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Haven’t been to the stadium in a while, but I will be going to the Jest game at the end of the regular season. We had season tickets in ‘73 and I attended the first game ever against the Redskins (thanks, Herb Mul-Key) and of course the first regular season game vs. the Jets (thanks, John Leypoldt) and it will be a fitting and great bookend for my Rich Stadium experience by ending it against the Jets.

We will certainly never hear anything like that again, either. Play by play announcers today are geared for TV and TV only. And they can’t paint a picture for listeners to save their lives. I’m looking at you Dunleavy.

The last thing that sot needs is an excuse to have a drinking party.

Friendly meet-up my a$$. In the past, Trump asked why his generals can’t be more like Hitler’s. Is it time to administer the “loyalty” oaths? If demanded, will the military leadership have the courage to refuse? Sorry Donald, there is only ONE oath they are required to take: their oaths to the Constitution. Not that the giant orange toddler in chief would know anything about that. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/25/trump-hegseth-meeting-generals-00581413

More like the Political-Social Brigade (Brigada Político-Social, or BPS), Francisco’s own version that was formed expressly to tamp down political dissent and those opposed to his ideology. Just like your MAGA leader is attempting to do with his opponents. It’s all a big farce and waste of time. And it will most likely end up getting his attorney disbarred.

Stupid play by Georgiov.

True. And once again those celebrities mean dollars for Disney/ABC so your point about the money previously is again validated.

I’ve read several posts alluding to Helenius being a message to Quinn, but I don’t see it currently. They play two different roles on the team imo. If a message is being sent, and I don’t think one is, I think the big use of Helenius in these games would be to send a message to 4th line, marginal players. I think Sabres brass wants an extended look just to get a feel for where he is as they test him. I liked Lindy’s coaching moment the other night when after Helenius took a late penalty in a one goal game, Lindy thought I can bench him when he gets out of the box or I can see how he responds. Lindy chose the latter and we all saw how well Helenius responded by leaving everything on the ice while killing off the six on five to end the game. He’s got 1st call up written all over him.

Bite your tongue! After what Detroit did to the Ravens on Monday night, they get my vote for top of the heap.

Try to enjoy the journey in the meantime. I’m looking forward to watching a ton of Amerks this season.

I attempted to clarify something for the MAGA brethren in another thread but the topic was shut down so I thought I’d clarify it here. Some in this forum seem to think that when I compare this administration to fascist regimes that I am making the comparison to the NAZI party and the NAZI party only. That is simply not the case. Perhaps it’s because I frequently cite Goebbels’s propaganda tactics? That is only because Goebbels is a readily recognized player in fascist history. There are others that I’ve studied over the years and they are all similar in their ideologies and tactics, especially where propaganda, the muzzling of the free press, and the control over mass dissemination of information over airwaves are concerned. I urge people to broaden their knowledge base and study the fascist regimes of Franco and Mussolini as well. Both had well funded and powerful ministries of propaganda in Spain and Italy, respectively. Both had politically astute and charismatic men heading up their respective propaganda efforts: Ramon Serano Suner in Spain was one of Franco’s Ministers of Press and Propaganda. Italy had guys like Galazzo Ciano and Alessandro Pavolini. You can bet the framers of the Project 2025 manifesto havE studied past fascist regimes. Far be it from me to convince MAGA to stop whistling past the graveyard and renounce anything this administration does or how they do it. But nothing informs like history and that’s all I’m doing; informing.

I disagree. For all intents and purposes ABC did tell the government to stick it with the reinstatement in and of itself. And Kimmel’s monologue further underscored the victory for free speech. What he said last night was far more insulting to Trump and MAGA and so far, no new threats to revoke licenses by the administration. But ultimately, there are no “winners” when it comes to 1st Amendment violations. That said and as you alluded to previously, I think money played a prominent role in Disney’s decision. Apparently, they were swamped with complaints and subscription cancellation requests by their customers.

Free press having to sign a “pledge.” More MAGA absurdity. https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5515829-pentagon-press-restrictions-criticism/

Funny you mentioned that because I thought he looked a tad slower getting to a couple of pucks/areas on the PK last night.

They wasted little time having it removed. I guess bronze just wasn’t orange enough. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/23/trump-epstein-protest-art-national-mall/86310895007/

I have no idea if that’s correct spelling or not. I was wingin’ it.

I thought Rosen had a few good moments as well tonight

Helenius was gassed at the end. Great effort.

He was good

Chintzy call.

We are gonna like Helenious.

Yep. Better question for Marty might be do Tage and Norris have enough skill to play with Benson. It has. Nice atmosphere at the arena tonight.

Benny with a beautiful dime to Tage.

Was Kimmel sought out, punished, and network licenses threatened by the government for exercising his free speech on government regulated airwaves? The answer is obvious. And that makes it a 1st Amendment free speech issue. And of course the almighty dollar always plays a role, regardless.

Will the hypocrisy ever cease? The organized and politically connected Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are every bit the “terrorists” that the unorganized, not politically connected as ANTIFA. And lets not forget Trump pardoned roughly 1,500 convicted or charged terrorists who attacked our capitol, beat up law enforcement officers, and committed sedition by intentionally stopping an act of Congress.