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Shannon feels like he's been around for a decade between Illinois and Michigan St; can't believe he's still got eligibility

What a complete bunch of BS. Your TDS is breaking you.

My mistake, I was getting the impression you were a communist. They tend to hate business and believe the government is the solution for all problems real or imagined. Silly me.

Glad he's still involved in the sport; injuries zapped him bad of his powers

Kind of blows a hole in the "Biden was doing nothing" argument. https://www.beltway.news/p/trump-admin-blocks-investigation?open=false#§what-happened

Interesting perspective. But ICE isn't border patrol. ICE is more like the US secret police, or the Nazi SS. We've seen multiple versions from multiple countries over the years. They are above the law, don't document their actions, and answer to nobody. The CBP with billions of dollars in funding is tasked with taking care of the southern border. Not just this year or last year, but for decades with budgets in the near $10 billion range. (If anybody tried to tell you we had 'open borders' in the last 30 years, they are lying to you. We've been spending many billions the entire time. You're a sucker if you believe what you've been told.) Wealthy types like the ones that come from Middle East oil money - get on a plane and fly in. No sneaking required. Highly educated or not, they walk in. Our current administration respects money far more than anything else. (And, yes, you already knew all of this.)

Totally agree with you. But at the same time, it kinda makes sense that - for now at least - ICE is more focused on the southern border. I mean, how likely is it that dangerous criminals or drug cartels are sneaking into the U.S. from the Middle East? Probably close to zero. They can’t really cross the border illegally - those countries don’t border the U.S - and even when it was easier for folks from that region to come to the U.S. legally, most of them were either wealthy or highly educated - like grad students going to top U.S. universities.

Probably trying to decide if he should be deported. ICE is only focused on identifying and deporting those from south of the border (weird, right?) Apparently, for now, Trump's Project 2025 people only seek to deport Mexicans and Central/South Americans. What about violent gangs and criminals who are white, black, asian, or middle eastern, etc? Why are they being ignored with this ICE effort? None of it makes any sense at all. If they wanted to deport criminals, why only from certain countries? Plenty of criminals from other countries, and plenty of white criminals born and raised in the US. Why cherry pick certain folks and ignore certain other folks? (It's to try to justify his 'border' politics.) A large percentage of those currently being deported aren't actually criminals at all. Again, it's not about criminal behavior, it's about the 'border' politics. And the fact that the wall that was promised to be built in 2014 was never built and it was a gigantic, miserable failure. This isn't law enforcement in any way, shape, or form. This is a diversion to keep people from realizing how big of a failure Trump has been with his border promises.

Let's toughen up brother. It won't be a short or easy ride. But some are built to take on challenges better than others. Ben is at the top of that list.

How come his skin color isn’t known, but his religion is?

You seem to be into a whole lot of nonsense. The right attacks, the left attacks, doesn't matter. Approval ratings aren't based on attacks. You're trying to link things that aren't linked. And - quite honestly - many of the "approval ratings' are more BS than anything else. You should already know all of this. The more the media lies depends heavily on which media. Some openly subscribe to lying media organizations because of 'who knows what' reasons. Others don't trust any because of the same reasons. What's happening here is that the US government has gone out of its way to encourage citizens to distrust media and create chaos. And it's been working quite well. Now - for the true believers, they're only recourse is to trust in Trump. (Which was the reason they have been doing this all along. You've been played.) The USAID comment isn't even worth responding to. You must not realize what USAID is/was and does/did. That's a shame.

Why would I prefer the government be in charge? Where in the hell did you get that idea? Why are you posting like a stooge? Straw man argument much?

People with advanced degrees created smart phones. And that's the only way it would have been possible. Include modern computers, modern automotive technology, etc. in this list. (The list is quite long.) For someone like you to claim an advanced degree is nothing more than "memorizing" shows that you are an idiot. You're not alone. Quite a few low IQ folks in rural areas seem to dislike 'smart' people and their accomplishments, too. It's similar to ugly people disliking beautiful people. 'Envy' is a terrible thing - which is why it is one of the seven deadly sins.

Who uses the term "woke"? Only those on the right who, wrongly, think they are being clever. It was a flash in the pan nonsense term from a small group of far-left dummies. (Much like 'defund the police.') To try to paint a picture of the left using it is completely idiotic.

I remember hearing Hal Reynolds talk about when Bo threw him out at home, and how he didn't realize Bo did it, he was mad because he thought he got thrown out by a relay throw.

There could easily be a world though where the only type of event is "freestyle" (use whatever technique you want to get from a to b fastest) with a sprint, middle distance, and something long for 3 events. Perfectly logical. It just so happens that in our timelines, that's not the case. If track were like swimming, you could have hop on one leg, hop on two legs, skipping, backwards running, side running, spinning races. That's the kingmaker position swimming has found itself in.

That's what!!... Oh. Crap. Uhhhhh. Nothing. Nevermind. Cool topic hope it gets lots of posts and my reply just gets overlooked again... DANGIT. I mean for this first time ever. Anyways, carry on.

You literally doing know any of what you're saying to be true. I absolutely know for a fact what I'm saying is true based on 1st hand knowledge. Almost every contractor I know was forced to put their business in their wife's name. There absolutely is a point system that allows box checker to get bids over cheaper bids. Most companies used the same or similar bidding software and there is very little difference in price. Projects require a prevailing wage so most labor costs are the same.

Trust the govt with all taxes and slogans. This was what 50+ years ago? Toll-free in '73" was a popular slogan in Illinois related to the expectation that the original 187 miles of tollways would be paid off by 1973 and then become freeways . However, this promise wasn't fulfilled. By 1973, state politicians recognized the revenue, jobs, and power associated with the tollways and decided to keep the tolls in place. The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, which was initially established in 1953 to build highways with the intent that tolls would pay off the bonds and then become freeways, was made permanent in 1968, removing the expectation of becoming free roadways. While there was a public expectation of the toll roads becoming free in 1973, it did not happen. Illinois currently has an extensive system of toll roads and there are no signs of the tolls being removed.

Some cards. One or two cards. ONLY one card. Bahahahhahaahhahaha

Hitting on me again. Does the new gal know the true you? Again why so soon? Cover story?

I met him several times working at comiskey park. Class act. A lot of mlb players were not friendly to fans. He was not one of those. He was great.

I believe i saw Lee was also participating in Poland event coming up. I must have missed the other IU connection that joined the coaching staff. Who was it? But good move for them to help with Central Indiana recruiting.

What do you think or cnn jumping the gun and calling that black dude a white dude without any info. That’s the real question.

That’s all you got? Come back to us when you sober up and have something meaningful to add, maybe you’ll be able to think of it all in enough time to get it in one post. Which leads me to…. I know you said to keep you out of my prayers, but sorry you’re still in there. You’re just so damn adorable and I still wish you better times. Sweet dreams cutie pie.