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Trump with nukes is not a comforting thought. Still we should try to keep them out of the hands of terrorists and their supporters. It'd be great if we could get everyone to agree to dismantle their nuclear arsenals, but, alas, Pandora's box was already opened and there doesn't seem to be any going back.

When "his" enemy says death to us, that makes them also our enemy. You can hand wave that away like it doesn't matter, but I think it does.

We're there because Iran was non-compliant with the IAEA, and terrorists with access to nukes is bad for everyone.

Unfortunately, Trump's dementia seems to be kicking it up a notch, and now he thinks he's playing let's make a deal.

There's reality, and then there's the voice in your head's version of pseudo-reality where you pretend anything that doesn't fit that narrative doesn't exist.

I don’t think I’m bursting any bubbles here but AI is already deeply imbedded in all of those professions and more. I’ve been utilizing AI for nearly two years and all I do is run a commercial truck dealership.

I would shocked if the scouts themselves aren’t utilizing AI. If they aren’t they are quickly going to fall behind in their industry.

Ok my apologies, I went a little strong.

Either way, I don't want any part of that 2020 team. The 2025 and 2026 teams have way more talent and depth than that 2020 team.

Compared to the 2025 team, the difference is QB and the Oline. Outside of that. I am fine with last years and these years roster.

Peen, I’m with you. The comparison of years is dumb as hell. The only thing I would take from 2020 is Baker...b/c he was better and even then, I want no part of him with this 2025 or 2026 squad. Bros want Mack Wilson, BJ Goodson, Takitaki over Bush (or Q. Williams), Carson, Schwesinger, and Diabate....or that Ward, Terrance Mitchell, Karl Joseph, Andrew Sendejo over Ward, Campbell, Delpit, and Hickman.



About as dumb as people not understanding Verse is a hell of a player when the trade was made .

I wouldn’t be surprised if, in the not-too-distant future, NFL teams begin relying much more heavily on AI for talent evaluation and roster building.

Imagine an advanced AI system that can analyze virtually every available piece of information: college production, athletic testing, injury history, physical traits, game film, psychological profiles, behavioral patterns, and thousands of comparable player careers. It could process far more data than any individual scout or analyst ever could.

That doesn’t mean human scouts, coaches, or general managers will disappear overnight. Experience, leadership, communication skills, and judgment still matter. Building a football team is about more than numbers alone.

However, it seems likely that AI will gradually become one of the most important tools in decision-making. Teams that learn how to combine traditional football knowledge with advanced AI analysis may gain a significant competitive advantage.

And this trend probably won’t stop with sports. Law, finance, administration, medicine, and many other professions are already being transformed by AI-driven tools. Football may simply be another area where technology changes how organizations operate.

Will AI eventually become the equivalent of a general manager? Maybe not entirely. But I can certainly imagine a future where a GM spends less time making decisions based on instinct and far more time working alongside AI systems that can evaluate possibilities at a scale no human ever could.

The most successful organizations may not be the ones that replace people with AI, but the ones that figure out how to combine the strengths of both.

Man pleads guilty to assassinating a top Minnesota Democrat and her husband

The U.S. attorney’s office in Minneapolis notified the court that the Justice Department would not seek the death penalty against Boelter in accordance with the plea agreement.

The man charged in the political assassinations of the top Democrat in the Minnesota House and her husband, as well as the nonfatal shootings of a state senator and his wife, pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday after prosecutors said they would not seek the death penalty.

Vance Boelter was charged with murdering Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, and with shooting state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette Hoffman. Boelter came to their doors in the early hours of June 14, 2025, disguised as a police officer and driving a fake squad car.

The Hortmans’ golden retriever was so gravely injured that it had to be euthanized.

Boelter, 58, was captured near his home in rural Green Isle the day after the shootings following what prosecutors have called the largest search for a suspect in Minnesota history. He also faces state charges, which have been on hold pending the resolution of his federal case.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Minneapolis notified the court Wednesday that the Justice Department would not seek the death penalty against Boelter in accordance with a proposed plea agreement, and the court set the change-of-plea hearing for Thursday.

Minnesota abolished capital punishment in 1911 and has never had a federal death penalty case. Daniel Borgertpoepping, a spokesperson for the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, said the federal plea deal would not affect Boelter’s state charges.

While the Trump administration has pushed for greater use of capital punishment, there were questions about whether Boelter’s case would qualify for the death penalty under federal law.

Prosecutors have called the shootings political. When they announced the federal indictment in July, they released a rambling handwritten letter they say Boelter wrote to FBI Director Kash Patel in which he confessed to the attacks. However, the letter didn’t make clear why he targeted the Hortmans or the Hoffmans.

In some messages to media, Boelter referenced a vague and cryptic “investigation” he had been carrying out, sometimes suggesting it was about the COVID-19 vaccine.

Friends described Boelter as an evangelical Christian and occasional preacher and missionary, who held politically conservative views and had been struggling to find work.

John Hoffman said in a lawsuit filed against Boelter in April that his left arm and hand likely would never fully recover, and that he also had permanent injuries to his digestive and urinary systems.

Yvette Hoffman was left with permanent physical weakness, the lawsuit said, while their adult daughter, Hope Hoffman, who was there and called 911 but was not shot, suffered severe psychological trauma.

https://www.scrippsnews.com/us-news...ZG&brid=YWdncwF4U3UZ6vXuuacry_N21bJ6

At this point in time my interest in regards to Berry is how does he handle the QB situation?

Monken makes the decisions about who plays.

Obviously Berry is very involved in all aspects of the team. He is fully aware of the QB battle.

What happens after the season will be on Berry. The future of the QB room will hopefully be long term.

Guys like Moore, Sellers, Manning and others have been scouted and will continue to be.

Who we select and how will be all up to Berry.

Berry is the most important person in Berea. His future decisions will make or break the team for years.

All we can do is hope he makes the right moves.

In what some may call a coincidence while others may say it's only fitting and appropriate, it just so happens that trump shares a birthday with this guy............

Alois Alzheimer was a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist whose landmark 1906 presentation of "presenile dementia" established the clinical and pathological foundations of what is now known as Alzheimer's disease.

Donald Trump: Born on June 14, 1946.

Alois Alzheimer: Born on June 14, 1864.

Sometimes the jokes just writes themselves.

While trump is in charge of one of, if not the biggest nuclear arsenals on the globe.

Netanyahu and trump may not be on the same page at the moment but then Netanyahu has already gotten trump to spend billions of American dollars to help destroy HIS enemy for him. Something you promote on a daily basis. To Netanyahu trump was a useful idiot that was useful as long as he was useful. And that was long enough to carry out Netanyahu's ambitions for a while. The first in a long list of presidents over the past 30 years that was ignorant enough to fall for his BS and attack Iran for him.

Meanwhile I'm sure Netanyahu thanks you for helping support Israel's war efforts. Your stance may have nothing to do with Netanyahu since it seems you're blissfully ignorant that is why we are there to begin with. But then that may be by design to mitigate the reality of the situation in such a debate. When you willfully choose to ignore that it makes one less hurdle you have to face in terms of reality.

Yes, everyone can see that trying to talk sense into you is an exercise in insanity.

I don't think Netanyahu and Trump are on good terms now. He's realizing what most people already had with Trump being an idiot, and possibly a worse "friend" than enemy. (At least with enemies you have some idea what to expect.) My stance has nothing to do with Netanyahu. It's "enlightened" self interest (that's the term, not a claim to my intelligence, before you go on another superiority complex ramble.) Radicals with nukes is bad for everyone.

Meanwhile, the Ayatollah and his terrorist buddies can be quietly pleased that you're content with them satisfying their nuclear ambitions.

1 & 2 were John Dorsey Problem children.

3. Juice started 3 more games in his career and is out of the league.

4. Yep, this worked out worse than should have been possible. Haslam seems to have taken some of the responsibility. It's still a black mark on Berry’s resume.

5. What would you have done differently? Once the huge decision was made, you have to say something about it. The surrounding circumstances were never going to allow everyone watching to feel good.

6. Injuries suck.

7. Some fans thought bringing back a 40+ y/o QB was pointless. A lot of the "Flacco magic" feeling was due to how bad his predecessors were. Joe had his share of bad.

8. Chubb hasn't regained his form and is currently a free agent. It's a results oriented business.

9. Amari Cooper was bad in Buffalo. He's also not on a team now. Getting a 3rd for him was good business.

10. Yes. It says something about Myles, too. And the league in general. And modern culture in general.

11. Empty blather is how NFL employees approach interacting with the media most of the time.

12. I think that's why they seem to have started picking players with different attitudes/personality types. And Landry, Flacco, Cooper, and Chubb weren't really conflicts. They were "they were good while they lasted, but it wasn't lasting much/any longer" moves. Paying a premium for the decline is bad business. Not For Long.

I think Berry’s biggest problem is/was that he can/could be too collaborative. I think he gave Haslam (Watson), Stefanski (Gabriel), and Schwartz (Ika) guys they wanted. Hopefully he's growing more into his own.

The Cleveland Browns hired head coach Kevin Stefanski first, officially announcing his appointment on January 13, 2020. They later hired Andrew Berry as their Executive Vice President of Football Operations and General Manager on January 28, 2020.

Berry was hired just over two weeks later.

And yet here you are. It appears you have managed to diagnose yourself but still don't quite see what the cure would be. But you have certainly put your insanity on full display throughout this entire thread for all to see.

Now Netanyahu can be proud of both you and trump for carrying his water in Iran at our expense.

Stefanski was hired before Berry. Berry was hired (IIRC) about a week after KS. My recollection is that they were a package deal, but that package was put together by Haslam (and probably Depo).

No one that chooses to continue interacting with you can be completely sane.

Just last week we saw people discussing Myles new tax situation in California which has nothing to do with the game itself but now discussing how we got to where we are now, which is totally relevant, is something unworthy of discussion? Should I add "end of sentence" to try and make that more impactful?

Berry is here. He is a huge part of the Browns organization. Pretending his body of work isn't worthy of discussion sounds ridiculous.

What is the point of rehashing things that everyone knows?

Water over the bridge.

Berry is the GM. He will remain the GM.

End of sentence.

A) As of today, absolutely. This is a, what have you done for me lately league. Over the past two years, I can say he did a lot that I have liked and agree with. Now, it's a loaded question because 5 years is a long time and there are no rules in the NFL on longevity. They could sign him to an extension through 2040 tomorrow and still fire him in 2027. The timelines don't matter.

B) The track record of terrible moves for me consist of his very first draft of his career in drafting Jed Wills and agreeing to Haslem's insistence of signing Watson to a 100% guaranteed deal while giving away the future in draft picks.

I'm curious what the other questions are that trouble you?

You really need to give up on a 5 year timeline though, the Not For Long league has no timelines on careers. It could all be over tomorrow.

Thanks.

I’m not saying every single problem in Cleveland is Andrew Berry’s fault. Ownership, coaching, injuries and players all matter too. But when people ask why some fans are uncomfortable giving this same leadership group another long runway, I think it’s fair to look at the pattern since 2020.

Since Berry and Stefanski took over, the Browns have had:

1. The Baker Mayfield injury situation
Baker played through a serious shoulder injury in 2021, the season collapsed, and the relationship never really recovered.

2. The OBJ drama
Odell Beckham Jr.’s time in Cleveland ended with public tension, his father posting the Baker video, missed practices, and eventually his release.

3. The Jarvis Landry exit
Landry was one of the emotional leaders who helped change the culture, but his departure still felt like another example of the team moving on from players who had actually helped build something.

4. The Deshaun Watson trade
Three first-round picks, a fully guaranteed $230 million contract, major off-field controversy, an 11-game suspension, and years of instability at quarterback. Even Jimmy Haslam later called it a “big swing and miss.”

5. The Watson press conference
The organization tried to sell the move as a great football decision, but the whole thing felt uncomfortable and poorly handled from the start.

6. The quarterback carousel
Baker Mayfield, Deshaun Watson, Jacoby Brissett, PJ Walker, Dorian Thompson-Robinson, Joe Flacco, Jameis Winston and others. For a front office that was supposed to bring stability, quarterback has been the opposite.

7. The Joe Flacco situation
Flacco came in off the couch, saved the 2023 season, helped lead the team to the playoffs, won Comeback Player of the Year, and then the Browns still moved on. Many fans never understood that decision.

8. The Nick Chubb situation
Chubb gave everything to this franchise. Injuries are part of the business, but the way beloved core players are handled matters when you talk about culture.

9. The Amari Cooper trade
Cooper was a major part of the 2023 playoff team, then he was traded during a season where the offense was already falling apart.

10. The Myles Garrett situation
When your best player publicly questions the direction of the franchise and wants out because he wants to compete for Super Bowls, that says something about the state of the organization.

11. Constant communication problems
Too often, the public message from the organization has sounded polished but empty. “Accountability” gets repeated, but the same mistakes keep happening.

12. Too many conflicts around important players
Mayfield, OBJ, Landry, Flacco, Cooper, Chubb, Watson, Garrett. At some point, it stops looking like isolated incidents and starts looking like a pattern.

That is my concern.

Berry may be smart. Ownership obviously plays a huge role too. But after this many years, this many quarterback mistakes, this many player conflicts, and this many failed decisions, I don’t think it’s unfair to ask whether this leadership group has really earned another five-year window.

I’m not rooting against them. I’m rooting for the Browns. I just don’t see enough evidence that this group is the one most likely to lead the franchise to sustained success.

I agree that he accepted the fact that Stenfanski had already been hired as the HC. I don't think you actually "consult" with someone who wasn't even hired until over two weeks later. At that time they didn't even know if they could reach an agreement for Berry to be the GM. Nor do you or I know if at that time they had even settled on who their target would be for the next GM. For all we know at that time Berry may have just been one of the finalists on their list for the job.

But that wasn't your claim now was it?


You can't hire someone to an organization you don't even work for.

I'm not comfortable with Berry staying on. He was more involved in putting together the pizz poor roster Stefnaski was coaching than anyone.

That wasn't the point.

I’m not arguing against you, but my understanding is that Berry was at least involved in, or consulted on, the decision to hire Stefanski. It’s hard for me to believe that he would have accepted the GM position without having some input on one of the organization’s most important decisions.

Do you agree with that assessment?

I’m fully aware of the current organizational structure and who ultimately has final authority. My question is a little different: are people genuinely comfortable with the idea of giving Berry another five years to lead the football operation?

Could he succeed? Absolutely. Anything is possible in the NFL. But based on the track record we’ve seen so far, I’m not convinced he’s the person most likely to lead the Browns to sustained success.

There have simply been too many questionable decisions along the way for me to feel completely confident in his leadership. There have also been too many conflicts, controversies, and situations that have followed this front office for me to view him as the master strategist that many fans seem to believe he is.

That doesn’t mean I think he’s terrible or incapable. I just don’t see the level of success or evidence that would make me comfortable handing him another five-year runway without asking some tough questions.

I'm glad this has been a swift and decisive war and we're reaping the benefit of depleting 50% (reportedly) of the Military's ordinance and we have reached the lowest oil reserves since 1983 (or something like that).

WINNING !!!

So ...

There's only one side that has stated their objective is to flood the zone with Excrement. And there can only be one reason why anyone would want to spread lies and disinformation. There is zero debate on that.

There is only one side that spams proven lies (like condoms for Hamas) and never acknowledges or accepts when they spew lies on this board.

70% of SM accounts are real - the other 30% are foreign (largely Russian) fake accounts deliberately spreading lies with the sole intent of spreading division - and then a significant portion of the 70% latch on to those stories and then spread them as truth (Condoms for Hamas, The Clinton Pedo ring run out of the basement of a pizza joint etc). And we have real people that allegedly have a brain cheering this on.

People being happy with the MSM not being trusted - can only really be happy for one reason. Their side lies and dominates the fake news narrative. Don't get me wrong - both sides do it. But it is not equal and opposite. This is exactly the same as Trumptards crying about the Liberal Media when Faux News dominates the ratings and when you add every right wing media brand/source - they dominate by a significant factor.

Influencer Jake Lang arrested again in North Texas on terroristic threat charge, held on $1M bond

Jake Lang was arrested in North Texas on a terroristic threat charge and is being held on a $1 million bond, according to jail records.

The arrest came hours after he was spotted outside the Collin County Courthouse during protests related to the Austin Metcalf case.

This marks Lang's second arrest in North Texas in just over a week.

FRISCO, Texas - Jake Lang was arrested in North Texas for the second time this week on suspicion of making a terroristic threat, according to jail records.

Jake Lang arrested in North Texas on terroristic threat charge

What we know:

31-year-old Edward Jacob Lang, who also goes by Jake Lang, was arrested after dining at Pizzeria Testa around 5 p.m. in the 8600 block of Church Street in Frisco, according to arrest documents.

He was booked into the Dallas County Jail Tuesday and is being held on a $1 million bond.

Jail records list the charge as a terroristic threat involving allegations that the conduct disrupted or impaired public services and caused public fear, and may involve threats of serious bodily injury or attempts to influence government operations.

Authorities have not released additional details about the circumstances surrounding the terroristic threat charge, including the specific nature of the alleged conduct.
Lang spotted outside Karmelo Anthony trial before arrest

The other side:

FOX 4 crews previously spotted Lang outside the Collin County Courthouse earlier that day, where protesters had gathered outside proceedings related to the Karmelo Anthony trial in connection with the death of Austin Metcalf.

Prior trespassing arrests involving Jake Lang in Frisco

Local perspective:

Lang was arrested June 2, 2026, on an active criminal trespass warrant stemming from an alleged incident in April 2025.

According to an affidavit, investigators received an online tip about a video posted to X that appeared to show Lang inside Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, the site of a fatal stabbing during a high school track meet on April 2, 2025.

In the video, Lang can be heard saying he broke into the stadium and needed to leave before police arrived. He also admitted to climbing a fence to enter the facility, according to the affidavit.

Police said the warrant was related to an alleged trespassing incident at the George A. Purefoy Municipal Center in Frisco. Lang was booked into the Collin County Jail on June 2 and was later released.
Who is Jake Lang?

Dig deeper:

Lang, whose legal name is Edward Jacob Lang, was charged earlier this year in Ramsey County, Minnesota, with first-degree property damage. Prosecutors allege he damaged a "Prosecute ICE" ice sculpture at the Minnesota State Capitol. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

According to the criminal complaint, advocacy group Common Defense commissioned the sculpture for $6,250 and obtained a permit to display it on Capitol grounds.

Lang was previously arrested in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. He was later convicted on multiple charges, including assaulting law enforcement officers, and served time in federal prison before receiving a presidential pardon, according to court records and prior reporting.

https://www.fox4news.com/news/jake-lang-arrested-terroristic-threat-charge-1m-bond