Just thought I would get this out of the way, we all know that it was coming from some dim on here. "He's a total isolationist"!!! "if he builds a Dome, I will have a factory to sell dome ladders!!". Jesus Christ what a sad sack of stuff the dem's have become in my lifetime.

Our lads reports

We had reports of where they were eating, golf cart pics. Folks sharing info, hell I even remember impromptu chat sessions...yeah those sure were the good old days...

A widowed Jewish lady, still in good shape, was sunbathing on a deserted beach in Boca Raton, Florida.

She looked up and noticed that a man her age, also in good shape, had walked up, placed his blanket on the sand near hers and began reading a book.

Smiling, she attempted to strike up a conversation with him;

"How are you today?"

"Fine, thank you." he responded, and turned back to his book.

"I love the beach. Do you come here often?" she asked.

"First time since my wife passed away 2 years ago." he replied and turned back to his book.

"I'm sorry to hear that. My husband passed away three years ago and it is very lonely, she countered "Do you live around here?" She asked.

"Yes, I live over in Pompano." he answered, and again he resumed reading.

Trying to find a topic of common interest, she persisted, "Do you like pussy cats?"

With that, the man dropped his book, came over to her blanket, tore off her swimsuit and the most passionate lovemaking ensued enveloping them in a self-made sand storm.

When the cloud of sand began to settle, she gasped and asked the man;

"How did you know that was what I wanted?"

The man replied; "How did you know my name was Katz?"





and a chick....

Colonel Oleksiy Mes, considered Ukraine's top pilot died Monday while piloting the first F-16 to be considered a combat loss. Known as 'Moonfish', Mes actively lobbied the west to escalate the conflict, by introducing the aircraft into the war theater. His compatriot, Andriy 'Juice' Pilshchkov. another of Ukraine's top pilots, did not survive training, along with two others involved in a mid-air collision.
Speculation is that Mes was shot by an American Patriot battery, during Monday's attack by Iskander, Kalibr, glide munitions and various drones, in 15 of Ukraine's 22 oblasts.

Prerecorded (CNN billed as live) hour long interview edited to 18 minutes. 30% of what Harris had to say was usable. And that 30% had zero substance. She’s running on a vibe. Unreal. Wake up people.


What did we learn?

Harris values haven’t changed and Walz has bad grammar.

Independence.

I was thinking about the gist of this when I ran across this add that sums up my thoughts about this election.

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We begin with the fact that just a few months ago, Harris was the least popular VP in history and there was serious talk urging Biden to dump her. Prior to that, she couldn’t even manage to get out of the starting gate in the 2020 Democratic primary. Now she will likely be the next president.

How did this happen?

We saw it in real time.

This election is not Trump v. Harris. It’s The System on the one hand, and the people on the other. The System is big government, big media, social media, big tech, big education, big NGO, and big corporate all working in simpatico. Not too long ago, these institutions operated as a self correcting check and balance. Now there isn’t. We have policy without meaningful review or accountability. Thus we have an impossible fiscal situation, third world conditions, bad education for those who need good education the most, violence, drugs, and the rest. There is no other reasonable explanation for the meteoric rise of Kamala in just a couple of months other than The System pushing her. She hasn’t changed. The System changed our view of her.

On the other hand we have Trump. He certainly has baggage. But he also has a striking number of positive policy initiatives that ought to be important, but aren’t. He has a self- destructive behavior pattern. But more importantly, The System exploits, exaggerates, and even lies about him, leaving The System’s chosen candidate without an effective opponent.

I like independence. I wish we had a different champion than Trump. But we don’t. Kamala is too high of a price to let The System in.

Watch the Matrix. Are we living the prequel?

let alone a female staff member who was probably mortified.

the Army stands w her. i stand w the Army.

Where do you stand?

Let's go, Hoosier fans!

Four star top 50 player??

She ends up in Iowa City?

Looks like it will be a bit cooler on Saturday.
Highs in the area today are 95F while Saturday will be 80F. Showing scattered thunderstorms during the morning up until noon tomorrow and then clearing by game time and partly cloudy throughout the afternoon.

Get it done this weekend Woody!

Inside Indiana Football is back this week.

Follow along with this thread for updates from Inside Indiana Football with Curt Cignetti.

4 games playing with each game having a team inside the top-25 tonight. Kind of unusual but will be interesting to see if these are all blowouts….

What happens if she does a good job, and is impressive tonight?

It seems like everyone is expecting her to struggle. I'm sure the immediate questions will be that she won't have been alone. And that's valid to an extent.

I actually was pretty impressed with her interview immediately after the Trump/Biden debate. Whoever the CNN interviewer was, can't remember, actually was fairly tough on her trying to get her to acknowledge Biden's crap performance. She handled that interview, that could not have been comfortable, and obviously could not have been prepared for...very well.

We'll see I guess. But I wouldn't surprised if she comes away more impressive than not. And if so, it'll be interesting to see what that does to the Trump campaign, how they handle the debates, etc...

I'm talking composure, ability to articulate positions, etc... Obviously the content isn't going to resonate with a lot of people. Me included, for the most part.

Based mostly on geography, rivalries, tradition , like-minded institutions, with one exception keeping schools in the same state in the same conference, keeping the current 68 power 4 schools and adding a few....so basically fan's conferences. without $$$ considerations.....

Big 16 (Formerly known as the Big 10)

--Pitt
--PSU
--OSU
--Cincy
--MSU
--Michigan
--ND
__IU
--Purdue
--Minnesota
--Wisconsin
--NW
--Illinois
--Missouri
--Iowa
--Iowa St.

So......16 teams, dumping RU, Maryland, Nebraska, and the Pac 4...adding Cincy, Pitt, Missouri, ND, ISU

ACC

--U Conn
--BC
--Syracuse
--Temple
--Rutgers
--Maryland
--W. Virginia
--NC
--NS State
--Wake
--Duke
--S. Carolina
--Clemson
--Virginia
--Virginia Tech

15.....Hate to force Temple on them. Maybe somebody else would be better....already too many NC schools to add App St or E. Carolina. Maybe Marshall? U Mass? Anyway, dropping FSU, Stan, Cal, SMU, GT, UL, , Miami, , ND, , Pitt, ; adding U Conn, Temple, RU, Maryland, WVU, and S. Carolina.

SEC

--GA
--GT
--Bama
--Auburn
--Ole Miss
--Miss St.
--Vandy
--TN
--UK
--UL
--LSU
--Miami
--Florida
_-FSU
--USF
--UCF


16 teams....Florida-heavy, but that's within the rules. Dropping Arkansas, TX, A&M, Missouri, Oklahoma & S. Carolina. Picking up GT, UL, Miami, FSU, USF, UCF.....USF & UCF both schools with 50000+ students.

The Plains (Formerly the Big 12)

--Colorado
--Colorado St.
--Nebraska
--Kansas
--Kansas St.
--Arkansas
--BYU
--OK
--OK St
--TX
--TX A& M
--Houston
--TCU
--TX Tech
--SMU
--Baylor

16 teams...Texas and Texas North, but why not. I'm thinking Houston & SMU were on the outside looking in. The old Big 8 schools could never get along with the Texas schools, so add a couple more. Switching Nebraska for Iowa St to keep in-state schools together and for tighter geography.

The PAC 15

--Oregon
--OSU
--Washington
--Wash St.
--Utah
--Utah St.
--Boise St.
--UNLV
--Cal
--Stanford
--UCLA
--USC
--SD State
--AZ
--ASU

15 teams.....I violated one of my rules by putting BYU in the Big 12. Adding Utah St. (about 28000 students), SD State (37000), UNLV (31000) & Boise St (26000) to get to 15.

All-in-all I think you end up with 5 pretty competitive conferences with reasonable geography and most rivalries preserved.

EDIT: Adding Colorado St, a school with 34000 students and a great location, to the new Big 12.

For everyone going to the UCLA game, would someone with knowledge of the area arrange a designated bar for IU fans to go to on Friday night before. With it being so spread out it is difficult to make sense for a gathering place. Maybe IU Alumni Association would be of some help?

I swear I don’t know anybody.. especially those who call themselves Christians, can defend this abhorrent human being who we still have to refer to as Mr President