Engorgeous George

One does not have to be in a court of law to correctly and concisely understand the concept of causation. As for the bipartisan committee, lets just say i find most actions undertaken by politicians to be political and with an agenda, whether they can label themselves Bipartisan or not. i think most rational and cautious people do. i think you do not when it suits your narrative and you do when it does not.

Just an FYI, I did not vote for Trump, not once, not ever. As for the label "conservative", well it has been co-opted over the last 15 or so years to the point where it is no longer recognizable to its original meaning, and I don't believe it applies to me, but have it your way.

Deserve's got nothing to do with it. Deserves got nothin' to do with it!

Tim might have difficulty with the legal concept of proximate cause.

It is so statistically unlikely that it clearly is not random chance. Clearly fate hates you. Keep your head down and maybe Fate will turn her attention, her anger, elsewhere.

Which is why it is difficult to take you seriously.

Its pretty lumpy where I live.

As usual, a bridge too far.

I've been that guy, and it sucks.

Then, I would have definitely been up for Leslie Bibb. Now, well who am I kidding?

Metaphorically I hear El Deguello playing as we await the inevitable return of the Santa Ana winds. Nature is allowing no quarter. She seeks to slit the throats of those still left standing.

Now I see where Prince harry and his wife are touring the area. Haven't those people suffered enough?

So like Pete Carrol. (Plus Pete Carrol is always out on the field. he should have gotten flagged 12 times a game, each game, for being out on the field.)

Calling people out is, apparently, very important to you. You have hit this theme a few times in the last couple of days. Perhaps you can outline with greater specificity precisely what you would like to see in this regard. Maybe some AI generated bit of video of a Clint Eastwood style character in a Sergio Leone setting calling someguy out. Maybe something from the Outlaw Jose Wales telling the offending poster to pull them pistols or whistle Dixie. Perhaps you might consider that the most effective way to discourage trolls is to not give them the attention they so desperately seek.

Why, can they be used in place of cement blocks in retaining walls?

Actually with Watson having an ACL and thus likely not back until next December, at the earliest, and with Doubs having expressed some dissatisfaction with his role the Packers may need to consider a reciever in one of thier picks in the first two rounds. Packers have been undisciplined all year. Stupid penalties, communication lapses, lack of attention to fundamentals. They have a lot of maturing to do.

Packers in danger of being charged with some Philadelphia Municipal Ordinance violations for altering or befouling municipal property with the giant dump they took on the field.

I was just curious if there was a particular reason, or if it was just a general, global type of disdain.

Packers are their own worse enemy.

Did he black your eye and kick your dog sometime in the past?

Damn sorta burst open there. Still, a season which exceeded expectation and which generates real optimism for the future. Well done Broncos.

It seems to me that we have the technology to have feedback monitors on fire hydrants. it seems to me we could know the conditions around those hydrants instantaneously at a central command. If so it seems we could fight fires remotely, at least until the Departments could arrive on scene, if hydrants were equiped with remotely activated and targeted nozzles (what the fire fighters call monitors). Imagine a fire breaks out in the Hollywood Hills somewhere. Remote sensors detect it. Central dispatch sends all of the fire fighting assets to the scene. While they are in route Dispatch determines there are three fire hydrants within 400 feet of the fire. One can put water directly on the blaze through the remote controlled monitor and the other two can wet down the area into which the fire might move. Activating those hydrants could keep the fire suppressed until boots on the ground could arrive to assess the situation and take further appropriate action. Get on this Elon, or some other entrepreneur with some innovative spirit. It is a 100 million dollar idea and the tech is already invented, it just needs to be combined into one system and hydrants retrofitted and supplied power.

I am out to rejoin the game, already in progress.

Nice fake punt. Nice drive to end the half before the doink. They are playing competitively, which is more than many "experts" had them doing.

In my neighborhood there is a hydrant on every block. Blocks are 600 feet by 600 feet. That is fairly tyopical. If the hydrants did not sit idlily by waiting for firefighters to respond when there is a fire, a response time in my neighborhood of 3 to 6 minutes, but instead could be remotely accessed and a nozzle could be turned on and aimed at a fire until such time as the firefighters could arrive to assess the situation that would go a long way to keep wildfire in brushy areas from getting out of control. We (I) am not talking about opening the hydrant to set water flow down the street like in the famous scene from do the right thing. I am talking about remotely aimable nozzles just like the kind firefighters use when they get to the scene. Without increasing the frequency of installation of hydrants you could get coverage exceeding 90%. I don't think it would be a panacea, but I do think it would be very effective in hilly, brushy country, especially in country where the access is limited, where only brush trucks and specialty all wheel drive fire trucks can go. I am talking about some response within seconds, even if not the most effective response, rather than letting something burn for several minutes, unchecked in the least. You should read the link I supplied. You probably believe in in-building sprinklers, why would this outside-building suppression system be less valuable, particualrly it you look at the costs.