jerryskids

These are all valid concerns; my thoughts: 1. I don't think he's going to just make up reasons to prosecute people, and I suspect very few will happen. I can't help but laugh tho, that the only difference between this and the multiple spurious criminal and civil cases against Trump, is that he said it out loud. Actually I think Bragg ran on a platform of getting Trump, but that's OK because Trump is the mean orange bad guy, amirite?! Regarding the 1/6 folks, I agree with pardoning all but the actual bad people of which there were a few, as has been said earlier. 2. I'm kinda intrigued by this. I think if we limited birthright citizenship to those here legally (permanent residents, H1B, student visas), that would do more to stem the tide of illegal immigration than any attempts to mass deport people, and it's kinda free. Take away the incentives, take away the problems. I would concede making it active moving forward and let the Dreamers become citizens as a compromise. I would not agree to including "asylum seekers" in the group here legally, as that is being significantly abused. Deal? 3. Ukraine, NATO... seems like "art of the deal" kinda stuff. He's not going to leave NATO, but he will work to broker a deal with Putin and Ukraine, the obvious solution of which is to let Putin keep Crimea and Donbass, allow people who want to to move from those areas into Ukraine (with some funding to set up a new life), and allow Ukraine to enter NATO. Shiot, I should do this for a living! 4. Tariffs I've talked about, I think it's mostly more "art of the deal" stuff, he's trying to pressure China, Mexico, etc. to come to the table. I also think if he tries something and it doesn't work, he'll undo it. Like I said in an earlier thread, tariffs can change with the swipe of a pen.

Before I forget, I'm golfing with Bert tomorrow, he and his wife are in town. This will be our third meetup I think; once here, the other in Vegas when we happened to be there at the same time. Wednesday, we and our wives are going to a good local steakhouse for dinner. Anyway, I don't remember that thread, but it reminds me of something I meant to post upthread when somebody mentioned Bavaria. In college and shortly thereafter, I only drank crap beer because I didn't know any better. So if I did go to Union Bay, I'm sure I drank Bud or something pathetic. That all changed when I went to Bavaria as part of a Munich work trip and the local marketing guy took us to Andechs Abbey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andechs_Abbey I figured when in Rome errr... Bavaria, and tried some super dark, alcoholic, nectar of the gods. I was like Barney with his first beer on the Simpsons. Looks like it was completed in 1423, so probably the oldest building I've drunk in, although there was an awesome restaurant in Rome built on a buried Jewish synagogue called Spirito Divino, if anyone goes to Rome (they used it remains for their wine cellar)

I agree with that post. It's clear that the secular Left has replaced God with new religions: climate change, gender destroying care, etc.

Also, why would we want to add 6-8 more Leftie states? They don't even remember how to be free anymore up there; they need their government to make all their important decisions for them.

True, as it is now, they pay less for our pharma drugs than we do, and they can always come to America if they need real medical care.

Thanks. Just put my homer bet on ASU.

Interesting that the jury couldn't agree on Not Guilty until the manslaughter charge was dismissed. You think it would be the other way around, where one or two holdouts agree to find him guilty on the lesser charges.

Houston? SMU is in Dallas. On a random note, the Big 12 Championship was in Dallas, it would be weird to have such a game in your city and your team is in a different conference. Anyway, I presume that Penn State would travel better. Plus, Boise St. vs. SMU, not much panache IMO. We've decided to put them up and try to get our money back, but if not, we'll go and enjoy the game. It's NYE and the only game on, and we never have anything to do that night these days. Also, I grew up in PA so I'm fond of Penn State. As I type this, it occurs to me that a lot of my FB friends from PA are big Penn State fans, so if they make it, I might offer to sell them to any who travel out.

Do you think you are fooling anyone by posting with two different aliases?

I had a drink at the Long Bar in the Raffles Hotel in Singapore, where the Singapore Sling was created.. https://www.raffles.com/singapore/dining/long-bar/

ASU is #4 and gets the bye! But, they play in the Peach Bowl, not Fiesta... Boise State is in the Fiesta, plays winner of Penn State and SMU (SMU edged out Alabama). Anyone want Fiesta Bowl tickets?

We bought two tickets to the Fiesta Bowl last night on the hopes that ASU gets the #4 and plays there. I suppose we can resell them if needed. Oof, the fees tho... but it's worth the risk. Forks up!

Update! SMU still sucks. Seriously, this is embarrassing.

SMU blows. How the hell are they 11-1? They look like high school kids. How bad is the ACC this year?

The Dems need to decide if they are going to double down on the woke, virtue signaling idiocy, or return to a center-left moderate party. The former is AOC and IMO is destined to fail. The latter is what the Dems did to get Bill Clinton elected. I'd be fine with another Clinton. I think the country would be better off with center-right vs. center-left. These extreme positions by both sides do not make us a better country.

Congrats Georgia. I don't have a rooting interest, but it helps my parlay (also pulling for Clemson and Oregon for the parlay).

I'm not terribly impressed with either Texas or Georgia.

That was awesome! I really hope that the committee puts them above Boise State, whose best win was a loss to Oregon, to get the bye. One of ASU's two losses was without their QB, so they are basically a one-loss team. Boise State's only good wins were over UNLV twice, yippee. Alternatively, if Clemson beats SMU, ASU might stay ahead of them. But Clemson has more name recognition. If they get the bye, they would play the 5/12 winner in... the Fiesta Bowl here. I would definitely try to get tickets.

That place is great! My next door neighbor has a second house in Bandon Dunes (literally, one of I think 30-ish houses on the Bandon Dunes property, 5 minute drive from the clubhouse). I went up in June 2023 with him, we played Sheep Ranch, the short/free par 3 course, and hit a bunch of balls at the awesome range. And we played the Punch Bowl. There is a little cabana bar at the "course," is that what you are referring to? Or the restaurant above it? Anyway, I beat him and won his red Bandon Dunes ball cap. Not sure I'd call that a nostalgic bar, but that putting green/course is phenomenal.

This place may be where Bob Ryan, famous NBA sports journalist, almost started a fight with me after a Celtics game, because I told him that if Larry Bird were black, he'd be just another very good player. This was the late 80s. We were both drunk. Good times.

Awesome, I'm very happy for you!

Hmm, I wonder if I've been there. I was in Cambridge 4 years for college, and mostly went to fraternity parties because I was poor, but I occasionally went to some Faneuil Hall bars when I went to the Bahston Gahden for events.

I'm surprised at many of your attitudes. You sound like Muslims when Charlie Hebdo was murdered ("well, he DID draw that cartoon of Mohammed..."). The victim is a cog in the healthcare machine. His company will just replace him with another suit who will try to maximize shareholder value.

Don't be stupid, that's not what I said. Your comment however is what id expect from a blue-haired virtue signaling Leftie girl. So congrats i guess.