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Not arguing, just restating an impression and re-directing readers. We are getting closer to playing against strangers. We have tried to spread the work around and to get eyes on our room. Point was this needs to get off the squat and watch to see what is here. Our starter(s) are missing reps that are being taken up by other QBs. The rest of that unit needs work with its QB. As much as possible with some work for the backup. Just want us to avoid us not to marginalize us more with the QB starter scavenger hunt like now. I get why he is here, but time is sore upon us to change gears.

Yo Grym . Hola dude !

Iran makes new strait demands, the UAE says a ship was targeted and other Middle East news

Oman says talks to manage the strait between it and Iran continue

Iran issued dramatic new demands for the Strait of Hormuz to reopen as the United Arab Emirates said one of its ships was targeted by an Iranian missile. Yemen’s military attacked the country's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. And Turkey’s Kurdish peace bill won approval in parliament.

Iran says strait won't open until the US ‘corrects’ behavior

Iran's politburo-like body known as the Supreme National Security Council said the Strait of Hormuz will not open until the United States "corrects its behavior," issuing new demands that could shake up talks on a deal to manage the waterway and traffic on it.

Iran's state broadcaster published the statement by the council’s secretary, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, who is also a commander in the powerful Revolutionary Guard.

The U.S. must never threaten Iran again, the statement said, and must permanently end the war with Iran and its armed allies in the region. The U.S. must lift the naval blockade of Iranian ports and withdraw its military from the area. It also must "completely compensate" Iran for war damage, lift sanctions and "unconditionally" release frozen assets.

There was no immediate response from the U.S., which has wanted an acceptable deal first on the strait before ending the blockade.

Iran earlier said it was close to reaching a deal with Oman to manage the strait, which runs between the two countries.

Oman, a mediator Gulf Arab country which has said relatively little on the talks, said in a statement Saturday that the discussions were ongoing "in a positive and constructive atmosphere," and condemned attacks on ships on the strait.

Iran attacks a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, UAE says

A vessel owned by Abu Dhabi's state-owned ADNOC oil and gas company was attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, Emirati authorities said. The Foreign Ministry said Iran fired the missile as part of attacks on commercial shipping.

ADNOC said in a statement that there were no casualties following the attack early Saturday. The company said over a dozen of its vessels have been attacked by missiles and drones while passing through the strait since the United States and Israel launched the war on Iran in February. One crew member has been killed and 20 others wounded, it said.

ADNOC didn't elaborate on where the attack took place nor on any damage.

Later, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center said a vessel east of the town of Khasab, Oman, had been struck by a projectile that caused a fire that was put out, with the vessel and crew safe. It was not immediately clear whether this was the ADNOC incident.

Iran and Oman, on the other side of the strait, have been discussing a deal to manage the waterway, which had been considered an international one before the war.

Yemen's military attacks Iran-backed Houthis

The attacks were in response to the Houthis' recent strikes in central and eastern Yemen. Col. Majed al-Nazili, spokesperson for Yemen's military, said the attacks targeted the rebels' "sites and capabilities" on multiple front lines, without elaborating.

The escalation between the Houthis and Yemen's internationally recognized government and its backer, a Saudi-supported coalition, threatens to reignite Yemen's civil war following a 2022 truce.

On Friday, United Nations envoy Hans Grundberg urged the parties to exercise restraint, saying that "Yemen today faces a greater risk of renewed large-scale conflict than at any point since the U.N.-brokered truce of April 2022."

Turkey's Kurdish peace bill wins approval in parliament

A Turkish draft law aimed at advancing a peace effort with the country's Kurdish insurgents passed its first hurdle in parliament on Saturday, with a committee approving the measure that includes a conditional, pardon-like mechanism for thousands of former fighters.

Last year, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, declared its decision to disarm and disband as part of the peace initiative aimed at ending the decades-long conflict with the Turkish state.

The draft legislation, expected to be approved in the general assembly next week, defines the procedures for the group's disarmament and the rehabilitation of some PKK members. It would suspend some prison sentences for people convicted of membership and postpone the prosecution of others.

The measures would come into effect once Turkey's National Security Council confirms that the group has disbanded and surrendered all weapons.

The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people since it began in the 1980s and has spilled into neighboring Iraq and Syria. Turkey and its Western allies consider the group a terrorist organization.

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Just before this incident happened trump planned to announce that an official deal on opening the Strait of Hormuz had been reached and the U.S. had won the war...... again.

Because of the question surrounding the quarterback what will be the offensive identity of the team?

Monken knows that whoever he names as the starter. That guy has to be in charge of the offense.

Monken will be the play caller. It is his playbook. He was hired because of his offensive experience.

The expectations of Berry and Haslam is that Monken will produce an offense that can score.

The OL has been completely remade. Investment in receivers has added first and second round talent. Judkins returns and is healthy.

What will the offense look like under Monken?

IMO number one will be an emphasis upon precision and fast paced execution. Not unlike a version of the WCO. Get the ball out.

Diverse route trees with clear quick options. Run the ball. Develop the hard inside run game. I am expecting Judkins to get a lot of carries.

KC will be the quick out option like Zay Flowers. Tight end use with Fannin will not be much different from Mark Andrews who was a focal point in the Ravens offense.

He will use Jeudy, Bond, and Boston to carve out offensive zones to cover the field. That part of the game may be slow to develop. The reason being is the quarterbacks and the chemistry it takes may take some time. Factoring in a new OL.

I am expecting hiccups this may take some time.

I can't say for sure. I know a president can make changes to the grounds and the interior facade of the White House. As far as some permanent structural changes one would think it would take the approval of the congress. I mean that only makes sense but laws, rules or the lack of them doesn't always make sense.

It has been known as the people's house since the time of Jefferson and John Quincy Adams and rightfully so I might add. A president is nothing more than a temporary resident granted a free lease while he is holding office. Many see this is yet another reason to claim he acts more like a king or dictator than a president. And before anyone on the right gets unhinged over that comment, it means in some ways, not all.

I mean look at the interior of the White House now. While he claims everything he hung on the walls is real "24 k gold" investigators and critics have widely claimed these wall appliqués are mass-produced polyurethane or plastic molding pieces spray-painted gold. Whatever they're made of he has made the White House look so gaudy it deserves its own episode of Cribs.

And that comes as quite a surprise when you stop to think about it. After all it was Obama who was the first black president.

Don't forget that they're the party of family values. Unless that family is brown and from a different country. Then all bets are off.

What is?

Doomsday plane flying around with callsign Order66. Absolutely nothing to be worried about.

Worse yet, after 3 K in the 1st.

Great game. Eyes bulging on the Carson Beck eye test!

She has a voice made for singing the blues.

This guy speaks with more common sense than almost anyone in politics. This is what I'm saying. This crap may fly in primaries, but you can't win elections when you buddy-up with a despicable commie. Piker celebrates 911 and calls for us to abolish property rights... Landlords? "Kill them. Murder those mother #$%^ in the street. Let the streets soak in their #$%^ red capitalist blood, dude."

There are parts of the series I have to fast forward.

I have seen more of the Holocaust than I want to see. I can't stomach it. What was done to Warsaw was heartbreaking.

The civilian casualties in WWII are staggering. It is interesting to see how the different countries involved treated their own civilian populations. Especially Russia, Germany, and Japan had completely different approaches.

The scale of the war and the logistics is unreal.

The ethics committee came to this conclusion...... The panel added that “his pattern of behavior would lead a reasonable observer to interpret it as such, including providing the young women with lavish and recurrent gifts, making comments regarding their appearance and dress, inviting them to intimate dinners and vacations, sending notes regarding his effusive affection, and inviting them to other activities as a way to spend time together.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/po...bid-censure-sexual-harassment-rcna590919

As of August 1, 2026, Senator Mitch McConnell has been absent from public view and the U.S. Senate for 49 consecutive days, missing 38 or more roll call votes. He was last seen casting a vote on Capitol Hill on June 11, 2026, and was officially hospitalized following a fall at his home on June 14, 2026.

Every morning I check the headlines hoping it will all go away.

That somehow some way karma will find a way.

That the scales of justice will balance. Please just disappear.

That is really interesting.

I have never gotten into photography.

I have spent a lot of time outdoors. The best times of my life have come from my time outside.

The Merlin app opens up a new road. Time has slowed me down and this gives me a chance to do something at a pace that fits.

well deserved for Grant too. He's been solid for us

I'll take this opportunity to post probably the sickest plays I ever had the privilege to watch live. Even watching the replay felt like my mind playing tricks on me. 🔥

This particular story has already been discussed in this forum. Only 400 out of those 6600 actually voted. No New jersey election was decided by 400 votes. Actually none where closer than several thousand votes.

So him posting that in response to "Can you specifically name one rigged election result" is just pure BS. But then again that's to be expected.

One thing I am sure of is that the executive branch, mainly the president holds far to much power. How much power a president has is not the same as the time of the founding fathers. It has evolved and increased greatly over time. And that's not isolated to which party or who is president. As of today we see executive orders being written on an unprecedented level pushing the boundaries of the constitution and being overturned in our courts.

I'm certainly not going to say that I agree with everything they stand for. Yet I do understand when one side goes off the rails you will get a pushback that goes off the rails as well in reaction to that.

And that's where we are now. Extremism is taking over on both sides and we are all worse off for it. Surely you must have seen something like this coming in response.

Big money QBs make plays that win games or close-out games...big money DEs should do that as well...but realistically less-often.

My memory of MG will be much more of him jumping offside on 3rd/4th and short...and getting 2+ sacks in games that were essentially blowouts...rather than frequent plays that impacted the outcome of the game.

The Ravens might have the most talent, but we'll see how Minter does in his first year.


It feels like the Bengals better figure things out on D and the OL before Burrow is wasted

My daughter just received a PhD.

Her dissertation was on large scale AI integration and scalable AI integration.

She built her own AI to handle her intellectual property at UGA.

I have begun messing around with it and it blows my mind. I feel like I am living the future.

I came from when people sold encyclopedias door to door.