Crotalus

I guess we had very different experiences. I didn't get that from any of my professors or their curriculum.

Are you implying humanities courses are far left? I took mythology and something else I can't remember, but I didn't think The Odessey was particularly political.

I hate apple products. Resisted them for years despite all the crazy liberals telling me how great they are. Ended up having to get an iphone for work and I hate them even more now.

What about college curriculums is "far left"? I was a wildlife major, so beyond gen eds, I took courses primarily in the sciences; biology, chemistry, wildlife management, genetics, statistics, etc. I know some on the right consider evolution, a round earth, and science in general to be "far left". But nothing in my courses would objectively fall under that designation. I had plenty of peers on the right and never heard any complaining. I can't speak to business, philosophy, journalism, etc. courses, and I can only relay my experiences from the two schools I got degrees from. I think Republicans may be thrown off by the fact that some colleges are referred to as liberal arts schools. That doesn't mean what you think it means.

A grade school ump working for pennies probably doesn't have really strong convictions about the call they made. You don't see that happening in the MLB. The managers get tossed even if it was a terrible call. Young adults should have their beliefs challenged so that they know why they hold those beliefs.

What was the point of this titillating little bit of journalism? She wasn't calling out a particular professor, or even a particular school, but all of higher education. The message was "Parents beware. Send your kids off to college and they will turn into a liberal monster." While this guest may not be representative of all conservatives, Fox News is clearly entrenched in the conservative side of the biased news spectrum and they decided to give her her 15 minutes of fame. Bashing higher education for turning kids into liberals is not a new taking point for the right I don't understand what this accomplishes for conservatives. I personally had very few instances of professors mentioning anything political, and certainly nothing akin to brainwashing. If someone changes their views while listening to a professor a few hours a week, they probably didn't hold those views close to begin with.

I hope not, but wouldn't be surprised. Shouldn't punish the team for making it to the conference championship and having to play an extra game (well, they should drop a few spots if they lose, but should not get jumped by a team they just walloped). That happened to Mizzou in 2008. They beat Kansas to win the Big 12 North and then lost to OU in the conference championship. Kansas jumped ahead of Mizzou in the rankings despite losing to them and got the Orange Bowl invite. That was back in the BCS days, though, so hopefully the rankings play out the way they should (not that I actually care about any Big 10 football team).

Ben Askren (2,2,1,1; 2x Hodge; 2008 Oly Team member) or J'den Cox (1,5,1,1; 2016 Oly Bronze; World B,G,G,B,S) If you are counting folk and free, it's J'den, no doubt. Just folk makes it a much tougher call, but hopefully O'Toole will settle the debate in a few years.

Summary: She "deprogramed" herself by watching 5 min YouTube videos. Conclusion: She's an idiot. Plenty of conservative minded folks make it through the gauntlet of "wokeism" in college without getting brainwashed. I count many of them as friends. But perhaps I wasn't so lucky? I have been feeling a little woke this morning... Question: What is the point of the right's attack on higher education? We can make jokes about them wanting to keep the population dumb so they keep voting for them, but in all seriousness, I don't understand the end goal.

As I mentioned earlier, putting someone to death costs many times more in taxpayer dollars, than does life in prison.

This is bullshit. Thanks to the first amendment, the religious nutjobs don't get to define what marriage is. Therfore the nonreligious or those who believe marriage can include same sex marriage (many of which are religious) don't have to advocate changing anything other than strengthening marriage-equality protections because of assholes like Clarence Thomas.

As a left leaning moderate, I can generally agree with most all of these. Here's a few I feel like commenting on. Gay Rights A citizen's sexual preference must not affect one's rights and benefits. This includes marriage. If you don't agree with it, then don't get gay married and mind your own business. Regulations Government regulations hinder free-market capitalism and job growth; therefore, while needed, should be used sparingly to protect consumers and the environment. I would say "should be used whenever necessary to protect consumers and the environment". Some folks would be happy to go back to eating rat sausage next to flaming rivers in the name of removing "burdensome regulations". Death Penalty While a low percentage of innocent people are wrongfully convicted, there are situations where convicted criminals should be dispatched. I've switched my thoughts on this. I have no ethical qualms, as there are plenty of awful people that don't deserve to be here anymore. I would be still up for it if there was no question whatsoever about guilt (like these mass shooting scumbags) and the action was carried out in a timely manner. However, even one wrongfully convicted person being executed is too many, there is a strong racial disparity, and it actually ends up being far more expensive for taxpayers. Voting Major elections should be a government holiday to maximize participation. This should be a no brainer. But there are reasons some folks don't want to make voting more accessible.

Yes. Was going to comment the same thing. I guess the takedown was awarded when the cradle was locked up, but that's a technicality and shouldn't be a knock on his ability from bottom. It is his weakest position, but probably an A-. That said, if he gets an A+ from top for his ability to consistently turn everyone, and guys who only ride for the extra point get an A, then the grading scale needs adjustment.

That tweet? No. But there's a few hours prior to that tweet you might want to look at.

The point of bringing up rising crime was to blame the president, right?

Probably.

I live less than a half an hour from Baltimore and I've had no crimes committed against me (unless you count god awful driving). So clearly crime is down.

It's clearly a figurative "call to arms". Liberals don't own guns, haha. No shit. Twitter sucks.

I hope someone will post play-by-play here. That and the live discussion is what I was worried about losing the most with the old forum shutting down. Twitter, reddit, facebook, discord, etc. I don't think function as well for that purpose and a good old fashion forum does.

I hope your grandson keeps that interest. Having worked as a naturalist and done a lot of outreach/teaching, I've found that most children are fascinated by them, but somewhere around their teenage years it switches and they don't want to be in the same room. The farther they stay from the slithering humans, the happier they will be.

Well deserved, indeed. Also, J'den Cox was inducted to the University of Missouri athletics hall of fame over the weekend. https://mutigers.com/news/2022/9/23/general-mizzou-tabs-six-for-2022-hall-of-fame-class.aspx

I mean, I don't want to tell you you've been wasting your life, but..... you've certainly been missing out.

It's MU (despite being called the University of Missouri). It was a pretty great dual, but no real surprises. Connor Brown put up a pretty good fight, though not really at any risk of winning the match. Hart relaxing in the last 5 seconds was the deciding factor. Hopefully he'll learn from that, but I'd also like to see some offense out of him. I don't see big Elam on the podium this year. He just doesn't have the ability to score on the top guys.

At least we didn't miss that weird ass move by Mocco. But we may miss the rest of the match.