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Jameis Winstons DNA is Etched in Stone with Unwavering Faith – Last Word on Pro Football

Posted: August 14, 2021 at 12:54 am

Just about everything is different this year for the 2021 New Orleans Saints after the prolonged era of Drew Brees. In a way, the acceptance is now on the doorstep going into training camp. Currently, the quarterback battles is ongoing, although the overwhelming favorite is no doubt Jameis Winston. Yet, nothing is certain in the NFL. One play can change the course of a career. One injury could impact the duration of playing time, versus holding a clipboard forever. But make no mistake, Winstons faith is all he needs.

The evolution of quarterback Jameis Winston is not exactly related to the football field. Oh it is important. The game of football has provided a life for him and his family beyond most players dreams.

At a recent practice, a reporter asked You sound like a pastor, is that the way youve always been? Perhaps Winston is not a bonafide pastor but his heightened insight into lifes lessons are relatable to many.

The walk of many Christians on and off the field is never a straight road. Winston has been upfront about his testimony. His unwavering dedication to God has changed over the years. Just like many of us.

However, many of us non-football players likely did not win a Heisman Trophy or a national championship. Also, being under a microscope can show the best and worse in people. And Jameis Winston is at peace with pleasing God before anyone else. The brokenness he has been through may be the one thing that works in his favor the most.

When Jameis Winston shared his testimony with Austin Carr recently, a whole new DNA was exposed the world. You have to be broken to rebound, was one of the best quotes Winston offered to Carr regarding adversity. If you look at all the figures in scripture, they had to be broken before they were blessed.

Evidently, there is a lot more to Winston than some of his successes and failures on the field. Many fans see players on the field act a certain way versus the real person off of the field. Some may not even care. Regardless, Jameis Winstons whole make up and faith is a part of his identity on and off the field present day.

In response to the question if he had always had the prose of a pastor, Winston responded, Ive always been optimistic, but sometimes I have been too optimistic, right, Winston said. I think I had to fine tune that just understanding reality. My gratitude was built from my father, from my mother. I had some humble beginnings and you talk about a pastor, like, I know my Lord and Savior got me.

Winston has matured over the years. Giving the reason for his successes come from somewhere bigger than him. In other words, Winston knows he cannot do it alone. And he laid it out profoundly to everyone to what moves him.

This makes him a better man and even a father or husband. Does this guarantee success on the field? Of course not. Even Tim Tebow could not promise divine intervention in between the hash marks. Still, doubt him and his beliefs then question Drew Brees. Brees often talked about his walk with Christ too.

There are other Christians whom too etch their game in faith: Russell Wilson, Patrick Mahomes, and former quarterback Phillip Rivers, to name a few. While this is true, a portion of those teams fans are not fanatical about players talking about their faith loudly.

Winston is his own man. He has his own walk. Whether that walk off the field will be a winner when all is said is done, only God knows.

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Examining the false claims that got Rand Paul, Marjorie Taylor Greene suspended on YouTube, Twitter – PolitiFact

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Two outspoken Republican lawmakers were penalized by online platforms Aug. 10 for sharing misinformation about the impact of COVID-19 vaccines and mask-wearing.

Twitter suspended Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., for a week after she falsely claimed that the vaccines were "failing," while YouTube suspended Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., for a week over a since-removed video that made inaccurate claims about the effectiveness of masks.

Greenes account will be in read-only mode while her suspension lasts, a Twitter spokesperson said. The violating tweet was labeled in accordance with the companys policy for moderating misleading COVID-19 information, including misleading claims about vaccines and masks.

"The FDA should not approve the covid vaccines," Greene wrote in the Aug. 9 tweet. "There are too many reports of infection & spread of #COVID19 among vaccinated people. These vaccines are failing & do not reduce the spread of the virus & neither do masks."

Pauls three-minute video violated YouTubes similar policy on COVID-19 misinformation, which prohibits "claims that wearing a mask is dangerous or causes negative physical health effects" and "that masks do not play a role in preventing the contraction or transmission of COVID-19."

In the video, which remains on alternative platforms, Paul said, "Most of the masks you get over the counter dont work. They dont prevent infection." He later claimed "cloth masks dont work."

The Republican lawmakers responded by criticizing the platforms for taking action against their posts, with Paul calling his ban a "badge of honor." But public health experts told PolitiFact that the claims that earned them their respective suspensions strayed far from the truth.

University of Minnesota Medical Schools Dr. Mark Schleiss told PolitiFact Greene and Paul were "promoting dangerous behaviors that will cost lives."

"These comments reflect a complete lack of perspective and understanding of simple scientific and medical principles," he said.

Greenes claim about COVID-19 vaccines

Schleiss and several other experts disagreed with Greenes claim that the COVID-19 vaccines allowed for emergency use are "failing" because there have been some breakthrough infections.

"The vaccines are not failing, by any reasonable definition of that word," said Andrew Noymer, associate professor of population health and disease prevention at the University of California, Irvine. "Being vaccinated still affords massive protection."

Greenes office did not respond to a request for comment.

Clinical trials and real-world studies have consistently shown that the available vaccines are effective at protecting against infections and severe symptoms. But no vaccine works 100% of the time when it comes to preventing illness, so the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says breakthrough infections are expected, in part due to the emergence of new variants.

"We now have, in essence, a new virus," Schleiss said, referring to the more contagious delta variant thats been driving recent spikes across the country.

Breakthrough cases have been rare, however, according to analyses from the CDC, Kaiser Family Foundation and other organizations. And while the shots are somewhat less protective against delta, they are still highly effective at preventing severe illness and death, experts said.

As of Aug. 2, over 164 million people were fully vaccinated, CDC data shows. Of those, 7,525 people, or less than 0.005%, had breakthrough infections that led to hospitalization or death.

"Fully vaccinated people are much less likely to be hospitalized or die than people with similar risk factors who are not vaccinated," CDC spokesperson Kristen Nordlund said in a statement.

Meanwhile, fully vaccinated people are largely protected against these serious outcomes, said Cindy Prins, an epidemiologist at the University of Florida. Other experts agreed.

"The incidence of COVID is lower among vaccinated populations versus unvaccinated, and this is a pattern we see in counties and states across the country," Noymer said, pointing to a chart showing a much higher infection rate for unvaccinated people than for recipients of the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines. "The pattern is even more stark for severely-symptomatic cases."

Pauls claims about masks

The experts PolitiFact consulted also disagreed with Pauls claim that "most of the masks you get over the counter dont work," as well as his claim that cloth masks are ineffective.

The truth is that masks do work, especially as a method of "source control," or preventing the spread of the virus from one person to another. Each time an infected person breathes, talks, coughs or sneezes, they send respiratory droplets into the air that quickly evaporate into tiny airborne particles unless they are properly wearing a mask, which can reduce that spread.

"The main reason we wear a mask is not to protect ourselves, but to protect others," Schleiss said. In that sense, masks are most effective when everyone wears them, as PolitiFact reported.

Masks can also help to reduce the wearers exposure to the coronavirus, according to the CDC. The level of filtration varies based on the type of mask used, experts said.

The N-95 masks recommended in health care settings are most effective in this regard, filtering out at least 95% of airborne particles, Schleiss said. Cloth masks are less effective. But they do provide some protection, and they remain a tool for source control, despite Pauls claim.

"Its a lie to say they dont work," Schleiss said. "All of these interventions have an impact. They arent perfect, but that doesnt mean that they dont work."

"Some barrier protection (i.e. any mask) is better than none," added Noymer, who said the N-95 masks may be more important "as aerosols become more prominent" with the delta variant.

In the video that earned him his suspension from YouTube, Paul cited a pair of studies, one from Denmark and one from Vietnam, as proof of his claim that besides N-95s, "the other masks dont work." A spokesperson for the senator also pointed to recent comments from a University of Minnesota epidemiologist, who said in an interview that cloth masks are inferior to N-95s.

However, the CDC has addressed both of the studies Paul cited on its website, writing that the Danish studys findings were "inconclusive," and that the Vietnamese study "had a number of limitations," including the lack of a true control group, exposure to unmasked people in a hospital setting and a setup that had users wash and reuse cloth masks.

Both studies "have been improperly characterized by some sources as showing that surgical or cloth masks offer no benefit," the agency said.

"The Danish study on masks was terrible and was heavily criticized," added Dr. Davidson Hamer, professor of global health and medicine at Boston University.

An author of the Danish study said that it should not be used to discourage mask wearing.

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Having a birthday today, Aug. 20, 2021 | | gjsentinel.com – The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

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Boxing promoter Don King is 90. Former Sen. George Mitchell, D-Maine, is 88. Former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, is 86. Former MLB All-Star Graig Nettles is 77. Broadcast journalist Connie Chung is 75. Musician Jimmy Pankow (Chicago) is 74. Actor Ray Wise is 74. Actor John Noble is 73. Rock singer Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) is 73. Country singer Rudy Gatlin is 69. Singer-songwriter John Hiatt is 69. Actor-director Peter Horton is 68. TV weatherman Al Roker is 67. Actor Jay Acovone is 66. Actor Joan Allen is 65. Movie director David O. Russell is 63. TV personality Asha Blake is 60. Actor James Marsters is 59. Rapper KRS-One is 56. Actor Colin Cunningham is 55. Actor Billy Gardell is 52. Rock singer Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit) is 51. Actor Jonathan Ke Quan is 51. Rock musician Brad Avery is 50. Actor Misha Collins is 47. Rock singer Monique Powell (Save Ferris) is 46. Jazz/pop singer-pianist Jamie Cullum is 42. Actor Ben Barnes is 40. Actor Meghan Ory is 39. Actor Andrew Garfield is 38. Actor Brant Daugherty is 36. Actor-singer Demi Lovato is 29. Actor Christopher Paul Richards is 18.

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Democratic rep recounts dramatic Jan. 6 confrontation with Republican Rep. Paul Gosar: ‘This is because of you!’ – Yahoo Singapore News

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As the House select committee begins investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, one key line of inquiry will be the role Republican members of Congress played in helping set the stage for the violence.

On Friday, Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., recounted how he vented his anger at Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., as the rioters stormed the Capitol and halted the certification of the Electoral College vote. In a video interview posted to Twitter by the Recount, Phillips recalled that Rep. Gosar, from Arizona, was objecting to the Arizona slate of electors when a Capitol Police officer announced that we should take cover.

Phillips said he stood up at the back of the gallery, on the second floor of the House chamber, and at that moment, I simply shouted out at the top of my lungs, This is because of you! I screamed it.

Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)

Audio of Phillipss outburst was captured on video as members led by Gosar and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, had begun debating a challenge to Arizonas 2020 election results.

A Minnesota Reformer article from Jan. 6 described the eruption by Phillips as Capitol Police moved to lock down the House floor.

This has been brewing for four years, Phillips said, according to a pool report, when asked about his comments after he and other lawmakers had been evacuated from the chamber as a pro-Trump mob ransacked the Capitol. And the collective dereliction of duty manifests itself in that moment for me.

Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., at a House Oversight Committee hearing on May 12 regarding the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)

Trump had publicly pressured Republican lawmakers to help him undo his defeat in the 2020 election by challenging the Electoral College results in six key states. Gosar played a major role in that effort. Before voting to block Joe Bidens electoral victory in Arizona, he repeatedly promoted Trumps baseless claims of election fraud in the weeks following the November election. In December, he attended a Stop the Steal rally at the Arizona state Capitol and promised a crowd of Trump supporters that Once we conquer the Hill, Donald Trump is returned to being the president.

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On the morning of Jan. 6, Gosar tweeted a photo of a crowd of pro-Trump protesters already gathered in front of the Washington Monument with the message: Biden should concede. I want his concession on my desk tomorrow morning. Dont make me come over there.

In the months since, Gosar has attempted to downplay the severity of the attack on the Capitol and to deflect blame for the violence away from Trump supporters. He has claimed that Ashli Babbitt, a pro-Trump rioter who was fatally shot by a U.S. Capitol Police officer while trying to climb through the broken window of a door to the speakers lobby, was executed. His campaign office has also promoted an unfounded conspiracy theory that the FBI might have had a hand in carrying out the riot.

Gosars office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Opinion | Climate Denial, Covid Denial and the Rights Descent – The New York Times

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Before the right embraced Covid denial, there was climate denial. Many of the attitudes that have characterized the right-wing response to the coronavirus pandemic refusal to acknowledge facts, accusations that scientists are part of a vast liberal conspiracy, refusal to address the crisis were foreshadowed in the climate debate.

Yet from the response to Covid-19 among Republican officials especially the opposition to lifesaving vaccines its hard to escape the conclusion that the paranoid, anti-rational streak in American politics isnt as bad as we thought; its much, much worse.

On Monday the U.N.s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its latest report. The conclusions wont surprise anyone who has been following the issue, but they were terrifying all the same.

Major damage from climate change, the panel tells us, is already locked in. In fact, its already happening, as the world experiences extreme weather events, like heat waves in the Pacific Northwest and floods in Europe, that have been made far more likely by rising global temperatures. And unless we take drastic action very soon, catastrophe looms.

We can, however, safely predict how influential conservatives will react to the report, if they react at all. Theyll say that its a hoax or that the science is still uncertain or that any attempt to mitigate climate change would devastate the economy.

That is, theyll react the same way theyve reacted to past warnings or the way theyve reacted to Covid-19. Extreme weather events probably wont change anything. After all, Republican governors like Ron DeSantis in Florida and Greg Abbott in Texas are still opposing virus-control measures not just refusing to act themselves but also trying to block vaccine requirements by local governments and even private businesses as hospitalizations soar.

However, while there are important similarities between the rights response to climate change and its response to Covid-19, there are also some important differences. The pandemic has opened frontiers in destructive irrationality.

You see, while climate denial was intellectually irresponsible and morally indefensible, it also made a kind of narrow-minded sense.

For one thing, warnings about climate change always involved the long run, making it easy for denialists to claim that short-run fluctuations refuted the whole concept: See, its cold today, so global warming is a hoax! This kind of evasion has gotten harder lately, now that were having what were supposed to be once-in-100-years fires and floods every couple of years. But it helped confuse the issue.

Also, there was big money behind climate denial. Fossil fuel interests were prepared to spend large sums creating a fog of skepticism in the expectation that delaying climate action would be good for their bottom lines.

Last and least, but not irrelevant, free-market ideologues didnt want to hear about problems that the free market cant solve.

None of these explanations work for current Covid denial.

Floridas sevenfold increase in hospitalizations since mid-June cant be dismissed as a hypothetical long-run issue.

Businesses may have protested lockdowns that reduced sales, but as far as I can tell, corporations are eager to see maximum vaccination, which would help them get back to business as usual, and a growing number of companies are imposing their own vaccine mandates.

And even die-hard libertarians generally admit that promoting vaccines to stop a plague is a valid role for the public sector.

Yet here we are: Trying to limit a deadly pandemic, even via vaccines that convey huge benefits at little risk, has become a deeply partisan issue.

How did that happen? Id tell the story this way: Americas rapid vaccination pace during the spring was very good news for the nation but it was also a success story for the Biden administration. So influential conservatives, for whom owning the libs is always an overriding goal, began throwing up roadblocks to the vaccination program.

This had far-reaching consequences. As Ive written before, the modern G.O.P. is more like an authoritarian political cult than a normal political party, so vaccine obstruction not necessarily denunciation of the vaccines themselves, but opposition to any effort to get shots into peoples arms became a loyalty test, a position you took to prove yourself a loyal Trumpist Republican.

Presumably, the politicians who made this calculation had no idea that reality would strike back this hard and this fast that Florida would so quickly find itself with almost nine times New Yorks rate of hospitalizations, that cities in Texas would find themselves virtually out of I.C.U. beds. But its almost impossible for them to change course. If Ron DeSantis were to admit the deadliness of his Covid mistakes, his political ambitions would be over.

So Covid denial has turned out to be even worse than climate denial. Weve gone from cynical catering to corporate interests to aggressive, performative anti-rationality. And the rights descent continues, with no bottom in sight.

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Despicable Me Scribe Cinco Paul Teams With Imagine Kids+Family & Warner Music Group For Live Action/Stop Motion Film Musical Winter Wonderland -…

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EXCLUSIVE: After co-writing Despicable Me and the Apple TV+ musical series Schmigadoon!, Cinco Paul will team with Imagine Kids+Family and Warner Music Group on Winter Wonderland. Paul has created and written a live-action and stop-motion animated family film anchored by the classic holiday song, and featuring original songs written by Paul. Imagine Kids+Family and WMG (the song is controlled by Warner Chappell Music) will co-produce and co-finance the film.

The film will be produced by Imagine Entertainment Chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard and Imagine Kids+Family President Stephanie Sperber, along with WMGs Charlie Cohen, President, TV & Film, Warner Music Entertainment, Meredith Milton, WMG consultant and producer, as well as Kurt Deutsch, SVP, Theatrical and Catalog, Warner Chappell Music.

Arizona Cardinals vs Dallas Cowboys preseason first half open thread – Revenge of the Birds

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The NFL is back!

While it is a boring, meaningless preseason football game, it is still football and will give us something to enjoy the next couple of weeks as we wait for the regular season to kick off.

The Cardinals and Cowboys are shells of what they hope to be in January, but that doesnt mean it wont be fun.

Depending on the comment section, we may have a second half thread, just depends on if we need it or not.

For now, sit back, relax, and enjoy having Arizona Cardinals football back for the next six months.

Who: Arizona Cardinals vs Dallas Cowboys

Where: State Farm Stadium - Glendale, Arizona

When: August 13, 2021 - 7:00 p.m. Arizona Time

TV: NBC (Local Channel 12) - Dave Pasch (Play-by-Play) Ron Wolfley (Color Analyst)

Streaming: A live stream is available on the following platforms for those in market:*

o Cardinals app (iOS devices)

o AZCardinals.com mobile site (for iOS devices/Safari browser only)

Local Radio: Arizona Sports 98.7 FM - Paul Calvisi (Play-by-Play) Drew Stanton (Color Analyst)

Spanish Radio: KQMR 100.3 FM - Luis Hernandez (Play-by-Play) Rolando Cantu(Color Analyst)

Odds: Cardinals -2Over/Under: 38

Go Cardinals!

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PHOTOS: The top images from Washington’s preseason loss at New England – Redskins Wire

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The Washington Football Team dropped their first game of the preseason with a 22-13 loss to the New England Patriots in Foxboro.

While Washington wouldve preferred to come away with a victory, the game featured plenty of good for the WFT. Washingtons top two quarterbacks, Ryan Fitzpatrick and Taylor Heinicke, were mostly good.

Tight end Logan Thomas and wide receiver Terry McLaurin picked right up where they left off, while newcomer Adam Humphries could be a third-down machine in 2021.

Then there was the debut of undrafted rookie running back Jaret Patterson. Patterson led Washington in both rushing and receiving yards and he didnt pile up yards in junk time. Patterson played in the first half, too.

Here are some of the top images from Washington and New Englands preseason tilt on Thursday evening.

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Fans wait to enter Gillette Stadium prior to a preseason NFL football game between the New

Fans wait to enter Gillette Stadium prior to a preseason NFL football game between the New England Patriots and Washington Football Team, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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Washington Football Team tight end Sammis Reyes (80) wears an International Players helmet decal of the

Washington Football Team tight end Sammis Reyes (80) wears an International Players helmet decal of the flag of Chile on the back of his helmet prior to an NFL preseason football game against the New England Patriots , Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)

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FOXBOROUGH, MA AUGUST 12: Ryan Fitzpatrick #14 of the Washington Football Team makes his way

FOXBOROUGH, MA AUGUST 12: Ryan Fitzpatrick #14 of the Washington Football Team makes his way onto the field for warm ups prior to the start of the game against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium on August 12, 2021 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Kathryn Riley/Getty Images)