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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What Bobby Maxwell said. When I was RA my "religion" was Catholic...because most military padres wanted to know how I was doing. Pay problem? Girl trouble? Feeling the blues? Father Jack was right on it. All the Prods were bible-banging rubes who only wanted to ask if I accepted JC as my savior...

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Glasses as old school glossy mag cover model? Ohhellyes. Love the noir vibe here, too!

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

But otherwise what’s the point of tolerating a grossly corrupt, sleazy, patently incompetent oligarch if he can’t do a bit of corruption in your favor..?

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I love how these two are both pissed off but for utterly different reasons. Two hearts, one (shitty) attitude...

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I can’t see how Grabavoy gets a pass, either: it’s a pretty harsh judgement when the current GM has me musing “Yeah, he was a real sonofabitch personally but Gavin…wait, hear me out..!”

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Which, when you consider that Spenny's 2011-2012 squads won barely over 30% of the matches they played is a pretty amazing achievement in a "not-a-great-achievement" way...

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Sounds wonderful! Please, tell your stories!

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I get it; the Blazers are a big slug of revenue in one form or another. But you mention the Timbers/PP in the other thread, so it’s not exactly unreasonable to ask why, if the City worked out a deal there that the “conversation“ about the Blazers is “give him the money or we’re dooooomed!”

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

What complicates this is the nonstop “OMFG we’re broke!” stories in the news feed constantly. The dissonance between “we can’t pay for roads and schools!” and “we MUST pay for a billionaire’s basketball hobby!” is hard - no, impossible - to dismiss.

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

So…what’s different about the current Blazers/Moda situation? The discussion I’m hearing seems to come down to “tax dollars or no Blazers!” Is it simply the new owner won’t bargain? Are there different conditions now that weren’t there in the Civic remodel in 2019?

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Just wonderful! (tho i admit that I’m a hopeless romantic and wanted Cleo to find a tiny bit of tsundere Viv’s heart…)

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

You always render these two so perfectly. Thanks!

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

One of the things that make your work so good is how the love you have for your characters shines through it like a good deed in a weary world. So...if you enjoy your fun gaming ideas and tropes and characters? I know we will, too! Go for it.

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

I love your vision of her; so cute and happy with her bump! It makes me smile just to see her…

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

You're so good! Take all the time you need...we're here for you when you're ready.

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

“The ghosts of Hitler and Bobby Lee are holding on Line 1, Mr. Vance…”

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

It's always been untenable; this catastrophe was baked in when Weitzmann's people decided on wanting a piece of the Ottoman Empire and Balfour decided to give it to them and Truman ratified the idea. firedirectioncenter.blogspot.com/2023/11/if-i...

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If It's Stupid and It Doesn't Work, It's Just Stupid.

There's not really much I can add to the rolling clusterfuck which is the Hamas-Israeli War or whatever we're going to call it. I said prett...

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Every day some MAGA asshole in the Trump Administration makes me think "Why is it that you never seem to have a rocket-propelled grenade when you REALLY NEED ONE!!!" Fuck these people. Seriously. They all need to go die in a hole.

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Long form dive into the latest bullshit, whacko, unqualified, insane-level-of-weird Trump appointee, "Doctor" Casey "Bad Energy" Means: firedirectioncenter.blogspot.com/2025/05/is-t...

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Is there a doctor in the house? (No.)

Here's National Public Radio: Shall we do a bit of "fact-checking" as the Kidz Today call it? First stop, Wikipedia : "Means graduated from...

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I’d continue to be cautious. This same group stomped Gotham for a half hour then rolled over and sank against Racing. The individual talent is there, yes. The team? Let’s see how things go…

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Any Portland pals planning to head downtown tomorrow to sing "Happy May Day to you FElon(s), you fucksticks"?

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

That's great; as someone with Parkinson's, the difference that dopamine replacement makes is, yeah, kind of like sorcery. Glad it's working for you, too...

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Long form rant on the fucking idiots Tubby has decided to put in charge of federal healthcare and how they sound more like OG Nazis that the usual MAGAt scum: firedirectioncenter.blogspot.com/2025/04/more...

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More like the OG Nazis every fucking day.

So this is from the mook now in charge of my primary health insurance, Medicare: "But, and it is your patriotic duty—I’ll say it again—the ...

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Jim Wright is fucking lit today:

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

...the question I'd ask is "Why not Lowdon in the first place?". Her c.v. was better than Gale's for HC. The story at the time was "the players like him". Does that suggest her relationship with the squad isn't great? Lowdon's still there, so if Ken was canned...why not?

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

But without the GM to blame that would have made the initial decision look, well, as dumb as it was. HAD the owners made a timely GM hire...maybe Agoos could have canned Ken. But, frankly, he hasn't yet, and it wouldn't be a massive upheaval to swap Lowdon for Ken. So...

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I'd put it in simpler terms; the Bhathals locked Ken in when they yanked his interim tag after the six-win run. After that his ineptitude would have gotten any other HC canned ten minutes after the QF ended, and should have, anyway, regardless of the GM hiring.

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Montoya wanted her to be a #8; she’s not, so her issues there are kind of on BFC. The question is what Ken can do with her. He doesn’t use a #10, either, so…RW? Not her strongest position, but…

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Build a contending side, win lots, make money? WTF else is there he CAN do? If Smith wants to play in Denver, she's gonna go play in Denver. This endless "OHNOES Smith may leave!" is enervating and kind of counterproductive. Get the team and coach right. That gives her a reason to stay.

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Oh, so sad! We lost our very dear sweet "Nine" kitty three years ago and still miss her. I'm so sorry.

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

The troubling part is comparing this offseason to the last "post-hot-mess" year in 2015. Parsons hired within a month, Kling in November, Sonnett in January 2016, Henry in March 2016, The Shield in October 2016. This year..?

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Seems like a stretch to use up an international slot on a player who appears to be depth. Hopefully she can be better here than she's been for her other clubs...but she's 27. Kinda late for a big forward leap in form...

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I'm a Thorns STH. My ticket rep as of this moment is STILL a Peregrine employee. Almost a year since the sale and the RAJ organization hasn't got their own membership team in place. That's...not rocket science. But...

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Nice hint that SOMEone is working the phones in the GM's office, too. So yeah, I'd call this a "B+"-type signing. Not a Girma-level monster but filled a starting-regular need for a club w one aging CB, a youngish second one, and a third who tended to make big errors.

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 29/03/2024

Very cute! (Which is kind of funny, because "cute" is NOT what first comes to mind when I think of her...)

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 21/01/2024

Love everything; colors, composition. I can't help seeing this and thinking "This is the end title card of "Arrogance of a Knight", so it has a backstory, too...

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 21/01/2024

Love her peaceful look; she's usually so fierce. In a good way, of course...

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 12/12/2023

Another deep dive into the Thorns performance from the corner flag: rivetingpdx.com/2023/11/15/t...

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Given that one of the biggest rips on his tenure as WNT gaffer was his roster churn, I wonder, too. I didn't follow FCKC enough; how involved was he in player acquisition there? Certainly did better than his work with the Nats...

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FDChief @fdchief.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

I'm here. But my real first love is old-school, long-form blogging: firedirectioncenter.blogspot.com/2023/10/mour... Right now I'm working up a "battles long ago" piece on Yarmuk, 636AD. Muslims vs Byzantines plus people not realizing they've lost their leg. Joe Bob says: check it out!

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