Guy Chamberlin

• Donald Trump was exonerated and will not be making Putin-friendly decisions in office. • Donald Trump isn't going to fight the results of the 2020 election • And if he does, Donald Trump isn't going to do something crazy, like instigate a violent coup. • And if he does instigate a violent coup, the Republicans will quickly distance themselves from him. The "election hoax" rhetoric will fade to oblivion and the GOP will return to issues-based campaigning. • As they distance themselves from Trump, the GOP will embrace saner alternatives, like Ron DeSantis. • Trump's Supreme Court appointees are reasonable folks who made it clear they're fine with the Roe v Wade precedent. Why are you freaking out? • The Marjorie Taylor Greene wing will not exert any significant influence on the party itself. • What paranoid world do you live in where Donald Trump inserts his daughter-in-law as the RNC chairwoman, and funnels the money to himself? • Our electoral college system held, and only a worrywort would think red state legislatures might take a lesson from 2020 and reengineer the rules to make it easier to overrule the popular vote. • We remain a nation of laws. It's not like the Supreme Court is going to look America in the eye and say a President is immune from the laws we citizens must follow. That's a dictatorship, man. • And if they do, it probably won't come into play. Because Biden is going to win so handily over Joe Biden, even MAGA will accept defeat and work together to advance this great country of ours. • And when the guy I voted for twice promises a scorched earth, day-one dictator second term, he's just kidding to get you libs riled up. What has he ever done to make you think he'll go off the rails and take as many people as possible with him?

Largely mitigated by the fact that so much of what the advice-giver swore would never happen, has happened.

Turns out there's a lotta drama in the Niners pick. They are currently in negotiations with their #1 WR, Aiyuk, who is holding out much like Nick Bosa and Deebo Samuel did, although everyone figured it was posturing and the deal would be made, as it was with Bosa and Samuel. Then they grab this Pearsall guy, despite there being several WRs on the board rated higher. Turns out Pearsall is built a lot like Deebo Samuel. And now this is being interpreted as a clear sign that the Niners will make a deal with Aiyuk and trade Deebo, who they just resigned to a large contract. Too bad, because I love Deebo. Every Niner fans loves Deebo. A real difference maker, especially with Shanahan designing a playbook around him. It's simply a money crunch. Niners already have too much all-star talent to pay accordingly, and next year they will have to pay Brock Purdy at the QB market rate.

I've been told I should relax and trust our system of checks and balances, but it feels like the SC just turned up the heat on our Boil the Frog scenario.

I love that you can ask Ai to create a commercial for a non-existent 1950s theme park for you, and marvel at the nightmare it comes up with.

That's nuts. The difference between #2 and #5 is meaningless, but the difference between #1 and #2 demands an explanation.

Once you open Pandora's Box, you can't control access to it. I am losing work to Ai as we speak. Doesn't help me, but I think society really digs Chat GPT.

They swear that the benefits of Ai are massive -- the ability to solve complex problems like climate, income inequity, disease, agricultural efficiency and basic human fulfillment in ways we literally haven't imagined. And yet it's so easy to see how it would get co-opted by the worst opportunists. If history is any indicator, the first wave of innovation will come from the porn industry.

Not to veer into P&R territory, but when Deion came to Colorado from an HBU and drew a lot of haters with him, Colorado gained a major profile and rooting interest from Black Americans, including those with no previous college allegiance and many who didn't otherwise follow football at all. Deion was a huge mainstream media story the first few games of the year, with millions of dollars swirling around him and the University, but it dropped off the map when Colorado plummeted to the bottom of the conference. I don't see the hype coming back, even if CU adds two wins and gets to a bowl game. If he sticks around and genuinely builds the program, he'll deserve the respect. That just feels like a long shot right now.

The official NBA review of the refs revealed some missed calls that went against both the Sixers and the Lakers in the final minutes. They also found some missed calls that went against the Knicks and the Nuggets. So yeah. It's about being down 2-0.

Yeah, I think Deion's leaving will be orchestrated by Deion

By this logic, do you reinstate the wins forfeited by Alabama, Ohio State, SMU and others for simply being years ahead of the curve?

If Colorado is losing players because better players have jumped them on the depth chart, Colorado might be pretty good. If there's something toxic about the program and the leadership that's making them flee, Colorado will be a dumpster fire. I think it's fair to say that a season without improvement would signal the end of Deion's run.

I gotta think our Athletic Department has earned some credibility for its non football success in recent years.

Always interesting to hear what the NBA players think when they get to be anonymous: https://theathletic.com/5433545/2024/04/22/nba-player-poll-2024-lebron-jordan-goat-celtics-nuggets-rudy-gobert-timberwolves/?campaign=5888993&source=dailyemail&userId=11186373