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The guy who signed a near total ban on abortion, has signed numerous anti-trans laws, banned CRT, and sent the North Dakota national guard to the border stays “completely out of the culture war bullshit”? He might not like to talk about it, but Id say his actions show that he’s marching lock step with the alt-right.

Hmm….Chris sure didn’t have a problem with him exploding the debt when he campaign for him and ran his debate prep in 2020.

I wish Jon would have asked him how much money Crowe had given him or if he had paid for his kids’ private school. The “I supported him until election night” was infuriating. Trump is the exact same person today that he was in 2020, 2016, 2010, etc. If Christie’s telling the truth and didn’t see that then he is the dumbest MFer on the face of the earth. I doubt that’s the case and he’s just another craven politician, who, as said, supported him be “team red”. Just own it.

Saw it last night and thought it was great. I’ve been listening to the Last Podcast on the Left Manhattan Project Series (and recently finished a book on it) so that helped lay a background for me which helped a lot in following it.

Formerly president, currently under felony indictment Donald Trump in the building.

Ok, she's obviously crazy and has a white old women privilege thing going on, but isn't this an unnecessary escalation by the cop? He doesn't need her to sign the ticket, it literally doesn't change a thing if she doesn't, she still gets the ticket. And she's apparently not a danger to let go, he was going to do it if she just signed the ticket. But because she was a dick to him, he escalates to pull her out of the car, ends up tasing her which could end up in death in an old lady.

https://1stream.eu/title-game/ufc-290-live-stream/7854?sport=mma

Yep, they included a bunch of known republican loons including the state party chair, current and former state Reps and Senators, Turning Point COO and more. They conducted a ceremonial signing and sent the slate of “electors” to Pence to certify. Last year, the US attorney subpoenaed State Senate Pres Karen Fann (she’s behind the Cyber Ninja audit) for records and communications with fake electors and Trump officials. Nothing’s been done since.

Reading elsewhere, it looks like replies to the tweet you’re may reading count against your limit, so if the tweet you’re reading has 10 replies that counts as 11.

It’s Trump trying to take a great big ax to the Republic vs DeSantis with thousands of effective little cuts. Both end up trying to kill it (with a nonzero chance of success)

I send my kids back to Kansas for a week every summer to stay with my parents. They’ve always been loving supportive, good people. Life long Republicans in the sense that they’d vote straight ballot because that’s what they were but never gave much thought, energy, etc to politics. Now the Fox News rot has set in and they went full on Maga and we don’t discuss politics whatsoever. Last summer when my kids called to let me know they had made it (couple hour drive from the nearest airport), my youngest asked me what the Let’s Go Brandon flag flying on their house meant. I had her put me on speaker and told her to ask my mom (who I don’t think I’ve ever heard say a curse word in my life). She him’d and haw’d around it until I finally made her say it including the fuck and why they wanted that on their house. We then had a conversation about if that’s the type of people they want to be, if that’s how they raised me, if that’s the example they want to set for my kids, and if that’s the type of people I want around my kids. That seemed to get through to them and the flag came down. We still don’t talk politics but my grandma (who hates Trump with a passion) told me that my mom told her that they’re supporting DeSantis (I know, no better), they wish Trump would just go away, and if it is Trump they just won’t vote. We will see when push comes to shove, but at least it seems like a start.

This was on display in the Kari Lake trials in Arizona. Local council being basically a divorce lawyer plus the out of state elections attorney not having a clue as to AZ rules led to multiple entertaining instances of a frustrated judge lecturing council on the local rules. At one point Lake’s literally rested their case and then had to beg the judge to walk it back.

Let’s not forget that Christie jumped on the Trump train early, helping to legitimize him as a candidate in 2016, and was on TV shilling for him during the 2020 campaign (and helped with his debate prep). Trump today is the same person he was 2016, Christie is just an opportunist.

Why would a God who loves his creation and wants it to follow and worship him choose to give his followers scripture that, instead of plainly and clearly uniting and leading them to him, instead (and as illustrated by thousands of years of Christian history) is divisive to the point of leading, again and again to war death and destruction? All the suffering in the world could be stopped in an instant by God, but instead he chooses to sit back, watch, and do nothing.

If large numbers of black and middle eastern men started to open carry (preferably in the suburbs), the GQP would change their tune on gun restrictions. Of course, a not insignificant number of those same black and middle eastern men would be killed by the police for exercising their 2nd Amendment rights.

Huh, I thought we were supposed to keep politics out of sports. I guess we can all back to kneeling now.

I just went and listened to this and her response (lack there of) was pathetic. Pretty disappointing of Jon (or Dan? Not sure?) to not push her harder on it. That’s being said, I’m sure the actual answer is “Yes, I would support it but if I say that I’ll never get re-elected in this backward ass county I live in.”

Anybody who says a male amateur single digits handicap can keep up with the LPGA pros is full of shit. Last year in the Hilton Tournament of Champions a bunch of good scratch amateur men (pros in other sports so good athletes) teed up with the women: same tees, same set-up. Danielle Kang shot 16 under all four rounds in the 60’s. Only one man even broke 72 for a single round (Mardy Fish shot a 70). Derek Lowe (.2) was in a playoff with Annika (retired, 51 years old) for low “amateur” at +6. Mark Mulder (scratch) was +18. Smoltz, who’s played Champions tour events, was +18. Mardy Fish (+2.8) was +19. Moving the tees back wouldn’t help the men either. As posted, average driving distance is similar for LPGA vs scratch men. And accuracy disparity is going to grow even bigger with longer irons into the greens. An LPGA pro is much more accurate than a scratch amateur with an 8 iron vs the am’s PW. If you go to 5 iron be 7 iron it’s going to be even bigger (see Mark Brody, strokes gained data).

The “establishment” early on jumped on the animal origin hypothesis to the point that people suggesting a lab leak were grouped in with science deniers and conspiracy theorists. The March 2020 paper “The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2.” made a very firm statement that “we do not believe that any type of laboratory-based scenario is plausible”. Francis Collins promoted its findings on the NIH website and in interviews. Dr. Fauci did the same. Of course later on we find out directly from their emails that both Collins and Fauci were in contact with the authors and played a significant role in shaping the final paper towards that conclusion. One month before that paper was published, the lead author stated that while they had been trying to disprove the lab leak theory, they didn’t have enough evidence to provide high confidence in accepting or dismissing either the lab leak or animal origin models and that they until they do they should not publish. Yet less than a month later they do publish, making the conclusion I stated above. The data didn’t change over that month only the strength of the conclusion (as seen when comparing earlier summaries and drafts). Does that equal conspiracy against lab leak? Of course not, but I do think the emails around this paper demonstrate a bias against lab leak at the highest level and a desire to promote a finding in line with their thinking at the time (I will note that both Collins and Fauci have recently softened their stance against lab leak, as good scientists should do when presented with conflicting data).

I may have been hyperbolic with the “blockbuster” data comment, beyond that you make my point for me. This small sample of data, that needs to be analyzed and those results published for peer review, has been jumped on by media outlets as “strong evidence” for an animal origin (As pointed out by Anastasis). If you just google “raccoon dog” you’ll find tons of stories in reputable outlets, the majority of which take a tone much more similar to that of the Atlantic article rather than the Ars article you posted. I place that at the feet of the researchers. As I said the first place they went with this data was The Atlantic and I have a hard time believing that the author of that the story would have made such a strong statement unless the researchers intimated to her that the data was something more than “small snippets of data that may suggest an area of potential research.”

So help me out here…the Chinese CDC uploads (and then deletes) some genetic data to a public database. Some researchers download it before it was deleted, analyze it and ……. don’t publish their findings in an actual scientific journal, where the data is made public and their analysis can be peer reviewed, but instead keep the data secret and go first to the media (The Atlantic) and then to the WHO with their findings. Can we (and especially the “Follow the Science” crowd) not see the inherent inconsistency (hypocrisy?) present with these researchers forgoing the standard, accepted method of science inquiry, publishing research in peer reviewed journals? Even if their data and analysis is correct, they invite skepticism as to their motives, especially, intentional or not, releasing this (in this manner) on the heels of the Department of Energy’s acceptance, to contrary of what the establishment has said, of a lab leak as least a possibility. Now, all of a sudden, blockbuster new data is found that points to the preferred narrative and articles appear in a bunch of the lay media (vs scientific publications) outlets like the Atlantic, NYTs, etc and that data is only given to an organization, the WHO, that has demonstrated a vested interest and desire for the animal transmission model to be accepted. It’s disappointing to see researchers and leaders who should know better do things like this. Unfortunately, it’s happened throughout the pandemic and when found out it feeds conspiracy theories and erodes public trust.

His fiancé put up a bigger fight than Gane.

https://1stream.eu/title-game/ufc-285-jones-vs-gane-live-stream/7592?sport=mma

Well, we have a lot of good breweries so you should be covered there. Some of my favorites are Huss, Wren House, Az Wilderness, Fate, Pedal Haus. Downtown Mesa has Oro Brewing and Beer Research Institute plus a bunch of thrift and vintage shops. (Republica Empanada is really good there, too). Outside of that golfing ($$$$)and hiking (free) are great right now.

I don’t have to make the states say anything, 3 defensive fouls in a 40 minute game played at that speed and intensity speak for itself. The refs set the tone early that physical play was allowed (and I’d argue that Tech played just as physical as Kansas). The play on Botcho or on the drive hadn’t been called a foul all night long. Hell, they didn’t even call a foul in a dangerous situation when Adams got hit in the back on the final dunk. Good coaches/teams adapt to what the refs are calling.