WISH-TV 8 just had a story about the CEO of Lilly (Ricks) talking about Indiana. He complains that Indiana is not keeping up with education, it is hard to recruit to Indiana, and healthcare in Indiana is too expensive. It does not appear that WISH has put this online yet, and the only other source I see appears to be IBJ but I do not have a membership to confirm


On healthcare, here is a story that Indiana has the 6th highest healthcare in the country.


I hope the interview with Ricks comes up soon as I am curious about his education specifics. Indiana claims to have lower costs justifying lower wages, but 5th highest healthcare does not seem to support that entirely.

Of course, McCarthy today said it is a lie and that absolutely never happened.

Well, the NYT reporters came on Rachel Maddow and brought with them the audio tape, which they played.

The tape is McCarthy talking with Liz Cheney about Trump and

1)If he could be removed from office by the 25th amendment
2) If not that, whether there was enough GOP votes against DJT to make him lose the impeachment trial. They thought it likely.
3) whether the cleaner way for the party would be to convince Trump to resign, immediately.

McCarthy promised Cheney that he would call Trump and recommend that he resign.

Yes, it's on audiotape.

They say there are many other tapes, including Mitch McConnell discussing how "we might finally be rid of that @sshole, and the Democrats are going to do it for us"

and Mitch saying that if DJT is not convicted during impeachment, then what could a president ever do to be convicted

Juicy.

The NYT book comes out in 2 weeks.

Would have looked great in Candy Stripes. Didn't get a sniff…..

Watching highlight clips he can score in multiple ways! If he is solid as a defender he would definitely be an asset - more of a two, than a 3

Dennis or McNeil or neither?

Not by a shopper, but by a crew of 8-10 masked and hooded looters. Happened mid-afternoon yesterday. An upscale mall in suburban Cincinnati. Cleaned out the store in a few minutes. $413,000 worth of merchandise.

Maybe we’d all be better off if they had gone to the food court and cleaned out Panda Express.

Seriously, is anyplace safe anymore?

7'1 Will "Ice" Berg from Sweden. Plus, IceBerg's dad is heading to that hellhole of west lafayette with him. porkchop is intent on continuing that thug ball up there... but it always backfires to a team like North Texas or the Peacocks. broilees have the most losses to a lower seed in The Dance, 17, than any other team. Tradition!

Just saw a tweet saying the Indiana Fever have cut Ali Patberg. Wow… that was fast. Any background info on this?

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Last I heard he was playing linebacker and wasn't high on the depth chart. I heard lots of good things about this kid's intangibles, bummer to see him go. If I had to put an optimistic spin on it, maybe the reason was Kaiden Turner passed him on the depth chart, which means he impressed the coaches in camp. That's total speculation but that's the most logical reason for a kid that seemed to really enjoy his time at IU. 9/10 times when people seem content with their school and choose to transfer it's because of PT.

Pulled after 23 days of no shows....

Per an Indiana release, below are previous senior year updates on 2022 signees Kaleb Banks, C.J. Gunn, and Jalen Hood-Schifino.



Kaleb Banks – Forward | 6-8 | 215 (74th by 247Sports, 78th by ESPN, 130th by Rivals.com)
Averaged 23.0 points, 10.0 boards and 1.4 steals per game during his senior season of high school… secured over 2,000 career points… Georgia Class 4A Player of the Year.


C.J. Gunn – Guard | 6-5 | 175 (141st by 247Sports)
Averaged 23.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.5 steals per game as a senior while shooting 46.8% from the field and 37.4% from deep… Indiana All-Star IBCA Supreme 15 All-State selection.


Jalen Hood-Schifino – Guard | 6-5 | 185 (21st by 247Sports, 24th by ESPN, 17th by Rivals.com)
Native of Pittsburgh is the highest rated incoming recruit in the Big Ten (247Sports) and led his Monteverde (Fla.) Academy team to its sixth GEICO High School national championship… scored 14 points and hit three triples in the Jordan Brand Classic.

The Reddit CFB board had a post that all the Big 10 teams pulled their future conference schedules down.

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Is there still a place in the NBA for a player like Rodman? If so, could TJD fill that role?

Rumors abound Jay Wright will announce his retirement tomorrow. Interesting… didn’t see this coming. He’s a young 60. Wonder what’s next? Fordham head coach and former Nova assistant Kyle Neptune rumored to be the replacement. A huge turn of events for an excellent hoops program.

Another 2.5 years, God help us...The space rant...I can't stop laughing at this woman. Hey these would make great openers or closers for any situation

"The significance of the passage of time, right? The significance of the passage of time. So when you think about it, there is great significance to the passage of time...there is such great significance to the passage of time."

Space...It affects us all AND it connects us all.

To see what is possible…To see what can be…unburdened by what has been…to reject the notion that the way things have always been…has to be the way things will continue to be…this is the work we are doing together

So, Ukraine is a country in Europe. It exists next to another country called Russia. Russia is a bigger country. Russia decided to invade a smaller country called Ukraine. So, basically thats wrong.

There is time for us to do what we have been doing and that time is every day. We are doing it.

Your going to have to Xerox or photocopy your ID to send it in to proof of who you are. Well theres a whole lotta people who live in rural communities theres no Kinkos theres no Office Max near any of them.

We also recognize just as it has been in the United States, for Jamaica, one of the issues that has been presented as an issue that is economic in the way of its impact has been the pandemic.

“At some point, you know, we are going to the border,” Harris replied. “We've been to the border. So this whole, this whole, this whole thing about the border. We've been to the border. We've been to the border.” Holt responded, “You haven't been to the border,” and she provided her signature awkward laugh. “I, and I haven’t been to Europe. And I mean, I don’t – I don’t understand the point that you're making."

Elections matter…and when folks vote they order what they wanted in this case they got what they asked for.

As I scroll through LinkedIn, I always see people posting about how great their company is or how fulfilling their career has been. I’ve never ever felt that way about any place I’ve worked or my career in general. It has always been a means to an end for me.

But I also know I’m a jaded cynic is most all facets of life. So I’m approaching this with full recognition on my inherent bias. Does anyone here really love their job and/or career?

I’m passionate about music, geek out on coffee and starting to become a denim snob. In theory that makes me a douchebag hipster.

If you're like many of us wondering how individual Dem lawmakers could fight back against baseless QAnon- type charges being levelled against them by some of their more extremist GOP colleagues, this brief speech from Dem Michigan State Senator on the floor of the MI Senate yesterday provides some clarity and direction.

Now I don't know if the Republican Senator in question (Lana Theis) is a full blown Q Nut. But she sent out a fundraising letter filled with Q centric charges against Mrs McMorrow accusing her of being "pro-pedophile" and characterizing her as a "groomer". So I l'm labelling Theis as what Kurt Eichenwald characterizes as Q_adjacent- not necessarily a full blown Q Nut, but using the terminology to appeal to those types to win votes (and raise cash)...

The speech was major news everywhere (probably not on FNC or their morning show), but most outlets have shown excerpts/edited versions. So this clip from Daily Kos is the only version I've seen that encompasses the entire 5 min or so, with no additional outside commentary. So if anyone is fearful of being indoctrinated by the Kos- you can watch the speech here without any fear of commentary...

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Now for a little more backstory and commentary, Morning Joe had McMorrow on this morning, and she provided some excellent insight into the whole story...

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So refreshing to hear common sense coming out the mouth of a California Liberal.

Interesting if it comes to fruition.

Has anyone watched any of this? They both should be locked up for stupidity.

I try not to get too caught up in the rankings but like any fan I pay attention and like to tote a "top x class" when talking with my buddies about the trajectory of IU basketball. That being said, I just took a quick glance at the rankings and am puzzled how the points are being calculated? I'm sure there's a metric or point allotment I'm missing on the surface but how can this be true:

9. Illinois- Consists of 4 4-star players
13. Indiana- 2 5-star, 1 4-star, 1 3-star

Average star/player doesn't get you to Illinois. Number of recruits doesn't get you to Illinois. What am I missing here?

saw the first game and thought, hey, this is gonna be pretty interesting.

then the next day, i tune in and find out ALL the games are being played in Birmingham, and literally every team is really the Birmingham Whatevers..

idiocracy beyond belief.

Kevin Warren is gonna Kevin Warren. He spent a long time with the Minnesota Vikings, and now both the Mens and Women's tourney will rotate through Minneapolis. I know Indy might not have the best of weather that time of year, but it's got to be better than Minneapolis...