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Politicking over hostages

Came across these clips in searching for the national response and mood to the Iranian hostages.

Re the first clip: can you imagine a president since 2016 sitting down for a grilling like this Face the Nation clip? Also, about halfway through, a reporter asks "Is this still a crisis? Should we still be talking about this every day? Reporting the number of days of captivity? Tying yellow ribbons around trees and flying flags at half mast? [Is any of that going on now? Is Biden flying flags at half staff until our hostages come home?**]. Another asks Carter: why aren't you talking about it more?

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And here, William Casey and Joseph Verner Reed can go **** themselves for trying to, or succeeding in, negotiating a deal to prevent the hostage release until Reagan came into office:

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**No, he hasn't ordered that, but here's something I just discovered: you can get an app on your phone telling you when to fly your flag at half staff:

No Formal Team Captains This Year

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/for...u-football-wont-name-team-captains-heres-why/

“Never chosen captains, ever,” Cignetti said. “I put guys out in front of flex and then when we are done they say something to the team before practice then we practice. That might be the same three guys, it might be seven guys on a rotation. That’s the way I’ve done it.”“Never chosen captains, ever,” Cignetti said. “I put guys out in front of flex and then when we are done they say something to the team before practice then we practice. That might be the same three guys, it might be seven guys on a rotation. That’s the way I’ve done it.”
“Captain is a nice term, it was used a while back, to me it’s more important to have a lot of good leaders.”

Cignetti said he chose linebacker Aiden Fisher, running back Justice Ellison and offensive lineman Mike Katic to join him at Lucas Oil Stadium because they represent three distinct groups on his first Indiana roster: a transfer from James Madison where Cignetti came from, a transfer from elsewhere, and a returning IU player.

Every team in the Big Ten had to pick three players to join the head coach in Indianapolis for the annual event. And there’s no doubt Cignetti views the trio he chose as some of the leaders on this 2024 edition of IU football.

Sporting News says 3 BT Teams Won't Go To A Bowl Game In 2024:

Greg McElroy picks NW, PU, & Indiana as Big Ten teams who won't go to the postseason. "If these teams get to a bowl this year, it would be a great accomplishment. If Curt Cignetti can get Indiana to a bowl game in year 1, that would be an incredible achievement."

I'm sure Coach Cig is shaking in his boots.:)

  • Poll
Republican Slip of the Tongue Poll

Trump and Co and/or a Republican Elected Official will say one or more of the following...

  • The N word

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • B*tch

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • Dog whistle word/phrase for the N word and/or b*tch

    Votes: 10 58.8%
  • All of the above

    Votes: 3 17.6%
  • None

    Votes: 3 17.6%

This poll refers to anyone in Trump's circle and Republican elected officials. What word(s) will potentially come out of their mouths, if any, over the next 6 months in reference to Kamala Harris?

  • Poll
Haley for President Question

(Republican voters only) Who would you have voted for if Haley was the Republican nominee?

  • I would have voted for Haley

    Votes: 22 88.0%
  • I would have voted for Biden / Harris

    Votes: 2 8.0%
  • I would have voted for JFK

    Votes: 1 4.0%
  • I would have stayed home

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Honestly, I don't know.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

Republican / Trump voters only.

If Haley had been the nominee instead of Trump with either Biden or Harris as the opposition, would you have voted for her? Honest answers.

If you feel that it would have depended on whether it was Biden or Harris, that's OK. Please respond as such.

It’s hard to spin the “You won’t have to vote in 4 years” comment

I’ve held my nose and voted for Trump twice and am struggling like hell this year because I can’t decide if I hate Trump or the progressive agenda worse. I truly can’t believe this buffoon is what my lifelong party is clinging to. I’m embarrassed to still be a registered Republican but can’t imaging voting for the far left. I need a therapist

IU Football and the New Hope...

CCC and the staff he brought with him seem to know how to conduct practices efficiently. They seem to know how to turn a team around and have it be successful in its first year (based on CCC's history). They obviously know how to get a quiet, confident buy-in from the players in a new situation (with the help of portal guys from the last place they coached at).

I always thought that CTA improved the basic talent-level at IU, but didn't always use/develop that talent as well as he/they could have (partially because they had the usual IU burden of not being able to keep good coordinators).

The Spring Game alone (& the fact that it was openly televised, with no chicanery around that fact involved) gave me hope that this team will be much improved this year.

We will see. The proof is in the pudding...

But I for one have - to mix metaphors - drunk a fair amount of the kool-aid already....🤷‍♂️....👍
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