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Amen. Plastic has taken the world over-- and it can't be good. As an old guy, maybe bringing back glass bottles with return of .50 cents might work.

Talking/thinking Government Efficiency- Since officially taking the oath as the 47th President of the United States on January 20, Trump hit the golf course an astonishing 24 times in his first 99 days in office - spending a staggering 24.24 percent of his second term on the greens.

If those number of golf trips are anywhere close no wonder Trump is tweeting at midnight- he needs to give us a decent days work. How a President could play that much golf in a short time is beyond me---- he must be really special.

The freezing, lagging and timing out has been pretty bad for a few months now. I'd say 15-20% of the time I post, it times out and gives me an error message. When it finally returns to normal, it's a coin flip as to whether my post showed up or not. I've made it a habit to ctrl-c everything I put in the reply box because there's a decent chance it's gone with the wind when I hit "post".

The halftime show was hilarious.

Seems more like a skosh to me; but if you say smidge, it's a smidge.

The problem is the guy is identified and designated a terrorist. He wasn't shipped back at that time because a judge ruled it would place him in great danger from rival gangs. Had that ruling not happened, he would have been shipped out.

The standards for deportation of terrorists is different from the simple farm worker who entered to pick avocados in the central valley.

j/c...

We all have to accept the fact that we are seriously tanking the 2025 season. KB and AB are signed so they do not have to worry about winning, just like the owner.

Gimme Shelter is probably my favourite Stones’ song

This has been a recurring thing for me all season. I pretty much gave up logging in on a game day. Same error message.

So, have they all had due process?



https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-100-days-white-house-lawn-mugshots-immigrants/

Trump still all up in Biden’s ish when he wasn’t even involved. Typical Goper alternative facts.

Try working for him...

The Weekend News Anchor strikes again!
America feels so great, these days.

Just an additional side note to supplement: Part of the root and etymology of "fan" has another meaning as well, not only of fanatic, but also being a "fancier"of sport, activity, etc. Not used as a replacementfor or alternative and differing meaning. But if you fancy something that is different than being fanatical about it. As used in speaking & writing, they went differing ways over time. Think DT's are fans in every sense of the words.

The first time I can recall the term "heavy metal" ever used in reference to R&R in a song. 1967

The locker room has accepted him?

And people complain that many of them are in the political forum not related to football. Which is true. Other than the draft taking place right now most are in the political forum. I'm sure I will also post about football. But I have been a poster since the Browns first returned. First on the main Browns site when it was Dawgtalk and then here when it formed as Dawgtalkers. For many of those years it's true that I was a devoted fan. In fact the main reason I even bought my first computer was due to the Browns returning in 1999.

You are certainly right that at one time I was certainly a "fan"atic. For decades in fact. I attended games, had a huge Browns collection and bought a lot of Browns gear. I have greatly downsized and haven't bought anything like that in years now. I was very much emotionally invested in this team. I drove from north of Dayton to Cleveland to attend games. Now I won't even bother to drive to Nashville to attend a game when the Browns come here to play and it's less than 30 minutes away.

The hours and hours I spent reading everything I could find on the Browns was just crazy. The time I spent and invested studying potential draft picks was also crazy. The money and time I spent on Browns gear and attending games I won't even get into but it was a lot considering my income at the time. I was a member of the Browns Backers.

To me that describes what being a "fan"atic means.

That all went out the window when they signed watson. I lost all respect for Haslam and this FO.

But maybe it was the biggest favor the Browns could have done for me. Before when we lost it was devastating and when we won I was over the top! Not anymore. It helped me realize what is truly important in life and put my priorities in perspective. Some things truly impact our lives and some things don't.... or at least shouldn't.

So while I still root for the Browns to win, while I still support them in spirit, it's not even close to what it was before. And nobody quite understands that difference more than I do.

Merriam-Webster

an enthusiastic devotee (as of a sport or a performing art) usually as a spectator

That doesn't quite describe me anymore.

I just want our HC to handle both Dillon and Sanders in a fair way.

It looks like the locker room has accepted Shedeur as one of them but I’m highly doubtful about Stefanski’s ability to handle an unapologetic young black man with some of his father’s arrogance and with an abundance of his generations attitude. As a white 6o+ old man I know that the generational differences is sometimes hard to handle, especially if you’re met with attitude and arrogance.

The way Kevin handled Baker and Deshaun shows clearly that he isn’t a father figure or a wise mentor that can create a long term honest relationship with those who have deep insecurities as a part of their personality. If a organisation invest heavily to find their future FQB you expect them to first work on the bad or unnecessary traits before taking the next step, and then develop leadership abilities so these young men can handle all the challenges that comes with it being a future FQB.

Not every young talent is born to be in the spotlight 27/7 and to right away are ready to handle every situation perfectly.

I hope Kevin is wise enough to first create a good and honest relationship before putting pressure on these young men.
Maybe try the opposite approach to what he did to Baker? (key word - honest relationship)

Shedeur has in the few last weeks withes a tsunami of criticism and has been scrutinized by everyone.
I can’t remember a drafted rookie that been handled so rough than this young man.
Just like Deshaun and what he went through it can most definitely creates mental instability and in a worst case scenario fear and anxiety.

Some may say that he has done this to himself but that doesn’t change what he’s going through.

Might have been posted before.....

Gimme Shelter - Apocalypse Now Music Video

Player Drafted By Cleveland Browns Decides To Just Retire Instead

https://babylonbee.com/news/player-drafted-by-cleveland-browns-decides-to-just-retire-instead

P.S. Ouch!

He had a good 3 year stretch in Pittsburgh (21/22/23 (with Pickett) - before the wheels fell off. If he can get back to that, good signing.

Hegseth ‘proud’ to end Women, Peace and Security program

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday declared he had begun to shutter a Pentagon program meant to advance women’s participation in peace-building and conflict prevention, a law written by GOP lawmakers that President Trump signed in his first term.

“This morning, I proudly ENDED the “Women, Peace & Security” (WPS) program inside the [Defense Department],” Hegseth wrote in a post on X.

He said the program was “yet another woke divisive/social justice/Biden initiative that overburdens our commanders and troops — distracting from our core task: WAR-FIGHTING.”

Hegseth also called WPS a “UNITED NATIONS program pushed by feminists and left-wing activists,” claiming that “troops HATE it.”

As the program is under federal statute and can’t be outright killed by Hegseth alone, he said the Pentagon would comply with the minimum requirements of the WPS and fight to end the program during DOD’s next appropriations process.

Hegseth’s move to dismantle the program is particularly notable given that Trump signed the program into law in 2017, after it was backed by multiple members of his current Cabinet while they were members of Congress.

The 2017 Women, Peace and Security Act was penned by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, then a member of the House representing South Dakota, and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.).

The Senate’s version of the law was co-sponsored by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, then a Florida senator. Rubio on April 1 had lauded the Women, Peace and Security Act, saying it was “the first law passed by any country in the world focused on protecting women and promoting their participation in society.”

And Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz, a former House member for Florida, was a founding member of the WPS Caucus when he was in Congress.

The Trump campaign website even cited the initiative as one of its top accomplishments for women during his first term.

The law ​​was intended to promote the participation of women in all aspects of overseas conflict prevention, management and resolution, as well as post-conflict relief and recovery efforts, to be implemented at the State Department, Pentagon and other government agencies.

The Biden administration later issued several action plan memos for how the Pentagon would implement the program in the building, including most recently in December.

Hegseth later pushed back on those who had pointed out the law had been signed under Trump, claiming the Biden administration had “distorted & weaponized the straight-forward & security-focused WPS initiative launched in 2017,” though he did not provide examples.

Democrat lawmakers quickly bashed Hegseth for the move to end WPS, with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) – a top member of the Senate Armed Services Committee who helped usher the bipartisan legislation through Congress – saying the Defense secretary is weakening country’s global standing and “has absolutely no idea what he’s doing.”

“Every combatant commander who comes through my office highlights the strategic advantage WPS gives U.S. forward deployed forces,” she said in a statement.

“This follows a dangerous and disturbing pattern from the Secretary, who clearly does not listen to advice from senior military leaders. He also continues to ignore the invaluable role women play in our national security. It’s startling that just because the word ‘women’ is in the title, this evidence-based security program has been reduced to a DEI program,” Shaheen added.

Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.), the co-chair of the WPS Caucus, called Hegseth’s move “outrageous and reckless.”

“The Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) initiative isn’t ‘woke’—it’s smart, strategic policy grounded in decades of research and bipartisan law, signed by President Trump in 2017,” Frankel said in a statement. “Dismissing WPS as a ‘UN feminist plot’ is not just ignorant—it’s dangerous. It denies the reality on the ground, ignores our own defense and diplomatic priorities, and weakens our national security.”

Hegseth has sought to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion efforts within the military, attacking any initiatives as “woke.” As Pentagon chief, he has ended any commemorations of identity celebrations such as Black History Month, removed certain books from the U.S. Naval Academy – including those on the Holocaust, histories of civil rights, racism and feminism – and ordered Army and Air Force libraries to identify books related to DEI.

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5272905-hegseth-pentagon-women-peace-security/

I don't know who the heck membean is or etymonline, but this what the tried and true American Heritage College Dictionary says:

A fan, according to the American Heritage College Dictionary, is "an ardent devotee, an enthusiast." Fanatic is defined as "a person marked by an extreme unreasoning enthusiasm, as for a cause." The distinction, then, apparently rests on whether the enthusiasm is ardent or unreasoning. Thus my points above a very appropriate.

In yours, is uses the word "probably", in the one that is recognized it is shown as actual definitions..

I really didn't want to enter the debate, the post was more in jest, but lighten up man, we are talking about whether you are a fan or fanatic of the Browns. You have over 74,000 posts on a Browns message board, you are definitely a fanatic, or at least was. We would have to dive a littler deeper into how those 74k are distributed over the years. If you are on pace with your average, I would say you are still a fanatic.