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hmmm. maybe am doing it different 'cause am admitting our beef stew, while inexpensive, is not trending towards our easier dishes. our beef stew technique is much like our pot roast with only a few changes and similar it is best a day after resting in the fridge. am also tending towards less fluid but am s'posing such is a matter o' taste. have actual needed change or beef stew recipe a bit over the years as am far less likely to have homemade beef stock on hand. is increasing rare we make many meals which result in leftover beef bones suitable for making stock. better than bouillon is a good way to punch up store bought stock, but am just as likely to use our homemade chicken stock and then supplement with a few umami sources such as tomato paste, soy sauce and worchestershire sauce. am also common adding dark beer to our stewing liquid... or not. is usual a gameday decision. regardless, with homemade stock we do not need add as much flour to our meat or powdered gelatin to the stock to get a nice thick liquid. even so, making stew is a relative labor intensive and multistep process in which we assemble our stewing liquid, brown meats, then brown vegetables. positive: we have found frozen pearl onions work perfect fine btw, so no more hand peeling. am also now browning our beef chunks not in our dutch oven on the stovetop but rather in the oven on a sheet pan. brown the meat in the oven means we don't need worry 'bout over crowding and steaming the meat as 'posed to genuine browning. we also have separate stewing/braising vegetables 'cause the long stew renders the veggies almost tasteless; we remove the stewing veggies during the last hour of cooking and then return our browned veggies and some yukon gold potatoes to the stew mix for the last hour of cooking. during the last hour in the oven we "stew" uncovered to reduce a bit and also to add additional browning. before letting cool and refrigerating, we also simmer and stir on the stove top for a couple minutes as doing so will incorporate the surface browning as well as effective remove the oily sheen from the top layer o' the stew. edit: next day, when we reheat, we will finish with a couple handfuls o' frozen peas... 'cause. am suspecting if our stew were a bit easier, we would have it more frequent, which might not be good for our health. HA! Good Fun!
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40k is great tabletop wargaming fodder. nevertheless, have always been ambivalent 'bout rpg 40k and our personal experience with role-play groups don't help. https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/11/19/the-imperium-is-driven-by-hate-warhammer-is-not/ "The Imperium of Man stands as a cautionary tale of what could happen should the very worst of Humanity’s lust for power and extreme, unyielding xenophobia set in. Like so many aspects of Warhammer 40,000, the Imperium of Man is satirical." one would think the satire would be so obvious no mention were required, but... on the positive side, a 40k Crpg does not suffer same hurdles as does a group o' real persons. is more difficult than it sounds to do over-the-top and exaggerated save in limited doses. the 40k audience is 'posed to be aware o' subtilties and nuance o' the setting but the 40k characters are grimdark cartoony and in a rp for 40k, the players is the characters. will always be players who see 40k different, or try and make it different 'cause who can do extreme all the time week after week after week? a Crpg is not the same as a rp group 'cause is the computer doing the work o' being immune to self-reflection. the mythic stuff in wotr were owlcat original content and not created by paizo. from a writing pov, we disliked the mythic content. the exaggeration o' mythic characters and encounters were lacking any kinda subtlety or nuance and for a considerable period o' time we were conflicted as to whether the material were intended as parody. "to the extreme." is funny... in 2023. were always funny for Gromnir. in 1990 vanilla ice were a chart topper and not 'cause people saw as a joke. over-the-top were the selling point. sure, were arguable unintended parody, but the success o' vanilla ice and to the extreme were not 'cause it were embraced as a weird al yankovic kinda thing. owlcat does not do subtle or nuance and they embrace exaggeration... to the extreme. regardless o' Gromnir personal preferences, the fans o' owlcat liked the wotr mythic content and wotr storytelling in general. maybe ain't the way Gromnir would do it, but am thinking owlcat is a good choice for 40k 'cause they will do extreme and over-the-top. for a few 40k fans an owlcat rogue trader will likely be dismissed as insulting parody. will also be a few purists who will be revile rogue trader 'cause owlcat misinterpreted some integral aspect(s) o' 40k lore. however, am betting most fans will dismiss the lore concerns as minutiae and based on wotr, am thinking owlcat fans want more over-the-top as 'posed to less. 40k allows owlcat to go even more extreme than wotr, more extreme than ice ice baby. HA! Good Fun!
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how 'bout germany o' 2023? anybody recall why there ain't no kids in the original fallout game? just as were the case in 1997 and 1998, is laws in germany which prohibit depictions o' sexual acts or violence involving kids. more than a few o' the books which parents is trying to ban in desantis' florida would never have been published in germany. and 'course books which involve holocaust denial or show nazis get a different standard than does other books. child pr0n is illegal in the US, but not in the way many understand the term. as children is inherent victimized in the creation o' child pr0n, and minors cannot genuine consent to be actors, models or whatever, there is a specific exception for kid pr0n. 'course if is no living child involved in the creation o' the pr0n, then is no triggering o' child pr0n exception. much o' what is happening in florida and texas is already de rigeur in europe where schools do not necessarily "ban" books, but they do not purchase or display controversial works. and again, more than a couple o' the books routine at issue in the US wouldn't be published in most euro countries. as such, florida and texas is actual sliding towards european norms. 'course the new war on wokeness from the right is, well, new... or maybe old. trying to ban books about rosa parks or roberto clemente? if the daughters of the confederacy is made uncomfortable by a book, then is possible to ban? crt? the thing is... https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/23/lgbtq-book-ban-challengers/ "The majority of the 1,000-plus book challenges analyzed by The Post were filed by just 11 people. "Each of these people brought 10 or more challenges against books in their school district; one man filed 92 challenges. Together, these serial filers constituted 6 percent of all book challengers — but were responsible for 60 percent of all filings." also, is all kinda reasons to be disturbed by the chart, but much o' the content the clowns in florida, texas, indiana, idaho and a a number o' other states is stuff routine proscribed by enlightened euros. unfortunate, much o' the new war on wokeness is very familiar and even commonplace. as @Hurlshotobserves, US book banning is not new and the vast majority o' the books current being proscribed is the same kinda books which has been at issue for many decades, which isn't an excuse btw. fact that local US religious leaders and school districts has been trying to ban huckleberry finn since it were first published is not reassuring and so not ok. even so, has been a long time since the book banning thing in the US was other than a local issue; governors and front runner Presidential candidates for a major party running on a platform endorsing book banning is kinda 19th century and way outside the personal experience o' just about anybody living. even so, the current issue is maybe not quite as described or portrayed by the media. HOWEVER, particular given how the gop has made the war on wokeism a core platform issue, and how easily a significant % o' the population were stoopified by the CRT nonsense, prophesying dystopian book burning nightmares is looking less hyperbolic and unreasonable by the day. yeah, maybe the current reality in virtual all the US ain't worse than what is routine in germany, but the fact you got a significant % o' people in the US cheering the war on wokeism is disturbing. HA! Good Fun!
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Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous, Part 6
Gromnir replied to bugarup's topic in Computer and Console
got around to act v portion o' the ulbrig dlc. there is less act v content for ulbrig compared to act iii. act v gundrun does offer players a few meaningful choices which is hardly surprising 'cause is the end o' the ulbrig content. am having played wotr a few times and am a completionist. as such our level twenty party with the bestest gear wasn't particular overwhelmed (or even whelmed) by the final ulbrig battle(s). the concluding confrontation o' the dlc content is a bit gimmicky but am doubting it provides much challenge for seasoned players. is ez to be dismissive o' the ulbrig end content but am needing recall the dlc must be fun for more casual players as well as level twenty munchkins with end-game gear. is gonna be near impossible to balance 'tween most players and the more hardcore psychos such as Gromnir. overall there is a fair bit o' content provided via the ulbrig dlc, more than we had anticipated. the dlc offers a new companion with a new class, but is also numerous quests and a couple new areas populated by characters which contribute noteworthy amounts o' dialog. "more" hardly = good, but we were pleasant surprised by the value we received from the dlc. no lycanthropes. as we mentioned earlier, there is a merchant in gundrun who sells gear with bonuses when facing lycanthropes. relevant for future content? HA! Good Fun! -
am reading the durham report and it is a bit o' a slog. is only 200 pages, but am not recalling each and every fed statute referenced so we need review 'em all. furthermore, am needing check durham narrative for accuracy regarding persons and dates. exhausting. will give full thoughts once am done. we reread the ig report from 2019 as it covered much o' the same territory and were lambasted by durham when horowitz released his findings. we never did read the full 1000 page bipartisan senate report concerning the same 2016 issues in part 'cause the senate report reached no conclusions... and also 'cause it were 1000 pages. regardless, the 200 page durham report is requiring far more than 200 pages worth o' material review. given the increasing temporal remoteness o' the events, is worth restating a bit o' history which is relevant. 2014 feds begin an investigation into paul manafort "Among the more striking sections of the report is the committee’s description of the professional relationship between former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Konstantin Kilimnik, whom the committee describes as a Russian intelligence officer. "“Taken as a whole, Manafort’s high-level access and willingness to share information with individuals closely affiliated with the Russian intelligence services, particularly Kilimnik, represented a grave counterintelligence threat,” the report says. "The report notes how Manafort shared internal Trump campaign polling data with Kilimnik and says there is “some evidence” Kilimnik may have been connected to Russia’s effort to hack and leak Democratic emails, though that information is redacted. The report also says “two pieces of information” raise the possibility of Manafort’s potential connection to those operations, but what follows is again blacked out." -- from the pbs link re: senate report march 29, 2016 manafort joins the trump campaign. july 27, 2016 july 28, 2016 the feds get a call from alexander downer downer, an australian diplomat, met a trump campaign advisor in london to have drinks in may o' 2016. at some point during the eve, the trump campaign guy shared info that the russians had "dirt" on hilary clinton by way o' thousands o' emails. not surprising, downer thought the conversation with papadopoulos were relevant in the wake o' the trump announcement. july 31, 2016 the crossfire hurricane investigation begins fast forward to 2019, post mueller investigation which determines crossfire hurrican's legit predicate were the call from downer, and barr appoints durham to investigate the origins o' crossfire hurricane. ... again, we wanna read the full report before reaching conclusions, but am having noticed in stories recent released contemporaneous with the durham report, the history is already having been forgotten. HA! Good Fun!
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hmmm. is ewan's older brother, and episode 1 were only 1999, so likely woulda' required a callsign change for the thirty-something pilot. and again, is the older brother who became a real-life fighter pilot supposed being saddled with obi-two as a nick/callsign, which seems kinda uncharacteristic for brits... and aviators. sounds more like internet meme fodder. we would search for confirmation before spreading this one. HA! Good Fun!
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unpopular gaming opinions - here's mine, share yours
Gromnir replied to Melusina's topic in Computer and Console
hurl's psychiatrist scribbles something on her notepad and then peers over the top rim of her glasses. "so," she says in a calculated laconic tone, "you chose to categorize "happy" distinct from "normal?" @Sarex am personal not a fan o' the construction and resource gathering mechanic which is a staple in most rts. functional is a race to generate resources and any kinda battlefield strategy is secondary. in classic turn-based strategy games, the player is often commanding squads or full armies w/o the baggage o' needing maintain the perfect ratio o' peasant farmers to sawmills to barracks... or whatever. is no city planning and development in panzer corps 2. no need to search for quadrilonix ore and hydrogen 3 in battletech. yeah, many tb strategy games has resource gathering and base building elements, but is rare the core gameplay feature and is almost never the rush to generate essential units one sees in rts. red alert 2 is an excellent game but for us it is enjoyable in spite o' the all too familiar and kinda twitchy construction and resource elements. HA! Good Fun! -
gold is rare 24k gold, and even then if the necklace has a clasp such is likely not gold. am also suspecting more than one person who believes their 24k gold jewelry is pure is mistaken. yeah, maybe your gold is mixed with non-magnetic, but nickel is an increasing popular addition to gold alloys, and nickel is magnetic. how do most o' us know for certain our gold is genuine 24k? as a matter o' policy we would ask for removal o' any metallic jewelry. HA! Good Fun!
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unpopular gaming opinions - here's mine, share yours
Gromnir replied to Melusina's topic in Computer and Console
possible, but am tending to agree as a general proposition with only a few extreme limited outliers which functional prove the rule. dark omen and shadow o' the horned rat were re-defined after-the-fact as real-time tactical by some folks 'cause they eschewed the resource gathering and building construction features o' many contemporary rts games. is maybe a couple other titles which rank as exceptions. HA! Good Fun! -
the thing is, the linked story is hardly the first mri horror story am having heard even if it is one o' the more unique. as such one wonders why the techs don't at least have metal detector wands so they might give patients a quick check for overlooked artifacts which might be magnetic. yeah, the wands is hardly infallible and am not even certain if such a device woulda' detected the offending plug. even so, why not indulge a bit o' extra caution, eh? have had more than a few mri experiences over the years and for the most recent we weren't even asked to disrobe and then don a hospital gown. given how cold were the room with the mri, we were quite relived we were able to retain clothing. 'course without a complete disrobe am suspecting more than one person has overlooked a metal rivet, button or zipper. dunno. am possible overlooking something, but metal detector wands seems like a good way to catch at least a few overlooked jewelry, piercings, clothing fixtures and sex toys. HA! Good Fun!
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am gonna suggest frankenweenie is criminal underrated, though am less a fan o' alice and miss peregrine than is hurl we s'pose. we read the miss peregrine book(s) after seeing the movie and were all the more disappointed in the burton film. am thinking sleepy hollow deserves more love; it is a visually remarkable film regardless o' any issues you might have with storytelling. sleepy hollow were released after mars attacks! that said, am gonna admit how when it comes to movies and books made for kids, am having a less than common pov. family fare or written for kids is all too often offered as qualifiers for anticipated perceived shortfalls in storytelling and am just not seeing the need for the crutch. oh sure, there is indeed films which is gonna appeal specific to kids and adults is perhaps able to appreciate vicarious even if the movie is objective not great. that said, is a whole lotta good movies which kids may enjoy. a swiftly tilting planet was an excellent book. period. so too were the phantom tollbooth and the graveyard book. iron giant, spirited away and the princess bride are excellent movies. no qualifiers required. regardless, am not thinking a beetlejuice sequel is needed, but am embarrassed to admit how in spite o' such a recognition, the chances o' us seeing the deetz and maitland clans in a new burton film is approaching 100%. HA! Good Fun!
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we could stop right there, 'cause seemed to answer our previous questions. are you going for comedic irony? btw, please note our initial reply were general advice applicable to anybody who wished to make use o' melon in ways less common. regardless, as you are no longer even pretending to discuss your personal and curious food and drink road to perdition... *eye roll* aside, for our younger relatives, we also make watermelon roll-ups (or fruit leather,) which is easier than one might suspect. when we suggested juicing watermelon and then freezing, the solids need not be discarded. combine the watermelon solids with a bit o' sugar and lime juice and then spread onto a lightly greased baking sheet. place the baking sheet with the thin layer o' watermelon goo into a 170 degree oven and after two-to-three hours the watermelon will be dried enough such that it is no longer sticky/tacky. cut the "leather" into strips and roll. btw, the rolls require little storage space. just doing our part to bring the thread back on-topic. HA! Good Fun!
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unpopular gaming opinions - here's mine, share yours
Gromnir replied to Melusina's topic in Computer and Console
knowing how to make rancid beer is nevertheless a useful skill. a friend o' ours, at 3:30 am, once mused that if he were to be marooned on a desert island and he could only take two things with him to the island, he would choose a goodly supply o' beer and a broad-spectrum antibiotic. am not sure why he got to choose two items, but those were the rules o' the scenario. not bad choices. beer, bottled proper, is gonna last a considerable time, will be resistant to rot or degradation and would be representing a good source o' carbohydrates you would be otherwise unable to replicate on a desert island. we do not drink booze, but we always thought we should learn how to make beer. also, most o' our best conversations has happened during the hour of the wolf. edit: updated unpopular gaming opinions-- fo: nv would have been better w/o caeser's legion and in particular w/o caeser. were requiring sooperhuman resolve to avoid speed clicking through caesar dialogues. "non-linear" is a used car sales pitch in virtual every story-driven game ever made. provide a whole bunch o' optional and tangential side-quests does not make any less linear. ... warhammer 40k is a great tabletop strategy game setting, but am less a fan o' 40k for rpg. 40k is intentional over-the-top and tongue-in-cheek. am thinking meaningful role-play and storytelling is prohibitive challenging with 40k save in small doses. HA! Good Fun! -
is doubtful anybody would say such, but knock yourself out with the imagining o' what would be a response nobody offers. regardless, the manufactured obstacles is hardly noteworthy. if you cannot fit anything in your electric powered cooling devices, then you are indeed beyond helping, but it sure seems unlikely. 'cause is frozen cubes o' puree, in a bag, is not requiring much space in your chosen chiller appliance. am not even gonna try and guess your "emotional" hurdles to making minimal space in a freezer, but am not doubting such exist. buy a small seedless melon and eat some o' the watermelon, freeze a bit o' the puree and use rind for pickles. your previous concerns 'bout spoilage is addressed and the solution(s) result in is almost no waste. *shrug* regardless, no doubt for lc the "physical, financial, emotional" burdens o' melon usage is immeasurable. finding a way to add watermelon to drinks, which is something you says you like, is emotionally taxing in ways indescribable. we do not whish to make light o' what is clear simultaneous ineffable and elegiac. as such am apologizing for making light o' what is clear an incapacitating problem. HA! Good Fun!
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The Lamplighters League Dev Diary #7 – Allies, Supplies, & Customization The Undrawn Hand is a deck of cards that has the uncanny ability to change a person’s fate. It is the signature relic of the Lamplighters, filled with cards that look blank when drawn but show themselves for Lamplighters that tempt fate in service of the fight against evil. With it, you will create builds unique to your friends playing Lamplighters, with opportunities to unlock the most potent of combinations. The Lamplighters League Dev Diary #8 – The Race for the Tower If any of the three Clocks fills completely and hits the final Breakpoint, that's game over, for you and for the world as you know it. But there's still a ghost of a chance to pull things back: a Last Stand mission you can run to stall them for a short time. The stakes are high, though. Last Stands are difficult, and failure means losing the world. ... am wondering why/when the card "feature" became popular in rpg and tactical rpgs 'cause is not the first recent title am having seen cards as gameplay. also, while am ordinarily opposed to quest timers, am recognizing how the three clocks in lamplighters is effective keeping score o' the strategic elements o' the game and therefore at least has a purpose. also, the lamplighters clocks ain't hidden or arbitrary as is the fail in many games. even so, there is a tendency for "game over" time management aspects to be poor implemented or unnecessarily punishing, existing only to create a layer o' difficulty for games which would otherwise be too ez. am appreciating the informative developer diaries and we remain optimistic 'bout the title. HA! Good Fun!
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is some folks who spend max effort explaining why they cannot do. *shrug* freeze watermelon puree or juice in ice cube trays avoids the spoilage quandary. one small watermelon is gonna yield puree enough to flavour drinks for a long time. if an individual enjoys watermelon flavored drinks as indicated earlier, freezing the puree o' the melon would appear to be a solution... unless the person is not genuine looking for solutions. HA! Good Fun!
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leave 'bout 1⁄4" o' pink watermelon flesh attached to the rind but remove all the green skin. compared to pickled cucumber, the results is... different. that said, even a small watermelon is gonna produce a couple quart's worth o' rind, which probable means most o' your rind is ending up as compost in any event, but is nevertheless worth trying at least once. HA! Good Fun!
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mentioned previous how contrary to a few myths, watermelon freezes excellent. as a drink ingredient, am finding the best application is to puree or juice a seedless watermelon and then freeze the result in icecube trays. juicing requires a bit o' effort as you are gonna be using a blender or food processor to liquify the watermelon and then forcing the goo through a fine mesh strainer to remove all the solids. puree is incredible simple and results in watermelon drinks with a bit o' solids akin to pulpy orange juice. don't worry if your puree looks a bit thick. 'cause o' science, freezing breaks the watermelon puree down further as the formation o' ice crystals is like thousands o' little knives ripping the watermelon from inside-out. once the puree defrosts, it is tending to be far more liquidy then when you first freeze it... and am ok with the fact liquidy is not a real word. the resulting puree or juice ice cubes may be stored for a considerable period o' time in a freezer safe container. we ordinary run out o' frozen watermelon 'round christmas or new years. also, do not throw away the rinds... or at least not all o' the rind. one o' summer's most overlooked treats is watermelon pickles. is many online recipes for watermelon pickles so feel free to pick one which looks good/ez/whatever. traditional ratio is 1:1:1 for sugar, water and vinegar, but we tend to go a bit light on the sugar; somewheres 'tween 1/2 and 3/4 cup. if you are using one(ish) cup each o' the aforementioned, am recommending a bit more than one tablespoon o' salt. personal we use a vegetable peeler on ginger and add a few strips to the pickling mix but spice/flavours you do for quick pickles is gonna work for the watermelon. HA! Good Fun!
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2023 NFL Draft UDFA Signings tyson bagent, qb to chicago and andre carter ii olb/de to minnesota are a couple names which caught our attention. HA! Good Fun!
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the black humor being the no compromise gun rights folks see such incidents as further proof o' the need for more guns and greater gun protections. after all, if the victims had been better armed and trained, maybe they coulda' survived their encounter with a mexican national. guns don't kill people... incidents like these makes it all the more reasonable for people to be afraid o' their neighbors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/04/20/florida-sheriff-hate-crimes/ He’d been angry that no one called him when his parents got swatted. Luckily, the 911 dispatcher had thought the murder-suicide report sounded fishy and called his mother, who confirmed they were alive. The police still sent over three officers. Chitwood’s father, unsure if they were real officers, had opened the door carrying his Smith & Wesson revolver. “You should have called me, Dad,” Chitwood said, still in his cycling spandex, when his parents came over that evening for buffalo chicken and white pizza. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/04/15/police-shooting-wrong-house-video-new-mexico-dotson/ After the officers appeared to laugh at the notion that they mixed up the addresses, police backed away and shined a light on Dotson once he came to the door of what authorities thought was the house with the domestic violence report, video shows. But the officers were supposed to be at an address across the street, according to police. When Dotson opened the screen door and began to raise his firearm, police opened fire on the homeowner, who quickly fell to the ground, according to body-cam video. 'cause anybody could be armed, it is reasonable to afraid o' everybody... especial at night. fear is justification for using deadly force in self defense. eventual the no compromise people is gonna recognize the insanity they embrace, right? nope. HA! Good Fun!
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there are a few jalen carter issues not specific related to his multiple off-field character incidents. against ohio st., carter looked a bit chubby and his performance deteriorated during the game. in retrospect, jalen carter were almost never asked to play nfl analogous pass rush snaps per game while he were in college. ohio st. represented the most such pass rush efforts he ever faced in college. lack of conditioning showed. furthermore, at his pro day, jalen were in poor shape. am guessing more than a couple teams had football specific questions 'bout choosing jalen carter number one. at number nine? based on nothing save football, is doubtful any team would second guess choosing carter at nine. 'course a young man with a history o' character problems and accusations o' being lazy is a questionable hire for any job. give that same young man millions o' dollars with the expectation his character and work ethic will improve is borderline insane. maybe jalen carter finds jesus or has some kinda football epiphany, but am thinking absolute nobody will be shocked if jalen carter busts and is not playing football after his rookie contract expires. dallas has a history o' taking guys with character/legal problems, and then people wonder why dallas consistent underperforms. in college the service academies typical overperform in spite o' a lack o' on field talent. the value o' character in football is less mysterious than many suggest. yeah, no amount o' character is gonna turn air force into a perennial national championship contender, but with the draft scheme utilized by the nfl, every team may select nfl quality players who also show discipline and character. as for grading drafts, is always best to wait a couple years and consider in hindsight. most teams is happy with their selections immediate after the draft. was nothing 'bout the dallas draft which were headscratcher horrible or fantastic. overshown might be the player we were most curious 'bout o' the dallas day 1 & 2 picks. the bad v. the run and plays soft is legit criticism for overshown if you look at his college career. however, is difficult to overstate just how much the lb improved in his final year at texas. based on athleticism measurables, overshown may be close to hitting his ceiling, but if overshown improves as much as a dallas rookie as he did during his final year at texas, then dallas picked a win in round three. HA! Good Fun!
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speaking o' people on drugs... "It appears the 'violence' spoken of didn't happen until after the police went to try and disperse the protest, or as you might call it 'censor or ban their freedom of speech'. (Although that would in some ways be more accurate than the way you used it, since the police have got some kind of government connection going on.)" you said the police actions amounted to censorship and you were pretty clear offering the the state sponsored censorship as an explanation for the violence. so... put down the pills, needle, pipe, etc. before it's too late. btw, the logic fail is also a brain on drugs issue. call something protesting does not result in the impossibility o' the protests rising to a level which makes it censorship. "protesting is not censorship." ignores the reality that protesting may indeed be censorship just as it can be violent or criminal. there is indeed a fail wherein some people equate censorship with a violation o' the First Amendment. the dr. seuss estate may self-censor and it in no way results in a First Amendment violation. the uc davis story first amendment issues is different if the event happened at university of the pacific instead of uc davis, 'cause a private institution is not a state actor. etc. all o' which ignores the point we keep coming back to and people miss so often. legal ≠ right. student protests meant to drown out messages they don't wanna hear is attempts at censorship, but they is not necessarily violative o' the First Amendment. legal or protected doesn't make 'em necessarily right neither. students who rage at any message they don't wanna hear, complaining o' the need for trigger warnings to prevent microaggressions and the demands for safe spaces is protected by the First Amendment as long as they peaceful make their demands, but am thinking is obvious not so settled that such efforts is right. and in spite o' the deflection again, am suspecting chair's defense o' the protesters woulda' been different if the victims o' police suppression were robed clansmen attempting to censor a trans speaker. would chair have offered up the recognition that the proud boys and clansmen only resorted to violence after the police attempted to censor them as defense o' the actions by white supremacists? HA! Good Fun!
