Old Man

Yes, this is the one thing that pushes our country over the line into crazy. Not any of the thousands of other things.

That article doesn't even make sense. Best case scenario is they pay Cousins $50M and take a $50M cap hit, and that's if he doesn't play a single snap. And it doesn't even mention what Penix costs. From what I read, Falcons fandom is less than thrilled with the pick--why draft a QB with that injury history to back up another QB with an injury history?

I read the first book between Part I and II and I discovered that I'd forgotten how important the fanaticism was to the plot. Paul spends a significant amount of time and energy trying to avert the inevitable jihad. That said, there was a lot less open worship of Paul in the book. In the movie there's so much rapturous "Lisan al-Gaib!" that it's become a meme. I don't mind this change, but it is a change. I do wonder what the implications are for Part III, since I haven't read Messiah yet. Villeneuve is a brilliant cinematographer. Every frame of the movie could be printed and mounted on a wall. Blade Runner 2049, Arrival, and Sicario were likewise. If you want to see a jarring directorial change, watch the Villeneuve-directed Sicario and then watch its not-Villeneuve-directed sequel.

Nope, I guarantee Vegas would have taken Nix if Denver hadn't. Because... ...they obviously had no plan for both Nix and Penix being unavailable, so they panicked and drafted a third TE. With the 13th overall pick. My Raiders do not disappoint! What they should have done was flip the script and picked up one of the elite defensive players that were still on the board as a result of the QB run. If you have to go into 2024 with AOC under center, build around Maxx Crosby and make a truly fearsome defense. If we can't score, no one will! Oh well, missed opportunities. I actually kind of understand this after a season of Desmond Ridder and Taylor Heinicke. Problem is with both Cousins and Penix on the roster they won't be able to afford any other players.

Yeah I don't need to see or hear Goodell. Hard part is finding a tracker that doesn't have a delay.

Draft day! Belatedly catching up on the rumors. There seems to be a lot of interest in the QBs that are available, so it wouldn't surprise me to see a lot of reaching for the 4-6 rated candidates. Loss Vegas needs a QB and wants Daniels pretty badly--he has familiarity with Antonio Pierce--but he's almost certainly going to the Commies at 2. We'll probably wind up reaching for Penix which would be the most Raidersy mistake possible. (I prefer my QBs to come equipped with ACLs.). Meanwhile the Vikings are said to be aggressively looking to move up with either the Pats at 3 (who need a QB themselves) or the Chargers at 5 (who need a lot of picks to rebuild their entire offense). Denver is said to be "keeping its options open" which to me sounds like "hoping a QB falls to them". Not that they can do much else--they just don't have the draft capital. (Or even real capital since they're still paying for Russ.). As for the NGD teams that are set at QB--the Bungles badly needed a WR even before Tee Higgins requested a trade; the JAGs should probably draft an actual offensive lineman lest Trevor Lawrence's beautiful face gets marred; and the Seahawks should do likewise in order to give Sam Howell a real shot.

I'll settle for any outcome in which America does not descend into a fascist hellscape.

For the same reason 80% of movies are franchises, I assume.

By definition one cannot move on through an impasse.

My turn to disagree. Yes, Trump has no heir apparent. But neither is he unique. The circumstances that created him--extreme wealth inequality, a corrupt boardroom class, and a frightened, undereducated population--will still exist if Trump leaves power. Sure, there will be a lull while the MAGA base and the oligarchy find another demagogue to rally around. But they inevitably will, unless something is done about the conditions that ultimately drove Trump's rise to power.

Biden administration bans noncompete agreements for workers Takes effect in six months.

Yes, but their attempts to co-opt the MAGA message have occurred while Trump was still directing it. If Trump is convicted, and especially if he's in solitary confinement with no access to Xitter, the faithful will desperately cast about for someone else to tell them what to think. Not that I think Trump will ever see the inside of a jail cell, but that's what it'd take to put an end to the cult of personality.

I'm sure the Heritage Foundation has a contingency plan. The oligarchs aren't going to leave that to chance.

But Denver is landlocked.

If that happens with my team, better start keeping an eye out for Armageddons.