Haven't been around a ton since the 27th. Did I miss anyone making an idiot out of themselves on here? Other than the regulars, @millah_22 @SolarHawk and @ANYCHawk

Or any must-read threads to go back and peek at?

Anyways, hope the new year has started off well for everyone, except for the guys listed above.

I agree with most, but not all, of his answers.

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owa 80, the self-proclaimed "World's Largest Truckstop," has several restaurants, a truck repair garage, a laundromat, a movie theater, a pet wash service, a chiropractor and even a museum of trucking.

What it and sister truck stop Joplin 80 in Missouri didn't have, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, was an adequate plan for addressing a potential fuel spill.

As a result, owner Iowa 80 Group Inc. has agreed to pay a combined $390,784 fine to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act, the EPA announced Monday.

A proposed consent order says the Iowa 80 Truckstop, on Interstate 80 in Walcott near Davenport, and Joplin 44 in southwest Missouri failed to adequately develop and implement plans that would prevent and control spills as required by the Clean Water Act for facilities that store 1,320 gallons or greater of oil products in above-ground storage tanks.






The truck stops both have above-ground storage of more than 1 million gallons of diesel fuel, gasoline, lubricants and oil, according to the EPA. The agency plans to fine Iowa 80 Group $204,142 for violations at the Iowa business and $186,642 at the Missouri operation.
The EPA said a spill in Iowa could threaten Mud Creek, which eventually flows to the Cedar and Mississippi rivers. And in Missouri, a spill could contaminate Rock Branch Creek, Spring River and eventually, the Grand River, also known as the lower section of the Neosho River.

Council Bluffs will be home to a new $11 million study being conducted by the University of Iowa researchers.
The university is launching a study on different ways to store carbon dioxide emissions, according to a news release.
MidAmerican Energy agreed to partner with the university to use the company's Walter Scott, Jr. Energy Center south of Council Bluffs as the study's location.
The center is a coal-fired power plant in Council Bluffs on top of the Midcontinent Rift System. The formation holds about a 6-mile-thick area of basalt, which researchers are examining to see whether it could store carbon dioxide.

To do this, the project will drill about 5,000 feet into the site to gather data and rock samples which will then be tested for carbon dioxide injection simulations.

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The Walter Scott Jr. Energy Center, located at 7215 Navajo St. in Council Bluffs, is a coal power plant operated by MidAmerican Energy.
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“It's these predictive models that really kind of help us identify if this is even going to work in this location or not,” said Ryan Clark, a geologist at the University of Iowa.

The study will be a two-year project for $11.3 million, of which 20% will be funded by MidAmerican Energy. The U.S. Department of Energy will contribute $9 million toward the research.
“We are participating and contributing to the study because we view this as an important project that will help researchers determine whether carbon storage in the basalt formation deep below our facility is viable,” said Geoff Greenwood, media relations manager at MidAmerican Energy.
The injection of carbon dioxide under the Earth’s surface is not a new concept but is new to Iowa. Clark pointed out that many states around Iowa are already researching and moving toward this method.


“It has a really huge air quality benefit, not only, you know, kind of regionally and big picture, but it would have a really significant effect on the improving air quality there, locally,” Clark said.
Clark said that the project is not only conducted solely by the University of Iowa. While the school is the lead, it has partnered with a consulting firm, a drilling company and the Pacific Northwest National Lab.

“I want to make sure that folks know that it's, it's definitely a pretty good-sized project team that's got a lot of experience and should help us succeed in this,” Clark said.

Sales for Mazda North American Operations rose 17% last year boosting the company to a new record for the number of vehicles sold.

A total of 424,382 vehicles were sold in 2024 compared with 363,354 the previous year, the company said Friday.

Mazda had its best December ever last month with 40,201 vehicles sold, including 35,540 trucks and 4,661 cars. Sales rose 1.7% in December despite there being one less selling day in the month compared with the prior year.

The company also had its best month ever for sales of the CX-30, CX-50 and CX-90.

Mazda's Canada division posted a 23% rise in sales last year, and a 2.4% increase in December. Sales for the company's Mexico unit climbed 31% in 2024 and increased 19% in December.

Sat down and spoke with Isaiah Johnson-Arigu, who has continued ascend in recruiting circles, about his Iowa offer, connections to basketball in Africa, and more.

Plans to release his top 5 soon.

STORY:

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

U.S. Steel and Japan’s Nippon Steel sued the United States government on Monday in a last-ditch attempt to revive their attempted merger after President Biden blocked it last week on the basis that the transaction posed a threat to national security.
The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Washington, accused Mr. Biden and other senior administration officials of corrupting the review process for political gain and of harming steel workers and the American steel industry by blocking the deal under false national security pretenses.
Mr. Biden moved to block the merger after a government panel charged with reviewing foreign investments failed to reach a decision about whether the deal should proceed. In a statement on Friday, Mr. Biden said that he was acting to ensure that the U.S. maintains a strong domestically owned and operated steel industry. The president had previously vowed to ensure that U.S. Steel remained American-owned.
The companies are asking for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to conduct a new review of the deal.
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The companies also filed a separate lawsuit against Cleveland-Cliffs, an American steel company that previously tried to buy U.S. Steel but was rebuffed, along with Lourenco Goncalves, chief executive of Cleveland-Cliffs, and David McCall, international president of the powerful union United Steelworkers. The lawsuit alleged that Cleveland-Cliffs and the head of the union illegally colluded to undermine the proposed deal between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel.
The legal actions represented a long-shot maneuver by the companies to preserve a deal that was ensnared in election year politics. Presidents have broad authority to determine what constitutes a national security threat, and no transaction blocked under those powers has ever been overturned by the courts.
However, Mr. Biden’s move to terminate Nippon’s $14 billion bid for U.S. Steel raised questions about whether those powers were being abused, given that Japan is a close ally of the United States. In the rare cases where deals have been blocked, they usually involved companies with ties to U.S. adversaries such as China.
“Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel are disappointed to see such a clear and improper exploitation of the country’s national security apparatus in an effort to help win an election and repay political favors,” the companies said in a statement on Monday. “Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel are entitled to a fair process and have been left with no choice but to challenge the decision and the process leading to it in court.”
David Burritt, the chief executive of U.S. Steel, assailed Mr. Biden on Monday, suggesting that the president blocked the deal because he “owed the union boss a favor in exchange for an endorsement.”

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“The government failed us,” Mr. Burritt said in an interview on the Fox Business Network on Monday. “They failed because they didn’t follow the process, and we are going to right that wrong.”
The White House defended Mr. Biden’s decision on Monday, pointing to the threats to the U.S. steel industry that the committee highlighted.
“A committee of national security and trade experts determined this acquisition would create risk for American national security,” said Robyn Patterson, a White House spokeswoman. “President Biden will never hesitate to protect the security of this nation, its infrastructure, and the resilience of its supply chains.”
The lawsuit against the Biden administration was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The suit also names Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen, who chairs the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, and Merrick Garland, the attorney general.
The companies argue that because Mr. Biden publicly said last March that he did not want the deal to happen, the national security review conducted by the panel, known as CFIUS, was tainted by politics and “designed to reach a predetermined result.” They also claimed that the panel had failed to engage with the companies when they proposed measures to mitigate any national security concerns.

Not to pour more gasoline on to this fire but here is the stat of the night.

No, not that we only had 20 rebounds and were out rebounded by 15.

No, not that we had more steals, blocks and less turnovers but lost by 31.

No, not that they had more assists than we had rebounds.

It's this...

Once again, we shot 66.7% (12-18) from the freaking free throw line. That will only SLIGHTLY lower our 295th ranking (67.2%) out of 364 D1 teams. I mean, at least that would be an outstanding 3 point percentage. No team that shot over 10 3s could hit that percentage, right?

Wisconsin shot 67.7% from 3 (21-31). That's right, we shot 1% worse from the ft line uncontested than they did from 3 (slightly) contested.

In fact can we just admit that most CEOs don't do much real work for their companies? Seems like their real jobs are to hoover up money and talk about how great they are while shitting all over their workers.

I put a small refundable deposit down on a new Ford Lightning. They had over 14k in rebates and 72 months at 0%, so it was a deal I didn't think I could pass up. I currently have a 2018 Ford F150 Platinum with 38k miles so I don't drive much and don't take many long distance trips. I'm really struggling if I should make the switch. Anyone drive an EV and have any positive or negative advice? Anyone have buyer's remorse?

Down by 18 with a quarter left on the raid…I think Deacon Hill is qbing for them today…Time for a rally!
Super Bowl or Bust!

The Brownies honestly have NO offense!

Who do you got? I'm a Bears fan so I hate both teams. I think the Lions win it.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Democratic philanthropist George Soros and actor-director Denzel Washington will be awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor on Saturday in a White House ceremony.

President Joe Biden will bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 of the most famous names in politics, sports, entertainment, civil rights, LGBTQ+ advocacy and science.

The White House said the recipients have made “exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private endeavors.”

Four medals are to be awarded posthumously. They are going to Fannie Lou Hamer, who founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and laid the groundwork for the 1965 Voting Rights Act; former Attorney General and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy; George W. Romney, who served as both a Michigan governor and secretary of housing and urban development; and Ash Carter, a former secretary of defense.

Kennedy is father to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for health and human services secretary. Romney is the father of former Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney, one of Trump’s strongest conservative critics.

Just got word from a source on Iowa's first portal entry.

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And he should be the next OC or head coach. Hire him as the OC with assistant head coaching title. End of this damn nightmare

It is like NIL for voting. The buying of america continues with the buying of an election. Really sad plus the fact that musk is a foreign cretin.


And seeing Mush/musk go to meetings on capitol hill carrying his son on his shoulders is just the stupidest thing I have ever seen, or one of them.

2 million, they are fools

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"the last person you'll see before you die is you"

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist"

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”

Got me thinking about how many here have never driven a stick shift on the tree or floor in their lifetime.
There was a time when I preferred a stick shift. Not so much anymore.

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Is that a mirror in your pocket?

Because I can see myself in your pants