Hermit

YES, the 49ers are denied!
 
I was a Elway Broncos fan back in the day. The petty bitterness lingers

YES, the 49ers are denied!
 
I was a Elway Broncos fan back in the day. The petty bitterness lingers

YES, the 49ers are denied!
 
I was a Elway Broncos fan back in the day. The petty bitterness lingers

And as the envelope is opened, the Oscar for best Superdraft Kingdom Casting goes to...
 
Adele Dazeem with La La land...*Double checks* 
AHEM...
I mean, Assault, with A Most Serene Republic
Congratulations, Assault! Here is your Oscar

SO many runner ups, Five of them in fact! 
And it is worth noting everyone got at least two votes, which means everyone's effort was someone's favorite!
 

YES, the 49ers are denied!
 
I was a Elway Broncos fan back in the day. The petty bitterness lingers

Exactly my thought. Journalism is more visibly "Lazy and sensationalist" (To use the words of Jon Stewart) than ever it seems and this plays right into an assault on the Freedom of the Press. And despite what the media giants might hope, not all Americans instantly forget once the story fades about errors born of said laziness, sensationalism, or yes, even apparent bias of ideology or who owns them. A lot of it seems to be the sheer excess of youtube goodies they and other social media they can report on but they're so eager to get the news FIRST they seem to neglect getting it RIGHT. The whole situation with the Covington Kids comes to mind. What? it was actually a group calling themselves the  Black Hebrew ­Israelites who were doing the racist stuff and it snowballed wildly from there? WHOOPS
No harm done..riiight? .
 
Bull.
If I were one of those kids, I'd trust a magic 8 ball before I trusted mainstream media after this. And you can bet a lot of other folks in their area and beyond now feel the same, all because the press didn't want to do the WORK before jumping in with a Social media mob and calling it news.
 
Now you got this, thank goodness no death threats to innocent (if smirky) teenagers, but once again, it undermines the Mainstream Media and People will use that as a way to attack Freedom of Press period.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

I've stolen stuff out of these fantasy drafts for use at the gaming table.

So, mere hours, before our sadistic natures motivates us in dragging a poor woodland creature out into the cold morning.  Snapping pictures with blinding lights into his face still trying to rub the sleep from his eyes.
 
Triggering his transformation, into a superpowered spirit of vengeance hellbent on destroying his tormentors, sending the world, nay, the universe into oblivion.
 
Get'em Phil

And as the envelope is opened, the Oscar for best Superdraft Kingdom Casting goes to...
 
Adele Dazeem with La La land...*Double checks* 
AHEM...
I mean, Assault, with A Most Serene Republic
Congratulations, Assault! Here is your Oscar

SO many runner ups, Five of them in fact! 
And it is worth noting everyone got at least two votes, which means everyone's effort was someone's favorite!
 

And as the envelope is opened, the Oscar for best Superdraft Kingdom Casting goes to...
 
Adele Dazeem with La La land...*Double checks* 
AHEM...
I mean, Assault, with A Most Serene Republic
Congratulations, Assault! Here is your Oscar

SO many runner ups, Five of them in fact! 
And it is worth noting everyone got at least two votes, which means everyone's effort was someone's favorite!
 

And as the envelope is opened, the Oscar for best Superdraft Kingdom Casting goes to...
 
Adele Dazeem with La La land...*Double checks* 
AHEM...
I mean, Assault, with A Most Serene Republic
Congratulations, Assault! Here is your Oscar

SO many runner ups, Five of them in fact! 
And it is worth noting everyone got at least two votes, which means everyone's effort was someone's favorite!
 

And as the envelope is opened, the Oscar for best Superdraft Kingdom Casting goes to...
 
Adele Dazeem with La La land...*Double checks* 
AHEM...
I mean, Assault, with A Most Serene Republic
Congratulations, Assault! Here is your Oscar

SO many runner ups, Five of them in fact! 
And it is worth noting everyone got at least two votes, which means everyone's effort was someone's favorite!
 

Meanwhile, in Scotland...
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/scottish-independence-referendum-msps-vote-holyrood-nicola-sturgeon-a4348366.html

"Dear optimist, pessimist and realist, while you were arguing about the water in the glass, I drank it." - The opportunist

Your enthusiasm has apparently been rewarded!

when it comes down to it, I dont think that Boris is either arrogant or stupid.  I think he considered Scotland a political problem that would exist regardless of his actions, he is not loved there and the bumbling Englishman act does not play as well for that audience.  I do not think that he wants to be the Prime Minister that presides over the break-up of the UK but I do think he underestimates the strength of opinion that is growing in Scotland and the way his NI solution will drive the nationalist agenda over there.  He had a Brexit tiger by the tail and he could see a majority in Westminster waiting as long as he kept hold (with all of the collateral damage that might entail).
 
I think Boris' decisions as far as Scotland and NI go, have been made with an eye to that Brexit base (which does not care about either).  I think he believes he can hold things together until he is not as dependent on that constituency and then resolve some of the issues.  The problem is that, to me, the independence momentum in Scotland is looking very much like the Brexit momentum where rational arguments about meta-level trade decisions and how much it might cost are becoming less and less relevant. 
 
Boris will use the once in a generation vote for as long as he can.  It will be interesting to see whether the momentum for independence builds up to a level it cannot be ignored or Boris manages to break it down.  He is fighting against the Scottish Labour Party (unionist instincts) deciding that independence, regardless of the cost, would not only get rid of the Tories in Westminster but also shoot the SNP fox (what do they stand for when Scotland is independent, what is their raison d'etre?).
 
That is my perspective (not just as UK, not just as a very interested observer in the House of Commons, but also as a Scot).
 
🙂
 
Doc

Mmmm, coworkers and axes ...
 
I can pass on the beer, tho.

Rep. Ben McAdams’ bill to spur suicide prevention research passes House
 
This is my Representative, and if for no other reason than this, I'll be voting for him again in November.

“I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.”
― Steve Martin

“I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.”
― Steve Martin

This is true. But If I'm going to be pimped out, I want nicer high heels

Okay. Votes will end at 9 PM EST , Saturday Feb 1st 

You can do that with a fire hose quite efficiently.

Thanks to everyone for contributing, you may want to clarify or put up your fiction...
oh and VOTE
 
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I'm sorry for my many mistakes. I really have dropped the ball but you guys have taken my lack luster commishing and been creative as always