Hunter Biden has declined an invitation to testify next week in a public hearing before the House Oversight Committee, according to a letter from Hunter Biden’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, sent to Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the panel’s chairman.

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In a statement Wednesday, Comer complained that Hunter Biden has “for months stated he wanted a public hearing, but now that one has been offered alongside his business associates that he worked with for years, he is refusing to come.”

Biden appeared before the House Oversight and Judiciary committees last month in a closed-door deposition after weeks of back-and-forth with Republicans over his offer to appear for public testimony or a public deposition instead.

When he did appear for the closed-door deposition, the president’s son sharply rebutted allegations that his father was involved with his business ventures. Testifying for nearly seven hours, Hunter Biden said that his father did not receive money or benefit financially from any of his business ventures, according to a transcript of his appearance.


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After that closed-door meeting, Comer said the next step of an ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Biden would be a public hearing.

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In the letter to Comer, Lowell argued that the younger Biden had answered every question Republicans had for him in the deposition, and he said the public hearing “is not a serious oversight proceeding."

“It is your attempt to resuscitate your Conference’s moribund inquiry with a made-for-right-wing-media, circus act,” Lowell wrote.
House Republicans have long struggled to prove that President Biden benefited improperly from his family’s businesses as part of an impeachment inquiry into the president. Even some members of their conference have expressed skepticism about the inquiry.
During his closed-door deposition, Hunter Biden testified that he never introduced or involved his father in his business dealings with a Chinese energy firm he worked with in 2017. He also defended his tightknit relationship with his father and unequivocally stated that he never called his father on behalf of his clients.



While Lowell, in the Wednesday letter to Comer, said Hunter Biden can’t attend the hearing because of a court hearing the next day in California, he noted that the scheduling conflict “is the least of the issues" they have with the invitation.
“Your blatant planned-for-media event is not a proper proceeding but an obvious attempt to throw a Hail Mary pass after the game has ended,” Lowell wrote. He then cited Comer, who on Jan. 10 said that all the committee needed was for “people to show up to the depositions and we’ll wrap this up.”
“Mr. Biden did just as you asked,” Lowell said.
Comer, in a Wednesday statement, argued that, during the deposition, Hunter Biden “confirmed key evidence” but that some of his testimony contradicts the testimonies of his former associates Devon Archer, Jason Galanis, and Tony Bobulinski.
“Next week’s hearing with Hunter Biden and his associates is moving forward and we fully expect Hunter Biden to participate,” Comer said.

We’re in the Pacific NW for our son’s spring break and spent the weekend down in the Columbia River Gorge. Yesterday we worked our way towards Seattle and stopped for lunch in Portland based on a recommendation from my no-pics wife’s co-worker. The place was called Pine State Biscuits and the food was fine, but the clientele was a bunch of spaced-out hipsters with zero awareness of personal space, how a line works, or what “pardon me” means.

I don’t really know, nor do I care, what part of town we were in but there were tents and trash everywhere throughout Portland, and I’ve never seen so much graffiti in my life. As we were on the frontage road to get back to I-5 waiting for a painfully long stoplight there was a guy who looked like the love child of Charles Manson and Geddy Lee whacked out of his mind walking through traffic to touch the tree trunks on either side of the street. Nearby was a disheveled young woman who looked like Valerie from “The Princess Bride” wailing loudly and incoherently in the other stoner’s direction. I’m not sure whether this was a simple lover’s spat or perhaps he had consumed all her drugs. My son is only 7 and asked “What is happening?”.

I‘m a left-leaning guy, but this kind of shit is exactly why Democrats lose elections. Coddling addicts and criminals seems like the nice thing to do, but it does not work. Clean up your shithole city.

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Over any other BIG defense? And if so … why? With what’s coming back this coming year I would maybe consider OSU’s or Michigan’s defense but most likely I would take Iowa's defense because of the talent and what we have returning plus the factor of Parker heading up or defense.

Offense is another story or (novel)

WHO: 8-seed West Virginia (25-7 overall, 12-6 Big 12)
WHEN: 7:00 PM CT (Monday, March 25)
WHERE: Carver Hawkeye Arena (Iowa City, Iowa)
TV: ESPN
RADIO: Hawkeye Radio Network
ONLINE: https://www.espn.com/watch/
MOBILE: https://www.espn.com/watch/
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Injury report: Molly Davis is OUT. Hannah Stuelke is listed as a full go, warming up without issue. Her "migraine" seems fine.

Same starters as the BTT and Round 1:

Caitlin Clark
Gabbie Marshall
Kate Martin
Syd Affolter
Hannah Stuelke

Tipoff in an hour. I'm courtside today, Braydon is up in the regular press section.

Reading through comments made on Hawkeyes wrestling pages it is clear there are so many fans that are content with where the program is. When did the mindset change to “it’s okay the team tries hard” or “it’s a young team”

Where did the standards drop off at, was it Carl’s success or has it been a down slide that’s finally hit what seems like rock bottom for the once most feared program.

Ugh

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I think we should all take notes for the further edification of our wives.

most kids only have the opportunity to fvck their home state school once. kadyn managed to do it twice. and for those that would attack me. F**k you. good riddance KP.

The key word is regression. It’s been a theme for years now. Great Freshmen, Sophmore, Junior wrestlers turn in to mince meat by their senior year. Even the GREAT Spencer Lee couldn’t get it done his senior year. Studs turn into duds. Pushing, plodding, and no aggression. No mat skills or awareness.

It’s time for a change.

WHAT: 2024 NCAA Wrestling Tournament (all days)
WHEN:
Thursday
Session I: 11:00 AM CT
Session II: 6 PM CT

Friday
Session III: 11:00 AM CT
Session IV: 7:00 PM CT

Saturday
Session V: 10:00 AM CT
Champ Finals: 6:00 PM CT
WHERE: Kansas City, MO
TV:
ESPNU (Session I, III, V)
ESPN (Session II, IV, Championship Finals)
RADIO: Hawkeye Radio Network (Steven Grace and Mark Ironside)
ONLINE: ESPN.com/espnplus


BRACKET | LIVE SCORING

FIRST ROUND MATCHES

125: (3) Drake Ayala (23-4) vs (30) Elijah Griffin (Cal Baptist, 19-11)
133: (15) Brody Teske (13-5) vs (18) Derrick Cardinal (South Dakota State, 22-10)
141: (3) Real Woods (18-3) vs (30) Clay Carlson (South Dakota State, 17-7)

149: (13) Caleb Rathjen (16-5) vs (20) Jordan Williams (Oklahoma State, 14-7)
157: (10) Jared Franek (23-5) vs (23) Joey Blaze (Purdue, 17-10)
165: (6) Mike Caliendo (22-4) vs (27) Blaine Brenner (Minnesota, 19-12)

174: (12) Patrick Kennedy (15-5) vs (21) Tyler Eischens (North Carolina, 13-7)
184: n/a
197: (7) Zach Glazier (24-2) vs (26) Andy Smith (Virginia Tech, 16-9)
285: (25) Bradley Hill (20-7) vs (8) Owen Trephan (NC State, 17-5)

“I may be the shortest woman on the court, but I’m imprinting Wilson on your Nebber trash forehead.”

Wife (no pic) and I may have yelled a bit after that play.

Please remove them or put in archive. what’s the point? Hope I ain’t the only one who is annoyed by them

So our local Next Door website is going crazy. A woman in an adjacent community to mine posted a video of her backyard and a very well fed coyote is sniffing around in broad daylight.
Huge alert dings in my inbox and the usual dumb people (YES dumb) start screaming about how we are intruders in THEIR habitat cause they are “native”. Hundreds of posts from hysterical women and some men. I asked if they thought the pythons were native too. Waiting for that to go off like a bomb. 🤯

Counties and cities would be prohibited from adopting regulations stricter than what the state permits for topsoil management at construction sites under legislation that is on its way to Gov. Kim Reynolds for her consideration.



Iowa Senate Republicans approved the proposal Monday at the Iowa Capitol, giving it final approval in the Iowa Legislature.


The bill also would restrict the regulations local jurisdictions can place on the stormwater infrastructure required for new developments.




Only Republicans voted for the bill as it passed out of the Iowa Senate, 29-18. Two Republicans joined all Democrats in voting against the bill.


Republicans argued the bill will constrain a local regulation that could drive up the cost of home construction, thus creating more affordable housing options for Iowans.


Iowa Sen. Scott Webster, a Republican from Bettendorf who co-owns a home building business, said local regulations like the ones that would be limited by the bill can add thousands of dollars in costs to home construction projects. And he argued those regulations do not effectively make the projects safer.


Democrats argued that cities and counties should not be restricted by the state when it comes to local regulations, and that stormwater regulations can prevent catastrophic flooding damage to homes.





The bill, Senate File 455, previously passed the Iowa House on a 53-46 vote — just days after, on a first attempt, it was defeated in the House on a 49-44 vote.


Having now passed the House and Senate, the proposal heads to Reynolds for her consideration.

Bill criminalizing ‘deepfake’ porn headed to governor​

A bill that would criminalize pornographic images and videos that have been digitally altered to look like a specific person, known as “deepfakes,” is headed to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds for her signature.


House File 2240 would make a person who distributes a digitally altered image or video that portrays a person fully or partially nude or engaging in a sex act guilty of harassment. The bill builds on a law passed in 2017 that criminalized “revenge porn,” the distribution of porn images or videos of a person without their consent.


The bill, which passed the House unanimously, was amended by the Senate to require anyone 18 years or older convicted of the new crime to register as a sex offender. The House concurred with the Senate amendment, sending the bill to the governor for her signature. It previously passed the Senate, also unanimously.


In 2023, the FBI warned of a sharp increase in deepfakes being used in “sextortion” schemes, in which a person threatens to distribute sexually explicit images and videos of a person unless the victim pays.


A harassment charge under the proposal would constitute an aggravated misdemeanor, punishable by up two years in prison and a fine between $855 and $8,540.


Other states have moved to crack down on “deepfake” pornography in recent years. Some allow victims to sue a person who creates fake images of them.

‘Bong tax’ passes Iowa Senate​

Products that are sold and used to inhale tobacco products — like glass and metal bongs — would be taxed at 40 percent, and the revenue would be used to create a fund for specialty courts and diversion programs designed to address substance and mental health issues.


The bill, Senate File 345, passed the Senate unanimously, 47-0.


Because it previously passed the House on a 90-7 vote, the bill will be sent to Gov. Kim Reynolds for her consideration.

Is this accurate that Bowen is in the portal? https://247sports.com/Season/2024-Basketball/transferportal/?institutionkey=24041

Were things better back then? Go back in time and let's revisit the good ol days.

In the sixth inning of Saturday's game against Purdue, Iowa's bullpen entered in the biggest situation of the season to date. Iowa desperately needed a series win over Purdue to try and begin turning the season around, but dropped the series opener 10-3. Now Saturday's game was tied 3-3. Iowa needed its bullpen to out-duel Purdue's to have any hope of a series win.

In the first month of the season, it didn't seem like Iowa's bullpen could out-duel anyone. The Hawkeye relievers had multiple blowups to lead to losses in games that the Hawks had been leading. The bullpen was better last weekend against Western Illinois, but the Leathernecks are far from Big Ten quality.

On Saturday, though, it was the bullpen's time to shine. Aaron Savary, Jack Young, and Ben DeTaeye combined to throw four scoreless innings, surrendering just one hit and two walks in that time. In the seventh, Davis Cop gave Iowa a 4-3 lead on an RBI single, and the hit proved to be decisive. Iowa earned a massive 4-3 victory.

On Sunday, Iowa's bats finally got going. Iowa spread 15 hits around the park, and won by a relatively comfortable 9-6 margin to earn the series win. Andy Nelson was the hero of the weekend offensively. For the series he went 6-of-11 with two home runs, four runs scored, and seven RBIs.

More here: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/iowa-goes-2-1-in-first-big-ten-series-at-purdue

Took some time yesterday to look over the 2023-2024 season, get a idea of what he roster is losing and gaining going into next season and expected needs in the portal.

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Here's my thinking with nuclear weapons - the Pakistanis already have the bomb. True, India somewhat keeps them in check... but really, do we think Iranians are that much different from Pakis?

The unwritten rule of nuclear weapons is that if you use them on somebody, you will be obliterated yourself. If that logic holds, and I am pretty sure the US and Isreal would ensure it does, then doesn't everybody having nukes ensure peace?

Of course, we'd have to worry about who got a hold of what... but Russia hates us, and so far nobody's gotten a "dirty bomb" into the US or Israel.

I'm kind of throwing this out there for debate, obviously, so it is marginally tongue-in-cheek, but it is also a serious idea in my mind. If we play the prisoners game over and over, don't we all win?

Wtf is wrong with you people!?!? Why would I want to sift through pages and pages of posts from 3 fvcking years ago to get to your dumbass post? Just start a new fvcking thread ffs! Fvck!

Three former Bears are heading to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August.

So, too, is the franchise’s current team.

The Bears will kick off the NFL preseason with an exhibition game against the Texans on Aug. 1 in Canton, Ohio, the league announced Tuesday morning at its annual meeting. Two days later, the Hall will induct a 2024 class that includes return star Devin Hester and defensive lineman Julius Peppers and Steve McMichael. McMichael was chosen by the seniors committee.




Hester and McMichael will be inducted as Bears, while Peppers is more known for his time with the Panthers franchise.

The Bears will play a game at the Hall for the first time since 2018, when linebacker Brian Urlacher was enshrined. This year will mark the sixth time they've played in the game, starting in 1968.

They figure to debut their quarterback at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, too, after drafting one No. 1 overall next month. The Bears are targeting USC’s Caleb Williams, who would benefit from the early start to training camp afforded teams who play in Canton.

Bears coach Matt Eberflus said he plans to end mandatory minicamp for veteran players a week early. The first day of training camp will be July 20.

once and for all.....


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If Climate Change were "settled science" and a "fact based on data & sound science" protagonists would still be calling it Global Warming.

Before game day arrived, several posters said Utah is a great shooting team and they are very tall. That's exactly how we got beat tonight. They shot an incredible percentage from the three, and their big guys stopped all kinds of our inside shots and plays. Time and again, Krikke and Freeman were unable to get off a shot. Plus their speedy guard, who had a triple double, wasn't bad either. His fourth triple double of the year. We might get a little better next year, but I think the pattern for Iowa has been set. Congrats to Utah.

Anyone who lets a little fifteen year old white girl sing "Hold On, I'm Coming" should be thrown in jail! What a disservice to humanity.
This is Sam and Dave's property. Let it alone!