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If you see one more concert in your life it has to be Santana.

Just got back a little bit ago. An amazing concert.

Almost-77-year-old Carlos can still bring it. Mesmerizing. He has to sit during most of the show, and moves about as well as Biden when he does get up, but that doesn’t impact his playing. Damn, he is just tremendous. See him while you still have the chance.

The percussion side will knock your fvckin’ socks off and pound them into next week. Carlos’s wife - 64-year-old Cindy Blackman - will leave you exhausted. Damn, she is just as tremendous.

Outside of The Allman Brothers this may have been the best concert I’ve been to.

We return you now to your regular late-night programming.

Uvalde School Shooting Footage

I just watched all 82 minutes of it. I will give deference to the fact that I have never been and hopefully never will be in a situation like this in my life (although it seems almost inevitable now), but I'm being serious when I say I would rather have Andy Griffith and Barney Fife on the job after watching this horrific footage. Well, maybe Ponch and John from CHiPs.

You have three crews of idiots on the scene:

1) The local police, who at least showed some some semblance of bravery. They're the fat guys with Oakley sunglasses on their foreheads or on the brim of their caps.​
2) The Sheriff's Dept. who shows up with the camo gear, gloves, backpacks, and all the nonsense they will never, ever need in this situation.​
3) The SWAT team. Basically the Sheriff's Dept on steroids. There was one guy with a camera on both sides of his helmet and another guy who was wearing a gas mask.​
At one point, one of the guys who was in charge (gingham shirt, body armor, and a helmet) went and got some hand sanitizer off the wall dispenser. Meanwhile the kids are just bleeding out in their classroom. And before you say "they didn't know where the shooter was", the locals at least were able to figure out where the gunman was because the guy who looked to be in charge was grazed by a bullet in the head, or that's how it appeared.

For a full hour & ten minutes, these fat asses (and they ARE fat asses) stood around, pointed their guns down the hall, talked about crossfire, were on their phones, and playing police officer. I get the fact that they feared for their lives, but they chose that profession. I honestly would have the Bloods or the Crips in charge of that situation than these poseurs. At least they would have been the "good guys with the guns", guns blazing. This is why I have no fear of an Oath Keepers' led second Civil War. All these idiots want to do is dress up in their Halloween costumes, but when you really need them, that's all you get. A bozo in a costume. If you can stomach it, here is the footage:

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I swear, I wanted to just grab a rifle and do SOMETHING. It makes me wonder what an hour and twenty minutes would have done to save some of these kids' lives.
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Trent Sisley and Braylon Mullins were selected for this event but we're unable to play. Braylon Mullins did show up and was a presence there just for coaches to talk to and interact with his fellow players. IU was also watching 6'9 Cathedral Sr. Brady Koehler who is long and has enormous potential. He's a little weak right now so playing thru contact is not his strong suit but that will come in time. He can put it on the floor very well and shoot it from 3 even better. His recruitment has recently picked up with offers from Stanford and a few other P5s but this is a kid (that if he doesn't get offered and recruited by IU now) they'll regret it and hope they can pull him in the transfer portal. He can space the floor extremely well and be a 3 or stretch 4.
I would have to imagine they were at least looking at Jeffersonville's 6'8 senior Tre Singleton. Here's another kid that they'll likely wish they had gotten in a few years. Tre is working on making his outside shot more consistent and the best part of his game right now is his footwork in the post. He finishes inside against that tries to check him down low. He also has extremely polished handles for someone his size.
A name for the future is Fishers sophomore Jason Gardner Jr. You may remember his father was the 1999 Mr. Basketball at North Central and Arizona Wildcat point guard for 4 years. Gardner just needs to get his shot more consistent. Right now his best asset is his passing and running the floor. He is a D1 athlete/ soon to be player and I would imagine that IU will jump in on him in the near the future.

WTF is going on with this web site?!?!?...

Whew,... this took forever for me to get logged in..

For the last two days it's been having problems on my laptop just loading the site, logging in, loading pages, not being able to redirct pages... you name it. It doesn't matter which browser I try either,
Firefox, Chrome, Edge..... and I've changed nothing in my settings and my laptop is only about a year old and always updated... also, all sites I use are not being blocked in any way...

Been getting a lot of "OPPS, sorry we're having...." BS

Other than being a little slower I'm not having a problem when using my phone.

Anyone else having problems?

In the past year or so I've noticed a lot more problems with the site doing any of the above... problem is it's the only site I ever have tech problems with... I don't think it's on my end.

IUWBB reserved season ticket seating area expanded....

Will be entire main level, both East & West sides this year vs. Row 31 & below both sides last year. Requests for season tickets apparently strong. And anyone who already requested general admission season tickets can change to reserved if done before 6/30. Go Hoosiers!!!!!!

Email from IU:

In response to a significant increase in the demand for IU Women’s Basketball reserved season tickets for the 2024-25 season, IU Athletics is expanding the reserved seating section for the upcoming season.

The new Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall seating configuration will feature the entire main level (both east and west sides) being utilized for reserved season ticket holders. Last year, Rows 1-31 of the main level were set aside for reserved season ticket holders. General admission seating, meanwhile, will consist of the court-level bleachers and the balcony. On gamedays, once the court-level GA section is full, GA ticket holders will be directed to the balcony.

In consideration of this change, individuals who have already purchased General Admission season tickets have the option to call the IU Ticket Office (812-855-4006) and upgrade to reserved season tickets. Those requests must be completed by June 30. Seat locations for reserved season ticket holders will be determined based on IU’s Priority Point system in July.

Both Reserved and GA season tickets for the 2024-25 IU Women’s Basketball season remain on sale. Reserved season tickets can be purchased until June 30, while GA season tickets will remain on sale until the start of the season. Adult reserved season tickets are $112, while reserved senior season tickets (65+) and youth season tickets (18-and-under) are $48. IU faculty and staff can purchase reserved season tickets for $80. Adult general admission season tickets are $96, while general admission youth and senior tickets are $48.

IU Women’s Basketball is coming off a record-setting season for attendance in 2023-24. Coach Teri Moren’s team averaged 10,336 fans during its 17 home games, and in doing so became just the fifth Big Ten Women’s Basketball team to average 10,000-plus during a single season. IU went a perfect 17-0 at home last season while eclipsing the 20-win barrier for the ninth straight year and earning a trip to its third Sweet 16 in the last four years.

We put down our puppy yesterday

Man, this is hard.

I knew it was coming but two mornings ago, I found him in the kitchen next to his water bowl, heavy panting. He wasn't able to stand at all... when I picked him up and put him on all fours, he sat right back down and couldn't/wouldn't walk.

My wife text me that morning that it was time. She said he wasn't able to bend his neck down to eat or drink - she had to lift the bowls to get him to do it. When he did try to walk, he was dragging his back legs until he couldn't anymore and then just sat down.

He was a 16 year old, deaf, blind in one eye Frenchie. He was my shadow. I miss him so much. My youngest doesn't understand what's going on. We took him in yesterday and she asked this morning when he was going to heaven. Broke my heart. The sadness she had, I wish I could take it away.

I can't do this again. He was part of the family and now he's gone. I guess I just needed a place to vent, so this is it.

I looked on IUBase website...

and it lists 38 players that are currently on IU tentative roster. It did not have Conner Foley, Nick Mitchell, Josh Pyne, Brock Tibbitts, Luke Sinnard and of course the Portal Guys. I guess all these guys could come back but it sounds unlikely. I was surprised Josh Pyne's name not on that roster. I guess Mitchell must think he will be in Minor Leagues or elsewhere thus we picked up a couple of OF's to take his place.
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Nuclear Attack

it's obvious the kids are in charge with goofy joe and harris and no one takes either of them seriously. unless we can get them out of office and pull Kush out of a cabana at the st regis we better start taking action. we had the stealths doing a crab walk here yesterday. @Joe_Hoopsier you might have to house the dream team down in alabama. team members start prepping. bug out bags. gold bars. few pairs of NB Grillers 2000s. i can go through branson and load up on jim bakker doomsday buckets. if any dream teamer has one of those houses in maine that come with one of those massive garages/barns behind it that'd be ideal. anyway here's the map. i'll be attending earth day today....

"It was a slow start"

So, I've never really hidden the fact that I'm not exactly a fan of the Veep. But after watching her performances on both CNN and MSNBC, I have to say that I am impressed with how she has developed her political acumen. She walked a terribly fine line tonight. On the one hand, she made it very clear she was Biden's surrogate, and she was making the argument that Biden is the best choice in November. And yet, at the same time, she just barely made sure that it was also clear that Biden isn't 100% Biden. Whether she doesn't want to spend time focusing on 90 minutes, or how she doesn't need to worry about one bad performance, or whatever, but most importantly, how she made sure that the discussion about these two men quickly evolved into a discussion about what was wrong with Trump, and suddenly her arguments didn't mention Biden at all, she really did a great job setting herself up as the obvious choice to battle Trump without remotely even coming close to recognizing that such a choice even needs to be made.

I do not think her talking points tonight came from the Oval. I think they came from her team. And I think her team is very talented. She is positioning herself as Biden's alternative while simultaneously denying he needs an alternative. Well done.
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