Yes, I'm calling out DeSantis and the Florida legislature. What they are leaving out of the story us that everyone, including adults, adults will have to prove their age.

DeSantis signs bill that bans Florida children under 14 from having social media accounts​

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (CBS12) — Florida is set to tighten restrictions on minors using social media under a bill signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday

The bill will prohibit children under 14 from having social media accounts and will require parental permission for 14- and 15- year-olds. This comes after DeSantis vetoed a similar bill under the same name earlier this month.

At the conference DeSantis spoke of the risks social media poses on children, particularly the threat of human traffickers who use these platforms as a tool to find victims.

The governor signed HB 3, or the Online Protections for Minors bill, while backed by various local and state leaders at a conference in Jacksonville.
Among the attendees was Florida Speaker of the House, Paul Renner, (R-District 19), who has made the bill one of his top legislative priorities.

"None of us can be on the sidelines when it comes to social media -- when it comes to the hard-core pornography our children are being exposed to," Renner said.

The house speaker enumerated some of the dangers of social media, such as its impact on their mental health.

"What we have addressed are the addictive features that are at the heart of why children stay on these platforms for hours and hours on end," Renner said of the bill.

Renner also rebuked the argument that the bill might infringe on First Amendment rights. He said the bill doesn't wouldn't violate freedom of speech rights because it doesn't focus on the content of speech, but on the "addictive technology."

Another speaker was Florida Senator Erin Grall (R-District), who urged the audience to consider social media's impact on parents and their responsibilities.

"They have made our parenting difficult by addicting our children," Grall said of social media companies.

https://weartv.com/news/local/desan...n-under-14-from-having-social-media-accounts#

I would be great to have her playing for two more years as she is really getting the reps now.

Family says he died from complications from a fall.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha Police said two people were hurt Wednesday morning after officers fired multiple shots to defend themselves from a dog attack.

A “help and officer” call came in at 11:18 a.m. According to OPD Lt. Neal Bonacci, officers responding to a call about an evicted person tresspassing in the area were attacked by “a large aggressive dog” and fired shots to defend themselves. A police report issued Wednesday afternoon clarified that two dogs were involved in the incident.

Bonacci said two females — bystanders — were injured. The two victims — a 15-year-old girl and a 37-year-old woman — were taken to the Nebraska Medical Center with wounds to their legs that were not considered to be life-threatening.

“Investigators have not yet determined if the injuries were from the projectiles or from debris,” the OPD report issued Wednesday afternoon states.

He said two officers responded to the scene, and were wearing body cameras. Feeling the need to protect themselves, the officers fired at the dogs. At least one officer fired multiple shots, possibly 3-5 rounds.

“Officers went to the second floor and encountered two aggressive dogs fighting in a hallway while bystanders were attempting to separate the dogs. An officer had the bystanders move out of the way and then shot at the dogs, fatally wounding one of them,” the report states.

The breed of dog hasn’t been confirmed, but Bonacci said one of the dogs appeared to a Rottweiler. Police aren’t yet sure who owns the animals, one of which was killed in the shooting.

Traffic was seen moving through the street again at about 1 p.m.

Police are still investigating this incident.

“Additional information will be released as it becomes available,” the release states.

"Doping is the administration to a normal subject in any possible way of a foreign agent or abnormal quantities of physiological substances with the sole purpose of increasing artificially and in an unfair manner the performance of the subject participating in a contest."


The first pedal bike was invented around 1864 and the first bicycle race in 1868, the Parc de St. Cloud to Paris, 1,200 kilometers. It was won by an Englishman, James Moore on a wooden bike withe iron wheels. By the early 1890's cyclists were already taking cocaine, caffeine, strychnine and chloroform to help them win a race by any means necessary. Some even murdered their rivals along the way...

1897​

• Choppy Warburton of Haslingden, England died aged 52. He was described by the Lancashire Family History Society:
  

  "Choppy has been firmly identified as the instigator of drug-taking in the sport [cycling] in the 19th century."[12]

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Warburton was banned from the sport after unproven claims of massive doping in the 1896 Bordeaux–Paris. His activities may have contributed to the early deaths of Arthur Linton, Tom Linton and Jimmy Michael.

1911​

• Paul Duboc of France was doped or poisoned during the Tour de France. He was favourite but collapsed in a ditch in the Pyrenees after drinking from a spiked or poisoned bottle, allegedly given by a rival team manager. He finished in second place.

1924​

• Henri Pélissier, Francis Pélissier, and Charles Pélissier of France – In 1924, following their abandoning of the Tour de France, the first real drug scandal arose when the Pélissier brothers gave an extraordinary interview to journalist Albert Londres. They said that they used strychnine, cocaine, chloroform, aspirin, "horse ointment" and other drugs to keep going.

1930​

The acceptance of drug-taking in the Tour de France was so complete by 1930 that the rule book, distributed by Henri Desgrange, reminded riders that drugs would not be provided by the organisers.

1949​

• Fausto Coppi of Italy admitted in a television interview in 1952 that he used 'la Bomba' as there was no alternative if you wanted to remain competitive. This referred to amphetamines, which had been developed for military use during World War II to keep aircrew, merchant seamen and submariners awake, alert and energetic. After the war they found a ready market among endurance sportsmen.[18] Coppi also said, "One day I will take the wrong pill and pedal backward."[21] He also joked on camera that he only took drugs when absolutely necessary, which is nearly always.

1956​

• Following the 14th Stage of the 1956 Tour de France, the entire Belgian team went down with a mystery illness. It was officially attributed to their having eaten 'bad fish' at dinner, an excuse also used in 1962 and 1991.[18]

1958​

• Roger Rivière of France admitted, after his career was finished, to having taken "amphetamines and solucamphre" during his hour record of 1958—including taking tablets during the attempt.[27]

1959​

• Charly Gaul from Luxembourg was implicated in July when French customs confiscated pills that were destined for him

1960​

• Knud Enemark Jensen of Denmark participated in the 1960 Summer Olympic Games in Rome riding under the influence of amphetamines; he collapsed during the 100 km team time trial during the Games, fracturing his skull, and in a nearby Rome hospital shortly thereafter, he was pronounced dead. The autopsy showed he had taken amphetamine and another drug, Ronicol (Ronicol Retard) (nicotinyl alcohol tartrate), a direct-acting peripheral vasodilator that causes flushing and may decrease blood pressure.[29] (He was also reported as swallowing 8 pills of phenylisopropylamine, 15 pills of amphetamine and coffee.[1]) The chairman of the Dutch cycling federation, Piet van Dijk, said of Rome that "dope - whole cartloads -[were] used in such royal quantities."[30][31] Jensen's death led to pressure on the International Olympic Committee, which studied a report on doping drawn up by doctors demanding dope controls.
• Gastone Nencini of Italy was discovered by Tour de France doctor Pierre Dumas in his bedroom with plastic tubes running from each arm to a bottle of hormones;[32] retransfusion was a legal practice at the time.[33] In the 1930s, Scandinavian runners were believed to have used retransfusion to increase the number of corpuscles that carry oxygen to the muscles. In 1972, Dr Björn Ekblom of the Sport and Gymnastics Institute in Stockholm found that retransfusing cells increased oxygen uptake by nine per cent and athletic potential by 23 per cent.
• Roger Rivière of France admitted that his career-ending crash in the 1960 Tour de France was probably attributable to using Palfium (Dextromoramide), a painkiller that affects reflexes and judgment, during the descent of the Col de Perjuret on Mont Aigoual.[27] Palfium was used to deaden pain in leg muscles where it was directly injected (sometimes while riding). It was suggested that it had so numbed Rivière's fingers that he could not feel the brake levers.[18] He said he had an injection of solucamphor and amphetamine before the start and swallowed several amphetamine tablets.[34] He said he was an addict who downed thousands of pills a year.

From this point on the violations are of biblical proportions but if you'd rather read up on the than watch the Lions game, Wiki has the list, will take a couple of hours to digest...

I have so many questions, firstly being who in the heck wants to be around their SIL 24/7?

Conjoined Twin Abby Hensel Got Married in a 2021 Wedding Ceremony​

Emily Strohm
Wed, March 27, 2024 at 3:54 PM CDT·2 min read

The former TLC reality star married Army vet Josh Bowling


The former TLC reality star, 34, who first gained notoriety alongside sister Brittany when the pair appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1996, tied the knot with Josh Bowling, a nurse and United States Army veteran, in 2021, according to public records obtained by Today.

The Hensels' Facebook profile photo appears to be a wedding image, with the conjoined twins wearing a wedding dress, while Bowling, in a grey suit, stands before them holding their hand.

According to Today, the twins are now fifth grade teachers and reside in Minnesota, where they were born and raised.
Bowling’s Facebook page also features happy images of him with the twins enjoying ice cream and traveling together. Additionally, his X profile, which is linked to his Facebook account, reads, "Christian, Father, Husband, Veteran, and occasional gamer."
PEOPLE reached out to the Abby and Brittany Hensel, as well as Bowling, but did not immediately get a response.



The Hensels are dicephalus conjoined twins, a rare form of partial twinning with two heads side by side on one torso. They share a bloodstream and all organs below the waist. Abby controls their right arm and leg, while Brittany controls the left.

Following their Oprah appearance, the Hensel's lives were documented on the TLC reality series Abby & Brittany, which followed them as they prepared to graduate from Minnesota's Bethel College and later traveled to Europe.

"People have been curious about us since we were born, for obvious reasons," the twins said in the first episode of the eight-part series, according to ABC. "But our parents never let us use that as an excuse. We were raised to believe we could do anything we wanted to do."


At birth, doctors presented the possibility of separating the twins. But their parents, Patty and Mike, decided against the surgery after being told there was little chance that both could survive the procedure.

“How could you pick between the two?” Mike said in a 2001 interview with TIME.

In that same interview, he also talked about the possibility of marriage one day for Abby and Brittany. At the time, the magazine reported that they were already asking their father about finding husbands someday.

Knowing that other conjoined twins have married, he thought, why not? "They're good-looking girls. They're witty. They've got everything going for them, except they're together," Mike said.

...Trump won in 2020 and everything else remained exactly the same? We would be in the final few months of his presidency and Joe Biden would be retired and living a good life in Delaware.

First, there would not have been the events of January 6th. Trump wouldn't have been able to push much of his agenda through with the Democrats in control of Chambers for the first two years and then the Senate the last two. When Kennedy retired, he would've had to pick a more moderate judge to get him/her through the Senate. He wouldn't have been able to repeal the ACA or cut taxes again. Would he have tried to veto the infrastructure bill? What would aid to Ukraine and Israel look like when he has influence but not full control? What about the economy in general?

Would we be seeing a Trump Jr. vs Newsome election coming up? Would the MAGA branch of the GOP be stronger or fading? Or maybe, nothing would be different.

Alabama County. Won by more than 25 pts in a county trump won. It's comin the blue wave is building. Abortion on the ballot. Bloodbath. its goin be a bloodbath this next election.

I think we can all agree that mental toughness was missing among certain players on the 2023-24 team. I think with some of the movement we’ve seen in the past few days, there’s a real opportunity to improve in this area for 2024-25.

Hopefully as the staff evaluates potential transfers, they’re placing a premium on things like consistent effort, grit, determination, and leadership abilities.

Besides his own sinking ship, he's spending all of the RNC's and his donor's money on his legal bills. Meaning nothing left for all the down ballot candidates in all the states, that would go to the RNC for a handout. So when they say no go, how many of those candidates are going to lose their election bigly because they can't match democratic spending. Because Lying Donnie Sexual Abuser has drained all the accounts for his personal benefit?? Gee, hate to see this... SO SAD!!

I’ve never done a short, but this seems like a safer bet than Game Stop in 2021. I read one analyst say it could go down 95% eventually. Are there any worse fundamentals than “a bunch of lower income people are buying it in order to prop up the price?”

Every sunrise brings with it a promise of new beginnings and endless possibilities. As the first rays of light dance upon the earth, let them be a gentle reminder that today is a gift, waiting to be unwrapped with enthusiasm and gratitude. Embrace each moment with an open heart and a positive mindset, for within every challenge lies an opportunity for growth and transformation.

Believe in the power of your dreams, for they are the whispers of your soul urging you to reach for the stars. Let passion be your compass and determination your guiding light. Remember, the journey to success is not always easy, but with perseverance and resilience, you can overcome any obstacle that stands in your way.

So, as you embark upon this new day, dare to dream big, love fiercely, and live boldly. Embrace the beauty of the unknown and trust in the magic of the universe to guide you along the path to greatness. Seize the day with unwavering courage and unwavering belief in yourself, for you are capable of achieving anything you set your mind to.

I don't want this to be a like / dislike Rob Howe thread, just wondering if anyone else has heard this?

"There's gonna be another guy that goes into the portal today. If he hasn't gone so already. I'm certainly not gonna break that news on here...".

Has anyone else heard anything solid about this, have I missed something?

No time stamp because of the crappy podcast player. About 1/4 in from beginning..

‘Insatiable appetite for reckless spending’: President Biden’s $7.3 trillion budget blueprint would raise one tax rate to as high as 44.6% — here’s how the changes could.​

The budget blueprint, which would be for fiscal 2025 (which begins in October), will serve as the first of many tax battles expected to go down in Washington over the next year.

Republicans have already taken issue with the proposed $7.3 trillion budget, with House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson referring to it as an “insatiable appetite for reckless spending” and a “disregard for fiscal responsibility,” according to a Reuters report.

A second death tax​

The plan also proposes taxing assets when an owner dies, ending a benefit that currently allows unrealized appreciation to go untaxed when transferred to an heir.

In essence, death taxes are imposed on a person’s estate upon their passing. These taxes are the responsibility of the beneficiary who receives the property via the deceased’s will or estate.

These taxes are also referred to as estate taxes, death duties and inheritance taxes, and generally apply to estates and inheritances over a specific value.

"While walking to the restaurant, a white truck got near the team, revved its engines to make its presence known, and then yelled the N-word toward the team before speeding off."

this truck should be thrown in jail.

https://www.ksl.com/article/5096158...ter-racial-hate-crimes-during-ncaa-tournament

Add your own thoughts - but mine are

1) realize unless you have a solid defense (i.e. top 50) you will never make a deep run in the NCAA tourney; and

2) beyond playing defense - having a solid/star point guard, ala andre woolridge style - would really help

Hope u all r well!

NCAA president Charlie Baker is pushing for states to ban prop bets involving college players.

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Good idea? Bad idea?

The state of Iowa does not permit prop bets involving teams in Iowa.

But it varies pretty widely from state to state:

curious what you would give as a grade for the season, I'm sure a lot depends on your respective expectations.

Did anyone else watch this game. I thought it was fabulous. Both teams making sensational plays. Might be one of the best games I’ve ever watched. Of course, I did just get done watching the Hawkeyes. So maybe that had something to do with my observations. Nevertheless, it was fun watching a real game…lol

Xtream Arena is getting a new professional tenant.

The Coralville Chaos will join the American Indoor Football League in 2025, one of eight potential franchises.

The team will be officially revealed to the public during a press conference at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 28 at its home, Xtream Arena. Speakers include Coralville Mayor Meghann Foster and the team's head coach and cheer coach.

The Chaos will be the second American Indoor Football League team in Iowa, joining the Cedar Rapids River Kings. The league also features two teams in Texas, one team in Georgia and one team in Pennsylvania. Additional teams like the Beaumont Renegades have already announced their intention to participate in the 2025 season but are not listed on the AIF website.



More:How much money does the 'Caitlin Clark effect' generate for Iowa?

The Choas website lists Dominic Montero and Richard Rodgers as owners of the Chaos.

More information is expected during Thursday's announcement.

The AIF resumed play earlier this month with six teams competing. The season runs from March through June. Cedar Rapids, who joined the league in 2023, is scheduled to play nine games this year. The Riverkings, led by Daron Clark, are currently 1-1.

"Sources with direct knowledge of the deal tell us Cube's up and coming basketball league has already put the unprecedented offer on the table for Caitlin -- $5 million to play 8 regular season games and possibly 2 playoff games! That's it ... 10 games for $5 mil, guaranteed."
...

"Here's how astronomical this offer is for Caitlin -- the highest-paid player in the WNBA last year was Erica Wheeler, who made $242,000."

No surprise, given all the other TV ratings record that Caitlin & Co. have set in recent years, but last night's game with West Virginia drew a MASSIVE audience, despite being just a second round game.

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To put that in perspective...

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Those numbers are only going to keep growing if Iowa is able to advance a few more rounds in the NCAA Tournament.

Most financial experts agree that the real value of Trump's windfall from his media company (Truth Social) going public are highly exaggerated and not based in reality. I'm guessing by the time he's ready to liquidate his shares the value will be a fraction of what it is now.
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Trump Media generated just $3.4 million of revenue through the first nine months of last year, according to filings. The company lost $49 million over that span.

And yet the market is valuing Trump Media at approximately $11 billion.

For context, Reddit was only valued at $6.4 billion at its IPO last week — even though it generated 160 times more revenue than Trump Media. (Reddit hauled in $804 million in revenue in 2023, compared with Trump Media’s annualized revenue of about $5 million.)

“At these levels, it appears untethered to its underlying business results,” said Matthew Kennedy, senior IPO strategist at Renaissance Capital. “Eventually, valuations tend to fall back on fundamentals. That means this stock is definitely at risk of plummeting back down to earth.”

Ouch