Wait- we might be entering an era where corporate interests [i.e. “shareholder value”] out weigh anything else? ....will...not....get...to....fainting....cou...

if we need to look at Petrov within the context of his occupation then why does the administration get a pass on providing the very scary context that invited this level of believability? Isn’t diplomacy part of their job description? Not since Kennedy has there been this level of brinksmanship but we at least then…

you mean like how we used diplomacy and strategic thinking to come through decades of a nuclear standoff with a superpower which had the ability to destroy the world many times over? ....in a word: yes

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…