
Week before last we flew thousands of miles.
After last couple of days, glad we have no air travel plans for some time.
Over reaction no doubt, but will give it a pause for a while.
Just waiting for some Fake News host to blame it all on DJT.
By the way, got this for my wife for her birthday as a joke…
Nice.
The Teacher just got a wall hanging that said ‘Turn it over to God’.
I am like ‘what is so bad that you need to turn it over to God?’
She just smiled.
It’s sage advice… no one goes through life, pain free.
‘Pain is nature way of letting you know that you are alive.’
I am amazed at all the commercials for pain meds and other drugs on TV now a days. The listed side effects seems worse than whatever the drug they are selling is suppose to cure/fix.
I know huh? I personally have never taken pain meds for the most part. Even after surgeries. I can deal with it.
I was given cough syrup with Codeine when The Crud was at its worse. I tried it once, it didn’t help and I gave to rest to my sister-in-law a pharmacy tech.
Dr asked me once what I treat headaches with, I said ‘contempt’. He said ‘what?’. I told him when I get a headache I simply say ‘FU headache’ and ignore it.
(side note, I do not get migraines)
Yeah, I’m similar. Not a fan of drugs.
When The Teacher was in the hospital I was talking to a nurse about medicine. I asked her ‘what is the difference between medicine and poison?’.
She didn’t know so I told her the only difference is dosage.
I’m.normally not either, but sometimes pain is deceiving. When I had a knee replacement, I didn’t take one pain med. And even the best of men wii have tears going thru the PT.
But recently had a simple Mohs surgery on my forehead. Simple 2.5 inch cut. Woke up in the middle of night and thought someone was stabbing me in the head. So, took three advils and went to sleep. Not manly, but it worked and at the time I valued sleep.
Sleep is vital.
I used to do nyquil when I had to get up in the morning to go to work and had a bad cold.
I took it before bed, slept pretty good, woke up felt ok. By the time my shift was over I felt like crap again.
Redo it all the next day.
I am a huge believer in sleep both for good health and healing. I don’t like drugs but if someone is in so much pain they can’t sleep, take some meds.
Same way with PT. If you’re in so much pain you can’t do the exercises correctly, taken something. Priorities are important.
The Teacher and I are going to the Gym/Rec Center 4x a week for about 90m each time.
We have lots of aches and pains and if they are too bad we take a down day.
Of course we are retired and our schedule is our own. Plus we are not doing anything too intense.
At my age I go seven days a week but completely control volume and intensity.
I read an article from a guy name Dan John a while back that said treat each workout as merely “prep” for the next one. Do this and hardly ever get sore. Two sets of five over five basics and you can keep strength up very well.
Now cardio, obviously no running anymore, but I walk a lot.
Yeah,
Today is a heavy walking day for me. By ‘heavy’ I mean carrying 2 5lb weights.
I will get about 6.5-7 miles in.
7 miles with 5 lb weights in each hard is pretty impressive.
It certainly gets my heart rate up.
I kind of zone our and let my mind wander, I am pretty good at that part.
I’m baaaaaccckkkk!
We made some great memories this week with the grandkids. The Give Kids the World Village is awesome and shows that there are some great people in this world. So many people there volunteering to give back so much to families that have gone through so much tragedy. I just can’t say enough about all of the staff and volunteers. They were awesome. Once you walk onto the village, everything is included. Villa, food, playgrounds, some small rides, game rooms, ice cream shop, spa and pool. Every night they had something going on for the kids. One day Disney sent Mickey and Minnie over to meet the kids. They had a Trick or Treat night and a Christmas night where they got to meet Santa and get a present. Everyday when we got back to the villa, there were presents on the chair outside of the front door.
Disney was ok, but it is a massive rip-off. The grandkids enjoyed seeing all of the characters. It was cool on the day that Zeph dressed up as Woody, he got to see Woody and Jessie. There is so much walking and my feet still hurt. The food prices in park are outrageous.
That’s wonderful. Where is this village located?
Kissimmee, FL.
Thanks. As it turns out I live fairly close to the village ( and hadn’t heard about it)
Prices and crowds have ruined Disneyland/World.
And Woke made it even worse.
@See what happens when you vote in Trump?@
Hope Zeph had an awesome time!
You can’t even blame ‘Bidenomics’ for that, it has predated all of the recent presidents.
They have a captive audiences so they take advantage of that to the fullest.
I do have to admit that all the food I have had there is very good. Just expensive and you have to fight the crowds/lines to get it.
He had a great time, but we wore him out. I was jealous of him on Thursday because he took an hour nap in the stroller.
Lol. At our age, we need those naps too.
Is it Friday or Sat around here?
It is like Gender Identity, you get to choose.
when you’re retired everyday is Sat or Sun, one can choose.
Happy Saturday.
Had to get up early to start dinner in the crockpot. Ham with pinto beans. I read that you can cook the beans on low for 10+ hours instead of soaking them over night. Never made them this way before so wish me luck.
It is suppose to be cold and wet for another 5-6 days here they should be a nice comfort food, if it goes well. I will whip up some biscuits just before dinner.
Man, that sounds great. Love that meal. Every household needs a crockpot for winter, even in Florida!
I loved being able to throw a bunch of ingredients in, turn it on, go to work, and come home after a long, cold shift with the house smelling great and have dinner all ready and waiting for me.
Now I set up in the morning and we have to smell it all day but can’t eat it until dinner time. The Teacher says it makes her so hungry that it is a ‘sweet torture’. Reason enough to do it.
My Mom used to cook up pinto, great northern and navy all day with a shoulder of ham. then some homemade corn bread and we would eat this for two or three days.
Miss those days.
I was thinking of cornbread but biscuits are easier.
Might have to reconsider my stance.
Good morning all. It’s the weekend, and today is my wife’s 54th birthday. She is working out at the gym, and I have been setting up her presents on the Dining room table. Gonna go to Malio’s in Tampa for dinner tonight with several of her friends from the gym. I can regale them with a rundown of every shot I hit yesterday.
Nice, great restaurant.
Be sure to tell them about covering with the left hand, they will just love that.
One of my wife’s friends from the gym, is an avid golfer, as is her husband. He’s a retired businessman with a lot of money. Plays golf almost every day, and plays to a 5 handicap. They’ll be thrilled. Grin.
‘plays to a 5 handicap’
What is your handicap, if it is polite to ask?
My handicap is my face, and personality, and lack of intelligence.
But you more than make up for all that with your charming personality and years of worldly experience.
I try to make it up with my effort and my cooking skills.
So far so good per The Teacher.
@nojinx
Laughing. Serious golfers track their scores, and use the course difficulty ratings to formulate their handicap. Then they can register their handicap, and it allows them to play other golfers in a competition and level the playing field as it were. For instance, let’s say a couple guys go out and play for money. One guy is a 5 handicap, and the other is a 10. The 5 handicapper would give 5 strokes to the 10 handicapper, to make the competition “even”. The 10 handicapper would then get a free stroke on each of the five hardest holes.
I have never done the work to track my scores, and go through the rigors of computing my handicap. I normally shoot in the mid 80’s which would probably make me around a 13 handicap. I play golf for fun and as a social event though, so I could care less about tracking “how good I am”.
So not exactly like bowlers and their average.
Similar but more intense?
Know you’re good at finding things. You might enjoy a little utube video of Robin Williams discussing ‘enjoyments’ of golf.
There are several versions.
Thanks – that’s the one. LMAO everytime I see it. What a talent Williams was.
That is truly one of my favorite bits.
My father used to say… “golf is a Scottish word that means God damn it!”.
Talented in several ways, reminds me of Steve Martin that way.
His inner demons must have been terrible to cause him to hang himself. Tragic!
Yes, like a bowling average, but since courses aren’t the same (like a bowling alley) you have to factor in the course difficulty ratings, when computing your handicap.
Sounds like too much math.
But I guess if you are into that sort of thing…..
Nah.
They all have the verbiage about their jobs down.
Doing the actual job? Not so much.
But talking about their jobs? That they have down pat.
One hopes. McCarthy is not a generational talent. He may not even be on the same level as Trevor Lawrence. He is very good, but will need solid protection to excel.
Need solid QB play but i’m a firm believer he needs help from everyone. 9 sacks?!
I think KOC will tell him, “if it’s not there, throw it away”. He will set McCarthy up to succeed. Simple route combinations that are QB 101 throws. The old 77 route concept, the stick with the under, etc. Easy reads, easy throws. Nothing really complex. Blend in more complicated stuff as he moves forward.
Hope he succeeds. We desperately need money to use elsewhere.
He can succeed, if he’s not flat on his back most of the time.
Darnold held the ball too long, indecisive.
Yes, nasty habit in the NFL.
I believe he had the 5th or 6th highest time to release in the league. That’ll make an online look bad, regardless of how good they are.
IOL still bad, imo. If a edge guy wants to run from the outside a qb has a option to step up. If his center is on his back you can’t.
There were plenty of times he had the option to step up because the IOL did hold but instead he always tries to escape back and right and turns a 3-5 yard sack into a 12 yard sack.
Those long sacks piss me off. Let another team deal with it. Absolute drive killers.
I always say, if the throw’s not there, the QB has to hold the ball. KOC likes to run long developing route combinations, and of course, the receivers are supposed to read the defense, and adjust their routes mid flight. That makes QB’s indecisive, because they don’t know where the receivers are going. I personally felt Darnold did pretty well with KOC’s scheme. One of the most complex, and difficult to run, in the NFL.
Very true, we don’t have a line that allows a receiver to make 2-3 moves to get open.
This passing scheme has done quite well in 22, 23 and 24. It’s one of the best. Would like to see improvement in IOL, but even without passing game should be fine. JJ may learn fast or slowly, but either way he’s got to learn it.
Shut your mouth. JJ is whatever is better than a generational talent.
Now don’t get all liberal on me Bow. McCarthy has some talent, and I expect he will play well. That said, he’s no Mahomes. He’ll be good, not great.
You’re right. He’s going to make Mahomes look like Andy Dalton.
Laughing… I wouldn’t bet a paycheck on that.
They say we have $58m in cap space and can get another $15M with some restructuring of Hock and Van Ginkel.
When the discussed ‘needs’ they don’t even mention the IDL though.
https://nflspinzone.com/how-much-cap-space-do-the-minnesota-vikings-have-in-the-2025-offseason
OK… ready to die in peace now. I have played a spectacular round of golf, virtually perfect. Hit every single shot in the screws. Played 9 holes and shot 2 under par. Two birdies, and seven pars. Guys I was playing with (I’d never seen these guys before) were in awe. I will never, ever, play like that again, I’m certain. But I did it once!
I started a round like that once. I was playing one of the club employees in league. He had to give me 10 shots and through 5 holes I was up by 1 straight up and 2 under. It started raining 3 or 4 holes in and he started calling the clubhouse to see if they’d cancelled the night yet.
I have had a few rounds in my life where I started hot for 3 or 4 holes, then came back down to earth. Today I was just striping the ball, and putted beautifully. Lagged the ball from distance nicely, and just had tap in pars all day. This course isn’t real long, but it has water and bunkers everywhere, and several holes are surrounded by lakes and swamp.
If I par, or heaven forbid birdie hole one, I might as well pack up my clubs and go home. The rest of the day is going to be miserable.
Laughing. I know huh? I generally play bogey golf. I rarely make worse than bogey on a hole. I hit the ball pretty straight, and make pretty good contact. Knock the ball down the fairway from the tee, knock it up around the green with my second shot, pitch or chip it decently close, one putt, or two putt from there.
So you are saying that the things that you listed are good things?
I don’t speak golf.
Very good things.
It’s all down hill from here!
Great round – period, nothing better to say.
Now, you’re ready for a round with Trump. careful, he’s a hustler/
Laughing. I was thinking the whole time, “Ok, you’re bound to start missing shots soon” but I was just in a great rhythm.
You always seem to play very steady and consistent golf. Something different today, or were you trying a little swing change or something?
Lifer would be proud of you.
I have been trying to focus on getting my my left hand to feel like it’s “covering” the ball at impact more, if that makes sense to you. Kind of feeling pressure on the back of my left hand at the bottom. I was making such pure contact today doing that. I have been a decent ball striker the last 15 years or so, but I never compressed the ball. Today I hit every iron shot flush, and it felt like I was really compressing the ball. I also pured my driver too. I started focusing on the bottom of the swing at a spot well before the ball, and I hit some spectacular drives today. I wasn’t looking at the ball at all. I was looking at a spot on the ground about 4 or 5 inches behind it.
Makes great sense. Look at pictures of Ben Hogan maybe the best ball striker of all time. bit of a bowled left wrist keeping his left hand firm and straight thru the hitting area.
Keep it going.
The proof of the pudding will be the next time I play. If this new technique continues to work well, I might have figured out how to actually hit a golf ball.
I have also finished nine holes at -2 on a legit course.
But then I shot +12 on the back nine.
Congrats! I should have quit after nine like you.
Laughing… a man’s got to know his limitations DE. I have some issues with my knees, back, etc, so I haven’t played 18 holes for a while. I came home and my wife got me KFC for lunch. Great day!
Congrats man!
Cement that one in your brain. When you are being carried away the heavenly chariots replay it hole by hole till you open eyes in the promise land.
alright, maybe a tish morbid.
Thanks NoDak. Have to say from the first shot to the last it was a great ball striking round.
Awesome round!
Someday I may do that. Best on 9 is a 42 for me. Followed up with a 58 and many beers on the back 9(started drinking after the double bogey on 10).
I play golf as a social event mostly. Score doesn’t matter much, unless I have one of those days where I can’t hit the ground with my hat, and missing shots that are normally quite simple. In general, my wedge play is probably the strength of my game, so just knocking it off the tee, knock it up somewhere around the green, then pitch it to within 10 feet is my game. This is what I call “good enough” golf. I’m not a great player, I’m just decent, and I don’t go for shots I can only pull off once in a 100 tries. I’ll lay up 30 yards short of a green, just to avoid trouble. Then take a sand wedge or 60 degree, and pitch it on.
What are we railing against today?
The lack of things to rail against??
What do those guys have against slutty dressed chicks?
They are eunuchs. 😳
Those slutty dressed chicks don’t look like eunuchs.
Not that I know exactly what eunuchs look like.
It’s a real issue these days
Deadwood trip was fun last weekend, met a few new people and the whole group was fun. Tied one on a little bit the first night, gambled a total of $40 and Pulled $810 out of a random slot machine which was nice. Terry had some decent snow skiing was nice on the back side of the hill, front side was icy, overall a good trip.
Awesome, man! It’s pretty rare to walk out of a casino ahead
Thats why I usually dont gamble much unless its a big group going in on pull tabs. Then you win and lose together haha. Yeah that paid for the whole trip and then some. I picked up the $$$ taxi rides in and back to the cabin that night and a chunk of the group supper. Felt good. I’d do that more often if I had the excess cash.
Same. I work way too hard for my money.
I laughed
I’m resisting, Kristi! I’m resisting! No…not the handcuffs. NOT THE HANDCUFFS!
What is everyone thinking about today?
I am happy to report I am feeling much better, although a long way from 100 percent.
I am also happy to report that between Sunday and this morning I lost 8 pounds. At least the misery had a silver lining.
I thought you looked better this morning.
Also, the curtain on your bedroom window is a bit hung up. Could you straighten it, please?
no one says you have to look you perv!
Glad you’re feeling better!
I’m glad you are feeling better.
But the big story is Justin Tucker and happy endings.
Way more interesting.
When is he going to get traded to Cleveland?
Homeless guy from Cleveland on line 1…….
Glad you’re feeling better man. I usually collapse the politics threads.
Good to hear. Now stop licking door knobs and this won’t happen again.
Glad to hear!
This guy does a good job of describing the Tucker situation.
I read Justin Tuckers response to this. Did this guy read that? Did he present Justin’s side of the story?
Yep, he did
It’s actually the first thing he presents in the video
Cool
There are tweets from people going back to 2013, it doesn’t look good for Tucker
In Tucker’s defense…he is a kicker, so how else is he going to get ladies to pay attention to him?
This dates back a number of years now. Yet it all comes to light AFTER he has a terrible year. I sadly will take the pessimistic route and think that not a coincidence.
I agree, but there are tweets going back to 2013. That doesn’t look good for him. As always, innocent until proven guilty.
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Take a look at the video at the top of this comment string.
Except the team ignored and probably actively hid them until now when they likely want a way out of his contract.
It’s not a good look for them or Tucker. Again, innocent until proven guilty, but from what I’ve seen so far, it doesn’t look good for him.
I really haven’t looked into it but initially am surprised. Other than that I really don’t care considering some of the other things the NFL has been happy to sweep under the rug.
I agree 100%
Maybe I need to move to Atlanta. 😉
Do they have good massage parlors?
Apparently…
I laughed…
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Made it to another Friday.
But at what cost?????
Had to waste 4 perfectly good days working to get here……
No doubt.
Hopefully, this weekend will be a relax-fest. Wife is sick, so she will probably just want to sleep the whole time.
So what episode of political theater do we have to survive today?
Are you kidding? It’s groundhog day. Systemic racism, misogyny, gender identity rights, sexual preference rights, CRT, and DEI are the themes we’ll be beaten to death with today, and every day, by the insane left.
Oh, and don’t forget climate change.
I was trying to find a movie to watch last night that I had never seen before and that was actually good………I was not able to find one. Not even one. I used to watch movies all the time, and now I cling to TV shows that were made over 10 years ago. Anything since then has been crap, usually due to some lecture inherent in the script/story.
I just started watching Doc on Fox. But for the most part the new shows are crap.
Not big into doctor shows. Is it drama or comedy?
have you ever watched Justified? I think it’s on Prime or NetTricks. It’s a few years old, but it’s a really good series. My wife and I loved it.
I have not. That one always looked good. Is the story complete or did it just get canceled before done?
It’s complete, it’s a really good series. I highly recommend it.
Another one to add to the list. Thanks!
We really liked it, and I rarely enjoy TV shows. I’m more into documentaries and such.
I like it because it’s set in the south, has a lot to do with the Dixie mafia and stuff. Really interesting, I used to live down there, so that’s part of the reason I liked the show.
They do a good job of portraying the south in a correct way without making them look like a bunch of idiots, like most shows do.
Drama, the doctor was in a car accident and can’t remember the last 8 years of her life, so she is basically starting over.
Do you like mini series? Several good older ones like The Winds of War and Lonesome Dove come to mind.
I’ll have to check those out.
After reading wrenage’s review yesterday, I’m gonna watch The Killer
Netflix has a series called American Primeval. 6 episodes, each around an hour long. I thought it was spectacular.
Watch the Fat Electrician. That will take up a bunch of your time. If you really want to waste time, start watching the Unsubscribe podcast that has him, Angry Cops, Brandon Herrera (maybe the next ATF director?), and a bunch of other gun and military guys just drinking and talking random crap.
Fat electrician has some awesome stuff
Seeing some wacky rumors coming out about the helicopter pilot. No idea if true, though.
Yeah, the rumors are going to flow hot and heavy. Click bait. We must be prudent here. Let the investigation get done, and the report published. Reporters want to push information and theories, and “solve” the mystery without the access to the real data.
Yep, got to let it marinate a bit before jumping on anything.
I am noticing a lot of zero-sum thinking going on with some of my Facebook friends. Person X does something. One minute later they are posting about the disasters it will cause.
I just want to say, “You know, a sliding scale can exist. Any action Person X takes doesn’t have to go from 0 to disaster in 30 seconds. If you let it marinate a bit, maybe there are even benefits that could happen.”
But, what is the use? They are around-the-bend, and I have no issue displaying zero-sum thinking on that analysis at this point.
The 24 hour news cycle, when news became entertainment, is when everything went to shit. There are no main stream sites that are worthy of trust anymore.
My wife and I were just talking about this.
She asked me, “I feel like I’m disconnected to news these days. Is there a middle-of-the-road news source I can go to?”
I said, “No. None exist.”
X…and 1440 is good, as Fishin’ said.
X seems way ahead of everyone, though. You just have to wade through a lot of fluff, but I suppose one could tune their algorhythm to only show certain stuff. I basically let it all come in right now on my feed.
There’s another good source, but I can’t think of the name right now. The Why Files guy mentioned it one day, I’ll have to find it and share it. It does a good job of showing, both sides, and it highlights the news that both sides leave out. It’s a really cool site, from what I saw.
I think he does a little blurb on it at the end of this video. This video is really freaking awesome too.
It’s actually at the beginning of this video, during their sponsored ads. I haven’t checked it out yet, but I think I’m going to. This guy does a really good job of exploring things from every angle, and he says he uses it. Ground News.
If you think of it, let me know.
Found it! It’s Ground News.
Thank you!
Let me know if you look into it. I think I’m going to use that discount code from the Why files and try it myself.
You need to send a note to DJT to exercise a little patience here after listening to his pesser yesterday.
Well in fairness, a few media sites just went off and blamed DJT, so I get that he needs to respond to that stuff.
Feeling better? I was kidding a little about Trump although he seemed to have it figured out. And the media. I don’t even know what to call them anymore they are so bad.
Yes. Thank you.
Back at work for a partial day.
I hope the media companies get sued and go bankrupt. They have zero reliability.
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Ditto.
Is that still a thing?
Is ditto any relation to Diddy?
Thought it was a Rush Limbaugh thing.
What about “NoYST”?