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  1. I think it’s likely that Manuel thought he could have a 1-1 with Moore and make it less confrontational, talk sense into him, and maybe work out a graceful exit, or as graceful as possible. A mistake that may have cost him his job.
  2. Closing this long apology with a line about the ReliaQuest Bowl is peak hilarity.
  3. It takes a stretch of the imagination to believe that a two year relationship went on without some level of mutual consent but HR policies are written the way they are for a reason. Let’s posit that she actually did pursue him aggressively. Moore has all the room in the world to just throw the brake with no fear of retaliation. “I need to be clear: I am not interested in an extramarital relationship with you and I will expect future interactions to be strictly professional. If that won’t be possible, we can discuss this with HR.” It was always within Moore’s list of options to do that. On the flip side, it’s not reasonable to expect that a vastly junior and younger employee can make the same statement without reasonable fear of retaliation from the most powerful and important man on the UM campus. And that’s why HR codes are written as they are. The most likely scenario is some mutual consent on both sides, but that an affair that seemed exciting and flattering at first became claustrophobic, sordid, and overwhelming as it dragged on and as it seems Moore became increasingly clingy. She wanted out, he got scared of what she had on him, and eventually telling the truth became less painful than status quo for her. Many such cases, but the flat spin he went into was a result of his own pilot error.
  4. Don’t build nuclear reactors cuz we have the sun folks.
  5. These two men, if reports are accurate, are from Pakistan. If so, they and their families have never been subject to violence from Jews or “Zionists.” (Although from my time living there, I can attest that casual anti-Semitism and insane anti-Israel conspiracy theories run rampant despite Israel’s profound lack of interest in Pakistan and the local Jewish community numbering in the triple digits). In Pakistan, the Muslim majority regularly inflicts great legalized violence on religious minorities including Muslims who have an unsatisfactory theology. It is quite literally written into the legal code. At some point, they traveled over 7000 miles to a multi-ethnic, secular democracy, presumably because their home nation— which by constitution is established and exists for Muslims with others merely tolerated at best— offered fewer material opportunities. Some years later they carried out a family mass shooting of Jews celebrating a holiday at a beach. They are not the victims of generational violence committed by Jews or Zionists, and they are not mentally ill. The have willingly consumed a potent and vicious ideology that holds that all Muslims are victims of Israel and that Muslims have been unjustly dispossessed of their rightful heritage of political power over non-believers. This is not an interpretation of Islam that all, or even most Muslims adhere to. But it is also not completely insignificant and fringe, sometimes more so in emigre communities living in places where religious tolerance and freedom is a given. Many of its adherents and proselytizers find more freedom of action outside of Islamic majority nations because most of them use state power to ensure that political Islam colors within lines acceptable to authorities.
  6. Dude is a real life Scumbag Steve.
  7. It’s not super odd; almost all right-wing or “mental health” shootings are lone wolves but Islamic/jihadist attacks are not always but frequently planned and carried out in groups. The radicalization process is also different, it is extremely likely that these two were connected in person and partially radicalized in a community; incels and right wingers do it almost all online.
  8. Agreed, and that shows how pear shaped this athletic department has gotten. I mean, Juwan Howard got a “one assault and battery on another team’s coach free” card.
  9. All he had to do was follow the script: ”I’m deeply embarrassed for my actions and how they have harmed my family, friends, and everyone who loves Michigan football. I know there will be consequences and I am prepared to accept those as I work towards rebuilding some trust and showing that this failure does not define me as a person. I’m here to help my successor in every way I can and will always be grateful for the opportunities this university gave me.” He’d have been an analyst on some staff probably before next season and a position coach within a couple years. Unfortunately breaking into houses and screaming about murder/suicide changes your future employment options.
  10. Since this was likely his first time taking two rounds while single-handedly disarming a deranged jihadist during a shooting spree, I’m giving him an A on the practical portion. A few more reps and he can get an A+ by killing the jihadi with his bare hands or using the gun to take down the other shooter, too.
  11. Dude, it is absolutely bananas to believe that UM powers that be wanted anything OTHER than for Moore to be a highly successful Black head coach. Have folks not been on a major university campus recently? The pretty pro forma investigation that went nowhere is fairly compelling evidence that no one on that campus was itching to ring him up for playing in the snow.
  12. File for me under “least surprising philosopher to be linked to Epstein.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/22/noam-chomsky-jeffrey-epstein-ties-emails
  13. One shooter is named, Naveed Akram. Unclear whether Pakistani or Afghani, apparently a student in Sydney. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-14/law-enforcement-source-identifies-bondi-gunman-as-naveed-akram/106141750
  14. The guy who disarmed the shooter got shot twice.
  15. Griz vs. Bobcats and Nova vs. (likely) Illinois State for the semis. Maybe biggest ever sporting event for Montana.
  16. I’m not buying the racist angle of this because we have a near perfect comparator case in Bobby Petrino. Bobby Petrino also nailed a blonde a few decades younger and then gave her a well-remunerated state job and he also got fired. I think we can all agree that Arkansas is several times more racist than Michigan and also Petrino won more games with less talent. Arkie fired him for this type of stuff. If Moore had simply crashed a motor vehicle into a phone pole and then given a presser in a neck brace he would be open to a redemptive arc and being interim HC one day but unfortunately he crashed out hard. It is what it is. Threatening to do murder and breaking into houses has bigger consequences, who knew?
  17. I think I can speak for everyone that this was hilarious at first, then I was worried it was serious and sad, then I found out that the murder suicide threat was with a butter knife and it became hilarious again.
  18. I mean honestly what else are you gonna do with two adults knocking boots on the DL. This wasn’t some criminal investigation. Hiring a PI or doing anything beyond looking at work systems is……fraught.
  19. That’s the face of a man who realizes that threatening murder was really overdoing the whole mental health crisis bit.
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