Guy Chamberlin

What was the term? I couldn't find it.

Yeah, not only did he not meltdown, he made it into the kind of joke his fans can appreciate. Say what you will about Trump, he is never fazed by his improv public performances and neither are his supporters.

I'm guessing 99.99% of people would say that Ms. Strawdog should not be able to kill her healthy baby mere days before natural birth. The reason you also reject blanket anti-abortion terms are the cases where the woman and her doctor understand that the mother's life is at risk, at which point you still attempt to deliver a live baby early and nobody calls it an abortion.

It's a fact that Margaret Sanger was a eugenicist, and that her birth control outreach to Black and underclass communities could be interpreted in the worst possible way. Planned Parenthood fully acknowledges this, honoring Sanger's efforts on behalf of women's health and denouncing her embrace of eugenics. https://www.plannedparenthood.org/uploads/filer_public/cc/2e/cc2e84f2-126f-41a5-a24b-43e093c47b2c/210414-sanger-opposition-claims-p01.pdf

If the Husker defense goes all-in on bullrushing a fragile CU offensive line, Shaedur Sanders won't hurt you, and even a marginal improvement in Husker QB play makes a significant difference over last year. I like our chances.

What if you are about to give birth to a strawman?

"Lawd Jesus" Well one thing we know about Jesus is how much he loved to mock the weak.

No. Not at all. How do you pull that out the post? What's f#&%ing wrong with you?

If we can agree to use lower cap civil war -- partisan opposition intense enough to spur physical face-offs and violence for months or years -- I'd put it at a solid 22%. That's a reasonable number based on my hunch that scenarios like J6 and the Gaza protests could be made broader and nastier with the right players stoking the fires. Not so hard to imagine. The apathetic majority will still be able to watch this on TV and cluck about it on Facebook. I think it's pretty generous of me to give things a 78% chance of not escalating. Since 2015 I've been quite wrong about what could never happen in the United States. What we are considering status quo in 2024 is real boil-the-frog s#!t.

Why do you think I chose that example? Trying to make this easy for you, Arch.

My Dude, I have not said a civil war or a Civil War is likely, just that it's more plausible than it has been in my lifetime and deserves attention. I mean, I opened with a joke about drawing sabers and Ken Burns. Stop trying to conflate what I've gone to the trouble of qualifying. But seasoned observers even older than me agree the current partisan climate and continued fueling of Donald Trump's ascendency is unprecedented and dangerous. And everyone on Earth agrees you've been wrong about the things we shouldn't worry about. The Archy move is to say it doesn't rise to the level of Gettysburg, so relax! We could call it a civil war or just a wacky kerfuffle, but if you play out either a Trump victory or loss it's not too hard to see some ugly stretches ahead. Can you imagine college kids closing campuses across the nation and getting armed responses? Well you don't need much of an imagination to see that playing out on a larger scale if either side believes the other has upped the stakes in partisan revenge. Savvy observers have noted that THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE LEADING CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT HAS PROMISED. Which part of scorched earth dictatorship don't you understand? Now if those are the ravings of an unhinged man who has lost most of his followers, and the bullwarks of democracy will step in and protect us, I'm willing to relax. Just saying there's plenty evidence to warrant legitimate concern, as many on this thread have outlined for you. If you want to do your part, I'm sure you will join hands with Liz Cheney to rescue the GOP from its worst impulses.

Why the f#&% would you think that? Where does this even come from? I went to the trouble of using simple words and concepts you might understand, and politely referred to the previous post that anticipated and answered your weirdass Archy deflection, including the bloodless civil war we're currently experiencing.. So answer the question: do you think there's a civil war scenario that might land somewhere between throwing daisies at each other (WTF?) and the deadliest war in U.S. history?

It's looks likely that we will enter Round Two of the NBA playoffs without Steph Curry, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, or Giannis Antentamkoumpo. Without Damian Lillard, Jimmy Butler, Anthony Davis, Devin Booker, Chris Paul or Joel Embid. God willing without James Harden or Russell Westbrook. I'm already used to not seeing Kawhi Leonard, Ja Morant, the Ball Brothers and Zion Williamson. Really feels like a changing of the guard and I'm cool with it. Some really exciting players having their playoff moments.

The guy who thinks a reference to civil war has to meet the standard of the bloodiest war in U.S. history or it doesn't count.

Are you sure there's not a scenario that might fall somewhere between "nothing to worry about" and Gettysburg bloodbath, General Robert E. Strawdog? But now that you mention it, QAnon Shaman was better at invading the U.S. Capitol than the Confederate Army.

Read my post again, where I clearly addressed all this, including a funny Ken Burns joke.

No s#!t? So who exactly is driving the Guardian Cap bus? I'd imagine the NFL doling out the incentives, not receiving them. Nobody said they didn't look really stupid. It's kinda like when Rick Barry was shooting underhand free throws and setting the record for accuracy. He claimed he could get the worst free-throw shooter to double their percentage by using the simple two-handed granny shot. Even with that incentive, no other player wanted to look that uncool. https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=568821e4bd74bee9&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS1064US1065&sxsrf=ACQVn08VwTtnYm2pVigqrWvrU0_3cbo_sQ:1714498127986&q=rick+barry+underhand+free+throw&tbm=vid&source=lnms&prmd=vinsbmtz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwigrIufu-qFAxUsRDABHXj1AUIQ0pQJegQICBAB&biw=2880&bih=1242&dpr=1#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:0f4483ea,vid:qy8qiFkhRZo,st:0

Actually I was commenting on the larger civil war that would embroil America, per the post I followed with. It also makes sense.

But some people are equating a large contingent of pro-Palestinian Americans with a tiny contingent pro-Hamas Americans. And dedicating 98% of the Israel conversation to American college protests rather than what's actually happening in Gaza. Guess that's just how the pro-Benji Bros roll. How will the protestors vote? Hard to say. It's a spectrum, like everything else. The issue is with U.S. supplying money and arms to Israel in the wake of a horrific terrorist attack that has since been used to kill tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians in a ground offensive that the adult and moderate diplomatic experts consider a move by Netanyahu to simply takeover Gaza as he always intended, against longstanding treaties and directives dating back across multiple American administrations and involving some delicate international alliances. Since this is happening on Biden's watch and concerns Biden's immediate actions, the protestors are taking on Biden. Whether they think the situation would get worse under Trump is a call they can make in November. The most virulent activists you see quoted are highly unlikely to vote for Biden. They didn't vote for Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama or John Kerry either. These are the people who voted for Green candidates like Jill Stein, or possible the handful of people who voted for an actual Socialist Party candidate, or like some of their rightwing counterparts simply won't vote. I don't like single-issue voting, and I think Gaza has taken that role for some, including the large muslim population in swing state Michigan. But the lack of enthusiasm for Biden among young voters is the larger concern, and it pre-dates October 7.

I don't know if actual sabers will be drawn, or if Ken Burns will do a documentary on it, but a Donald Trump win is likely to spark a reconstruction of democracy to fit Trump, along with the partisan revenge he has literally promised. That includes withholding federal funds to blue states, and fully weaponizing a Justice Department some already considers a partisan weapon. A Donald Trump loss will -- again, as promised -- launch an election denial scenario that will be more angry and organized than the last one. I'm not sure which result would get uglier, but they both seem to inspire escalation and resistance. We are already at the bloodless version of civil war, in which Democrats and Republicans are virtually prohibited from crossing the aisle, even if the collaboration would build bridges or save puppies. And even as I made that joke, I realize a prominent Republican just bragged about killing a puppy as an example of making "tough decisions."

Well that would include the 50% of American voters who want this even more vengeful version of Donald Trump as President. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/04/28/donald-trump-joe-biden-cnn-poll/73493459007/ I know I should listen to the wise counsel of a professional teacher, but this Biden in a Landslide narrative isn't backed by anything beyond a prayer for common sense. Gonna be a heckuva civil war.

I asked this in another thread, but is this the end of the second string? If you're any kind of player, or planning on any kind of college football future, are you willing to be second on the depth chart to start the season, or do you just say "eff-it, I'm outta here" until a team can, uhm "promise" you'll start?

I don't know if there's an angle for the NFL to make money off the guardian cap, but they are justifiably scared of the brain injury stats curtailing participation and fueling lawsuits.

I didn't want to go to the trouble, or alert Google that I was seeking out Deion Sanders content, but I wondered if it was a full scale exodus based on this thread. Looks like CU is pulling in a few guys with as good or better credentials than the guys leaving. Can't get a read on the depth, though the Buffs appear to be more reactionary than most programs. Are we at the point where there can be no second string? If a hotshot recruit discovers someone is ahead of him on the depth chart, does he just say ef-it, I'm outta here?