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  1. 8 minutes ago, ztejas said:

    Eh. Six titles in twelve is awesome but maybe not quite GOAT. A lot have been mentioned already but I'd add: Russell Celtics, Jordan Bulls in the NBA. I'd consider the Pats 6 wins and 9 SBs across 18 seasons with the same coach and QB about as impressive considering how much harder it is to stay on top in the NFL. The 49ers 4 wins in 9 years and 5 in 14 was an awesome run as well. In the NHL the Canadiens won 8 in 13 years in the 50s and 60s all with Toe Blake coaching. 

    I guess something that is tough(er) about college is that you are bringing new kids in every 3-4 years. I still think it's harder to stay on top in the pros. 

    The roster turnover on a college team is insane and the flexibility required to win in different ways is like no other sport. Look at the different ways Saban has won at this level in terms of style and strategy.  I also give a lot of weight to the fact that in CFB, the only way to win a title is sustained excellence across an entire season— no getting hot in playoffs, no sneaking in as a wildcard, no taking games off. 
     

    IMO it’s Wooden, Saban, everyone else. 

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  2. 1 hour ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-mob-failure/2021/01/11/36a46e2e-542e-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html

     

     

     

     

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    Trump ultimately — and begrudgingly — urged his supporters to “go home in peace.” But the six hours between when the Capitol was breached shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday afternoon and when it was finally declared secure around 8 p.m. that evening reveal a president paralyzed — more passive viewer than resolute leader, repeatedly failing to perform even the basic duties of his job.

    The man who vowed to be a president of law and order failed to enforce the law or restore order. The man who has always seen himself as the protector of uniformed police sat idly by as Capitol Police officers were outnumbered, outmaneuvered, trampled on — and in one case, killed. And the man who had long craved the power of the presidency abdicated many of the responsibilities of the commander in chief, even having to be prodded into belatedly calling up reinforcements from the National Guard.

    The episode in which Trump supporters rose up against their own government, leaving five people dead, will be central to any impeachment proceedings, critical to federal prosecutors considering incitement charges against him or his family, and a dark cornerstone of his presidential legacy.

    This portrait of the president as the Capitol was under attack on Jan. 6 is the result of interviews with 15 Trump advisers, members of Congress, GOP officials and other Trump confidants, many of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to share candid details.

    'Fight for Trump'

    The day began ominously, with a “Save America March” on the Ellipse devoted to perpetuating Trump’s baseless claims that somehow the 2020 election was stolen from him.

    Before the president’s remarks around noon, several of his family members addressed the crowd with speeches that all shared a central theme: Fight. Eric Trump, one of the president’s sons, told the crowd that lawmakers needed to “show some fight” and “stand up,” before urging the angry mass to “march on the Capitol today.” Donald Trump Jr., another of the president’s sons, exhorted all “red-blooded, patriotic Americans” to “fight for Trump.”

    Backstage, as the president prepared to speak, Laura Branigan’s hit “Gloria” was blared to rev up the crowd, and Trump Jr., in a video he recorded for social media, called the rallygoers “awesome patriots that are sick of the bull----.” His girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, danced to the song and, clenching her right fist, urged people to “fight.”

    The president, too, ended his speech with an exhortation, urging the crowd to give Republicans “the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.”

    “So let’s walk down Pennsylvania Avenue,” he concluded.

    Trump, however, did not join the angry crowd surging toward the Capitol. Instead, he returned to the White House, where at 2:24 p.m. he tapped out a furious tweet railing against Vice President Pence, who in a letter earlier in the day had made clear that he planned to fulfill his constitutional duties and certify President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris as the winners of the 2020 electoral college vote.

    “Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify,” he wrote. “USA demands the truth!”

    By then, West Wing staffers monitoring initial videos of the protesters on TV and social media were already worried that the situation was escalating and felt that Trump’s tweet attacking Pence was unhelpful.

    Press officials had begun discussing a statement from Trump around 2 p.m., when protesters first breached the Capitol, an official familiar with the discussions said. But they were not authorized to speak on behalf of the president and could only take the matter to Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, this person said, adding that “the most infuriating part” of the day was how long it took before Trump finally spoke out.

    Around the same time, Trump Jr. headed to the airport for a shuttle flight home to New York. As he waited in an airport lounge to board the plane, the president’s namesake son saw that the rally­goers they had all urged to fight were doing just that, breaching police barricades and laying siege to the Capitol.

    An aide called Trump Jr. and suggested he immediately issue a statement urging the rioters to stop. At 2:17 p.m., Trump Jr. hit send on a tweet as he boarded the plane: “This is wrong and not who we are,” he wrote. “Be peaceful and use your 1st Amendment rights, but don’t start acting like the other side. We have a country to save and this doesn’t help anyone.”

    But the president himself was busy enjoying the spectacle. Trump watched with interest, buoyed to see that his supporters were fighting so hard on his behalf, one close adviser said.

    But if the president didn’t appear to understand the magnitude of the crisis, those in his orbit did. Conway immediately called a close personal aide who she knew was with the president, and said she was adding her name to the chorus of people urging Trump to speak to his supporters. He needed to tell them to stand down and leave the Capitol, she told the aide.

    Conway also told the aide that she had received calls from the D.C. mayor’s office asking for help in getting Trump to call up the National Guard.

    Ivanka Trump had gone to the Oval Office as soon as the riot became clear, and Graham reached her on her cellphone and implored her for help. “They were all trying to get him to speak out, to tell everyone to leave,” said Graham, referring to the small group of aides with Trump on Wednesday afternoon.

    Several Republican members of Congress also called White House aides, begging them to get Trump’s attention and have him call for the violence to end. The lawmakers reiterated that they had been loyal Trump supporters and were even willing to vote against the electoral college results — but were now scared for their lives, officials said.

    When the mob first breached the Capitol, coming within mere seconds of entering the Senate chamber, Pence — who was overseeing the electoral certification — was hustled away to a secure location, where he remained for the duration of the siege, despite multiple suggestions from his Secret Service detail that he leave the Capitol, said an official familiar with Pence’s actions that day.

    Instead, the vice president fielded calls from congressional leaders furious that the National Guard had not yet been deployed, this official said. Pence, from his secret location in the Capitol, spoke with legislative and military leaders, working to mobilize the soldiers and offering reassurance.

    Even as his supporters at the Capitol chanted for Pence to be hanged, Trump never called the vice president to check on him or his family. Marc Short, Pence’s chief of staff, eventually called the White House to let them know that Pence and his team were okay, after receiving no outreach from the president or anyone else in the White House.

    Meanwhile, in the West Wing, a small group of aides — including Ivanka Trump, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and Meadows — was imploring Trump to speak out against the violence. Meadows’s staff had prompted him to go see the president, with one aide telling the chief of staff before he entered the Oval Office, “They are going to kill people.”

    Shortly after 2:30 p.m., the group finally persuaded Trump to send a tweet: “Please support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement,” he wrote. “They are truly on the side of our Country. Stay peaceful!”

    But the Twitter missive was insufficient, and the president had not wanted to include the final instruction to “stay peaceful,” according to one person familiar with the discussions.

    Less than an hour later, aides persuaded Trump to send a second, slightly more forceful tweet: “I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful,” he wrote. “No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order — respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. Thank you!”

    'You're very special'

    McCarthy did eventually reach Trump, but later told allies that he found the president distracted. So McCarthy repeatedly appeared on television to describe the mayhem, an adviser said, in an effort to explain just how dire the situation was and to secure the president’s attention.

    McCarthy also called Kushner, who that afternoon was arriving back from a trip to the Middle East. The Secret Service originally warned Kushner that it was unsafe to venture downtown to the White House. McCarthy pleaded with him to persuade Trump to issue a statement for his supporters to leave the Capitol, saying he’d had no luck during his own conversation with Trump, the adviser said. So Kushner headed to the White House.

    At one point, Trump worried that the unruly group was frightening GOP lawmakers from doing his bidding and objecting to the election results, an official said.

    National security adviser Robert C. O’Brien also began calling members of Congress to ask how he could help. He called Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) around 4 p.m., a Lee spokesman said. In an unlikely twist, Lee had heard from the president earlier — when he accidentally dialed the senator in a bid to reach Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) to discuss overturning the election.

    Others were still having trouble getting through to the White House. Speaking on ABC News shortly before 4 p.m. Wednesday, Chris Christie, a GOP former governor of New Jersey, said he’d spent the last 25 minutes trying to reach Trump directly to convey a simple, if urgent, message.

    “The president caused this protest to occur; he’s the only one who can make it stop,” Christie said. “The president has to come out and tell his supporters to leave the Capitol grounds and to allow the Congress to do their business peacefully. And anything short of that is an abdication of his responsibility.”

    Around this time, the White House was preparing to put out a video address on behalf of the president. They had begun discussing this option earlier but struggled to organize their effort. Biden, meanwhile, stepped forward with remarks that seemed to rise to the occasion: “The scenes of chaos at the Capitol do not reflect the true America, do not represent who we are.”

    Trump aides did three takes of the video and chose the most palatable option — despite some West Wing consternation that the president had called the violent protesters “very special.”

    “This was a fraudulent election, but we can’t play into the hands of these people,” Trump said in the video, released shortly after 4 p.m. “We have to have peace. So go home. We love you. You’re very special. You’ve seen what happens. You see the way others are treated that are so bad and so evil. I know how you feel. But go home, and go home in peace.”

    Amid the chaos, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) had implemented a 6 p.m. curfew for the city, and as darkness fell, the Secret Service told West Wing staff that, save for an essential few, everyone had to leave the White House and go home.

    At 6:01 p.m., Trump blasted out yet another tweet, which Twitter quickly deleted and which many in his orbit were particularly furious about, fearing he was further inflaming the still-tense situation.

    “These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so ­unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so long,” Trump wrote. “Go home with love & in peace. Remember this day forever!”

    Thirteen minutes later, at 6:14 p.m., a perimeter was finally established around the Capitol. About 8 p.m., more than six hours after the initial breach, the Capitol was declared secure.

    The following evening, on Thursday, Trump released another video, the closest advisers say he is likely to come to a concession speech.

    “Congress has certified the results: A new administration will be inaugurated on January 20th,” Trump said in the video. “My focus now turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly, and seamless transition of power. This moment calls for healing and reconciliation.”

    His calls for healing and reconciliation were more than a day too late, many aides said. Yet as Trump watched the media coverage of his video, he grew angry.

    The president said he wished he hadn’t done it, a senior White House official said, because he feared that the calming words made him look weak.

     

    This is all a bunch of leakers trying to duck responsibility. I fully believe that POTUS was watching tv and didn’t care, but all those concerned aides and inner circle members can get stuffed.

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  3. Just now, ATLLonghorn said:

    The most touches Bijan Robinson had in a game this year was 17. Alabama got Najee Harris 16 touches and DeVonta Smith 12 touches in the first half of the National Championship Game.

    Its nice to have a Heisman caliber player at RB, WR, and QB. They also have best in class players across the OL.  The defense has to account for basically every player, every down. 

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  4. Here’s what gets me— how many of these people think that once it’s Lord of the Flies out there, they will be the beneficiaries. At the Capitol, I’m sure there were some people who feel left out, but let’s not forget that most of them bought plane tickets, rented hotel rooms, etc. This is the beneficiaries of the system revolting against it.

    They need to watch some documentaries with a critical commentator. Yes, Jenna the realtor, I’m sure once it goes off your middle management husband will trade khakis for a necklace of human ears and his Tahoe for an APC and a platoon of war-boys. You’ll live high on the plunder of looted minority homes.

    You DEFINITELY won’t be the middle aged woman dodging shells as she rummages for unspoiled potatoes in the rubble of the Sarajevo vegetable market. 

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  5. 14 minutes ago, Lobo said:

    I like how one-by-one, they all look down at the closed captioning monitor under their heads to see, "did she just fucking say 'kristallnacht'?  I don't know the exact translation but I remember it was bad for Jews."  

    “Night of Broken Glass”, because of all the shattered storefronts of Jewish businesses. In 1938 SA goons ran wild in a pogrom, killing dozens of Jews and destroying much more property as German police stood by. From that moment, it was clear that the German state would escalate persecution of Jews to include physical violence.

    And then in January 2020, Trump supporters lost their ability to incite riots on Twitter in what became known as “2nd Kristallnacht.”

  6. https://www.theonion.com/you-people-made-me-give-up-my-peanut-farm-before-i-got-1819585048
     

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    For generations, U.S. presidents have gone to great lengths to avoid potential conflicts of interest. When I was elected, I followed suit by placing my small business in a blind trust to assure our citizens that I would always put the country’s interests ahead of my own. It’s a vital presidential tradition. That’s why I find it a bit curious that our new commander-in-chief has been allowed to ignore it.

    For Christ’s sake, you people made me get rid of my peanut farm before you let me be President. 

     

  7. 1 hour ago, texas08 said:

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    Spot on...

    He/they did break their silence...

    https://www.nj.com/sports/2021/01/pga-will-strip-trump-bedminster-of-2022-pga-championship-insider-says.html
     

    Love this quote. Yes, Steve, I imagine lots of clubs will somehow find a way to host the PGA Championship. 
     

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    “We find ourselves in a political situation not of our making,” Seth Waugh, the CEO of the PGA of America, said in a telephone interview. “We’re fiduciaries for our members, for the game, for our mission and for our brand. And how do we best protect that? Our feeling was given the tragic events of Wednesday that we could no longer hold it at Bedminster. The damage could have been irreparable. The only real course of action was to leave.”

    The PGA is at Kiawah Island in South Carolina in May.

    “We’ve had a number of places reach out already,” Waugh said. “We think we’ll have a bunch of options.”

     

  8. 1 minute ago, FondrenRoad said:

    DC traffic is horrendous on a random weekday. I can't imagine trying to drive to the inauguration. Id probably be dead or in jail from apolitical road rage way before I got anywhere near it. 

    It is truly awful, likely the worst in the country. I may have reached max fury in my life driving down Route 50 (Arlington Road) on a weekday morning between Tyson’s Corner and Rosslyn.

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  9. 2 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

    Going down the Rosslyn escalator after a few hours in Georgetown, rushing to catch the blue line back to Crystal City... Barely made and still had time to grab a last round at the Crystal City Club. 

    The last time I was out in Georgetown a friend had us meet for dinner and drinks with some other couples at the Georgetown Club.  The single guy brought his date, who arrived already drunk, grabbed two more before dinner and proceeded to pass out at the table before the main course arrived. A memorable evening and well worth the stroll over the Key Bridge.

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  10. 2 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

    Do you have a permit? Most of those places are in deals with local businesses. The lot we used on 14th had 10% free occupancy. So yeah, there is a garage, but you are not getting in. If I show up and someone is in my spot, they are being towed. 

    I don’t know that I’ve ever tried to park in one on a weekday, no one needs that hassle. 

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  11. 2 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

    Parking always sucks. During an event it is nonexistent. Don't drive into the district. Park in Northern Virginia and take the metro. That applies to going to dinner or the 4th of July. 

    Until you linger a bit too long over drinks and find yourself hauling ass down the U Street escalator hoping to catch that last train. 
     

    Say what you will about the gig economy but Uber took the drinks and dinner in the District game to the next level.

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  12. 1 minute ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

    I assumed it was like any other big city and pretty scarce. Heck, parking in Austin near the campus is a nightmare since I’m not a local. But since that truck or van they found with the weapons didn’t seem too far away, I thought perhaps they’d found a way. Maybe because it wasn’t an inaugural week?

    There are garages all through downtown and street parking is there but hard to come by (weekends in winter not too bad). I imagine COVID means it’s a bit easier to find.  But on Inauguration Day, forget it. 

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  13. 1 minute ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

    That makes sense; I guess it would be too much to ask to close the stops about five miles out since people have to get to work in the area. I knew they handled the march from the rally pretty well (the ones in shape) but walking takes awhile and provides some opportunities for cameras to observe. I hope DC is ready and the people are safe. 

    Closing the metro stops to five miles out would be closing down not just downtown DC. You’re paralyzing Arlington, Bethesda, Fairfax.....no way in hell.  Granted, I haven’t seen how many people are on the metro in COVID times, but even a train backup on regular days is hell for everyone. 

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  14. 1 minute ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

    So if DC cordons off all the parking, how big of a problem would it cause for the locals? Because I’m thinking if even the hard core groups had to walk four or five miles in the cold with their gear to get to the main building, then they might be tired and more interested in some cocoa. 

    I don’t know anyone who has ever tried to drive into the city for an inauguration, that shit is super locked down anyway, traffic is completely rerouted....You park in Virginia or Maryland and ride the metro in.

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  15. I wonder how much buyers remorse the husband has. You think you’re just getting exactly the type of blonde WAG you expect behind the dugout for a marginal MLB pitcher. Sure, she’s a bit righty, but this is baseball.

    And then all of a sudden you’re married to Pantene Goebbels. 

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  16. 5 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

    Like Hawley and Cruz, everything Marco is saying has to be taken in the context of his future Presidential ambitions.  He's trying to win Trump's base on his side, and/or he's trying not to get primaried.

    Remember, Marco's seat is up in '22, and he's in Florida.

    Wow, Marco, that’s a serious hot take. 
     

    “Yeah, the guy we’ve spent four years enabling has tried to overturn an election and organized a mob to ransack the place where I work. But jeez, this Biden guy us just overreacting.”

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