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The initial post was about budget cuts. Someone that works for an organization (the person that wrote the linked article) that is getting its budget cut has personal financial considerations.

I didn't say it was irreversible. People are arguing that designations should be. I disagree with that. Existing roads and sites are/were/will be no longer accessible. It's not all past history. Some had active practices (religious significance) from the locals. No longer being able to drive to sites deeper in the area makes them essentially impossible to get to in anything resembling a reasonable time frame. The Trump did it because it was Obama's is a lame narrative, and keeps taking us further from the initial post that was on budget cuts, work force reduction, and changing displays.

Where exactly is the reason "they did this" written out? Not some biased op ed or your made up opinion.

You haven't shown anything that shows the harm Trump is doing in this instance. Saying something "may very well be harmed" isn't evidence, it's conjecture and speculation.

Are only you supposed to be allowed to make up hypothetical harm?
I'd argue that promoting tourism is as likely to cause damage as leaving things as they were.

The history of federal mismanagement of national parks is its own separate issue.

Look I'm for preserving nature. I'm not a big fan of agenda driven narratives and selling knickknacks.

Personally, I'm weird and find the whole idea of owning land that the "owner" hasn't actually walked distasteful. Yes, claiming things is what governments do, but I don't have to like it.

Only idiots elect a man that says stupid nonsensical things on a consistent basis. These countries have no idea if trump is being serious or not if you look at his track record.

He is the same person that said if you elected the democrats they would start a war in the middle east but not if you elected him because he was a president of peace. He even pointed out that he didn't start any wars in his first term to back up what he was saying.

I suppose only idiots thought he was being serious then too?

That's been the standard line every time this fool says something stupid. Which is almost daily. "He was just joking." He wasn't being serious."

And you people keep repeating that BS. Right up until he actually tries to do it.

Sounds like a plan

I sure hope that the Cavs can close the deal tonight.

It would be hard to win a seventh game in Detroit.

OK up to $13.94 now

Bill Belichick lost three Super Bowls as a head coach too.

We live in a world of "What have you done for me lately", but we have arguably invested more in the QB room than any of those teams, signing Watson. To date, he has been the worst trade and sign player in the history of the league. However, the short history he has here is irrelevant to 2026. The one thing that Watson does care about is money. I don't think he will ever have enough and he wants another pay day. The only way he gets that is by winning the starting job this off season and balling out. If HE balls out, this team wins a lot of games, it's that simple. We know he has done it before, it just isn't something we know if he can ever do again.

Last words for me on this:

If Watson wins the job, I EXPECT that large turn around because of the investment.
If Sanders wins the job, it is more likely that is because they have no future plans for Watson and would rather see where Sanders can progress before designing a way to get one of the QBs in 2027.

The second scenario, it's hard to call it a loss... If Shedeur progresses into a franchise guy, we win, we can use draft capital to continue a progressive build overall. If Sanders ceiling has already been hit(which is pretty low), then the Browns enter 2027 off season with a top 5 draft pick to go get the QB they covet. It will be a lot easier to move up from a top 5 than from a mid-teen on down...

FOR ME, worst case scenario is that Sanders is so bad this off season, Monken sees no other option than Watson. Watson plays just well enough to get 2nd in the division, no playoff, leaves in free agency and we have zero chance at a QB in the draft. I love winning 7 games over 4 games, but the way this team is built right now, all it needs is a QB. I would rather sacrifice this season to get one, if Sanders is incapable.

Some smooth Van Morrison

That's not dawgtalkers, that's the federal government. She's in witness protection now. They told AI to redact her old name from the internet.

Keeping him on the roster allows the Browns to file for cap insurance relief for him being out.

Oh, memories........

Trump Says Iran Ceasefire ‘On Life Support’ After Bragging He Has ‘The Best Plan Ever’

President Donald Trump said Monday that the ceasefire with Iran is not in a great place at the moment because he believes Iran’s proposals to end the war have been “unacceptable.”

“It’s unbelievably weak,” Trump said of the ceasefire. “It’s on life support.”

"Life support is not a good thing," he continued. "I would say the ceasefire is on massive life support where the doctor walks in and says, 'Sir, your loved one has approximately a 1% chance of living.’”

Speaking before reporters and allies gathered in the Oval Office moments earlier, he boasted about his "plan" to end the war.

“You know, a lot of people said, ‘Well, does he have a plan?' Yeah, of course I do have a plan. I have the best plan ever," Trump said. “I have a plan. It’s a very simple plan.”

Trump then laid out his plan, which is no plan at all: “Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.”



https://www.huffpost.com/entry/late...3Q&brid=YWdncwGqwKmG8cReBnbkchAEu24r

Trump Rejects New Iran Peace Offer as ‘Totally Unacceptable’

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump and Iran rejected each other’s latest peace proposals to end the 10-week conflict as the two sides struggle to maintain a fragile ceasefire.

“I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘Representatives,’” Trump said in a social media post. “I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!”

Iran offered to transfer some of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium to a third country, but rejected the idea of dismantling its nuclear facilities, the Wall Street Journal reported earlier. Iran disputed the report, according to the country’s semi-official news agency Tasnim.

It was unclear whether the exchange of proposals would offer a path to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Under its latest proposal, Iran would dilute some of its highly enriched uranium and have the rest sent to a third country, the WSJ said, citing people familiar with the response, but it also called for guarantees the transferred uranium would be returned if talks fail and ruled out dismantling its facilities.

Iran’s semi-official news agency Tasnim said the WSJ’s reporting on proposals for handling nuclear material was “not true.” The statement emphasized Iran’s desire for an immediate end to the war, the release of its frozen assets, a lifting of US sanctions on oil sales, an end to the US blockade of the Gulf of Oman, and ultimately Iranian management of the strait. State-run IRIB News added that Tehran rejected Trump’s plan as tantamount to surrender and insisted the US must also pay war damages.

Trump had proposed that Iran permit passage through the Strait of Hormuz and Washington end its blockade on Iranian ports in the next month, with nuclear talks to follow.

Oil rose with the dollar after Trump rejected Iran’s latest proposal. Brent was up about 3.5% to above $104 a barrel, recovering some of last week’s losses. US equity-index futures edged lower as the standoff weighed on risk sentiment.

Iran has been “playing games” with the US and other countries, Trump said in a social media post earlier Sunday. “They will be laughing no longer!”

Trump and his advisers have repeatedly suggested the war is over, even while threatening to escalate attacks if Tehran does not agree to a peace deal. Trump is scheduled to travel to China this week despite the ongoing conflict.

The president has said repeatedly that Iran must not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon and claimed as recently as last week that the country had already agreed to give up its nuclear ambitions.

The president did not say in his social media post what the consequences, if any, of his dissatisfaction with Iran’s response would be. In recent weeks, Trump has appeared eager to draw a line under the conflict as he faces rising political pressure to bring down gasoline prices across the US ahead of the November midterm elections, when his fellow Republicans hope to hold on to control of Congress.

The conflict has killed thousands of people across the Middle East and upended oil and gas markets, with soaring fuel prices piling pressure on governments and consumers worldwide.

Here’s more related to the war:

Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, warned it would take several months for the market to return to normal even if the Strait of Hormuz reopened immediately.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview on CBS’s 60 Minutes that he would like to end US financial support for Israel’s military over the next decade. The US currently provides Israel with $3.8 billion a year in military assistance under a 10-year agreement originally negotiated by the Obama administration that lasts through 2028.

Despite the ceasefire in place since April 8, a drone strike briefly set a cargo vessel ablaze off Qatar in the Persian Gulf, marking the latest shipping attack in the region. The United Arab Emirates and Kuwait both said they had intercepted hostile drones.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trum...r-as-totally-unacceptable-013346837.html

I agree. Carson was on the NFL radar.

My sister and her boys loved Iceland! She's been twice and is itching to go back.

Bobby was old school all the way.

His players loved him.

You were expected to conduct yourself like a professional.

No clubhouse music allowed. Wear headsets so you don't infringe on others. No kids in the locker room. Not all kids behave well.

Show up on time and play your ass off. Dress was sports coats and collared shirts.

He kept everything inside the locker room. And he supported his players like they were his own kids.

I will always remember him on the top step cheering his players on. He was all baseball.

Sad day in Braves land.

I just realized , that is " Tugboat " we traded !

Since their current problem child QB is on the last year of his contract they are going to need someone to come in and fill that role on the roster.