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Re: Musical Heroes AZBrown 03/28/24 09:39 AM
I don't know if this specifically pertains to the thread.
One name comes to mind::
Jaco Pastorius.
I'm too tired to go into any detail.
People either know about him, or they don't.
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Re: NFL Kickoff Change ScottPlayersFacemask 03/28/24 05:46 AM
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A single bar, you have my vote.

Though he’s missing the blonde handlebar mustache. So I’m docking 1 point.
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Re: Browns News Continued.... The Collector 03/28/24 05:36 AM
Re: Brazil..

Honestly think with the current 17 game schedule, that it should count as an away game for both teams.
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Re: Cuckoo Democrats And What They Have Become Pt 5 EveDawg 03/27/24 11:28 PM
https://nypost.com/2024/03/26/us-ne...ve-any-rail-lines/?utm_source=reddit.com

Biden claims he commuted over the Key bridge by train many times, but it doesnt have a rail line. notallthere
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Re: Music Video Thread #3471 TTTDawg 03/27/24 10:32 PM
Can't remember if this was posted in one of the 3471 Music Video Threads

The New Radicals

You Get What You Give

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Re: History - What Fellow Republicans Have Said about Donald Trump, Find Good Quotes Damanshot 03/27/24 10:24 PM
Originally Posted by EveDawg
Why would Cruz say something nice? They were competing for the GOP nomination. Try and find something that isnt obvious poltical opponent mudslinging.

The last line seems to indicate that that is Cruz today... But truth be told, Trump called is wife ugly, he said that Cruz's father helped kill Kennedy and that Cruz isn't even American.


Then, for the last 7 years, Cruz has had his lips permanantly attached to Trumps butt. Kissing his butt every day. and he's shown no courage at all when it comes to calling Trump out.

So in the end, I could care less what Cruz had to say or when he said it.

He needs to go.
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Re: Republicans-still at it-again PitDAWG 03/27/24 09:02 PM
Unfounded conspiracy theories spread online after Baltimore bridge collapse

Major news events — like the pandemic, natural disasters and mass shootings — now consistently serve as fodder for fringe figures.

Outlandish conspiracy theories circulated on X after a containership collided with a major bridge in Maryland, causing it to collapse, early Tuesday morning.

The ship hit a supporting structure of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which is located southeast of the Baltimore metropolitan area.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore declared a state of emergency and said the calamity that knocked down the bridge was most likely the result of an accident and not an act of terrorism. Moore told reporters that crew members of the Dali containership, which struck the Key Bridge on Tuesday morning, had notified authorities that they lost power.

As rescuers search for survivors, some online conspiracy theorists have attempted to uncover a nonexistent plot to explain the collision.

Major news events — like the pandemic, natural disasters and mass shootings — now consistently serve as fodder for fringe figures, many of them on the far right, to amplify their world views that often feature shadowy cabals or major unseen threats.

Once relegated to certain corners of the internet, these figures have flourished on X since Elon Musk acquired the platform and removed many of the rules that once tried to limit the spread of false claims. Musk has garnered backlash in the past for amplifying conspiracy theories and restoring accounts for known conspiracy theorists like Alex Jones. A spokesperson for X did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Some on Tuesday claimed that the shipping vessel came under “cyberattacks,” or that Covid-era lockdowns were to blame. There have been no reports suggesting that any of these conspiracies are remotely true. In response to some of the posts, X had a “readers added context” note/disclaimer, in which people fact-checked the posters.

But it’s not just so-called keyboard warriors who are posting the theories. Several conspiracies were elevated by public officials on TV and by those with massive followings on social media.

On Fox Business, anchor Maria Bartiromo falsely suggested the “wide-open border” could have something to do with the collision, a clip of which circulated on X. No link to immigration has been made by officials.

A spokesperson for Fox did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Controversial influencer Andrew Tate shared a conspiracy that falsely suggested the ship had been “cyber-attacked,” citing that in the video of the collision, the ship’s lights appear to turn off just before impact.

In video leading up to and of the incident, around 1:24 a.m. EDT, the ship’s lights turn off for a minute but then flicker back on. About 10 seconds later, smoke is seen coming from the ship’s chimney. At 1:26 a.m., the ship appears to turn and moments later loses its lights again. They come back on a half a minute later.

A spokesperson for Tate did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/francis-scott-key-bridge-collapse-conspiracy-theories-online-rcna145105

rolleyes
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Re: Trump hush Money Trial Set to start On April 15th. PitDAWG 03/27/24 04:26 PM
Judge issues gag order barring Donald Trump from commenting on witnesses, others in hush money case

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge Tuesday issued a gag order barring Donald Trump from commenting publicly about witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and jurors in his upcoming hush-money criminal trial, citing the former president’s history of “threatening, inflammatory, denigrating” remarks about people involved in his legal cases.

Judge Juan M. Merchan’s decision, echoing a gag order in Trump’s Washington, D.C., election interference criminal case, came a day after he rejected the defense’s push to delay the Manhattan trial until summer and ordered it to begin April 15. If the date holds, it will be the first criminal trial of a former president.

“Given that the eve of trial is upon us, it is without question that the imminency of the risk of harm is now paramount,” Merchan wrote in a four-page decision granting the prosecution’s request for what it deemed a “narrowly tailored” gag order.

The judge said the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s statements have induced fear and necessitated added security measures to protect his targets and investigate threats.

Trump’s lawyers fought a gag order, warning it would amount to unconstitutional and unlawful prior restraint on his free speech rights. Merchan, who had long resisted imposing a gag order, said his obligation to ensuring the integrity of the trial outweighed First Amendment concerns.

“President Trump’s political opponents have, and will continue to, attack him based on this case,” Trump lawyers Todd Blanche and Susan Necheles said in a recent court filing. “The voters have the right to listen to President Trump’s unfettered responses to those attacks — not just one side of that debate.”

The gag order bars Trump from either making or directing other people to make public statements on his behalf about potential witnesses and jurors in the hush-money trial. It also prohibits any statements meant to interfere with or harass the court’s staff, prosecution team or their families.

It does not bar comments about Merchan, whom Trump has referred to after his arraignment last year as “a Trump-hating judge” with a family full of “Trump haters,” or Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, an elected Democrat. But it puts Trump on notice that attacks on key figures in the case, like his former lawyer-turned-nemesis Michael Cohen or porn star Stormy Daniels, won’t be tolerated.

A violation could result in Trump being held in contempt of court, fined or even jailed.

“I want to thank Judge Merchan for imposing the gag order as I have been under relentless assault from Donald’s MAGA supporters,” said Cohen, a key prosecution witness against Trump. “Nevertheless, knowing Donald as well as I do, he will seek to defy the gag order by employing others within his circle to do his bidding, regardless of consequence.”

Blanche declined to comment. Bragg’s office also declined to comment. A message seeking comment was left for Trump’s presidential campaign.

The gag order adds to existing restrictions that prohibit Trump from using evidence in the case to attack witnesses.

Trump’s hush-money case centers on allegations that he falsely logged payments to Cohen, then his personal lawyer, as legal fees in his company’s books when they were for his work during the 2016 campaign covering up negative stories about Trump. That included $130,000 he had paid Daniels on Trump’s behalf so she wouldn’t publicize her claim of a sexual encounter with him years earlier.

Trump pleaded not guilty last April to 34 counts of falsifying business records, a felony punishable by up to four years in prison, though there is no guarantee that a conviction would result in jail time. He denies having sex with Daniels and his lawyers have said that the payments to Cohen were legitimate legal expenses, not part of any coverup.

At his arraignment, Merchan admonished Trump not to make statements that could incite violence or jeopardize safety, but stopped short of muzzling him. At a subsequent hearing, Merchan noted Trump’s “special” status as a former president and current candidate and said, “I’m bending over backwards and straining to make sure that he is given every opportunity possible to advance his candidacy and to be able to speak in furtherance of his candidacy.”

As jury selection nears, Merchan has been increasingly wary of Trump’s rhetoric disrupting the historic trial. Earlier this month, Merchan ruled to keep the names of jurors from the public. Trump will have access to them, but he risks forfeiting access if he discloses the names publicly or engages in harassing or disruptive conduct that threatens the safety or integrity of jurors, the judge said.

Now, with the gag order, Merchan is declaring scores of people involved in the case off-limits for Trump’s social media venom, courthouse diatribes and campaign rallies. Trump’s grousing to TV cameras as he entered and exited the courtroom became ritual during his New York civil fraud trial last year.

After leaving Monday’s hearing where Merchan set the trial date, Trump tore into prosecutor Matthew Colangelo at a press conference, referring to the ex-Justice Department official as a “radical left from DOJ” sent to run the Trump case “by Biden and his thugs.” The judge cited those remarks in his ruling.

Trump has repeatedly lashed out about the hush-money case. He warned on social media of “potential death & destruction” before his indictment last year and posting a photo on social media of himself holding a baseball bat next to a picture of Bragg. He has referred to Cohen as a “convicted felon, disbarred lawyer, with zero credibility” and has used a mocking nickname to describe Daniels.

Merchan is just the latest judge to put guardrails around Trump.

A federal appeals court panel in December largely upheld Trump’s gag order in his Washington, D.C., election interference case but narrowed it by freeing him to criticize special counsel Jack Smith, who brought the case. The New York gag order echoed that ruling by excluding Bragg.

At the fraud trial, Trump was fined $15,000 for twice violating a gag order imposed after he made a disparaging social media post about the judge’s chief law clerk.

In January, a federal judge threatened Trump with expulsion from court in a civil trial on writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation claims against him after he was heard saying “it is a witch hunt” and “it really is a con job.”

https://apnews.com/article/trump-gag-order-hush-money-new-york-68317dee722581bfbde51c305788b614
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Re: Health update Ballpeen 03/27/24 09:54 AM
Prayers my friend.
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Re: $1.2 Trillion later, we can keep the gubment open. Woohoo! dawglover05 03/27/24 12:06 AM
Bro, the Dot Bomb bubble peaked on March 10, 2000…

In 1995, Clinton loosened housing rules by rewriting the Community Reinvestment Act that opened up mortgages to those who should not have qualified. Bush didn’t help it either but Clinton got the ball rolling. The bubble was building. A bubble is not only in existence at the time it bursts.

These are facts.

Yes, despite all that nonsense, I might see an argument that he was perhaps the most fiscally conservative president since pre-Reagan, but let’s at least be honest with ourselves at the same time about how he achieved a good portion of that achievement.
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Re: Trump starts the Appeals process mgh888 03/26/24 09:06 PM
Originally Posted by FATE
Yes. By legal standard, his actions constitute fraud.

Haven't checked this forum out much recently. I'm traveling and enjoying a steak and glass of Malbec and playing catch up ...

On trump and his alleged financial fraud.... I thought (and this is from a year plus ago) that he systematically over inflated values.for loan applications and under inflated them for tax purposes. Is that pretty much accepted ?

So the only questions I think would be relevant ...

> Did trump initiate or know? I would imagine yes - jmo.
> does it matter if he knew? No. Otherwise every high powered exec could claim ignorance for any paperwork submitted on.their behalf by a third party.
> is trump being given special attention for.something others would not be prosecuted for? ... again imo no, not when its this scale. From memory the same district has prosecuted others for the same or v similar offenses . Not lots because its not a common occurrence but there is precedence.

So... what am I missing? Certainly not an expert or infallible .
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Re: Political Jokes Pt. 3 FATE 03/26/24 08:48 PM
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Re: Goofy Immortal 2 FATE 03/26/24 08:45 PM
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Re: Ukraine and Russia Cont. OldColdDawg 03/26/24 08:19 PM
Originally Posted by Swish
Originally Posted by Bull_Dawg
Originally Posted by dawglover05
Welp. I was going to send you a response and then my screen refreshed and I lost it all. Great stuff. I like the discussion and wanted to let you know I don't think you're self-righteous.

Hopefully I'll get to remaking the point later.

I try not to be. I definitely can be when roused, though.

Hate it when technology decides not to cooperate.

That’s why I use chat gpt as my own personal diary, that way I can ask homeboy what I said the night before when I was stoned out of my mind.

A word of warning rather you actually do this or not, there is a 100% chance your ChatGPT interactions are being used to improve the AI. Sometimes that involves human eyes. So keep that in mind until you get a locally run llm. There are a ton of tutorials for that YouTube, FYI.
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Re: CAVS/NBA superbowldogg 03/26/24 04:35 PM
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Re: Your Ties to Cleveland hitt 03/26/24 03:49 PM
Mom and Dad raised in Berea, Ohio- I was born in Lakewood- suburb of Cleveland- grandparents both moved to parts of Cleveland- Mom's side lived on W158 St for 50 plus years- as kid loved the Dairy Queen on corner- 25 cent big dipped cones- heaven. Dad's side lived on Homeway Rd near the airport- had small grocery store at corner in 50s. We lived in Mt Clemens, Mi.- Dad was pilot in Air Force at Selfridge AFB- easy drive to Cleveland with 7 kids- I remember hooting and howling when Browns beat Colts for NFL Championship as over 20 point underdogs--watching Jim Brown, Paul Warfield, Gary Collins making plays...and then LeRoy Kelly--Browns teams as champs or near champs every year.....I feel sorry too many generations of Browns fans have missed that joy/ and beating Steelers regularly.


Been Browns and Indians fan forever, yet never lived in city or cites just visited...except for birth in Lakewood, but Dad joined military to fly and rest is history.....military brat as youngster- spent 26 years in myself as pilot in US Army/helicopters, then USAF pilot- lived all over world as youngster and then as an adult-- settled in Florida- hated shoveling snow as a kid in Michigan--no snow in FL.

Go Browns, go Guardians, go Cavs.
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Re: Elon Is At It Again.... PitDAWG 03/26/24 03:35 PM
X's lawsuit against hate speech watchdog group tossed by judge

A federal judge in California threw out a lawsuit filed by X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, against a hate speech watchdog on Monday.

Why it matters: The judge ruled the lawsuit was intended to punish the Center for Countering Digital Hate for publishing research suggesting there has been a rise in bigoted speech on the platform since Elon Musk's takeover.

Context: Through the lawsuit, X claimed that the Center for Countering Digital Hate used "flawed methodologies to advance incorrect, misleading narratives" in its reports.

It accused the center of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, intentional interference with contractual relations and inducing breach of contract.
The center denied those claims and accused X and Musk of retaliating against it because of its reports.

What's inside: The judge ruled on Monday that the lawsuit was "unabashedly and vociferously" about "punishing the Defendants for their speech."

The judge approved the center's request to throw out the lawsuit based on California's anti-SLAPP law, which provides defendants a way to quickly dismiss meritless lawsuits if they are being sued for actions that amount to them exercising their freedom of speech, press, assembly or petition.
In addition to tossing the case, the judge also denied X Corp.'s request to re-plead the case.

What they're saying: The center said the ruling "sent a strong message about seeking to censor those who criticize social media companies, which we are confident will resonate throughout Silicon Valley and beyond."

"Today a federal court in San Francisco issued a decision in the case X brought against the Center for Countering Digital Hate for illegally obtaining platform data to create misleading research. X disagrees with the court's decision and plans to appeal," X said in a post on the social media platform.

Between the lines: Musk, a self-proclaimed free speech "absolutist," has repeatedly claimed that he would protect all forms of speech on Twitter.

In practice, however, the platform has been lenient to those who post hateful or extremist content while cracking down on speech that's critical of the platform or of Musk.

https://www.axios.com/2024/03/25/el...x-0Q3VoffO3G0WFYCFqE9jcVv35zs2VlS9crdRA8

Translation; As we have seen with people of wealth and power, if they keep someone with far lesser means tied up in the legal system for long enough they will go broke and no longer have the ability to fight.
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Re: Browns Sign K Cade York (Yes, Really) Damanshot 03/26/24 01:44 PM
If he's a camp leg, I can't find much wrong with it. But I don't trust what's between his ears. Something ain't right
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Re: Rodney McLoed re-signed GMdawg 03/26/24 09:55 AM
WOOHOO Glad to have him back this year.
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Re: cognitive decline hitt 03/25/24 08:59 PM
We've got a long way to go to match Roman Empire--- our democracy has worked for over 200 years- founders were very smart- the big states couldn't crush the little states-- large population states can't crush small population states---mainly two party system is better than most. Sure wish we had younger generation option- Trump is morally bankrupt/to old, Biden is two old, but not on same moral corruption as Trump......anybody but Trump. Kennedy seems pretty goofy----maybe not him either.
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Re: Spring is coming.. RememberMuni 03/25/24 03:21 PM
Spring is coming. Thank God. Golf, grilling, and the start of football with spring games and the nfl draft.
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Re: Browns Sign RB D'Onta Foreman Day of the Dawg 03/25/24 01:36 PM
I think this signing is protection, so the team does not have to overreach for a running back in the draft if there are better players available. I do think they will still draft a running back either 2nd or 3rd round. I also believe that Chubb will start the season on the PUP list. Then Foreman and the rookie will be the 1 - 2 punch. When Chubb does come back, they will work him in slowly to that rotation.
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Re: Browns and Jerry Jeudy Reach 3-Year Extension MemphisBrownie 03/25/24 12:12 PM
THE DETAILS
The news of the full details broke based on a tweet from Albert Breer.

Based on what he is saying this would be the terms of the deal:
[Linked Image from s3media.247sports.com]


I would think it would look something more like this when we see it:
[Linked Image from s3media.247sports.com]

CONCLUSION
Getting a pay rise from $12,987,000 in 2024 to $18,997,000 isn't a surprise, it is quite common to give a player some of that extension upfront rather than wait for the first new year to receive any money. This is partly what encourages a player to sign the deal now.

Even if they haven't added any option bonuses into the deal then they can restructure him each year still and will have the language in the contract to allow them to do this, same with all Cleveland Browns contracts.

We usually see per-game roster bonuses in the deals say $30,000 per game to protect against injury but they haven't decided to do this. The surprising exclusion is no roster bonus in 2027, where they could keep him up until week one and then cut him.

It wouldn't surprise me that when the full deal is out on Over The Cap I end up just doing a follow-up article with some of these pieces added.

Getting Out The Deal

With the $6m guaranteed in 2026, if they decided they wanted to cut him after the 2025 season then he would be able to sign with another team. Anything he earns up to $6m would first go to pay back the Browns' guarantees due to offset language. He would have to be really bad to not get that so I would expect this to not be an issue and if someone else picks up the tab it would be $4,785,000 they are on the hook for as another team would cover the minimum.

If they decide to get out of the deal after 2025 it will have cost them $22,010,000 for the one year extension plus up to $6m more depending who pays those 2026 guarantees, this seems unlikely. I would expect this to be a two year deal worth $35,497,000 and then they have a team option for the final year of $17m.

Salary Cap Update

This makes the current Cleveland Browns current cap space $4,898,435

Over The Cap has no void years for Winston which is where the difference comes from, since this deal is yet to be officially announced, the exact terms probably aren't confirmed, I am just basing my prediction on what they have done in the past. I always like to compare to them as they do such a great job and it is where I rely on for all my key salary cap information information.
https://247sports.com/nfl/cleveland...ns-extension-contract-229266123/#2393739

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Still nothing official on the annual breakdown.
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Re: Yay! Another rotator cuff tear! YTownBrownsFan 03/24/24 05:10 PM
I'm not catching up to GM .... but I sure seem to be trying. rofl
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Re: January 6th Fallout Part 8 Damanshot 03/23/24 12:13 PM
"During the Jan. 6 riot, DeLuca replied to a Twitter post by writing, “Fight back or let politicians steal and election? Fight back!”

Who was it that said the election was stolen? Trump. Wanna tell me again how Trump had nothing to do with this riot?

This woman is almost as dumb as the guy that had TRUMP tattooed on his forehead!
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