That is my prediction. Because he has Biden (and Obama and Hillary) Derangement Syndrome.

Biden Signs Bill Making Bald Eagle Official US Bird​

December 25, 2024 Joe Biden, United States

The Associated Press reports:

The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on Tuesday: It officially became the country’s national bird.
President Joe Biden signed into law legislation sent to him by Congress that amends the United States Code to correct what had long gone unnoticed and designate the bald eagle — familiar to many because of its white head, yellow beak and brown body — as the national bird.
The bald eagle has appeared on the Great Seal of the United States, which is used in official documents, since 1782, when the design was finalized.

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AP Top 25 (12/16)
1. UCLA (30) (10-0)
2. South Carolina (1) (10-1)
3. Notre Dame (1) (9-2)
4. Connecticut (9-1)
5. LSU (12-0)
6. Texas (10-1)
7. USC (10-1)
8. Maryland (10-0)
9. Duke (9-2)
10. Oklahoma (9-1)
11. Ohio State (10-0)
12. TCU (10-1)
13. Kansas State (11-1)
14. West Virginia (10-1)
15. Michigan State (10-0)
16. Kentucky (9-1)
17. Georgia Tech (11-0)
18. Tennessee (8-0)
19. North Carolina (10-2)
20. Michigan (9-1)
21. North Carolina State (8-3)
22. Iowa (9-2)
23. Nebraska (10-1)
24. California (11-1)
25. Mississippi (7-3)

Others Receiving Votes
Alabama, Iowa State, Illinois, Utah, Vanderbilt, South Dakota State, Richmond, Creighton, Oklahoma State, Harvard, Mississippi State

Dropped From Rankings
Iowa State (#18)

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Coaches Top 25 (12/17)
1. UCLA (31) (11-0)
2. South Carolina (10-1)
3. LSU (12-0)
4. Notre Dame (9-2)
5. Connecticut (9-1)
6. Texas (10-1)
7. USC (10-1)
8. Maryland (10-0)
9. Ohio State (10-0)
10. Duke (9-2)
11. Oklahoma (9-1)
12. Kansas State (11-1)
13. TCU (10-1)
14. West Virginia (10-1)
15. Kentucky (9-1)
16. Tennessee (8-0)
17. Michigan State (10-0)
18. North Carolina (10-2)
19. North Carolina State (8-3)
20. Georgia Tech (11-0)
21. Baylor (9-2)
22. Iowa (9-2)
23. Iowa State (9-3)
24. Alabama (10-1)
25. Michigan (9-1)

Others Receiving Votes
Mississippi, California, Nebraska, Illinois, Mississippi State, Wisconsin, Florida State, Utah, Vanderbilt, South Dakota State, George Mason

Dropped Out
Mississippi (#23), Illinois (#25)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Wednesday passed a $895 billion measure that authorizes a 1% increase in defense spending this fiscal year and would give a double-digit pay raise to about half of the enlisted service members in the military.

The bill is traditionally strongly bipartisan, but some Democratic lawmakers opposed the inclusion of a ban on transgender medical treatments for children of military members if such treatment could result in sterilization.

The bill passed the House by a vote of 281-140 and will next move to the Senate, where lawmakers had sought a bigger boost in defense spending than the current measure allows.

Lawmakers are touting the bill’s 14.5% pay raise for junior enlisted service members and a 4.5% increase for others as key to improving the quality of life for those serving in the U.S. military. Those serving as junior enlisted personnel are in pay grades that generally track with their first enlistment term.

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Do you tuck or untuck your shirts in the office? And how old are you when you started doing it?

I’m 36 and still rock the untucked polo. Not sure when the move to tucking in shirts happen but idk if that happens with my generation.

Player of the Week
Braden Smith, Purdue
G – Jr. – 6-0 – Westfield, Ind. – Westfield

• Averaged 25.3 points, 9.7 assists, 5.3 rebounds, and 2.0 steals while shooting 27-of-55 from the field and 14-of-32 from three-point range with a 4.14 assist / turnover ratio as No. 20 Purdue went 3-0
• Recorded a pair of points-assists double-doubles (34-12 vs. Toledo; 20-10 vs. Minnesota) and narrowly missed a third with 22 points, seven assists against Northwestern.
• Claims first Player of the Week honor
• Last Purdue Player of the Week: Zach Edey (March 11, 2024)

Co-Freshman of the Week
Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois
G – 6-6 – Vilnius, Lithuania – Barcelona FC

• Averaged a team-best 16.0 points and 5.3 assists and along with 5.0 rebounds and 1.0 steals across three wins for No. 13 Illinois
• Recorded 16 second-half points with game-high six assists along with six rebounds in a 109-77 victory at then-No. 9 Oregon, as the Illini recorded the largest road win over a top-10 team in college basketball history.
• Earns his second Freshman of the Week award
• Last Illinois Freshman of the Week: Kasparas Jakucionis (Dec. 16, 2024)

Ace Bailey, Rutgers
G – 6-10 – Chattanooga, Tenn. – McEachern

• Averaged 31.5 points on 57.4 percent shooting from the field, 8.0 rebounds, and 2.0 blocked shots, as Rutgers split a pair of games
• Tied the program freshman scoring record with 39 points with eight rebounds, four blocks and one steal on 16-of-29 shooting in an 84-74 loss to Indiana
• Collects his first Freshman of the Week award
• Last Rutgers Freshman of the Week: Dylan Harper (Dec. 16, 2024)

The first in my two part deep dive into Iowa MBB's rebounding problems. This one focuses on offensive rebounding. There will be one on defensive rebounding in the coming days. If you have any questions about the article or want to discuss the rebounding problems further, this thread is a good place for it.

And make each individual territory/state its own country and form the American Union, similar to the EU? Each country can have their own abortion, tax, healthcare, social, etc. laws.

Two weeks after impeaching President Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s parliament has now voted to impeach the acting President, Han Duk-soo.

A few years ago the Biden admin dept of transportation etc put in rules to mandate car makers to notify the govt for data purposes to track auto crashes when cars are on auto-pilot driving.

There are a lot of these crashes, Teslas are involved in most of them. Now Trump people want to take away this reporting mandate.

And so many of you thought Musk was a nice guy.

And the funny thing reported last night was that on Thanksgiving evening of 2022 Musk put out a tweet congratulating Tesla owners because they could download the beta version or get it of the new auto-driving program. He congratulated his tech staff. That same night one of these tesla's on auto drive put on its full brakes for no reason and caused an 8 car pile up in a highway tunnell injuring many and totally screwing up policy.

I dont know about you but I have been involved with enough software rollouts to say BETA versions should never be rolled out to every one. Musk is an asshole who wants to buy trump and new laws

Here's how it works. You make your most insane, crazy, outlandish prediction for 2025.
You have until January 4th to make your call.
At that time, I will rank the predictions based on how outlandish they are. THIS IS SUBJECTIVE **** OFF.
Whoever ends up with the highest ranked submission that comes true on Dec 31, 2025 wins $5 million*

I wrote up an article on some specific things Fran could try to improve the defense. Give it a read and we can discuss it here. I'm just hearing his latest comments about Traore which will bum you out even more after you read the article.

I am saying 45 games over Kirks 26 years. That failure to be able to drive the ball, eat up the clock, and win the game.

Or do drive the ball and score to again get a lead bigger than 8 pts late in a game.

Man, we have seen this movie clip over and over. Back around the 2007 season I counted these up and it was about 1 to 1.5 games a year which is why I am going with the number 45 over 26 years.

We had two of them this year, ISU and Mizzou. Cant count the UCLA game although the hawks did give up a tied ball game for the losing ucla FG.

I dont think the hawks have overcome late deficits as much as giving up late leads, just my impression

Glad I’m setting the parking brake in 3 hours and done until mid January. Going to enjoy watching the chaos (if no deal) from the cozy confines of home with popcorn and hot cocoa.

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Because of his history as a died in the wool America-hater, I don't trust him ... but it's better than nothing


In his own words:
“After 2016, the legacy media wrote non-stop about how misinformation was a threat to democracy. We tried in good faith to address those concerns without becoming the arbiters of truth, but the fact-checkers have just been too politically-biased…”

Whadda ya got?

No toppings. No charcuterie.

Just you and a box of crackers.

What are you picking?