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The buying and selling of products or services is normal business. Auditable business. The Bidens established over 20 llc.s and bank accounts with only one product: Joe’s vote.

Wow, a graph. OK, now I'm impressed. You realize that's more of a cartoon. Real graphs have axes labels, scales, things like that. I retract what I said about the course at your local Community College. You're not ready for that. Just stick to re-posting whatever tickles your fancy. In the words of Harry Callahan, "A man’s got to know his limitations." No mas.

Thanks for telling us how it is. That other guy was getting annoying with his facts.

Yelena Makoyed for the USA 76Kg is wrestling for bronze Mat C vs Epp Mae of Estonia. D3

now do the 'peer' reviewed science of covid and the jab...

the things i find on twitter are from scientists you dolt.

yes, i realize you have no reading comprehension skills.. or other skills to make connections to a topic on a message board.

I remember Konishiki ( The dump truck). He was huge. Konishiki had 200lbs on most everyone, He outweighed Akebono and Musa by 100lbs. I don't remember Mainoumi but looked up the match. That's great thanks for sharing. Konishiki outweighed him by over 400lbs. 630-225

I was living in Japan, briefly back in 92-93 when Akebono, Musashimaru and Konishki (remember him?) were all wrestling. Wak/Tak were great to watch back then. I remember seeing the smallest rikishi at that time, Mainoumi go against Konishki....probably 200+ pound difference. I truly enjoy watching the smaller rikishi with their speed and agility go against bigger and heavier ones. The fact that there are no weight classes in Sumo is an amazing part of the sport. I highly recommend a book, The Way of the Salt for anyone interesting in knowing more about the history and tradition of the sport. Once I left Japan, there was no way to follow sumo, so my interest went to zero, but with YT and several dedicated ppl in Japan, we are able (albeit, NHK, who owns the rights to broadcast) to watch. Several also broadcast on Twitch, but time difference makes in almost impossible for watching where I live.

Happy Saturday... Just saw Jacarra Winchester TF Mariana Dragutan of Moldova 11-0 and checked her ticket into the finals. Looked strong in that bout... she'll be going up against Karia Godina Gonzalez of Canada in the finals. D3

You guys crack me up. If the politician you like makes promises, that is good policy. If the politician you don't like makes promises, that is buying votes. So sweet. So innocent. All policy is buying votes. All politicians do it. Reminds me about the transfer debates that go on around here. When your team does it it is wrong. When my team does it it is smart.

Sure, it looks like two giant angry babies titty-bumping in a sandbox, but it's actually pretty awesome. I ask the title question because I'm hooked on the sport, and I wonder if anybody else watches. Earlier today, the first matches in the July tournament took place. A fellow by the name of NattoSumo posts all of the first division matches on YouTube. He keeps getting banned by the Japanese government's TV station, but he keeps coming back. He is now NattoSumo7. This was today's card: There was major controversy in a match, as it appears that the judges gave a win to a wrestler who didn't deserve to win. You see, nothing but the soles of your feet can touch the ground before your opponent touches. In this case, Golden Boy Hoshoryu seems to have grazed his fingers along the sand before his opponent fell to the ground. Exhibit "A" below. It was not seen by the judges, or it was ignored, even though they have a replay system for close calls like this. Hoshoryu is my favorite wrestler so I kinda dug the no call. There were other aspects of today's bouts that were interesting, but I won't bore anybody with them if there is no interest. In any event, here is Exhibit "A," which is particularly damning if you embiggen the image to see the sand falling from the hand and the line drawn in the sand:

2023 World Team non-Olympic weights playoffs. On Japanese National TV! Competitors: 55kg- Rino Kataoka(Meiji Cup winner), Moe Kiyooka(2nd at the Meiji Cup to Akari Fujinami, 53kg) and Haruna Okuno(3rd Meiji Cup, 53kg). 59kg is going to be crazy. Nagamoto(Meiji Cup winner) Risako, Sae Nanjo(Lost the 57kg playoff match to Tsugumi Sakurai almost at the buzzer), Sara Natami and Inagaki(dropped down to 59 from 62(placed 2nd at Meiji Cup, 62kg). The funny thing is.....ALL of these competitors were from the same wrestling club until the Kawai sisters left. So, needless to say, they all know each other VERY well. 65kg- Mahiro Yoshitake(Meiji Cup winner), Yukako Kawai(dropped from 68kg, placed 3rd at the Meiji Cup, 68kg) and bumping up is Nonoka Ozaki(3rd at the Meiji Cup, 62kg) 72kg- Mei Shindo(Meiji Cup winner), Sumire Niikura and bumping up from 68kg, Miwa Morikawa. Morikawa lost an extremely close playoff match to Ami Ishii a few weeks ago for the 68kg spot.

Every day there is another article on Yahoo with some 30-something year old with $100k in student loan debt who feels betrayed or helpless due to the “forgiveness” being quashed. Obviously, not everyone owes that much, and, honestly, I’m not really sure how much $10-20k would help those specific people, anyhow. As far as cars go, there is an impending crisis ahead with auto loans, specifically due to the 20-29 and 30-39 age brackets being 90 days or more past due on $20 Billion in auto loans. This will undoubtedly go up when student loan repayment kicks in. I haven’t once criticized this current “forgiveness” plan. I simply stated, if it is to fix an error, great. If it’s to pull “a fast one”, not so great. I meant to stick with my fictional performance art history, but you got art history in my head. Either way, do those numbers show the whole picture? Are they average salaries for all art history majors or are they the average salaries for people with jobs that require an art history major? Are the art history degree jobs invariably in high cost of living markets? It shows the highest average salary being in SF at $84k, where the average house costs over $1.28 million. Raw numbers here alone do little good; they would need to be weighted and compared accordingly. Lastly, does the country need more art history majors at this time? Are there already 10,000 people with art history degrees but only 1,000 available jobs? I don’t know. This is all information that’s out there, and someone who loves statistics and making algorithms could definitely compile all of this and come up with a method for more mindful lending practices, both for the benefit of the borrower and the country as a whole. To close this out, I’m more interested in actual solutions to the student loan problem, not just throwing good money after bad. Forgiving $10-20k isn’t even a bandaid, and there would be repercussions to doing so, from increased inflation to increased interest rates on student loans in the future, as loan servicers will have to factor in their lost revenue and the potential (likelihood) of further forgiveness and lost revenue in the future. Student loan forgiveness isn’t victimless- Jobs will be lost and lives upended.

After watching a few of Gable's matches here (and note that I am in my 60s) I find it hard to reconcile my memories of him with the fact that he is a far older man now - his legend always precedes him in my mind. He was a force of nature during his time.

again... why are we doing the student loan thing. we will just end up right back where we are in a few years. lets address the real problem skyrocketing costs in higher ed.

Yeah, I think China is looking more and more dominant these days.

…and a democratic researcher determined big tech search and censorship influenced millions of results her direction.

False

Also - and to be fair, accurate and complete - Biden annihilated Trump in popular votes and whatever those other things are. In fact, a greater margin of victory than at any point in history. MAGA wants a rematch to get some more of that smoke. LOL.

That’s an excellent explanation of the National Guard. I appreciate that. I’ll check back to see if you feel like answering any of the questions put forth. In this case particularly, why most of the defense leadership at the time (largely appointed by the president at the time) disagrees with your assessment……except for the highly regarded Kash Patel!! Got a brisket going for some burnt endz dinner. I’ll check back in with ya this evening. Rrrrrrrastafari!!!

My children are similarly situated. The boy who had no interest in college went through electrical apprenticeship and his home is paid off, his sister who has decided to get her masters degree is almost paid for. Her tuition and books are being reimbursed by the company she works for.

Oh, by the way... I looked on the UWW site for this Budapest tournament, and looked at the medal winners, especially w/ the women in question. Individual Neutral Athletes, or in that foreign syntax of things, Athletes, Individual Neutral/AIN... but I got to hand it to you for finding that region in France... good find, sir! D3

They were good. They held center and were just tough.

The Long & Short of it... 55Kg GR bronze medal match was won by the Georgian... who seems to be just barely over 5' tall over a tall Kazak who must be over 5'7" by a score of 5-2. D3

Page-Rogers was cruising @ 9-2, then all hell broke lose! She survived to take the gold w/ a 13-11 win... she was down on criteria 11-11 w/4 seconds left when she got a 2pt exposure... phew! D3

did you ever read the abstract of the 97% of scientists agree study.. from several years ago

Winchester won gold @ 55Kg... 7-2 over the Canadian Godinez-Gonzalez. D3

Sincerely hoping, he's okay and recovered. But I wondered why the ref didn't check for signs of choking in the first place... aren't they aware of such actions? D3

I wonder how Adam Coon would do in Sumo?

That was the second ragdoll too. Got choked out and TF'ed and then won the challenge and then got to continue and got choked out and ragdolled a second time. He probably should have stopped the first time...

ESB... Extra Special Bitter? (I'm a beer aficionado... but what do I know, right?) D3

Wow... after a lengthy break for a challenge that USA's Johnson won (63Kg repechage bout), the Moldovan Ciobanu then head pinched him and proceeded to ragdoll Johnson for 12 points and then pounced on him for the fall as soon as Johnson remained flat on his back. Johnson is not getting up... injury for sure. D3

Hollywood, California? Pfffff... It's just another flyover state on my way to Hawaii.

If they were Albanian they probably had money riding on it.

LOL, looks like someone at UWW was pretty salty about that result.

That is pretty bad. By this writer's standard Steveson had no business winning gold at the Olympics.

Anyone else see this on the UWW page??? Last paragraph. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I love Sumo. I started watching it in the 1990's when Akebono and Musashimaru were working their way up the ranks. Akebono was Hawiian born Chad Rowan and Musashimaru was American Somoan raised in Hawaii. Musa was an accomplished Greco wrestler. . They were the first 2 foreign born Yokazuna and both were huge 525lb plus wrestlers.. I contracted for Japan Gas Corp for several years and kept following sumo through the Yokozuna's Takanahana, Asashoryu and Hakuho the GOAT all of which were smaller 340 lb range but very athletic . as well as the Ozeki Kaiho. All of whom retired. They are really hurting for a superstar but haven't had anyone consistant since Hakohu. I would rather watch Sumo than Basketball, Soccer and Baseball.

they promised it (to buy votes). so they have to try to make good on that.

Professional sports are fixed and all the outcomes are predetermined by sports betting companies and the respective league heads. Everything is scripted and likely written by professional writers for the best storylines to garner attention. Just use the google for many articles and proof that sports are rigged.

Well I get it now, guys. Geesh. I could be standing on the ESB and still would have watched that one sail over my head. Apologies.

Sounds like a law firm

You're better off not being involved...

They are on the UWW site. In summary: 57kg: Richards beats German to take Bronze 65kg: Lee teched by Mongolian 10-0 in less than two minutes. 74kg: No medal for Ramirez 86kg: No medal 92kg: Zahid loses first match to Iranian but ends up taking gold due 97kg: Snyder wins gold via forfeit 125kg: Parris rolls through the field to take gold. Beat Conyedo (Olympic bronze at 97kg) in first match 10-0, also beat Deng from China who is a former world silver.

Stop encouraging the kid...

We need a "PREDICT JIMMY"S NEXT THREAD" thread.

I have been spelling it wrong since he was at OSU. Imagine how stoopid I felt. Honestly a lot of folks on here might spell it wrong because of me.