Guy Chamberlin

Actually I was commenting on the larger civil war that would embroil America, per the post I followed with. It also makes sense.

But some people are equating a large contingent of pro-Palestinian Americans with a tiny contingent pro-Hamas Americans. And dedicating 98% of the Israel conversation to American college protests rather than what's actually happening in Gaza. Guess that's just how the pro-Benji Bros roll. How will the protestors vote? Hard to say. It's a spectrum, like everything else. The issue is with U.S. supplying money and arms to Israel in the wake of a horrific terrorist attack that has since been used to kill tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians in a ground offensive that the adult and moderate diplomatic experts consider a move by Netanyahu to simply takeover Gaza as he always intended, against longstanding treaties and directives dating back across multiple American administrations and involving some delicate international alliances. Since this is happening on Biden's watch and concerns Biden's immediate actions, the protestors are taking on Biden. Whether they think the situation would get worse under Trump is a call they can make in November. The most virulent activists you see quoted are highly unlikely to vote for Biden. They didn't vote for Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama or John Kerry either. These are the people who voted for Green candidates like Jill Stein, or possible the handful of people who voted for an actual Socialist Party candidate, or like some of their rightwing counterparts simply won't vote. I don't like single-issue voting, and I think Gaza has taken that role for some, including the large muslim population in swing state Michigan. But the lack of enthusiasm for Biden among young voters is the larger concern, and it pre-dates October 7.

I don't know if actual sabers will be drawn, or if Ken Burns will do a documentary on it, but a Donald Trump win is likely to spark a reconstruction of democracy to fit Trump, along with the partisan revenge he has literally promised. That includes withholding federal funds to blue states, and fully weaponizing a Justice Department some already considers a partisan weapon. A Donald Trump loss will -- again, as promised -- launch an election denial scenario that will be more angry and organized than the last one. I'm not sure which result would get uglier, but they both seem to inspire escalation and resistance. We are already at the bloodless version of civil war, in which Democrats and Republicans are virtually prohibited from crossing the aisle, even if the collaboration would build bridges or save puppies. And even as I made that joke, I realize a prominent Republican just bragged about killing a puppy as an example of making "tough decisions."

Well that would include the 50% of American voters who want this even more vengeful version of Donald Trump as President. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/04/28/donald-trump-joe-biden-cnn-poll/73493459007/ I know I should listen to the wise counsel of a professional teacher, but this Biden in a Landslide narrative isn't backed by anything beyond a prayer for common sense. Gonna be a heckuva civil war.

I asked this in another thread, but is this the end of the second string? If you're any kind of player, or planning on any kind of college football future, are you willing to be second on the depth chart to start the season, or do you just say "eff-it, I'm outta here" until a team can, uhm "promise" you'll start?

I don't know if there's an angle for the NFL to make money off the guardian cap, but they are justifiably scared of the brain injury stats curtailing participation and fueling lawsuits.

I didn't want to go to the trouble, or alert Google that I was seeking out Deion Sanders content, but I wondered if it was a full scale exodus based on this thread. Looks like CU is pulling in a few guys with as good or better credentials than the guys leaving. Can't get a read on the depth, though the Buffs appear to be more reactionary than most programs. Are we at the point where there can be no second string? If a hotshot recruit discovers someone is ahead of him on the depth chart, does he just say ef-it, I'm outta here?

Joins a long history of the Pentagon trying to control the optics of their wars. It's interesting that the soldiers want to own the fact that they killed Afghan civilians in the post-bombing chaos.

Is Colorado getting any players via the portal? Or does HuskerBoard only report the defections?

"If they tell you I fell off the bed and hung myself, I didn't." Beyond satire.

I am unable to watch Spring Games in terms of defense. Not sure why. If I see a RB get stuffed I never consider it a good defensive play, just a failed running play. I've watched a lot of Spring Games where we like the "promise shown" by a QB, but honestly Raiola looks like he's already there. Just pocket presence alone. Haven't followed all the moving pieces in the off-season, but my understanding is that we are suddenly loaded at receiver. Rhule was really comfortable and honest in the broadcast booth the first half, and he answered the run/pass split question by saying the Huskers will run the ball plenty this fall, but the missing piece is a better passing game, and that's why it's the priority this Spring.

The assertion that Trump or Biden would have handled a close election the same way is ludicrous. If we're talking checks and balances, the cornerstone of American democracy has been the peaceful transfer of power, and Donald Trump is the opposite of that. In addition to not attending the inauguration ceremonies -- unlike disgraced popular vote winner Hillary Clinton and every other defeated candidate-- Trump has spent every waking hour spreading election falsehoods, and hailed his J6 supporters as heroes and martyrs while literally promising pardons and vengeance. Although now that you mention it, maybe Al Gore was a big pu&&y for conceding an extremely close election for the "good of the country." However I feel about abortion, I feel more strongly about Supreme Court candidates assuring Congress they will not seek to overturn Roe v Wade in order to secure their nomination. After which, they will very much seek to overturn Roe v Wade because each Supreme Court nominee was handed to Donald Trump on a short list by the Federalist Society, whose main criteria was the judge's willingness to overturn Roe v Wade. It's always fun to pretend it's simply about states rights. By "popular vote" I did not mean the the national popular vote, but the ability of those controlling the local state house to send their own slate of electors if they don't like the electors chosen by the people. That's been happening. The literal removal of checks and balances. However you want to dance around Donald Trump and Russia and dip back to the Obama administration for strained equivalencies, the emergence of a pro-Russia narrative among conservative media and lawmakers can be traced directly to Donald Trump standing next to Vladimir Putin and telling the world he trusted Putin over the unanimous consensus of America's 17 intelligence agencies. In addition to his attempts to weaken NATO while in office, the former President has a plan to end the war if he returns to the Presidency: just give Russia some land: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/05/trump-ukraine-secret-plan/ However you want to limit the most insane wing of Republican party to Marjorie Taylor-Greene and some ragtag extremists, they have assumed the power to make or break the Speaker of the House -- not exactly nothing. And while you may not want to call them "leadership" or even "the face" of the Republican Party, it's kinda moot if both the face and leadership of the Republican Party is the utterly bats#!t Donald Trump, doling out favoritism to the most bats#!tty loyalist, while the supposed mainstream of the party angrily rejects a Ron DeSantis or Nikki Haley lifeboat. Presidential immunity is an interesting dilemma, although I think most of us plebes can understand the lines you can't cross, and that trying an ex-President for his criminal civilian behavior does not threaten national security and the social order in the way trying an acting President might. But maybe if we spend enough time musing about the complexities of Presidential immunity the Supreme Court can postpone any decision that might affect the Presidential candidate who stacked it. Why is it so hard for you to accept that everything you believe is horribly wrong?

• 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. • 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. • 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 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.