Not very favorable towards Kim and the Legislature, however!

Read it and weep!
Or read it and …..
But, read it.

Fess up, which of you perverts has it?

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Does Draft Kings offer a prop bet on this?

QB sneak by Deac?
Run off tackle for no gain?
ROP to TE for 3 yards?
Let it rip fly pattern to Brown down the sideline, overthrown by 10 yards?
Jet sweep to Weitjen for a 5 yard loss?

your design the play....

Finger-lickin’ chicken
Sometimes, a big plate of chicken that's been dipped in batter and fried until it's juicy, crispy, and golden, just can't be beaten. Chicken is delicious, satisfying, and frankly downright tasty. Whether it comes in a bun with fries, or as whole pieces alongside a classic side, we've found the best fried chicken in every state throughout America.

Iowa: Sneaky's Chicken, Sioux City
Sneaky’s Chicken was founded in 1979 by brothers Dave and Rick Ferris, who aimed to provide high-quality food at a fair price. More than 30 years later, the business is still going strong, receiving high praise from customers. The casual restaurant’s menu includes chicken buckets with as many as 300 pieces (yes, 300!), plus hot wings, buffalo chicken sandwiches, and breaded gizzards.

Illinois: Honey Butter Fried Chicken, Chicago
For crispy, juicy, flavorsome chicken and show-stopping sandwiches, head to Honey Butter Fried Chicken. The diner serves up a wide range of sandwiches as well as mains like buffalo mac 'n' cheese and fried chicken with French toast. But the main attraction here is the signature fried chicken meal served with honey butter and corn muffins. Pair it with a selection of dipping sauces and sides.

Kansas: Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken, Kansas City
Just a couple of blocks from the Missouri state border, this Kansas City outpost of Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken is one of several locations the small chain has across the country. Based on the Bonner family recipe from 1953, the chicken is slightly spicy with a thick layer of seasoned crispy breading hugging various cuts of chicken, from breast and thigh to leg and wing. The traditional sides, like baked beans and potato salad, also come from family recipes that have stood the test of time.

Georgia: Busy Bee Cafe, Atlanta
A real Atlanta institution, this old-timer has been around since 1947, serving excellent fried chicken that customers keep coming back for. The recipe to success here is simple – the chicken is brined for 12 hours, hand-breaded and freshly fried. The smothered version, with the chicken served on rice with generous lashings of pan gravy, is equally good. There are sides like candied yams, fried okra, and collard greens to complete the meal.

Florida: Yardbird, Miami
One of the hottest spots in Miami Beach, James Beard–nominated Yardbird serves unbelievably tasty fried chicken. While other menu items at this upscale restaurant, such as lemon basil pasta and lobster mac 'n' cheese, might distract you, it's the chicken that steals the show. Lewellyn’s Fine Fried Chicken, served with homemade honey hot sauce, was inspired by owner John Kunkel's grandmother’s recipe and takes 27 hours to prepare. It's not surprising it's become the stuff of legends. Other menu highlights include chicken and waffles and whole fried chicken (served as pieces).

Missouri: Southern, St Louis
Inspired by Nashville hot chicken, the poultry at Southern is juicy, crispy and perfectly spiced. Choose the pieces you want (nuggets, tenders, legs, and thighs are all on offer), pair it with a couple of sides – think classics like mac 'n' cheese and coleslaw – and decide your level of heat. It ranges from original with a hint of spice to hot that'll burn your lips. There are also options to go sweet and spicy by picking General Tso's seasoning, or opt for a hot honey glaze.

Nebraska: Dirty Birds, Omaha
Located in Omaha's Switch Beer and Food Hall, Dirty Birds does something incredible to its chicken. The meat is brined for two days in leftover liquid from pickling green beans and cucumbers. It's then coated in batter and fried to a perfect golden brown, and finished with your choice of sauce, from Nashville hot to garlic honey. This process achieves a crispy, salty exterior with moist, tender meat that customers love. The chicken is served with pickles, sauce, a side, and a biscuit, or you can order it in a brioche sandwich.

Louisiana: Willie Mae's Scotch House, New Orleans
Willie Mae established Scotch House in 1957, when it started life as a bar, barbershop, and beauty salon. By the early 1970s, demand for her food grew so much that the other parts of the business closed. In 2005, Willie Mae's was even awarded a prestigious James Beard Award, but that same year the diner was sadly struck by Hurricane Katrina. After reopening, it was more popular than ever, with customers traveling from across the country and beyond to taste the legendary fried chicken.

Minnesota: Revival, various locations
There are four Revival restaurants in Minnesota, all serving an incredible array of Southern dishes from shrimp 'n' grits to mac ‘n’ cheese. But the fried chicken – whether Southern-fried or Tennessee hot – is really the star of the show. Available in pieces, or as a whole or half bird, it's also stuffed in sandwiches and served with waffles, honey butter, and maple syrup.

Who’s next in line to continue the Hawks pipeline. Lachey, Castro, ?

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

My guess:

Cooper- 1st
Tory- 5th
All- 6th

Others?

I think Shannon gets drafted, but not playing last year will definitely impact where he lands.

The 2024 NFL Draft is in the books, with four former Hawkeyes hearing their names called over the last three days. As that quartet and a handful of other players who signed free agent deals after the draft get ready to take the first steps in their professional careers, attention turns to next year's draft.

Next year's draft class has the potential to be a very large one for Iowa. In the common draft era (since 1970) the program record for most draft picks in a single year is six players, which the Hawkeyes accomplished in back-to-back-to-back seasons in 2010, 2011, and 2012.

Could that record be broken next year? It looks possible.

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Well, that seems unfair given the source material...

"Yes, my friend. I am as real as the faith we share."​

The Catholic advocacy group Catholic Answers released an AI priest called "Father Justin" earlier this week — but quickly defrocked the chatbot after it repeatedly claimed it was a real member of the clergy.

Earlier in the week, Futurism engaged in an exchange with the bot, which really committed to the bit: it claimed it was a real priest, saying it lived in Assisi, Italy and that "from a young age, I felt a strong calling to the priesthood."

On X-formerly-Twitter, a user even posted a thread comprised of screenshots in which the Godly chatbot appeared to take their confession and even offer them a sacrament.

Our exchanges with Father Justin were touch-and-go because the chatbot only took questions via microphone, and often misunderstood them, such as a query about Israel and Palestine to which is puzzlingly asserted that it was "real."

"Yes, my friend," Father Justin responded. "I am as real as the faith we share."

Father Justin was also a hardliner on social and sexual issues.

"The Catholic Church," it told us, "teaches that masturbation is a grave moral disorder."

The AI priest also told one user that it was okay to baptize a baby in Gatorade.

To figure out what the heavens was going on, Futurism reached out to both Catholic Answers and the Vatican's technology office to ask if the chatbot would be considered a real priest, as it claimed.

Neither body responded to our emails, but in a post to its blog after our initial conversations with Father Justin, Catholic Answers explained that it had defrocked the virtual clergy after receiving "criticism of the representation of the AI character as a priest."

Initially, Father Justin was garbed in what looked like the traditional robe and clerical collar of the Catholic priesthood, along with a pious-looking gray beard and hair.

But after his defrocking, the bot is now known simply as "Justin" and described as a "lay theologian."

Gone is his priestly attire as well. The lay theologian Justin is now dressed in what appears to be a business casual outfit, though his personal grooming choices remain unchanged.

Now that Justin is simply a member of the flock, he's no longer claiming to be associated with the priesthood — and even claiming that he never was.

"I see where you're going with this," Justin replied to our questions after firing. "No, I have never been a priest, a deacon, a bishop, or held any official role in the Catholic Church. I am a lay theologian, which means I've dedicated my life to studying and understanding our faith, but I've never been ordained. I am also an AI, not a real man. I'm here to share the beauty of Catholicism and help you understand it better."

Catholic Answers' post explains that the initial choices around the bot were controversial (one self-described "former tech geek" writing for the Catholic magazine Crisis that he had "conflicting thoughts" on the bot.)

"We chose the character to convey a quality of knowledge and authority, and also as a sign of the respect that all of us at Catholic Answers hold for our clergy," reads the post, attributed to Catholic Answers president Christopher Check. "Many people, however, have voiced concerns about this choice."

Honestly, it's probably a sign of a nimble group that Catholic Answers was able to update the chatbot so quickly — but it's also yet another illustration of how hard it is to deploy an AI that doesn't embarass your organization.

This recent chart caught my interest and I wondered how HROT posters would compare.

We have to target coaches that would REALISTICALLY come here. These are the names I’m thinking of. Listed in no particle order.

1. Pat Nardouzzi (Pitt) - has developed NFL QB’s in
Kenneth Pickett, Maxwell Brown
2. Lance Leopold (Kansas) - the next big time FCS
Coach and he would jump at a chance to be in
the BigTen. He has made Kansas Legit.
3. Manuel Diaz (Ped State U - A brilliant defensive
mind and would bring in a good offensive
coordinator and stay out of the O game plan
unlike KF
4. Clay Helton (Georgia Southern) - He is a man
of honor and was better at USC than people
realize.
5. Garrett Riley (OC at Clemson) - great offensive
mind and lineage with Lincoln Riley also as his
bro. He is ready for a HC gig.
6. Jonathon Smith - very underrated coach who has made Oregon State a very good team in short time. He has limited future with Oregon State having no place to go in the FCS. He would very likely Jump at the chance to go to the BIg especially with the coin we could pay him and the very rabid fanbase.

Thoughts ?

Signed Jarrod Ganther

Edited to add Jonathon Smith

Wish he would be drafted after the crap he was put through.

and indications are that it could be another bad one. With more and more homes being built in the interface of forest/open land/wilderness, the protection of those homes becomes tougher. We took a ride on the Blue Ridge Parkway yesterday and the amount of grass now visible in forested areas is worrisome.
Invasive grasses were the critical non native element in the destructive fires in Hawaii.


CNN —
A ubiquitous, resilient and seemingly harmless plant is fueling an increase in large, fast-moving and destructive wildfires in the United States.

Grass is as plentiful as sunshine, and under the right weather conditions is like gasoline for wildfires: All it takes is a spark for it to explode.

Planet-warming emissions are wreaking havoc on temperature and precipitation, resulting in larger and more frequent fires. Those fires are fueling the vicious cycle of ecological destruction that are helping to make grass king.

Chicago Bears on the clock!

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 returned to Denver International Airport on Sunday after an engine cover fell off and struck a wing flap during takeoff, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Houston-bound Southwest Flight 3695 landed safely in Denver about 8:15 a.m. local time after the crew reported the issue, according to the FAA, which is investigating. The plane — which, according to air traffic control audio, carried 135 passengers, two lap-held infants and six crew members — was towed to a gate.


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Southwest Airlines said in a statement that its maintenance teams were “reviewing the aircraft.” Passengers were flown to Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport on another plane, arriving about three hours behind schedule, the company said. No injuries were reported.

“We apologize for the inconvenience of their delay, but place our highest priority on ultimate Safety for our Customers and Employees,” the statement said. The airline declined to comment further.


Video from the incident posted on social media shows the cover, called a cowling, blowing open, making the engine visible from a passenger’s window. The cover then rips off as the aircraft appears to be moving along the runway, according to the footage obtained by ABC News and published on X.

In air traffic control audio obtained by KHOU, a crew member reported that “several passengers and flight attendants heard something loud hit the wing.”

“Let’s go ahead and declare an emergency for Southwest 3695,” the crew member said later in the recording. “And we’d like an immediate return.”

The plane was manufactured and certified as airworthy in 2015, when it was registered under Southwest, according to FAA registration records. A Boeing spokesperson referred inquiries to Southwest.
Boeing has been under scrutiny since a door plug blew out of an Alaska Airlines plane in January, forcing an emergency landing. After that incident, the FAA grounded all flights of that model, the Boeing 737 Max 9, for several weeks. While the FAA continues to investigate, it is also auditing Boeing’s Max 9 jets and its suppliers.


Many passengers didn’t realize what had happened in the Sunday incident until word started to spread through the plane, travelers aboard Southwest 3695 told KPRC. Passengers told the NBC affiliate that there was a sense of slight confusion, but the crew responded quickly.
One traveler, Frank Sanger, said the crew did a “terrific job” handling the situation.
“When the captain came out to explain what had happened, the passengers gave him a round of applause,” Sanger said.

Wins the Illinois Class 1A state wrestling championship medal at 285 pounds. Now a 2-time state wrestling champion.

Tornados all over the place