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Fair points. Kinda gotta feel for some of Trump's press folks, when they are asked to clarify or expound on something the boss just said, they know nothing about. Totally unrelated, we have mayor election tomorrow. Current mayor (10 years) isn't running again - field of 12. I have "my choice" narrowed to four, maybe three ugggg.

The ball he sent across the box to Walcott (which he launched at a passing motorist) was beautiful

To who are you speaking? *duck*

If I remember correctly, it was a Super Bowl ad. So not only did it run, it cost a FORTUNE to run.

Different set of arguments MJB. I was simply asking you to consider that the method of opposition may be a large part of why Trump has any support at all - providing him the fuel he needs to "fight" Not if it's fair, right, or even good for the country in the least.

The left has such a visceral hatred of Trump, they flat go crazy at times, say, do or repeat almost anything about him. Truth or not, the hatred is so real, it doesn't matter. Remember how one of the first things he did was remove the bust of MLK from the Oval Office? Truth was, a reporter was asked if he had seen in, he said he looked but didn't. A reporter jumped on that and tweeted it out. It fit the outrage that Trump had been elected by racists dummies, and likely was something the reported believe or wanted to believe. A shitstorm naturally followed and even tho the reporter in question recanted, the outlets that reported on his report didn't it was still "out there" and it was news. It's not an isolated event, but it's one that jumps to mind, very early in his administration. I think if the left (overall) and the media in general "treated" Trump the way they did W in his second term, or pre-9/11 in his first term, he may sitting in the teens approval-wise and unable to get anything passed by this stage. Given enough rope, I'm guessing he would have hung himself by now, he doesn't need help to be unlikable. Punching at air with stupid tweets, petty jabs, and childish remarks and the like could have easily alienated him almost totally from the GOP (who didn't even want him as the nominee). But starting with the "deplorables" label to those who supported and voted for him, daily attacks on everything about him with racism and xenophobic overtones - and naturally anyone who agrees with anything he does - has backfired. Now he is almost a martyr to many on the right - and he plays the shit out of that card. Trump had very little GOP support in congress when elected, especially from the incumbents. Would he have ever had it otherwise? I have my doubts. I don't disagree in the least that the shit we have seen from Trump and his administration in 2+ years is unprecedented. I have no doubt that he has done some sketchy, or at least dubious shit in the last 2-3 years, none at all. But if you look at CNN on any given day, you will be hard pressed to find 1 if any headline regarding the administration that doesn't have a negative headline. Day in day out. It makes it real easy at some point to disregard the media as biased, and be skeptical of the reporting as a whole. The makes the "fake news" resonate, and not only to those who always believed that anyway. Do I worry that we miss a wolf because we have grown numb to the predictable cries of "wolf" - yeah I actually do. I'm not defending Trump, or try to make anyone like him. I DO like some of his policies and directions, but hell, he makes me cringe almost as often as not, and is often flat-out embarrassing. I'm asking you consider if the left, and the media outlets that support them, have chosen to way to oppose him and his administration that has helped enable Trump to have the support and backing he does. Mainly because they have inadvertently alienated almost the entire right in the attempt to de-legitimize Trump himself.

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That was a shock, but I don't blame the guy at all. Obviously the Colts don't either, or they would have demanded the 12 or 13 million dollars back but they didn't. However I still cannot forgive that commerical where Andrew Luck was plucking his beard and giving the hair to people - I believe it was some Ameritrade or some type of financial investment company. Creepy *shudder*

It almost doesn't matter, CNN has already picked up the story and run it, quoting the original source. It will be posted all over Facebook and retweeted so many times that it will become absolute "fact" regardless of validity. Just like when Al Gore said that he invented the internet* *Al never said that.

Through fairly foggy beer goggles, Florida kind of looked like crap against Miami on Saturday night. I know it's the first game of the season but for the number 8 team in the nation they couldn't tackle with a damn.

The fair he may be thinking that about almost everyone who isn't in the back four or named Pickford.

He doesn't seem to be the focal point of Silva's attack. If he is tying up CB's and creating space for others, winning headers and such, he may be giving Silva almost everything he expects. But the fact of the matter is, you're wearing the 9, and you were generally the farthest player up the pitch and the closest player to the goal. At the very least you should be putting ball in the back of the net from rebounds, crosses, spills just being at the right place at the right time in the box,.but he's not. But it's also a huge problem that the team is only getting four or five shots a game and 0 to 1 on target, nobody is getting any rebounds.

If it was any other news source I'd give it more consideration. Of course like you if it was any other president I would ignore it...

I used college a single example, not "one thing" that makes everything else true. The academia world in the US has always been far left of center - and you can make a good argument that it should. But has becoming seemingly much more intolerant of opposing views which is an odd contradiction in and of itself. And currently in the US it's the further left that is the loudest, and the moderate left is either unwilling or unable to guide the party narrative - ergo the left as a whole appears WAY left, regardless of how true that may or may not be. You will hardly go more than a couple days in the US cable tv news cycle, where you don't have someone on the left calling someone on the other side, or competing policy, racist this, racist that. It can be tactically effective, paint the opposition as racist, in an attempt to discredit anything they say that's opposing - I get it. But it's strategically untenable to use across the board nationally. Opposing most everything initially on hate, racism personal (ie because it's Trump) as opposed to legitimate philosophical difference or alternatives doesn't seem effective. Example - because your party lost the WH based on the system we have always used to determine the winner doesn't equate to racism. Ask Marcus Rashford what racism looks like - it weaken your argument significantly to misuse something like that to unrelated political disagreement. In the US political climate the left (at least currently) is largely attacking everything on the right as wrong because the right is merely angry, homophobic, racists. Not because the left has a better plan or a better vision to advance, but because the right is invalid. That is the crux of Piers' piece to me, and I think it has merit, nothing more or less. And you've mentioned the authoritarian left a couple times. That's not really "a thing" over here as a political philosophy, so I don't understand that context. Maybe you mean the people who say they are liberals but you say a not fucking liberal by any description? I didn't follow that.

Schneiderlin didn't have a bad game for me. He is a solid but not spectacular player - a very good compliment to a more active dynamic midfield partner. The last 30 minutes of the game we were basically in a 4-2-4. The only thing I really saw missing from Schneiderlin's game was his partner. If it had been Gana having his worst day ever, it would have been similar. If it had been JPB in there today instead of Schneiderlin, especially in the last 30 mins, he wouldn't have looked good either trying to cover the entire middle of the pitch. Gomes had his worst game in an Everton shirt, and crippled us. It happens.

Garden gnomes have excellent timing, and they are quick off thier feet as everyone knows. No shame there. Plus they put that little pointy hat in your back right before they jump...sneaky

I noticed Digne do that last game as well, he's like Mina's minder. I like that Mina is fiesty, but time and a place. He had NO business getting involved in Coleman's free kick that resulted in the double yellow. He wasn't in the play, he wasn't near play and that was his captain who had it under control in discussion with Oliver. Digne went and pulled him out, and when Mina kept going, Digne, giving away half a foot, didn't back down and got his finger up in his face and Mina backed away. I don't speak French or Spanish, but he clearly said "calm the fuck down and shut up ya big bastard". Of the several things that I noted during the game, most of them not good, that one event very much stood out. Someone said something earlier about there being no leaders on the pitch, I slightly disagree. Lucas Digne may very well be next man up for the armband.

4 hours of football, 1 goal. Against Palace, Watford and Villa. Iwobi for Gylfi Kean for Bernard Not exactly this coming out I would have expected, but we. Need. Goals

Bernard is playing MUCH better than Richy for me. 7 has done little that's threatening since he didn't get the pen call (which was a good no call).

So much overall to be pleased about, but offset by unforced turnovers, and for the 2/3 possession and passes down the wing into open space...we have ONE shot on target and are down 1-0. Richy and Gomes aren't "on" and DCL is working hard and positioning well as usual, but also as usual not making runs and not creating danger himself. I agree with several of the above - Iwobi and Kean can make an impact. The XI we have on the pitch today don't appear to have 2 goals in them.

I'm not sure if he's injured or there's just no place. Morgan back in, and Iwobi takes his MF bench spot. 2 each D M F and a keeper, someone wasn't getting in the squad.

No real surprises for me of the 18. Glad to see Iwobi made the bench.

This made me laugh, from Villa blogger Phil via RBM - "Jack (MF Graelish) will run the show and drive Everton supporters nuts. He will get fouled and go down at least five times (which is an excellent Villa drinking game)"

I'm hoping by HT, we're up a goal or two and sitting atop the table.

I'm not pretending shit, I'm not going to react/comment to your post without understanding the context or clarifying what you meant - crazy concept I know. I agree with what he says as it applies to current MO of liberal/left in the US when it comes to different opinions on policy. Words like racist or sexist are vastly overused to poison the well of debate or discussion. Example, college campuses. When a liberal speaker, or Prof (even when it has nothing to do with the class that they are instructing) espouses their opinion, it's free speech - and I have no problem w that. When a conservative speaker or Prof does the same it's "hate speech" and often protests or movements aim to mute it. That's not dialogue or debate on any planet. I currently have two daughters in college/university and could cite you a multitude of their experiences. I have no idea what your world is like, but Morgan's thoughts are pretty spot-on to the climate in the US. It's absurd, and Trump is an absurd foil to that - it's not a good path for the US politics on either side of the isle. If that is still incoherent word salad to you just let me know and I'll rephrase with smaller words.