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@wil_da_beast630 No rizz.

I genuinely don't get the level of hostility/neutrality toward the competent, actually right-wing DeSantis.

@Empty_America People need to check their car’s oil every few fill-ups.

Be aware, cars have started burning oil again. I sometimes operate a 2023 Chevy 6.6 V8 that will burn itself dry between regular services if you don't check it. But my 1997 and 2009 still burn zero oil!

@kaitlinebenson Too much money to ignore if you think your horse is fit and ready.

I bet we'll never see a Saudi Cup / World Cup double in the same year. Just too tough timing wise.

@hissgoescobra @Indian_Bronson Why don’t they at least build semi-hardened hangars, something that would provide protection from all but direct hits? Leaving all the aircraft out in the open seems to be asking for it.

Holy shit. They got an AWACS. Even if it’s just damaged, that is a fucking crown jewel asset. After the earlier attack that hit the KC-135s, this is inexcusable. Concerned for our troops. Something seems way off here.

@PapaBeez I guess Claudia really isn’t coming back.

Looking back over the years and thinking about the old TVG days, those late night (on the East coast) Hollywood park broadcasts might be the best times ive ever had watching that channel. That was quite the crew.

@bigth23 @Dan_Hoard WTF? Huggs was the biggest winner since Ed Jucker. Of course, he had to go, but they didn’t have to do it in a way that torched the program. I’m sure Calhoun wanted him there.

@Dan_Hoard I think it’s pretty sad parading Huggins around UC. Unfair to a new coach especially since half of us can’t stand Bob and hate what he did to the Program

The biggest thing that stood out to me at Jerrod Calhoun’s introductory news conference is how united everybody is behind this hire. Former players from all eras…Huggs’ guys…Mick’s guys…Bearcat fans…college basketball experts — everyone seems to agree that Cincinnati landed the right coach. Next season can’t get here fast enough!

@ItMeCoop @Reds Weak to do this to a facility that’s already below-average by current MLB standards. Last thing it needs is to be denuded of what little character it has.

This is absolute horse shit from the @Reds. The power stacks are a great standing room section and they are getting rid of it.

@KIRSoccer @SenTuberville It used to be self-regulating until the courts got involved. Since that happened, Congress now needs to get involved to correct the ridiculous interpretations of laws that the courts have foisted upon colleges.

@SenTuberville Anybody else feel like this issue is none of Congress's damn business? How about worry about the issues that are important to the American public, and let college sports govern themselves?

It’s absolutely ridiculous that we have 25-year-old “students” who graduated 3 years ago still playing college football. My bill is simple: you get 5 consecutive years to play 5 seasons. After that, you’re done. No more of this “COVID free year of eligibility” crap.

@cbelnap @md_greenwood It’s not “college sports” in any meaningful way besides the logos on the jerseys. These “student-athletes” have agents working the phones for a new deal every season.

@md_greenwood College sports has become incredibly transactional. Players, coaches, and administrators are all looking for a BBD (Bigger Better Deal). There is little loyalty anymore.

I’m told that Calhoun did not address the team this morning in San Diego but that everyone found out as the plane touched down in Ogden and phones got turned back on. I’m also told that a team meeting has been called when the team gets back to Logan.

@Pac12Central That’s what Cincinnati was thinking when it locked down Wes Miller with a jumbo buyout. Instead, they were forced to stick with him two years too long.

Utah State is a perfect example of why your Head Coach buyouts should be HIGH. USU has hit on all 5 HC’s this decade. They got $4M out of Calhoun, but their next head coach *should* have a buyout in the double digits. You either retain your coach or get a massive payday.

@FredStout20 @tonyannett The incredible depreciation of BMWs is suggestive of their not lasting. Rolling money pits…but I love the way they drive.

@tonyannett Sort of. The real problem was that Detroit didn't understand that the Japanese were making better cars. Their cars were built to tighter tolerances. Their engines were built to last, not just last 100.000 miles. Detroit refuses to change. I buy Toyota/Lexus and BMW. They last.

In the 1970s, American car companies made a huge mistake - sticking with gas guzzlers when high oil prices led people to demand for fuel efficiency. They were overtaken by Japanese cars. Now they’re making the same mistake all over again- sticking with gas guzzling SUVs when EVs have become the superior technology. This time it’s China rather than Japan that will win.

@InezFeltscher @FischerKing64 The cost of even routine care without insurance would be devastating to about 80 percent of households.

Catastrophic insurance is actually what “insurance” is supposed to mean. Routine costs (doc visits, occasional urgent care, prescriptions, the sort of stuff that people predictably use) were paid in cash - and were cheaper because of it. INSURANCE was supposed to be for unpredictable costs, like getting cancer or hit by a bus. And catastrophic insurance was fantastic for that purpose without breaking the bank. “Insurance” for predictable, routine costs that most people incur is just called “paying overhead on top of expenses,” which is why most people carry accident insurance but not maintenance insurance on their cars. It wasn’t consumers who were stupid.

@ThePurpIeKnight @KavisThe @InezFeltscher That breaks down when the population that is not insurance outnumbers the population that is.

@KavisThe @InezFeltscher yes, that is how insurance is supposed to work. a different solution than insurance needs to be found for cases where insurance literally doesn't make sense

For the kids who are too young to remember, you used to be able to get basically full, complete coverage above a max of $5,000 (aka “catastrophic coverage”) for 90 bucks a month before Obama made it “affordable.”

@CincyHuffman I respect the way both parties handled his dismissal. I wish him well because he worked his ass off when he was here, and is leaving with class. Just in over his head.

I’m in the minority I know. I couldn’t care less how Wes miller does at Charlotte.

@rmssperry @jasonscheer @UCBarstool Cincinnati’s is already open.

@jasonscheer @UCBarstool Not so fast my friend…. Some Major Head Coaching jobs are opening up.

Cincinnati is getting a hell of a coach.

@PaulSkallas @quadrifonz You’ve never had a bagel?

@jeffsheehan @SharylAttkisson @DowdEdward People quit smoking, got access to better treatments for cancer and heart disease, and started outliving their brains.

@SharylAttkisson @DowdEdward This is becoming a serious issue. I just lost a former high school classmate on St. Patrick’s Day to it and found out yesterday that another classmate is in hospice. I don’t recall it ever being something that was as prevalent during my parent’s generation. What has changed??

A friend who’s a dental hygenist told me she’s noticed a flood of dementia in patients she hadn’t seen in the 45+ yrs of work. She compares notes with a medical professional friend who agreed. What about you?

@raggy___ Anything that get him out of the AAC is an upgrade.

lateral move

@peter68092 @droppingginn1 @Glenn_Diesen Iran doesn’t play by Westphalian rules, and isn’t entitled to their benefit. The regime has to go and civilized Iranians installed.

@droppingginn1 @Glenn_Diesen If only the US would stop unprovoked attacks, invading other countries and stealing their natural resources. If only the US would follow their own Constitution.

Iran has made it clear that there is no going back to the way things were—crippling sanctions and constant threats from US military bases in the Gulf states. Given that political agreements are seen as meaningless and diplomacy as deceptive, Iran has decided that the US must be expelled from the region. The Gulf states cannot survive without access to the Strait of Hormuz; their access may therefore be conditioned on paying taxes as reparations and selling their oil in other currencies to end the petrodollar system that ties the US to the region. This war will prove to have been a historic mistake— as the effort to restore global primacy only intensified its demise. Yet in our local media, the propaganda is still organised around the saviour narrative of “liberating women” and “helping protesters”. This is similar to the absurd narrative of the Ukraine War, where the effort of using Ukrainians to impose a strategic defeat on Russia is sold to the public as NATO "helping" Ukraine defend its sovereignty. If the West wants to maximise its security and end these conflicts on favourable terms, it must break free from the narratives it has created.

@MaxAbrahms Mostly right about Russia, mostly wrong about the Middle East.

It is so sad what has become of John Mearsheimer. Formerly known as an international relations theorist, watch for yourself how he uses his perch as a professor to peddle antisemitic conspiracy theories even he acknowledges aren’t based on any evidence.