Old Man

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.

Yes, but more reflective and garish.

Sounds like the Broncos are trading for a QB: the mighty Zach Wilson. Maybe they'll be able to reuse the Russell Wilson jerseys.

These are actually pretty nice. My biggest suggestion would be replacing the dark navy with more of a royal blue, as in the throwbacks.

Yeah, that's just blue and really dark orange. When I own an NFL franchise, the colors will be turf green pants with football brown jerseys. That have football seam patterns scattered all over them. And disco ball helmets.

Blue and orange is a ghastly color combination regardless.

Take a look to the sky just before you die It's the last time you will

Mr. Trash Wheel celebrates tenth birthday

You could add cruelty and suffering to that list.

I can't wait to see how the Raiders will screw it up this year!

MBAs appear to be specifically trained to disregard 'roots' and other inconvenient distractions* in favor of perceiving the world in terms of ROI. * Such as reality.

There's a point at which propaganda crosses the line into threats or stochastic terrorism, and that's usually fairly easy to spot. But it's much harder to draw a line between spin and lies.

Looks like we're gonna find out. Maybe we can switch the Bengals over to blue too, it'd be an improvement.

Wow, that's confusing. I wonder if they play Carolina this season...

We will continue beating the dead horse until its morale improves.