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  1. Ok, I listened to it. All of y’all are right, and I was so wrong. There is no other thirty minutes packed with more insight and inside knowledge. My greatest thanks for steering me right, right to this fountain.
  2. Does the royal family count as citizens? I know that every single other Brit is a subject, not a citizen. If so, they may be the only ones.
  3. Do FSU and Clemson have a place to go? Question: is the B1G network still structured with same financial incentive for entering a new region, as it was back when it took in Rutgers and Maryland? If it is, I could see the B1G taking them. If it isn’t, I’d be skeptical.
  4. Watching “The Crown”, every PM is an amalgam of Mr. Drysdale and Miss Hathaway.
  5. Watching “The Crown” taught me that the British royal family makes a lot more sense, when you realize they’re basically the Beverly Hillbillies. -they have a lot of money, but don’t understand why or how -they believe themselves to be more educated than they really are. Their associates, that know better, play along -they like firing guns in the back yard -there is some light inbreeding There’s more, but you get the idea
  6. Sure. I’m sure you’re right (and the others saying the same). All I know is from a couple of years of listening to Burton’s OTF podcasts on IT, and I do t remember him dropping insights. He did shows with other guys-Wadlington, the retired HS coach, Hamilton and Wells- where he tended to be the host, serving them topics and questions. Does he have some other forum, besides those, where he shares all his connected info? I’m not on any insider forums or groups, so maybe he’s doing it somewhere I don’t access. I’ll sure listen to his new podcasts though. I don’t mind admitting if/when I’m wrong.
  7. I don’t disagree with you. And Israel is not using it that way. Hamas, however, they are absolutely using captive kids, women and elderly as bargaining chips.
  8. Agree. High on the list is putting a bolted-on shroud on the underside of an Audi A6, requiring removal to access the oil drain plug. And now they’re making even worse ones!
  9. So, I just read a tech nerd discussion of the data, which argues there really is a reasonable daily variance in the data, if you assume a Poisson distribution rather than a normal distribution. There hasn’t been a rebuttal of Wyner’s noting lack of correlation in reported daily deaths of women and children (you would expect them to be highly correlated). The best explanation (other than the data being invented) is that there is a lag in the data being tabulated, and that Hamas Ministry of Health really shouldn’t try to provide daily totals.
  10. 2.5 years ago, Saban spoke at the THSCA meeting and casually mentioned that Bryce Young was to get $1M in NIL. He didn’t share that as a wake up call, that “something must be done”. No, he thought he had a handle on this future, and was letting everyone know that his program was still the one place to be. How do I feel about Saban’s current blessings? Too bad, so sad. Also, I’m pretty sure Bible was using boosters to spread money around the state every bit as much as SMU did. Thing is, until around 1950, it was within the rules. Texas’ “no buying players” ethos was really put in place by Royal.
  11. Let’s try an experiment. Try to counter or criticize the Tablet article without resorting to these logic fallacies: Appeal to Authority- “The Hamas numbers have been accepted before by the UN(RWA)” Ad Hominem- “The author has written for conservatives and is Jewish” In other words, if you don’t like the conclusion, try to counter the analysis, and find errors
  12. Ok. Share with me what I’m missing from OTF podcasts. Who are the regulars that are “must listens”?
  13. “Bagman” is such a great term. Problem- you want to pay a player, against the rules. Where does the money come from? How is it delivered? Constraints- no records of transaction , no misdirection of funds, no traceability to coaches, administrators or Big Money Donors Where does the money come from? Not from coaches and not from the school it has to come from BMDs What form does the money come in? Cash, because you don’t want records of checks or wirings Solution- “bagman”. Put cash in a bag and have a low level employee or associate hand deliver it, along with precautions about triggering auto bank disclosures of excessive cash amounts. In the late 1980s, the Ags were being blackmailed by a former player, George Smith, in Georgia. Rather than hand deliver a bag of cash (requiring a couple days of driving or a plane ticket), the Ag football office FedExed $20k in cash, which was then opened by Smith in view of a DMN writer. And that’s why bagmen were needed. In recruiting, SMU used young boosters to deliver the cash to recruits around the state. That way, the BMDs (like Edwin Cox and Bill Clements) didn’t get their hands dirty, the recruits got the cash, and the young boosters (like Sherwood Blount) got to network with the BMDs, in ways they never would have been able to, otherwise. SMU used junior AD employees to deliver the cash to players on the team.
  14. In fairness, the 1984 election was a real squeaker
  15. Wait- DeShaun Foster is the UCLA HC now? Didn’t Texas recruit him back in the day? Or am I remember wrong?
  16. The way I heard it reported- most Israelis say no humanitarian aid to Gaza until the hostages are returned, which is a slightly different take. The WSJ reporter said the average Israeli is more hardline right now than Netanyahu’s policies. He says they talk about “October 6 mindset” and “October 8 mindset” a lot.
  17. Here’s a question, moved from DT thread- Hamas’ military is funded by Iran. Shortly after 10-7, the WSJ reported that Iran helped plan 10-7. What was Iran’s plan? Was it tied into the other ME activities? Was it a favor to their Russian allies, to take attention and pressure from them? Also- was Hamas expecting Hezbollah to join in, from the north? I know Israel has been wary of Hezbollah this whole time, keeping forces in place near them. In conclusion, what exactly was the plan?
  18. I listen to IT. I don’t know that Bobby has many real connections to the program, over there in Nashville. Gerry is ok, but his “manscaping” ads are cringey, combined with his recent use of eyeliner (NTTIAWWT). I enjoy Wadlington’s content, Kelsons insights (better than Babers’), and Boyd is fine bouncing ideas with someone else. For a host, I like the IT guy over the OTF older guy. JMO. I am unlikely to listen to a podcast with just Justin, Nahlin and “the coach”.
  19. Here’s a question, and if it’s better suited for CR, I can take it there- Hamas’ military is funded by Iran. Shortly after 10-7, the WSJ reported that Iran helped plan 10-7. What was Iran’s plan? Was it tied into the other ME activities? Was it a favor to their Russian allies, to take attention and pressure from them? Also- was Hamas expecting Hezbollah to join in, from the north? I know Israel has been wary of Hezbollah this whole time, keeping forces in place near them. In conclusion, what exactly was the plan?
  20. Naval drones are helping Ukrainian farmers overcome the Russian Navy https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/ukraines-victories-over-russias-black-sea-fleet-reopen-vital-grain-corridor-dc8d5694?st=mru3rs8nz0m01qz&reflink=share_mobilewebshare
  21. Maybe they can use that money to help spring Shakil Afridi
  22. https://www.on3.com/ Craig James? They’re trying to get the gang back together at SMU. He’s reliving the “good” old days with rich old alums on a podcast (linked)
  23. I listened to a WSJ podcast where their reporter in Israel said the Israelis were like “WTF” about US negotiations with Iran, where they are promised sanctions will be lifted if Iran stops sending missiles to Russia. Israelis say, “What do you think they’re going to do with that money?”
  24. The IDF claims to have killed 12k Hamas militants, twice the Hamas count. I think militaries, even trying to be accurate, overcount their enemy casualties.
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