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Post by bmartin on Mar 15, 2012 12:25:14 GMT -5
Please read the NEJM article. There is no excuse for un/misinformed comments at this point. 28 states already require coverage of contraceptive prescriptions without a big carve out exemption. The HHS policy came from an expert panel, not the President's campaign. It copied the language of NY and California laws that have already survived legal challenges. It is responsible public policy that does not infringe on religious liberty in any way.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 15, 2012 9:41:49 GMT -5
But you don't become academically ineligible in March. He obviously did not finish the fall semester in good standing, then was given a gift make-up period during the suspension, was cleared to play but then a rare honest person recognized that he either had not done the work or had cheated or plagiarized.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 14, 2012 22:10:43 GMT -5
Who looks better now, Greg Monroe or Demarcus Cousins?
Which one learned a hook shot, low-post footwork, how to pass out of a double team, how to cut to the basket, etc. while in college, and which one just used his size and athleticism in college and is still trying to figure out how to play in the NBA?
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Post by bmartin on Mar 14, 2012 22:03:47 GMT -5
Read the succeeding posts. I explained it. Issa should have let her testify in the hearing. The majority is not supposed to pick all the witnesses.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 14, 2012 15:29:01 GMT -5
Hey I'm a Democrat so I'm fine with Romney letting morons run his campaign but I'm also from Mississippi so even as a Democrat I am offended that Romney's campaign assumed that Mississippi Republicans are all ignorant fundamentalists. The business establishment is still firmly in control of the state GOP - think Haley Barbour, Trent Lott, et al - not the know-nothing tea partiers. Romney's people completely misread the state talking about grits and dumb like that. Newt and Santorum get away with saying stupid because that is how they have always run for office. They are experienced panderers to the fears and prejudices of the paranoid right. Romney is never going to be that so he should stop insincerely and lamely pandering and demonstrate some of the competence he is supposed to have.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 14, 2012 11:00:17 GMT -5
Hollis doesn't fade on his free throws. That is not the problem.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 14, 2012 9:52:20 GMT -5
Romney's campaign is run by morons. They robocalled the hell out of Mississippi Republicans with a message that Santorum was not a real Tea Pary candidate. What an idiotic tactic and message. Romney could have stolen Mississippi with a 35% plurality if they had effectively targeted the suburban & Chamber of Commerce Republicans with an economic message instead of assuming that everyone is Mississippi is a country dumbass.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 14, 2012 9:32:06 GMT -5
My biggest concern is that Henry stay out of foul trouble. They have some senior centers who appear to have low-post moves/fakes that could draw fouls that might not be called in the Big East.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 13, 2012 23:16:13 GMT -5
Comebacks are led by defense, not offense. Runs need stops. Also, defense and rebounding keep games close until the shots start falling.
In this game, we need to own the paint and deny the three point line.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 13, 2012 22:35:22 GMT -5
Yea you are right POD. That does come off a bit cocky on reread. It was a good game. Two sorry teams though. I stand by that. Oh and WKU made the play in by being two games under 500. You mean to tell me that Pitt at 17-16 isnt better than them or more deserving? WKU was the 7 seed in the Sun Belt conference tournament and pulled the upsets. It happens. The regular season Sun Belt champion Middle Tennessee State is 26-6 but they are in the NIT because they were upset in their tournament. And no, Pitt does not deserve anything after its failure of a season. Pitt is in the CBI where they belong.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 12, 2012 19:20:42 GMT -5
Please encourage Republicans to keep talking about this all the way to November.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 12, 2012 12:17:10 GMT -5
The ESPN gabbers all picked Belmont last year too and they were smoked by Wisconsin.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 11, 2012 20:33:11 GMT -5
While I don't expect us to get past our first round opponent, our hypothetical path to the final four is eerily similar to our 2007 path. Belmont, a ACC team, a team we already played in November this season, and North Carolina. Weird. And then Ohio State in the Final Four.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 10, 2012 17:20:03 GMT -5
Not exactly. Democrats asked for both. GOP said Barry Lynn but not Fluke. Dems said if only one we want Fluke. Issa said no. It was not because she is a woman but because she wanted to talk about women's health. Lynn represents Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Republicans wanted to talk only about religion and not about health issues. Plus they only acknowledge representatives of established interest groups as being worthy of addressing Members of Congress.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 10, 2012 12:49:36 GMT -5
Hollis made 5 of 6 vs. Pitt and 1 of 2 vs. Cincinnati so he made 75% in the BET. He started the season 24 for 29, then had a slump, then shot well for two weeks or three weeks, then had a 5 for 10 game, and was inconsistent after that. For whatever reason he is streaky at the line. I don't think it is as simple as not staying on the line through his follow through. I think it is as likely that that is the effect and not the cause - that he backs off when he knows his shot is off. Shooters know when the ball leaves their fingers whether it is good.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 10, 2012 12:35:39 GMT -5
I worked in the House for 20 years. The proper hearing protocol is for the majority to pick most of the witnesses but let the minority pick one or two. It isn't a legitimate dialogue or debate or anything but a political stunt if all the witnesses have the exact same talking points favorable to the Chairman and majority party's point of view. It's more like the traditions of the Politburo than the US Congress.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 10, 2012 12:26:54 GMT -5
Brandon Jennings is the kind of point guard who has a career putting up big numbers on losing teams. He has to have the ball all the time and he makes highlight plays but he doesn't make his team or his teammates better and other players who want the ball don't want to be on his team. I hate offenses where one player has the ball most of the time and everyone else's role is to set screens for him or clear out for him or rebound his misses.
Ashanti Cook would penetrate and pass. Jessie Sapp did. When opponents played man defense, driving to draw the defense and then passing to the open man has been a go-to play. It's why most teams zone.
The other point is that with Wright or with another fast ballhandler the team runs. There were some high scoring games in the past few years but to run you need to get stops and rebounds and that was a big problem last year.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 10, 2012 11:58:57 GMT -5
When was the last time the BET finalists were both unranked?
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Post by bmartin on Mar 10, 2012 1:28:59 GMT -5
Chris Wright was an elite point guard recruit. He was a straight-ahead guy and not an ankle-breaker, and he was better at creating for himself than for his teammates, but he still was an elite pg recruit so it isn't true that the system scares away point guards.
I agree with the point that this team, like most every other basketball team, needs one or two quick ballhandlers who are hard for defenders to stay in front of. I disagree with the notion that guys like that would not fit or flourish in the offense or wouldn't be willing to play in it.
In the first place, the offense is designed for players who can make defenses help, double, and overplay, and then pass to the open man. Second, JTIII and the offense are very flexible to fit the personnel - inside, outside, dribble penetration, are emphasized as fits the skills of the players. Third, this offense is a great preparation for guards who want to play in the NBA and/or top European leagues. Read the critique of Ben Hansborough that I linked in the Hoyas in Europe thread. The German coach said BH only knew how to play with the ball driving off ball screens and never learned how to play off the ball. So they dumped him and kept Jon Wallace who knows how to play basketball with and without the ball.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 10, 2012 1:08:56 GMT -5
Attack the messanger. Avoid the issue. Avoid the facts. Typical.
No one ever said she was some random student. The Democrats picked her to be a witness at the House hearing because they saw and heard her participate in a forum or panel discussion previously.
The fact that she is a politial advocate does not discredit her or her argument. Attacking her and misrepresenting her argument and the facts do discredit her critics.
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