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@HubieTalksHoops I'm sorry, the Bucks championship is 100% legitimate...

According to NBA bylaws, “If no championship parade occurs by June 24, the franchise irrevocably vacates the championship and any rings accrued must be viewed as worthless knick-knacks.” I don’t make the rules, folks. 2012 (just missed the parade deadline) and 2020 (no parade at all) are out of here, mister.

In my opinion, the only two illegitimate titles since 2000 are 2012 (very rushed lockout shortened season) and 2020 (filmed on a sound stage, no parade to formally consummate the championship)

@BMG_B00F @sheistiara224 @DailyLoud No league bases salaries on profits because that’s circular. Salaries determine profit. And tat’s why every league uses revenue share. The WNBA doubling players’ cut as TV money rises is more than fair. It’s okay to admit you were wrong.

@2KBuildGuru @sheistiara224 @DailyLoud Dude your a dumbass trynna act smart lmao

The WNBA is expected to move toward $1 Million salaries following major pay gains. Angel Reese pushed hard to get more money for players, this marks a big win for them. 💰

@BMG_B00F @sheistiara224 @DailyLoud Actually it isn't. Profit and revenue are not the same thing.

@2KBuildGuru @sheistiara224 @DailyLoud You basically just said the same shit I did bro we know I made that clear

@BMG_B00F @sheistiara224 @DailyLoud Yeah that's not how it works. In the NBA, the player salaries are based on a percentage of league revenue. And salaries are so high because of the massive revenue driven by the tv contracts.

@sheistiara224 @DailyLoud They deserve there cut from the profits which the wnba has never profited NBA money actually pays there bills that’s why nba players make so much

While I’m against the war itself, let’s be honest about the situation. Iran sent an armed warship to an international naval exercise and then had it sailing home during active hostilities. That carries risk. The same logic applied when the UK sank the ARA General Belgrano during the Falklands War.

This will go down in history as one of the most reckless, most egregious actions committed by the USG. There is no justification for it. The ship was returning from a naval exercise in India. They could have been blockaded, prevented from reaching their home country. But this was a plain massacre, and it happened too close to Indian waters.

The crazy part, is that no matter what the WNBA does with salaries, every star college player will take a pay cut to play in the WNBA I asked a few ADs what the going rate is for the star player on a power conference WBB team -$500k to $1.2m. And, you are always a free agent with the portal. You get your room and board paid for. And you can get a good education if you work at it. It’s all subsidized by donors and shared school revenues. Which makes it more similar to Europe, where companies subsidize teams , than to the WNBA In the NBA, a team can’t go to a sponsor and negotiate a direct payment deal for a player. In college they effectively can with NIL money. When I have written checks to IU, I knew which players were trying to get with the money (although I never tie the money to specific players. It’s up to them ) The WNBA needs to look at allowing the same thing. Let the teams go to local sponsors and work out payments to players as part of sponsorship packages. The big name players have agents to do this. The rest make minimal amounts. With or without an agent. Let WNBA teams pay “NIL” money to its players. It’s counter intuitive for NBA folks, but here is the issue. WNBA teams don’t have the margin dollars from tickets, sponsors and shared revenues like tv to pay bigger salaries using their own cash flow. With help from the league , they could create NIL deals with sponsors that go directly to the players. From the sponsors. Make it legal. Create a cap per player, based on years of experience. Yes, some teams will suck at it, that’s where the wnba comes in to help. They will suck at it as well for some period. But like collegiate NIL, the sponsorship packages will supplement player salaries without undermining the economics of the teams and league itself. The next question will be competitive balance issues. The big markets can do this better. They have a great addressable market for sponsors. The wnba could require that some percentage of the NIL money deals go into a pool for a version of revenue share. This is effectively what happens (or did ) with jersey ads. I remember advocating that the jersey ads be split with all teams, because the greatest value to sponsors comes not from local tv or games, but from national tv, playoffs and jersey sales. This would be similar. Obviously I’m just spitballing this , but if they came on shark tank , that’s what I would suggest ! What do you think ?

Angel Reese! 📸🪄

@theatomicmom @BenMcAdams A constitutional Republic based on the rule of law a form of functional democracy. What's your point?

@BenMcAdams Functional democracy? How about a constitutional republic based on the Rule of Law...take a civics class.

I voted to impeach Trump when he abused his power to undermine the 2020 election. A functional democracy requires that our elected leaders respect the will of the people and the sanctity of our institutions. At every turn, Trump and his extremist administration have undermined voters to protect their political power and pad their personal wallets. Utahns deserves fair maps. Prop 4 was passed by Utahs voters to reduce gerrymandering and restore trust in our democracy. It is the will of the people. Big money and scare tactics from Washington to try to overturn this is not surprising but it is disappointing. I urge all Utahns to not sign this petition and to continue to make their voices heard at the ballot box. Let voters choose who they want to represent them. Say no to politicians like Trump who want to rig the boundaries to protect their own power.

@SquidwardFiles @0liviajulianna They are also collect way mor literal non-criminals, so there's that.

@0liviajulianna Uhh when ICE is coming to collect literal criminals and you’re trying to defend the criminals it’s pretty suspicious The stuff in my neck of the woods is actually peaceful

Oh suddenly yall don’t like the 2nd amendment????

@garykoepnick @WalshFreedom @mary28653912 Smart glasses with a camera.

@WalshFreedom @mary28653912 Need an app that locks your phone for 15 min and starts recording with a black screen that live streams to a server m

ICE uses the tactic "command‑overload" - issuing rapid, confusing, and overlapping orders from multiple agents to escalate tension and then claim “non‑compliance” as justification for force. This tactic creates a no‑win scenario for the person stopped as there is no physical way a human can comply to that many contrary orders. Meanwhile, the Republican response to ICE escalations is “comply or die” toward immigrants and citizens alike. When "compliance" is not possible, is this a tactic to kill more immigrants and allies? Help fight PAXIS.app

@PowerGotNow Excellent idea. If you got flagged and aren't cheating, I'd consider that a badge of honor.

Just random thoughts because none of this is easy. But someone asked me the other day how I would ban cheaters if it were my call, so here’s my super detailed idea of what I’d do if I were actually trying to ban cheaters in NBA 2K26. First, we can’t do the obvious solution of just banning people when it shows a Zen or some cheating service connected, because the game can’t see hardware. Only the console can. 2K doesn’t know what device you’re holding, it only sees the inputs being sent. So the real question isn’t who owns a Zen. It’s whose shooting stats and metrics look like they’re cheating. That’s the only angle you actually have to ban. I’d start with a trigger. Something like 20 or 30 makes in a row online. If you hit that, your account gets automatically flagged. Not banned but flagged for deeper review. This doesn’t prove cheating, but it narrows the pool to accounts actually worth reviewing, and it probably catches cheaters at a high rate. Then during review, I’m looking at three things: 1.how hard the shots were 2.timing consistency down to the milliseconds 3.shot selection After that, I’d compare you to similar players. Same position type. Same mode. Same difficulty. If your results are way outside the normal range, that’s probably not skill. For example, hitting three 40% contested shots inside a larger pattern of 20 makes in a row, all with nearly identical millisecond timing, isn’t normal variance. That’s cheating. At that point, ban. Could probably be done by an algorithm if needed. Allow an appeal process for human review but I doubt this gets many wrong. Would it catch everyone? No. But it doesn’t have to. You just need to catch enough people to change behavior. I also wouldn’t announce the exact standard. If people know the line, they’ll miss on purpose to stay under it. Where I would be loud is the enforcement. I’d make a public show of bans. Find the most well-known cheaters, ban them, and make it clear it wasn’t random and it wasn’t a bluff. Create a creator hotline where they can directly give Devs names of people who pull up them on stream and cheat for further review. You won’t get all the cheaters but you will create fear. And fear will stop at least some of these really obvious situations. On top of that, I’d add a regular ban day. You don’t announce names or standards, it just happens. For example, every Friday there could be a noticeable clear-out. People log in, see accounts gone, and the message spreads. That pattern alone would draw attention to enforcement. That said, I don’t think any of this actually happens. The money lost to cheating is probably less than the money they make from cheaters. Skill-based matchmaking already hides most of the cheating from most players anyway. So this is really just a thought exercise.

If this is the plan, here are the problems with each piece: 1. Pre-funded HSAs: The deposit is tiny compared to a $7k–$17k deductible. 2. Bronze HDHP pairing: Locks families into the highest deductibles on the market. 3. Age-based credits: Low- and middle-income households lose the most help. 4. Subsidy money flows into HSAs: People can pocket unused money instead of lowering premiums—hurts the risk pool. 5. No income phaseouts: Higher-income households get the same or more help than low-income families. 6. Unclear requirement to buy insurance: Healthy people may take the money and stay uninsured. 7. Regulatory rollbacks: Leads to skinnier plans, narrower networks, and higher out-of-pocket costs. 8. Expanded HSA rules: Bigger caps and no HDHP tie-in create a huge new tax break, letting higher earners accumulate tax-free balances long-term. And that last part is the real kicker: 👉 Expanded HSAs become a major tax shelter for the wealthy, blowing a hole in revenue without improving affordability for most families.

🤦‍♂️Well, this just completely misses the point of what Republicans have proposed. GAO looked at HSAs with no upfront funding. I’m proposing a PRE-FUNDED account for families tied to on-exchange coverage. Citing a report on unfunded HSAs to attack a PRE-FUNDED plan means you either haven’t been listening closely, or chose not to.

Eliminating subsidies and switching to HSAs doesn’t lower costs. Huge HSA caps with no HDHP tie-in = a giant tax break for higher earners and a revenue drain. HSA deposits can’t be income-based, so they don’t match premiums—young/healthy gain, older/sicker get priced out. Catastrophic-only options gut coverage and raise premiums for everyone else. “Continuous coverage” discounts just bring back pre-ACA underwriting.

Eliminate all Obamacare subsidies and expansion funding. Establish an HSA matching program for all savers. Raise the HSA limit by the cost of the least expensive health insurance premium. Allow people to purchase health insurance through their HSA money. Allow everyone to purchase catastrophic coverage. Allow insurers to offer discounts to people who have 12 months of creditable coverage.

Let’s give patients the power, not insurance companies.

@KrisNationTV @Joey2KYT @Beluba @itsEvanCC I know most wouldn't want to, but I def would jump in squad REC as a solo to be a 5th.

@Joey2KYT @Beluba @itsEvanCC Not to mention they refuse to make the game match you with a human if you go in with a squad of 4.. I legit tell the homies I’d rather go in with 3 if we can’t get 5

If a REC team has an AI on the court it’s a waste of 30 minutes and whatever team has an AI usually loses. Players will shoot over the AI on offense and trap on defense leaving the AI open. This has to be fixed @Beluba @itsEvanCC

@tonickeyboard Another 2K another year where most of the attributes are worthless. Wash, rinse, and repeat...

We have a strength problem on 2K26. These are the screen animations I'm getting on a 6'11 center with 31 strength. Unless you are playing comp 5s with a pick and roll guard you can make your build better by lowering your strength and putting the attributes anywhere else #NBA2K26

@Acyn Insurance companies make far more profit off of the group plans the people have through their jobs.

Trump: I want the money to go directly to you. You’ll go out and buy your own health insurance and you’ll negotiate different plans… you will be an entrepreneur for yourself.

@Acyn How to say you don't understand how the ACA works without saying it.

Johnson: To answer your question, am I going to guarantee a vote on ACA subsidies that is just a boondoggle to insurance companies and robs the taxpayer? We have a lot of work to do on that. The Republicans would demand a lot of reforms before anything like that was possible and we have to go through that process.

@angryolditpers1 @Acyn 100%. The actual cost of healthcare is the common denominator. Opponents might be shocked to hear this, but ACA plans are the cheapest in overall cost (even WITHOUT subsidies). Followed by private, and then Group. ACA plans can make 20% maxed while that doesn't exists otherwise.

@Acyn When will they learn that this whole thing is not so much about buying insurance but rather about actual costs of healthcare?

Trump: We’re going to pay money to the people, they’re going to buy their own healthcare, and we’re going to forget this Obamacare madness.

No, ACA subsidies are NOT “insanely huge payouts to insurance companies.” That’s a myth opponents love. Here’s the truth: Insurers get the LEAST money per person from ACA plans: - Employer plans: $8,600 - Non-ACA individual: $6,400 - ACA Marketplace: only ~$5,640 Subsidies don’t give insurers an extra dime, they just shift who pays so families aren’t crushed. Without them, millions drop coverage & insurers get $0 from those people. ACA also caps profits at 15-20% max. Employer plans have no such limit. The big insurer cash cow is still your job’s plan, not "Obamacare". I do think you’re right, Trump wants to hand people cash & kill the insurers’ role. This is a horrible idea because: - Pre-ACA, insurers denied anyone sick & premiums exploded - Fixed cash won’t cover a $300k hospital bill - We tried “here’s some money, good luck”—45M uninsured, medical bankruptcies #1 cause

@get_crazy__ @AntiToxicPeople The subsidies are insanely huge payouts to insurance companies. Sounds to me like he’s saying money to pay for the healthcare at the source.

He is so desperately stupid, my god.

@WallStreetMav Actually, the $42.45B has only been allocated to states. Just around $400M (<1%) disbursed so far—mostly planning, mapping, admin. That zero households connected yet shouldn't be surprising.

Biden/Harris Admin spent $42.45 45 BILLION tax dollars on the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program It connected 0 people to the internet . But please, complain more about Trump's ballroom that was privately funded...