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Post by Elvado on May 28, 2023 11:44:47 GMT -5
You and I are in complete agreement.
There were names and mascots that needed to go.
This was not one of them.
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Post by Elvado on May 28, 2023 10:37:03 GMT -5
I was trying to think of other six syllable names and the best I could come up with was "The Fighting Illini." Any others? But not quite the same as it is usually shortened to the Illini. The WG "Revs?" Everyone calls the Foxboro MLS franchise the Revs, gonna be weird for there to be two different Revs now. I feel like the term "Colonial" has undergone some transfiguration over the years. It used to have a more positive, historical, slightly kitchy connotation - think Colonial Williamsburg. While the renaming was obviously triggered by the growing "decolonization" movement and the associated negativity to anything associated with "settler colonialism," it's also true that the formerly positive-if-stuffy connotation has fallen away even outside of academia. The truly important thing is that no one’s delicate sensibilities be offended…ever.
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Post by Elvado on May 27, 2023 13:35:28 GMT -5
Well done on all fronts gentlemen!!
Hoya Saxa to a worth group of successors to the Stonewalls
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Post by Elvado on May 25, 2023 7:01:41 GMT -5
The name is just perfect.
Everyone from DAR to Antifa can love it….
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Post by Elvado on May 24, 2023 8:06:30 GMT -5
Would like to see that list based upon overall impact rather than just on-court results
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Post by Elvado on May 23, 2023 7:50:11 GMT -5
The gold standard shines again.
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Post by Elvado on May 20, 2023 15:07:24 GMT -5
Thought the boys played a very good game against a very good opponent.
Faceoffs and one brief spell decided this game.
Program is strong and impressive.
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Post by Elvado on May 20, 2023 8:21:35 GMT -5
Rest in Peace to someone who left both the NFL and life on top.
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Post by Elvado on May 15, 2023 8:20:18 GMT -5
Could not happen for a nicer guy. Paul was always so great with Harry.
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Post by Elvado on May 13, 2023 4:03:41 GMT -5
How about Obama? Michelle? Kamala Harris? Are they scumbags? I want to understand your line of thinking. Where are you getting your info? FauxNews? Elvado has a long history of disliking all politicians. That said, he has a very difficult time being consistent in his "outrage" about the character of the person holding the highest office in the land. He continues to try to say that the former guy and the current guy are both scumbags. Though, he was deafeningly silent about that "fact" while the former guy was in office. And, he says that the current guy is less of a scumbag but he only points out his issues with the current guy. Not the former. Even though the former guy is trying to become the next current person. He's what one would call a hypocrite. I don't like using that word but he's proven himself to be the very definition of it. He's smarter than that, for sure. For whatever reason, he chooses to pee into the wind and make himself sound, at times, ridiculous with the hoops through which he's willing to jump. Biden is a liar! Okay. Conceded on several points. Important ones and galling ones at that. Where is the similar concern about the former guy that, literally, lies about everything? Including things that affect our standing with our allies and our perception by the nations that would love for us to cease to exist? Does being an a-hole about not recognizing one's grandchild affect your life as an American? We know the answer. Please save your blatantly transparent "concern" about character. I now that Elvado will say something akin to they are two separate things. Because he'd like them to be. If they're not, he sounds ridiculous. Don't mention the other guy! Umm... presidencies are comparative. We compare one to the others to see how they performed. Trump is very near the bottom of every list. I wonder, Elvado. Where do you think Biden will rank in comparison to the past couple of Republican presidents? Maybe Biden got a leg up because, as so frequently happens, he inherited a disaster and there was nowhere to go but up? We can, usually, rely upon a Republican president to leave such a situation for the next one to occupy the office to fix. Thankfully, for a few decades now, there have been Democrats to do exactly that. I know "Republicans" of today aren't big on empirical evidence. But, their distaste for it and their lack of comprehension of it doesn't change what is objectively true. Thank you tas.
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Post by Elvado on May 12, 2023 13:09:23 GMT -5
The road to Summer 2024 got a heck of a lot shorter in the last 6 weeks or so. And the base of your party has never shown any spine about showing that dangerous chimp the door. You may be right; I hope you are not.
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Post by Elvado on May 12, 2023 13:03:50 GMT -5
Trump will not be the nominee. Interesting to stake a claim that can so decisively and quickly be proven wrong. What is your theory of the case? Coronary? Or GOP base suddenly and unexpectedly grows up? It is a long way to the summer of 2024. I have nothing other than a gut instinct and hope that Trump is not the nominee. Call my statement aspirational manifesting.
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Post by Elvado on May 12, 2023 13:02:22 GMT -5
But it is not a binary choice. Both can be and are scumbags. Trump worse to be sure but Biden is garbage as well. How about Obama? Michelle? Kamala Harris? Are they scumbags? I want to understand your line of thinking. Where are you getting your info? FauxNews? My reasons for my Biden antipathy are spelled out earlier in this thread. I do not recall mentioning the character of the Obama family or Ms Harris this thread. Though I did suggest that Mr Obama did once hang around with a domestic terrorist.
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Post by Elvado on May 12, 2023 12:29:45 GMT -5
The only important choice is absolutely a binary one, made once on a Tuesday in November before, and it seems likely it will be again. In a vacuum who gives a damn what anyone thinks about Biden? Its not an interesting question. What you think about him vs the current gang of childish cowards that is the GOP is a question that might actually decide the fate of the republic. Boy I wish that were hyperbole but so angry and stupid are the base voters of my former party that it is a real question that will be answered soon enough. Trump will not be the nominee.
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Post by Elvado on May 12, 2023 12:18:49 GMT -5
I appreciate your thoughtful response. Put most simply, I am tired of hearing that Biden is a good guy. Compared to Trump he may be St Augustine, but all by himself, he is a scumbag. In another binary choice between Biden and a proven gameshow host-cum-crime-family boss who tried to take down the republic because he didn't want to move he is indeed Augustine. If Republicans had any shame (stifle your laughter, its pre-2015 "if") they would wait a few thousand years before having the temerity to again complain about the character of the man in the White House. But it is not a binary choice. Both can be and are scumbags. Trump worse to be sure but Biden is garbage as well.
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Post by Elvado on May 12, 2023 9:03:31 GMT -5
The gold standard of GU Athletics. I hope that with all the money thrown at Cooley, they kept some for Brian Wiese.
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Post by Elvado on May 11, 2023 7:59:52 GMT -5
Lots of late transfer news today: Julian Phillips (former 5*) - Tennessee Kaluma - Creighton Rumors about Kobe Brown (Missouri) and a different 5* (per Andrew Slater) announcing also. Duke adds Neal Begovich. This Neal Begovich. Begovich is a nice add for APR
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Post by Elvado on May 9, 2023 17:53:27 GMT -5
As I wrote earlier. He needs to be removed if he lacks the shame to resign—which apparently he does. The “appearance of impropriety” alone makes this one a no brainer.
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Post by Elvado on May 9, 2023 3:56:43 GMT -5
I appreciate your thoughtful response.
Put most simply, I am tired of hearing that Biden is a good guy. Compared to Trump he may be St Augustine, but all by himself, he is a scumbag.
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Post by Elvado on May 7, 2023 13:08:19 GMT -5
Only police and military should have automatic weapons. Period.
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