Dutchrudder

Looks like Cleveland and OKC will be the only undefeated teams after tonight. Cleveland with the best defensive rating in the East, and OKC with the best in the West.

Do the Amish have government IDs that would allow them to vote? (Genuinely asking)

Granted this is Trump we are talking about, so who knows what the hell he would actually do, but this is from a few weeks ago: As president, Trump imposed tariffs with a flourish — targeting imported solar panels, steel, aluminum and pretty much everything from China. “Tariff Man,” he called himself. This time, he’s gone much further: He has proposed a 60% tariff on goods from China — and a tariff of up to 20% on everything else the United States imports. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/trump-favors-huge-new-tariffs-how-do-they-work So a 20% blanket tariff on everything is incredibly stupid and it will drive up costs of many many things is my main point. I don't even think you disagree with that part, which was the main point of my conversation with a guy who thought inflation is a problem now and we were better off 5 years ago. I'm saying it will be much worse under that policy rather than the current administration plan. Of course you have a pony that the revenue from those tariffs will be significant. However, I don't think it will be offsetting the cost that regular people like you or I spend on those products. the money will instead be redirected into some big government coffers and used for something else that probably won't benefit us peasants.

Just had a conversation with someone at work about how tariffs work. I said if it's a blanket tariff on all imports of 20%, as has been proposed by Trump, then it's going to make a whole hell of a lot of goods go up in price by 20%. He said that's not how it will work, since prices elsewhere will remain lower and force the foreign producers/sellers to keep their prices lower to remain competitive with American made goods. I said Ok, but we don't make everything here, so many many things will still go up in price as taxes and fees always get passed on to consumers. He agreed it might go up some, but it's no big deal. American companies will see the opportunity in the markets and eventually "fill in the gaps." (Internally thinking WTF dude...) That's when I realized Trump is a god damn magician, he's finally gotten Republicans on board with significant tax increases.

Yeah sure. The look on this dude's face as he is prying the ball out of the glove is amusing. Guy and his friend probably paid 2 grand to watch 5 outs, great job idiot.

If they really want to make a monumental splash, go for either Chase or Higgins from the Bengals. Not sure what they would cost, but that's the home run play.

I think the format of 3 hours just invites too many opportunities to try to trap or trip her up with something that could be a disastrous sound bite going into the last week of the election. Rogan's not a journalist, but you can almost guarantee that he will receive a lot of "help" in the prep work for Kamala's topics if she did it, just like I'm sure Brett Baier did with Fox News. Knowing the people I know who listen to Rogan, they would never vote for a Dem or woman for President, and I think that most of that audience is just content with their echo chamber. I just don't think there are a decent amount of people listening that haven't already thrown in with Trump or simply prefer who they think he is. I watched about 2 hours of the Trump one, and there was nothing new there. They rehashed old subjects for the most part, talked about UFC for a while, and really didn't delve into any specifics on policy. Rogan didn't press him hard on the stupidity of his economic or healthcare plans, social security, Medicare, etc etc. In several instances Trump would state something generic and unsubstantiated, Joe would try a follow up, Trump restates his initial empty statements, and then they would move on. It felt like such a softball setup for everything, and simply an extension of Trump's platform to talk aimlessly to the masses. He talked about whales having psychological issues due to windmills at one point, which was probably the craziest thing he said, and Joe just kind of laughed it off as if it were a joke and changed the subject. I thought he was being serious the way he delivered it, but it doesn't really matter. If it were to be a story, he would just call it a joke that people didn't understand and keep moving along. I don't think Rogan would be anywhere near as passive with Kamala.

Every time I see Lake on video with that crazy unrealistic face filter, I think of the floating head Zordon speaking to the Power Rangers. It's like her Zoom background is the picture of a normal woman, but they superimpose her detached face over the neck area to make it look like a regular person.

In spoilers cause it's long:

Smart doing dumb things, what else is new?

I voted. No wait up at John Paul Landing Park in Cypress, super quick and easy. Got my sticker, and happy to pull the lever for all Dems possible. Fuck vouchers, fuck killing immigrants at the border, and fuck Trumplicans. Hoping for a blue wave in 2 weeks.

I'm surprised by both of those deals, but I guess it makes sense if there is a discount. I thought they were holding cap space to try and make a splash signing or trade, and then use the RFA match to go way over the cap, but I guess not. Happy to have Alpi for forever, and kinda meh on the thought of Green for 2 more years. Maybe he gets traded, or maybe he gets his shit together and becomes a perennial all-star. A man can dream.

Same, no spoilers for this show. I like the surprises too much to ruin any.

I haven't seen that ISIS Toyota skit in a while, still hilarious! I recommend everyone watch it: I found some other good team names on reddit that made me chuckle: 55pts 55rebs 55asts 55blks 55stls Inj-N-Out Very Demar, very Derozen P Giddey Innocent Until Proven Giddey Giddey Diddler They're Eating the KATs! Edey effects 1 in 5 Men Sweet Home Wembanyama Do Ayton Of Drugs Wish Upon Ausar Myles Magic 8 Ball No Edy, I Quickley Harden Teenage Mutant Ninja Poeltls Beats by Dray Thanasscheeks Sales and Markkanen Huevos Bancheros Only Franz Anal Embiids

Ok nevermind. He's not gonna do anything even if half the team is injured by January. I saw him pop up as a dark horse RoY candidate on some betting sites and thought he might be worth a flyer, but he's just gonna drag down my averages if I use him. Still can't believe they wasted a 2nd on him, he should be in the G League.

👀 \ I'm gonna take a flyer on this guy with my last roster spot and see WTF happens lol...

It's all good. I joined in the 5th round or so. Wemby would have been my first pick if TDs aren't a stat, that dude is gonna be in the running for MVP this year. Fox was my only wtf auto pick. I had him last year, and he was streaky and frustrating to have on your team. Maxey was my keeper in the 4th. I'm just glad I got in before it auto drafted Kawhi or Westbrook to me 😁 I would have probably taken Donovan Mitchell in the 2nd anyway, I love getting guys that are on my favorite teams. Plus I got him in the 2nd in my other league too. My other league team is pretty awesome looking compared to where some of the guys went in this draft, I got Giannis, Mitchell and Sabonis with my first 3 picks in a 10 team league. I think the players in this league are much higher quality, so I hope to wreck shop over there, even though I had 7th pick.

Oh shit, I didn't realize the draft was tonight. Fuck me.

I would have been fine with him kneeling in the back field if the pass wasn't there. Forcing a 10 yard throw to the sideline that would have been out of bounds if caught, is not helpful. The FG was a chip shot anyway, if you aren't getting a TD or a defensive penalty, just keep the clock rolling.

Great call on that last third down Slowik, you fucking idiot. CJ was pretty trash all day, and you don't even try to make a play in the end zone? Run or screen pass to waste a timeout or 40 seconds. Every coach with a brain knows this. Anyway, good game Packers, see you again in February.

Sure, just save them a timeout or whatever. No big deal...

That first down was HUGE!

I'm sure we could all use a good laugh right now. I watched this one a few times, lulz

MPJ for a 9th seems like decent value. Not much value elsewhere, and even that one is kinda iffy.