The Real timschochet

Rushing today: Hunt 11 carrries 21 yards Pacheco 6 carries 11 yards This is the key issue all year. Kansas City’s defense is fine, elite QB, fine WRs. But no running game. Shore up the offensive line and find someone better to carry the ball and they’ll be right back in the hunt next year.

I think that the terrible way we treated Japanese Americans should inform our current behavior.

I don’t agree that we can’t vet them. Perhaps in some instances we need to be more careful. But I will never accept exclusion. To me that goes against the core principle of who we are as Americans. And as I attempted to point out to @Reality, giving up our ideals actually makes us far less safe IMO.

You make reasonable points and I am all for looking at these people very carefully. But I am not for excluding them altogether, that’s the bigoted part. It took the family from Afghanistan I worked with over a year of extensive vetting before they were allowed to come to the USA. Perhaps if they had been Christians coming from Denmark they would have received less vetting. And that’s fine; I’m OK with that difference. I agree that Muslims from a certain part of the world should be looked at more carefully because as you wrote, the numbers don’t lie. But when we attempt to paint a broad brush and exclude them completely, based on their religion or ethnicity, I’ve got a big problem with that and I would hope that you would too.

You shouldn’t. But I believe that, in the long run, your views on this subject actually make you and your family less safe, not more. And THAT you should at least consider.

What to do with such bigotry? Ignoring the fact that it was a Muslim who stopped him (confirmed by, of all people, Benjamin Netanyahu). But that shouldn’t matter anyhow. The point is that you, like President Trump, condemn a large group of people for the actions of a few or one. Please refer to the other thread I posted in as to how this sort of attitude is currently affecting people I know. You, like me, like all Americans were taught to treat everyone as an individual. This is at our core, what defines us as Americans. what makes us great. Let’s get back to that.

It’s amazing that somebody could respond to my last post with laughter. You have to wonder what kind of person you are that would do that. Guess nothing should surprise me anymore.

So one of Trump’s actions in the last 30 days affected me personally: As I have mentioned in the past, in 2024 my wife and I helped a family of 5 from Afghanistan settle in Orange County through the WelcomeCorp volunteer organization, set up by Biden, since cancelled. This was a family of refugees: the father worked in Kabul at the American hospital and because of this was marked for death by the Taliban. They spent year in Pakistan going through extreme vetting and were finally welcomed into the U.S. last October, one one of the last allowed in before the door was shut. We helped them find an apartment, got the kids enrolled in school, helped them find jobs, etc. Most rewarding experience of my life. A year after they arrived we began to work with an attorney on applying for their green cards (you can’t apply until you’ve been here a year.) It’s a laborious process and we were in the middle of it when last month Trump abruptly suspended all green card applications for anyone of Afghan descent. He is blaming all of them for the national guard shooting. It’s a bigoted, hateful response from our President, and it puts this family and thousands of others in limbo. It is also a violation of a sacred vow we made to these people who worked with our soldiers for two decades. If Trump gets his way this family and many others will lose their refugee status and sent back to Afghanistan where they will face imprisonment and possibly death. The family I am friends with are terrified and don’t understand what’s happening. The attorney we hired is helpless. I have no idea what to tell these people.

Hey thanks for asking. The answer is yes it was a vacation, but not a voluntary one. I received a month’s suspension. I assume it was because of some insults I offered to @Strike as a result of him attacking my family, though I have no idea. I thought my response was justified though I probably could have chosen better language. Oh well. Anyhow, hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/investing/us-stocks-walmart-outlook/index.html Get ready for hard times ahead. Some of us tried to warn you that these tariffs were going to cause a lot of pain and ugliness. And it’s only just beginning…

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15185099/amp/Marjorie-Taylor-Greene-split-donald-trump-immigration-ICE-georgia.html “There needs to be a smarter plan than just rounding up every single person and deporting them.” If Marjorie gets it, there may be some hope for the rest of you.

So here’s what I think is going to happen Tuesday night. (Keep in mind that my political predictions are right about 80% of the time. My sports predictions not so much.) 1. Prop. 50 in California, which will give the state about 5 more Democratic leaning Congressional districts, will win easily, perhaps over 60%. 2. The Democratic nominee for governor in Virginia will win easily. She will carry the Democratic candidate for attorney general over the top though that will be closer. 3. The Democratic nominee for governor in New Jersey will win by an easier margin than is currently projected- perhaps 5-8%. Just as important in terms of long term projections, a significant number of Latino voters in New Jersey who abandoned the Democratic Party in 2024 for Donald Trump will return to the fold. 4. Mamdani will win by the largest margin of all. 70% or higher is possible. In other words, Democratic victories everywhere. This is not however any kind of sign that the Democratic Party is healthy or popular- it’s not. The public by and large can’t stand the Democratic Party and truthfully they have good reasons. That’s not going away. But Tuesday night, and I believe a year from now as well, Democrats are going to win big because the public is rejecting Donald Trump.

Wow too bad. I was looking forward to the hearings.

Is it safe?

We are not yet at war with Venezuela. But we appear to be getting a lot closer: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/14/trump-venezuela-maduro-strikes/ Well this is one way to distract from Epstein, I suppose. But Trump will never call it a “wag the dog” scenario, lest Kristi Noem hears and grabs her shotgun.

“Does Trump think his followers are really that stupid?” Nicolle Wallace, meet Tree of Knowledge.

MAGA: This is what I voted for! Owning the libs!

He had a role on the Netflix show Love. Pretty funny on that too.

Heard it on MSNBC. Andrew Weissman offered that as a reason, and then Nicolle Wallace responded with, “But that won’t work even with his followers! Does Trump think his followers have no memory and are really that stupid??” That made me chuckle. Yes Nicolle, Trump DOES believe his followers are that stupid. And who’s to say he’s wrong?

Yes but opening a new investigation now would allow them to argue that they can’t release anything because “it’s under investigation.”

They’re not. We don’t know what Trump did or didn’t do. The only thing we know, or think we know, at this point is: 1. Epstein’s emails suggest Trump is lying when he claims he has no idea what Epstein was involved in. (BTW, this claim was also contradicted by Leavitt yesterday when she said that Trump kicked Epstein out of Maralago because he was a pedophile- Trump claims it was another non related reason. 2. Epstein’s emails suggest Trump is lying about never spending time at Epstein’s house. 3. Trump’s statements and actions regarding this matter ever since March of this year are entirely inconsistent with those of an innocent person with nothing to hide.

6 point better chance than the Bruins. Chin up!

Ooh that’s a bingo! Is that the way you say it? That’s a bingo?

Kristi Noem would. Her response would be swift.

How MAGA has reacted: https://www.newsweek.com/maga-react-trump-epstein-revelations-11043674 Steve Bannon: “Trump isn’t perfect.” Lol.