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Rest in Peace David Alan Coe!

On April 24th, 2017, Michael Mantenuto committed suicide. He played Jack O'Callahan in "Miracle" and left acting to join the US Army. He was a communications sergeant in the 1st Special Forces Group. RIP Michael!!

Yea, I’ve been trying to find a good one of Punch and the Wheel #LetsGoBuffalo

Long before the #Sabres, Buffalo fans packed the Aud to watch the #Buffalo Bisons, one of the AHL’s elite clubs and home to future Hall of Fame stars. 🏒🦬 Yes, even Jacques Plante, who played here in 1952–53 and 1953–54 before his legendary #NHL run.

It’s always special coming back home to Buffalo. Right from the airport, we headed straight to dinner at the legendary Italian restaurant, Ilio DiPaolo’s Restaurant, a place rich in history and heart, founded by former champion wrestler Ilio DiPaolo. I had the privilege of sharing the evening with Father Michael from St. Amelia’s and St. Christopher’s, along with his brother Nick and Father Rob. Tomorrow, I’ll be speaking at their schools, and tonight was the perfect way to start, great conversation, great company, and a sense of purpose heading into what I know will be a powerful day. It was also wonderful reconnecting with Dennis DiPaolo and his son Ilio. They’ve carried on an incredible legacy, and it shows in every detail of the restaurant. The food? Absolutely outstanding. I had gluten-free pasta with a gluten-free chicken Parmesan and I can honestly say, it was one of the best! Buffalo, it’s good to be back.

What radicalized you?   For me, it happened back in my freshman year of high school in the early 2000s. The head coach of our hockey team believed in getting the team home to our own beds after road games no matter what instead of staying in hotels. Hotels were a distraction. With no hotel costs, he wanted to use the money to upgrade our road meals. Nothing fancy, just basic meat and potatoes type places like Cracker Barrel or Perkins instead of cold Little Caesars on a dark January bus ride home across rural North Dakota. The athletic director and superintendent shut the idea down and basically just absorbed the savings from his no hotel policy into the athletics budget. So after that our coach, the other assistants, the parents, and us players started fundraising in the off‑season in hopes to get better meals on the road. The first year went great. We raised a ton and were easily able to have nicer sit down meals on every single trip. We all sat together at big tables, had actual food choices, ate healthier and built even more camaraderie. It was fantastic all around. But then other sports teams and parents caught wind. It was seen as unfair. The AD, principal, and superintendent demanded we stop, in order to keep things “equal” across all sports at our public school. They even tried to force our coach to hand over the privately raised money so it could be redistributed. Thankfully, our coach was an old‑school Canadian ex‑pro hockey player who didn’t take shit from anyone, and told them to F off, and we continued with our meatloaf road meals as planned. The principal and AD eventually backed off, but the superintendent had a vendetta against our team and probably mostly just our coach so he never stopped. He even went as low as instructing bus drivers not to take us to the restaurants we’d planned for on the road. Our coach always overrode it, once even driving the bus himself since he had the license from coaching cross‑country. Over the next few years we continued the fundraising for better meals. Some of the other teams, and other parents continued to badger the supt., our coach and even sometime us players about it instead of just joining us in fundraising. Watching peers and especially some of our own “leaders” work so hard to sabotage a positive thing for us was eye opening and really stuck with us. It gave us an early look at how petty and nefarious and systems and people can be, even at the local level. And honestly, in the end, all it did was radicalize about 30 teenage hockey players for the rest of their lives who walked away believing “equality” was the dirtiest word in the English language. 😂

Hey @jimmykimmel 👋😊

The Cauliflower Alley Club extends its deepest and most heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, and loved ones of Carol Sammartino, who passed away at the age of 96. Rest in peace, Mrs. Sammartino.

David Allan Coe is gone. Climbed in that big ol’ Cadillac with Hank Williams and headed for the great gig in the sky. Polarizing, unmistakable, complicated. Songs that still hit. A legacy that lasts. Rest easy, DAC.

You can always count on @AndrewcMcCarthy to run cover for corrupt Democrats like @comey.

Lib: "Trump acts like a king ." Interviewer: "Name 1 thing that makes you think that he acts like a king." Lib: "There are a million of them." Interviewer: "Just name 1 or 2" Lib: "Uhh.. I can't think of none right now."

These are all good things. What’s wrong with @RepJeffries?

@yesnicksearcy @RepJeffries “When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.” ― Thomas Sowell

@yesnicksearcy @RepJeffries So I guess he wants to be judged by the color of his skin and not the content of his character.

Man, the second the money laundromat was closed in Ukraine, the Democrats never mentioned it again. I’ve never seen a noble cause abandoned so quickly. They are such phonies.

Democrats, who have always loved segregation, are sad today that they can’t have more segregation.

Florida gets 💩 done!

Facing Budget Crisis, Mamdani Calls His Parents To Ask If He Can Borrow $4 Billion buff.ly/rraQbt8

Good, now indict the third.

You got me …..😝👊