Ball Security

I feel like I remember you mentioning something about your daughter dating a fella that was into QAnon. Same dude, or did I totally make that up?

I just assumed the state of West Virginia was unbanked, tbh.

No, I understand that in your scenario that state would vote Red. My understanding is that the current makeup of the House would lead to a 26-24 vote Red. But the elected 2024 House would be the one that would do the voting. Will it flop to 25-25, and if so, what would be the tiebreaker was my question. @The Evil Genius’ link explains it. But it doesn’t say what happens if the Senate is 50-50 and can’t elect a VP. I guess it’s speaker of the house?

Right, what happens if the house vote is 25 states to 25? What is the built in tiebreaker?

If there is no one with 270 EVs, it goes to Congress, but it goes to the 2024 elected Congress. Currently the states are 26-24 Red. What happens if they are 25-25 after the election? I don’t see RFKJr getting any EVs, but am fascinated about the scenario.

It really is. I remember at the beginning of the season, the talk was Isiah Collier (USC G) and Ron Holland (G League) at the top of the draft. They may not even be lottery picks and it’s not because other guys are really shooting up the boards. Reed Shephard being mocked at #3. Really? Cody Williams? Gets shut out in the play in game. Filopowski gets dominated by Burns in the tournament. Of the college guys, I really like Shannon, but he has some legal red flags. Clingan is showing that he can stretch out. I like him, but see him as a strong supporting guy, not a star. FWIW, I’m really bad at predicting how prospects will turn out. 😂

Keep tanking for Braylen Davis. Anything less would be uncivilized.

Yeah, it’s safe around the stadium for the most part. There’s a place right across from the metro exit called the bullpen. Drinks, food trucks. That’s pregame mostly. Walter’s is a good bar right outside the stadium, with a few other places on that block.

Lions select Jha’Quan Jackson, WR, Tulane. Making the claim to be the best prospect named Jha’Quan in years.

If SC’s 4-8 players had to play Iowa’s 4-8 players, they’d win by 40 points.

Detroit Lions select KT Leveston, OL, Kansas St.

Threaded the needle today with a Purdue +11.5, Alabama under 74.5, UConn +8.5 parlay. Money be rolling in. Now, if I could only stay away from baseball.

Alabama played great. And still lost by double digits. If Purdue’s PG plays like he did today, UConn by 20+.

Whew. I had Purdue by 11.5 and NC State jacked up that meaningless shot there at the end.

It sucks because you want to see UConn take a shot there, but it definitely knocked 24 off of 5. There was a successful switch, but I think the ref is taking too much heat from ESPN.

I thought so in real time, but on replay, yeah it’s a foul. She did the same thing a couple of possessions earlier on the baseline that freed up a corner three…that missed. UConn’s #3 blocks and drives the defender better than Wylie.

Iowa is pretty fortunate to only be down six at the half. They should keep feeding 45 in the low post.

You definitely hear in the media that credit card balances are rising. But, as you mention timeframes, this is coming in after credit card balances dropped in late 2020 and 2021 with COVID stimulus. I’ll try to find some time to dig into @bearrock’s link.

I’d like to see standard government reports on consumer debt spending. So we can compare over time. For example, I’ve read that outstanding credit card balances are shooting up. Then the following conclusion is that Americans are going into debt to keep up with inflation. I’d imagine there’s something to that. But I also can see a scenario where borrowers are scrapping HELOCs due to rates and putting home improvements on zero percent credit cards.

Detroit Lions select Wallace, ILB, Kentucky.

I watched this documentary last night called Red, White, and Wasted. It is about the “mudding” culture in central Florida. Think of big ass trucks riding around off road, kicking up mud, destroying the wetlands, in the name of freedom. It follows this man and his family who have been part of the culture for decades. The man has thousands of hours of video of the weekly Sunday hangouts over the years. But, sadly, progress and corporate greed (cell phones with cameras and Disney expansion) have threatened their way of the life. The doc is all observational with no director narrative. I don’t think they try to make the viewer see the subjects one way or the other. But it’s filmed on the backdrop of the Trump 2016 election through the 2018 midterms. Lots of confederate flags, lots of racism, well it can’t really be racism if slavery ended over 100 years ago, now can it? Checkmate libtards. Lots of xenophobia too. Ninety minutes, I thought I’d give it a few minutes, but it captured me, the redneckness of it all.

He’s getting nickeled and dined. Not hit hard at all. But too many uncompetitive pitches and no swing and miss stuff when he gets to two strikes.

The nukes that President Kennedy launched over the British Virgin Islands was a mistake by the new marketing director and wasn’t vetted by the President. So, not his bad. The marketing director was probably vaccinated and doesn’t believe in freedom.

Good thread. Would like to hear more about your brother. I wonder what will happen with mine when the time comes for my folks move on. No falling out, just no effort is made in having any type of relationship. Not sure if any of the poll choices fit my relationship with my in-laws. As I’ve gotten older, the less I give a rats ass about how they feel about me. I know that annoys them, but it’s the healthiest path for me. Time is short and nothing lasts forever (even cold November rain). I think if your in law family has characteristics or ways about them that are different than your own, you end up finding annoyances and faults. But neither one is really wrong. I have a laundry list of events from early in my marriage that really bothered me with them. But the way I see them treat my sister in law (wife’s brother’s wife) bothers me more than how they’ve interacted with me over the years. They are loving grandparents to my children which is really all I care about. And we’re fortunate that our politics somewhat align. That made navigating COVID a lot easier for us than others.