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Did GMTM try to sign him? I don't recall seeing that, but I could've easily missed it. As I've mentioned before, I liked Schaller and saw him as a solid 4th-line option.

This is a variation on something someone already mentioned upthread, but I would definitely eliminate most of the canned music that plays during stoppages and replace it with some combination of organ-initiated chants (e.g. "Let's go Buffalo") and nothing a-tall. And none of the canned music can be stuff that plays at 20 other sports arenas -- it's gotta be original. The red alternate jersey (I have a sweet Stu Barnes model) would be the only goathead-era jersey that is permitted for throwback games -- maybe once or twice per year. $20-per-ticket student section in the nosebleeds for every home game. If you get busted at the game for getting too sauced and getting in a fight/throwing up/passing out/other similar behavior, you get a choice of 2 nights in jail or 2 12-hour days picking up litter and repainting graffiti. Someone senior from the GM's office would do one hour per day online Q&A with fans via live chat or similar setup. Major blowout celebration outside the arena/on waterfront with free food and drinks each time we win the Cup. Most importantly, I would give my undercover moles at SabreSpace a big raise, and let them use the black helicopters and the mind control machines whenever they want. Game on!

OK, but that's a he-said, she-said situation, right? i.e. the video (which I've now watched) simply shows her describing what happened -- not what actually happened. My point is not that she was lying -- it's just that the video doesn't show what happened.

I haven't seen the video, but my understanding is that the filming started after he was shot. If that's the case, how could we know that it played out as Swamp described?

Is this what happened? Has this been proven to have occurred in any of these cases?

I'm officially all in on "Preacher."

Letang flashes the crazy from time to time.

This is fair, and I think was similar to akm's point. DWI is a serious matter. But Kane was accused of choking a woman and trying to force her into his car (with the implication that he presumably was going to do something else once he got her into the car). That's a pretty awful scenario. (NB as I've posted previously I am pretty skeptical about the truth of the accusations, but again we don't have any facts.)

I think this assumption is where your argument falls apart. Until we have more facts we just don't know which was worse -- and most here feel that if Kane did indeed do what he's accused of doing, then what he did was worse.

Good to see ya MODO!! Got any intel for us on Nylander?

whoa. pretty sweet stuff there. and he's fast. i hope he's in Rochester this year.

I think it's important to judge each of these situations on its own merits (or sad lack thereof). For example, the Ferguson shooting -- in which there was substantial evidence to justify the shooting -- was a completely different situation from the strangulation of Eric Garner in NYC -- which was demonstrably unjustified and terrible. I generally have a ton of sympathy for the police, who are doing a very difficult and dangerous job -- but we can't pretend that there aren't police who cross the line. FWIW, I thought the video of Alton Sterling getting shot is pretty inconclusive -- but the witness statement from the store owner, who was right there and unequivocal about the shooting being unnecessary, is pretty compelling IMHO.

I recall a fairly substantial amount of psychodrama on this very board regarding the streaming/threatened non-streaming of last year's scrimmage.

Going to a friend's surprise b-day party tonight at a high-end NYC Italian restaurant. I've been there a few times and it has been outstanding each time. (BTW, one of the house specialties is a "suckling pig." It may not sound appetizing but it is delicious.)

I think this is fair to an extent, but the comparison is pretty distorted due to lack of information about the Kane incidents. We know more or less exactly what happened in the ROR incident. As you said, it could've been terrible, but it ended up being harmless. OTOH, we have no idea what really happened in either Kane incident, but what we did hear -- with zero verification -- was that both incidents involved alleged physical attacks on women. Those are sensational allegations that tend to stick in the reader's mind, regardless of whether the accused is subsequently exonerated. (And this is a good argument for either publicizing the name of the accuser along with the accused, or for publicizing neither.)

True, but GMTM sounded pretty annoyed when this happened. I wouldn't be surprised if he traded Kane.

Even in that case though they couldn't give him an extension until there is only 1 season left on his contract.

But if there were really no change in their thinking, why wouldn't the agent just reiterate what he's been saying all along -- i.e. "we had a great meeting with the Sabres, we appreciate their interest and Jimmy will strongly consider them on Aug. 15, but we are going to stick to our plan of waiting until Aug. 15 and considering all options?" Isn't the ELC a 3-year deal?

That quote represents an improvement in the Sabres' position -- i.e. "The meeting went very well...I can't comment on how it affects Aug. 15" is much better than "Regardless of what the Sabres did, we're waiting until Aug. 15."

I second the Bill Burr recommendation. I think he has a standup special on Netflix -- the one I saw was really good. And good to see ya SFiNS!

Was it witnesses, or was it accusers? From what I've seen, it's just been the latter, although I could've missed something.

11, I fully respect that many sober and intelligent people, including yourself, feel that the Democratic party platform comes closer to reflecting their personal beliefs than does the Republican party platform, and that as a result such people are inclined to support Democrats in elections. But you do not really believe that the Clintons are not deeply dishonest and corrupt, do you?

This is not OK. Please do not respond to other posts in this way. Both of these are much better alternative responses.

Being charged with an "offense," whatever that means, and a statement that there is a video aren't the same as "he did it." Nobody here knows what happened, and no one will know unless and until the parties admit it or the video is released -- and perhaps not even then. Everyone here is free to speculate that/whether an offense occurred, but it is just speculation. More from the TBN article:

I hope this time they remember to remove the green M&Ms from the dish. Jimmy can't stand the green ones.