Make one food thing have basically the same dietary luggage as a glass of water. What would it be?

I’d have to think long and hard on this but currently Uncrustables are leading the way.

Shortly before Mike Johnson was sworn in as House speaker on Friday, he stood in front of the incoming members of Congress and offered what he said was “a prayer for the nation” that was said every day Thomas Jefferson was in the White House and “and every day thereafter until his death.”



Johnson attributed that detail to a program distributed at a bipartisan interfaith church service where he spoke earlier that day.
Johnson told the lawmakers, it is “quite familiar to historians and probably many of us.”
“Endow with Thy spirit of wisdom those whom in Thy name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be justice and peace at home, and that through obedience to Thy law, we may show forth Thy praise among the nations of the earth,” Johnson said, reading from a piece of paper.

Historians do know the quote — because it has been falsely attributed to Jefferson for years. There is no proof Jefferson ever said it, according to the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, which has a page on its website dedicated to correcting this notion, a Voice of America reporter noted on X.

“We have no evidence that this prayer was written or delivered by Thomas Jefferson. It appears in the 1928 United States Book of Common Prayer, and was first suggested for inclusion in a report published in 1919,” the foundation writes.
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Furthermore, the organization said reciting a prayer like this is not something Jefferson would have ever done.
“Ultimately, it seems unlikely that Jefferson would have composed or delivered a public prayer of this sort,” the organization said. “He considered religion a private matter, and when asked to recommend a national day of fasting and prayer, wrote, ‘I consider the government of the US. as interdicted by the constitution from intermedling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises.’”

Emails seeking comment sent to a spokesperson for Johnson and the group that organized the interfaith prayer service were not returned.

On Saturday, Rep. Jared Huffman (D-California) wrote on X that the House speaker’s misrepresentation of a Founding Father was part of a wider problem.
“To be clear, I object to his false attribution of the prayer to Jefferson — part of the endless Christian nationalist campaign to remake Jefferson into a devout Christian when he was actually an enlightenment era freethinker who thought religion should remain private and out of government,” the congressman said in reply to a reporter who cited his first post.

Gard had his team coached on a couple simple concepts to exploit what Iowa does on defense and Fran didn't make a single adjustment all game.

The second half was like watching an offensive clinic at half speed.

Two or three passes...open corner 3.

Ball screen and roll...layup.

Fran didn't even do his typical zone bullshit.

This was the unofficial end of the Fran era.

via @Eliot Clough

Three Thoughts on the Iowa's addition of Bryce Hawthorne out of the transfer portal:

- Iowa's options at DT heading into 2025
- Iowa's overall depth on the DL for next year
- going after Hawthorne's SDSU teammate, QB Mark Gronowski

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WHO: Wisconsin Badgers (10-3, 0-2 Big Ten)
WHEN: 6:00 PM CT (Friday, January 3, 2025)
WHERE: Kohl Center (Madison, WI)
TV: FS1 (Connor Onion and LaPhonso Ellis)
RADIO: Hawkeye Radio Network (Gary Dolphin, Bobby Hansen)
MOBILE: foxsports.com/mobile
ONLINE: foxsports.com/live
FOLLOW: @HawkeyeBeacon | @IowaHoops | @CBBonFOX | @IowaonBTN
LINE: Wisconsin -6.5 (total of 161.5)
KENPOM: Wisconsin -4 (Wisconsin 66% chance of winning)

After a 1-1 introduction to Big Ten play last month (beating Northwestern on Josh Dix's buzzer-beater and losing to Michigan after a spirited comeback attempt fell short), the proper conference season gets underway for Iowa tonight. No more non-conference distractions -- it's Big Ten opponents from here until March.

First up? A border battle with Wisconsin, who enters this game with an identical 10-3 record. The Badgers started the season 8-0, including notable wins over Arizona, UCF, and Pitt. They lost three in a row a month ago, including both of their early season Big Ten games, falling to Michigan and Illinois (and sandwiching a road loss at Marquette between those defeats).

The Badgers rebounded with wins over Butler and Detroit Mercy after that brief losing skid, but the Badgers have also been out of action since December 22, enjoying an almost two-week layoff before tonight's game. Having opened conference play 0-2 and with road games to Rutgers, USC, and UCLA coming up, Wisconsin will be very eager to avoid an 0-3 start to league action.

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What a pussy he is for not having any pride in defense.

Came down to Iowa and Nebraska, moved to LB

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Just informed that Iowa will host a couple other notable visitors this Friday.

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USA Rugby's bronze medalist and social media star, Ilhona Maher. Rugby is really having its moment in the US. Kind of the polar opposite of the flabby girl last time. Yay or nay?

74 minutes of back and forth. CC is a HUGE Chiefs fan, of course.

You might want to skip to the 4:30 mark.

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Dropping a transfer portal FutureCast for an Iowa visitor from this weekend.

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And that’d be why no one would confirm he was in Iowa City.
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Why didn’t KF take any of Hayden’s gems into the old playbook during his tenure… I can’t even remember the last time Iowa had a cool trick play that was a successful and led to a score or a conversion…

A year ago, hardly anyone here was willing to call what's happening in Gaza "genocide." Many were outraged at those who labeled it such.

Is that still how we feel?

Son got his first NCAA offer to go there and play soccer. He had planned on a JUCO here in Iowa but is really thinking about it because of his major. I have zero knowledge of the area, but it’s apparently highly rated in his program of study. The were not good in men’s soccer though (not a big deal to us).

...show you who wants to play basketball the right way.

Yes: Thelwell, Dix, Koch, Harding
No: Sandfort, Sandfort, Treore, Dembele

Freeman is somewhere in the middle because he's just not mature enough yet.

In an Off Topic thread recently a poster on here said something like "there arent any militias, white supremacist groups". Well read this account a someone who infiltrated, recorded and documented a few of these groups and the law enforcement, and other types who are in these groups. They are a scary bunch of wankers (nice word for them) who want to take matters into their own hands and the laws and justice be damned.

Good Lord...it's time.

Tell me I'm wrong.

12pm B1G+

Penn St (9-4) is coming off an 90-54 ass kicking @ Minny. They haven’t beaten a power conf team, although they lost a close one to a decent Kansas club

I like the hawks 77-65