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re: Louisiana Legislature Bills

Posted by lionward2014 on 4/28/25 at 1:01 pm
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The controversial House Bill 673 would eliminate the state statute allowing for financial compensation of wrongfully convicted and later exonerated individuals.

The House Criminal Justice Committee advanced the bill on April 23rd, and it now heads to the full House for consideration.

Under the current law, the state allows for up to $40,000 per year for every year of wrongful incarceration.


So what is the recourse here? A slap on the back and a "we're sorry"? Pretty crazy IMO
I think I lean against fluoride in water because the least amount of chemicals we consume the better, but have no idea why this works people up so much. Are there truly that many (any?) benefits to it? Isn't it supposed to be good for teeth but most toothpaste has fluoride in it anyway so why does it need to be in the water?

This whole debate is proof anything can be used as a wedge issue.

re: Sanders Won’t Survive the cut

Posted by lionward2014 on 4/27/25 at 2:00 pm
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We just payed twice the price for a quarterback who had maybe half the production Sanders had.


Not all college production is created equal, nor matters. If it did then Cole Kelley outproduced Cam Ward in the SLC so he should have clearly been a #1 pick a few years ago.
Being a 20 something year old professional athlete in Miami with nearly no pressure to do anything but hold a clipboard is a pretty solid gig IMO

re: PFF gave us a C+

Posted by lionward2014 on 4/26/25 at 11:10 pm
I think that’s underselling our draft. This is one of the better ones we’ve had in the last few years. Wish we grabbed a WR but other than that we added potentially 3 day 1 starters, and up to potentially 6 rotational players that should contribute next season. Our roster blows so not saying we drafted that many absolute studs but fixing holes in your roster is the point of the draft.
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Being born with the genetic lottery physically helps too in the case of one's NFL dreams.


frick off. He’s a great kid who suffered a really bad injury that probably knocked him out the first round. Worked his tail off rehabbing. Hate that he’s in Tampa because he will be a stud.
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He was on loaded Oklahoma teams compared to the teams he played in the Big 12 and stunk. Just say you didn’t watch Rattler in college and leave it at that.


Why did you not quote my whole post? I’ve said I thought Rattler was not good in college, but he flashed and you can see the physical potential. Sanders does not show that. If I’m taking a mid to late round QB project I’m not taking the one without a ton of baggage.
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Sanders is better than Haener and Rattler


Him and Haener are equal. If his last name wasn’t Sanders he would be on the same tier.

Since his time in college I’ve thought Rattler was not good, but he can flash Mahomes-lite plays and drives. He has the tools just inability to utilize them consistently. I’m taking Rattler 10 times out of 10 over Sanders, and I’m glad we are indicating we are moving on from Rattler this season.
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I can laugh at it but I do feel bad for him with this.


I don’t. He has not an ounce of self-awareness or humility, nor does his father. There are plenty of dudes having their life changed this weekend who are deserving of it. If some cocky, narcissistic, entitled, douchebag gets fricked with it for the first time in his life I’m not sweating it for a second.

re: KNEECAP

Posted by lionward2014 on 4/26/25 at 10:34 am
Their, and the IRA’s, support of Hamas is stupid, but they make catchy music. Think they are extremely genuine as well which is rare for mainstream artists these days.

re: Your future starting quarterback

Posted by lionward2014 on 4/25/25 at 10:31 pm
He just pressed the wrong button on his controller, it happens.
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The VA has a department that approves Community Care consults for veterans so that they can go see private specialists if it's more convenient for the veteran.

That department had been teleworking since covid. Their fricking quota was ONE CLAIM PER HOUR. A claim takes an average of 10 minutes. Then they would frick off for the next 50 minutes.

The supervisors and the AFGE union would tell employees to slow down andto only do one claim per hour so that no one questioned the artificially low quota.

Veterans had to wait MONTHS for an approval that should have taken a week.

Now that that department is back in the office, they are mysteriously caught up.


This antecedent doesn't disprove that WFH is a viable structure, it just shows how bad unions are and how ineffective some management is. And mostly shows how little our country gives a frick about our veterans unfortunately.
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Today’s guidance requires states to obtain more reliable documents to prove identity, take additional measures to deter fraudulent use of social security numbers, and better use the Department of Homeland Security’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system.


They should be doing this for ALL receipents. There is massive food stamp fraud in the citizen population as well.

Had to wait behind a guy ordering 6 juices at the Whole Foods coffee/juice bar the the weekend after filing my taxes only for him to pull out a SNAP card to pay for them. I was enraged.

I would be interested to see the data from this though, will be truly fascaniating to see what is actually uncovered.
If our roster was slightly better I would love either of the OSU backs. You could probably still talk me into them. They can catch and pass block like crazy, and that’s massively important with Rattler or a rookie QB.
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Zion is a 4 who can defend literally everyone in the league. Until he, and the team realizes this, we are never going to field a championship level roster. and I laughed at myself for just typing out championship level roster in reference to this organization. If he's going to weigh 275lbs, then he needs to use it to his advantage and gaurd 5's on defense and take advantage of it offensively. If he's not going to do that, then either he needs to be effective from 3, or he needs to be surrounded at all times by 4 guys who can shoot the 3. We cannot have lineups where Zion is on the court with another non 3 point shooter, like Missi, and be successful long term. We cannot shoot the mythical 40 3's a game when 2 guys are playing 30 minutes each and not attempting a single 3.


This is a better grasp on our situation than anyone in the entire organization can come up with.

re: Fuaga last year Banks this year

Posted by lionward2014 on 4/24/25 at 8:26 pm
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They’ve drafted 10 first rounders in the trenches in the last decade and we still suck in the trenches.


We arguably had one of the best lines in the league for the better part of that decade. Wasn't until 2021 we really started being not good there. 2017-2020 it was a toss up between us and Dallas for best line in the league.

Armstead-Peat-Unger/McCoy-Warford-Ram was absolutely filthy. We drafted 4 out of those 6.
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She didn't lie. She said she commutes to dc on commercial. She's campaigning right now.


The tried and true Democrat strategy of pissing on you and telling you it's rain.
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It’s the official bar of my son’s frat.


You raised a hell of a young man, or maybe not, verdict is still out on most of us. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: