AJ Van Handel

“No just cause is futile, even if it’s lost, if it helps make the future better than the past." - John McCain

Nothing compares to baseball season in Milwaukee

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Trump is unilaterally redirecting $1.25 billion in taxpayer money for foreign aid to his personally controlled "Board of Peace." This isn't even a normal U.S. government entity. It's a "public international organization" he created by executive order, naming himself as chairman for life. He gets veto power, picks the members, sets the agenda, & controls how the money flows, with no real oversight or auditing built in. Congress is supposed to control spending & appropriations. They're the ones who can (and should) stop this. If Republicans won't even ask questions about funneling billions of taxpayer dollars into a "board" Trump himself owns for life, I'm seriously done voting for them for a while. It's beyond ridiculous at this point.

I’d love to see what a timeline where NIL and funding weren’t an issue…our current timeline has led to plenty of I can’t believe that happened moments - add this to the list.

Sources: Utah State and Northern Iowa coach Ben Jaconson are finalizing a five-year deal to make him the school’s next coach, per me and @jeffborzello. Jacobson won 397 games over 20 seasons at Northern Iowa, including five NCAA appearances.

A reminder that judging college basketball teams by performance in March while ignoring the other 85% of the season is about as useful as the NBA playing a single elimination tournament to crown a champion…or as useful as a 3-1 record against the the teams in Indy next week is when you’re sitting at home.

Franklin Graham says Donald Trump has been raised up by God and urges loyalty in the midterms. It sickens me when “Christians” claim that Trump has been raised up by God, because Trump is the antithesis of Jesus’ teachings. Instead of love, he portrays hatred; instead of forgiveness, vengeance; instead of meekness, narcissistic egoism. And the list goes on. But I am no longer surprised by Franklin Graham. This is the same man who has appeared on multiple russian propaganda channels, praised Vladimir Putin repeatedly, and urged people to pray for Putin’s “wisdom.” Not once has he called for Putin’s repentance. It is because of people like Franklin Graham that many atheists want nothing to do with the church. “The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, walk out the door, and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.” – Brennan Manning

It’s a Great Day For Hockey!

Excellent piece…that feeling after losing to Cornell 16 years ago stays w/me…in the 16 locker rooms I’ve been a part of sense - it’s one thing to see a player fighting back tears it’s another to see it in the eyes of someone trying to hide it from coaches as they pack the bus.

Someone from the media needs to ask if you could legally be paying TSA workers via executive order the whole time why didn’t you? What took so long?

Remind me how he doesn’t have narscistic personality disorder again? Embarrassing - thank God for electronic payments.

College basketball/athletics in a nutshell… If you think judging how we’re doing should be based on viewership and money then the first two tweets shouldn’t shock you. We’re doing a big thing badly.

Turn him one time…may not be a single negative play I’ll remember more when I hang up the MacBook for good.

@hoopvision68 You got the defensive ones available? Asking for a very lazy friend.

The offensive four factor ranks of the Sweet 16 teams

Just left Project Hail Mary - great movie about life and its ups and downs but main take away: TEACHERS NEVER STOP TEACHING

It Was A Great Day for Hockey! Congrats @BadgerWHockey !

When they make you wait in line so they can fund the group that’s wrongfully killed American citizens without the obvious necessary reform you gotta question how stupid do they think you really are?

Tom Izzo on the state of coaching in CBB: "I respect the guys that have left. I understand why some of them did. But my boss told me a long time ago, your job is to be a steward of the game. I don't think right now enough coaches are standing up to be stewards of the game"

Queens HC Grant Leonard on why the Royals culture stood out through the D2 to D1 transition, and how ultimately the program powers on "The character of the players. A championship program, you can win games with talented kids but championships are won with character. Queens is a student centered place, they get an individualized experience. The players serve the community and build it through basketball. It's the great kids, good kids want to go to Queens. When things get hard, we fight and that's why we win."

S20 in the books, smile cause it happened, cry cause it’s over…grateful after all these years to still get a damn good seat to the show.