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We got our ass kicked by a storm with no name

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heelmanwilm said:
Okay so here’s what I just dont get. I’m not trying to push anyone’s buttons or pick a fight but evidently a rainbow appeared in the skies over wnc today. It’s all over social media. And everyone is like “praise god thank you god!” Lol. Praise god? For what exactly? An all knowing, all powerful, all loving deity has manipulated the weather and atmosphere to create a rainbow but chose not to manipulate the weather to prevent the rain to begin with?…and with it all this death misery and suffering? It makes no sense. I mean I understand the symbolism with Noah and the flood but still….you wanna impress me god how about dissipating the hurricane while at sea instead of throwing us a rainbow bone after allowing entire towns to be swept away by it. Amen.
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OOTB's Political Thread . ..

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pooponduke said:
@blazers Thought you might want to see this in light of your post about food in England v Europe. It gets worse.

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1. I stopped listening after she said America's favorite cookie is Oreos Birthday Cake. WTF.
2. She needs to go to Europe if she hates America so much.


Just kidding. I love her delivery, I hope it makes a difference. Europeans have fewer "western diseases" and less obesity despite loving their carbs, and the food industrial complex being so strong and free (a downside of capitalism) is probably part of it. Americans not walking is obviously a huge part too, but you gotta wonder about all the "processed" components we consume.

Also: Would
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2025 recruiting....

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gthreadgill7929 said:
Complete speculation, but is it possible we have a couple guys planning on returning?
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The reason Coach Davis is no longer looking for a big high school class is basically due to diminishing returns. He knows we may have as many as 8 or 9 scholarships to fill before the '25-'26 season starts. He knows we'll need several immediate impact players. That's why he offered half the recruits in the top 30. But as time has passed it has become more and more likely that we won't land any of those immediate impact recruits who could start or carry a huge load as freshmen. So then a decision has to be made. Do we continue offering lower ranked kids, or do we bet the house on finding most of what we need in the transfer portal? This is where Coach Davis has learned a lesson from guys like Dunn, Styles, Nickel, Shaver, and High. These lower ranked recruits are unlikely to play much as underclassmen, and there's a strong possibility they won't even be on our roster by the time they are upperclassmen. So what's really the point of spending time recruiting guys ranked that low?

Of course the big issue still remains NIL. That's why we struck out on the transfer market this summer. That's why we're striking out on elite recruits in the class of 2025. Something major has to change with our NIL if we're going to succeed in filling out our roster with elite transfer options next summer.

What I find most interesting is we appear to have completely given up on pursuing a center in the high school class of 2025. We offered 7-footers Malachi Moreno and Eric Reibe, tried to recruit them, and even got Moreno to schedule a visit. But since both passed on UNC, we don't appear to even be seriously looking at any other 2025 centers. We also recruited Julius Halaifonua and would have taken him in the 2024 or 2025 class depending on his reclass decision. So the staff has definitely reset their recruiting goals and are going all-in on the transfer portal to deliver a UNC caliber team in '25-'26.
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We got our ass kicked by a storm with no name

bluetoe
heelmanwilm said:
Okay so here’s what I just dont get. I’m not trying to push anyone’s buttons or pick a fight but evidently a rainbow appeared in the skies over wnc today. It’s all over social media. And everyone is like “praise god thank you god!” Lol. Praise god? For what exactly? An all knowing, all powerful, all loving deity has manipulated the weather and atmosphere to create a rainbow but chose not to manipulate the weather to prevent the rain to begin with?…and with it all this death misery and suffering? It makes no sense. I mean I understand the symbolism with Noah and the flood but still….you wanna impress me god how about dissipating the hurricane while at sea instead of throwing us a rainbow bone after allowing entire towns to be swept away by it. Amen.
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here's what I don't get. People who struggle to find meaning in life make me just shake my head. Why does there have to be meaning? Why do we lie awake at night trying to fond the answer to an unanswerable question? It is what it is, and what it is at default is a struggle. It's dog eat dog, dodge the asteroid, survival of the fittest kind of shit. If there is a God, he didn't drop civilization down on us with automatically watered lawns and wide screen TVs to watch football games on. All he gave us was an opportunity to make lemonade out of lemons. The only gifts he promised us here were those of our own making. I'm not just good with that, I'm damn glad for it.

A rainbow in the midst of misery? I have no problem at all with people imagining that it's God smiling down, even though I don't imagine it is myself. It's really just a matter of perspective.

So STFU, stop your blasphemous bitching, and drink your lemonade, And get right with God, heathen.
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Music is dead

bluetoe
pooponduke said:
I was talking to my best buddy since we were three (who is fantastically gifted at music) the other day. The discussion evolved into the realization that the phenomenon of all our musical influences/greats passing away has equally and profoundly impacted our acceptance of our age just as much as the growth of our kids/grandkids, health events, losing family members, etc. Every time someone passes, we feel just a little older.
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I was going to post something similar the other day, to give the younger people here a heads up about what it's like seeing your contemporaries that you've had some connection with going to their reward on a daily basis. But when I started, I realized that I'm not sure how I feel about it. Strangely, it's not necessarily bad. It definitely gets your attention though.
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gunslingerdick
Heels Noir said:
Do you think this will haunt Biden decades from now like you-know-who?
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Biden will be dead soon. Who gives a f*ck?

Heels Noir said:
PS - How did are you communicating with these folks who are 236 miles away and shut off from the modern world?
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These neat contraptions called telephones. The ones today can send emails, text and call people. They're remarkable! Certainly you're aware of these things, no?
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Heels Noir said:
Do you think this will haunt Biden decades from now like you-know-who?

www.nola.com

George W. Bush never recovered politically from Katrina

WASHINGTON - George W. Bush never recovered politically from the perception that the federal government's failure to respond adequately to Hurricane Katrina extended the misery for tens of thousands of
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PS - How did are you communicating with these folks who are 236 miles away and shut off from the modern world? Smoke signals?

Of all the things that never happened, that never happened the most.
- gunslingerdick
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Cell service came back yesterday dipshit.
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