tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post251629557302354429..comments2024-03-28T21:41:52.558-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: More on George W. Bush, the Finger Painting Fool from CrawfordDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-52408681142562468762017-10-23T18:39:52.547-04:002017-10-23T18:39:52.547-04:0024-Hour Alert<a href="http://www.defenseone.com/threats/2017/10/exclusive-us-preparing-put-nuclear-bombers-back-24-hour-alert/141957/?oref=d-topstory" rel="nofollow">24-Hour Alert</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-34319372210172801252017-10-23T06:28:20.431-04:002017-10-23T06:28:20.431-04:00Shitty football is the reason fewer people are wat...Shitty football is the reason fewer people are watching. Not because a dozen players took a knee before the game started.<br />Hanknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-73640681327693144362017-10-23T04:21:23.566-04:002017-10-23T04:21:23.566-04:00What is it, Global Warming?What is it, Global Warming?Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-31763902416403751532017-10-23T03:24:54.088-04:002017-10-23T03:24:54.088-04:00.
I didn't say football attendance wasn't....<br /><br />I didn't say football attendance wasn't down. I said it was nonsense to blame it on the national anthem protest as Drudge reported.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-55356177574509484372017-10-23T01:47:13.033-04:002017-10-23T01:47:13.033-04:00Already, various improvements have been made to pr...<i>Already, various improvements have been made to prepare Barksdale — home to the 2d Bomb Wing and Air Force Global Strike Command, which oversees the service’s nuclear forces — to return B-52s to an alert posture. Near the alert pads, an old concrete building — where B-52 crews during the Cold War would sleep, ready to run to their aircraft and take off at a moment’s notice — is being renovated.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Those long-empty B-52 parking spaces will soon get visits by two nuclear command planes, the E-4B Nightwatch and E-6B Mercury, both which will occasionally sit alert there. During a nuclear war, the planes would become the flying command posts of the defense secretary and STRATCOM commander, respectively.<br /><br />If a strike order is given by the president, the planes would be used to transmit launch codes to bombers, ICBMs and submarines. At least one of the four nuclear-hardened E-4Bs — formally called the National Airborne Operations Center, but commonly known as the Doomsday Plane — is always on 24-hour alert.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-67964346933710085782017-10-23T00:58:56.198-04:002017-10-23T00:58:56.198-04:00A photo of pop music star Lady Gaga and all five l...<i>A photo of pop music star Lady Gaga and all five living former presidents went viral on social media this weekend as the group united to raise money for disaster relief.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Lady Gaga performed her song “Million Reasons” at the concert, and a photo of the pop star with the presidents quickly went viral on social media, with a few Twitter users joking that Lady Gaga fit right in with the group.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-75506229782982316332017-10-23T00:46:47.898-04:002017-10-23T00:46:47.898-04:00People are staying away from the NFL. Viewership i...People are staying away from the NFL. Viewership is down and empty seats are up compared to the record ratings of a few years ago. It's hard to argue that fact.<br /><br />Any camera angle that panned across the upper deck in any number of stadiums Sundays confirmed that fact. <br /><br />The issues with ratings are well-documented. It's become convenient to blame that phenomenon, at least in part, on the ongoing issues of player demonstrations<b> but now, nearly a season-and-a-half since Colin Kaepernick first took a knee, I'm not buying it.</b><br /><br /> There's some protesting going on, without a doubt, but it's fans protesting the product being put on the football field, I believe, moreso than any pronounced reaction to a handful of players displaying their Constitutional rights before kick-off.<br /><br />This downturn in the number of eyeballs watching closely every Sunday and Monday and Thursday is much more directly related, in my opinion, <b>to the fact that the number of quarterbacks you would pay big bucks to see in a game with no rooting interest seems to be shrinking by the week.</b><br /><br /> It's a by-product of the number of teams who fail to play anything close to attractive football, and who haven't found or developed a skill player who would garner a second look. <br /><br />It's a factor of yet another weekend when injuries ravaged the already-depleted QB position, and America was treated to the likes of guys like Matt Moore, Drew Stanton, and Cody Kessler playing in games that count in the standings, to go with the likes of Brett Hundley and Case Keenum and Mitchell Trubisky and C.J. Beathard who have already been thrust into action due to injury or the ineffectiveness of others<br /><br /><br />https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/too-many-bad-teams-awful-quarterback-play-making-nfl-games-hard-to-watch/<br /><br />Or to out it bluntly, who are those guys that are playing, and what's the point of watching them play poor football?<br /><br /><br />Hanknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-54852201352497760952017-10-23T00:45:43.825-04:002017-10-23T00:45:43.825-04:00Frosting on the cake -
Why Has NFL Attendance Dec...Frosting on the cake -<br /><br /><b>Why Has NFL Attendance Declined by Over 2 Million Fans in the Last 36 Months?</b><br /><br />https://businesssideofsports.com/2015/08/03/why-has-nfl-attendance-declined-by-over-2-million-fans-in-the-last-36-months/Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-54764214270336212042017-10-23T00:43:24.855-04:002017-10-23T00:43:24.855-04:00Here is a third source -
The NFL is getting hamme...Here is a third source -<br /><br /><b>The NFL is getting hammered after another game was played in a half-empty stadium</b><br /> <br />Tyler Lauletta <br />Sep. 22, 2017, 4:11 PM<br /><br />http://www.businessinsider.com/nfl-attendance-down-2017-9Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61365435068615466972017-10-23T00:39:33.666-04:002017-10-23T00:39:33.666-04:00
There a second source.<br />There a second source.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-34207194332710376332017-10-23T00:37:58.091-04:002017-10-23T00:37:58.091-04:00The league's average TV audience through Week ...The league's average TV audience through Week 5 of the 2017 season dropped 7 percent vs. the same period of the 2016 season, according to Nielsen data obtained by Sporting News. <br /><br />Worse for the league, the average game audiences are down 18 percent compared to the first five weeks of the 2015 season.<br /><br />http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/news/nfl-tv-television-ratings-down-numbers-national-anthem-protests/l2x7dhlkuubk1tbeftag9ttisDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-71986219097086950302017-10-23T00:37:24.519-04:002017-10-23T00:37:24.519-04:00I can triple source it if you wish.I can triple source it if you wish.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-74728844281053495572017-10-23T00:29:41.073-04:002017-10-23T00:29:41.073-04:00Stay the Course<b><br />Stay the Course</b><br /><br />Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-52283434872796023512017-10-23T00:29:18.728-04:002017-10-23T00:29:18.728-04:00.
Nonsense.
..<br /><br />Nonsense.<br /><br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-25836402192155615052017-10-23T00:28:39.544-04:002017-10-23T00:28:39.544-04:00.
It takes a few seconds for #14 to pop up.
..<br /><br />It takes a few seconds for #14 to pop up.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-418478973979902892017-10-23T00:27:29.780-04:002017-10-23T00:27:29.780-04:00Send the basketball player along for comic relief ...Send the basketball player along for comic relief and to keep Kim in a good mood.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-73451028268760579602017-10-23T00:26:18.130-04:002017-10-23T00:26:18.130-04:00NFL Stadiums Nearly Empty As Backlash Continues......<b>NFL Stadiums Nearly Empty As Backlash Continues....DRUDGE</b>Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-47064225075198099492017-10-23T00:17:22.048-04:002017-10-23T00:17:22.048-04:00George W. Bush joined the 147th Fighter Intercepto...<i>George W. Bush joined the 147th Fighter Interceptor Group of the Texas Air National Guard on May 27, 1968, during the Vietnam War. He committed to serve until May 26, 1974, with two years on active duty while training to fly and four years on part-time duty.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Air National Guard members could volunteer for active duty service with the Air Force in a program called Palace Alert, which deployed F-102 pilots to Europe and Southeast Asia, including Vietnam and Thailand. According to three pilots from Bush's squadron, Bush inquired about this program but was advised by the base commander that he did not have the necessary flying experience (500 hours) at the time and that the F-102 would soon be retired.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-57821863503296095342017-10-23T00:17:07.120-04:002017-10-23T00:17:07.120-04:00.
The Day in Sports
..<br /><br /><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/the-day-in-sports-photos/ss-AAtQFOX?ocid=spartandhp#image=14" rel="nofollow">The Day in Sports</a><br /><br /><br />.<br />Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-34126928787744930182017-10-23T00:11:36.547-04:002017-10-23T00:11:36.547-04:00I think instead of sending Jimmy Carter to negotia...I think instead of sending Jimmy Carter to negotiate with Kim The Donald ought to send Quirk along too. Carter would bring the 'star power' and Quirk the true behind the scenes negotiating skills. If they fail, well, they fail, and The Donald can get some credit for tying. Carter/Quirk. that's the negotiating ticket we need at this historic juncture.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5523597291301722592017-10-23T00:08:09.904-04:002017-10-23T00:08:09.904-04:00Didn't know that. Thanks, Quirk.Didn't know that. Thanks, Quirk.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19355854269422648592017-10-23T00:06:34.954-04:002017-10-23T00:06:34.954-04:00I doubt therefore that the recent elections in Aus...<i>I doubt therefore that the recent elections in Austria and the Czech Republic, or indeed those in Germany (where the AfD made a significant advance, but is nowhere close to a breakthrough) threaten a crisis in the EU system. Perhaps a victory in Italy in the coming parliamentary elections of Beppe Grillo’s Five Star Movement may do so. However in last June’s regional elections it actually lost support.<br /><br />In some ways this is the worst outcome of all. A genuine crisis in the EU system might force upon the EU the changes it needs, not just to ensure its own survival, but much more importantly the future well-being of the people of Europe.<br /><br />Instead what we are likely to get is paralysis, with the EU continuing much as it is now, going neither forward nor backward, as the situation in Europe goes gradually from bad to worse.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://theduran.com/eus-anti-brussels-dominos-afd-germany-freedom-party-austria-babis-czech-republic/" rel="nofollow">Dominoes Keep Falling</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-54176717993590704832017-10-23T00:06:09.247-04:002017-10-23T00:06:09.247-04:00.
Trump-level civility continues to spread in D.C....<br /><br /><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/analysis-mccain-hits-trump-where-it-hurts-attacking-%E2%80%98bone-spur%E2%80%99-deferments-in-vietnam/ar-AAtV2iF?li=AA5a8k&ocid=spartandhp" rel="nofollow">Trump-level civility continues to spread in D.C</a><br /><br />In an interview with C-SPAN, John McCain had these words regarding the Vietnam War...<br /><br /><i>“One aspect of the conflict, by the way, that I will never ever countenance is that we drafted the lowest-income level of America, and the highest-income level found a doctor that would say that they had a bone spur,” McCain said. “That is wrong. That is wrong. If we are going to ask every American to serve, every American should serve.”<br /><br />Trump received five deferments during Vietnam: four for his studies in college, and one for — you guessed it — bone spurs in his heel. As The Washington Post reported in July 2015...</i><br /><br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-8549351563674019222017-10-22T23:55:49.609-04:002017-10-22T23:55:49.609-04:00:):)samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-27051720266081164622017-10-22T23:54:14.324-04:002017-10-22T23:54:14.324-04:00The “Czech Donald Trump,” Andrej Babis, Wins In A ...<b>The “Czech Donald Trump,” Andrej Babis, Wins In A “Voting Hurricane”</b><br />JAZZ SHAWPosted at 2:01 pm on October 22, 2017<br /><br />https://hotair.com/archives/2017/10/22/czech-donald-trump-andrej-babis-wins-voting-hurricane/Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.com