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  1. 7 minutes ago, ChuckNorrisActionJeans said:

    what's the schedule -- house managers get the opportunity to rebut, right? 

    Still say it's fucking horseshit if they don't have any witnesses. 

    Your honor, Chewbacca does not live on Endor. He lives on the Millennium Falcon.  Even his attempt to distract you is factually incorrect. The prosecution rests.

  2. 6 minutes ago, SquishMitten said:

    That's exactly how it's hitting me. I bet somebody was sitting around sooo proud of their work thinking it was some sort of game changer. What the fuck does other people saying "fight" in a hundred different contexts have anything to do with what Trump did? Nobody stormed the capitol after any of those speeches. If I'm a manager at AMC and one of my employees is doing something wrong, I might yell at them to stop or else I will fire them. Everybody who overhears me just keeps going on their merry way. But if I walk into a theater and scream fire, I will likely incite a panic. Context and intent are what matters, not the specific word used. As an attorney, I certainly understand that you occasionally have to argue a bad point, but this is just pathetic.

    What?  You mean that you didn't incite people to attack or receive blow jobs from Oklahomans because you yelled Texas Fight and OU sucks?

  3. 10 minutes ago, 'stache said:

    It's absolutely flawed. California has almost 40 million residents and 2 senators. WY, ND, SD, MT, ID, WV, MS, AR, OK, KY, AL have a combined 25 million or so residents, and 22 senators. Those tiny states control nearly a quarter of the senate and are all red states while California, a large blue state, has 15 million more people and only 2 senate votes. How this has made it this far, I don't know. Maybe people thought when admitting western states to the union they would eventually gain more population? Why the fuck did we need 2 Dakota? Why does Wyoming need its own state government? 

    My only speculation as to why this hasn't blown up yet is that people have been at least civil and crazy shit has been kept at bay even by the minority ruling the senate. But today's red state attitude is literally insane. I don't see how this country can continue being ruled by small minded red state mentality while the vast majority of the nation as a whole is continuing to lean blue. I don't know how many more popular vote presidents can lose before this becomes a civil war.

    Zero more presidents. We are on the brink of it already. 

    Although, I suppose you could have an "aw shucks" Republican win without the popular vote and avoid a civil war. However, that type of Republican no longer exists. You'll only get the asshole "fuck you, its a mandate" type of republican from here on out. At least W tried to be everyone's President, and that's a necessity from someone who lost the popular vote. 

  4. 1 hour ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

    The Senate is flawed, by design.  It was set up as an aristocratic veto against the House (actual representative democracy). The framers of the constitution were scared of giving the people too much power over the wealthy landowners (them) so they divided the first branch of government to protect the rich (them).  So in a way you are correct, the root problem is money, going back to the beginning.  
     

    ETA: IMO the Senate is the wrong body to adjudicate a House impeachment for the corrupting reasons you mentioned.  If anything, a House impeachment of the President should be decided by the Supreme Court. 

    The powers of the House and Senate should be flipped entirely.  Given the Senate makeup and mission, it should also be appointed by state governments rather than elected. It is the American equivalent of the house of lords. 

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  5. 1 minute ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

    You know, she could have done something that is radical and really, really out there.  It's so crazy, it just might have worked.

    She could have just stayed off social media.  It's free, easy, and best of all....you aren't spreading your abject stupidity far and wide and leaving receipts for your thoughts for the world to dig through.

     

    Or do it pseudo anonymously like we do on surly. People have no idea that you're actually Miley Cyrus. 

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  6. 2 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

    Could also be that FAs with options aren't choosing the Astros for the obvious reason, especially one that was here during the height of the reason and likely benefitted greatly from it.

    Marisnick benefitted from it?  He couldn't even hit from a slow pitch machine when he was an Astro.  If he knew what pitches were coming and still hit that poorly, he has no business playing pro baseball. 

  7. 4 minutes ago, Hookah Horns said:

    This shit is going to blow the minds of future students of American history. Well, hopefully. Hopefully we stamp out this cancer and it's not the new normal for long. 

    American history will have been folded into the fallen empires of the industrial and information ages curriculum. 

    While the Cold War dominated the global landscape during the middle and late 20th century, both of the key powers would no longer exist by the middle of the 21st century.  20th century historians believed that the USA had won the Cold War. Modern historians now all agree that Russia won the Cold War and place less focus on the devolution of the USSR. Russia, no matter the name it went by, had an almost unbroken chain of fascist leadership for 100 years through various country names. Its hard to imagine the currently sparsely populated Russia being a power, or that the many warring nations of North America were once one country. Or that the popular dive site of Miami was once a bustling city on land. But this is the reason why the remaining nations decided to implement strict laws against disinformation. 

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  8. 1 hour ago, Ghost of LL said:

    Wake me when they get any current officeholders to join their party.

    It does worry me, however, that they could split the Democratic Party more than they split the GQP.

    Also, it will die on the vine just like other 3rd party efforts in modern history. Instead, they should encourage Trumpists to form the Patriot party they were threatening so that it can be the one to die out in less than a decade like the Reform party. 

  9. 3 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

    This shit ain’t good for my health.
     

     


    It will forever be insane to me that Lindsey Graham spent the first 60 years of his life carefully crafting a moderate, “maverick” persona only to throw it all away to become a lapdog to Donald Trump.

     

    Lindsey has always known what kind of man he likes.  That man with presidential power was like love potion number 9 to Lindsey.  Irresistible. 

  10. 1 hour ago, BradInATX said:
    2 hours ago, bolverk said:
    Doubtful that any of those data are available as of yet, but this is a great set of charts showing excess deaths throughout the year by country.
    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/21/world/coronavirus-missing-deaths.html

    Damn. What a dataset. It appears there's a pattern with countries that are well above their expected. Either third world or an authoritarian state. Oh, and us.

    You covered us with authoritarian state. No need to add the last sentence. 

  11. 9 minutes ago, Lobo said:

    Welp, got my first dipshit Trumper associate claiming that, after seeing the footage, only reason Romney voted to proceed with Impeachment Hearings was because he was scared for his safety and felt obligated to do so to show appreciation to Capitol Police officers.  So that line of reasoning is happening right now with college educated people  Give my dipshit associate credit though, he last thought Romney was voting to remove from office because of a secret Mormon cabal controlling our government.  

    Or the Mormon cabal that controls our government made Romney lay down cover today and it worked. Now the cabal can get back to its real business in secrecy.  

  12. 2 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    Yep.  You get it.  And to explain further.....those things would IMPROVE his approval among the GOP base.  They are a full on fascist terrorist death cult now.  There's no turning back.

    Truth.  And even here, the discussion of such an incident would devolve into "stupid media and Fondren called it a machine gun. It's semi automatic. Libs know nothing about guns.  And why do libs care about cops now?  And who cares if he says the n word and wears a nazi armband. That's just stupid PC culture virtue signaling. Those are symbols of Southern pride. Always have been."

    And the Senate would absolutely still do nothing. 

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  13. 5 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

    I was wondering about this "secret video." The only thing I can think which would make a difference would be about 15-20 minutes of Trumpers dropping the N-bomb and other heinous quotes ad nauseum, or other quotes that would be impossible to walk about that would force republicans to blanche at the idea of running for election against video saying they voted to acquit __________ behavior. Just bad, bad stuff. Which is hard to imagine is what the Dems have, because, everything I've already watched has been bad, horrible stuff. Short of  Marjorie taking off her shirt on video and screaming she's doing to drink in the blood of jews and blacks with Donald J. Trump tonight...not sure what's changing anything. 

    Nothing is changing anything. It could be a video of Trump mowing down capitol police with a machine gun himself while wearing a nazi armband and shouting the n word. Wouldn't matter. 

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  14. On 1/27/2021 at 6:53 PM, Wulaw Horn said:

    So is this the gameday analysis handicapping and horse race thread, or is this the fever dreams of Democratic supremacy and 100% kool aid drinking circle jerk thread?  Asking for a friend.  I'm good with either way- I just want a clear answer so I can behave accordingly inside this thread. 

     

    My initial suspicion is I'd set the line at GOP with a 10 seat pick up and work an over under from there.  I'm open to hearing any other thoughts on the subject.  I'd have set the O/U in the mid 20's if the Dems didn't just have a really bad house election considering they won the presidential by 4 or 5 points, so my suspicion is the GOP picked all the lowest hanging fruit and there are fewer inroads to make than in a typical midterm election.  

    If it's the Democratic Supremacy thread I will fuck right off and apologize for trying to do analysis on this. 

    Midterms often have an anti-President swing. However, Trump may have changed that. Trump voters dont show up when he isn't on the ballot.  Also, he will still be energizing Democratic voters in 2022 so they may turn out again just like in 2018.  I think it will be 2026 before Trump's presence or lack thereof isn't hugely influential on the election.  Unless he runs in 2024, in which case he will keep a stranglehold on your party unti 2030.

    And as you said, the GOP already picked up most of the available districts. So it may really just come down to gerrymandering. Dems need to stop playing fair in their states until the GOP is ready to start playing fair in theirs. 

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  15. 10 minutes ago, Gigglebush said:

    If he has its the most tasteful/subtle plastic surgery in existence. 

    People saying he plays 5 more years are crazy. I think he'll last until 45 at the latest. He's made remarks that he's really been feeling his age this season.

    Right. He felt his age in a season he won the superbowl. Brady is easily the GOAT, but he isn't gonna go out gracefully.  That isn't his personality type.  He will put in 4 years of mediocre to crap football before he hangs it up. And he hasn't even gotten to year 1 of that yet. 

  16. 7 minutes ago, Bama Chick said:


    Ohhhh burn.

    Fuck off. You and donkey cigar butt are a wonderfully matched disingenuous pair.

    I’m a gump with two degrees from my wonderful university. And damn proud of it.

    In closing, fuck off twice.

    PS - my football team is better than yours.

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    To be fair, it is pure Bama to fall back on a football argument. 

    You have a decent school there. Don't damage that by bringing sports into the equation. Everyone knows yall cheat at sports. Doesn't affect academics. 

  17. 1 hour ago, StassneyHorn said:

    In college my friend downloaded Brazil and also Pans Labyrinth at the same time. Somehow the titles got mixed. I never made it past the scene where a lady eating in a restaurant with a shoe as hat with a terrorist attack happening took place due to a mixture of being drunk and the movie sucking third leg. For a solid 5-6 years I thought the movie Brazil was Pans Labyrinth. Every Reddit thread and internet site told me Pans Labyrinth was good and it made me distrust the internet. I have no enthusiasm to try this again, but if I could get a 4-5 sentence rundown of the movie, I’d very much appreciate it.

    The movie Brazil is also awesome. 

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  18. 7 minutes ago, Had Enough said:
    18 minutes ago, FondrenRoad said:
    To add about football being a team sport. 2020 Tom Brady would have won the national title with the underachieving Texas Longhorns.  He would have only managed a few wins with the Kansas Jayhawks, and may have been dead by the end of the season. But there are few other players that can make that type of difference. 

    He's hurt by game 3 what with the 10 to 15 carries per game from the QB spot.

    Nah. We have 43 year old Brady. He ain't running Herman's plays. The championship will be won in the huddle. 

  19. 11 minutes ago, Spider2YBanana said:

    We easily have the best WR corps he's ever had, and probably RB corps, too. 

    Preaching to the choir. Mike Evans was the best college receiver when he made Manziel exist. And he's been a top pro receiver since.  He and Godwin are probably the best 1 2 in the sport. Godwin would be number 1 on any other team almost.  They are like two Mosses. And you have Gronk. And the generic slot receiver that Brady makes a star like Miller. And then you added Brown.  Moss number 3. 

    You weren't dogs, but you also know that Winston would not have won this title for you. 

    And agree on RBs, sort of. That rested Fournette was big in the playoffs. But he should have been carrying the rock the whole season. 

    The crazy thing is that, as good as your defense played today, it wasn't the best defense to play for Tom Brady. 

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  20. 5 minutes ago, FondrenRoad said:

    Of course. Its a team sport.  The game was a healthy KC OL from being a shootout. 

    Regardless, Jameis Winston could have this exact same TB team, plus the Brady followers like Gronk, and they dont make the superbowl much less win it.  So while it is a team game, Brady is a difference maker. Is he the only one?  No.  Even in this game, I saw Mahomes make quite a lot of throws on the run while being hit.   And I saw his receivers shit on his efforts. And I saw Brady operate in air conditioned comfort. Could you swap QBs and have Tampa still win?  Absolutely. But I've also seen Brady win titles with New England teams that were spare parts. So while I agree that this TB team is easily in the top quarter of Bradys teams, and everyone on the team deserves their ring, we are also having this discussion about a guy that has enough championship teams to talk about them in quarters, and he put this team over the hump.  At some point, it can't be a coincidence that Brady has lapped everyone else multiple times. The Patriots went 7-9 this year too. Same record as the Bucs last year. They just need a Tom Brady. 

    To add about football being a team sport. 2020 Tom Brady would have won the national title with the underachieving Texas Longhorns.  He would have only managed a few wins with the Kansas Jayhawks, and may have been dead by the end of the season. But there are few other players that can make that type of difference. 

  21. 17 minutes ago, Had Enough said:


     

     


    They also added a 1st rounder to the Oline, Antonio Brown, Gronkowski, Fournette. I don't think they even had to give up anything for those last 3. Brady delivered the ball but he was rarely touched or even had to move tonight. That's critical for an old guy. Look at Brees and his 10 broken ribs.

    They are an incredibly balanced team. Depth at all skill positions save QB. LBers are dominant. Dline good. Then the DBs made plays that sealed the deal. That defense harassed the hell out of Rodgers and Mahomes. It also created critical turnovers and got critical stops. A couple of those DBs were new to the team this year too.

    It just annoys the heck out of me when many on the team don't get their due respect.

     

    Of course. Its a team sport.  The game was a healthy KC OL from being a shootout. 

    Regardless, Jameis Winston could have this exact same TB team, plus the Brady followers like Gronk, and they dont make the superbowl much less win it.  So while it is a team game, Brady is a difference maker. Is he the only one?  No.  Even in this game, I saw Mahomes make quite a lot of throws on the run while being hit.   And I saw his receivers shit on his efforts. And I saw Brady operate in air conditioned comfort. Could you swap QBs and have Tampa still win?  Absolutely. But I've also seen Brady win titles with New England teams that were spare parts. So while I agree that this TB team is easily in the top quarter of Bradys teams, and everyone on the team deserves their ring, we are also having this discussion about a guy that has enough championship teams to talk about them in quarters, and he put this team over the hump.  At some point, it can't be a coincidence that Brady has lapped everyone else multiple times. The Patriots went 7-9 this year too. Same record as the Bucs last year. They just need a Tom Brady. 

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