“A war that, in theory, was said to be waged to eliminate Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction, bring democracy, and guarantee global security, but which, in reality, seen in retrospect, produced the opposite effect. It unleashed the greatest wave of insecurity our continent has suffered since the fall of the Berlin Wall.”
“It is absolutely unacceptable that those leaders who are incapable of fulfilling this duty use the smokescreen of war to hide their failure and, in the process, line the pockets of a select few – the same ones as always; the only ones who profit when the world stops building hospitals and starts building missiles.”
“The government of Spain stands with those it must stand with. It stands with the values that our parents and grandparents enshrined in our constitution.
Spain stands with the founding principles of the European Union. It stands with the Charter of the United Nations. It stands with international law and, therefore, stands with peace and peaceful coexistence between countries and their harmonious coexistence.
We stand with many other governments that share our views, and with millions of citizens throughout Europe, North America, and the Middle East, who ask not for more war or uncertainty, but more peace and prosperity. Because the former only benefits a few. And the latter benefits us all.”
"War is the most profitable business on earth." — Kenneth Eade. "War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it." — George Orwell. "War is hugely profitable. It creates so much money because it's so easy to spend money very fast. There are huge fortunes to be made. So there is always an encouragement to promote war and keep it going, to make sure that we identify people who are 'others' whom we can legitimately make war upon" - Roger Waters
Again - for those waving pom-poms and cheering this illegally started war - what does success look like? If removing bad leaders from office is your agenda which other countries do you want USA to spend money and lives removing ... and please do not tell me you believe Iran was close to having nuclear weapons.
Trump talks about drapes, future ballroom construction at Medal of Honor ceremony..... Very important. More important than talking about the loser and sucker veterans.
Montgomery traded to Houston for an Olineman, a 2026 4th, and a 2027 7th. IMO, that's a pretty healthy haul for a 29-year old RB that saw a large reduction in usage despite being healthy/available.
This also likely means Mixon is on the way out of Houston.
Allar is the second best QB in this class, imho.. I really don't understand the hate on him, other than 3 years ago he was picked to be a top 5 nfl draft pick pre-season and he disappointed in his stats... There are reasons for that though. r...
Allar 6'5", 228 lbs, 9 7/8" hands Considered one of the strongest arms in this draft class Time to release 2.85 seconds over his career Attempts: 394 Comp %: 66.5 Total yards: 3327 TDs passing: 24, TD % 6.1% INTs: 8, INT % 2% Yards per attempt: 8.4 Yards per catch: 12.7
Rushing attempts:96 Total yards: 301 Yards per attempt: 3.1 TDs: 6
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Not trying to argue because I am certainly not a talent evaluator. I watch Aller play in the 24 season against OSU, 2 other games I don't recall the teams, and Notre Dame in the playoff. He looked less than pedestrian to me but I also didn't care one way or another. It was just an impression I had watching him. So at the beginning of this past season, I was surprised to see he was rated so high. Then I looked up his 2024 stats. He was horrible against "good teams", but had awesome stats against average and weak teams. Did a little more research and found out his completion % against "good teams was 48%. Again, I am not an evaluator, but he disappeared in big games. That was 2 seasons ago, but this past season he played 6+ games and his stats were average when those games are combined. I know stats aren't everything and it's just my opinion based on a few big games in 2024.He may end up being a great to good QB, time will tell.
I think you are misunderstanding, I am not advocating for Drew Allar to be drafted by us. I am just making the argument he is the second best QB in this draft. That’s how bad this draft class is. They want to elevate SOMEONE, ANYONE, to a first round QB… that guy isn’t in this draft.
I don’t disagree with anything you said, that’s why he’s a 4th round grade. I don’t want him, but I also don’t want any if the others I have rated below him.
I didn't necessarily think you were advocating for the Browns to take him. I was just pointing that his production came against weaker teams. I remmebr seeing his 2024 season stats and was very surprised, because when I saw him, he wa snot good, but those were all big games, Then I looked at game by game stats and confirmed that.
You might be the first person I have ever heard, have the sense to mention that just because a player is 2nd best at their position that year, doesn't make him a first rounder. I have beleived this for years, The experts seem to do this every year, especially with the QB position. I think we agree.
Well as I said, I will see how he plays . Being available is a plus, something we haven't had the pleasure of enjoying from most starting OL for 2 or 3 years. Not giving up a sack is great but it doesn't tell the whole story, and while you and others embrace that metric I don't think it's quite fair to then dismiss PFFs metric out of hand, they are a well respected analysis tool that I believe every team in the NFL pays for and uses.
Accept certain inalienable truths: prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old-- and when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders
Russia agrees to US Ukraine guarantees Russia has signaled its readiness to accept US-proposed security guarantees for Ukraine, marking a notable shift in ongoing peace negotiations. Ukrainian officials report progress in talks, particularly in military arrangements for postwar monitoring. However, territorial disputes, especially over Donbas, remain a major obstacle ahead of decisive talks in early March.
Russia signals acceptance of US guarantees Ukrainian Presidential Office head Kyrylo Budanov confirmed that Russia has agreed to accept the security guarantees proposed by the United States for Ukraine. He emphasized that Moscow would be 'forced to accept' the terms, which Ukraine considers its own guarantees. Kyiv insists these guarantees be ratified by the US Congress to avoid past diplomatic failures, such as the Budapest Memorandum.
Since the fed chair is directly involved with interest rates which impact the economy, I thought I would just add this to the thread........
Statement from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
Good evening.
On Friday, the Department of Justice served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas, threatening a criminal indictment related to my testimony before the Senate Banking Committee last June. That testimony concerned in part a multi-year project to renovate historic Federal Reserve office buildings.
I have deep respect for the rule of law and for accountability in our democracy. No one—certainly not the chair of the Federal Reserve—is above the law. But this unprecedented action should be seen in the broader context of the administration's threats and ongoing pressure.
This new threat is not about my testimony last June or about the renovation of the Federal Reserve buildings. It is not about Congress's oversight role; the Fed through testimony and other public disclosures made every effort to keep Congress informed about the renovation project. Those are pretexts. The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President.
This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation.
I have served at the Federal Reserve under four administrations, Republicans and Democrats alike. In every case, I have carried out my duties without political fear or favor, focused solely on our mandate of price stability and maximum employment. Public service sometimes requires standing firm in the face of threats. I will continue to do the job the Senate confirmed me to do, with integrity and a commitment to serving the American people.
Pentagon to cut ties with Columbia, Yale, Brown and others Hegseth accuses of 'wokeness'
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will forbid members of the military from attending Columbia, Yale, Brown and other universities starting next school year amid a campaign to cut ties with institutions that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called “factories of anti-American resentment.”
Hegseth announced the policy in a video posted to social media on Friday, three weeks after he said the military was cutting ties with Harvard University. Without citing evidence, Hegseth said the universities have become “breeding grounds of toxic indoctrination” that undermine military values.
“For decades, the Ivy League and similar institutions have gorged themselves on a trust fund of American taxpayer dollars, only to become factories of anti-American resentment and military disdain,” he said. “They’ve replaced the study of victory and pragmatic realism with the promotion of wokeness and weakness.”
Hegseth said the ban applies to Columbia, Princeton, Brown, Yale, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and “many others” without elaborating. He called for “complete and immediate cancellation of all Department of War attendance,” though it was not clear how broadly it would be applied.
A message seeking further details was not immediately answered by the Pentagon.
As of Friday, Columbia, Brown, MIT and Harvard were still listed as eligible institutions in a Pentagon database for its Tuition Assistance program, which covers the full cost of tuition for active-duty personnel. Harvard had 39 participants in 2023, according to the most recent data, while Columbia had nine and MIT had two.
The earlier action against Harvard aims to block members of the military from attending graduate-level professional military education, fellowships and certificate programs, according to a statement released at the time. There are still questions about whether it applies to programs such as Harvard’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program.
Harvard has offered a series of professional development programs and a small number of degree programs tailored to the Pentagon. Last year, it created a new master’s degree in public administration for active-duty military members and veterans. Hegseth earned a master’s degree from Harvard but symbolically returned his diploma in a 2022 Fox News segment.
The military offers its officers a variety of opportunities to get graduate-level education, both at war colleges run by the military as well as civilian institutions like Harvard.
Campuses across the Ivy League have been a favorite target of President Donald Trump, who accuses them of becoming overrun by “woke” ideology. His administration has cut billions of dollars in research funding and attempted a number of other sanctions against the universities, often as part of investigations into allegations that officials tolerated antisemitism on campus.
Hegseth’s announcement is a rebuke to universities that had appeared to have reached a truce with the administration in recent months. Columbia and Brown were among the earliest universities to sign deals with the White House, agreeing to a range of demands in order to have their federal funding restored.
Harvard is fighting back against such demands, alleging in lawsuits that the government is illegally retaliating against the university for rebuffing its ideological views. Last summer, Trump said he was days away from reaching a deal with Harvard, but negotiations appear to have fallen apart. Earlier this month, Trump said Harvard must pay $1 billion to the government as part of any deal, twice what he had previously demanded.
I'll do you one better... the dumbest song lyrics by the band with the absolute dumbest name...
Big Head Todd and the Monsters ~ Technology Song
Keepin' our wheels turning around Instead of believing in one thing We're busy dreaming up dumb things For taking up time in the world These are the years, this is the sound Of living in times of trouble Of turning the world into rubble This isn't the easy way out
I am naked and my garment is green now I am naked and my garment is green now I am naked and my garment is green, what am I Alone in the world Alone in the world Alone in the world
It may be too late to turn it around The children will pay for the struggle By life in a plastic bubble And sex on a DVD They'll never see a hippie around To sell them a song for a lover There's nothing left to discover When you refuse to see
I am naked and my garment is green now I am naked and my garment is green now I am naked and my garment is green, what am I Alone in the world Alone in the world Alone in the world
Where will I be when your lights go out? There's only one thing for certain My hand won't be closing the curtain Take in and feel what you see There's nothing left to keep the wind out No stopping the rain from falling Or keeping the sun from revolving Or keeping the truth from the free
I am naked and my garment is green now I am naked and my garment is green now I am naked and my garment is green, what am I Alone in the world Alone in the world Alone in the world
It's simply a comparison on how players grade their teams across the league. It's not some frontal attack on the Browns. It's quite simple. If you want a better grade do a better job.
But don't worry. The NFL shares you feelings. That's why they filed a grievance to stop the players union form sharing these report cards with the public. You know how much their reputation means to them. "Protect the shield"
President Biden had these files. Why is it a big issue now? I don't think they were incompetent or refused to look.
Maybe nothing there is the answer.
That's why both Republicans and Democrats in congress voted to release them. Because nothing is there?............................
DOJ hasn't released some Epstein files related to a woman who made an allegation against Trump
The files don't include records from three FBI interviews with a woman who said Jeffrey Epstein abused her and who also made sexual abuse allegations against President Trump, according to an NBC News analysis.
A significant portions of the files, documents, and transcripts related to Jeffrey Epstein, his associates, and the investigations into his conduct were under court-ordered seal for years.
Unsealing the documents and started very slowly in 2019 accelerating in 2024, U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska ordered the unsealing of thousands of pages of documents, stating that much of the information was already public or lacked a compelling reason to remain hidden.
Following the "Epstein Files Transparency Act" signed into law in late 2025, federal judges in Florida and New York ordered the unsealing of previously secret grand jury transcripts and investigative materials from the 2005, 2007, and 2019 investigations, overriding previous secrecy rules.
I know you believe " Biden had these files" because everywhere you look Republicans keep saying that. But they were under seal until it was ordered they be released and for the most part not until 2025.
Effective immediately, no contractor, supplier, or partner that does business with the United States military may conduct any commercial activity with Anthropic.
And the MAGA fanboys will cheer and shout and wave their pom poms .... because.... they have been told to.
Meanwhile any person with an ounce of common sense would see this for what it is.
One thing I learned by this latest attack on Iran is that "totally obliterated" doesn't carry the same weight it used to if you have to "re-obliterate" it eight months later.
I mean they had to do something and they had to do it NOW am I right?
This is a really ugly story. Lewis allegedly abused, assaulted and raped this woman over a period of time at Michigan. She finally went to Sheronne Moore to report what had happened,l and Moore did nothing and began sending her texts wanting her to perform gross sexual acts. A reporter actually posted these texts from Moore and Lewis showing just how sick they are. Moore then got Lewis a better job as a DC at Toledo. Lewis will be yet another coach/staff hired by Jim Harbaugh that has been arrested. I believe that makes 11. That's what happens when slaps on the wrist are given to an organization with no institutional control and is willing to turn their head from heinous crimes to win games. Serious perverts here.....Moore, Lewis, Weiss and his hacking of thousands of female athlete's computers, the staffer who was caught red-handed trying to pick up an underage girl at Walmart. 4 separate coaches i believe getting DUI's. Not to mention the cheating and recruiting scandals. Harbaugh went scorched earth at Michigan and is hailed as a champion. Go Blue, lol.
The recent Decision of the United States Supreme Court concerning TARIFFS could allow for Hundreds of Billions of Dollars to be returned to Countries and Companies that have been “ripping off” the United States of America for many years, and now, according to this Decision, could actually continue to do so, at an even increased level. I am sure that the Supreme Court did not have this in mind! It doesn’t make sense that Countries and Companies that took advantage of us for decades, receiving Billions and Billions of Dollars that they should not have been allowed to receive, would now be entitled to an undeserved “windfall,” the likes of which the World has never seen before, as a result of this highly disappointing, to say the least, ruling. Is a Rehearing or Readjudication of this case possible??? PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP
