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Cue the Simpsons gif?

I don't believe it's ever to early.

How quick do the fans turn on them tonight if Hrink let's in a couple quick ones. I go with half scale pitchforks and 7 torches.

Say what you want, but the goofs looked way better than we did against them.

I don't believe I accused you of being one. If it came across that way, my apologies, it was not my intent.

Not in the least. Just praising the previous coach on his ability to get the most out of players at the correct time. This season isn't over, and as bad as we've looked, it doesn't mean this team isn't going to go on an impressive run and scare some people in late March, early April.

Blasphemy. He's the reason those overachieving teams didn't win it all.

You are correct. We've had several teams that made it far that had no business being there.

I find the article interesting because she made several points to call the protests peaceful, while two lines later describing how they want a physical confrontation, and stating how protestors say they would have killed the workers.

Jost. That was pretty.

Thank you for posting this, I'm away from home in Bismarck and it was a nice little boost in the hotel room.

I believe he's referring to the spill that happened to the Colorado, while the government did nothing and said nothing about it. While this current spill is tragic, it also shows why the Dakota Access Pipe needs to be built. The company that built the pipeline that ruptured is notorious for shoddy work. Energy transfer is not, and has gone above and beyond Federal requirements, with it's state of the art technology. Saying we should compare the two is like saying Toyota has a recall so let's stop production on all Ford and Chevy vehicles.

Not necessarily. While shrapnel does do a significant amount of damage, you can't discount the amount of damage that gas and air alone can do. Think of a firecracker or an M80, cherry bomb for you old timers. Neither of those items have any shrapnel to them, but each can take your hand off with gas and air alone. A propane tank, while obviously capable of creating shrapnel due to the metal exterior, doesn't actually require that metal to do the damage. All it would really take is a puncture to the outside of the tank, and the gases that are escaping coming into contact with a hear source and it will cause the air around you to explode. Think of a gas leak blowing up an entire house, it's not the shrapnel that causes the damage, but the gas released. While the picture of the tanks show them burned and charred but mostly intact, it could have been the gas escaping the tank, and her being in close proximity to it that caused the injuries. I'm not a professional in explosives, but I do know that flash bangs don't explode, and stingers only "pop" open to release the rubber balls. A concussion grenade, which isn't used by law enforcement at all and only sparingly in certain situations by the military, would have killed her and the other individual if one had been used in that close of proximity. It's also highly likely it would have killed law enforcement in the area as well.

Her father sure has been media silent. I'm sure before too long you'll see some sort of domestic terrorism or other Federal charges against her. ATF and joint terrorism task force don't take kindly to IEDs being used on law enforcement.

Well, according to the protectors, law enforcement will take a whole arm for free.

I've picked up a couple of them myself. I've also got a Schneider practice jersey my wife swiped from his roommate before she broke up with him. It's the Nike white dazzle style. Beautiful jersey.

Sadly, you are quite correct. I would rather have them challenge it in the court, just as you said as well, but what that will also likely lead to is the American taxpayer funding this pipeline. You can't tell me that there isn't overwhelming proof that through petty politics, our government has cost Energy Transfer millions of dollars. I don't find it that much of a stretch that they could easily sue the government for lost capital and other expenses incurred due to the stalling techniques used. Along those same lines, I can see the case easily made that North Dakota can be reimbursed through Federal funds for every dollar of expense incurred as well through the unlawful occupation of Corps land. That land has essentially been used as a staging platform for continued unlawful activity that the feds were aware of, and did nothing to stop. I don't think it's that far of a stretch to say that every unlawful activity that has taken place, they are an accomplice to.

You are correct. The permit was twice challenged by Standing Rock in the courts, and they twice lost that challenge. I don't understand the thought process behind reneging on the permit. What message does it send to possible future investors in our nation's infrastructure? That if some radical group disagrees and you have a sympathetic president that the whole project can be shut down.

After putting in 400 hours into protest/riot detail, I'm about to have a fire sale on everything I own that's Sioux related.

Casselton was bad. I sat at the Oriska exit for 18 hours in case the smoke cloud dropped onto the interstate so we could close it. One of the longest shifts of my life. Thankfully whatever weather condition that would cause the cloud to drop never occurred.

Jamestown got rid of Haak, thank God. Too juvenile to be representing in the legislature. Too much social media complaining.

Tell him thank you as well. I try and thank as many of the out of state guys i can. I realize your friend is probably in State, and could likely narrow down the county since there's about 5 main counties assisting. I've put about 350 hours in on the protest alone since September, plus working my normal post. Only major thing I missed during this was the charging of the horses at my colleagues. October 27th was intense, I've never been part of something like that, and we knew many of the protestors had weapons so we were kind of waiting for the shooting to happen. It's crazy how that five seconds or so went it slow motion. I can still picture that gun. When this is over, I just hope the communities can heal. Standing Rock is really getting a black eye out of this, and it's not those citizens that are causing problems. In fact, it's a real small number of protestors really causing problems, maybe about 400 out of the several thousand that may be there at any given time. The majority of the protestors haven't been as destructive as they've been made to be, and we haven't been nearly as heavy handed as we've been made out to be by them.

I'm part of the Nazi gestapo that's been here for months, their (protestor) term not mine. I feel for everyone in this community, Mandan/Bismarck and Standing Rock. Was part of the line of officers nearly shot a week and a half ago, also got to watch the Molotov cocktails get lobbed in. I can't imagine how disruptive this has been to all the innocent citizens in the area. I know how disruptive it's been for my family, and the joke amongst us is that we just need to send our wives down here for a couple days and they'd clear the camp out. It's nice to come on here and see the support for law enforcement. We know it's out there, but we see/hear more horrible crap said to us, than we do the positive, so it's very much appreciated.

Careful, I said that all season last year and got blasted for it. Easy to play goalie with an NHL defense in front of you.

All of them?