It looks like the Red Steppers now have some serious competition for hottest dancers in the Big Ten:

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My solution: footwear upgrade...
Get them into something with less of a heel that allows for even more athletic moves than they're already known for (if that's physically possible 😉😎)...

Had a high school friend who was once with the Dance Team up at Ball State back in the really early "70's" and they wore some type of red, tight to the calf, semi-boot with a low heel that they could safely hop around in... She looked great too... The stuff they have our women wearing these days looks like a real boot that appears to be a sprained ankle waiting to happen...

*Yes, I'm even attempting to polish our dance teams presention. What can I say, it's an extraordinarily slow day at this end...

With the women of west coast now in the mix the RS will need to up their game accordingly, fortunately our talent pool is deep...

Clothes ideas for your loved one:


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The House settlement is on track to disperse 75% of TV revenue in back damages to football, @On3sports has learned."At that point you have a federal judge saying, 'This is a fair way to distribute your money.'"

Full allocation of damages:
75% Football
15% Men’s basketball
5% Women’s basketball
5% Remaining athletes

> I think it is pretty clear that, without Title IX, this is how many colleges would split up their direct compensation. We'll see how this plays out in the courts.

How Judge Claudia Wilken could outline revenue sharing framework in House settlement

Saw on twitter that Winnie Watkins, the nation's #1 receiver, has scheduled his official visit to Indiana.

Need to eat some crow on the Shannon situation.

23 of 32 nations are meeting or exceeding the goal of spending 2 percent on defense. This is a record and a huge increase over the numbers as recently as 2021.

someone is missing from the list but i have not seen anything posted.

Wallethub ranked states by their economic performance. The area around Indiana doesn't do so well. Indiana is 38th, Kentucky 46th, Ohio 42nd, Illinois 39th, and Michigan 19th.



The factors they considered are:

Economic Activity – Total Points: 33.33​

• Change in GDP (2023 vs. 2022): Quadruple Weight (~13.33 Points)
• Share of Fast-Growing Firms: Triple Weight (~10.00 Points)
  Note: This metric measures the number of firms in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 list as a percentage of total firms.
• State Gross Public Debt as Percent of GDP: Full Weight (~3.33 Points)
• Exports per Capita: Full Weight (~3.33 Points)
• Startup Activity: Full Weight (~3.33 Points)
  Note: This metric measures the rate of newly established firms.

Economic Health – Total Points: 33.33​

• Unemployment Rate: Double Weight (~4.30 Points)
• Underemployment Rate: Half Weight (~1.08 Points)
• Change in Nonfarm Payrolls (2023 vs. 2022): Full Weight (~2.15 Points)
• Change in Total Civilian Labor Force (2023 vs. 2022): Full Weight (~2.15 Points)
• Increase in Ratio of Full-Time Jobs to Part-Time Jobs (2022 vs. 2021): Half Weight (~1.08 Points)
• Median Annual Household Income Adjusted for Cost of Living: Full Weight (~2.15 Points)
• Growth in State Personal Income (2023 vs. 2022): Full Weight (~2.15 Points)
• Government Surplus/Deficit per Capita: Full Weight (~2.15 Points)
• Unfunded Public Pension Plans per Capita: Full Weight (~2.15 Points)
• Share of Uninsured Population: Half Weight (~1.08 Points)
• Share of Population in Poverty: Full Weight (~2.15 Points)
• Foreclosure Rate: Full Weight (~2.15 Points)
• Growth in Number of Businesses (2021 vs. 2020): Full Weight (~2.15 Points)
• Fiscal Health: Full Weight (~2.15 Points)
  Note: This metric is based on the George Mason University Mercatus Center’s state fiscal rankings, particularly the State Fiscal Condition Index, which refers to the sum of cash, budget, long-run, service-level and trust-fund solvency indices for each state.
• Building-Permit Activity: Full Weight (~2.15 Points)
  Note: This metric measures the total number of new privately owned residential-building permits issued annually per capita.
• Average Educational Attainment of Recent Immigrants: Half Weight (~1.08 Points)
  Note: The educational attainment of recent immigrants aged 25 and older from a foreign country is classified as having either no high school diploma; a high school diploma or equivalent; some college experience or an associate’s degree; a bachelor’s degree; or a graduate or professional degree.
• Average Educational Attainment of Recent Migrants from Other U.S. States: Half Weight (~1.08 Points)
  Note: The educational attainment of recent migrants aged 25 and older from other states within the U.S. is classified as having either no high school diploma; a high school diploma or equivalent; some college experience or an associate’s degree; a bachelor’s degree; or a graduate or professional degree.

Innovation Potential – Total Points: 33.33​

• Share of Jobs in High-Tech Industries: Full Weight (~5.56 Points)
• Share of Jobs STEM Employment: Full Weight (~5.56 Points)
• Independent Inventor Patents per 1,000 Working-Age Population: Full Weight (~5.56 Points)
• Industry R&D Investment Amount per Total Civilian Employed Population: Full Weight (~5.56 Points)
  Note: “R&D” refers to research and development.
• Nonindustry R&D Investment Amount as Share of GDP: Full Weight (~5.56 Points)
  Note: “R&D” refers to research and development.
• Entrepreneurial Activity: Full Weight (~5.56 Points)

This might be a hard listen for some of the Dream Team Snowflakes here but I found a video that pushes back on some of the Catturd narrative. I know, I know... this isn't Bill Maher saying something you agree with while also owning the libs or some billionaire with absolutely no incentive to push back on Dem policies. Anyway, have a listen.

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This is hard to do in mid-June, but it's fun to look ahead. Here's my best guess at who starts, and how the minutes get distributed. Check it out and let me know where you agree/disagree!

https://indiana.rivals.com/news/predicting-roles-and-minutes-for-the-hoosiers-this-season

TUESDAY'S SHOW:

🚨 Mike DeCourcy
🚨 Kevin Brockway
🔥 Celtics secure 18th NBA Championship
🔥 Can the Pacers challenge next season?
🔥 Way-too-early B1G basketball discussion
🔥 The latest from the College World Series

Audio - https://www.spreaker.com/episode/isb-6-18-2024-joined-by-mike-decourcy-kevin-brockway--60422874

TUESDAY'S SHOW:

🚨 Mike DeCourcy
🚨 Kevin Brockway
🔥 Celtics secure 18th NBA Championship
🔥 Can the Pacers challenge next season?
🔥 Way-too-early B1G basketball discussion
🔥 The latest from the College World Series

Audio - https://www.spreaker.com/episode/isb-6-18-2024-joined-by-mike-decourcy-kevin-brockway--60422874

Happy Father's day to all the dads out there.

Anybody can be a sperm donor, but it takes a real man to raise a child, whether they are yours or not.

I hope everyone is having a great day.

A fascinating, frustrating, and tragic cold case

Wiki for those who may not know about the case

Moren is the head coach of the under 18 girls USA team. Some of the 17 year olds have not committee to a school. A quick scan looks like UConn, ND, and even PU picked up some talent.
I hope some of the uncommitted and I assume therefore juniors like Moren and come to IU.
First game is today at 4:30. Not sure how to watch, even if you can.

I think that until a recruit signs they should only be labeled as.... Involved.

Remember this... In a bacon and egg breakfast the chicken is involved... but that pig is committed.

One more seating change this year. The visitors won’t have their usual strip of seats down to the field — all up top now. Good move.

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One day a florist went to a barber for a haircut. After the cut, he asked about his bill, and the barber replied, ‘I cannot accept money from you, I’m doing community service this week’ The florist was pleased and left the shop. When the barber went to open his shop the next morning, there was a ‘thank you’ card and a dozen roses waiting for him at his door.

Later, a cop comes in for a haircut, and when he tries to pay his bill, the barber again replied, ‘I cannot accept money from you, I’m doing community service this week.’ The cop was happy and left the shop.The next morning when the barber went to open up, there was a ‘thank you’ card and a dozen donuts waiting for him at his door.

Then a politician came in for a haircut, and when he went to pay his bill, the barber again replied, ‘I cannot accept money from you. I’m doing community service this week.’ The politician was very happy and left the shop.The next morning, when the barber went to open up, there were a dozen politicians lined up waiting for a free haircut.

And that, my friends, illustrates the fundamental difference between the citizens of our country and the politicians who run it.




and a chick..

The essay is written and published on the blog page of Arthur Hayes. Hayes WAS Bitmex and stepped down after US regulatory scrutiny in 2020. He’s great at breaking down narratives. I don’t sleep all that well anymore so occasionally I’ll read something that really interests me. I just got done reading this essay and have yet to fully break it down. I’ll be interested to read some of your analysis.

Massa

Its all about marketing. I am sure @T.M.P. would agree.

They could have been Taylor Swift of their generation, but with little marketing budgets... they have sadly been consigned to YouTube.


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“Religion is such a great thing it’s so it keeps you know there’s something to be good about you want to be good it’s so important I don’t know if I explained right I don’t know if I’m explaining it right you know you want to be good you want to go to heaven when you have something like that you wanna go to heaven Ok so you want to go to heaven so if we don’t have heaven OK you almost say what’s the reason why do I have to be good what difference does it make. Let’s not be good what difference does it make?

Everyone in the world knows who said this. The only person crazy enough to speak like that and then admit the only possible reason to be good is to get to Heaven. I imagine he’ll have some explaining to do.