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We've Found Every State's Best Bowl Of Chili

Bowls of goodness
Chili. A classic dish loved by many. Found in classic barbecue joints to cute plant-based cafés, restaurants across America serve wonderful bowls of chili that truly warm the soul. You'll find spicy Southwestern-style offerings packed with green chiles and Texan classics that are all beef and no beans.


Iowa: Jake’s Spicy BBQ Steak Chili, Jethro's BBQ, various locations
The chili at this easy-going BBQ joint (with a handful of locations across Iowa) really hits the spot. As the name suggests, the dish is just the right balance of spice and smoke, and it's made with top-quality steak. It's served piled high with jalapeños, cheese, and sour cream.

Florida: New Mexico chili, LoKal, Miami
Inspired by the Southwest, LoKal's New Mexico chili has been voted the best in Florida, aaccording to their menu. Customers say the dishhas just the right amount of heat. It comes sprinkled with white onions and Monterey Jack cheese, and is served with a side of tortilla chips.

Georgia: brisket chili, Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q, Atlanta
You can't go wrong with most things on the meat-heavy menu at Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q in Atlanta – but the chili is a firm favorite. It's made with wonderfully tender smoked brisket (with only the best certified Angus beef) and is topped with red onions and cheese. Perfect mopped up with the restaurant's jalapeño cornbread and crackers.

Illinois: quinoa chili, The Chicago Diner, Lakeview
The Windy City may be famous for its Italian beef but, when it comes to chili, it's a veggie option that takes the crown. The Chicago Diner's quinoa chili is spicy and smoky, with plenty of cumin and chipotle peppers. It's served with popping jalapeño corn fritters, plus extras like avocado and sour cream.

Kansas: burnt end chili, Woodyard Bar-B-Que, Kansas City
You can see just how deliciously chunky and tender the meat in Woodyard's burnt end chili is. It's a fabled menu highlight packed with three types of beans and oodles of spices. The restaurant itself has been going strong for more than five decades, and it's been featured on top TV shows like Guy Fieri's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.

Minnesota: Pinto’s Diablo Chili, The Loon Cafe, Minneapolis
The chili bowl at The Loon Cafe earns plenty of praise from punters and press alike – and rightly so. It's described as 'a Minnesota-born chili' since the recipe was dreamt up right here and it consists of beef, beans, and veggies with delicate spices. A hunk of Texas toast on the side is perfect for dipping.

Missouri: Dixon's Chili, Dixon's Famous Chili Parlor, Independence
As its name suggests, this no-frills Independence spot is all about chili – and it's got a long history. Its first incarnation was as a street cart, until a restaurant opened in 1919. The tasty chili has been served the same way for a century: with carefully seasoned beef layered over beans. You can choose it dry, soupy (with bean broth), or juicy (with the meat juices), and top it off with ingredients from jalapeño relish to humble ketchup.

Nebraska: vegetarian chili, LeadBelly, Haymarket

Head to LeadBelly for a top-notch vegetarian chili. It's famous for serving the dish with a cinnamon roll, so you'll get the perfect blend of sweetness, smoke, and spice. Meat lovers have the option to add ground beef, chicken, shaved ribeye, or BBQ pulled pork.

Texas: Chili, Texas Chili Parlor, Austin
The meat-loving Lone Star State is well known for its chili, which is traditionally served with plenty of beef and no beans. The version at Texas Chili Parlor in Austin follows tradition with mouth-watering results. Diners say it's nice and spicy, and that it's filled with generous amounts of chunky beef. The red chili comes in varying heat levels, from 'X' to 'Xxx,' plus there are other versions like white chili made with pork.

Wisconsin: chili, Real Chili, Milwaukee
This Milwaukee hot spot is entirely focused on delicious chili, which it has been dishing up since 1931. The recipe for the slow-simmered chili is top-secret and sees a bowl of heavily spiced meat topped with cheese and sour cream. You can order it layered over beans or spaghetti, or heaped onto nachos or a hot dog.

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Gender Season?

I don't know about the rest of you GOIAOTs, but I'm identifying as FireFly Season 2!


Young people are now identifying as 'gender season' - meaning their gender changes with time of year: 'I feel more masculine in the summer!'​

Gen Zers have sometimes been accused of blowing with the wind when it comes to their sexuality.
But a growing number of young people are now actually identifying as 'gender season' - meaning their gender changes depending on the time of year.

Dee Whitnell, who identifies as nonbinary, explained the term on TikTok as 'an individual who explores their gender identity in relation to a season, or all the seasons.'

It could be that someone's gender expression is linked to just one season, such as being more masculine during winter.
Or that someone's gender identity and expression changes with each season: perhaps identifying as female in summer but male in fall.

Dee Whitnell, who identifies as nonbinary, explained the term on TikTok as 'an individual who explores their gender identity in relation to a season, or all the seasons'


Dee Whitnell, who identifies as nonbinary, explained the term on TikTok as 'an individual who explores their gender identity in relation to a season, or all the seasons.' A separate TikTok even suggested pronouns relating to gender season such as summer/summers/summerself and fall/falls/fallself
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'This isn't saying that seasons determine your gender identity or expression, however it can influence it,' Whitnell said in a video posted to her YouTube channel.

'I feel more masculine in the summertime, I wear more masculine clothing, I wear shorts, I normally have my hair up more and I just feel more boy,' they said.

'Whereas in the wintertime, for some reason, girl mode comes out and I'm loving skirts and dresses and having my hair down.'

Users were quick to question the concept. 'It's called wearing summer and winter clothes just like everyone!' one user commented.
'It's nonsense,' another said of the gender identity, also known as seasogender, gender season, or gendersian.

A separate TikTok even suggested pronouns relating to genderseason such as summer/summers/summerself and fall/falls/fallself.
'In summer and spring, I'm more feminine and a little bit androgynous and then fall, I'm pretty androgynous, and then winter is like androgynous or masculine,' another person on TikTok said.

'In summer and spring, I'm more feminine and a little bit androgynous and then fall, I'm pretty androgynous, and then winter is like androgynous or masculine,' another person on TikTok said

Some users said they feel more feminine in the summer and more masculine in the winter


'In summer and spring, I'm more feminine and a little bit androgynous and then fall, I'm pretty androgynous, and then winter is like androgynous or masculine,' another person on TikTok said. Some users said they feel more feminine in the summer and more masculine in the winter

'Genderseason' comes as part of a growing expansion of gender identities and sexual orientations, including 'ecosexuality', which is centered around the seductiveness of nature.

The term ‘ecosexual’ is the state of finding nature sexually appealing, whether that means feeling at one with nature’s ‘energy’ or physically caressing nature.

A sexual health coach on TikTok described ‘ecosexuality’ as an umbrella term for people who 'treat nature as a sensual partner.'

But stories such as the Toronto woman who embarked on an 'erotic' relationship with an oak tree and a clip on the British TV show Naked Attraction in which a cast member calls herself an ecosexual have garnered social media responses like 'Society is doomed' and 'Why aren’t people like this being locked up? Or getting treated?'

Latest MBB Portal Intel: Matt Cross and more

Got the latest intel on the transfer portal here as well. Sounds like things are trending in a positive direction for Cross with more work to be done.

STORY:

Trump spoke to reporters shortly before he left the courthouse, calling Justice Juan Merchan a “disaster”...

Trump spoke to reporters shortly before he left the courthouse, calling Justice Juan Merchan a “disaster” and addressing being held in contempt Monday morning for violating his gag order.
“This judge has given me a gag order and said, ‘You’ll go to jail if you violate it,’” Trump told reporters. “Frankly our Constitution is much more important than jail. I’ll do that sacrifice any day.”
Trump also complained about the trial’s timeline.
“We just found out the government just said they want two to three more weeks,” he said. “That means they want to keep me off the trail.” Trump has a rally scheduled this weekend in New Jersey.

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Baseball Top 25 Polls & RPI (5/6)

Link: D1Baseball

1. Tennessee (39-9)
2. Clemson (36-10)
3. Texas A&M (40-8)
4. Kentucky (35-10)
5. Arkansas (40-9)
6. East Carolina (37-9)
7. Oregon State (35-12)
8. Florida State (35-10)
9. Duke (32-14)
10. Virginia (35-12)
11. North Carolina (35-11)
12. Wake Forest (32-16)
13. South Carolina (32-15)
14. Mississippi State (32-16)
15. Georgia (35-12)
16. UC-Irvine (34-10)
17. Arizona (29-17)
18. Oklahoma (29-17)
19. Oklahoma State (32-16)
20. Indiana State (34-10)
21. Troy (34-15)
22. Louisiana-Lafayette (34-15)
23. North Carolina State (26-18)
24. Oregon (32-15)
25. UC-Santa Barbara (31-12)

Dropped Out
Vanderbilt (#17), Alabama (#23), Utah (#25)

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Link: Baseball America

1. Tennessee (39-9)
2. Texas A&M (40-8)
3. Arkansas (40-9)
4. Clemson (36-10)
5. Florida State (35-10)
6. Kentucky (35-10)
7. East Carolina (37-9)
8. North Carolina (35-11)
9. Duke (32-14)
10. Virginia (34-12)
11. Oregon State (35-12)
12. Mississippi State (32-16)
13. North Carolina State (26-18)
14. Georgia (35-12)
15. Wake Forest (32-16)
16. South Carolina (32-15)
17. Oklahoma (29-17)
18. UC-Irvine (34-10)
19. UC-Santa Barbara (31-12)
20. Oregon (32-15)
21. Oklahoma State (32-16)
22. Troy (34-15)
23. Arizona (29-17)
24. Indiana State (34-10)
25. Texas (30-19)

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Link: Perfect Game

1. Tennessee (39-9)
2. Texas A&M (40-8)
3. Clemson (35-10)
4. Kentucky (35-10)
5. Arkansas (40-9)
6. East Carolina (37-8)
7. Florida State (35-10)
8. Oregon State (35-12)
9. Duke (32-14)
10. Virginia (25-12)
11. Georgia (35-12)
12. North Carolina (35-11)
13. Wake Forest (31-16)
14. Indiana State (34-10)
15. UC-Santa Barbara (31-12)
16. South Carolina (32-15)
17. UC-Irvine (34-10)
18. Texas (30-19)
19. San Diego (33-13)
20. Mississippi State (32-16)
21. Oklahoma State (32-16)
22. Alabama (28-18)
23. North Carolina-Wilmington (32-16)
24. Troy (34-15)
25. North Carolina State (26-18)

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Link: NCBWA

1. Tennessee (39-9)
2. Texas A&M (40-8)
3. Clemson (36-10)
4. Arkansas (40-9)
5. Kentucky (35-10)
6. East Carolina (37-9)
7. Florida State (35-10)
8. Virginia (35-12)
9. Oregon State (35-12)
10. North Carolina (35-11)
11. Duke (32-14)
12. Wake Forest (32-16)
13. South Carolina (32-15)
14. Georgia (35-12)
15. Mississippi State (32-16)
16. UC-Irvine (34-10)
17. Indiana State (34-10)
18. Oklahoma (29-17)
19. Arizona (29-17)
20. UC-Santa Barbara (31-12)
21. Oklahoma State (32-16)
22. North Carolina State (26-18)
23. Oregon (32-15)
24. Troy (34-15)
25. Vanderbilt (32-16)

Dropped Out
Alabama (#19), Louisiana-Lafayette (#21)

Others Receiving Votes (listed alphabetically)
Alabama, Austin Peay, Bethune-Cookman, Cal Poly, California, Cal Poly, Central Florida, Coastal Carolina, College of Charleston, Connecticut, Creighton, Dallas Baptist, Florida, Georgia Tech, Hawaii, Illinois, Jackson State, Lamar, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana Tech, Louisville, LSU, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina-Wilmington, Northeastern, Samford, San Diego, South Carolina-Upstate, Southern Mississippi, St. John's, Texas, Utah, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Western Kentucky

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Link: USA Today Coaches Poll (5/6)

1. Tennessee (20) (39-9)
2. Texas A&M (7) (40-8)
3. Arkansas (3) (40-9)
4. Clemson (36-10)
5. Kentucky (1) (35-10)
6. East Carolina (37-9)
7. Florida State (35-10)
8. Oregon State (35-12)
9. Duke (32-14)
10. Virginia (35-12)
11. North Carolina (35-11)
12. Georgia (35-12)
13. Wake Forest (32-16)
14. South Carolina (32-15)
15. Mississippi State (32-16)
16. UC-Irvine (34-10)
17. Oklahoma (29-17)
18. Indiana State (34-10)
19. Arizona (29-17)
20. Oklahoma State (32-16)
21. North Carolina State (26-18)
22. Troy (34-15)
23. UC-Santa Barbara (31-12)
24. Oregon (32-15)
25. Alabama (29-18)

Dropped Out
Vanderbilt (#13), Louisiana-Lafayette (#19), Dallas Baptist (#25)

Others Receiving Votes
Louisiana-Lafayette, Vanderbilt, Dallas Baptist, Texas, North Carolina-Wilmington, Coastal Carolina, Utah, Nebraska, College of Charleston, Louisiana Tech, San Diego, LSU, St. John's, Illinois

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NCAA RPI (5/6)
1. Texas A&M
2. Kentucky
3. Arkansas
4. Clemson
5. Georgia
6. North Carolina
7. Florida State
8. Tennessee
9. East Carolina
10. Indiana State
11. Wake Forest
12. Virginia
13. South Carolina
14. Alabama
15. Oregon State
16. UC-Santa Barbara
17. Oklahoma
18. Mississippi State
19. North Carolina State
20. Dallas Baptist
21. Duke
22. Nebraska
23. Florida
24. Oklahoma State
25. Mississippi
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35. Maryland
59. Ohio State
61. Illinois
63. Indiana
67. Rutgers
69. Purdue
93. Michigan
103. Iowa
104. Michigan State
122. Minnesota
136. Northwestern
150. Penn State

Opinion I’ve read student protesters’ manifestos. This is ugly stuff. Clueless, too.

Visiting Columbia University last week to see the pro-Palestinian protests took me back to my own student days at the University of California at Berkeley, from 1987 to 1991.
As a journalist for the Daily Californian, the university’s independent, student-run newspaper, I covered a lot of protests for causes as varied as divesting from South Africa, ending U.S. proxy wars in Central America, getting the ROTC off campus and staying out of the 1991 Gulf War (“no blood for oil”). But underlying all of the transitory passions of the day, I detected a powerful nostalgia for the 1960s — that heady era when mere students could imagine they were heroic figures in the vanguard of historical change. It often felt as if the students of my generation were simply historical reenactors of past glories for whom the act of protest was more important than the causes for which they protested.


I discern a similar spirit of revolutionary cosplay among today’s youthful activists who claim to be creating “liberated zones” on campus quads. Indeed, the website of the National Students for Justice in Palestine — the umbrella organization coordinating protests across the country — proclaims wistfully: “There are many parallels between our current movement and the opposition to the war on Vietnam.”



In truth, the current protest movement is minuscule in comparison with the one a half-century ago. There is no military draft to galvanize student activism — this is Israel’s war, not America’s. But there is one glaring similarity between protests then and now: In both cases, the protesters’ ideological and behavioral excesses undermine the very causes for which they fight.
The antiwar movement of the 1960s has been vindicated by history; the Vietnam War is now widely seen as an unwinnable conflict that the United States should never have entered. But that doesn’t mean the protesters were effective in ending it. Far from it. Their extreme tactics — burning draft cards and U.S. flags, trying to shut down draft induction centers and universities by force, chanting pro-Vietcong slogans, clashing with police (“the pigs”) and even carrying out bombings and acts of arson — often backfired.




In a 1988 academic journal, two scholars who studied the impact of the Vietnam-era protests concluded that “anti-war protesters were viewed negatively by the great majority of Middle Americans” and that “anti-war protesters probably increased support for the war.” Indeed, revulsion over campus unrest helped rally the “silent majority” behind President Richard M. Nixon and allowed him to keep the war in Vietnam going for four more futile years in a failed bid for “peace with honor.”



So, too, today’s pro-Palestinian protesters are their own worst enemies; they have even been reenacting some of the excesses of the past, such as briefly occupying Columbia’s Hamilton Hall last week before police cleared them out. The students are not succeeding in forcing universities to divest from Israel, and even if they were, it wouldn’t have much impact on Israel’s economy.
Instead, the demonstrations are making an in-kind contribution to former president Donald Trump’s campaign by fostering an erroneous impression that the country is out of control and requires his authoritarian rule to restore “law and order.” The damage will only grow if demonstrators disrupt this year’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August as they did the one there in 1968.


MAGA Republicans are wrong to exaggerate the importance of the protests or to call for the National Guard to crush them; benign neglect is generally a much more powerful weapon in dealing with attention-seeking activists. But mainstream figures in both parties are right to denounce the demonstrators’ anti-Israel and even anti-Jewish bias and their disruptions of campus life.




Riley Mulvey?

Is he still on the team? I can remember him playing about five minutes in the past two years. He's tall and decently athletic. The Hawks need help on the boards and defending the post. I like Krikke's game but he is undersized and Freeman is still young. Dembele is getting a lot more playing time lately and has perhaps the most upside of the young players. Seems like a guy like Mulvey could step in and contribute a few minutes here or there. Right now he is MIA.
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