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2 hours ago, suh_fan93 said:

 

Good for him, being a legacy there will make the transition for him easier.   Arizona is melting down as it was thought by most that he was a lock for the Wildcats.

Meh

1 hour ago, Decoy73 said:

Good article.  I have to admit I was awfully hesitant to read anything from Fox News , but good for him.  I hope it works out for him.   I can’t imagine the pain he and his family had to endure from losing a child. 

Their actual news is good, even with a right lean.  The issue is opinion pieces and talking heads who aren’t concerned about news or truth and lean more right.  They promote the opinion pieces more than the news.  News doesn’t sell ads though so we get what we get.   

2 hours ago, admo said:

For Sho !!!  

 

Why do I do that everytime !!!?!?  Maybe it's just out of appreciation and giggles !!!  

 

 

But to your post, Las Vegas would be a great place to live RN, especially with adding pro teams.  And we know they will have awesome venues for it too!  Vegas Knights (NHL), Raiders (NFL), A's (MLB soon) and possibly NBA down the line ??!!?!?  

 

Easily in my top 2-3 places to live and it will only get better ! 

that’s the standard greeting for me among my friends, I hear it a lot.   
 

I don’t know if I can handle living in Vegas. I usually can do a long weekend and then need to go home and sleep.   As for Vegas teams, they make a lot in ticket sales, but heard for the Raiders it’s like every game is a road game as so many fans visiting fans make the trip to Vegas for the weekend and catch their favorite team while there.  I’d assume the knights are similar for their fans.  

5 hours ago, Mavric said:

Well Elon seems to admit he’s paying for the blue for Lebron.  

On 4/19/2023 at 9:38 AM, Red Five said:

Bookie is now a defensive analyst at USC

 

https://usctrojans.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/bookie-radley-hiles/6637

 

From the 2018 recruiting class:

Bookie Radley-Hiles .9807 5 star #38 overall, undrafted FA signed with Bengals and cut preseason

Cam Taylor-Britt .8636 3 star #743 overall, drafted 2.27 by the Bengals and played in 13 games

 

 

I remember his recruiting thread....people were adamant he was a 3 and leave to the NFL guy.  

3 hours ago, suh_fan93 said:

The Oakland A's.  Will never forget that SI poster   Also the base stealing machine Rickey Henderson!!!!  He was my favorite! I remember trying his stance as a kid when I was in baseball lol. 

 

They definitely needed a stadium upgrade from what I've read in the past.   Vegas has football and basketball tied up.  Wonder if the NBA is next?  I have no idea though.

 

  

NBA rumors are that when they eventually expand (which most believe will be in the next 10-15 years) the two cities getting a team will be Seattle and Las Vegas.   Moving either Memphis or Minnesota to the Eastern Conference.   Lebron James has been very public stating he wants to own a team and wants that team in Vegas, so that time line could move up based on when he retires and gets enough investors with him to buy an NBA expansion team.

I wonder if it was James or part of his PR team?   Either way...that aged like milk.

8 hours ago, Archy1221 said:

 

This is something that needs to be addressed.  It was 10 years ago (?) maybe and then was silently overturned during the next Congressional session.    I think AOC has mentioned or brought up legislation to address it within the last year, but Pelosi wanted nothing to do with it.

1 hour ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

The idea that participation is the cornerstone of democracy is hammered into us, but honestly, when people admit they really haven't been following the issues -- and many don't know more than a memes worth -- I think it's almost more responsible not to vote. 

So much this...more people know the ins and outs of the kardashians than understand most of the issues.   Collectively, we are becoming a dumber and dumber society.

5 hours ago, Mavric said:

 

And he’s earned more than he’s actually been suspended for, one of the dirtiest in the game right now.  

2 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

Apparently less than 10% of them.  

I know, and that really surprises me based on interviews I've seen and comments I've read.  I would have guessed his number would have been on par with James and both well below MJ.

6 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

Is Lamar confused about needing to be able to actually throw the ball to get a big contract?

The big sticking point with him and Baltimore is the guaranteed money.  He wants more than Deshaun, and I don't think any other NFL franchise is willing to guarantee that much, especially to a mobile QB.

4 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

I'm surprised Kobe didn't get more....he's still beloved by a lot of players that are playing now.   Many of whom consider him the GOAT.

Just watched this week’s Ted Lasso.  That locker room speech about belief was *chef’s kiss* brilliant.  

4 minutes ago, Archy1221 said:

Maybe, but that doesn’t answer the question either

I don't know if it was a brilliant move, I just took it as Abbott not researching the validity of the charges and spouting off too soon before the evidence came to light.  I swear as soon as he was found guilty, he was out saying to pardon him.   If he would have just waited 48-72 hours, I'm sure all of this would have come out and he wouldn't be in this predicament.   This more a lesson to be patient than a judge waiting to dunk on him.   At least, that's what I hope.

I've been seeing a lot of tweets from Victor Shi.  Who is he and why does he have such a big following?

15 minutes ago, teachercd said:

Dude, I get it...but look at the nut job parents that are out there right now...they lose their mind about things that teachers say...now imagine having teachers talk about this stuff???

 

No thanks.  If parents were normal, maybe.

Yeah, I don't envy teachers.   Parents have really ruined that profession.   I saw a headline and header, didn't read the story, where a teacher was terminated for giving students a zero on mandatory assignments that they didn't turn in.   School policy was that they get a 50% for that so they can still pass the class/grade.   Doing kids a complete disservice because parents coddle too much.

4 hours ago, Archy1221 said:

1) on a national level the GOP cannot address anything without the DEM involved to pass legislation or budgets.  So the NEED part means they have to work together.  Some states have super majorities with a party so it would be incumbent on a single party to pass legislation. 
2) We already have sex education in middle and high schools (and yes parents who freak out about that are dopes and doing their kids a disservice) and parents need to address ways to educate their kids at home on the consequences of being sexually active.   It’s not a “GOP” issue.

3) No one is forced to keep any baby.  It’s why we have an adoption process and so many families in the US are waiting for children to adopt but never get the chance.  And yes, the adoption process should not cost what it currently costs.  
4) improving the foster care system would be a great place for politicians to work together.  Both Dem and GOP.

5) not sure if you have kids or are aware but kids who can’t afford school lunch and breakfast already get it free.  it some states, millionaires kids get free breakfast and lunch 

6) Daycare solutions for those under a certain household income would be welcome for both parties to come together and figure out. 
 

1--Yes, it needs to be bipartisan, but typically from what I've seen the far right seems to have more resistance to it to working towards that.   Also we are becoming more hyper-partisan that all elected officials need to stop worrying about "winning" and the other side "losing" and focusing on fixing regardless of who has the plan.

2--Needs to be more than just sex ed in school.   Annual check up with doctors, getting to an OB/GYN when at puberty.  Parents need to talk.  It's not just on the school.  And not just limited to females.   Males need to know what the consequences of having unprotected sex can do to them as well.   They may not get pregnant, but there are some seriously bad STDs that they do not want at all and need to understand how to prevent and protect themselves.

3--Poor wording on my part.  Yes, forced birth, though some women are forced to keep a child they don't want because of family situations.  They also will need mental health to deal with the situation.

4--100% agree it needs to be bipartisan.   The stories I hear make me curl up and cry.  The worst I've heard recently, my wife was working with a girl from the Southeast who was living in foster care, she was trafficked by the "parents", and by the time she was 14, she had 10+ STDs, and was physically abused so much, she would never be able have kids of her own.  Then add in the emotional scars she has on top of that.  I don't think she will ever be able to be able to have a trusting and productive life.  I am rooting for her, but she is really damaged physically and emotionally.  That's an extreme (I hope) but there's far too many horror stories coming from Foster Care, there needs to be a concerted effort to improve it.

5-I have multiple kids.  And the free meal program is based solely on income, and that threshold is low.   There are a lot of parents who make more than the threshold needed to qualify that still can't afford to feed their children.  Regardless of the choices the parents made in their debt acquisitions, kids should never be hungry in school.

6--I agree.  I've know families where the lower wage earner elects to quit working because what they would have paid in childcare was more than the paycheck.   And then they went on assistance programs.   We need to do better in that regard as well.

4 hours ago, teachercd said:

I mean...parents need too address unwanted pregnancies with their kids and as horrible as this sounds and some of you will freak out, they need to mainly talk to their daughters about it.

 

That "education" needs to be from home.  

Yes, it should start at home.  And sadly there are way too many bad parents or parents who are scared to talk about it.  Parents, doctors, health class etc should all be readily available to kids and presented at age appropriate ways. Also, all ways to prevent pregnancies should be discussed, birth control needs to be available and encouraged along with the wasting breath talking about abstinence.

3 hours ago, TGHusker said:

If the abortion issue is 'settled' then it is time for the GOP to work on other life issues.  Let's start with a ban on assault type weapons. Addressing mental health issues and we could go on and on with the list. 

Not just looking at a ban on assault type weapons, if the abortion issue in indeed 'settled' then the GOP need to address ways to prevent unwanted pregnancie/kids (better education, better access to healthcare etc).  More mental health professionals to assist the women who are forced to keep the baby, and to the kids that grow up feeling unwanted and unloved.  The GOP will also need to improve Foster Care and the Foster Care "parents" (the devastating stories my wife could share from the what she's experienced at her job would gut you), lower the cost of adoption, expand medicare for kids, free lunches for school age kids, expand SNAP, daycare assistance etc.    So much work needs to be done on the back end, if abortion is 'settled' to assist people that will be impacted by forced birth.

1 minute ago, RedDenver said:

Except the event in question apparently happened in college.

Yeah, that's why I prefaced it with HS or younger.  College, if they can sign up for war and die, they can be privy from a lap dance from whomever they choose.

5 minutes ago, nic said:

Were you a young girl getting a lap dance from dude in drag pretending to be a girl at a school sponsored event? Maybe at a frat house? If that was your daughter, would you be laughing and cheering? Maybe the answer is yes.

I'm not BRB, but I would say  I would have a lot of questions about lap dances in general at high school (or lower school) sponsored events.  Doesn't matter who the dancer was nor the recipient.   Once learning the why, would then dictate the reaction.

22 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

As an independent, I will try my best to keep an open mind....hoping that someday there will be a reasonable conservative party.  But...so far.....I'm not seeing it.

As a former Republican straight line voter, the party I once knew is long dead and buried and taken over by a fascist, racist group that have no business calling themselves Republicans.

16 hours ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

Cuban had them tank in order to get into the Wembanyama sweepstakes. I guess. 

 

But given this year's West, I think the play in teams clustered at the bottom could be spoilers. It's bad mojo to tell your team to stop trying that close. 

 

The truth is that Kyrie kinda poisons everything he touches.

Yeah some real shady ish that Cuban and staff are trying to pull.   Not sure if the NBA will be able to get enough evidence to corroborate what we all know happened though.

Kinda?   I think he full on douses everything he touches in arsenic.    I'm so glad the Lakers didn't get him at the deadline.  And I really hope we don't go all in on him this off season.

For the playoffs, if it can't be the Lakers, please let it be anyone but the dirty c-bags.    This Kings/Warriors should be a lot of fun.   Some nice side plots with Mike Brown and Harrison Barnes trying to beat their former team.    And the Kings getting disrespected, I think the Warriors are the biggest favorite in the 1st round.  Which is crazy for a 6th seed to be that big of a favorite.