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Reading this thread a few things come to mind. I know I've bellowed til I'm blue in the face about them, but I feel that strongly...

You cannot just throw a bunch of people into the QB room and expect cream to rise to the top, it hardly ever works that way. Ever hear the expression throw bs at the wall and see what sticks? That's what it feels like when fans are always saying things like "what can it hurt"? It can hurt everything.

Oober mentioned the Manziel disaster, I'm just using his post as an example, not to pick on him (although he loves it when I do). He said it wasn't that we drafted him, it was where we drafted him. First the irony: we as fans were sold on the fact (by the talking heads) that we got such great value... because most thought he would be drafted sooner! Think about that.

Now, I do agree with the notion and intent of his post, for the most part. QBs that are drafted early put more pressure on the staff, have to shoulder more pressure themselves, and put more pressure on the other QBs, especially the incumbent starter.


Brian Hoyer was playing well. Not perfect, but well. Image me, a Browns fan, watching a QB that was 10-4 over his last 14 games being booed while my fellow masochists scream "Johnny! Johnny!" in the stadium.

After JFF almost led a comeback, a confused Hoyer responded to the first salivating reporter "this is still my team, nothing has changed". Our dad bod, garage-beer-drinking coach basically said "we'll have to look at the tape".

Hoyer was pissed when we drafted JFF... he was DONE when those words were spoken.

When you have two question marks in the room... you're on thin ice as far as moves that can be made.
When you have three... you're done. Your only move is drafting someone worth selling the farm for. Period. Not a project, and certainly not someone with a "checkered" past.

Not a Goo Goo Dolls fan but this song just hits so good:

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Do you have some evidence to support that when even trump doesn't have any? Of course you don't.

I'll do my best to explain this to you. Maybe read it slowly?

Karen Bass is the mayor of L.A. The vast majority f L.A. voters are Democrats. Running against a Republican would insure she would win by a landslide. Running against another Democrat will leave the election up for grabs. The best thing that could happen for Bass would have been for Pratt to have came in second over Raman and not the other way around.

Please at least try to engage your brain rather than just mindlessly repeating everything trump says.

Finally an appropriate place for trump's name.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...orial-reading-room/90455070007/?tbref=hp

It would look just like another gerrymandered voting district on the map.

But men have created global empires before. In general it doesn't usually end well.

Green definitely has potential, and while I still prefer a Trent Green style QB, I could live with a "Lamar" Green if it brings wins, even if I will be screaming at the TV like it's Brady Quinn back there. Wheels like his cover up a lot of sins.

In general, I won't disagree. The flip side is that I doubt we have a QB on the roster that can be more effective than him and they may be tempted by that.

On a side note, I remember making the case that even in his best years in Houston, he never really did all that much (despite his numbers). I've always felt he was more a product of his system and the insane WRs he always had (and the years he had a solid defense).

A quick recap of the week-end......

Trump says Israel ‘won’t have any choice’ but to accept any Iran deal: ‘I call all the shots’

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5914563-donald-trump-israel-iran-ceasefire-deal/

Trump: I’m calling Netanyahu ‘right now… to tell him not to retaliate’ for Iran’s missile attacks

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveb...-to-retaliate-for-irans-missile-attacks/

First Thing: Netanyahu orders Iran strikes despite Trump claiming ‘I call all the shots’

Direct exchange of fire between warring nations in apparent defiance of Trump was in response to an Israeli attack on Beirut, and breaks April’s ceasefire.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/08/first-thing-netanyahu-trump-israel-iran-strikes

It's hard to claim you're calling the shots when Netanyahu isn't listening to thing you tell him.

Finally this morning a somewhat tenative agreement full of stipulations has at least temporarily stopped the exchange between Israel and Iran is beginning to surface.

What to know about the Iran war today:

Iran's military said Monday that it had halted operations following a dramatic exchange of fire with Israel that has tested an incredibly fragile truce between Tehran and Washington.

President Trump told Israel and Iran to "immediately stop 'shooting'" at each other and said both sides were seeking an "immediate ceasefire" after the weekend flare-up that began with Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon's capital Beirut.

Yemen's Houthi rebels said Monday they were banning Israeli vessels from the key shipping lanes of the Red Sea. The Iranian-backed group appears to be engaging more directly in the war, also announcing a missile attack on Israel.

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-trump-israel-strikes-ceasefire-lebanon-beirut/

Blocking Israeli ships from shipping lanes in the Red Sea may give rise to even further conflict.

Given the injuries right off the start of the season to the starting rotation.

I was hoping that by the All Star break the Braves could be over .500 and within 6 games of the lead. Then when they got a couple starters back they could make a run.

They are 17-2-1 in the series they have played.
They are 23 games over .500.

They are in first place with a 9.5 game lead.

There is no way in hell I saw this happening.

I am loving this. It would be out of character for their GM to make this deal. But I could see them doing it.

Skubal will be traded more than likely. He will be a mega free agent after this year. So trading for him is most likely a rental.

However, getting Skubal to pair with Chris Sale would give the Braves a hellava one two punch in the playoffs.

I could see this happening.

More Rodney.

"I am the age where food replaces sex.
So I put a mirror over the kitchen table."

Guess your echo chamber is telling you this is a big deal and a legit issue. Kudos - you found two randos to spam something negative about a Democrat.

Trump directs acting intelligence chief to cut staff amid criticism over Pulte pick

President Donald Trump is reportedly urging his new acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, to start firing employees.

President Donald Trump is urging Bill Pulte, his new acting director of national intelligence, to reduce the size of the office amid criticism over his temporary appointment.

"I've heard that's way too high for way too long," Trump told reporters Friday aboard Air Force One. "If he cut, I wouldn't mind that."

Trump told the Wall Street Journal in an earlier interview Friday that he asked Pulte to start the process of firing employees of an office that has already faced significant cuts during the president's second term.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence oversees the nation’s 18 intelligence agencies and was created in the wake of the 9/11 attacks to improve information-sharing.

Trump’s decision to put Pulte in charge of that office has faced backlash on Capitol Hill, including from some Republicans, because Pulte has no known national security experience.

Pulte has also targeted the president's perceived political opponents in his other role leading the Federal Housing Finance Agency by making criminal referrals alleging insurance and mortgage fraud.

"Mr. Pulte has no national security expertise. None. We're not even sure if he's got a basic security clearance," said Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the ranking member on the Senate Intelligence Committee. "This role is too important to be filled by a part-time, unqualified individual."

Trump praised Pulte on Friday, calling him "very talented." He also indicated that he is interviewing five other candidates to permanently replace Tulsi Gabbard, who resigned from the role following her husband’s cancer diagnosis.

"All people that do that kind of thing, and they're very respected people," Trump added, without naming any of the individuals under consideration.

At least for now, concerns over Pulte’s temporary appointment have delayed the renewal of a national security surveillance program that he would help administer. The Senate blocked an extension of the program Friday, but another vote is expected next week before it expires June 12.

Seven Republican senators joined nearly all Democrats in opposing a procedural vote to advance the short-term extension.

The tool is part of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and allows agencies like the CIA and FBI to collect communications from foreign targets without a warrant.

Critics have raised concerns that Americans’ communications are sometimes swept up in the process and are pushing for a warrant requirement when accessing those communications. Others argue such a requirement risks hamstringing law enforcement. Negotiations on reforms are expected to continue if a short-term extension is passed.

https://www.kcra.com/article/trump-acting-intelligence-chief-cut-staff-criticism-pulte-pick/71511426

Rounders:Final hand

Aw, using paid informants to gather information on right wing extremist groups has touched a nerve so badly they make it sound like a bad thing.

Matthew 25:31-46 isn't a verse. It's a compete story. You posted your truth. Those aren't facts. They are what you choose to believe and your interpretation of facts.

In case you missed it, "the entire Church" whatever you think that means, does not see things the way you see it either. Much to your surprise it seems you do not speak for all Christians. Also much to your surprise not all who see things differently than you do are some dark, evil forces trying to destroy America either.

Many democrats are Christians. They just believe in the teaching of the New Testament. The message of Christ which was the teachings for the Christians. They don't go back to pick and choose what parts of the Old Testament they want to preach and follow and which parts they decided to ignore the way you do.


Could it possibly be that he died in Feb. of 2018? Dear Lord man.

So you just got called out on a bunch of your false allegations and that's all you got? I can't say I blame you.

Justice Department says it will stop work on $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund" after judge's ruling

Washington — The Justice Department said Monday that it will stop work on the $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund following a district judge's decision temporarily blocking the program.

The move comes after the plan earned intense pushback from Republicans in Congress, which threatened to imperil the GOP agenda on Capitol Hill.

The Justice Department said on X that it would abide by the judge's ruling that halted work on the fund, effectively shelving plans for it for now.

"The Department of Justice disagrees strongly with the decision on the Anti-Weaponization Fund put forth by the United States District Court Judge in the Eastern District of Virginia, wherein the Court stated that, under no circumstances, may the Department of Justice proceed with the Anti-Weaponization Fund recently established in order to make up for the tremendous abuse, harm, and hate unfairly shown to so many people," the department said on X.

It continued: "This Fund was open to anybody who was so weaponized, targeted, or persecuted, whether they were Democrat, Republican, Conservative, Independent, or otherwise. The Department will abide by the Court's ruling."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-anti-weaponization-fund-dropped-republican-revolt/

Or you admit you don't know, while finding a client sending "💜😏🌹" to an allegedly "professional" massage therapist suspicious.

They caught and arrested the fleeing fugitive...............

ICE officer wanted in the shooting of a man during the Minneapolis crackdown is arrested in Texas

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal immigration officer wanted in the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Trump administration’s Minnesota crackdown was arrested Friday in Texas, authorities said.

Christian Castro, of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, was taken into custody 11 days after Minneapolis prosecutors charged him with assault and falsely reporting a crime in the Jan. 14 nonfatal shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis.

Hennepin County, Minnesota prosecutors said the state’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension located Castro, 52, in Texas, and the Texas Rangers said they assisted in the arrest in Cameron County, which borders Mexico in the southernmost part of the state.

The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General said its agents were not involved in or present for Castro’s apprehension, denying the Hennepin County Attorney’s office’s claims in press statements about the arrest.

“Any characterization that DHS OIG agents participated in or led the arrest operation is inaccurate,” the Office of Inspector General said in a statement.

Messages seeking comment were also left with ICE and the Texas Rangers.

Online court records do not list an attorney for Castro, and it wasn’t immediately clear if he has one.

In a statement, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty heralded the arrest as “a critical step forward in our prosecution of Mr. Castro.”

Castro is the second federal agent to be charged over their conduct during the Minnesota crackdown, which was known as Operation Metro Surge. He is one of two agents that ICE Director Todd Lyons said lied about the circumstances of the incident.

According to prosecutors, Castro fired through a home’s front door and shot Sosa-Celis in the thigh after Castro and another officer chased a different man, Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna, to the Minneapolis apartment duplex where he and Sosa-Celis lived. Sosa-Celis and Aljorna were legally in the U.S., Moriarty said.

Federal authorities initially accused Sosa-Celis and Aljorna of beating an officer with a broom handle and a snow shovel. A federal judge later dismissed the charges, and ICE and the Justice Department opened an investigation into whether the officers lied about what happened.

In a statement after the charges were announced, ICE said the U.S. attorney’s office was investigating statements made by the officers, who could face disciplinary action including being fired and prosecuted. ICE called the Hennepin County attorney’s action “unlawful and nothing more than a political stunt.” DHS’s Inspector General’s Office, which Moriarty credited with assisting in the arrest, is separate from ICE and is meant to serve as a watchdog for DHS agencies, including ICE.

Minneapolis last month released video showing the moments before Sosa-Celis’s shooting, captured from a distance by a city-owned security camera.

The video appears to show a person standing with a snow shovel outside the house, near the street, then retreating toward the house and tossing the shovel into the yard. This happens as a person being chased by another person runs up from the street, falls on the sidewalk, gets up, and keeps heading toward the house.

The three appear to scuffle near the front steps for about 10 seconds. The exact moment when Sosa-Celis is shot isn’t clear. A car with flashing lights pulls up, and another person walks up.

The Trump administration sent thousands of officers to the Minneapolis and St. Paul area as part of President Donald Trump’s national deportation campaign and considered Operation Metro Surge a success.

But tensions mounted during the weekslong campaign, and the shooting deaths of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal officers sparked mass unrest and raised questions about officers’ conduct.

Minnesota leaders and the Trump administration have clashed over who has the authority to investigate and prosecute federal officers for on-duty conduct.

Moriarty’s office last month charged immigration agent Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr. with assault for allegedly pointing his gun at people in a car on a highway. He turned himself in last week, and his lawyer disputes the charges.

The county is also investigating Good’s and Pretti’s killings and sued the Trump administration in March to gain access to evidence in those cases and the Sosa-Celis shooting.

https://apnews.com/article/minneapo...sacelis-811eca576b7b7088694cc3a646999d51

Lead prosecutor on former FBI Director Comey's 'seashells' case withdraws without explanation

The department did not include any explanation for the move.

The lead prosecutor tasked with overseeing former FBI Director James Comey's prosecution stemming from his post of seashells that the Justice Department claims amounted to a threat against President Donald Trump has withdrawn from the case, according to a court filing.

Matthew Petracca was the lone prosecutor from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina assigned to the case when it was unsealed late last month.

On Friday evening, however, the Justice Department filed a notice with the court indicating that Petracca has been replaced by assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy Severo.

The department did not include any explanation for the move in the high-profile case.

Comey's attorneys are expected to make a vigorous push to have the case dismissed before it can go to trial through a variety of legal challenges.

A Justice Department spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment from ABC News.

Comey was charged with threatening to kill Trump by posting a photo on Instagram of seashells on a beach arranged in the numbers "86 47." Citing the slang meaning of "86" as to "nix" or "get rid" of something, allies of the president allege that the post was a veiled threat against Trump, who is the 47th president.

Following backlash over the post, Comey removed the photo from Instagram and said he was unaware that the post could be associated with violence.

Critics of Trump say the indictment is another effort by the administration to punish the president's perceived enemies after a judge last year threw out an indictment against Comey on unrelated charges.

At a press conference announcing the charges last month, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche argued that Comey's post crossed the line between First Amendment-protected speech and speech that warrants prosecution.

Comey's trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 21.

https://abcnews.com/Politics/lead-p...comeys-seashells-case/story?id=133437435

This entire thing seems contrived, botched, manufactured and mishandled in at least 8647 different ways.

Depends. Can he shoot the trey? I like the idea. Cavs need some "bad assery."

Thank you everyone my dad
Died in Vietnam November 23 1968

In that case I wish you all the best moving forward with your consulting service. AI may help your business be much more profitable and efficient.

But you have to admit this is rather humorous in and embarrassing kind of way........

March of 2022 watson was signed by the Browns. They claimed they had their QB of the future and finally had a franchise QB.

March of 2025 Browns co-owner Jimmy Haslam said the team "took a big swing-and-miss" in acquiring QB Deshaun Watson.

May of 2026 watson is #1 on the QB depth chart.

It's as if this team has a bad case of being bipolar.

And the question could become, if Monkin doesn't develop some of that "1st round" talent will it be the fault of Monkin for not developing that talent or will it be the talking heads were wrong about their evaluations on some of those picks?