jerryskids

ol·i·gar·chy /ˈäləˌɡärkē/ noun a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution. plu·toc·ra·cy /plo͞oˈtäkrəsē/ noun government by the wealthy. Can't wait to see the next mistake that the MSDNC plants in your simple mind. Vance is weird!

If I were the Devil, I'd behave just like weepaws. I would act religious, but I'd do it in a way that so alienates people that it actually drives them away from God.

The funny thing is, we probably have an oligarchy running the country now under Biden. Also, the word for rule by the wealthy is plutocracy, but the MSDNC has spun your simp lemming mind up on "oligarchy," so you use that. Just know that every time you do, I'm laughing at you.

No, Gutter always struck me as a bit of a wannabe at that place. TK (aka Thread Killer) was the "mod" who gave me the notice that I was no longer welcome. The message, when I tried to log in, had something to do with them picking @TheNewGirlover me, which frankly made no sense, as there was no such choice to make. I'm pretty sure it was basically that I hadn't been active there, and it has always been a close-knit place. :cheers:

Thanks. I recall the initial part, but not the second half. Maybe I was kicked out of the Sanctuary before that part? Regardless, glad you got some of your money back.

I gotta say, your post-hurricane posts from Beaumont were some of my favorite stories from this cesspool. Actually, it was probably the Sanctuary cesspool, but you get the idea.

Mahomes looks half black at best.

Especially since you don't live in Buttmont any more.

I think that peenie has a point; I've learned that I do indeed equate "speaking differently" with stupidity. I would argue that I don't consider it "racism" though, as I think the same thing about pasty white chowds from Bahstahn. I think I'm more of a "differentist" than "racist"

I'm not surprised that you don't get my point.

By "different," you mean terrible experience. I grew up in PA so I'm painfully aware of frigid football games.

Yeah, that wasn't a good start for me. I just told my wife that I hate rooting for unders. I get that, statistically, they are more likely to hit, because... people hate rooting for/betting on unders. But I still hate it. I'll probably do a live bet later to try to hedge. I don't try to actually win real money with my bets, it's just something to add rooting interest.

20 degrees at the moment with lake effect snow in the forecast. Playing the odds.

Ravens/Bills parlay: Henry o 97.5 rushing Cook o 55.5 rushing Allen rush TD Jackson u 220.5 passing +950

Lost my parlay on the lack of Hurts INT. I know now why the odds were so bad; he doesn't throw much, and when he does, it's usually a screen pass. He doesn't do much as a QB besides run. Anyway, I know a lot of you ratards choose to live in weather like that (seasons, woot$#@!), but why does a multi-billion dollar industry based on athletic prowess decide a playoff winner in that stupid weather?

Congrats AD, and good season everyone. I'll try to suck slightly less next year.

Although I wouldn't mind the Rams winning, for the suffering people of LA, and to rep the NFC West.

First game is Rams at Eagles. My parlay: Eagles -5.5 Hurts 1+ INT Barkley o 115.5 YDS +575

I lost a +500 parlay by 1/2 yard by Collins.

Glad to hear the 19 yr old is doing better. I've got a 28 yr old boy, 26 and 23 yr old girls. All are gainfully employed and seem generally happy with life. The boy has a GF of several years that will probably become our DIL; I predict an engagement not long after his best friend's wedding in March. Older girl wants to meet Mr. Right. Unfortunately, she is a hard-core Leftie who thinks she wants a soy boy, but she's also a total alpha female who would never be happy with such a guy. Hopefully she eventually grows up and figures it out. Younger girl is the one in NY; she works in the fashion industry and lives with a gay guy friend from Phoenix, so basically every guy she knows is gay. I was happy to learn during her visit over the holidays that she would like to date, and has set a goal to do so this year. So... no grandkids yet, but I'm cautiously optimistic, particularly for my boy. When I got cancer and the prognosis of death, I was hoping to just see them all graduate college and get settled. Now that that has happened and I seem to be not dying, I feel like I'm playing with house money. Any accomplishment I get to experience will be a blessing.

Chiefs/Texans is a 1-point game late in the third. This flag on a late hit on Mahomes is just tragically pathetic. He literally turtled at the last second.

Agreed. 2 minutes is a silly underestimate. That opus took a lot of time to put together. Autistic TimHauck probably didn't notice tho.

No. Although it would be a more interesting question if we could truly provide 100% functional male and female organs, with the associated hormones. Even then though, I would call it more like "converted" vs. "cured." As it is now, we are just cutting off some parts and pasting on pretend other parts. That might give some folks with gender dysphoria some level of increased comfort, but it certainly doesn't "cure" them. How would you modify my definition?

So much wrong with that list Tim copied and pasted. I'll start with transgenderism, which is, clinically, a mental disease. If your brain thinks you are a different gender than your body actually is, then that is an example of your brain not working properly. Now, perhaps you don't like the negative connotations of the word "disease" and would like to use something else, I get that. The argument "well, it's normal to them!" does not hold water. You can say that about any mental disease. Depression is normal for a depressed person. We can argue whether or not we should try to treat transgenderism, vs. our current societal desire to not only accept but to celebrate it. Those are differences of opinion. But it is a fact that transgenderism is a mental disease.

Appreciate the kind words, Fnord. I never served, but years ago I went to the funeral of my wife's uncle. He was a career MP (Army, I think), but I only knew him from his post-military life. I knew him well enough, but not that well. Regardless, that ceremony with the flag and Taps... OMG I was a blithering idiot. It's weird, the things that move you. I find for me it is usually music, like the lyrics to Annie's Song by John Denver when I was facing death from cancer ("let me die in your arms..."). So maybe it was Taps, I dunno. Anyway, sorry for the it's all about meeeeee$#@!... and sorry for your FIL.