no- under a different administration the chance of triggering a nuclear attack would be statistically insignificant.... so that the general population would react as Petrov reacted.... sanely.

or even - having the largest QB in the league- ya know.... sneak?.....

Mike Tomlin= Andy Reid 2.0

I doubt that under previous administrations there would have been such a willingness to accept this as a factual alert- only in an atmosphere of continual vocal nuclear insanity from the White House would most folk believe this a likely possibility....

the fear and war mongers [most of whom are GOP leaders -it must be said] must be cackling with delight at how deeply their agenda has taken root....

Agreed- Chris is just getting lazier n lazier. He might have tried to mention how nasty that wind apparently was - At some point Michaels DID point out that a punt was in danger of coming back to the kicker.... but i guess they were ensconced in a cozy perch and couldn’t be troubled to understand how crazy it really…

Seemed it was a “mail it narrative “by Michaels and Collinsworth re Foles throwing that first long wounded duck- “oh he’s so nervous - here comes the collapse” but Ryan threw an exact duplicate duck later on-may haps the wind was a big factor but it was just too easy to keep repeating the same ol shit.... Chris has…

I get [and agree with ] that point- but the larger issue is the degree to which his hugely evangelical followers seem quite willing to ignore the behaviors which they stridently have been preaching against for a hundred years.... in essence- there is not a single action he can take, even within their own narrow moral…

I ask my climate denying acquaintances: “is there ANY evidence that you might read that would change your mind?”

yep- I got the REAL 100% I-MAY-FUCKIN-DIE-TOO-SICK-TO-KNOW-MAYBE-I’M-DEAD-ALREADY flu about 20 years ago. And even when I did recover was trying to work 4 10s framing houses in waist deep snow. That was an un-fun 2 months.... I get the shot. Every year.

I am old. I am guessing that SI in-charge types are also old. And that anytime a tech employee under the age of 55 says: “this is so meme-ish hoons- let’s dab it in” the old guys think: “shit -I am without a clue- guess it what’s the young folk do nowadays” and they ok the next bloatacious round of whatever. Also-…

First set of Blizzaks was over a dozen years ago - was a sub on a ridiculous ski resort “2nd home” [as in north of $5 mil] Parking was a premium until we at least had the drive poured over the home theatre [that room was big enough, and we did, play hoops in it] of course the job would go thru at least one winter. Put…

long while back we hit a few weeks where we were -40F every night - single digit highs every day. My 63 GMC 1/2 ton- three on a tree - just refused to shift. 2nd gear was what it froze in and 2nd gear was what I drove in....

Reality show grade B actor as POTUS....recycled coaches year after year in the NFL....nothing too surprising here

It will be costly but here in the rockies [and probably anywhere else we are too insane to stop building in the winter] there are plenty of companies whose specialty is thawing large parcels of ground prior to [the insanity] of pouring concrete... its a propane fired portable radiant heat set up. So yeah- insane…

Been a lot of “just around the corner” talk from this company..... I’ve never doubted lots of techno ability here BUT I have to wonder if they just have run up against the same battery limitations that have hindered electricity based systems for the past 60 years- nowadays that could involve a ceiling to current…

Yep- when I went from my 78 ford 3/4 ton to my 05 GMC diesel PU , I laughed when my carsalesman buddy extolled heated seats. “Pfft” I said. “Wusses” I said. At that time I was doing a weekly commute of 3 hours thru the Rockies- trailering the cast off goodies from a posh resort town to use in building my own place.…

Drew is 100% correct - Musk is claiming his orbital costs to be $1000/lb [remember- he is First -the Salesman for All Things Musk] but orbital is a piece of cake compared with those next , even baby steps-Add to those ramped up costs: radiation is still problematic the moment we leave our magnetic field, long term…

Thanks for the story- it’s likely gonna draw plenty of jaded BS responses- and that’s ok.-it is certainly difficult to garner much empathy and compassion in the UberAlpha world of the ‘net. Buffalo fans have gone thru a lot....and...well...  there are folk [like me] who have endured real tragedy around their kids. So…