SaintsInDome2006

What’s the weather situation in Green Bay? TIA.

Any thoughts on closing schedules for players to targets? Any changes in roles? Let’s collaborate!

I’m sending Christmas wishes now as I’ll be out of the Geek loop for a while. Travel, work & whatnot. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy Holidays to one and all. Treat each other nicely and with respect hopefully. God Bless America and god bless you & yours. - SID

Trump’s super power is that aside from being a malicious sociopath he’s so freaking hilarious.

Riggghhhhttt, ye olde executive summary.

^^^^^^

>>>The White House released a letter from President Trump’s physician on Monday about the results of “advanced imaging tests.” The statement, by Dr. Sean P. Barbabella, said the tests on his cardiovascular system and abdominal region showed the president “remains in excellent overall health.” Some medical experts said it was unclear what tests doctors conducted, why they were done or what the results mean. And, they said, a person without symptoms would not have imaging tests as part of a routine medical exam under ordinary medical circumstances. Mr. Trump, the oldest president ever sworn into his office, had M.R.I. scans in October as part of a semiannual physical exam. His annual physical was done in April. … But Dr. Barbabella’s memo did not specify that Mr. Trump had a M.R.I. scan, which uses a magnetic field to produce images of soft tissues that do not show up on X-rays. Instead, the memo describes “advanced imaging” that it said was carried out “because men in his age group benefit from a thorough evaluation of cardiovascular and abdominal health.” The imaging was part of Mr. Trump’s “comprehensive executive physical,” Dr. Barbabella explained, referring to a detailed medical exam often offered to executives. Such exams can include tests that are not normally done when people have no symptoms of disease. … Dr. Jeffrey A. Linder, chief of general internal medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, said he found the White House statement confusing. “There is nothing standard about an executive physical,” he said. No standards exist and what tests are included can vary widely. And, he added, “there is no medical specialty that recommends that an otherwise asymptomatic individual get imaging.” “There is a reason we don’t test everybody for everything all the time,” Dr. Linder said. The chance is much greater, he said, that the test would falsely point to an issue that would lead to rounds of extra testing to no avail. Instead of finding a problem, it could lead to useless treatments. “There are real harms,” Dr. Linder said.<<< NYT

I don’t think that’s necessary. An assault allegation might qualify more realistically, especially in light of what Hegseth did to his wives. It’s still a lot closer to court martial material than charging someone for stating that soldiers shouldn’t violate the UCMJ.

Sure, which is why behavior like this is prohibited in the military code of justice.

I don’t think that’s obvious at all. Hegseth was represented by Trump’s own lawyer, Parlatore, who is extremely aggressive. He also represented Eddie Gallagher. He’d sue someone over a false allegation & destroy their life over a false story. It also sounds like she had humiliated him publicly earlier in the evening, & her “partner” (actually it was her husband & 2 children) being with her at the hotel makes it less likely she’d sleep around not more.

November 2024, AP: Police report reveals assault allegations against Hegseth, Trump’s pick for defense secretary >>>A woman told police that she was sexually assaulted in 2017 by Pete Hegseth after he took her phone, blocked the door to a California hotel room and refused to let her leave, according to a detailed investigative report made public late Wednesday. Hegseth, a former Fox News personality and President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be defense secretary, told police at the time that the encounter had been consensual and denied any wrongdoing, the report said. News of the allegations surfaced last week when local officials released a brief statement confirming that a woman had accused Hegseth of sexual assault in October 2017 after he had spoken at a Republican women’s event in Monterey. … Tim Palatore, Hegseth’s attorney, has said the woman who made the allegations was paid an undisclosed sum in 2023 as part of a confidential settlement to head off the threat of what he described as a baseless lawsuit. … Investigators were first alerted to the alleged assault, the report said, by a nurse who called them after a patient requested a sexual assault exam. The patient told medical personnel she believed she was assaulted five days earlier but couldn’t remember much about what had happened. She reported something may have been slipped into her drink before ending up in the hotel room where she said the assault occurred. Police collected the unwashed dress and underwear she had worn that night, the report said. The woman’s partner, who was staying at the hotel with her, told police that he was worried about her that night after she didn’t come back to their room. At 2 a.m., he went to the hotel bar, but she wasn’t there. She made it back a few hours later, apologizing that she “must have fallen asleep.” A few days later, she told him she had been sexually assaulted. The woman, who helped organize the California Federation of Republican Women gathering at which Hegseth spoke, told police that she had witnessed the TV anchor acting inappropriately throughout the night and saw him stroking multiple women’s thighs. She texted a friend that Hegseth was giving off a “creeper” vibe, according to the report. After the event, the woman and others attended an after-party in a hotel suite where she said she confronted Hegseth, telling him that she “did not appreciate how he treated women,” the report states. A group of people, including Hegseth and the woman, decamped for the hotel’s bar. That’s when “things got fuzzy,” the woman told police. She remembered having a drink at the bar with Hegseth and others, the police report states. She also told police that she argued with Hegseth near the hotel pool, an account that is supported by a hotel staffer who was sent to handle the disturbance and spoke to police, according to the report. Soon, she told police, she was inside a hotel room with Hegseth, who took her phone and blocked the door with his body so that she could not leave, according to the report. She also told police she remembered “saying ‘no’ a lot,” the report said. Her next memory was of lying on a couch or bed with a bare-chested Hegseth hovering over her, his dog tags dangling, the report states. Hegseth served in the National Guard, rising to the rank of major. After Hegseth finished, she recalled he threw a towel at her and asked if she was “OK,” the report states. She told police she did not recall how she got back to her own hotel room and had since suffered from nightmares and memory loss. At the time of the alleged assault, Hegseth, now 44, was going through a divorce with his second wife, with whom he has three children. She filed for divorce after he had a child with a Fox News producer who is now his third wife, according to court records and social media posts by Hegseth. His first marriage ended in 2009, also after infidelity by Hegseth, according to court records. …Hegseth’s attorney said a payment was made to the woman as part of a confidential settlement a few years after the police investigation because Hegseth was concerned that she was prepared to file a lawsuit that he feared could have resulted in him being fired from Fox News, where he was a popular host. The attorney would not reveal the amount of the payment.<< +++ - Have people forgotten about this? Amazing this reprobate is anywhere near a government desk.

Atlantic >> Hegseth has a point: Maybe Kelly shouldn’t be in Congress. But the secretary is wrong about putting the senator back in the naval service. In a more sensible and serious world (and, yes, I know this is not the one we live in right now), Hegseth would be fired—and Kelly would take Hegseth’s job as secretary of defense. Kelly is at least as qualified to lead the Pentagon as other recent appointees, and would probably be an easy addition to any future Democratic administration’s shopping list for senior defense or national-security roles. (He was also shortlisted to be Kamala Harris’s running mate in 2024.) A Navy pilot, Kelly flew 39 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm. He has a uniform heavy with awards, including medals with the combat “V,” a special addition that denotes valor and heroism. After the senator posted a picture of those medals yesterday on social media, Hegseth, one of the most eager and petty trollsin an administration full of them, immediately took to social media and claimed that they were in the wrong order. He also warned “Captain” Kelly—putting Kelly’s rank in scare quotes—that he will have to submit to a uniform inspection once he’s recalled. …. All of these secretaries were competent men with records of achievement before coming to the Pentagon. They were professionals and patriots who cared about the security of the United States and the people who served in uniform. Hegseth, by comparison, is a dude-bro sporting some questionable tattoos, a creation of television who’s acting as if he won The Apprentice: The Nuclear-Weapons Season. He seems to believe that his job is hectoring young men about being fat and forcing Black men out of the military for having beards. He has no understanding of national strategy, and no real experience managing anything. Nor is he a man who can serve as a model for his organization. Hegseth wants to recall Kelly so that he can level charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice against him, but when Hegseth was a serving officer, he could have faced the UCMJ himself: By his own admission, he was an adulterer with an alcohol problem. (Apparently, military justice for thee and not for me is the new rule in Hegseth’s Pentagon.) His tenure so far has featured a series of appalling security lapses and janky public performances that call into question not only his character but his emotional stability. The Trump White House knows that Hegseth is nothing like Forrestal, or Aspin, or even Rumsfeld, for that matter, and that he is unqualified to do anything but push-ups. This realization is probably why Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll, and not the actual head of the Pentagon, is the person meeting with the Russians in Geneva trying to stop the biggest war in Europe since 1945. Trump seems to like Hegseth, but the administration also seems to be taking care not to let Hegseth near anything breakable or dangerous. Of course, Hegseth is still the secretary of defense, and thus the person who, in theory, must advise the president of the United States on the most dire issues of war and peace. He is also the official likely to be in the room and who would verify the orders if the commander in chief calls for the use of nuclear weapons. The idea that Hegseth would have to advise Trump in a moment of crisis is genuinely terrifying: The president is already showing increasing signs of panic and irrationality, and Hegseth is hardly the kind of stable or prudent aide one hopes would be nearby in times of danger. For now, the White House seems content to let Hegseth preen and strut and yell, but the United States still needs an actual secretary of defense, and Pete Hegseth is completely unqualified for any position of public trust, elected or appointed, in the government of the United States. Trump should look around and choose one. He has plenty of options—including Mark Kelly.<<

SecDef is ordering tactical strikes? This has all sorts of issues but that’s no way to run a navy. Btw if the head of Southern Command (who just took over from the last commander who resigned) had to run it up the chain that says it all.

Youre saying this situation with firing on survivors occurred more than once?

>>According to the Post, two unidentified sources said, prior to the September 2 attack that killed at least eleven people, that Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive, which one source described as “the order was to kill everybody.”<>

Ah, add it to the Deep State cover up list!

I agree (also I edited my response after rereading your comment).

Sorry, I was talking about the OP, which is specifically how people who hear the quote are supposed to think it’s Trump. Edit - I think you & I agree on the last part, that was my whole point.

E. None of the above. Worse than all of them combined. I think he was the first QB with 4 picks in his debut since Nathan Peterman. Can’t be too many others.

I wish I had had the guts to trade him after JJM’s 2nd game. I really thought he’d be getting TDs by now more than the yards. I’m a huge fan, since LSU days, he’s in his prime.

I did that as well. Thank goodness. In truth he’s nearly cutable, even with JJM back.

Mark Kelly speaks. Trump’s amazing political instincts have gifted the Dems a leader.

LOL, what a trip. What are you at the boat launch in your Tommy Bahamas? I’ve been outside, it’s cold & damp here.

She’s a terrible politician. But Trump tweets out 5 insults in a post.

The Saints haven’t had a rushing TD since week 4.