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  1. fans and boosters should not play a part in decisions of using guys like this.
    5 points
  2. IMO it's an issue for both of them. They're his private security and it was his golf resort. I would think the two could work together to come up with cost effective and amicable housing for his security detail. Additionally, the sheer volume of times he traveled led to them renting the cottage nightly just to be prepared. That's pretty wild if you think about it. And it's not like the Secret Service can just... not go where the president goes. There's also no question Trump ran up a considerable travel bill during his presidency. For comparison, Obama had $97 million in travel expenses during his eight years. It took Trump only three years to blow past that figure, mostly on golf trips and vacations. In a one-month period in 2017, he spent $13.6 million on four trips to his Mar-A-Lago resort. This all comes from the Government Accountability Office. It's no surprise that the admin was also pretty hush hush about the spending leading up to the 2020 election. Doesn't paint a pretty picture of fiscal responsibility.
    5 points
  3. This may not necessarily be 'censorship.' Perhaps we should have a separate discussion thread for cancel or 'woke' culture discussions, but either way, found this situation interesting. 6 Dr. Seuss books won’t be published for racist images Here's my take on this kind of stuff, generally speaking. If they feel it is wrong to profit off of those kind of things and don't want to publish any more copies, that's their prerogative. Ultimately, I understand and can respect the argument in favor of this. But I don't necessarily like them being pulled from schools or, in some cases, the attempts to prevent exposure. I think that can sometimes do more harm than good. Perhaps we should be having conversations about how to teach and instruct off of these materials, showing why things they did might be wrong by today's standards ethical standards.
    4 points
  4. A true conservative he is not. An opportunist may be the more proper label.
    4 points
  5. The cash flow machine started early in the four-year grift. Remember how much trumpets praise him for working without a salary? Hell, he made up one year's worth of that salary in rent from the Secret Service from one location.
    4 points
  6. If someone coming in can help the team, bring them in. If they are just being brought in because, hey...this looks good to the fans....then don't do it.
    3 points
  7. From what I am reading, it sounds like the issue stems from the artwork in the books more so than the words. I wonder why they couldn’t rework the art and keep publishing? Seems like this is an overkill, but they control the rights so it’s up to them I guess. My personal opinion is I think it’s being overly sensitive.
    3 points
  8. That would be a Secret Service issue not a Trump issue.
    3 points
  9. Pence looks like what you would draw if someone said "You have to draw an older dude that has a lot of money and probably has sex with his PJ's on"
    2 points
  10. Any Trump? God damn, I'm convinced you're the worlds most dedicated troll.
    2 points
  11. Because trump wouldn't let them. The grift is the point. Yes, you do. The money goes directly to trump's pocket.
    2 points
  12. Yes it is relevant. If Trump stayed at Bedminster for 30 total days ( don’t know the number) in a calendar year but SS rented a cottage for 365 days, that seems to be a SS problem not a Trump problem.
    2 points
  13. Axios points out some political hypocrisy GOP members who oppose proxy voting - went to CPAC and then voted by... proxy. Think of the bigger picture. They oppose the mass mail in voting vs in person voting during the pandemic, yet it is ok for them to do so in Congress so they could attend CPAC. https://www.axios.com/republicans-ditch-congress-cpac-covid-vote-37b7aa48-3e42-4da5-84a7-3363b1162fb7.html
    2 points
  14. The GOP fights for the dumbest s#!t. Nothing and no one is hurt by Hasbro changint the name of its toy from Mr. Potatohead. And no, the Democrats weren’t fighting TO change it. So don’t be an idiot with a s#!t argument.
    2 points
  15. Wait, you have to go to class? When did that start?
    2 points
  16. Not for nothing but this was great to see:
    2 points
  17. More on the America First group. The GOP is becoming increasingly radicalized: https://medium.com/dfrlab/extremist-social-media-influencers-to-gather-offline-for-first-time-since-capitol-attack-1026b465da41
    2 points
  18. It's not an accident. It's the business model.
    2 points
  19. When party is more than important than the constitution, when party is more important that the most sacred act of democracy - voting
    2 points
  20. Gotta keep the outrage pot simmering somehow.
    2 points
  21. She didn’t even pick one of the Top 5 states in per capita Covid deaths. Hmmmm I wonder why.
    2 points
  22. Yesterday (March 1st) during his normal segment on Severe & Benning, Jay Foreman explained what his role is and why he's doing it. Essentially, he outline your former point as his main purpose. He expressed that he was lucky enough to have some former husker players (from the 80's) give him some life advice while he was playing. He said he wants to give back to the program by offering up his life experiences and make himself available to them as a resource. Obviously, it's probably easier to just listen to what he said rather than read a brief synopsis from some random board member. He starts talking about it at the 4:20 mark:
    1 point
  23. Abbott needs to flip the news cycle away from his bungling of the energy crisis in February.
    1 point
  24. Is how many nights he actually stayed there that relevant? The chain of command goes Director of Secret Service => Secretary of Homeland Security => President. Ipso facto, this was an expense the administration approved and deemed necessary. Considering that Trump spent more on travel expenses in three years than the previous president did in eight, I would assume it was a substantial amount of nights spent at Bedminster, particularly if the SS felt it was necessary to rent a cottage every night to be prepared for his travels.
    1 point
  25. So it's not really an "issue" for the Secret Service so much as their duty to go wherever trump goes. And trump chose to go to his resorts and put taxpayer money in his pocket.
    1 point
  26. This is really impressive from the B1G
    1 point
  27. I was just about to post "This aged well..."
    1 point
  28. He looks great at DE, but I'd imagine that he would move to LB with his frame.... I think a prototypical DE is 6'6" 7". But they can figure that out when he gets here.
    1 point
  29. Is it weird that I already forgot about Pence? If Pence was standing next to a cardboard cutout of Pence, do you think you could tell which one was the human?
    1 point
  30. When your heart goes thud.... This hits the heart so strongly. Things like these are mysteries as to how/why they play out like this. Prayers for the family. He has left a legacy that will help many as the years pass.
    1 point
  31. 100% agree. Hopefully a strong finish to the season will help that. We have some really good pieces and if the core comes back will be a formidable team next year. This was just a brutal season. You didn’t get a whole bunch of pud non conference games to pad the record. And in a normal season playing in a packed PBA probably gets you a couple more conference wins.
    1 point
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  34. Big motor on him, plays A gap really well. Knows how to use his hands really well and has really good pursuit to the ball, can't let him leave the state
    1 point
  35. The Huskers had another set of matches ‘postponed’ due to COVID, but this time there was less drama involved and no last second decision making based test results the afternoon of the match. Instead early in the week Wisconsin Coach Sheffield found out about Michigan State players, their opponents the previous Saturday and Sunday, testing positive and was fearful that his players may have been ‘contaminated.’ His fears came to fruition later in the week as multiple Badger players tested positive and, ‘out of an abundance of caution’ (this catchphrase is mandatory for all COVID postponement announcements) the much anticipated showdown between No.1 and No. 4 didn’t happen. The chances of rescheduling the matches appear to be slim to none, especially since the B1G made no apparent attempt to pull the Nebraska-Illinois matches up (the Illini were scheduled to play COVID Sparty this weekend) to create scheduling space on the backend. The next time these two teams meet may be in the NCAA tournament. You would hope that the Selection committee would put the Huskers and Ferocious Weasels on opposite sides of the bracket, but given the incompetence displayed by said committee in the past don’t be surprised with a regional final match up. Week 6 of the poll: 1 Wisconsin (53) 2 Texas (6) 3 Kentucky (1) 4 Nebraska 5 Minnesota 6 Baylor 7 Washington 8 Florida 9 Utah 10 Penn State 11 Purdue 12 UCLA 13 Louisville 14 Notre Dame 15 BYU 16 Washington State 17 San Diego 18 Georgia Tech 19 A Ohio State 20 Oregon 21 Western Kentucky 22 Pittsburgh 23 Creighton 24 Marquette 25 Pepperdine COVID cancellations (excuse me ‘postponements’) were AGAIN the main theme across the rest of the country. Which is slightly odd, since the third wave of the virus has peaked and is on a significant downward trend across the country. Another indicator that it is nearly impossible to predict the comportment of non‑linear, multi-variable, coupled, open systems (yes, that’s a mouthful) like the COVID pandemic. The B1G led the pack in cancellations of the Power 5 conferences: B1G postponed 8 of 14 matches PAC-12 postponed 4 of 12 matches SEC postponed only 2 of 10 matches ACC postponed 4 of 9 matches Big 12 postponed 3 of 14 matches The match of the weekend in the PAC-12 turned out to be a ho-hum affair. Washington had their way with previously unbeaten Utah 3-0 and 3-1. It wasn’t particularly close. A beatdown. The Utes and Huskies swapped 7 and 9 positions in the polls. The rest of the upper tier of the conference (aside from Utah) had banner weekends. UCLA beat Arizona 3-1 and 3-0 and finally, after a few weeks seemingly stuck at 15, jumped up to 12. The Cougars from the plains of Pullman shut out UC@WokeBerkley 3-0 and 3-0 to creep up one spot to 16. And Oregon dispatched the Buffaloes 3-0 and 3-1 to claim the 20 position up from 22. It is crowded at the top of the PAC-12 with Washington at 10-2, Utah – Washington State – Oregon all at 8-2, and UCLA at 9-3. The conference will likely send five formidable teams to the tournament. And one of those five won’t be Stanford. More on The Color Cardinal later. In the SEC, Missouri split a pair with South Carolina winning the first 3-0 but losing the rematch 1-3. The Tigers dropped out of the poll and are sitting at the top of the RV line. Florida blasted the Volunteers 3-0 and 3-0 and remained at 8. Kentucky’s matches with aTm were postponed and the Wildcats didn’t budge from 3. And congratulations to former Husker libero and championship assistant coach Kayla Banwarth as her Ole Miss Rebels finally got on the board in the win column by beating LSU in five. They currently reside at 1-13. The rebuild may take awhile. ACC action saw no action among the 4 ranked teams. Louisville vs. Notre Dame was postponed and both remained stationary at 13 and 14 respectively. Georgia Tech and Pittsburg were not scheduled to play. Both teams dropped in the top 25. The Yellow Jackets slid to 18 and the Panthers slipped one notch to 22. ACC conference action begins in earnest this weekend as they introduce the mini-pod into the year of the COVID scheduling. Since there are 15 teams, 5 sites are picked each weekend and 3 teams per site each play 2 matches round robin style over a 3 day period. Not a bad concept. But with just 4 weekends prior to the tournament (i.e. 8 matches each team) it is too little too late. Texas beat the Sooners 3-nil twice in a pair of ‘non-conference’ matches between Big 12 conference teams. Out of the four matches between the two schools this fall-spring season, Oklahoma has taken a grand total of 1 set. Baylor beat North Texas 3-0 but was pushed to the full 5 by Pepperdine from the West Coast Conference. Texas and Baylor remain at no. 2 and 6. Speaking of the Waves, they are the newest member of the poll debuting at 25 despite the loss to Baylor. That’s due to the fact earlier in the week Pepperdine beat the previously unbeaten Cougars of BYU 3-0. BYU returned the favor the next night, but it took 5 sets. BYU swapped spots with UCLA and reside at 15. San Diego takes over the lead in the West Coast after defeating San Francisco 3-0 and 3-1. The Toreros are 10-0 and moved up 1 to 17. In the Big East, Marquette won twice in non-conference action (St. Louis 3-1 and Iowa State 3-0) and remain at 24. The Creighton Blue Jays are still in COVID lockdown. In the B1G, of the three sets of matches that were played, two involved ranked teams. The Boilermakers took care of their rivalry foe Indiana rather easily 3-0 and 3-0. They remain ranked at 11. A Ohio State swept Rutgers 3-0 in their initial match of the weekend, but the Scarlet Horde put up a fight in the subsequent match before succumbing in 5. Even with the pair of victories, the Buckenidiots stayed at 19. And finally, the most competitive match up of the weekend saw Iowa and Northwestern split a pair of 5 set marathons. 4 of the 10 sets played went deuce or over. In the first match, the 2nd set almost broke the 40 point barrier with the Hawkeyes winning 39 to 37. Of the ranked teams that didn’t play, none of them budged in the rankings; Wisconsin 1, Nebraska 4, Minnesota 5, and Penn State 10. Wisconsin did gather 2 more first place votes from the Shorthorns. COVID cancellations could have an impact on tournament eligibility. 13 games is the minimum number to qualify for the mens’ and womens’ basketball tournament, and I believe that is the minimum number of matches for volleyball, although I couldn’t confirm it. Blueblood programs like Penn State and Stanford will need good COVID fortune the remainder of the year to meet that standard. The Color Cardinal have dug themselves a particularly deep hole starting out 1-3 against two bottom feeders of the conference and having to cancel 8 of the first 12 matches of the season with only 10 to play. And 8 of the 10 remaining are against Utah, Washington, Oregon, and UCLA. Not an enviable task. Teams can apply for an exemption of the 13 match minimum, but unless Stanford gets on a serious winning streak, they are likely to miss out on the tournament for the first time in program history. Penn State (the only other program never to miss an NCAA tournament) is in slightly better position as they are ranked, but they still have wood to chop. Their record is 4-3, have one match (this week) with Ohio State and twin matches with Purdue, Wisconsin, and Nebraska out of the remaining 11 matches. They’ll need some splits against top 10 opponents to break .500. It will be interesting to see if the committee will take a sub .500 team of a premier program from the B1G just based on the ‘eye test’ in a year with only 18 at-large. The Illini are next up for the Big Red Machine. They have suffered attrition of star power in the past two seasons that have brought the program from the heights of a Final Four appearance to a mid-level B1G program. Gone are All-American middle Ali Bastianelli and generational setter Jordyn Poulter. They left in 2018. The 6’2” Poulter now roams the court with the U.S. National Team and is a likely member of the final 12 member Olympic squad. Gone is middle Ashley Fleming, an All‑Conference performer who had some huge games against the Huskers. She graduated in 2019. And also gone from 2019 is the indefatigable robotic arm of one Jacquelin Quade who attacked with power and grace and a Foecke-like fearlessness. But while the talent pool is diminished, it is not empty. Megan Cooney is back at opposite and leads the team in kills with an impressive 3.70 kills/set which is among the league leaders, but is hitting just slightly above the Mendoza line at .205. Freshman Terry Raina is second on the team in kills on the outside but it is significant drop off from Cooney (122 kills to 70). Additionally young Raina is hitting slightly BELOW the Mendoza line at .193. Illinois hits .184 as a team which ranks 10th in the conference. The Illini are running a 6-2 with Diana Brown and Kylie Bruder which is a bit odd, as last season they ran a 5-1 with Brown as the main setter where she eventually wound up on the B1G All-Freshman team. The stat lines may be misleading for Illinois as they lost to Wisconsin, Penn State, and Ohio State. They missed winnable matches against Michigan State and Northwestern due to COVID. And it doesn’t get easier for the Illini. After the Nebraska matches they travel up north to play the Gophers in Minneapolis. There is not enough offense on the orange and blue side to compete with this group of Huskers. The Fightin’ Schwartezbachs ‘play like they practice’ and take two in Champaign in preparation for the (as of now) unbeaten Buckeyes coming to Devaney.
    1 point
  36. This SHOULD trigger the ability for a third party to arise and true election reforms. But...sadly, we will just keep going down this path because just enough sheep keep being loyal to parties.
    1 point
  37. The GOP is officially the Trump party. Even if he doesn't run in 2024, someone reflecting his image, will be the choice of the GOP most likely. While a lot can happen in 2-3 years, it seems the GOP has made its bed and is willing to lay in it. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/28/trump-wins-washington-times-cpac-straw-poll/
    1 point
  38. https://reason.org/commentary/on-high-speed-rail-look-at-the-costs-and-results-before-you-leap/
    1 point
  39. Ugh. Keisei should help next year.
    1 point
  40. there are no standards for trump. he is the most vile a$$h@!e ever to occupy the office and his followers will still use their tongues when kissing his a$$.
    1 point
  41. Unbelievable that this conversation would still be occurring in 2020...but advocating for discrimination against homosexuals is in fact homophobic. And it certainly is not a libertarian view. It is a bigoted view. Now, if you want to engage in a lost argument about "redefining marriage" and invoking religious freedoms for the purpose of discrimination there are other threads for that. I know the GOP has so many horrific principles and practices that it is hard to keep them siloed in different conversations, but let's try to keep the board organized.
    1 point
  42. In a strange sort of way, if you want to be a fan of a team and the players on the team, the NBA has more stable rosters.
    1 point
  43. Fine....but for me, I lose interest in the players and therefore, the team.
    1 point
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