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EXACTLY! The 3 point stance...there's nothing you can do. Also, that Purler style of Wrestling, you're going to end up leaking from the head once in a while. Just part of the sport.

No, there's absolutely nothing wrong with this IMO, I don't think it started with JB, I think it's been around forever and I think as long as you're using your head and hands as your first line of defense...I don't know what you're supposed to do. It's so hard to get guys out of position, ideally, you'd plant your head in his cheat and shoot, but guys are blocking with their head. There may be some cases that are egregious, but the one at 16:45 was nothing. Just a good shot. Cael did that, Joe Williams did that, Johnny Hendricks and Kyle Snyder...and here Vito(just one guy from most of the top Colleges so this doesn't turn into another complaint about on school). Blast double. Sometimes, you get blasted in the dome. It happens.

You really think he'll be able to hold 57KG? He looks like he's 4-5 inches taller than Lee... and he's not exactly physically mature. Why can't Lee be the "future" at 57KG? He should have at least another cycle. Did I miss something?

This was...shockingly good advice that never once dawned on me until I started coaching. I had a HWT, he was a great FB player, he was 6'4 270, he could run all day, he was fine in practice, but he was backing up guys his first 3 years who'd all placed in State. He finally got his shot and he would gas about 90 seconds into the match. It took about 10 minutes until an assistant said 'he's holding his breath.' The nerves were getting to him and he just...wasn't breathing. Not even regulating his breath, but he was holding it for long stretches. Never would have dawned on me. Good kid, ended up being pretty good and played 4 years of College Football.

I think you need to be functionally disabled mentally in order to understand or find this amusing.

Is this a mental health issue? I don't think Trump believed he won(well, we know he knew he lost)... but so many others did. Beyond that, if they could rig it in 2020, why not rig it better? Why not rig it in 2024? Or was it rigged in 2024 and Trump just agreed to play along with the rigging? Makes ya think, doesn't it? Kinda like, 'I think this is mind numbingly stupid.'

1. False Claims of Aid Being Withheld from Republican Areas Former President Donald Trump and other Republicans alleged that the Biden administration deliberately withheld disaster aid from Republican-leaning regions affected by Hurricane Helene. These claims were unfounded and contradicted by FEMA's documented assistance efforts. Such misinformation eroded trust in federal relief programs and complicated coordination with local officials. 2. Mischaracterization of the $750 Assistance Payment Some conservative commentators misrepresented FEMA's $750 "Serious Needs Assistance" as either the total amount of aid available or as a loan requiring repayment. In reality, this payment was an initial, one-time grant intended to cover immediate essential needs. Eligible survivors could apply for additional assistance through FEMA's Individuals and Households Program. 3. Conspiracy Theories About Government Intentions Conspiracy theories circulated online, suggesting that the federal government used Hurricane Helene as a pretext to seize land in areas like Chimney Rock, North Carolina, for purposes such as lithium mining. These claims were baseless and debunked by local authorities and emergency management officials. Nevertheless, they gained traction on social media, hindering recovery efforts. Wikipedia+3Wikipedia+3Congressman Chuck Edwards+3 4. AI-Generated Misinformation AI-generated images falsely depicting disaster scenes were shared widely on social media to criticize FEMA's response. One such image showed a young girl in floodwaters, purportedly illustrating federal neglect. Despite being fabricated, these images were used to support misleading narratives about the federal response. Wikipedia 5. Political Undermining of FEMA The Trump administration's approach included appointing FEMA leadership with limited disaster management experience and reducing the agency's role in favor of state-led responses. This shift led to internal confusion, staff resignations, and concerns about FEMA's preparedness for future disasters. The Times of India+2The Daily Beast+2AP News+2WSJ+1The Daily Beast+1 These instances of misinformation and political interference not only misrepresented FEMA's actions but also impeded effective disaster response and recovery efforts following Hurricane Helene.

Looks more like separated by death... what's with the Grey Face?

I'm plenty focused and I addressed most of these issues. You apparently need to hear this multiple times. 1-Yes, filing out paper work. Or...do you suppose you should just... tell Fema how much money you're entitled to with no other forms of documentation? How would YOU propose that money be handed out? 2-You want to talk about how slow and ineffective Fema is, but you don't want to talk about how Republicans voted against additional funding and NOW they've slashed the budget even more while cutting 1800 employees? Please, spare me the whining about how slow it was. You're getting what you voted for. Finally, AGAIN, you realize the Federal Government isn't responsible for 100% of ALL costs, right? You have...what are called INSURANCE companies. Biden did give out 100% of funds he was legally allowed to give out and as I said, States asked for troops, he sent troops. Biden offered additional help to Florida, they turned it down. But the "there's so much fraud and waste," crowd thinks you should just...I don't know, exactly HOW do you think the money should be allocated? Should I drive down to North Carolina and just...walk up with nothing and say I need 500K? Thoughts? Oh, and AGAIN, not 2B, 2.7B. And that's..."nothing." 2.7 Billion dollars is..."nothing." Ok...cool.

I stayed focused and I responded. You ducked the question. And yes, I keep talking about filling out the paperwork. Should they just take people's word for it? I thought we were worried about giving money to "Unlawfuls," and fraud. But now you should get more than the 750, the maximum allowed by congress and Biden should just hand that out...because, right? Meanwhile, you doubt how much of that money made it to those impacted, but... they should have had to fill out the paperwork. President Joe Biden approved a 100% federal cost share for emergency response and debris removal efforts in several states affected by Hurricane Helene, including Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. This means the federal government covered all eligible costs for these activities during the initial recovery period. In North Carolina, the 100% federal cost share was authorized for the first 180 days following the disaster declaration. After this period, the federal cost share for Public Assistance was adjusted to 90%, reducing the state's financial burden compared to the standard 75% federal share. Overall, the Biden administration's decision to increase the federal cost share significantly alleviated the financial strain on the affected states during the critical early stages of recovery from Hurricane Helene.

Yeah...well, I didn't agree with Iowa being blamed for Lee either. He lost the State Finals as a Sr because of a knee injury. Injuries happen. I never viewed it as just having injuries. I can't imagine a Wrestler making it through the level of Wrestling required to make it to a B1G program(so a LOT of high level HS competition)...then 5 years in the B1G and not getting injuries. I guess it's kinda irrelevant as... this discussion will continue(on every thread).

So no, you're not able to follow along. Again, Pol Pot cited as an example of the threat of domestic terrorism. Can't make this up!

3 guys who took 3rd, two of whom played higher than the guy you're talking about and the other who lost the TB to the now 2X defending Champ. I honestly don't care what Iowa does or who it happens to, I'm just wondering how much whining a couple people can do about Penn State's injuries...and then bring up a list full of National Champs. Seems kinda silly.

Well...yeah, you gutted early detection because you had guys who didn't know what the job was, then you gutted funding. It's like if a bunch of people wanted to put a stop sign on a dangerous intersection and the city counsel voted against it(though in this case it'd be more like going from lights to just a stop sign). And then there was an accident there and the mayor was from the other party...the party trying to improve the safety at the intersection. Then you had a car accident with a couple of the counsel members kids and they die. It's still tragic. It's horrible. But then they come back AFTER that and decide...raise the speed limit. Well...now, I really don't want to hear when it happens to Republican areas(or in this case, if it happens to anyone's kids...anyone who has a say in the matter at least). And the volunteers were helpful. They provided some water and a tiny fraction of the resources that were allocated. Like...literally fractions of a percentage. In some cases they were actually getting in the way more. It's the age old Conservative Mantra...'Make Govt' less efficient, then blame Govt' when it's less efficient.' But people really think Bikers in U-hauls were more effective. I mean...it's always great to help out, but...it's that type of mindset that's just the problem.

So it went from nothing to billions of dollars. Biden deployed 100% of congressional approved funds for lost property. As or the total bill of damage cost, you realize that's why you have INSURANCE, right? Did you think Fema was going to hand out 113 Billion dollars? It would have been significantly more, but Republicans had just blocked a bill to add 20 Billion dollars in aid. NOW Doge and the Trump administration has slashed another 3.6B dollars and 1800 FEMA employees. Biden did everything he could. He was asked for more troops to help, he sent them. But tell me, do you think the next time there is a hurricane the response will be BETTER or WORSE with these cuts to Fema? This is the old backwards saying, "you can't have your cake and eat it too." Which...makes no sense, why would anyone want cake and not be able to eat it....and so the saying is you can't eat your cake and have it too, but, the question remains. Do you think if that storm hit right now, the response would be BETTER or worse? Now you have to account for the number of people who believed they were only allowed 750 dollars because Trump repeated that over 3 dozen times. People weren't even filling out their paper work to get benefits because of the News. But yeah, I can't listen to a Republican complain about Fema's response given they voted against additional funding before and have since gutted Fema.

Yeah, that very well may be a result(at least in part) to how their training progresses and how they peak at the end of the season... whereas Iowa seems to only have one speed all year long.

LMFAO... you didn't read that, didn't you? Now cite how the Editorial Section of the Times from Pol Pots death in 1998 is impacting anyone today? Cut and paste from that article... Just change "Women" to "MAGA." A 1998 Pol Pot article that says nothing about Pol Pots influence IN the United States. This is beneath you Caveira. This is more Jimmy or 'lil Scouts speed. Posting things they haven't read about something that's not even related to Domestic Terrorism in the United States.

WTF? How are you all incapable of staying on topic? What about Che? You just said Pol Pot is still influential despite being deposed in the....mid 70s and being dead for ~30 years. Now it's Che tee-shirts? Yeah, you see them on College Campuses? What of it? Is this how ridiculous we're getting? Who do you think is more likely to commit an act of violence, a blue haired College Freshmen or a guy with a Swastika Tat? I don't even know what the point of ANY of this is. This isn't a debatable question. White Conservatives ARE behind the vast majority of terrorist attacks and fatalities. Not some first year College Student who read Engels for the first time and read about the THEORY of communism.

Of course it did. Their currency is lies and intellectual dishonesty. And they can purchase the likes of JimmySpeaks and ScoutsHonor with said currency.

All of this nonsense that's just...spread around Twitter and passed off as though it's true is too exhausting to deal with as they come. MAGA is more full of fecal matter than all the farm land in the United States. -The people from Helene got almost 3 billion dollars. It was a nice little talking point...only 750 dollars. That was 750 dollars without having to provide proof that your home was destroyed. To get more...so as to prevent FRAUD AND ABUSE, you obviously had to fill out some paper work. One of the more comical lies is...well, in the Bold. By October it was around 850M, ~500M directly to the survivors(the rest spent on infrastructure). By November and with more storms, it was nearly 3 BILLION dollars with nearly half of that going DIRECTLY to those who applied for aid for personal property and essentials. In playing a political game, there were MANY who believed Trump and the "they only get 750 dollars" line....which was objectively and verifiably false(as is the claim they got nothing or were treated different than any other storm). The Republican Governors in those states had to openly correct Trump. As for the "hundreds of billions," no. Just....LOL...no. No, there is no credible evidence that "hundreds of billions of dollars disappeared" during President Biden's departure from the White House, as claimed by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Independent analyses and fact-checks have found that such assertions are exaggerated and unsupported by verifiable data.HUD+3Reason.com+3The Times of India+3 DOGE's Claims vs. Verified Findings The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), established under the Trump administration and led by Elon Musk, reported identifying $105 billion in "estimated savings." These figures encompass a range of actions, including asset sales, contract cancellations, and programmatic changes. However, DOGE did not specify how much of this total was due to fraud or improper payments. Moreover, analyses have highlighted significant discrepancies in DOGE's accounting, such as counting contracts multiple times and misrepresenting potential savings based on contract limits rather than actual expenditures. The Washington Times+2Reason.com+2Newstarget.com+2Wikipedia Inspector General Findings An audit by the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Inspector General revealed that the agency underreported its award-level outlays by $5.8 billion and obligations by $1.2 billion during fiscal year 2022. While this indicates lapses in financial reporting, it does not equate to funds "disappearing" or being lost to fraud. Fox News Conclusion While there have been instances of financial mismanagement and reporting inaccuracies within federal agencies, there is no substantiated evidence supporting the claim that "hundreds of billions of dollars disappeared" during President Biden's transition out of office. Assertions to the contrary have been debunked by independent fact-checkers and lack credible supporting data.

It's almost amusing to just deny it's happening. I mean, at least the right wing talking points are defending it. This guy has NO clue it's happening and just blindly dismisses it because it's PBS and it gets Govt funding... Who should tell him when a tornado warning in his area comes on that he should just ignore it because...that too has Govt' funding and if it has Govt' funding, it HAS to be wrong!

Good god...you're not denying that the National Weather Service's ability to detect storms is going to be adversely impacted by the lack of funding for satellites to see and predict weather patterns because...it was from PBS? How about the SUPER liberal Wall Street Journal. Jesus Christ, even Fox has reported on this. https://www.wsj.com/us-news/climate-environment/hurricane-season-national-weather-service-cuts-75f449fd?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Yeah, I don't actually think he does. Who the hell is following Pol Pot in 2025? I know Hitler still "motivates" a lot of "Hard Core right wingers" out there... yet NEITHER is in ANY WAY a reasonable answer to what demographic constitutes the biggest threat to domestic terrorism. If you wanted to cite Communists who were still influential, Marx or Engels would be reasonable choices...until 18 year olds take World History 110 and then they largely disappear. There are ~15,000 self described "communists," in the United States. There are more people in the Aryan Brotherhood than that. But NONE of this is the point. This is how stupid these conversations get. Biggest Domestic Terrorist Threat...and I got Pol Pot as an answer. Seriously...Pol Pot, a guy who hasn't Governed in...what, 45+ years? And then they doubled down, I cited Hitler...NEVER mentioned Trump and suddenly it's a "you compared Hitler and Trump."

Good boy. Yes. I brought up Hitler to show the absurdity of citing Pol Pot when talking about Domestic Terrorist threats. What I DID NOT do was mention Trump... Again...you REALLY cannot follow the thread YOU started, can you? I even made the point that NEITHER represent American Politics or is pertinent to this conversation, but... you saw someone call Trump Hitler so in your feeble, ADD riddled brain, that must mean that I compared Trump to Hitler in this thread? Show me where. I'll be happy to apologize for doing so...(I suspect you're going to bring up several more strawman arguments and veer off-topic again as you're not capable of staying on point).

While casualties ALMOST universally a colloquialism for Deaths, in reality, it simply means injured or killed(though ask the same person how many casualties there were on Jan6th and they'll say zero....well, they'll say one, the moron who got some extra ventilation trying to rush past secret service onto the floor of Congress).