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I was one of those people who thought that leaving abortion to individual states was the right thing. I didn't care much about the topic of abortion, but it sure as hell fired up the people who it did matter to. Then, the State of Ohio legislature had the right to try and take the issue out of the voters' hands, but that did not make it a good decision. They did it anyways, and even I voted for 1 and 2, because the way they tried to do it was bullshit. Likewise, the State of Colorado's Supreme Court has the right to remove Trump from the ballot by claiming he has done the same as the Confederacy. I expect this issue in Colorado to do to voters what Issue 1 did for Ohio.

Revisiting this, I think it'll still be true. A win against the is Stroudless Texans are probably our best bet.

Today, the Colorado Supreme Court taught us that riling up your supporters to break into the Capitol and steal AOCs shoes to sniff is the same as seceding from the Union and starting a civil war that killed over half a million Americans. Trump's not the real victim here. It's the million voters in Colorado who just had a court dictate to them that they can't vote for the candidate they want because they claim he's guilty of a crime he was never convicted of. This should alarm everyone.

If a protest that gets out of control and delays Congressional proceedings meets the threshold of "insurrection," then what do you think the states with GOP governments are going to do with that precedent? Here's a hint - look at how they reacted to being victims of cancel culture and now look at how they're trying to cancel anyone who doesn't give Israel unconditional support. What do you think is going to be the reaction from voters? Here's another hint - see the Ohio GOP and abortion.

The Eisenhower carrier group has been moved from the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Aden and is now just outside the strait where all the piracy happens. There is a 10-nation coalition of navies who are gathering to respond, including Bahrain. Notably absent from this coalition are Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The coalition navy needs to be careful to avoid an HMS Sheffield moment. Ukraine was able to sink the Moskva, Russia's flagship in the Black Sea. The Houthis have plenty of precision missiles and the threat from drones is present. Iran has published drone videos overhead of the Eisenhower during its Red Sea transit. I have no doubt that if the coalition wanted to level Houthi-controlled Yemen, they could. However, unlike Iraq and Serbia, this time the locals have a puncher's chance of sinking some ships. It would be quite the pyrrhic victory if that were to happen.

Houthi military has more or less shut down transit of goods in the Red Sea. Very informative threads from Sal Mercogliano. Recommend clicking on both and reading them. tl;dr - The biggest shipping corporations in the world are refusing to transit the Bab el Mandeb strait, citing concern that their ships will be damaged. This includes Maersk vessels who currently have a contract for US Navy escort, and still do not feel safe enough making that run. Something like 12% of global trade needs to be rerouted and will experience delays. BP is the first supermajor oil company to say they won't make the transit. Expect gas prices to go up. Pretty wild that the Houthis are able to accomplish this.

SUPER BOWL

Joe Flacco is elite. 3 TDs today! Never mind that one of them was the wrong team. SUPER BOWL

And you'll notice that, when asked about the prognosis, the only thing he firmly commits to is that Watson will be cleared to throw in a year. That doc's a lot more uncertain when it comes to how well he'll throw. We don't know if Watson's injury is a Bankart lesion. We don't know how much of the glenoid is affected. What I learned is that Brees and Darnold had similar injuries, but even he is speculating that Watson's injury is worse.

Well boys, looks like we're going to be getting one of our home games moved to Brazil. Jimmy needs to pay his lawyers to defend against Warren Buffett's lawyers.

Nowhere did I say that. Please reread my posts before making up a strawman. The injury is incredibly rare, and the documented cases we have of it show that it has ended the careers of athletes in sports where overhead throws aren't a big part of it. I understand that these can be arthroscopically repaired, but it's not really the surgery that I'm concerned about. Any ortho worth his salt will be able to get that thing aligned properly in the OR. What concerns me is the healing process after the surgery, which there isn't exactly a lot of control over. This is a normal xray. The humerus is a ball that sits in the socket of the glenoid. Watson fractured the socket. See that glenohumeral joint space? It's not very big. When bones heal, they form a callus. So even if the surgeon sets this thing properly, it's still going to make a callus, which can affect the surface of that socket. It's not a stretch to say that this will impact his throwing mechanics. This picture above is going to happen inside that tiny glenohumeral joint space. I don't think his arm talent will ever be the same. I disagree. I'd compare it to a piston's bearing being fucked up or trying to build a house on a bad foundation. The glenohumeral joint is the fulcrum of the shoulder and upper arm. Small changes there can have big effects on every motion of the shoulder.

Both statements are true. I'm not sure why you see this as some kind of gotcha or where I've made something up.

This injury has ended the careers of pro athletes in soccer and rugby and at least one NCAA football player. None of those people were required to do an overhead throw 30x a game in season. Of course my opinion can be wrong, but I don't think I am in this case. I will eat my crow if he can come back next year and sling it. I continue to predict his career as a QB is finished.

Give me a list of QBs and baseball pitchers who have had this injury to their throwing arm. It's an incredibly rare sports injury. The only case report I could find of it in high level athletes was a study of like 15 soccer and rugby players. The only case I know of was a college wide receiver who had it done and it ended his career. When it comes to high-level college or pro QBs/baseball pitchers with this injury, Deshaun Watson might be the only point of data there is.

This is most likely what will happen. It's what the Eagles did with Wentz after winning the Super Bowl with Foles. Watson threw exactly one good deep ball during his tenure as Cleveland QB1 - The pass to Cooper against the Cardinals. Everything else over 25 yards in the air looked awful. He looked like shit his last game in a Texans uniform against us too because his arm is too weak to deal with the wind and cold up north. His deep ball has never been anything but below average, and it was disguised in Houston because he was throwing to Deandre Hopkins in his prime. And just to prove that I can say nice things about Watson, his accuracy at medium and short range plus his mobility make for a very good QB for a team down south or in a dome. It's why he was a Heisman finalist, but the lack of a long ball is the reason he's only 1-2 in the NFL playoffs.

Watson's career is over. He's going to stick it out because $150M, but the dude's shoulder is never going to be the same. He already had a noodle arm before the glenoid broke. I've never seen any case reports of a throwing athlete coming back from this injury to his throwing arm. If we get rid of Flacco, I'm going to lose my mind.

Really glad I voted Vance in, too bad he doesn't have enough experience to run for president this time around. I wish that rat beggar, Zelensky, would get the fuck out of our country.

Yesterday, the Columbus Crew, Haslam's MLS team, just won their second title in four years of Haslam ownership with two different head coaches. They are one of three teams to have won the title three times. The Haslams are arguably the best owners in the MLS. What the fuck went so wrong in Cleveland?

what a retard

The Jags defense looked atrocious. Our offense, even if we're without Cooper, has two guys who can blow the top off the defense. Flacco looked impressive with two days of practice. He should look even more comfortable. Trevor Lawrence has an ankle injury. Plus, we're back at home.

WOOO FLAG DOESNT MATTER

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Yeah, let's pump the brakes and see if he can even sling the football after this shoulder injury.

You're high. This trade could very well be remembered alongside the Herschel Walker, Ricky Williams, and RG3 trades. His allegations are only relevant because it cost him a season of the contract. Watson's guaranteed money and the fact that we gave up our future to the Texans is why it will be remembered with all the trades I mentioned above. He might never be able to throw a ball again. As of right now, the guy got a quarter of a billion dollars to throw 14 TDs.

The stat line doesn't take into account 8 dropped catches, 80 lost yards, and a two point conversion that came off the board. DTR's shouldn't be the scapegoat here. Depodesta ought to be on the fucking hotseat for the situation the Browns are in.