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Mike Lombardi says pressure can cause INTs

https://x.com/NYGdailyFeed/status/1796732972684460069

Outstanding movie 

Quote from: brownelvis54 on June 01, 2024, 03:03:31 PMMe too. It was a secret release.
you can watch it in English or stick with Japanese with subtitles.

I am watching it now

Thanks, I have been wanting to watch that

@Jolly Blue Giant

Here is the USS New Jersey's Korean war battle history

USS New Jersey arrived in Japan on May 12, 1951 and became the flagship of the Seventh Fleet under Admiral Harold Martin, who had commanded a carrier at Leyte Gulf. The New Jersey reached the east coast of Korea on May 17. The Communist forces had just driven the outnumbered U.N. forces back across the 38th Parallel to the gates of Seoul in the biggest battle of the war. The Chinese then launched a major offensive against General Almond's X Corps near the east coast. The New Jersey promptly pitched in on May 19, shelling Kansong just above the Parallel to interdict enemy supplies.

USS New Jersey next bombarded Wonson, a major port and transportation center behind Communist lines. There, on May 21, 1951, a North Korean shore battery scored a direct hit that did no significant damage to the heavily armored Turret I, and a near miss that sprayed the ship with shrapnel, killing Seaman Robert Oesterwind. He was the only sailor ever killed in action on the New Jersey throughout the many conflicts in which she participated over her four commissionings. The New Jersey returned fire and quickly obliterated the shore battery. She bombarded Wonson multiple times over the next two years, silencing any shore batteries that fired back. The New Jersey was the only battleship that participated in the Navy's siege of Wonson, the longest naval blockade in modern history.

In late May 1951, U.N. forces counterattacked, driving the Communist forces back above the 38th Parallel. Supporting X Corps' advance, USS New Jersey bombarded the Communist supply line near the Parallel at Yangyang and Kansong, dropping bridge spans, exploding ammunition dumps, and shelling enemy troops. Her helicopters worked to rescue downed aviators. During June, while U.N. forces penetrated the Iron Triangle, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Forrest Sherman, Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet Admiral Arthur Radford, and Far East Naval Commander Admiral Turner Joy boarded the New Jersey and watched her bombard Wonson. Admiral Arleigh Burke, a future CNO, also visited by highline to confer with Admiral Martin. In June and July, the New Jersey provided sustained fire support for a U.N. offensive near Kansong.

With the battlelines stabilizing and negotiations beginning, USS New Jersey still alternated between escorting carriers and bombarding the North Korean coast. After the Communists broke off talks in August 1951, the New Jersey provided naval gunfire support for the U.N. troops ashore near Kansong. Her firing broke up counterattacks, harassed the enemy at night, and supported amphibious feints while X Corps took Heartbreak Ridge and the Punchbowl. In October and November, she ranged far north up the North Korean coast, bombarding Hungnam, Hamhung, Iwon, Tanchon, Songjin, and Chongjin, almost within 16-inch range of Siberia.

USS New Jersey fired three times more 16-inch ammunition in her first tour in Korea than she had in World War II. Her 16-inch guns could range twenty miles inland, outdistancing Army artillery and demolishing targets that had survived repeated air attacks. Her 16- and 5-inch guns destroyed enemy bridges, tunnels, road and rail junctions, railroad yards, trains, bunkers, trenches, troops, mortar pits, artillery positions, shore batteries, supply dumps, ammo dumps, a dam, and an oil refinery. An aerial spotter said the New Jersey put "every shot on target – most beautiful shooting I have seen in five years." General Almond praised the New Jersey's fire for its devastating effect on enemy morale, equipment, and personnel.

https://www.battleshipnewjersey.org/the-ship/full-history/

Quote from: DaveBrown74 on June 01, 2024, 10:42:56 AMThat doesn't happen to me. I am a NYT subscriber. Not sure if you are, but if you're not, that is probably why.

Connections is easily my favorite game of any of the ones we've talked about on the Front Porch. However, it can be super annoying on some days, including totally legitimate answers being called "wrong."

For me, it would be a great game if I lost and then learned the answers, my reaction would be, "I can't believe I didn't think about that."   Instead of their connections being so silly (or in some cases factually incorrect) that my reaction is usually- "really?"

Quote from: Ed Vette on June 01, 2024, 09:08:26 AMMaybe he's just saving his body. If he wanted to retire, there is no reason not to do so. His guarantees all hit LY.

Waller has 10,525,000 reasons not to retire. That is his salary for 2024, which he would forfeit if he did.

They are forcing me to watch a 5 second commercial to play every day.  I may drop the game as the quality of the game is often not worth the 5 seconds of my time.

One thing that struck me when I toured the USS New Jersey was how it was built.  It's clearly a war machine first and a passenger ship second.  You get a real sense the accommodations for people were built around the warship.

"There was so much promise, just watching him last year,'' Brian Baldinger, NFL Network analyst and former NFL offensive lineman, told The Post. "We all watched him in minicamp and preseason and we all thought 'They haven't had anybody who could run like this and they could target' and he was such a dud. Have the injuries caught up to him? Whatever personal demons, broken marriage, all the stuff that's going on, as a teammate you can't really ever check out on a player. Players make their own decisions but if you're hinting at retirement at this age, I just don't know that you can count on him at this point. It feels like he's checked out.''

https://nypost.com/2024/05/31/sports/darren-waller-seems-done-with-giants-as-divorce-drama-lingers/?utm_campaign=iphone_nyp&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Quote from: Jclayton92 on May 31, 2024, 08:15:50 PMhttps://www.pff.com/news/nfl-linebacker-rankings-top-32-2024-nfl-season

10. BOBBY OKEREKE, NEW YORK GIANTS
A career-high 78.9 PFF grade highlighted the best season of Okereke's career, his first with the Giants. The 2019 third-round draft pick ranked ninth at the position with an 82.5 PFF coverage grade, and he was one of the surest tacklers in the league, missing just 7.7% of his attempts

Bobby may be the best FA signing of Schoen's Giants career, to date.

Quote from: DaveBrown74 on May 31, 2024, 06:27:42 PMIt's funny how fast love can turn to hate.

Just last offseason, most Giants fans were beyond excited about Waller. The viewed him as a major addition to the offense and the big play guy that the Giants had previous lacked.

Then he goes on to have a 2023 season that, quite frankly, was pretty similar to his 2022 and 2021 seasons.

Now everyone wants him to hit the bricks as fast as possible.

Funny how people talked themselves into believing that in 2023 they'd get the 2018/2019 version of Waller instead of the 2021/2022 version of Waller.

Reality is a bitch.

Jeff,

I don't think this is a case of love turning into hate.  I think many fans, I believe rightfully so, are tired of Waller not making up his mind and committing to either retiring or playing.  It's one thing if the man was distraught and trying to deal with the end of his marriage, but still making music videos suggests Waller is more than capable of functioning.

Waller was always a crap shoot.  The Giants got a player who, just a couple of seasons prior, was one of the best TEs in the draft for just a low third-round comp pick.   There was hope he would be happier with the Giants and that he could stay healthy (although I think in light of the Giants' horrible track record of keeping players healthy, we all knew it was a bit of a pipe dream) that Waller could be the number one receiving threat the team has been missing since the departure of OBJ.  In training camp, it looked like the Giant's luck had changed, and Schoen's trade was a good one; then, just for the Dallas game, Waller once again injured his hammy, and things took a downward spiral from there.

We haven't had a "fun" player to watch since Barkley's younger and healthier days when we would be treated to the occasional homerun rush (or catch).

I hope you're right (I suspect you are).  This team will hopefully be more fun to watch this season.

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