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Great job by Tom, Terry, the staff, and the recruiting apparatus

The staff has taken a ton of criticism, including from me, and I don't think much of that criticism was unwarranted; however, they should get applauded for this unabashed win. It's not the end of the goal, obviously, but is a monster step. Bo is a huge recruiting win just on his ability, but then you have everything else that comes with him (huge profile within the wrestling community due to his social media presence) and the obvious inside track on getting his two brothers, as well as hopefully a leg up on getting some more of his teammates. This recruiting win, by itself, is not the panacea to Iowa being stuck so far behind PSU, but it's a fantastic (and huge) first step. Now lets get greedy and get Jax Forrest, Jordyn and Jayden Raney, and Peter and Michael Mocco. Brothers thrive at Iowa historically! :)

So Israel basically accomplished nothing . . .

Other than several thousand revenge killings and inspiring a new generation of terrorists.

Cool, cool.

Wall Street Journal:

Hamas Is Effectively Back in Control in Gaza​

With no alternative following a cease-fire with Israel, the militant group has a moment to assert power​


After Israeli troops stood down when a cease-fire came into effect in the Gaza Strip, Hamas began sending thousands of its forces onto the streets to establish control.

The deployment—envisioned by the agreement that pauses the fighting while the combatants exchange hostages for prisoners—highlights how the U.S.-designated terrorist group remains the dominant power in the territory. Israel hasn’t been able to destroy the group or empower an alternative.

Hamas punctuated its authority Sunday by parading armed and uniformed militants through the streets flashing V-signs to cheering crowds. When Hamas transferred the first Israeli hostages to the Red Cross, Arab mediators said they could see fighters from Hamas’s core Nukhba Force unit clad in full military gear and armed.

The open show of force after months of being pushed underground was a signal that aid groups and governments will need to cooperate with Hamas as reconstruction efforts get under way in the coming weeks—an outcome Israel has hoped to prevent.

“The Hamas presence on the ground armed is a slap in the face to the Israeli government and army,” said Gershon Baskin, a former Israeli hostage negotiator who is now Middle East director for the diplomacy advocacy group International Communities Organization. “It highlights that Israel’s goals for the war were never achievable.”

The fragile truce between Israel and Hamas pauses a war that is among the deadliest in modern Middle Eastern history. The conflict has reduced much of Gaza to rubble and killed around 47,000 people in the enclave following Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, which killed about 1,200 people and left another 250 held hostage.

If it holds, the cease-fire could ease tensions in the region after more than a year of a conflict that drew in the U.S. and Iran and its allied militias across the Middle East. But it also raises substantial questions about how Gaza will be governed after the fighting.

During the 15-month conflict, Israel has battered Hamas in one part of Gaza before moving on to fight in other areas, leaving behind vacuums that have turned lawless as militants tried to reconstitute their forces and criminal gangs battled for control. The lack of order snarled aid deliveries and created new threats for ordinary Palestinians already struggling with the fighting and deprivation.

The U.S. and Israel’s own security establishment pressed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to come up with a plan for Gaza’s postwar governance, but so far he hasn’t done so. The Palestinian Authority, which oversees much of the occupied West Bank, has said it is ready for the job, but Netanyahu, opposed to a two-state solution, doesn’t want it involved. Hamas has stepped into the breach.

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Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said Sunday that the current deal is only for a temporary cease-fire and that a permanent end to the war would depend on Hamas abdicating power in later stages of the negotiations. He said Israel has yet to fulfill its war aims of dismantling Hamas’s military and governing capabilities, and indicated it is prepared to re-displace Palestinians if hostilities are renewed.

“There is no future of peace, stability and security for both sides if Hamas stays in power,” Sa’ar said.

Sending US citizens to El Salvador jails to serve their time. Everybody good with that?

The Rube had some exciting news after his visit to El Salvador. I realize were to the point of using the rule of law and the constitution as toilet paper, but any HORTer concerned with this if we were to extend it to US citizens? Or we just going to pretend the El Salvadoran supermax prisons aren’t “cruel and unusual” (8th amendment for the simps) because they’re just prisoners and phuck ‘em?

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said late Monday that El Salvador’s president has offered to accept deportees from the U.S. of any nationality, including violent American criminals now imprisoned in the United States.

President Nayib Bukele “has agreed to the most unprecedented, extraordinary, extraordinary migratory agreement anywhere in the world,” Rubio said after meeting with Bukele at his lakeside country house outside San Salvador for several hours.

“We can send them and he will put them in his jails,” Rubio said of migrants of all nationalities detained in the United States. “And, he’s also offered to do the same for dangerous criminals currently in custody and serving their sentences in the United States even though they’re U.S. citizens or legal residents.”

Soon to Be Congressman Maxwell Frost (D - Orlando)

He's 25 years old and probably to the left of The Squad. He beat three establishment Democrats - former Congressman Alan Grayson, former Congresswoman Corrine "Go GATA" Brown and a sitting state senator from the district. This is good. The party needs more like him as we don't need two republican parties.

FL-10 is currently represented by Congresswoman Val Demings.

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NY Times states the USA lost $236B in fraudulent payments….in 2023 alone!!!!

At some point, we have to acknowledge that federal workers are IN ON THE GRIFT.

They are in on it. They are getting a cut. They are criminals. No doubt in my mind.

2,700,000 unelected bureaucrats in DC.

How many tens of thousands are outright criminals? Statistically speaking?

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Anyone order from Factor75 meals?

My Uncle's wife gave me a coupon for a box of free meals from Factor75.

I went on the Factor website and ordered. The coupon is applicable with a subscription, so I asked on their chat if they could just give me the free box (I pay $11 shipping) then cancel the subscription after the delivery which is Monday, February 10 and they said sure then they cancelled all orders so I called them and they said they can deliver on February 17 and would "pause" my orders after so I just cancelled all orders.

Oy.

They didn't make it easy. They want people to sign up long term.

I'll keep an eye on my credit card bill to see if they charge it.

CSB.

Anyone had experience with them?

*** Iowa MBB vs #7 Purdue GAME THREAD ***

WHO: #7 Purdue Boilermakers (17-5, 9-2 Big Ten)
WHEN: 6:00 PM CT (Tuesday, February 4, 2025)
WHERE: Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Iowa City, IA)
TV: Peacock (Paul Burmeister and Stephen Bardo)
RADIO: Hawkeye Radio Network (Gary Dolphin, Bobby Hansen)
MOBILE: peacocktv.com
ONLINE: peacocktv.com
FOLLOW: @HawkeyeBeacon | @IowaHoops | @CBBonFOX | @IowaonBTN
LINE: Purdue -7.5 (total of 155.5)
KENPOM: Purdue -6 (Purdue 71% chance of winning)

Tuesday night's game against #7 Purdue (17-5 overall, 9-2 in the Big Ten) looked daunting a week ago, when the Boilermakers were fresh off a 27-point home win over Michigan while Iowa was fresh off a 17-point loss at Ohio State. Since then Purdue added a win over Indiana last Friday night, while Iowa found that Owen Freeman, the Hawkeyes' leading scorer and rebounder this season, will miss the rest of the season with an injury.

Suffice to say, calling tonight's game "daunting" seems like a quaint understatement now. The Hawkeyes will be facing one of the best teams they've played all year -- and doing so without their best player. Not good.

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Lifelong criminal, Pachino Hill, Commuted by Biden

I am at a loss for words. For those who live in the Quad City area, Pachino Hill is a notorious criminal who has been given countless second chances throughout his life. For a guy who was arrested over 60 times for serious offenses, of all people to help out, Biden decides to commute his sentence? It really is hard to explain. I don't understand.https://www.kwqc.com/2025/01/31/pachino-hill-davenport-commuted-by-biden/
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Is Trump trying to incite a terrorist attack?

Trying to provoke an attack?

  • Yes

    Votes: 3 25.0%
  • No

    Votes: 1 8.3%
  • He's just incompetent

    Votes: 8 66.7%

- Forced resignations and firings across numerous government agencies that will leave them understaffed.

- Putting unqualified loyalists in his cabinet

- Provoking Iran

- Now he's breaking international law and doing a war criminal's bidding by annexing Gaza.
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