Your “Welcome To Day 3 – Bargaining With Bargaining” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

Hi, my name’s Beerguy, and I’d like to talk with you about the future.

Super Bowl LI(cked) is in the book, so it’s time to start looking forward to next season.

If you’re like me, your team didn’t win, and that’s okay. It’s okay because your team has learned from its mistakes, and now has a clear path going forward. Holes will be filled; dead weight will be cut; and a strategy for success going forward will be put into place.

Why, the Packers have already started the process, cutting James Starks & Sam Shields. Sure, they have to eat $4.0 million in cap space, but it’s a start to streamlining the team going forward. And the Seahawks have the negotiating opportunity to keep their entire offensive line intact through 2017. Looking at their schedules and divisions, they have a fantastic chance to make it through to the playoffs again. The window’s not closed on either team.

Why, the draft is a chance for them to get better, to add to a team that is just 1-2 key pieces away from returning to the championship game. A draft pick and a couple of trades and they’re right back.

True, they haven’t mastered the salary cap wizardry of the Patriots, who have $62 million in available cap space for 2017. The Packers will have $43 million available, and I’m sure the Seahawks can work some magic with the $26 million they have. Only the Browns, 49ers, Buccaneers, Titans and Jaguars have more cap space than the Patriots. I’m sure there’s ways around that.

But that’s for the GM to figure out. There’s no reason to think he can’t succeed. I’m sure coach’s input will be valuable in this process.

It’s just 78 days until the draft.


Speaking of things you can’t (or shouldn’t) bargain away, Canada’s got its own mild Muslim-ban-esque issue going on right now. The Anti-Terrorism Act, 2015 (formerly Bill C-51), passed under the old Harper regime, has six components:

  1. It created a new terrorism offence that criminalizes knowingly advocating or promoting “terrorism offences in general” while aware of the possibility that someone else “may” commit such an offence;
  2. It allows the preventive arrest and detention of a person if it is “likely” to prevent a terrorist activity that a “peace officer” reasonably believes “may” be carried out;
  3. It creates the new concept of “terrorist propaganda” and allows a judge to order the deletion of such material from the internet;
  4. It gives the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) the power to take measures to reduce “threats to the security of Canada”, even if doing so would violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the “Charter”) or other Canadian law;
  5. It allows government institutions to share information with each other about “activities that undermine the security of Canada”; and
  6. It codifies the Minister’s ability to put Canadians on a “no-fly list”.

(source)

While it’s nowhere near as draconian as anything in the Patriot Act, it still is a frightening piece of (Canadian) legislation in the wrong hands. If you are so inclined, there’s a Day of Action planned for February 25th to try and pressure the Trudeau government to amend or repeal it. [Note: His old man would’ve laughed at you while banging your girlfriend.] While I’m not a Chicken Little, I also don’t want the feds interpreting some of my online activities the wrong way.

For the DFO legal scholars, have a read at the Canadian Bar Association’s breakdown of the law.

And while we’re on the subject of the Home & Native Land,


Canada 150:

February 8, 1879

At a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute, Canadian scientist and engineer Sandford Fleming proposed a system to divide the world into 24 time zones.

Born in Scotland, in 1845 Fleming immigrated to Upper Canada (now Ontario). In 1851, he designed Canada’s first postage stamp, which would do much to publicize the beaver as a distinctly Canadian emblem.

As chief engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway, Fleming became interested in how to schedule the trains. In that era, time was calculated in each town by checking the sun. When the sun was at its highest, it was noon. Time between places was not accurate.

He chose the meridian of Greenwich, England, as the prime meridian, at zero degrees of longitude. On 18 Nov. 1883 the railways of North America adopted the system of one-hour time zones that remains in force today. Because of its simplicity, railway time soon became the standard for the continent. This system was gradually adopted by all countries in the 19th and 20th centuries, and is now used worldwide.

(source)


Tonight’s sports:

  • NHL:
    • Blackhawks at Wild – 8:00PM | NBCSN / Sportsnet
  • NBA:
    • Clippers at Knicks – 8:00PM | ESPN
    • Raptors at Timberwolves – 8:00PM | Sportsnet1
    • Bulls at Warriors – 10:30PM | ESPN / Sportsnet1
  • NCAA: tons
    • highlighted games:
      • North Carolina State at Florida State – 7:00PM | ESPN2 / TSN
      • Providence at Seton Hall – 8:30PM | FS1
      • West Virginia at Oklahoma – 9:00PM | ESPN2 / TSN

It’s all going to be fine. YOU’LL SEE!

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theeWeeBabySeamus

Whew!!!!! Bobby Huggsy don’t gotta whack nobody tonight.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Tracksuit U seems to be like cream rising to the top.
/fills out bracket prematurely
//they’ll never be expecting that

Fronkenshteen

Hi! I’ve not been around so much, as the depression & bipolarity have been getting the better of me lately. Sorry. I know that active participation is what drives this place.
Also; BeerGuyRob=MVP

theeWeeBabySeamus

Spill it.

WCS

Glad to have you here, and hope you’re feeling better at the moment.

Shogun Marcus

Huh. I thought it was copious pharmaceuticals and alcoholic beverages combined with dick jokes, nekkid human forms, and gifs of various questionable origins. Silly me. Glad you’re ok.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Well, when you say it in those words it just sounds tawdry.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

What WCS said. We love you more than we love ourselves. Which is part of the problem.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Finally nailed this one today. Once. And i was tired afterwards.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siHDQIrVPFI

theeWeeBabySeamus

Newer Shirley and Co. Tell me she’s not aged well. I dare you…..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSa_hbutFt0

Shogun Marcus

I will not take that dare.

WCS

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Wakezilla

Anyone watching Season 4 of Friday Night Tykes? I’m 3 episodes in and I’m disappointed with how well behaved the parents are and how little CTE kids are developing. I think they may have jumped the shark 🙁

Wakezilla

Ice Bears on the verge of beating the Ice Vikings tonight. The Ice Vikings are gradually becoming the San Jose Sharks. Every year they’re expected to do well in the playoffs and every year they disappoint.

Shogun Marcus

BREAKING NEWS OF IMPORTANCE TO MOOSE AND TWBS…
BLONDIE AND GARBAGE GOING ON TOUR TOGETHER THIS SUMMER.
…that is all.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Shirley Manson is STILL hotter than you.

Shogun Marcus

I do nawt argue this. However she is only two hours away from me and I do know where she hangs out.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Eh?

Shogun Marcus

She’s in Madison quite a lot since that’s where the guys live. She’s not hard to find if you know where to look.

WCS

Sweet holy fuck this is ugly “basketball.”

theeWeeBabySeamus

Just win, baby.
I’m riding (giggity) the ‘Neers and ‘Noles to glory come March.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Also, don’t sleep on Cincy.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Fuck Amile Jefferson.
Fuck Duke.
Fuck Carolina.
That is all.

WCS

GO TEAM METEOR

sunrisesunrise

Her right looks a tad bigger than her left.

Wakezilla

Another “fun fact” about Canada’s Bill C-51: Trudeau campaigned on repealing it, but, when it was time to vote to repeal the bill, they passed. Just another reason why Trudeau needs to eat shit.

Gratliff

This soul-sucking fucking country. Swear to god.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I need someone to start a blog where I can read about the miserable lives of people in Kentucky who can’t afford their diabetes medicine once the ACA is repealed. Only then will I be able to smile again.

litre_cola

Don’t forget about the Right to work and the repealing of unions in that state!

WCS

DUURRRRR GET RIDDA NOBAMACARE BUT I NEED MAH ACA HURRRRR

Senor Weaselo

Those get bonus points, right?

Wakezilla

I mean, the rust belt had to choose to keep their jobs or keep Obamacare. They were kind of in a shitty situation to begin with.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

They use similar logic in the voting booth.

King Hippo

New sub-blog – Feet Flies Off

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

FUUUUUUUCK that was funny.

Brocky

Damn Hippo, my poor mother’s diabetic.

So stealing this joke

Gratliff

And here I was thinking about Elizabeth Warren disrespecting Jeff Sessions on this very special day. Fucking libs. Ass. U. Me. Come on, people.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Aw, did poor widdle Jeff Sessions get his feelings hurt? Anybody who aggressively attacks voting rights is a shit in my book, no matter what party they belong to.

Gratliff

He’s a great man who stands up for all Americans, whether they’re rich, white, or both! I’ll hear no more of this hate speech from the “tolerant left”!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

My mistake. New format is messing with my sarcasm detector.

Gratliff

Clearly you’ve missed my ranting and raving on Twitter. It’s all I can do to not just write cunt until I run out of characters

litre_cola

How the sweet jesus did 2 Broke Girls get further than a pilot??? Who the hell said that it was a great idea for a series?

Wakezilla

I gave it 5 episodes, mainly because of Kat Dennings’ boobs. By the 2nd episode, the jokes were so blatantly obvious. By the 5th episode, I was having an existential crisies due to how bad it was, so I stopped.

Gratliff

Came here to say tits.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I remember watching the pilot and being horrified. So I guess I should have known the show would have legs.

Senor Weaselo

I can think of two reasons…
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theeWeeBabySeamus

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theeWeeBabySeamus

Remember back when I thought Lon Kruger was a good coach?
Yes other tWBS, I remember.

theeWeeBabySeamus
sunrisesunrise

Do you mean when he was coaching against MWC teams?

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

When I go back and play old video games now I always go the route of exploiting gameplay mechanics to get stuff early even if it is not important. Like I am playing Ocarina of Time and I just got that beanstalk heart piece by backflipping over the wall where you throw the bomb to open the second dungeon. I need to change it up and do speed run throughs. I can beat the original Mario Brothers in 15 minutes, made a run through FF7 in 17 hours. I tend to go tedious and completionist now

Brocky

damn, and I thought I was hot shit for getting knights of the round before all my friends.

WCS
Senor Weaselo

Dolan better thank those guards for saving his life.

WCS

WVU playing like their shoes are filled with liquid shit.

King Hippo

well, when in Rome ,, smh

theeWeeBabySeamus

That’s called “Defense” in Rawlee.

Wakezilla

Time to vent: My class is taking a midterm right now. Three weeks ago, they asked me to make one up for their AP US history class. Knowing I would have to make the test sucked, but, getting a chance to come on here– and get paid for it– was enticing so, I said OK.

Before we start the test an hour ago, all I heard was that these students, all of whom requested we do this midterm, barely made time to study.

Well, thanks class, for making me take time out of my busy schedule so you dipshits can bomb a midterm. I marked the multiple choice section and half the class failed. The highest mark in the class was 23/34. No, the test was not hard. Most of the questions were on previous Final exams.

One dipshit said he wasn’t expecting this test because he thought there was going to be true or false questions and fill in the black questions on the test. I had to restrain myself from hitting this dumb fuck because they get a mini quiz every class based on how the fucking test is designed. Holy fuck. HOLY FUCK! I should have brought a flask because this shit is pissing me off.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Shoot ’em.

Senor Weaselo

I agree, shoot ’em.

King Hippo

when in doubt re killing v. not killing, kill kill kill!!!

litre_cola

Our teachers aren’t allowed to carry firearms, even with the threat of Bears. Although in Vancouver Bears are very different.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Lotsa fans disguised as empty seats in Norman.

theeWeeBabySeamus

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Wakezilla

Banged Nickelback. 2/10. would not bang.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Jeeez, just lookit. Now I’m jinking the ‘Neers.
Sorry WCS.

theeWeeBabySeamus

This date will always be remembered as the day when we discovered wolven suck is infectious.

King Hippo

what is it with yinz and Okie? KS is like, no prob, but these sacks of shit are kryptonite?

theeWeeBabySeamus

Ah yes, our Wake Forest.

WCS

Thing is, before we joined the Big 12, WVU had a 5-1 all-time record against OU. 2-5 since.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
JustStopDude
theeWeeBabySeamus

Be weirder, ASIA!!!!!!!!!!
(can’t believe that tiny girl really ate all those, btw)

Senor Weaselo

In Knicks tire fire news, apparently Charles Oakley got into an altercation with a security guard and was either asked to leave and/or arrested.

WCS

He was arrested.

theeWeeBabySeamus

He was arrested and removed.
Dunno any other details.

herodotus450

Don’t want to fold laundry, want to lay on the couch, laundry is on the couch. The offseason truly is the worst.

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Pretty hot… FOR A DEAD WOMAN!

entropy

I read that theory…. if it’s true, the replacement aged incredibly well.

herodotus450

her body is like this but her face is like this

King Hippo

she kinda looks like she swallowed some cum that was a little past the expiration date ,, smgdh

theeWeeBabySeamus

So many questions…..

herodotus450

I was thinking more like it’s phososhopped, but uh, sure, your thing could work too

ballsofsteelandfury

I’m really digging the new commenting system. The only drawback is i don’t know who liked my comment.

I NEED TO KNOW WHO LIKES ME!

Gratliff

I voted your comment down. We can do that now.

ballsofsteelandfury

WHAT?!?!?

theeWeeBabySeamus

I know I’m confused.
And not even drunk yet, so ahead of the game.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Oh never mind. I get it now.
Dislike is still there, just hidden. blank box next to “reply”

Shogun Marcus

BWAHAHAHAHA! I will use this power for EEEEVILLL!

Senor Weaselo

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theeWeeBabySeamus

HEY WHO DOWNVOTED MEEEEEE??????????????????

Darkest Timeline Zack Morris

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I HID THAT A LITTLE

King Hippo

OMFG, it’s just liek FANGRAPHS!!!!111

/except 3-4 of us actually LIKE Most Glorious el beisbol Cardinals

theeWeeBabySeamus

I like you.
I might even like like you.
Call me.

Senor Weaselo

We all like you!

Darkest Timeline Zack Morris

I liked your comment.

ballsofsteelandfury

Thanks Dad!

theeWeeBabySeamus

Alright already, let’s get this shitshow overwith and get on with watching the cousin fuckers.
Wait, I should probably be more specific….it is OU/WVU after all.

But at least they both actually want to win….unlike my own wolven pussies.

Tracksuit ftw.

King Hippo

yeah, methinks the Okies is more into (hee hee, PHRASING) livestock…

The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem

“Come at me, you loofa-faced shit-gibbon.” On the one hand, I don’t want political discourse to sink to the level of Trump. On the other hand, he is a loofa-faced shit-gibbon.

herodotus450

that entropy boy
said see you later boy
…did she really rhyme boy with boy? Do i actually remember that correctly?
Well no, SHE probably didn’t, the music factory intern that churned out her lyrics did. Back to square one then, bring on the pictures.

theeWeeBabySeamus

I never claimed she was a musical/lyrical genius.
But she’s cute anyway….even if she is a Canuck.

herodotus450

Oh a Canuck, sorry then
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Darkest Timeline Zack Morris

Some of them try to rhyme but they can’t rhyme like this.
Repeat ad infinitum.
Kriss Kross

entropy

Yes. She did indeed rhyme boy with boy. She has a decent voice, but sings shit music.

All that aside, IF ANY OF YOUR BASTARDS SAY ONE THING ABOUT HER THAT IS NEGATIVE I WILL GO SOUTH BETHLEHEM ON YOU.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Can we still post almost nekkid photos?????
http://s3.weddbook.com/t4/2/3/6/2363380/sexy-girl.jpg

theeWeeBabySeamus

/whew!!!!

JustStopDude

I got customers coming in from Kentucky next week. Paper mill…

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Anyone have an idea how this shit is suppose to work?!?

Don T

That thing goes on the left. There.

JustStopDude

We didn’t do the automation, drive tuning, or the final testing. Our South of the border cheaper equivalent did.

I look forward to the customer demanding that I explain the comments in the code that are all in Spanish.

Gratliff

I’ve seen a lot of dodgy automation code from foreign countries. It is the accepted standard to google translate that shit and turn it in with a big thumbs up.

Gratliff

What shitty process engineer was allowed to play with Visio? They should be fired, and the position eliminated from literally every company in the world. I have a unique hatred for process engineers due to my time as a grunt in lumber manufacturing.

JustStopDude

Oh i just pulled this off at random from the internet. I literally just have the electrical drawings of the drives with a bunch of confusing names to shit like “DAT” “DAT1” “DAT2” “Purge Pump” etc.

I’m guessing DAT’s are important…

Shogun Marcus

I used to work in converting…with the actual finished paper. That said, it makes sense to me.

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

I can tell who is responding and who is posting new messages again! HOORAY! 3 Cheers for DTZM!

herodotus450

All these markup buttons are confusing the posers with us leet haxkers

herodotus450

Oh great, and now the blink tag doesn’t work? How will people know my 1eetnessss!?1!

Darkest Timeline Zack Morris

I’m murdering these dumb tags.

Gratliff

I demand you enable HTML for drop shadow and glow effects. I want this to be a vBulletin board and to be 16 again.

Darkest Timeline Zack Morris

This thing would never load on Sundays.

Gratliff

And I want the old CSS back where I could make balls spin around the cursor like an atom. I did that for a high school history project where I made a shitty site on Anglo-Saxon origins, and I believe I got the A the second the teacher saw the spinny atom things.

InternetDad

I’m going to put in a flash torch and number counter next. GEOCITIES BIATCH

JustStopDude

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herodotus450
JustStopDude

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WCS

I switched over to the wolven sort at FSU, but, I can’t watch a snuff film. Sorry, Hippo and Seamus.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Like Imma blame ya for not watching this. I won’t be much longer, FWIW.

King Hippo

Don’t worry, I’ve got Tussionex FOAR postgame, plus this has to get our asshole coach fired.

theeWeeBabySeamus

From your lips to God’s ear.
I’ll believe it when I see it.

theeWeeBabySeamus

OH, and I never got a reply from the WPC today about baseball tix. Not cool.
For their cash flow (mine) they better be fixing it.

theeWeeBabySeamus

My email to WPC, btw (don’t wanna put it on the “other” site and incite a riot at this point)…….

Hi Juan,
Just wanted to let you know that if my baseball season tickets are where it appears they are for 2017, I will be quitting the WPC permanently, and will not ever be buying another ticket to another NCSU sporting event.

3 yrs ago, I wasn’t even a current WPC member, as I had lived out of area for nearly two decades before returning home. I had great baseball season tix. Section 9. Great seats.

But I really wanted to be first base side. And was going to re-up my WPC anyway. So I request first base side last year, but….no surprise….my request is ignored. I’m back in section 9 next to the visiting teams fans.

I request a change and end up all the way down the line in section 2 because, or so I’m told, better seats are already filled. Ok, mistakes happen.

THIS YEAR…..I DOUBLE MY PLEDGE, AND WRITE VERY CLEARLY THAT i’D LIKE TO BE FURTHER TOWARDS HOME PLATE ON THE FIRST BASE SIDE, DON’T CARE WHAT ROW….WAY FAR BACK IS FINE.

Juan…..while I won’t know where my seats are for sure until the tickets get here in a couple days, it sure looks like section 2 again from what I’m seeing online. I am not a happy camper right now.

So tell me, why did I give the WPC more money the past two years just to get my tickets screwed up?

Won’t happen next year, I can assure you. I’ll spend my money with people that actually give a damn.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Shit, probably shoulda edited my name. Oh well, if any of you fuckers stalk me i’ll shoot you.
(never mind…yay foar edit button)

Senor Weaselo

Wait your name’s not Seamus? Or Ajax?
/The rare link to the same Youtube consecutively!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auuwJ6f8SPI

theeWeeBabySeamus

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Don T

PS- I’m bcc’ing this to your boss.
/ninja smokebomb ?

King Hippo

One has to almost morbidly admire how dedicated my wolven sort are to being terrible at teh basketball, especially defensing.

Mark Gottfried suspended my namesake for tonight’s game (they had words at practice), so I’m quite surly and ok with the 50-point loss in progress.

FREE HIPPO

theeWeeBabySeamus

You could go on a hunger strike for him.
Though in his case, it might be more apropos to go on a KFC binge.

King Hippo

I AM eating an entire bag of chips. SOLIDARITY!!

theeWeeBabySeamus

You Gott Dis.

ballsofsteelandfury

Oh, holes will definitely be filled…

Senor Weaselo

…There are different things!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u68iT0DPYdM

WCS

Dick joke sound check. Check 1, 2, check.

LemonJello

You’re coming through (PHRASING!) loud and clear. Over.