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Been there done that. Spent the 90s there. It’s a nice place to visit….. Seriously the Hawk blowing thru Streeterville in the Winter is a serious drawback. The ice storm we had here Sunday will have melted by midweek. I hope

According to this the NRA was in favor of reforms until 2A Activists pulled a coup in 1977 known as the Cincinnati revolt https://www.wideners.com/blog/history-of-the-nra/ I'm old enough to remember NRA gun education classes when I was young, mostly promoting recreation and hunting.

Norfolk, Va and environs had a major storm in 1980. I think it was late February that year. Once again a Sunday afternoon storm. The circus was in town at the big arena in Norfolk. The building also hosted minor league hockey, the Virginia Squires when the ABA was a thing and concerts. The storm was bad enough for police not to let people leave for a day or two. Her parents came to Richmond Saturday afternoon (about 2 hours away) and ended up spending 4 days. The station had a four wheel drive by then, International Harvester whose wipers broke with the first serious snow. My wife was putting in 18 hour days covering stories and ferrying employees. She wondered why she was so tired. Turned out she was five months pregnant.

I remember a few "blizzards" in the late 70's in Virginia. Especially 1979 and 1980. My favorite story was in 1979. My wife was working at a radio station in Richmond, Va. WRVA was the equivalent to say WJR in Detroit or WGN in Chicago, a 50 thousand watt clear channel blowtorch. Long time legend for a morning man and monster ratings. Anyway we got about 9-10 inches of snow, if I remember correctly. I was working at a local Arby's at the time and when we closed early I put a set of chains on my Pinto. It was a Sunday afternoon, I heard her boss on the air on the way in and mentioned it. She called in, he said come on in. We spent the night in the sales manager's office. They got us up around 5, the only station folks were the morning guy, news guy, overnight jock who usually did his show from a truck stop 35 miles away, my wife and myself. Too long story short, they put out a call for 4-wheel drive vehicles to ferry staff in. I think they were offering $50 an hour. When enough staff made it in, my wife and I took off, all these guys standing around with their big trucks, I cleaned off the Pinto and drove off. I still can remember the look on their faces. "GODAMN PINTO"

That's it Noll, Cowher, Tomlin were not exciting coaches. Cower and Tomlin came from the Noll coaching tree. McCarthy is older, he's a QB whisperer supposedly, he won't be around for the next 7 years or so. At the same time he's a Pittsburgh guy, a placeholder to reset the ship and hopefully setup the next guy. Pittsburgh ownership is also in a state of flux so again he fits in well with that organizaation.

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Same guy as above

And they are randomly grabbing REAL NATIVES...

"But, But, But, he's a Pittsburgh Guy" (Most Yinzers)

I'm not sure it's been mentioned here but Death By Lightening is a good short series. It's about the election and Presidency of James Garfield. Excellent cast. Michael Shannon as Garfield, Matthew Macfayden as assassin Charles Guiteau, Bradley Whitfield as James Blaine, Nick Offerman as Chester Arthur, Shey Whigham eating up scenery as Roscoe Conklin. It's fairly accurate but does overplay a few roles. Macfayden and Shannon are especially impressive

I grew up around a bunch of kids whose dads were members of the state police, county sherrifs and so forth. Just like every other organization there are a few bad apples mixed in. With Trump's "Army" what we are seeing is a bunch of wantabes, Mostly the same group we saw during January 6. A bunch of guys who want to play soldier but could never cut the mustard in the real thing. Just like the Faker in Chief himself who had his daddy pay off a doctor. A tough guy until confronted. These ICE pretenders need fee some real pushback

I can't believe I'm quoting MAGA Marge. The world is turning upside down, if not sideways

I agree, DiCaprio played the burnt out revolutionary quite well, though it did have a bit of the Jeff Bridges "The Dude" feel. It took me a while to recognize Sean Penn

That was my thought as well. It's been a while since I hung out at the Mac, I was trying to figure out whether it came in thru the garage (not sure if Delta still uses the counters there anymore or on the main level). Security Cameras, maybe??

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