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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

You are stuck on that aren't you? I used that as an example of how law abiding citizens can all of the sudden not be law abiding citizens. The conversation was talking about law abiding gun toting citizens. They can quickly be made non law abiding citizens. That is the point Bob. I don't know why you cannot make that connection. Not sure why I have to spell it out again for you since you didn't even read my original post which clearly stated this. Yet you have an opinion on what I wrote that you didn't bother to read. That's just plain silly. Why don't you read the post instead of making up stuff about things you haven't even read. Please rather than just complain and tell me what I'm concerned about, go at them one by one rather than being general. That might be more informative and useful rather than discussing something you admit you know nothing of because you didn't even bother to read it. That would be preferable to a bunch of general "you are only concerned about whataboutisms". Don't you think? Whatabout you read a post before condemning it? Whatabout being informed before you go spouting off on something you didn't even bother to read? Whatabout staying on topic when you complain about someone else for straying off topic? Yes, I'm concerned about a lot of whataboutisms. mspart

Why are you bringing in other topics Bob. What's your point? mspart

Excellent. So I don't have to worry about what I write because you just tune out. You have your opinion on what I wrote but I can tell you your assumption is wrong. But you missed my explanation about it because you didn't read it. Interesting way to gain information. Read until you don't want to read anymore and make up an assumption about the meaning of what you did not read. mspart

I figured you would want an explanation. You did after all, ask what legislation is being proposed. So I answered that one, must have missed the other. Yes. What we have now is regulation. But don't for a minute believe there aren't those that want to disarm or allow only peashooters. mspart

I think you are smart enough that you will see eventually that it was an example of changing a law so that those that were law abiding are not now law abiding. Just by changing a definition. Especially because that is what I said it was. But keep your blinders on and don't read too much into anything or try to get the meaning of what is being said. It is a time honored tradition. mspart

WR, I don't know of a federal effort to restrict guns. Our state of WA just outlawed new purchases of "assault " weapons. This essentially includes any semi-automatic weapon, pistol or rifle. There are other states doing the same. But if the D's in Congress had the chance and didn't have to worry about getting re-elected, I have no doubt they would be coming after the weapons as well. I don't think we need automatic weapons and a bump stock or similar that turns a semi auto into an automatic weapon, that should be out of bounds. It has been decided that automatic weapons are illegal for use despite the 2nd amendment. Bombs, mortars, mines, howitzers, large guns are also illegal though we have the 2nd amendment. I am not opposed to those. Just like I am not opposed to libel laws, or "shouting fire" in a theater laws that restrict my free speech. That is a bastardization of what the Founders meant by free speech. But still, I don't have an issue with those because they can hurt people. One can say guns hurt people too, but I can counter not without someone doing the hurting. And those should be dealt with swiftly and harshly. As I mentioned earlier, we have lots of gun laws, possession laws, and use in crime laws that are not enforced now. That would be a start maybe, start prosecuting harshly those that use guns in crimes rather than throwing the gun aspect of it out. mspart

I suppose there is a point here. You are law abiding until there is a law made against what you do. Then if you keep doing it, you are not law abiding. A law against stealing presents a law abiding person no issue. But if stealing is somehow redefined to make it what it is not currently (and we have a number of examples of this in the political spectrum right now), then that law abiding person might not be law abiding. For instance, here in WA, your child says he/she is trans. You say no you are not, you are going through a phase etc. If they run away and somehow the state gets their hands on them, WA will not tell the parents where the child is. The child will go to a "foster" home that is not under the foster system. Then the child will be given the treatments they are seeking for. This used to be only a result of serious abuse, either mental or physical. Now this opinion regarding trans is categorized as abuse. And the state has made kidnapping a minor child legal for the state to do in this case. This just became law, and there is a referendum trying to get signatures to put this on the ballot to reject it, but if not, then the parents are no longer acting legally if they do this or hold this opinion and are being forced to accept trans ideology and assist their minor child in transitioning or lose their child. This was not the case 1 month ago, but now is based on the law that just passed the legislature and signed by the governor. Kind of a different example, but one that is happening right here right now. mspart

You can be prosecuted if a thief comes into your house and steals your gun and then uses it in another crime. So the same would apply to the two examples given above. Around these parts, the first offense to be thrown out is the gun charge. Yes, all the liberals want to limit guns and to make laws that punish people for using them in a crime. And then the liberals refuse to prosecute rendering the law useless. But defend yourself with a gun and they are all over you trying to get you shut down and in prison. mspart