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Well, there is that. But if Garland is, then he is liable to Congress. But with the Senate in there now, it would have to be an ironclad case that even Ds couldn't dismiss. And that won't happen, meaning the D's would never cave no matter what the evidence is. mspart

The Ruskies should just give up. They tried to run them over and they resisted now for 1.5 years. Enough already. mspart

Now Wagner folks get to choose, join Russian Army or go to Belarus. Knowing that Prigozhin's days are numbered, I feel like most would go to the Army. But then again, they will most likely get the toughest assignments (ie: suicidal assignments). Maybe Putin wanted to get rid of Wagner and it is taking effect now. Maybe he's brilliant, maybe he's lucky. mspart

Here is an honest question. Fact: Brooks was in final X. By winning Nationals, he was automatically in Final X. Question: Who in their right mind would give that up for a chance at a non olympic weight, have to go through a whole other tourney just to deny someone a spot if they were good enough to actually take it? Who would give up Final X for a maybe Final X? The question just doesn't make sense. ZV made his choice and AB made his choice. AB could have made a different choice, but who would do a stupid thing like that? For ZV, it was an obvious choice because he had no other shot at getting on the team. And it worked out for him. But there were many here that felt Macc would easily beat him. Many here made fun of him being fat. But he killed the mini tourney and the Final X. Good for ZV. Would AB have had as much luck? Maybe, maybe not. But he was already in a final x so why even consider it. You can't do an ex post facto on the event and say "I shoulda done this" and have everyone comply with your wish. Life, as has been mentioned doesn't work that way. mspart

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Never say Never. I wish James all the luck in the world. I would think he could make a good run of it. mspart

Plasi is right. We need to wait. But as Jonathan Turley points out, someone is lying. Whistleblowers or Garland. Garland stated that the Hunter Biden prosecutor would not be limited in anyway to do what he needed to do. The whistleblowers say David Weiss the prosecutor said he didn't have jurisdiction to prosecute Biden. It can't be both, one of them is not telling the truth. So we shall see if it is Garland or the whistleblowers. To quote Industrial Disease by Dire Straits - Two men say they're Jesus, one of them must be wrong. I've always loved that line. It doesn't discount that one of them could be Jesus, just not both. mspart

Question: Will that date ever change or be removed? Is that possible? These things go in cycles. Some years ago smoking was on the wane, and now it seems to be on the rise. The new younger crop always seems to rebel. Regardless of facts and data. You know, "it just won't happen to me." mspart

Are these video or audio tapes? I have only heard portions but haven't seen anything. It doesn't look good for Trump. I can say that. But it also doesn't look good for Biden with the latest whistleblower revelations. It keeps getting worse. mspart

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Smokin' meats and playin' banjo. Does life get any better? mspart

I was a great football player at 6 and 7. Just ask me. Then my mom made me quit because she was afraid i would squished. So I did wrestling when I found out about it. I played in the 65 lb league and it was tackle. Then it went to the 85 lb league and weighing no more than 40 lbs, my mom figured my football career was over one way or another. I was not a particularly standout wrestler, but I love the sport. NIL would have been wasted on me!! mspart

Aren't there a lot of phenoms pre-teen and teen that don't go on to college or pro levels? Why would anyone sign an NIL for 9 year old? I think this is ludicrous and will be behind Bernie in that line. In fact, aren't there standout HS athletes that go nowhere? It's like the Heisman trophy winner than can't make the NFL or have a substantial career in the NFL. How many have there been? A few for sure. I have to say Pat Sullivan of Auburn won the Heisman as their QB and didn't really do much in the NFL. I was happy about that because he beat out Johnny Musso of AL. I'm a Tide fan!! Musso did not play NFL much either so it was a bad year there. Even Archie Griffin, two time Heisman winner didn't have a long successful career. And they are going to pay a 9 year old for naming and likeness rights? Not a fan. He may just decide debate is his thing. Who knows? mspart

I liked BIG also. Regarding Schlottke, I did not wrestle him, but was in the UM wrestling room getting ready for Veterans and he was there pounding on people. That would have been in 2000 or 2001, probably 2001 because he was already a name in the wrestling community there. I lived in Apple Valley but was associated with the new Eastview HS, while Apple Valley HS was a monster on the other side of the city. Adam Fokken was State Champ from Eastview in 2001 so that must have been the year. He and the Head Coach would go at it the entire practice and you could tell he was ready for States. That was a fun year. I was a volunteer throwing dummy for them in 2000 and 2001. mspart

Now that we have a team assembled, they should go. Get the best seeding they can for Worlds. And get some competition in. mspart

Life sucks sometimes. Once he heard Zahid was going to 92, he could have gone to 92, but that would have left the #3 guy at Nationals going to final X. I think at some point you have to say the decision has been made and move on. Brooks is #2 at 86, ZV is #1 at 92. ZV saw an opportunity and went with it. Brooks was already in Final X. Both had the exact same opportunity to succeed. ZV made his stick, but not in an Olympic weight. So there is that. He will have to decide next year to go 86 or 97. Not enviable either; try to topple a multi World and Oly Champ, or topple a Multi World and Olympic Champ. And neither champs show any signs of deterioration. Now that's a tough assignment. Brooks has already tasted that with Taylor. So has ZV. I think it is remarkable that ZV stayed with TeamUSA rather than going with TeamMexico where he may have had an Olympic shot. If I read on these boards correctly, that is now not a decision he can make. So he has to be pretty positive about his ability to improve by next year. mspart

This is a crazy situation really. Prigozhin is now a walking dead man. I think he knows it. He has refuge in Belarus, whose dictator is a friend of Putin's. If Prigozhin can't pay his mercenaries, what do they do? Disband or run amok? They have been given a pardon but we all know that could be changed at anytime. In fact, they are probably on borrowed time as well. Only the Wagner boys that didn't march to Moscow have a silver lining in that they can come to the Russia Army. Wagner marched on Rostov and Rostov cheered them on. They went unopposed by the locals until they stopped and turned around. Putin either nearly lost it or created an exquisite ruse to clean house. Time will tell on this and on Prigozhin's life expectancy. My opinion is Putin is weakened and Prigozhin has limited time left on this earth. mspart

You misconstrue my statement into one of advocacy. It is not, it is just a fact. I provided evidence of that fact. No one twisted your arm to respond WR. mspart

Why should he? He's already #2 at 86kg. Or do you think he should be #1 at 92kg? He didn't go through the WTT tourney to get to Final X so no is the answer. He needed to make that decision some time ago. mspart

HI Ban, I was wondering why you didn't post in the Zoo. It has been awhile. To catch you up, my wife's preschool had their graduation. The event was huge. I smoked 3 pork butts and the BBQ was excellent. Oh and Gilman, Yianni, and Burroughs lost their spot on the world team. It was quite the upset show. The keyboardist in my band in college still records and has a pretty cool song he wrote. It is really good. I think I can make it a little better with some of my own guitar stylings so I will be looking to do that soon. Well there you go. mspart

True, you can grab legs in GR. Just don't let the ref see you. That's a funny story DJT. There are many that faced Karelin that rolled over for the pin or otherwise prevented getting launched. He was scary. mspart

https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/features/national-prevalence-adhd-and-treatment.html CDC scientists found that, as of 2016, 6.1 million children aged 2-17 years living in the U.S. had been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which is similar to previous estimates. Researchers also found that children living in rural areas were more likely to have been diagnosed with ADHD and less likely to receive behavioral treatment in the past year compared with children living in urban or suburban areas. Among all children 2-17 years of age with ADHD, researchers also found: 6 out of 10 (62%) were taking medication for their ADHD, and represent 1 out of 20 of all U.S. children; Just under half (47%) received any behavioral treatment for their ADHD in the past year. Among the youngest children (2-5 years of age), the number increased to over half (60%); Nearly two-thirds (64%) also had another mental, emotional, or behavioral disorder, such as conduct disorder, anxiety, depression, autism, and Tourette syndrome. It seems to be a thing. mspart

I'm not sure what you do about poor parenting on a national level. I don't know the distinguishing characteristics between nations. But here is one I think about. There has been an increase in student cheating over the past few decades. It has happened since time immemorial. But parents used to teach their kids that it was better to be honest than to lie. And it is better not to cheat because you are only cheating yourself and others. I'm sure many parents still teach this, but I'm also sure many don't. I'm guessing this is just as prevalent in UK, Australia and Canada. It does come back to parents instilling good ethics in their children while young and not letting them get away with breaking this. Else they learn it is a bunch of hokum. Who want's a doctor treating them that cheated through school? Or an Engineer who designs bridges and airplanes and buildings? But it seems that is the direction. If this is not stopped in the home, it will not stop. But to get parents, on a national level to do this would be very difficult. I do remember the ad campaign with the Indian crying due to trash in the water and roadways. It was actually a very effective campaign and we had a cleaner world in general from littering. Now I see crap all over the roads. Why? Could it be because parents are not teaching about littering? Could be. I'm not so sure poor parenting drives shootings. Most people instinctively know killing people is a No No. No matter what parents do, there will always be those that are bad people because they want to be bad. And lately, it seems the shootings are coming from mentally unstable people and parents can only do so much with that these days except drug them. And when the kid decides to go off the drugs, the parents don't have a say because the kid is 18 or more. Or perhaps the drugs are causing aberrant behavior. But in general, I think the more parents instill good ethics into their children, the less likely they will go killing people. How to do that on a national level is the question. mspart

I look at Yahoo Financial everyday and saw this and thought it was interesting: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bud-light-only-itself-blame-164336807.html Bud Light only has itself to blame for sales plunge after caving to ‘extremist bullies,’ argues main LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD Anheuser-Busch can only blame itself for the ongoing boycott of Bud Light after caving to “extremist bullies,” according to the main U.S. advocacy group for LGBTQ people. Following consumer retaliation against Bud Light for hiring a transgender influencer to promote in April what its former marketing boss called an increasingly “fratty” and “out of touch” brand, group management kowtowed to the pressure, leaving them vulnerable and without support from either side. “I think we need to reframe this,” Sarah Kate Ellis, CEO of GLAAD, told CNBC on Thursday when asked about the backlash. “Companies that did back down to bullies actually saw this escalate.” Had the brewer only stood its ground—like many other companies supporting Pride Month—the LGBTQ community and its allies would have come to its aid and prevented the precipitous drop in demand that saw Bud Light lose the title of America’s favorite beer last month. Asked whether she felt Bud Light’s 27% plunge in sales came as a direct result of caving to the criticism, Ellis replied: “It’s absolutely from them backing down.” In fact, she went so far as to say her community joined in the pile-on and may even be the actual driving force behind Bud Light’s troubles. People don’t want to support a brand that won’t support them when the going gets tough, Ellis argued. “LGBTQ bars have stopped serving it. [Anheuser-Busch] didn’t stand with us,” she said. “I think they’re taking credit—the extremists—for the drop in sales, when I think it’s actually the other way around.” I'm thinking that this is giving too much credit but perhaps they are right. Anyway, an interesting alternate take on the situation. Also interesting is that Yahoo is saying AB/InBev stock is a buy right now because it is so low. JRoss - you may have a winner here!! mspart

Here's hoping RBY and the rest qualify their weights for the Olys. mspart