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Duke Game Observations

I would like to note that from the beginning of the second half, we began stealing time by letting the ball roll to mid court on baseline out of bounds plays when the clock was not running. That may well have bought us the possessions we needed to win.

It wasn't just last game that Butler has done that. I've wondered if they do it b/c it also gives more time for the offense to run the sets to get a good shot...as opposed to getting the ball across midcourt with 15-20 secs to run the offense.

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Garland allowed the prosecution and conviction of the President's own son. How much more impartial can he get?? Garland has been anything but horrible. Gaetz the freak would be horrible. Just ask his fellow Republicans that hate him.
Seriously? Let's revisit this, shall we?

Hunter Biden gets assigned a friendly special prosecutor, one who was former US attorney for Delaware, and well known to the Biden family. His appointment raised eyebrows in the legal community, but oh well.

This prosecutor slow-walked the case against Hunter in order to allow the most severe charge fall away due to statute of limitations expiry. This same prosecutor then arranged for a sweetheart plea deal that would have kept Hunter out of prison with a slap on the wrist. Thankfully this plea deal was blown up by a judge with a conscience.

It was only after all this that any real prosecution of Hunter was set in motion. This prosecution only occurred when all other recources by the Biden DOJ failed. Furthermore, if you recall, any negative development pertaining to Hunter was overshadowed by lawfare developments against Trump.

You are completely wrong about Garland. I thought Eric Holder was terrible, but Garland is even worse.

For the record, I am against Gaetz as AG. I'm fine with all of other Trump's nominations so far.

GOLF thread

I can't believe I am the only one on this thread that has a phobia about a particular hole.

No. 15 at my home course is an easy par 5, 480 yards, pretty much all you have to do is hit two mediocre shots and you will have no more than a wedge into the green, and there is no water. But EVERY single time I play the damn hole, I either flare it into the trees on one side, or pull hook it into trees on the other side, both of which are in unmowed areas meaning it is almost certain to be lost. Only saving grace is that local rule here is to play it as a lateral hazard. I have tried everything, hit from one side of the tee box or the other, 3 wood off the tee, etc.

Surely we all have had this problem before, any suggestions would be welcome.
With it being such a short par 5, take a little off your swing. 200 yards straight is better than 225/250 in the rough. Same for the second shot, hit 7 iron on approach. 200 yard drive (driver or 3 wood), maybe even 5 wood, 150 yard approach, leaves you 130 or so for the 3rd shot. Not a hole to grip it and rip driver.

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The house is currently 219 to 212.

There are four elections that are undecided and Republicans have the lead and three of them.

One problem is the terrible rank choice voting in Alaska may may go to the Democrat. It's unreal. If someone that loses by almost four points in the general election can win the election based on second and third place votes.

So 221 to 222 is the most likely count. California has a lot of mail ballots which favor you guessed it.

What Casey's doing in in Pennsylvania should be screamed to the general public so they understand that Democrats want illegals to decide who their political leaders are. This is not unlike Minnesota some years back except Casey's way back.

Duke Game Observations

I don’t believe Robinson will be a great “beat his man off the dribble “ guy because I don’t think he has a great/good handle. But he will always be a major (the major?) focal point for the opponents defense and that spreads the floor and opens it up for others.


I would like to see a better angle of Garrisons foul on the three . Looked to me like the guy came down on his foot . But was his foot in the shooters space or did the shooter put his leg out and sell the call . Couldn’t tell .

About all the Duke fans claim the Williams pick (quite possibly the turning point of the game) was a moving screen. I’d have to see some better replays . It was close .


I doubt we will lose the bench scoring stat very often all season. Maybe never .

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I have no faith that big talking republicans, who never got results, then went on to be a foxnews contributor, are anything other than useless establishment cucks.

Gaetz just needs to operate in the background. Which he may be unwilling to do as he’s trying for his next career move. But we can hope republicans won’t be dragging him in front of committees.

I thought gowdy was extremely effective in those hearings. He was obviously a skilled cross examination guy from his days as an ausa. One of the most skilled I saw which means he is a sharp prosecutor. Cross is usually the weakest skill for a prosecutor since they spend most of their time on direct.

One member of Congress can't do much on their own.

Duke Game Observations

-26 bench points compared to 6 for Duke. They have a really nice starting 5, but no bench. I like our bench - each person brings a unique ability and could easily be a starter.


They have a good, if not great, bench, but Scheyer didn't use it.

James, Gillis, Brown, and Sheffield were all solid portal transfers. Brown and Gillis should've gotten 20 minutes of play at least. Also, he didn't even play a high 4-star freshman in Darren Harris and a legit 5-star (McDs AA) freshman in Isaiah Evans. That's rather crazy.

He did a similar thing last year with Stewart and Power, which defeats the purpose of having 'depth' and will eventually lead to team chemistry issues as we all know full well.

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It would be terrible precedent for Trump to get Gaetz into the AG role this way. It will only lead to the Dems doing the same type of thing the next time around. The Republicans have control of the Senate, why can't he nominate someone who will get confirmed? Maybe Gaetz can get confirmed - let it go forward that way with a public hearing .

Gaetz has his own demons, but he also strikes fear in the entire DOJ, and the left doesn't want him anywhere close for fear of him turning the entire dept upside down....who knows what he will find.

For those who have not seen our newest Wildcat signees play yet, here is a compilation.

First up Acaden Lewis, one of my favorite guards in the class.

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Second up Local Boy Malachi Moreno the number 1 center in the class.

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Third our highest rated recruit so far Jasper Johnson.

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Our next potential signee and the would be prize of the class Caleb Wilson.

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Acaden Lewis can definitely shoot. Love a point guard that can shoot. Kyle Macy, Travis Ford, Anthony Epps, Brandon Knight all got us to the Final Four. Lewis appears to be that kind of a shooter.

UFOs

Firm believer our government has covered up UFO activity. The number of credible witnesses, military officers, Navy/AF pilots who have been speaking up in recent years was the last bit of confirmation for me. Those are the most credible eye witnesses you could find and some risked their careers speaking out.

Both of my sightings came off the Atlantic coast. Further North from where I witnessed something a Navy pilot admitted being “buzzed” multiple times by white lights moving at speeds that aren’t of this earth. Said they deployed to the Middle East and they showed up again.

My question has always been: why would they withhold the information? Are they afraid of widespread panic?

Can see where some may go a little sideways. One of my friends who saw one of the sightings with me still doesn’t like talking about it and gives him the willies.

How large of an impact would it have on religion? I guess aliens and the scripture could both exist. We might be the Lord’s 3rd grade experiment and those zipping around us could be His thesis.
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Joe Biden was the “return to normalcy” candidate. With a Senate confirmed AG who weaponized the Justice system against their political opponents.

Trump is the MAGA candidate. He’s not there to get back to the Washington “norms” but set new precedent.

Now is not the time to take the high road. Trump did that his first term. Then they framed him for treason and tried to bankrupt and imprison him.
Ok. Sounds like you want to laugh and crow for the next 2 years until the inevitable Dem victories in the midterms and then 2 years later a Dem candidate wins the presidency.

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First, one would have to look at the details of the program, you dunce.

Second, most of us would probably prefer the federal government have no control over local school lunches.

Third, small portions of highly processed inedible foods are not “healthy” lunches.
If we would stop subsidizing insane amounts of corn and let farmers actually grow varieties of crops and livestock for meats organically, there are enough farmers and local food producers out there to supply the school systems in their regions with quality food. Think if all of the small businesses producing food with the "Kentucky Proud" labels were contracted to provide school systems with their products. do away with the Federal DOE and redirect a good portion of those funds toward an initiative like that.

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I saw somewhere that, since 1900, only three cabinet level appointments have been made by recess appointment. The last was Clinton appointing Mickey Cantor as Sec of Commerce after Ron Brown had died in a plane crash. The Senate was out of session when the plane crash happened so Clinton appointed Cantor to take that position immediately.

It would be terrible precedent for Trump to get Gaetz into the AG role this way. It will only lead to the Dems doing the same type of thing the next time around. The Republicans have control of the Senate, why can't he nominate someone who will get confirmed? Maybe Gaetz can get confirmed - let it go forward that way with a public hearing .

Joe Biden was the “return to normalcy” candidate. With a Senate confirmed AG who weaponized the Justice system against their political opponents.

Trump is the MAGA candidate. He’s not there to get back to the Washington “norms” but set new precedent.

Now is not the time to take the high road. Trump did that his first term. Then they framed him for treason and tried to bankrupt and imprison him.
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