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1 hour ago, Goose Liver said:

Bobref makes some good points, and I must concur with being too civilized. Talk about my wife and I will do the time for the crime! 

Was Will's outrage this public and heated w/ his wife's affair/s?  Asking for a friend.

1 hour ago, swordfish said:

https://nypost.com/2022/04/04/throwing-hunter-biden-under-the-bus-wont-be-enough-to-clear-joe/

Hunter Biden won’t like the interview his father’s chief of staff Ron Klain did with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on Sunday.

Asked about the Delaware investigation into the president’s son’s business affairs, Klain threw Hunter and his uncle Jim Biden under the bus.

“The president is confident that his family did the right thing. But, again, I want to just be really clear, these are actions by Hunter and his brother. They’re private matters. They don’t involve the president. And they certainly are something that no one at the White House is involved in.”

This is the party line, parroted by the Washington Post and CNN in their belated coverage of the story last week.

Sure, they say, it looks bad for Hunter, but, gosh, Joe Biden had nothing to do with it.

Unfortunately, this line of defense does not sustain scrutiny.

Judging by morsels trickling out of the ongoing investigation into Hunter, the scope has widened to include questions involving the president.

‘Big Guy’

Witnesses testifying before the Delaware grand jury are believed to have been asked if they know who is the “Big Guy” referred to in coded fashion in emails on Hunter’s abandoned laptop and in WhatsApp messages his former business partner Tony Bobulinski handed to the FBI in October 2020.

Bobulinski asserts that the “Big Guy” is Joe Biden.

The identity of the “Big Guy” is relevant because he was to be allocated 10% equity in a joint venture Hunter and partners were cooking up with Chinese company CEFC, according to an email on the laptop.

“Hunter Biden called his dad ‘the Big Guy’ or ‘my Chairman,’ and frequently referenced asking him for his sign-off or advice on various potential deals that we were discussing,” Bobulinski wrote in a letter to The Post in October 2020. “I’ve seen VP Biden saying he never talked to Hunter about his business. I’ve seen firsthand that that’s not true, because it wasn’t just Hunter’s business, they said they were putting the Biden family name and its legacy on the line.”

There is evidence on the laptop that Joe Biden profited from Hunter’s overseas business dealings, indicating mingled finances, shared bank accounts and household bills Hunter was expected to pay for his father.

Hunter complained about having to give “half” his salary to his father and “pay for everything for this entire family for 30 years.”

But even if Klain and media pals want to dismiss evidence of Joe Biden’s involvement in his family’s influence-peddling scheme — including meetings with Hunter’s foreign partners — that doesn’t clear the president.

There is no country in the world where millions of dollars paid to a top official’s son for doing nothing would not be regarded as corruption.

“Large payments to the children of powerful government officials by those with interests potentially affected by those officials’ actions are universally understood to be corrupt efforts to influence the officials,” Manhattan litigation lawyer Francis Menton writes in the Manhattan Contrarian blog.

“In cases involving people other than the Bidens, whether the official/parent ‘personally benefited’ from the payments or ‘knew details’ of the transactions are considered completely irrelevant.”

Klain will have to find a better response.

 

The distancing from Hunter has officially started......"Looks bad for Hunter, but gosh, Joe had nothing to do with it".....

 

10% to the big guy.  He is complicit.  

Wait until lawyers are robots!  Won't that benefit all?

The Hollywood idiots, "We don't condone violence."

Also the Hollywood idiots, "Here watch my movies (insert title of your choice here).  Also the Hollywood idiots....we support the predator Harvey Weinstein.

10 hours ago, Irishman said:

She was GREAT as George's mother on Seinfeld as well as Mrs. Potato Head in the Toy Story movies. RIP 

https://www.wane.com/entertainment-news/estelle-harris-seinfeld-and-toy-story-actor-dies-at-93/?fbclid=IwAR1XLIMk9q5d6DOrhUoFGE52Y2ZfO-i7skQi4ADkrM8drJTFd2IOzNCsiJ4 

ESTELLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1 hour ago, Bobref said:

I’m curious where you stand on a school corporation restricting students” food choices to “healthy” options. That seems sort of “woke” to me, so I assumed initially you’d be against it. But then I remembered your posts on the transfer portal issue, and how we had to restrict transfers to prevent the student-athletes from making “mistakes.” I’m on pins and needles waiting for you to pick a side.

keep waiting

4 hours ago, Irishman said:

I initially thought it was a publicity stunt. Watching what happened afterward, I have come to think it was not staged. Will initially laughed at the joke, but then got the look of death from Jada, and knew he had to act. Will is a great actor, one of my favorites. I am not going to judge him as hard as others have because of one incident. I am willing to bet Chris Rock has found himself in this spot a few times. I do think there are bette ways to handle it rather than smacking someone. 

🤣

Jada packs a better punch then her beta Cuck.

6 hours ago, Bobref said:

Now that we’ve had a week to digest this bizarre event, I’d like to know how the GIDers feel about what happened. People everywhere expressing shock and outrage. Also, I’m sure there are some people who will see some sort of conspiracy here — they see them everywhere — and believe it was staged as a publicity stunt. Love to hear everyone’s take on it …. But first you have to hear mine.

I know that if my wife had gone through what Jada has and then had to sit there and hear some guy make fun of that in front of millions of people, I would not take that sitting down. I’d like to think I could wait until we all got backstage, but maybe not. The thing is, it’s like civil disobedience: there’s a principle worth defending, but there is a cost you have to be prepared to pay. Will Smith stood up for his wife like a man. Then apologized like a man, and is prepared to take his punishment like a man. I admire him.

And to all my friends who were shocked and horrified at this outrage in the 21st century, I am well aware of the legal definition of battery. I did learn something in law school and 45 yrs. of practicing law. But sometimes we can be just a little too civilized for our own good.

Dumbest 💩

Thank the Lord I do not watch that s*it.

6 hours ago, Bobref said:

Now that we’ve had a week to digest this bizarre event, I’d like to know how the GIDers feel about what happened. People everywhere expressing shock and outrage. Also, I’m sure there are some people who will see some sort of conspiracy here — they see them everywhere — and believe it was staged as a publicity stunt. Love to hear everyone’s take on it …. But first you have to hear mine.

I know that if my wife had gone through what Jada has and then had to sit there and hear some guy make fun of that in front of millions of people, I would not take that sitting down. I’d like to think I could wait until we all got backstage, but maybe not. The thing is, it’s like civil disobedience: there’s a principle worth defending, but there is a cost you have to be prepared to pay. Will Smith stood up for his wife like a man. Then apologized like a man, and is prepared to take his punishment like a man. I admire him.

And to all my friends who were shocked and horrified at this outrage in the 21st century, I am well aware of the legal definition of battery. I did learn something in law school and 45 yrs. of practicing law. But sometimes we can be just a little too civilized for our own good.

But did your wife take the bull like Jada did?

#SelectiveOutrageByWill

On 4/1/2022 at 6:13 PM, Irishman said:

There are other issues not mentioned. If a school is getting a certain percentage of free and reduced meals, they cannot sell what is classified as “junk food”. The other possible issue is that the school may have a contract with a vendor, so only drinks and snacks from that vendor can be sold on school grounds. My guess is it’s the former that is the issue. 

Thanks to Michael Robinson.

2 hours ago, Irishman said:

I also wonder had he done this one year ago if he gets the same mixed reaction? Did getting into the playoff give him some leverage?

Meh.  Harbaugh is too smart for that crap.  It was too recent on the heels of the Burning, Looting, Murdering that took place roughly one year before.  All the Kaepernick supported.

Circus.

🥱

Wake me when this 🤡 starts claiming he is a slave again.

44 minutes ago, Bash Riprock said:

I understand the thread.  Academies loose athletes every year through the portal.

You challenged my comments on admissions....just shared my experiences that you still wished to debate.  

I never disagreed your theory about the additional Covid year.  Not saying I agree or disagree.  Only time will tell I guess.

Bash. I know you are trying to rationalize with this dude but when you try to do that irrational people who move  🥅 to fit their narrative, it is time to move on. 

17 hours ago, scarab527 said:

That’s the “clipboard Warrior” to you @gonzoron

Yet you two are the ones hiding who you are. Only b**ches do that. ✌️ 

19 hours ago, BTF said:

There's been many "chosen ones" over the years, and they only seem to pan out 50% of the time. I like better odds than that so I won't take that bet. Do I think Tyler B. has heisman qualities? Yep, but I'll take a pass on the title "chosen one." I'm just thrilled that ND has two quarterbacks on their roster cable of leading the Irish to the playoffs. Kelly put too much stock in Coan last year and not enough on Pyne. In fact, Pyne got screwed after bailing ND out against Wisconsin. "Thanks, but my commitment is to my transfer, go sit over there on the bench for the rest of the season." And for neither one of them to play against Oklahoma State was just utterly disturbing. I like Freeman, but damn! Playing Coan from beginning to end didn't work all season, not sure why Freeman thought it would work against OSU. 

Agree on depth is key. People throw 💩 all the time saying he’s the goat/chosen one/hall of famer/etc. 

3 minutes ago, scarab527 said:

You give off big school shooter vibes so there’s no way I’d give you my real name lmao. Your biggest accomplishment in this game is holding the clipboard on the sideline of a state game your team lost…you have no room to talk about other people’s abilities 🤣🤣. 

So 3rd string punter/water boy/fluffer.  Got it.  ✌️

On 11/4/2021 at 12:10 PM, DanteEstonia said:

And you are like a land whale who hid away from here for almost a year after Trump failed in his coup attempt.

Yup.

WTF are you even talking about?  Coup attempt?  Dude.  Think for yourself.  Stop being so damned brainwashed.

On 11/9/2021 at 8:32 AM, swordfish said:

these liberals are morons.

On 11/4/2021 at 6:55 PM, DanteEstonia said:

...probably because she looks absolutely insane. 

Man are you not smart

46 minutes ago, scarab527 said:

Eh, I was on the dline humiliating your boys 😉. Soft as butter like their coach. Someone get baby his bottle. 

Hiding like @gonzoronbehind a screen name.  I'm sticking with 3rd string punter.

14 minutes ago, scarab527 said:

Don’t bring logical consistency into this lol

who woke mason's 3rd string punter up from his nap?  

1 hour ago, temptation said:

You don’t have $55k laying around?

You'll save $80 a month.

“Come on, man.”

just dumped 114.96 

Anyone know who “Zuckerberged” @Bobref’s facist comment?

We are seeing it at the pump. Can’t afford gas. Mayor Pete says buy an EV. That. Is facism. 

14 minutes ago, SenatorFan said:

Curt Flood proved many years ago it’s all about $$ and control. It has just taken this many years to trickle down to high school and college athletics. 
If a coach can move from school to school or team to team at will then the student/athlete should have the same freedom. 
It is hypocrisy to require the student/athlete to be held to a “commitment” while allowing a team/coach/school to change their decision/commitment at will. 
The NCAA does not have a legal/moral leg to stand on with their control of an athlete changing schools when the everyday student can change schools much easier. 
The IHSAA can claim they are acting in the best interest of the student/athlete, but we all know that transfers are approved based on financial/political connections. 
 

For me, I do not disagree one bit. I’m saying facts get left out all the time of what they get. Which I’ve already explained. College athletics is academics first. If not. Then some billionaires should think about creating g leagues for football or instituting the college baseball rules. 
 

17 minutes ago, gonzoron said:

How many? Do you have any documentation that confirms this? I have seen no first hand evidence of this personally, nor have I heard any evidence of this from the many college-bound athletes I personally know. 

 

Correct. So are there schools who are compromising their admittance standards to allow athletes in? Where can one find this list, I may need it next year.

See Notre Dame.  
See Duke. 

8 minutes ago, Bash Riprock said:

ok...I hope that statement was an attempt at humor...seems a little extreme.

Wasn't long ago that a student athlete could transfer, but had to lay out a year.  But they could always transfer.  In the Big 10 conference, wasn't that long ago that a student could transfer, but lost the scholarship.  I believe Jeff George experienced this leaving Purdue for Illinois.

I don't think anyone is arguing for the abolishment of the ability to transfer.....but for perhaps some accountability for their decisions which hopefully will result in a higher degree of dedication and perseverance.  I thought the rule the old rule of laying out a year for staying at the same level of play was just fine.  

Let's be honest...athletes in many cases, don't have to meet the same academic criteria that the non-athlete needs to be admitted to an institution.  In a high % of schools, NCAA minimums won't get the average student admitted.  So there is already an admittance break that has been afforded to many athletes.  Show some level of gratitude and moxie to compete before giving up and heading to "greener pastures".

Only an opinion.....

He has no humor.  He has a hard time detecting sarcasm.  Reminds me a lot of Dr. Sheldon Cooper at times.  🤣

1 hour ago, Bobref said:

I find it ironic that you guys support taking away free transferability because it allows kids to make bad choices about their future, and they need to be protected from that. “It’s for their own good.” What about the choice they made as to what scholarship to accept? Don’t they need to be protected from the consequences of a bad decision, made for the wrong reasons, there? Doesn’t transferability do that? 
 

You know there is a word for the taking away of individual decision-making by a dictatorial central authority: fascism.

😂

This is rich.  

1 hour ago, gonzoron said:

What has made the transferring more prevalent was the decision of the NCAA to give all athletes an extra year of eligibility. This has affected not only NCAA athletes, but also high school athletes entering college for the next 4 years at minimum. It was the biggest mistake they could have made. 

+1 again.  Hell still hasn't frozen over.

44 minutes ago, temptation said:

Who said taking it away was our stance?

In fact, my favorite collegiate football head coach was the one that originally advocated for the one time transfer rule and brought it to the NCAA’s attention.

One free transfer and the ability to be a grad transfer is sufficient.  
 

The problem is the line gets blurred because the kids, reasoning for transferring is usually not what the rule was intended for.  Kids get home sick, change degree programs, etc…but now you had better build a big lead in the fourth quarter and get that back up freshman/sophomore quarterback some reps and allow him to throw the ball or else he’s gone.  

Many always think the grass is greener on the other side when in many cases it is not.  I have countless examples of athletes with whom I have worked where this is the case.

It all comes back to what I said in another thread. Commit to a school and not a coach.  Coaches have free will to come and go which also adds to this blurred line and double standard.  
 

But it is hard to have sympathy for athletes when they get stuck high and dry for not listening to this advice.

The plight of the “ poor student athlete” is sensationalized and overblown.

But that is all they have.

21 minutes ago, WolvesOnTheProwl said:

Honest question but besides our favorite referee who else has proclaimed Tyler Buchnar as the chosen one?

Nobody.  That further solidifies my point.