SaintsInDome2006

There is something really Citizen Kane about Trump. He was born in 1946, this is the period of his earliest childhood.

“A very Happy Thanksgiving salutation to all of our Great American Citizens and Patriots..”: Every President from Lincoln to Biden. - Everything else that follows: Trump and only Trump.

I was just there at Farragut Square. Not a hijab or non-kafir in sight. Women in Ann Taylor & guys in Brooks Brothers.

“Show more” is the tricky part.

I have to really laugh at myself thinking how much I’ve given up to save a roster spot for Benson. The only thing I’ll say in my defense is the Cards’ offense is cooking now, so if he does magically show up as active at this point in the season owners would dump their remaining budget to grab him.

U.S. Reviews Biden Asylum Cases After Shooting ~~ A Homeland Security Department spokeswoman accused the previous administration of failing to vet asylum applicants “on a massive scale.” - This is the article MO quoted from above. - I don’t understand how or what they’re going to accomplish given: 1. Lakanwal was considered safe enough to fight with US soldiers, including in the Trump administration. 2. The Trump administration granted him asylum. 3. The Trump administration already had the IG report. 4. There’s no way to vet for PTSD, because all soldiers who see combat have PTSD arguably, to some degree at some point. 5. Ideologically Lakanwal was anti-Islamist & pro-American, at least when he came into this country, because he had fought for & with Americans & against the Taliban, & then he wanted to bring his family here rather than stay in the Islamist state. Presumably that’s why the Trump administration granted him asylum. 6. The IG report’s findings about lack of data couldn’t have applied to Lakanwal as he had fought for the US since he was 15 (2011) (he’s 29 now) so it’s likely they had all his information inputted. 7. Domestic terrorism is the responsibility of the FBI. We have a unit dedicated to stopping people like Lakanwal but it’s been eviscerated in the name of - you guessed it - immigration.

That location in particular. It’s a wealthy area, very safe.

>>>D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan, a Childhood Friend Said The C.I.A. and an Afghan intelligence official said that the shooter had been part of an Afghan “partner force,” known as a Zero Unit, trained and supported by the agency in the southern province of Kandahar. The Afghan refugee accused of shooting two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., fought in the late days of the U.S. war there as part of a “Zero Unit,” a paramilitary force that worked with the C.I.A., according to a person briefed on the investigation and an Afghan intelligence officer familiar with the matter. The units were known for their brutality and labeled “death squads” by human rights groups. The suspect, identified by federal officials as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, grew up in a village in the eastern province of Khost. A childhood friend, who asked to be identified only as Muhammad because he feared Taliban reprisals, said that Mr. Lakanwal had suffered from mental health issues and was disturbed by the casualties his unit had caused. “He would tell me and our friends that their military operations were very tough, their job was very difficult, and they were under a lot of pressure,” Muhammad said. The suspect received asylum from the U.S. government in April, according to three people with knowledge of the case who were not authorized to speak publicly.<< - NYT

“They speed out past our defense to deep sea and rendezvous with cargo vessels under various flags. Those cargo ships dock in ports nearer the US where the drugs are unloaded and smuggled all over the World, including the US.” I’ve seen this. So: - Interdict in US waters (legally). - Interdict in foreign waters with aid of foreign flagging nation or coast (legally): - Arrest the perpetrators. - Eavesdrop on their communications. - Interrogate them. - Gain access to higher command. - Coop their members. - Track their guns trafficking. - Track their sourcing. - Check the boats for hostages & human trafficking victims. - Prosecute them. They don’t mind dying. They do care about being pushed into tin cans with their worst enemies. >>> We lose all this, and we spend millions of dollars & use precious armaments to take out “a boat”.

I was there - like that actual corner, park, station & neighborhood this past week. I saw the guardsmen, two at each entrance. The neighborhood is high tone, business dress, busy, high priced, safe. It’s right off K Street which is the nation’s premier center for political influence.

Neal looked very good. Problem is the offense sucks, bad playcalling, offensive line out of whack, rookie QB, little WR help. Rock Chalk.

FBI worked overtime as Epstein files release was thought to be imminent – then Trump and Bondi tried to shut it down ~~~ FBI agents racked up more than $850,000 in overtime work while reviewing and redacting the Epstein files in March alone >>>FBI personnel reportedly devoted more than 3,000 hours of overtime to obtaining and redacting the Epstein Files back in March, at the direction of FBI Director Kash Patel – only to have President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi throw cold war on the release. After Attorney General Pam Bondi’s botched attempt to release “Phase 1” of the Epstein files in February, Patel ordered around 1,000 FBI agents to team up and dedicate extensive hours to adding more to “Phase 1” and preparing “Phase 2” of the files for release. Emails and documents exchanged between FBI officials in March, recently obtained by Bloomberg, show that agents across multiple departments communicated consistently about progress and racked up more than $850,000 in overtime work between March 17 and March 22 alone. In the emails obtained by Bloomberg, FBI officials received continuous updates on agents reviewing documents that needed to be redacted, surveillance photos the Justice Department took during its investigation into Epstein and the infamous video of the hallway outside of Epstein’s jail cell before he died. By March 24, FBI personnel were preparing “Phase 2” for “final delivery” to the Department of Justice. That appeared to be completed around May 2, when FBI agents in New York sent the Information Management Division the “Epstein Overview FINAL.” However, “Phase 2” was ultimately never released, and by July, the Department of Justice released a memo stating that “no further disclosures” were warranted after agents thoroughly reviewed the Epstein files. …. Bloomberg previously reported that the investigators who completed the final review of the Epstein files redacted Trump’s name, as well as other high-profile figures. … <<<

Players Era is a college hoops fan’s dream, embrace it >>Here’s the best part. Look at this schedule. We’re talking four straight days of high-level college hoops, with the first game starting at 1 p.m. ET and the last game not tipping off until midnight.<< I wasn’t even aware of this, sounds cool.

Judge: “You don’t have to answer the question.” Colonel: “Ok never mind, I need to go meet my sister for dinner.” {movie ends}

Amen to that amigo, sounds awesome. I really wish people would just let me watch football & enjoy the feast! Have a great one, Fnord!

My god, oyster dressing, my favorite. Move out my way! God bless & Cheers, Bunny.

What’s the closest that Cuba is to the US? Actual communist nation. They actually prop up Venezuela (& Nicaragua). And they’re notoriously a conduit for drug running. They’re also a portage for Russian & Chinese navies.

I know, last year, but it’s worth remembering not all of us get to be home for the holiday. Cheers.

It was done, the Run ‘n gun, but it took Warren Moon to execute it.

Interesting thought, maybe. This offense looked nothing like the Kelly pro & college offenses we’ve seen. Very vanilla stuff.

I don’t think anyone in this thread did. Brissett at QB, team mired, but Wilson explodes like JSN. 33 targets in 2 games? Harrison coming back. I’ve outthunk myself a thousand times based on the idea that xyz player is coming back as the starter so ignore the backup because he won’t keep the job… until he does.

Just a note of best wishes to one and all for a great holiday, filled with serious doses of tryptophan, football, beer/wine/etc, family/friends, etc. Have an awesome weekend.

Actually they have similar backgrounds & Gamer/Web 2.0 online presence, so it’s easy to understand the mixup.

Wasn’t Carlson tge one with the breaking news on the Capitol bomber, who, as it turned out, was actually at home playing with her puppy when the incident happened?

“FILMING IN CALIFORNIA as part of our @FilmCalifornia Tax Credit Program.” Louisiana under its Republican Governor has killed its tax credit program, & it’s gone from the country’s top location for productions to somewhere way down the list. Crazy thing is it was originally an Old Republican idea - tax credits! - it was successful, but then maga killed it. So now California reaps the benefits.