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Important Announcement About USC Blog

When I started this blog 29 months ago, it was going to be more of a hobby after covering USC for more than 20 years.

I never imagined it would grow to its current size and attract such a loyal audience.

Well, now it’s time to grow even more. Today, I’m taking the InsideUSC blog to Sports Illustrated. The new address is https://www.si.com/college/usc/

The new USC blog will be the same in many ways but will have much more video, more recruiting and a stronger “community” area for comments. I hope you will join me at the new site for even more USC coverage.

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  2. Here is the new “lightning” for “Thunder and Lighting, 2.0”

    Kenan Christon’s 55 yard TD run last year. Check out the blocking. Just a small hole needed, for a nanosecond.

    Once he is through that hole, it becomes obvious he is the fastest guy on the field by 5-10 yards. Explosiveness we haven’t seen in many years. Many back to Reggie? Or McKnight?

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      1. Exactly – the AZ defender had a GREAT angle on him, but it wasn’t close. So far from close that Christon slows up the last 5 yards when it is obvious the race is over.

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  3. Yes! [I was out walking while the hurricane sirens were —unnecessarily– going off yesterday]….
    #HurricanesAreReal…
    #…ButTheyCanBeExaggerated&Hyped…
    #..KindaLikeCovid…
    P. S.
    We’ve started a new InsideUSC page!
    #”NeverGiveUpNeverSurrender!”(GalaxyQuest)

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      1. I agree. It should be in his best interest to throw out the first pitch. But perhaps his handlers were anticipating enormous booing? That would have been extremely bad form from the crowd (and unprecedented, as far as I know), but maybe that was the reason? But no question that POTUS needs to create some good.

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      2. BTW, why is it that throwing a baseball about 60 feet seems to be so incredibly difficult? Can’t be just nerves, look at how some hold the ball…

        #DoTheyWarmUpInTheBullpen?
        #PitchingCoachNeedsToProvideSomeGuidance

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      3. Two possible answers:
        Q: Why so hard to get ball to fricking catcher?
        (1) “First Pitch” candidates are forced to sign contracts which read “I promise to make a fool of myself”…. OR…
        (2) They’re trying too hard to windup and throw a strike instead of just throwing the damn ball to the catcher like you’re playing catch with your kid….

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      1. P.S.
        …with 2000 Special Services guys dispersed evenly throughout stadium for crowd control purposes ….
        #CutsDownOnTheBooing

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      2. A few more here…including Snoop Dogg — “just a little outside” — and Ms. Texas, who really holds her finish after the throw…

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  5. Interesting to read articles from national writers who don’t follow USC. The article below discusses “the most difficult offensive backfields that Oregon will face.” USC is ranked as being the most difficult, because of Slovis, whom they call putting up “video game numbers.” They think VM will start (I hope it is an open competition) and they have no idea what Stepp nor Christon can do.

    https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/Pac-12-football-Chase-Garbers-Jayden-Daniels-Kedon-Slovis-149579743/#149579743_10

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    1. Check out Marc Lawrence’s Pro & College 2020 Preview —he’s got USC as one of top teams in country …and his college expert, Brady Kannon, picks USC as National Champion!

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      1. P. S.
        It will be pretty unforgivable if —for no sound medical reason — Folt drags her feet on starting the season….
        #….WhichIsWhatISuspectIsHerPlan….

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      2. Michael, Folt likes to check out the referee’s heiny… so that might motivate her to go forward, if for no other reason.

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      3. Michael:
        Grim news.

        Every time during the HeltSarkiffin era that USC received so much preseason hype, the program fell flat on its face–usually by mid-September.

        While we on this site know that this year’s team could be “special,” I hate for the team to get over-hyped.

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      4. Very good point, Bourbon. [And other over-hyped USC teams had the same problem this one does —-weak offensive line combined with weak offensive line coach]…….

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      1. btw, the Sports Illustrated site is almost impossible to get going — I’ve tried agreeing with Scott, disagreeing with Scott, praising Scott —just can’t get any traffic over there….

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    2. Ha!! In her bio sketch, it reads, “The Trustees were very impressed with Dr. Folt’s low end stability, her ballast to hold tight against potential headwinds, and the ability to withstand difficult situations and pop right back up.”

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      1. I’ll give her this, 67 –she’s strong…..
        #…InAnAllEncompassingEvilKindaWay…
        #[I’dGiveHerTheDamnGameBall,Too]…

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      2. Michael, imagine the standard she would have set if she had taken the game ball and donated it (with player signatures) to a local boys and girls club, or given it to Slovis, as in “Congrats on one of best games every by a Trojan QB, you deserve this big time!!”

        Just imagine how that would have set the tone…

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      3. Beautiful thought, 67….
        #….FunnyItDidn’tEvenOccurToHer…
        #….[GuessBeautifulThoughtsAren’tInHerDNA]

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      6. 67 –you know what Folt says when she reads a sentence like yours? “Yeah, who’s gonna stop me from having free reign?!”
        #..AndSheSoundsLikeEdwardG.RobinsonWhenSheSaysIt…..
        #LittleCaesar

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      7. kenwible —Do you think we should edit everything out of your post but the words, “she’s clueless”?
        #ItSeemsToBetterCoverHerJanuary-JulyRecord….

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      8. I’m pretty focused on Football right now and trying(although difficult) to ignore the Liberal crap she is throwing down.

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      9. Kenwible — You know, as far as I’m concerned, it it would be more palatable if all she ever spouted were liberal platitudes –instead of nonstop, insincere ‘good girl me happy talk.’
        #WeBoughtOurselvesARealPhony

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      10. P. S.
        Sorry for the double “it’s” —- my wife was asking me to order a dumb English soap opera off Amazon while I was typing….
        #IAlwaysFeelBetterWhenIBlameStuffOnSomeoneElse…..

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  7. MG

    I give the new SI site a 20% of success.
    There is absolutely no flow (no pun intended) in the comments.
    Even the dysfunctional TO/Charlie Bucket have fled the scene.
    Looks like our days are numbered on this blog as well.
    Peace and hope to run into you at the Grand Wailea when your Gov MR Ige opens up the state to us main land Haole’s.

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    2. The SI site really is struggling to come up with an identity and continuity. It was all here, all SI had to do was sponsor Scottie and include all their ads on this site.

      Would have been better for all. Now, we are trying to keep the lights on here, while the SI site can’t get off the ground.

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      1. I wonder what the ruin trolls are doing with their time? Hey wait a minute, didn’t you just post about the NYC marathon? And they aren’t running…

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  8. This effort to keep the lights on here at InsideUSC is turning into one of the great existential dramas of our time….
    [Reminds me very much of “Hamlet fencing with destiny on the edge of the abyss” —well, not really …but I liked that turn of phrase when Time Magazine employed it to describe Nicol Williamson’s Hamlet on Broadway—-and I may not get another chance to use it here]….
    #AtLeastScottShouldReturnToSayGoodbyeOrGoodLuckToUs…
    #500…OrBust

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      3. English is the language of the male dominated sexist racist homophobic patriarchy that enalsves our brothers and sisters world wide.

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    1. 67 –Here’s how I look at it:
      The Daily News is a big joke. Scott is not a joke. I guess they didn’t belong together.
      #DivorceGranted

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      1. Michael, on my end, I’m getting golf ads (how do they know I need help…) and coffee ads from the place I mail order from. I’d give you their name, but you are in Hawaii….

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      2. Best coffee in the word is here —and the golf course I’m on ain’t bad either! […but I’ve always been a tennis guy….. btw, Roger Federer fans will always be able to say he coulda won more slams but for the virus]…
        #…That’sMyStory,Anyway

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      4. Did you see the ruin game is the second week now?

        [audio src="http://www.lerctr.org/~transit/healy/goof.wav" /]

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  11. Trump says it’s illegal to tweet negative news about him and for twitter to trend any.

    LOL!

    This corrupt treasonous commie loving clown Donald J. Trump is delusional

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  12. Just for kicks, and because Gotroy22 is not here, I’ll put up the Joe Biden video for the day:

    I feel for the guy…he should be home watching TV, “Golden Girls” would be about right, with some Ovaltine.

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      3. I think the official Biden campaign line is:

        “Joe too a bit too much nyquil for a head cold…otherwise, he would have been his usual, “sharp as a tack”, self.”

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      4. Of course, the greatest pitch men for Ovaltine?
        Broadway Joe and “my old pal, Emerson Boozer.”

        Perhaps former VP Biden can pick up the Ovaltine ad campaign.

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  13. I am now having to remind myself to go to the SI site, whereas back in the day, I’d automatically visit at some point “InsideUSC”…

    #ItWasAnAutomatic
    #Didn’tHaveToThinkAboutIt

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      2. We just have to put cotton in our ears… the way the sailors on Odysseus’ ship did….so we don’t get taken off course by evil sirens…..

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      6. P. S.
        If our old pals, Pudly, gt…..and someone known as tebow, would just jump in and do their bit, we could get to 500 today…..
        #400MoreThanClaudetteOnS.I.WillGetInALifetime
        #[…WhichDoesn’tExactlyMakeMeHappy—SheSeemsSmart]….

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      8. I’ll sail with you, but only if we’ve plenty of orange, lemon, and lime on board.
        No scurvy on our ship!
        Might have to bring some gin.

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      10. You have to love an MD known as Bourbon, who wants to bring some gin aboard the S.S. Scottie…

        #RightThisWay,Sir!
        #TheDoc’sQuartersAreOverHere

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      11. “Home at Last” – Thank you, brother. Sad that Walter Becker is no longer with us. I was able to see them about a year or two before Becker passed. At least Becker lived in paradise at his passing…

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      1. Was that the 1970 score? Or was that 42-21?

        In any case, Slovis could be good for at least 3 TDs. Seems like the ‘Bama fans weren’t all that confident…

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      8. Yes the difference is if Trump wins the country goes on and the Democrats can still win in the future, if Senile Joe wins the country as we know it is over… and bye bye male dominated patriarchal sexist racist homophobic college football.

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  16. Popping in just to add a post, help keep the fire burning.

    With what’s happening with baseball outbreaks I wonder what chance college football really has for even a 10 game season happening. With the scaredest common Democrat getting his way, I see chances being slim. BTW, did you see Biden’s facemask commercial. I love the sheeple twist. He will keep us all safe.

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    1. Brad, thank you sir for remaining with us here at the helm of the S.S. Scottie…

      I just hope Joe is able to find his own bathroom…

      #He’llNeverFindHisWayOutOfHisBunker…
      #AndThatWillBeTheOnlyWayHeCanWin

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      1. Actually Trojan 1967, smart journalists (from Britain–not the USA) believe that having Joe in the bunker is of great benefit to his campaign. While the malaprops continue, these journalists from the Economist–a high quality periodical–point out that he is not able to fondle and caress the women. A habit he just can’t quit.

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    2. Brad,
      How many of today’s leaders would have stuck it out at Valley Forge? Or the Alamo? Hint: It’s a round number (as in ‘zero’).
      [I like what you did with the “common denominator” concept…. that’s how decisions are made today. Back in my day nobody wanted to be the most scared person in the room. Today —that’s the guy everybody listens to].

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      2. “….nobody wanted to be the most scared person in the room. Today–that’s the guy everybody listens to.”

        Whoa Nelly are you ever correct Michael!

        Bold men and women will lead the charge in the US. They just won’t come from the Political world. Hopefully our timid politicians will get the “f” out of the way and let American leaders “lead.”
        Irrespective of the pony show going on in Congress today, bold men and women are leading our business world. Many came from the Marshall School, Viterbi, etc! They are not scared people!

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      3. The country went downhill when people figured out they could become millionaires by being “leaders” and set their kids up for life.

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  17. Michael, almost feels that there is a higher purpose that is driving all of us to keep this alive…

    #TheEver-BurningFlame?
    #You’DNeverSeeThisInvolvingAUCLASite

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    1. I’ve never seen anything like this! Period! Full stop! I say we make it our business to prove something grand and noble….something that will live on in the hearts of good men & women for the rest of time —- [I went a little overboard there….]…..
      #…ButSomethingAlongThoseGrandLines….

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      1. I might vote for Biden if he said:

        “And for those good men and women holding down the damn fort at “InsideUSC”, about the best damn sports blog there is or ever has been, well …what are their names?…Uh, Uh, well goddam it, God Bless You!!”

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      2. Or if he said, “I condemn the actions of the rioters from Portland and Rodeo Drive to NYC, across the nation, this has nothing to do with a few isolated incidents of police misconduct in a country of 350 million. That was a pretext for challenging the rule of law.”

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      3. Ha! [It might go more like, “Donald Trump has sunk to a new low…playing the stooge for decadent Sports Illustrated. I’m here to tell you how proud I am of the brave & good people resisting him….. with few resources….they… ah, the real thing of it is….what I want to say…. goo goo….mommy…. diaper…..”]

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      1. Yep, sad for us that the comedian is just getting started, whereas Chianti Dan has left the bldg. With plenty of damage done, as in $30 million deficit…

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  18. “You know, he came up with this, …this…thing, you know, it was a uh..uh…”

    China is going to clean our clocks under Lost Joe…

    “Jill, Are we in Beijing?”

    “What’s the name of their president?”

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    1. Fun Tip: Don’t look at Joe when he’s talking —watch the faces of the people around him or interviewing him….. so hilarious!
      #AndersonCooper:”I’mGettingBig$$ToActImpressed…But…WTF?!”
      #Jill:”Just96MoreDays…Just96MoreDays…Just96MoreDays…”

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      1. Get ready for VP Kamala Harris to be president about sometime in late 2021…

        She will go to Amendment 25 in a NY minute…

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      4. New Biden Bumper Sticker—
        “Sometimes he thinks he’s his sister..
        Sometime he thinks he’s his wife…
        But he always knows he’s a Biden….
        Biden for President 2020!”

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      1. I actually think that’s exactly what happened when his eye exploded during the debates, gt……
        #It’sBeenAllDownhillSinceThen….
        #[AndHeWasn’tThatFarUphillToBeginWith]….

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  21. That is the “can do” spirit we love to see!!

    Not sure why I am getting coffee ads and you are getting public service?

    What do you folks think about the season?

    BTW, this is from an epidemiologist that suggests treatment for Covid-19 continues to improve and can be treated very effectively in the early stages:

    https://www.newsweek.com/key-defeating-covid-19-already-exists-we-need-start-using-it-opinion-1519535?fbclid=IwAR2MzR1m-g3Yj3L7_TtHXuFZEhC76zPQSWVdM1mo3vrT0r9NAsjJSai8njI

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    1. 67, Burrow, Kenwible, Bourbon, gt —When they finally shut this down (which they probably will at some point), we need to go to Sports Illustrated and start up the SAME DAMN THING —- forget what THEY want us to talk about — we talk about what WE want to talk about…..
      #..We’llJustDoItOnAnotherSite[When&IfTheyForceUsTo]…..

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      2. Agreed! & Maybe they’ll NEVER close us down…..
        #…BUT…IfTheyDo…..
        #…They’llFindThe67,Burrow,Kenwible,Bourbon,gtActOnS.I.!

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      1. One of my favorites. A total f-up, and George saves the day another f-up to somehow make it right, he declares victory and out the door he goes…

        #IfOnly…

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    3. “Back in the day, KW!”
      I left California for Denver many years ago, and was feeling a little homesick for the smog, crime, traffic, noise, string bikinis, street burritos and tacos. Saw this video for the first time AND WAS EVEN MORE HOMESICK for LA!

      Tupac just got the whole vibe right.

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      1. Despite the nutty state government and all that goes with it, what CA was, and what it could be again, never seem to leave a person – it is addictive. Why else hasn’t it emptied out by now?

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      3. gt,
        I have friends in northern Mexico….. and, wow, it’s way worse than my home state California. Your calls are listened to my gangs, you or someone in your family is constantly being threatened with kidnapping, your mail is stolen, you can’t leave your house without being followed and every single public official is corrupt (whereas in California it’s only nine out of ten)…..
        #IFeelSorryForAnybodyStuckThere….

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      4. Governor Mimbo likes the sound of it. Once he institutes the Democtat policy of defunding the police and releases all the real criminals all is possible. He’s currently emptying the prisons of over 8000 inmates so he can arrest churchgoers and gym rats who are violating his latest edict!

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      7. Ultimately he thinks he has been chosen to be the eventual Democrat candidate for president so he wants to prove he is tough.

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      8. Newsom’s end game is total control over the state. What you can say, what you can do, where you can go, who you can be with. He’s halfway there already.

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      9. …But before he gets the other half of the way, almost everybody is gonna leave….
        #…TotalControlOver74People

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  24. SAME OLD BULLSHIT Every Day or Hang OUT with your Friends and talk about BUll or DO you have a Girl friend or Boy friend or are U Married have Kids my Kids are doing this or that and we took the kids here and there and me And my wife went on vacation here and there and I bought a New Car to show off to every one and fancy house and every holiday we have people over or family and DO THE SAME OLD SHIT. OR YOU could be living in Portland Oregon and Destroy Every Thing or Chicago and get shot at every day or Minnesota and burn every thing and Seattle plus NEW York is turning in to Chicago more Shootings this is what your Democratic governors and Mayors Love about America with your Green EVIls Deal the Nancy Pelosi is in evil with Cortez Time to GEt Away from this BULLSHIT

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    3. PABF:
      You needed to add the GIPHY of Jack Nicholson from “A Few Good Men” here.
      Pretty much the greatest cold-war monologue in cinematic history.

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      1. Rob Reiner to Jack Nicholson: “I don’t know if you’ll want this one, Jack. All your role calls for is killing an innocent soldier, treating your subordinates like crap and being rude to the even handed black judge presiding over your trial…”
        Nicholson: “I’m in!”

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  26. At SI, the rumor is that Trojans play ruins in mid-September. The game SHOULD be something like 49-20, with reserves playing the 4th. Slovis should be good for 4 TD passes.

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    1. Pa 12 Network ad: “Be sure to catch Chip’s last game!’
      #PostGameHeadlines:
      #L.A.Times:”BruinsSoilThemselvesInAnother50-0Loss”….
      #ESPN:”ChipKellyFoundInPoolOfBloodInLockerRoom”

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    2. Originally, I was flummoxed with the announcement of a Sept Crosstown rivalry game.
      Wolf made several good points:
      1. The teams know what is at stake when the game is played in November.
      2. The teams are more “developed” at the end of the season (but also more “injured”).
      3. Who cares about the game in September.

      For 2020, let’s just get 10 Pac 12 games played cleanly and get on to what could be an intriguing post-season!
      #optimism

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  27. LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    We need IQ13, senileobama, Heathcliff Russell and OWNS the Marxist to translate Senile Joe’s latest speech:

    #MrsMalapropHadNothingOnSenileJoe

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    1. This is classic, textbook-style dementia….. can American voters actually be lame enough to elect somebody who can’t articulate two syllable words…?
      #btw,YouCanEasilyMakeOutHisPairOfDependsUnderHisSuitLine…

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      2. We have a new problem coming up, guys. One we’ve never faced before. Soon we’ll be at #666. Someone will have to immediately advance us to #667….
        #…OnAccountOfAvoidingCurses

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      4. Tebow will do all in his power to get us stuck forever on 666….
        #…It’sProbablyBeenHisEvilPlanAllAlong…
        #[ItWouldBeJustLikeHim]…

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      3. Former VP Biden’s “brain age” does not match his “face age” (i.e., he had a pretty darn good face lift). Same with the House Speaker.

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      5. “Visiting Angels —they love you and love to help. Call now!”
        So much so they work for free?
        #Oh,IDidn’tUnderstand….
        #….TheyOnlyGetAngelicFor$$

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      6. Bourbon,
        I’m no doctor….but…shouldn’t a really good face job be one that allows Nancy to speak without fighting with her teeth?

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  29. Really hoping for a season – Slovis does not look like a true freshman, at least here. And check out the Slovis to sprint champ Christon, who also shows he can lower his shoulder:

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    1. Every frame more beautiful than the last. I can’t believe how great a trio St. Brown, Slovis and Christon are!
      #WeHaveToHaveASeason….
      #Carol,AreYouListening?

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      1. I mean, they could be natty good with the right leadership. Slovis, Christon, St. Brown, Markese, Tyler V, Drake London, Bru McCoy.

        PLEASE let’s have a season!

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  30. Scottie is replying to comments on the SI site. I almost gave him a heads up on us squatters here on his old crib, but decided, nah, too risky, he might let SI corporate know, and if corporate knows, they’ll shut us down faster than potential VP Kamala Harris would invoke the 25th amendment against Lost Joe, should he win.

    #We’llJustKeepItToOurselves

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      1. Michael, they’ll find us soon enough. I’m hoping that this will be so off the wall that Scottie will somehow let it continue.

        #SI’sContractDidn’tConsiderThatLoyalReadersMightContinueThis

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    2. I saw Susan Rice on the View this AM and she sounded sharp and knowledgeable. Her back ground brings more to the table than the others. IMO

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      1. Michael, we will consider your viewing of the View as background ops intelligence gathering on potential VP candidates. Carry on, sir!

        I don’t much about her outside of what I have read about her and Benghazi and her request to unmask some citizens.

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      2. Susan Rice is SO much smarter & stronger than Kamala that she’s probably outta the running…..
        #Smart&StrongIsNotWhereDemsAreHeadedThisGo’Round…..

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      3. She was very knowledgeable in her lies about Benghazi and she was involved in the coup attempt on Trump unmasking private citizens.

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      1. GT, glad you posted that link, it has been a while since I thought about that debacle in Benghazi. She tried her mightiest to cover for Hillary. A total lie.

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      3. Susan is the ‘good soldier’ who tried to cover for the fact that fat fuck Secretary of State Hillary considered herself retired by the time our Ambassador and his staff needed her support…..
        #HillaryStuckThemThere&LetThemDie….
        #[ButYou’reRight…ThatDoesn’tExcuseSusan]

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      5. Those who died were completely, I mean completely, committed to the United States. I can’t believe how their families had to accept their deaths.

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      6. Apparently Hillary was caught so off guard by the attack that she ordered the forces prepared to rescue our Ambassador to strip off their uniforms before they boarded planes then, an hour later, directed them to re-don their uniforms….. then told them to stand down…
        #….She’sOnlyToughWhenItComesToCastratingBillInPublic

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      9. The Red Cross had intel indicating that they should leave. And they did. And yet Hillary claimed no, they had no idea…

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      10. kenwible —Back when Biden was still Biden (i.e., before his apparent mini stroke), he was the only person in the Obama administration who was sharp enough to oppose going into Libya (or supporting so called NATO forces going into Libya). Hillary, Rice and Samantha Power couldn’t wait to go in. They already had a “transitional government” all set up to take over power. Hillary sent her buddy Simon Blumenthal to Libya to check out how much money could be made from the oil (all the emails going back and forth between them are forever lost….thanks to Hillary).
        The version of Biden that opposed this horribly unnecessary war would have made a good President —-but that isn’t the Biden who’s running in 2020.

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      11. This clown gotroll22 spent all week posting thread after idiotic thread on a PAC 12 message board and the idiot didn’t get not one reply.

        AHA HA HA HA HA HA!

        gotroll22 the Trump loving clown even tried to get a moderator to reply and couldn’t do it. LOL!

        gotroll22 got so frustrated and unhinged because no one would reply to him, he threw a tantrum for the ages, cursing the message board and it’s moderators, as if it was their fault that gotrolls posts and threads were so stupid, they all went unanswered.

        OH MY SIDE HURTS FROM LAUGHING SO MUCH!

        😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

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      12. AHA HA HA HA HA HA!

        senileobama gets caught committing voter fraud!

        We know wyy…Poor senileobama the Libtard loser is upset that everyone know the Dumbocrat Party supports overthrowing the government of the United States! So time to stuff the ballot boxes!

        OH MY SIDE HURTS FROM LAUGHING SO MUCH!

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    1. Yes, need someone reasonable, realistic, professional, careful, capable of fostering consensus. Harris is supposed to be the front runner and I don’t think she hits those buttons closely.

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      1. If I’m a dem (which I once was), I wouldn’t want a patrician snob like Kamala on the ticket….
        #ExactlyZeroOfMyBlackBuddiesWouldConsiderHer….
        #Kamala’sEvenBeginningToDevelopATraceOfAnEnglishAccent….
        #….wtf?!

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  32. Harris leans to the scary side. Don’t get me wrong, I would never vote for Biden, but if the Donald doesn’t drop out, we should at least hope for a replacement for Biden.

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      1. And talk about being one of the elites, Kamala filed an appeal on a lawsuit that was won by 9 middle-school kids (all but one who would be considered as children of color) who sued the state for the crappy education they were getting. The kids won, miraculously, then 48 hours later, as state AG, Kamala filed an appeal, given the enormous importance of teacher unions in the state who didn’t want teacher tenure thrown out, and who didn’t want merit-based pay for teachers.

        #Kamala Then: “IWasThatLittleGirl”
        #Now,SheIsBoughtAndPaidFor

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      2. “I was that little girl who hung out with Willie Brown —but only for the purest romantic reasons…”
        #”AnthingElseWouldMakeMeAUser….”

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  33. My buddy’s 12-year old son saw this one and said “Joe’s been drinking the High Life”.

    #TrueStory
    #IfOnlyItWas”TheHighLife”
    #MentallyIncapacitated

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    1. This Democrat sums up how far Alra Kalifornia has fallen:

      JOEL KOTKIN: California’s Woke Hypocrisy.

      No state wears its multicultural veneer more ostentatiously than California. The Golden State’s leaders believe that they lead a progressive paradise, ushering in what theorists Laura Tyson and Lenny Mendonca call “a new progressive era.” Others see California as deserving of nationhood; it reflects, as a New York Times columnist put it, “the shared values of our increasingly tolerant and pluralistic society.”

      In response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti announced plans to defund the police—a move applauded by Senator Kamala Harris, a prospective Democratic vice presidential candidate, despite the city’s steep rise in homicides. San Francisco mayor London Breed wants to do the same in her increasingly crime-ridden, disordered city. This follows state attorney general Xavier Becerra’s numerous immigration-related lawsuits against the Trump administration, even as his state has become a sanctuary for illegal immigrants—complete with driver’s licenses for some 1 million and free health care.

      Despite these progressive intentions, Hispanics and African-Americans—some 45 percent of California’s total population—fare worse in the state than almost anywhere nationwide.

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      1. Just woke up, guys. Saw the cursed 666# at top of page…..and went into corrective action with this post.
        Whew! We’re safe again!
        [Forgive me for having to skip “likes” on so many clever replies…. but, fuck, first things first. I had to act fast or we’d all be in trouble]!

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      2. Michael, that is why you are in charge of all the important stuff, outside of the political posts, that is in the capable hands of Gotroy22.

        #WeDodgedABullet

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      3. P. S.
        WHAT is going on at Sports Illustrated? Nothing so far. Did our Scott make a mistake?
        #Scott’sSmart…So…WhatWasHeTryingToGain?
        #DoesHeHaveIncreasedAccessToTeamNow?

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      5. Yes, 67! While others were laughing and enjoying the day, I alone saw the horrible writing on the wall: All whom I love would spend eternity cleaning the devil’s bathroom unless I acted expeditiously. I hope kenwible realizes how close he came to a zillion years (plus) with tebow……

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      6. gt —what on earth is the idea behind HIDING the replies? They’re killing the fun of back and forth conversation (well, not so much for Claudette —there is no back and forth)……

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      8. Gotroy22 hit it on the head, it just isn’t conducive to comments, much less a back and forth, which is really what works here. (Notice I use the present tense… at least for now).

        I think the first thing they could there is to set it up like we have here. Right now, there doesn’t seem to be much energy at all. At Scottie’s peak, he would post something, and within a half hour you could see 20 posts, easily, great ideas, really good back and forth between us. It is like the pilot light at SI is not even lit yet.

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      10. gt —Scott needs to interact with the posters —he’s great at that. Remember the Open Forums? They were always a pleasure —he took on all comers.
        #..AndDon’tHideReplies

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      11. P. S.
        btw, I bet Scott doesn’t want to waste half his day replying to posts. But –here’s the thing –he wouldn’t fucking have to. I go to an awful lot of arts and entertainment blogs …and the editors interact a lot at the beginning to get things going….
        #…OnceEverybody’sNoticedTheirSite,TheyBackWayOff…..
        #Win/Win

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      13. California–the state with the highest income and wealth disparity in the World.
        What is liberal about millions of the poorest poor living alongside such incredible wealth?

        As a former Californian (admittedly with a tiny Winter beach cottage in Monterey), when I bring the vast income/wealth disparity point up with my friends in California, they blame the income disparity on the poor Latino people living in the Republican strongholds of the Central Valley. They call it the “new Appalachia.”

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  34. Michael, on behalf of Ken and his family (he will probably be here in short order), thanks for intervening. The whole cosmic balance was in your hands….and you came through!

    #AvengersMovie?

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    1. 67 — Avengers movie? Funny story. My first girlfriend had a best friend who was married to a total loser [who’d been fired summarily from every job he ever held & arrested twice for arson by the time he was 23]. Every time his wife gave him a compliment he’d always say, “I’m no superhero —I’m just an ordinary guy who puts his pants on one leg at a time like all the other blokes.”
      #MyGirlfriend&IJustLovedHearingThisClarification….

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      2. Great line, 67. [Wish I thought of it first …… fortunately, I know I’ll get a chance to steal it someday]…..

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      4. gt — I don’t think so –I think, like Kamala, he just WANTED to be English…
        #…btw,KamalaAlwaysSeemsToBeTryingOutForRoleOnDowntonAbbey..
        #….AsLadyMary….

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  35. What do you guys think of Drake London with a breakout year? (Assuming there is a season…fingers crossed). He is 6’5″, great hops, 215 lbs, he goes up and comes down with the ball, and averaged about 15 yards per catch last season. Seems to me like a great weapon.

    Certainly one of the best receiving corps in the country.

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    1. London could be the guy who burns defenses the most …while they’re covering Tyler and Amon.
      And don’t forget Christon. He can catch!
      [btw, seriously: one of us should contact the Guinness Records people for the current record of hits on a dead site. I think this thing we’re doing might be “one for the books”]….
      #”WeArePleased&HumbledToAcceptThisAward….”

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      1. It is as if this is the second coming of Atlantis…we are here, they just dont know it…

        Maybe a Donovan song in our future?

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      6. Atlantis? Sure. Season of the Witch? Maybe

        Hurdy Gurdy man was a good tune, also. Three out of work studio musicians* were paid a “pittance” to play with Donovan on that one. The three soon joined forces, however.

        *A guy named Jimmy Page, along with his buds John Bonham and JP Jones…

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      1. No shit, gt. By the way, current number of occupants at once famous Sir Francis Drake Hotel in downtown San Francisco: Nine.

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  36. New York

    US economy posts its worst drop on record

    11:37 AM EDT, Thu July 30, 2020

    The US economy contracted at a 32.9% annual rate from April through June, its worst drop on record, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Thursday.

    Business ground to a halt during the pandemic lockdown in the spring of this year, and America plunged into its first recession in 11 years, putting an end to the longest economic expansion in US history and wiping out five years of economic gains in just a few months.

    A recession is commonly defined as two consecutive quarters of declining gross domestic product — the broadest measure of the economy. Between January and March, GDP declined by an annualized rate of 5%

    But this is no ordinary recession. The combination of public health and economic crises is unprecedented, and numbers cannot fully convey the hardships millions of Americans are facing.

    In April, more than 20 million American jobs vanished as businesses closed and most of the country was under stay-at-home orders. It was the biggest drop in jobs since record-keeping began more than 80 years ago. 

    Claims for unemployment benefits skyrocketed and have still not recovered to pre-pandemic levels.

    While the labor market has been rebounding since states began to reopen, bringing millions back to work, the country is still down nearly 15 million jobs since February. Next week’s July jobs report is expected to show another 2.3 million jobs added. That would bring the unemployment rate down to 10.3% — still higher than during the worst period of the financial crisis.

    _________________________________

    Donald J. Trump has been an absolute catastrophic disaster for the United States of America, the likes of which has never been seen before.

    You would have to be a God Damn Fucking Clueless Stupid Ass Idiot for even thinking about casting a vote for the Fucking Treasonous Murderous Vladimir Putin Ass Kissing Comnie Loving Clown Donald J. Trump in the upcoming 2020 U.S. General Election.

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    1. LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      They have to explain modern technology to your role model Pervert Joe Biden!

      Talk about Awkward!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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      1. Oh, fuck. [I’m sure questioner was thinking, “I need to stay away from this man if I ever see him in a park…”]…….

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      2. Look at this kook with his mask dangling from one ear ready to fall on the ground!

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      5. The “dangling mask from one ear” is not a good look…not for anybody, not at all.

        #RemindsMeOf”SomewhereAVillageIsMissingIt’sIdiot

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    2. You’ve probably seen the political bumper sticker, TO…

      Trump/Putin 2020–Make America Hate Again.
      Tee hee.

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    1. I don’t understand the dems — Nadler, Schiff and Pelosi combined couldn’t get one tenth of one percent of the vote if they ran for president as a trio —meaning voters outside their fucked up districts don’t even want to look at them, let alone hear their voices. So why do they insist on appearing before national audiences?
      #They’reKillingOffTheirOwnCause

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      1. btw, it’s not a good sign, health-wise, if you have to hang on to a fence to stand up for 2 minutes ….or if it takes you more than 2 minutes to sit down in a car…..
        #Nadler:MisterUnWonderful

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      2. Nadler the Hutt will die promoting the lies of socialism, just like Pahllus Head Cummings did.

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  38. Tebow your mama obama PLEASE MOve to VENEZUELA you will Love it there you will have your EVIL Socialism with your MArxist Protestors…Then tehywillmake you Venezuela President. While having NO Food or money…plus no housing.

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  40. Team
    I need your help.
    Just commented on SI, let’s try to get some action their.
    It’s duller than the old college basketball 4 corner stall tactic.

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  42. Just saw an article on SEC joining Pac12 and Big10 on 10 game conference only schedule. The biggest losers are the cupcakes that they feed off of while paying big bucks to fund the cupcakes athletic dept. Schools that were relying on that money appear ready to pursue the money they were gonna get. What a mess.

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      3. Michael, yes you can. I am assuming that Caruso is on “Coach” Folt’s team, and that you will lay Caruso out, island style…

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      5. Hope not, but as you all know, 10 game schedules was once the norm, but with ND on the schedule. I’m hoping we get all 10 in, maybe 11 if there’s a conference championship. Then a BCS bowl, so there’s 12.

        But if that happens, Clay ain’t going anywhere. Are we half empty or full with success?

        Anyway how many posts we at???

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      7. Hey Michael:
        So sorry to float the Power 4 conference idea again (4×16 with the conference champ game really mattering), but maybe this is where CFB should go. If you’re not amongst the top 64 schools, you aren’t really in the conversation.

        Previously, a cabal would sit down and watch games and give beauty marks to some schools…”team so-and-so had an impressive out of conference victory so we scored them higher….

        Get rid of the cabal and settle the CFB championship on the gridiron.

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  43. Trump got bitch-slapped again!

    LMFAO!!!!!

    WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders, including a host of Republicans, bluntly rejected a suggestion from President Donald Trump that the general election be delayed due to COVID-19. 

    Classic!

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      1. …and the contortions and approximations and misinformation will only get worse from here on….
        #ConsiderTheSource

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  44. Look at these poor filthy lazy ignorant dependent on the government bastards

    After analyzing all 50 U.S. states, here are the 10 poorest states in America for 2020:Mississippi (Photos)New Mexico (Photos)Louisiana (Photos)West Virginia (Photos)Alabama (Photos)Kentucky (Photos)South Carolina (Photos)Arkansas (Photos)Tennessee (Photos)North Carolina (Photos)

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    1. I think 31 Flavors French Vanilla is over-rated and no one should be charged extra for it….
      [I didn’t have much to say —but I couldn’t let tebow close the show tonight]…

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      2. I totally get it, kenwible. I’m close to making the same decision. Someday soon they’re gonna close down this site and a lot of dear friends won’t be able to get together ……
        #…It’sKindaFuckedUp…
        #..[ButLet’sGoDownFighting]….

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      7. Brad — Every time I got paid as a paperboy, I liked to stroll into the neighborhood 31 Flavors, order a double cone of French Vanilla and Chocolate Fudge and tell the guy at the counter “money is no object.”

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      8. Brad, you are on the money about the eggs. Back in the day, the eggs are what led some to call it “frozen custard” instead of ice cream.

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    2. senileobama got bitch-slapped again!

      LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      Look at these poor filthy lazy ignorant dependent on the government bastards

      After analyzing all 50 U.S. states, here’s a look at the total public welfare expenditures in every state, ranked from lowest to highest:

      Minnesota: $15.6B
      Michigan: $16.9B
      New Jersey: $17.7B
      Massachusetts: $19.9B
      Illinois: $20.2B
      Ohio: $26.2B
      Florida: $26.7B
      Pennsylvania: $30.3B
      Texas: $36.9B
      New York: $65.6B
      California: $98.5B

      https://www.gobankingrates.com/money/economy/states-spend-least-amount-welfare/

      Classic!

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  45. No way corporate just boots us out of here. We have rights, dammit! Going down with the ship is what we will do if needed!

    “Who dropped a whole truckload of fizzies into the varsity swim meet? Who delivered the medical school cadavers to the alumni dinner? Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode.”

    We can, if needed, go full-on Wormer onto that site. We would prefer not to. But we will.

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      1. Damn! I’m gonna miss you guys when they send the storm troopers in….
        #LetMeSayNowIt’sBeenAnHonor&APleasure

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      3. P. S.
        My dear friend Owns,
        You can’t let this end without signing off with us….
        #You’veBeenTheLoyalOppositionFromTheBeginning….
        #..AndSameGoesForYou,Arturo….

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    5. LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      senileobama is besides himself with grief as his role model gets busted!

      BJ Clinton is in Big Trouble with Little Hitlery this morning!

      Classic!

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  48. LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    “Bill Clinton owes me favors!”

    Poor senileobama!~

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