Whiskey reminded me this morning that there's a common belief that HORT is a liberal hell hole. Time to definitively find out and see the actual numbers.

Vote if you lean left or right. No centrist crap. Votes are visible so you will be called on your bullshit and removed in the final tally if you're pulling a 2000 Mules.

He doesn't have any particular expertise behind most of his opinions. He doesn't appear to be extremely knowledgeable about much politically. Most of his offerings are off the cuff opinions -- usually regurgitations of other X postings -- posted on X.

He doesn't ever actually debate or have his ideas challenged intellectually. He doesn't produce in depth analysis or essays or intellectual content pertaining to his politics. He doesn't produce new or interesting political thought.

He's sort of commonly libertarian and anti-woke the way you might see on this message board.

He's a big celebrity so everybody pays attention to his politics, but anybody that's halfway well read or thought gets nothing from him.

He's boring and I don't learn anything from him.

Melania will continue to live in NYC at Trump Tower, where she has been for several months. She will occasionally go to Florida, but it can be assumed she won't be there when Donald is visiting. She will visit DC for the glamorous stuff.
It's weird that the media, even Fox, aren't covering the fact that Melania has left Donald.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/melania-trump-not-living-at-white-house_n_6734f0ede4b0958bad3ddf1a

Did they not see the debate? Not even the blue-est of blue Democrats believe this nonsense.

@BlueRidgeHawk has joined us. Who could he be?

Shot from a recent trip to Utah. Love red rocks + snow. Shot with a telephoto a good distances from the actual formation so as to compress the scene and provide proper backdrop of La Sal mountains

Two men died in Rochester, New York, after being infected with a rare fungus found in bat feces they had used or planned to use to fertilize homegrown cannabis plants, according to a report published in a medical journal.

This is just blasphemy to me. Kyle McCord?

The Illini just aren't good enough, talented enough, or tough enough to get a win @ home, dropping a game to Tennessee yesterday, literally at the last second. The Illini allowed Tenn to dribble the ball the length of the floor and hit a game-winning layup as time expired. I don't know how Illinois is gonna be an NCAA team with such poor defense with the game on the line.

BTW: Tennessee, ranked #1, remains undefeated at 10-0. But what a chance the Illini blew. They clearly have work to do. Moral victories ain't gonna getcha to the NCAA. (Did I do that right?)

Does anyone remember Iowa recruiting this kid? Iowa was his only division one scholarship offer out of high school but he turned it down to play lacrosse at Notre Dame.

Well, he’s the current starting WR at Notre Dame as a Sophomore.

Crazy. Tyler Barnes really does know what he’s doing.

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The highest paid clowns in the State produces the worse schools.
For the 2023-24 school year, 12 Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS) scored within the lowest 5% of Title I schools in the state.
The Des Moines schools on the list are:

• Brubaker Elementary School
• East High School
• Goodrell Middle School
• Harding Middle School
• Hiatt Middle School
• Hoyt Middle School
• King Elementary School
• Lincoln High School
• North High School
• Studebaker Elementary School
• Virtual Campus
• Weeks Middle School

The report illustrates that 377 Iowa schools were in need of targeted support and improvement schools for the 2023-24 school year, compared to 271 the year before. The state has 1,282 schools in total, at all levels.


Check out some of the salary and benefit pacakages for past and current public school superintendents in Iowa. Some exceeding $300,000 annually and that doesn't include some really nice benefits.

Here's how much money Tom Ahart is getting after he leaves Des Moines Public Schools​

Des Moines Superintendent Tom Ahart resigned and is leaving his position in June with a remaining year of salary and benefits to be paid to him.
www.desmoinesregister.com

Des Moines Public Schools approves extension, raise for superintendent​

The head of Des Moines Public Schools is getting a pay raise and contract extension.

Obviously I'm missing his value as a starter to the team. Help me understand why Fran starts him?
Stats:
(6'8", 255 lbs; 3.9 ppg, 4.0 rpg; 0.9 apg; 36.8 FG%; 30.8 3FG%)

His ball handling isn't sharp, he's a poor shooter, defense isn't bad but gets lots of fouls. Everytime he starts or plays major minutes I think Fran is making a mistake.