Ron Cates

The guy you saw in everything. James Tolkan. His enduring line was from Top Gun. “You screw up just this much, you'll be flying a cargo plane full of rubber dog shit outta Hong Kong” RIP

Some friendly advice about explosions and explosives: If you can see the boom, it can see you. If the boom is far away, take cover before the blast wave reaches you. It may not feel like much from far away, but blast pressure damages your soft tissue. If something is smoking or on fire, get as far away as possible. Distance is your friend. Don’t breathe in the smoke. If something seems like a dud, get away from it, especially if it just landed. You don’t know the condition or intention of the fuze. Distance is your friend. Don’t be there when it goes off Finally, If you are going to film, make sure you do it vertically so it’s easier to watch on a phone.

The Head Hogs

F-35 flyover tonight at Baum-Walker Stadium

"Hit 'em and go get 'em!"

Welcome to college baseball immortality! 🐐

I just looked this up, due to a comment from an Arizona player. Arizona free throws, through 3 NCAA tournament games, vs the other 3 teams combined. Rd 1: 33 free throws vs 10 free throws Rd 2: 39 free throws vs 11 free throws Rd 3: 39 free throws vs 26 free throws Arizona in tournament: 111 free throws. Other 3 teams combined: 48 free throws Seems reasonable. I guess nobody can play defense without fouling, aside from Arizona. Arizona has 63 MORE free throws than the other three teams combined. The free throw disparity is greater than the total free throws combined by the opposing 3 teams. Wow.

On Saturday, Arizona will be playing for its first trip to the Final Four since 2001 under Lute Olson. The same day, Iowa will be playing for its first trip to the Final Four since 1980, when it was coached by Lute Olson.

In the private sector, if you failed to perform the duties for which you were hired and then opted to take a two week vacation, you’d be fired immediately. In Congress, you get a 40 year career and millions of dollars in insider trading and kickbacks.

This is one of the most perfect things the internet has ever created.

Hello Senator Thune, At 3 AM on Friday, March 27th, in a near-empty chamber, you passed a bill by voice vote that excludes all funding for ICE and CBP. Let me repeat that: voice vote. No roll call. No record of who was there. No accountability. Just you, Barrasso, and a handful of senators shuffling paper in the dead of night while America slept. You could have demanded a recorded vote. You chose not to. You could have held the line for five more days until the House returned. You chose not to. You could have used the same procedural tools Democrats have used against you for 40 days. You chose not to. Instead, you gave Chuck Schumer exactly what he asked for, DHS funding minus immigration enforcement, and called it a win. Then you walked to the cameras and blamed the Democrats. Let's be precise about what you did: 1. You caved to a demand Democrats made on Day 1 of this shutdown. Forty-one days of supposed hardball negotiation, and you settled for their opening offer. 2. You handed them a template. The next time Democrats want to defund any agency — ICE, CBP, or anything else — they now know: just shut down DHS and wait. John Thune will fold at 3 AM. 3. You punted to reconciliation. "Good possibility," you said. Not "we will." Not "guaranteed." Just maybe. Meanwhile, ICE operates on fumes from last year's bill with no certainty of future funding. The precedent you set: You have argued for months that the filibuster is sacrosanct. That the 60-vote threshold protects minority rights. That we cannot bend Senate rules for policy wins. But at 3 AM on Friday, you bent every norm that actually mattered: • Voice vote to avoid accountability • Empty chamber to avoid debate • Midnight deal to avoid scrutiny • Immediate recess to avoid questions You'll bend the rules to avoid a fight. You just won't bend them to win one. What you've actually accomplished: Democrats demanded ICE restrictions. They got ICE defunded. Not reformed. Not restrained. Defunded. And you're out here tweeting about how Democrats are the "Defund the Police" party while you just voted to defund border enforcement at 3 in the morning. The question you should answer: Why did this deal have to happen at 3 AM? Why couldn't it happen at 3 PM, with cameras rolling and every senator on record? You know why. Because you didn't want your voters to see what surrender looks like. Here's my message: We saw it anyway. Stop hiding behind "Democrat obstruction." You're the Majority Leader. You set the schedule. You control the floor. You chose this outcome. Own it.

I’m still not used to baseball without Bob Uecker and I don’t want to be. Shout out to the legend. We love and miss you, Ueck.

@Mikehomeseller Yep, Senior year. Got detention in that class.

Is anyone old enough to remember when typing was an actual class in high school? Both my parents were high school business teachers that taught typing as one of their classes. #mikesquestions

This is crazy, he just kept stealing bases 🤣

2025-2026 Arkansas basketball: -28-9, ties 2022 for most wins since 1995 -1st SEC Tournament Championship since 2000, 8th conference tournament title overall -5th Sweet 16 in the last 6 seasons, 16th overall -1st time being ranked from preseason through the postseason since 94-95 -5 wins against AP ranked teams, most since 94-95 (8 wins) -Largest wins ever at MSU and LSU -16-1 in BWA -SEC POTY, Freshman of the Year, and 1st Team All-American Darius Acuff!

This landing was known as a ball buster or nad gnarler. I’m sure he took a few minutes off from jumping after this one.

@BuckWilde_ 😂😂😂😂

GM y’all.

Kicking off the weekend series at Baum-Walker Stadium with Norm DeBriyn Night! Gameday Links: bit.ly/ArkBSBlinks

And to think that plumbers and electricians and welders and pipe fitters and fabricators and coating specialists and scaffolders and marine engineers and shipyard laborers built this technological marvel. You know what's missing from this list? Ass-clown late night comedians. Don't see them this list.

Remember the start of the pandemic? Cops chased people who paddled in the ocean, sat alone in cars, or played catch outdoors. Swimmers were ordered to wear masks in pools. It’s important we don’t forget how AUTHORITARIAN politicians are eager to be: