“I bet you there’s guys that wouldn’t get the vaccine that would love an Elon chip in their brain… That’s what a stupid person thinks smart people should do.” He’s right.

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It might be hard to keep him off the field as he’s ready built coming in at 270 as is but the learning curve… I know AJ played in a rotation early on and I would be happy to even see that… we need to get more of these high caliber recruits damnit ! I do see some excellent talent waiting in the wings at the DE spot… hopefully one or 2 can break into the 2 deeps this year as I like Devan Kennedy, Chima Cheneke, Joesph Anderson… I am wondering their updated weights are etc… if any are going to crack the 2 deeps… they look to bring some needed speed and athleticism to the edges hopefully.

Interesting piece on gender gap

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PSU, Iowa, Ok State, Neb top 4.

Has Iowa with just over 100 pts.

Ayala champ
Caliendo 2
Teemer/Buchanan 3
Parco 4
Kueter 7
Arnold 8
PK r12
Cruz out before r16

Suppose you were 30 years old and someone offered you this deal: You get $1 billion in your bank account but you will die peacefully at age 60 instead of peacefully at age 80.

You would get 30 years as a billionaire doing whatever you wanted plus you could give tons of money to your family, friends and charity.

Would you take that deal?

Why or why not?

I'm surprised that you guys don't have a thread asking questions about Philadelphia. Things like parking, transportation, bars/restaurants, etc. Well, here's your chance...ask away.

Former President of Poland Lech Walesa wrote the following letter to Trump.

Your Excellency, Mr. President,

We watched the report of your conversation with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, with fear and distaste. We find it insulting that you expect Ukraine to show respect and gratitude for the material assistance provided by the United States in its fight against russia. Gratitude is owed to the heroic Ukrainian soldiers who shed their blood in defense of the values of the free world. They have been dying on the front lines for more than 11 years in the name of these values and the independence of their homeland, which was attacked by Putin’s russia.

We do not understand how the leader of a country that symbolizes the free world cannot recognize this.

Our alarm was also heightened by the atmosphere in the Oval Office during this conversation, which reminded us of the interrogations we endured at the hands of the Security Services and the debates in Communist courts. Prosecutors and judges, acting on behalf of the all-powerful communist political police, would explain to us that they held all the power while we held none. They demanded that we cease our activities, arguing that thousands of innocent people suffered because of us. They stripped us of our freedoms and civil rights because we refused to cooperate with the government or express gratitude for our oppression. We are shocked that President Volodymyr Zelensky was treated in the same manner.

The history of the 20th century shows that whenever the United States sought to distance itself from democratic values and its European allies, it ultimately became a threat to itself. President Woodrow Wilson understood this when he decided in 1917 that the United States must join World War I. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt understood this when, after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, he resolved that the war to defend America must be fought not only in the Pacific but also in Europe, in alliance with the nations under attack by the Third Reich.

We remember that without President Ronald Reagan and America’s financial commitment, the collapse of the Soviet empire would not have been possible. President Reagan recognized that millions of enslaved people suffered in Soviet russia and the countries it had subjugated, including thousands of political prisoners who paid for their defense of democratic values with their freedom. His greatness lay, among other things, in his unwavering decision to call the USSR an “Empire of Evil” and to fight it decisively. We won, and today, the statue of President Ronald Reagan stands in Warsaw, facing the U.S. Embassy.

Mr. President, material aid—military and financial—can never be equated with the blood shed in the name of Ukraine’s independence and the freedom of Europe and the entire free world. Human life is priceless; its value cannot be measured in money. Gratitude is due to those who sacrifice their blood and their freedom. This is self-evident to us, the people of Solidarity, former political prisoners of the communist regime under Soviet russia.

We call on the United States to uphold the guarantees made alongside Great Britain in the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, which established a direct obligation to defend Ukraine’s territorial integrity in exchange for its relinquishment of nuclear weapons. These guarantees are unconditional—there is no mention of treating such assistance as an economic transaction.

Signed,

Lech Wałęsa, former political prisoner, President of Poland

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"I was excited about playing for Coach Fran...but after the recent changes to the coaching staff I feel it's in my best interest to explore other opportunities."

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Mark Rutte, the Nato secretary general, has said “quite a number” of European countries are “willing to help out” with security guarantees for Ukraine, James Crisp writes.

The UK and France have said they would send troops to police the peace in Ukraine, if they were backed by a US security “backstop”.

Sir Keir Starmer said on Sunday that there would be a “coalition of the willing” of a group of countries before Mr Rutte suggested some nations said they would also be willing to contribute.

Mr Rutte said other countries said they would increase their defence spending during the summit in London.

He also dismissed fears that Mr Trump could pull the US out of NATO.

“Please, let’s stop gossiping about what the US might or might not do. They are in NATO. They are committed to NATO,” he told reporters.

Mr Trump has not committed to the security backstop to the European peacekeeping force.

Hold My Snacks: Pirate’s Booty Founder Attempts a Seaside Coup​

A snack food magnate declared himself mayor of the Village of Sea Cliff, on Long Island. The voters said otherwise.


Robert Ehrlich, who calls himself Captain Bootyhead, on Election Day in the Long Island village of Sea Cliff.Credit...Johnny Milano for The New York Times


March 19, 2025Updated 3:13 p.m. ET
The little village of Sea Cliff, on Long Island’s north shore, re-elected its mayor on Tuesday.

For the normally placid small town, the election capped eight turbulent days and seemingly ended a quixotic write-in campaign by a brash snack-food mogul.

But elections these days don’t always end when they’re over. And so even before the final vote had been counted, that snack food mogul — who professionally uses the title Captain Bootyhead — declared that the election was “rigged” and that he was the mayor of Sea Cliff.

He received 62 votes.

“Our movement continues,” he announced. “This place needs a voice, and at the moment it’s me.”
It all started last Monday, when Robert Ehrlich, the founder of Pirate’s Booty Snacks, marched into the Village Hall in Sea Cliff (pop. 5,000) and announced that he was now the mayor. Everyone else, he said, was fired.

Mr. Ehrlich, 66, was invoking a 2009 state law that empowers residents to dissolve their town or reformulate it. The first step is to gather signatures from 10 percent of the town’s voters. Mr. Ehrlich waved an envelope that he claimed held 1,800 signatures. He declined to show them to anyone because he said the signers were afraid of retribution.

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Hypothetically speaking, if some stranger attacked you in an alley and tried to forcefully rape you in the butt, but you were able to over power him and turned it around and raped him in the butt instead, would that be illegal? And let's assume it is, if you were arrested for it and it went to trial, do you think a jury would convict somebody under those circumstances?

Fuel price at the local Caseys went from $2.75 to $3.25 overnight.

Have NEVER seen that big of a price hike...ever!

Thanks, President Musk.

Obviously, one can take this with a grain of salt, considering what Thamel said this weekend and Leistikow promptly shot down. We also have a nugget on this, FYI.
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I've been with USAA for 25+ years and they are about to get the ole middle finger today. I have an escrow shortage of $2,084.87. Their prices have skyrocketed!

On the one hand, I’d like to see them lose to hopefully get him on board ASAP.

But I love an underdog and would like to see our potential next coach be successful in the tourney. But a successful run opens him up to be more desirable to other open jobs.

Hopefully we’ve got him locked up and it doesn’t matter either way.

Bags gonna be packin. If you aren't happy about this YOU are part of the problem.
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The United States has told its allies that it does not plan to participate in military exercises in Europe, according to reports.

The move, the latest in Donald Trump's pivot away from the bloc, would see America pull out of exercises beyond those already scheduled for this year.

The withdrawal concerns exercises that are on the "drawing board", according to Swedish newspaper Expressen.

It means that Nato countries will be forced to plan exercises without the participation of the US military, the largest in the alliance.

Mr Trump has repeatedly criticised Nato countries for not meeting the current goal of spending two per cent of GDP on defence, arguing that the disparity puts an unfair burden on the United States.

On Friday, he warned that the US may not defend Nato allies who do not meet the spending target as part of a major shake-up of the alliance.

33 year old black head coach at Loyola Chicago who developed under Porter Moser. Has a very good record and getting about 600K per year. Iowa needs to hire a dude like that to build a roster.

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Trump removing the security clearances for those 51 intel agents who knowingly lied about the hunter lap top was a good move. They all knew it was very, very real.

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This shame should follow the democrats for another decade, at least. Everything about the biden/harris administration was a disgrace. I know many of those people still believe in the russian collusion and fine people hoaxes, so my expectations on them having self awareness is admittedly pretty low. The sane part of society should never forget this betrayal though.

What does it have to be going forward in order for the Hawkeyes be a player in this conference?