Now that we know the laptop was real and Hunter’s laptop, should the 51 former officials, Biden and all others who said it was Russian disinformation be prosecuted for election interference?

In hindsight I got caught up in the great expectations for the 24 season. I set aside questions about pitching and defense up the middle focusing on offense. These are cardinal sins in baseball. I went to Conway and have accommodations & tix in Omaha. I didn’t get them hoping to see Kentucky.


Nonetheless IMO this program is in the best shape it has ever been. Admittedly my time at IU started in McNutt right across Fee Lane from Sembower Field. There is some from IU base twitter post* including honors for two kids Denny & Hanley (IN & OH player of the year honors) from what is probably the best incoming recruiting class in IU history if we survive the MLB draft.

* link challenged

Bron Bron is going to love him..

I am not sure I buy into this theory, but the article below believes Gary Hart set the ground for Donald Trump. Hart ran against the old-school Democrat, Walter Mondale. Hart was loved by young, urban professionals (YUPPIES), a group long at odds with blue-collar Democrats. Bringing YUPPIES into the party changed the core values of the Democratic Party to a level that alienated the blue-collar White voters. They became disaffected and bingo, Donald Trump.

I volunteered for Hart in '84 spending a couple of weeks in Davenport Iowa then a couple more in Illinois. It was fun, and I was scheduled for more in '88 until monkey business got in the way.

Other than things like gay rights, I am not sure that 1) bringing Yuppies in changed that much 2) that all the Yuppies stayed 3) that Clinton may well have done more in bringing in young professionals than Hart.

But I do agree that in that era, the movement of urban professionals did damage the party as the home to labor Democrats as the labor Democrats tended to be far more conservative on social issues.

LOL. Interesting to see how much money the Lakers throw at Hurley.

It's important to remember that the Marines in the Pacific made similar landings on multiple occasions in both the South and North Pacific, each time facing fearful odds for the individual Marine to just make it out of the boat and off the beach intact... On at least one landing (and probably two others) the assembled ships and resources eclipsed that of the Normandy landing...

All that said..., Normandy is the remembered "D-day" and understandably so given the stakes at the time... Normandy (in my mind at least), should be remembered primarily because of the guts and fortitude shown by individual soldiers, who having become disoriented and disorganized after having their friends and teammates slaughtered around them (at Omaha Beach and during the Paratrooper jumps the previous night), overcame extraordinary "friction" (the confusion attendant to the violence of combat operations) and strong enemy resistance, bucked the odds, reorganized themselves into small functioning units thru sheer strength of character and "closed with and destroyed the enemy" in spite of the Germans being in prepared defensive positions that "by the book" requires a minimum of a three to one advantage in manpower to overcome (rarely, if ever, was that the case of the Paratrooper engagements and the Omaha Beach soldiers immediately after the initial landing)...

In the case of both the Paratrooper jumps and the Omaha beach landing nearly everything that could have gone wrong, did go wrong, from the Paratroopers being dropped miles away from their intended landing zones and having entire platoons decimated before they ever reached the ground; to the bombing preparations being completely off target at Omaha, in some cases simply creating drowning holes rather than breaching any of the German prepared defenses, in others, dropping their bombs too far inland... to entire units trained with critical skills being wiped out...

Actual "close air support" was non-existent and early Preparatory Naval Gunfire was relatively ineffective; not until several Destroyer Captains grasped the situation and in some cases risked their careers by moving closer to the Beach than their orders indicated, providing much needed close in support, which was key to the lock to the door being finally turned..., allowing the landing force to kick it open (at Great risk) thus ensuring that the landing would be a success.

Eisenhowers Message (History Channel montage):
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Air Drop recreated (Band of Brothers);
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Here's the Navy's view of what went on at Omaha:

All those who served deserve our undying gratitude but especially those who were at the "point of the sword" who went willingly, suffered, and often died because they understood the consequences of not going...

Thumbnail Timeline of the Operation:

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From Band of Brothers:
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Just wow....This kid is as good as I have seen for a freshman. Much further advanced, IMO, than Langford was at this stage. Worked a summer league game for NA. My goodness. Freak athlete. This kid is gonna be a monster.

@TylerSmith_ISL , @Jim Coyle , @ZachBrowning , @Bloom. ----Seen this kid yet?

Here's a link to his film as well: https://www.hudl.com/profile/16279411/Jhrevious-Hall

Let us know what you think!

very few of the soldiers left, ABC news with David Muir just had a wonderful segment on a few of them

Has 21 HRs, 20 Doubles and hitting around .350 for Evansville. Another talented guy that got away. Hard to keep them all happy! Wish him and the Aces lots of luck in the Super Regional. Hope they have better luck than us against Tennessee!
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WEDNESDAY'S SHOW:

🚨 Dylan Sinn
🚨 Kyle Neddenriep
🚨 Rick Bozich
🔥 Football expectations for the local teams
🔥 Indiana H.S. juniors face off with seniors
🔥 MLB players suspended for gambling
🔥 Super Regional action later this weekend

Audio - https://www.spreaker.com/episode/is...an-sinn-kyle-neddenriep-rick-bozich--60288248

Headed to Kokomo soon for this game. The Juniors are stacked, but can they beat the seniors? In the all-time series, the seniors lead the juniors 41-11. Any predictions? We'll use this thread for tonight as well.

WEDNESDAY'S SHOW:

🚨 Dylan Sinn
🚨 Kyle Neddenriep
🚨 Rick Bozich
🔥 Football expectations for the local teams
🔥 Indiana H.S. juniors face off with seniors
🔥 MLB players suspended for gambling
🔥 Super Regional action later this weekend

Audio - https://www.spreaker.com/episode/is...an-sinn-kyle-neddenriep-rick-bozich--60288248

Vision, creativity, risk taking, technical expertise, and bingo.


I never saw a game at this stadium, but I remember seeing it several times. The Indians were the Chisox Triple A team during my late 50’s formative years. How is the project working out as a neighborhood catalyst?

Hoosiers up 2-0 early in the second half of their first game.

https://tstlive.thetournament.com/events/hoosier_army_trident_fc_20240506/show/watch

They play Warren Central, and then there are a handful of pretty good schools they could end up playing as well. I believe they'll get at least 1 game in Mackey.

Before he left I asked him if he was excited...

He said..."Yeah, looking forward to playing in Mackey...but I know I'm not allowed to enjoy it too much."

#raisinghimright

“Biden’s day of reckoning is coming,” the Trump campaign wrote in a fundraising email distributed Monday. “He tried to publicly torture and humiliate me … but he failed. He tried to raid my home and take me out with deadly force … but he failed.”

Guys....I mean GUYS....what in the heck is this?

You guys seriously going to drive off the cliff w this dude?

Remember back to a time when our presidential candidates didn't accuse their opponents of public torture and attempted murder?

I guess I need to re-read the Federalist Papers to understand intellectual conservatism's deep dive into the abyss of Trump's black hole of a personality cult?

Which is your preferred college football magazine?

TUESDAY'S SHOW:

🚨 Mike DeCourcy
🚨 Trent Sisley
🚨 Devonte Green
🔥 1-on-1 with in-state prospect Trent Sisley
🔥 Assembly Ball talk with Devonte Green
🔥 More on Caitlin Clark & the rest of the WNBA
🔥 Evansville advances to the Supers as a 4-seed

Audio - https://www.spreaker.com/episode/is...decourcy-trent-sisley-devonte-green--60273382

Suspended for one year for gambling back in ‘21 and ‘22. Damn shame. Might cost him his career at 26 years old. Another dude just got a lifetime ban. MLB is taking this pretty seriously - unless your name is Ohtani.