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redofthewestcountry · 3 years

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FEBRUARY'S THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD AND THE WONDERFUL

Month 2

1st Feb: Myanmar military coup - Aung San Suu Kyi and other democratically elected leaders detained

1st Feb: Dustin Diamond (Saved by the Bell) passed away

1st Feb: India cuts Internet in New Delhi - agriculture reform protests

1st Feb: French football crisis deepens as league fails to resell TV rights

2nd Feb: Captain Sir Tom Moore dies from Corona virus

2nd Feb: Man wakes from 10 month coma with no knowledge of covid

2nd Feb: Space X prototype crashes, again

2nd Feb: Rare black leopard spotted in Indian wildlife park

3rd Feb: Myanmar dance video goes viral with Coup in the background

3rd Feb - Proud Boys labelled as terrorist group in Canada

3rd Feb: Perth wild fires

3rd Feb: Navalny jailed

3rd Feb: Biden signs three executive actions to reunite migrant families separated by Tr*mp policy

4th Feb: Kenyans celebrate zero Rhino killings in 2020

4th Feb: Iran diplomat jailed for plot to bomb French Rally in 2018

4th Feb: Denmark politicians gives green light for first 'energy island' in North Sea

5th Feb: Christopher Plummer passed away - Sound of Music

5th Feb: Smallest reptile on earth discovered in Madagascar

5th Feb: John Pullin - Former England Rugby player passed away

5th Feb: Stutthof Camp - 95 year old woman accused of aiding mass murder in holocaust

5th Feb: 185 German actors come out ad LGBT+ in campaign for more visibility, diversity, and recognition

6th Feb: Myanmar Internet shut down

7th Feb: Pope appoints first female undersecretary to the Synod of Bishops

7th Feb: Tampa Bay win super bowl

7th Feb: Indonesian Town turns red as flood waters hit textiles factory

8th Feb: Tangier illegal underground factory flood

8th Feb: Uttarakhand, India dam disaster

8th Feb: UK's youngest terror offender sentenced

8th Feb: First major snowstorm in Netherlands in a decade

9th Feb: Second Impeachment Trial begins - votes trial to impeach is constitutional

9th Feb: New Mozambique Military Chief dies from Covid

9th Feb: UAE Probe makes it into orbit around Mars

9th Feb: Weetabix suggests baked beans on weetabix

9th Feb: 116 year old French nun survives Covid

10th Feb: Saudi women's right activist released from jail

10th Feb: First photo of Mars from UAE Hope orbiter

10th Feb: Lawyer accidently uses cat filter on zoom

11th Feb: Hundred car pile up in Texas

11th Feb: Blues' Clues new alphabet song includes P is for Pride

11th Feb: Biden cancels funding for Tr*mps border wall

12th Feb: 5km wide Dartmoor Fire

12th Feb: Mario Draghi named new Italian Prime Minister

12th Feb: Belarusian migrant given a 90 day bus pass, and a free Polish language course for pushing bus out of the snow in Warsaw

12th Feb: "Convict Tr*mp and Lock Him Up" banner flown over Mar-a-Lago

12th Feb: Indian Village teacher wins $1 million prize for world's most exceptional educator

12th Feb: Female founded dating app Bumble tops $13 billion in market debut

13th Feb: Tr*mp acquitted of inciting insurrection

13th Feb: Japan appoints Minister of Loneliness

13th Feb: Stonehenge linked to original site in Wales

13th Feb: Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) issued for people with learning disabilities with covid

15th Feb: First woman appointed Head of World Trade Organisation

15th Feb: Southern states snow storms

15th Feb: Hidden world of bizarre creatures discovered under Antarctic ice

17th Feb: Tr*mp era in Atlantic City ends with three thousand sticks of dynamite

17th Feb: Zanzibar Vice-President dies of Covid

17th Feb: Wife of North Korean leader reappears after a year

18th Feb: National League North and South teams vote to null and void season

18th Feb: NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars

19th Feb: China-India border clash

19th Feb: First colour photos from Mars

19th Feb: First Black Hole ever discovered far bigger than first thought

19th Feb: 2,300kg of cocaine worth £184 million found in banana boxes from Colombia in Portsmouth

19th Feb: Man fakes kidnapping to avoid work

20th Feb: Algerian protests start again

20th Feb: Boeing 777 scatters engine debris over Denver homes

21st Feb: Daughters of Malcom X ask for murder investigation to be reopened in light of new evidence

21st Feb: Israel oil spill on Mediterranean coastline

22nd Feb: H5N8 Bird flu infects humans

22nd Feb: Daft Punk split after twenty eight years

22nd Feb: Gender reveal device kills dad-to-be

22nd Feb: Boeing 747 drops engine parts in Netherlands

22nd Feb: NASA releases first audio recordings from Mars

23rd Feb: Public inquiry into Capitol riots begin

23rd Feb: Tiger Woods car crash

23rd Feb: Oldest Australian rock art discovered approx 17,300 years old

24th Feb: Neil Lennon resigns as Celtic manager

24th Feb: Detention camps reopen on Mexican border, to hold hundreds of children

24th Feb: First delivery of UN Covax vaccine

24th Feb: 12th Century bathhouse discovered in Sevilla

2th Feb: 28 whales saved from stranding spot

24th Feb: Syrian ex intelligence officer jailed

26th Feb: Unexploded WW2 bomb found in Exeter

26th Feb: Over two hundred prisoners escape from Haiti prison

26th Feb: Amazon rainforest plots being sold on Facebook market place

27th Feb: Archaeologists uncover chariot outside Pompeii

27th Feb: Indian man killed by own rooster during cockfight

27th Feb: Iceberg the size if Bedfordshire breaks off Antarctica

27th Feb: WW2 bomb found in Exeter detonated

28th Feb: Russia launches Space satellite Arktika-M on first mission to the Artic

#news #feb 2021 #2021

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thereal-kelsey · 4 years

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Here’s my story 💜

Bad guys are everywhere. They can look put together and professional. They can be charming and sweet. They make promises and project honesty, sincerity and humility. Sometimes we, as imperfect humans, ignore the warning signs and red flags. We compromise on the basis that the good out weighs the bad or maybe we’re over reacting. We fail ourselves all the time. Sometimes that’s ok, it makes us stronger and wiser. Sometimes, we have royally fucked ourselves and forever changed our lives.

On April 13, 2012 I met a sweet, charming, humble country boy. He was hard working, full of life, adventurous, said all the right things and promised me the world. After six months of honeymoon bliss he convinced me I lived too far and he just couldn’t stand being away from me any longer. I royally fucked myself over and forever changed my life. I quit my job and moved away from my family and friends to live with him.

Learning to cohabitate with the opposite sex isn’t always roses but eventually we fell into a routine and became comfortable living together. He showered me with gifts, affection and even co-signed for me to get my first real car. SURPRISE he went without me to pick it out. What a sweet gesture, right? Wrong. Little did I know, I was being groomed for abuse and that sweet surprise was his plan to build a life I couldn’t escape. Although the loan was in my name, the car was in his. After several months of slowly building a life that would later become my personal hell, he got drunk. Really drunk. He was mad, why? I have no idea. He slammed me into the carpet of our newly leased apartment and choked me until the blood vessels in my left eye started bursting and he could see that he had gone too far. About an hour passed and the police were at our door. He hurried me to the guest room and held my mouth shut as tears ran down my face and over his hand. He whispered how much he hated me as we sat in the corner with the lights off until the police gave up and left.

There were many months without “incidents” or “episodes”. Sometimes I was happy. There were many times I thought it would be ok and he was getting better. We talked in depth about how I’m learning not to set him off 🙄. Over all I endured 6 years of choking, backhanding, kicking and punching. I have been left on the side of the road to walk home more times than I can count, he has removed all my belonging from our home on countless occasions, he has thrown food, KNIVES, beer, my purse and all kinds of things at my face. He has opened credit cards in my name, attempted to cancel my debit card when I left the house without him and wrecked “my” car twice.

He’s charming. He has a great smile and people love him. My family liked him. He made friends everywhere we went. Who knew he would be this monster? My sister did. My sister, my best friend, the one that knew me better than anyone... she expressed concern. I was defensive and cruel. I cut everyone out of my life that could possibly get me in trouble with him. Ultimately that left me pretty alone and isolated.

Fast forward 6 years. We were on a good swing and I felt safe to end it. We talked about how we wanted different things and we knew it was over. After many months of living together but “broken up”, I was ready to move on. One day, i decided to have a conversation about moving out and parting ways. I chose to do this in a public place for my safety and unfortunately an ex boyfriend of mine was in the same restaurant. He saw my ex and immediately became silent, he said nothing, he kept it to himself as he poured mass amounts of tequila down his throat. After I finally convinced him to let me drive, we got home and the worst night of my life began.

He stared at me with cold dead eyes through a large mirror hanging on my closet door. He finally had nothing left to say about me “sneaking around with my ex” and ripped the mirror off and began beating me with it. Repeatedly. After a good hard blow to the shoulder with the shattered and split mirror dangling by the broken frame, he pushed me to the ground and squeezed my neck. I’ve been here before. I knew to stay quiet, stop struggling, close my eyes and try to breath while I drifted off. When I woke up he was gone, I grabbed my phone, called the 911 and locked myself in the bathroom.

Cody Kirby has plead guilty to a 3rd degree felony by the state of Texas. He will never truly be punished for the things he’s done to me and he will never understand how he’s altered my life or my family’s lives.

I am a survivor of domestic abuse. But just barely. I almost lost my life to a “man” that swore he loved me. I have a life time of anxiety and insecurity ahead of me but that’s ok. I’m alive. I’m moving on and I’m healing. I am lucky that the damage done to my relationships was not fatal. I’m lucky to have my sister back. I’m lucky to have a friend willing to sit in a hospital with me in the middle of the night.

I’m lucky nobody gave up on me.

I should have done a lot of things differently. The reality is, when you’re in it, you’re fucking IN IT. I was stuck. He built and manipulated a life that isolated me from help, forced me to rely on him and seemingly impossible to break away from. I am working everyday to heal and to learn. I have found strength in surrounding myself with people that enhance my life and encourage my growth. It’s not easy to leave or start over but it was worth it.

Moral of the story, don’t dismiss the red flags. Trust actions not words. And it’s never too late to leave.

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thecollegefootballguy · 4 years

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The Top 25 Teams of the Decade: #5 Oregon

Hello everybody, we’re celebrating the arrival of the 2020′s by looking at the 25 best programs of the previous decade.

Folks, we’ve made it to the top five! If you’ve been reading this whole time thank you. Here’s the 5th best team of the 2010′s:

University of Oregon Ducks

Record: 101-32 (.759) Division Titles: 5 Conference Titles: 4 Bowl Seasons: 9 Major Bowls: 5 Playoff/BCS Berths: 2 Final Top 25 Finishes: 7 Final Top 10 Finishes: 6 Final Top 5 Finishes: 5 Best Season: 2010 or 2012 probably

If you were to ask college football fans which was the best program in the 2010′s to not win a national championship, the popular answer would probably be Oregon. The Ducks were easily one of the best teams in the sport for the first half of the decade before falling off during the tenure of Mark Helfrich. Oregon then rebounded to finish with another Rose Bowl win in 2019 to finish the 2010′s on top of West Coast college football.

One thing that does need to be pointed out for consideration is that the Ducks were the highest achieving non-blue blood on this list. UO has still never won a national championship and despite all of the flash and funding provided by Phil Knight and Nike, nobody would put Oregon on the same level as your Alabama’s or Ohio State’s of the world. The next closest non-blue blood is Wisconsin down in 8th place. The Ducks spent much of their history as bottom feeders in the PCC and PAC-8 before building themselves into a respectable program in the 1990′s and 2000′s. It’s a shame that they didn’t win a single championship in the 2010′s, the came damn close. I’d hate for them to have missed their shot as a kind of P5 equivalent to Boise State.

Oregon began the 2010′s as the new number one team in the PAC-10. USC’s reign of terror under Pete Carroll had finally closed and the Ducks were the primary beneficiaries. Oregon won the league in 2009 and went to their first Rose Bowl since 1995 in head coach Chip Kelly’s first season at the helm. The Ducks were certainly favored to repeat as PAC-10 champs, but they weren’t exactly expected to compete for a national title in 2010. However, as many people were about to find out, Oregon wasn’t good at waiting around for popular opinion to catch up with them. UO began the year ranked 11th in the nation and spent the rest of the year climbing higher and higher up the polls. Kelly’s record breaking offense was absolutely vicious. Led by QB Darron Thomas and RB LaMichael James, it made a point to score two of three touchdowns every quarter if possible. The Ducks blasted their way through non-conference play by a combined 189-13, and remember, the PAC-10 only plays three out-of-conference games. On October 2nd, #4 Oregon hosted #9 Stanford in a game that would decide the conference. The Ducks not only beat perhaps the best Cardinal team of all time, but they boat raced Stanford 52-31. And that was pretty much the season out West. Oregon basically wrapped things up before the second month really got underway. The Ducks mauled Wazzu by 20 points, dismantled UCLA by 47, and pounded 3rd place USC by three touchdowns in the Coliseum. Oregon absolutely demolished rival Washington, who were enjoying their first winning season since Rick Neuheisel, with a 53-16 score. After a near-upset in Berkeley, the Ducks put away the season with blowout wins over Arizona and Oregon State. Oregon was the #1 ranked team in the nation for half the season and easily earned their first ever chance to compete for a national championship against SEC champs and fellow undefeated Auburn. The Ducks and Tigers were basically the only teams that could slow the other down. The champions ground each other down for four quarters, when it was all said and done Auburn emerged victorious 22-19, though not without a bit of controversy. It was a storybook season for Oregon, a 12-1 record and #3 ranking. It was a shame it would end up their best shot at a championship given how many more fantastic teams took the field in Eugene.

The Ducks took their #3 ranking into 2011 along with the same explosive offense. Darron and DeAnthony Thomas returned, and the expectation to compete for another title. Unfortunately, Oregon was again thrown off against a top flight #4 LSU squad in Arlington, losing 40-27 to the eventual BCS Title participants. After this setback, the Ducks set back down to the business of winning the newly minted PAC-12. UO began with their traditional mauling of hapless non-conference patsies and carried the momentum into conference play. Oregon never failed to score fewer than 41 points per game for the next seven games since their loss to the Tigers. The first team to break this streak was Washington, who still lost 34-17 at home to the mighty Ducks. Everything was building up to their meeting with undefeated #3 Stanford on November 12. This time, the game was going to be played in Palo Alto and QB Andrew Luck had passed on NFL money for another chance at a title. It didn’t matter much. Oregon again outpaced the Cardinal 53-30. The win catapulted the Ducks into 4th place with an outside chance at a second consecutive BCS Championship Game if the right teams lost. Maybe Oregon was looking too far ahead, because the Ducks were upset 35-38 at home by #18 USC. The loss slammed the door shut on another shot at the title, but the the win over Stanford gave Oregon dibs to represent the North in the first ever PAC-12 Championship Game. The Ducks cruised to victory over unranked UCLA 49-31. #6 Oregon was pitted against #9 Wisconsin in Pasadena. In a titanic clash, the Ducks’ unstoppable force moved the Badgers’ immovable object and Oregon won 45-38. It was the Ducks’ first Rose Bowl victory since 1917 and earned Oregon their second consecutive top five finish.

The Ducks were absolutely incredible in 2012. Even though they didn’t play for the national championship, this might have been the best Oregon team of all time. QB Darron Thomas was replaced by redshirt freshman Marcus Mariota. De’Anthony Thomas was augmented by Kenjon Barner in the backfield, providing an absolutely lethal run game. In a somewhat surprising move, the Ducks didn’t absolutely annihilate their non-conference opponents, only beating the scrubs they lined up by a combined 163-73. Maybe they were saving things up for league play, because UO began lighting up the PAC-12 like nobody’s business, and this was back when the league was one of the best in the sport after the SEC. Oregon averaged 53 points per game against conference opponents through October and had now firmly established themselves as the #2 team in the rankings after undefeated reigning national champions Alabama. It seemed as though all signs were pointing towards a meeting between the vaunted Tide defense and the Ducks’ eye popping offense. Oregon began November by paying back USC for the previous season’s upset by outpacing the Trojans 62-51 in the Coliseum. The Ducks vaulted into 1st in the polls after Alabama’s shocking upset to Texas A&M with two weeks left in the regular season. Oregon’s last two games were against the two strongest teams in the PAC-12. The Ducks hosted #14 Stanford, who has lost two games before freshman QB Kevin Hogan stabilized the offense. In the third straight College Gameday Showdown between Oregon and the Cardinal, Stanford’s defense finally shut down the Ducks’ incredible offense. For the first time all year, Oregon was held to under 42 points. The Ducks only managed 14 points in an overtime loss. Oregon was busted down to 5th in the rankings and went up to 4th after a 48-24 win over rival #16 Oregon State in the Civil War, but the damage was done. The Ducks wouldn’t make the BCS Championship Game and they wouldn’t even make the PAC-12 Championship because the Cardinal earned the tiebreaker. With Stanford in the Rose Bowl, Oregon was relegated to the Fiesta against #5 Kansas State, another near-miss title participant. The Ducks proved their worth in a 35-17 win over the Wildcats. Oregon finished 2nd in the polls, their highest ranking in program history. College football was robbed of the Duck-Tide title we always wanted as unworthy Notre Dame was rolled over by Bama.

Chip Kelly saw his chance and he took it. He had built up the Ducks into a perennial contender, and besides Alabama they were easily the best team in college football from 2009 to 2012. Now the offensive guru was on to the NFL to coach the Eagles. OC Mark Helfrich was promoted to head coach to replace Kelly, continuing the legendary unbroken chain from Rich Brooks to Mike Bellotti to Kelly to the incoming Helfrich. Despite the turnover, Oregon continued to roll. The Ducks scored 55+ points in each of their first five games, and when they didn’t reach that high mark UO buried #16 Washington 45-24 and #12 UCLA 42-14. Oregon was 8-0 and once again ranked 2nd in the nation after undefeated Alabama. The Ducks once again had to face down Stanford, the 7-1 Cardinal were ranked 5th in the nation and were holding out hope that they could supplant Oregon and get into the BCS Championship by winning out. For the second straight year, Stanford’s defense locked down the Ducks. Oregon left Palo Alto with a 20-26 loss and another crippling end to a national championship race. The door was left open a crack when Stanford immediately lost to USC the next week, breathing new life into the Ducks’ season. #6 Oregon smashed the Utah team that handed the Cardinal their first loss 44-21. They were back in the driver’s seat in the PAC-12 North and could reasonably expect a Rose Bowl berth if not a part in the final BCS Championship if two or more of the undefeated teams ahead of the Ducks in the rankings lost (which did happen). Then something completely unexpected happened, Oregon lost in Tucson to Arizona. Badly. The #5 Ducks were ran out of the building 42-16. It was their most dramatic loss in years. Oregon hadn’t been beaten that way by Stanford in any of their grueling contests, they hadn’t lost like that to 2011 LSU or even Cam Newton’s Auburn. The Ducks’ last bad loss was to Pete Carroll’s last great USC team in 2008 which was before Chip Kelly was even promoted to head coach. It completely derailed their season, shutting the door on their title aspirations and on their chance to win the PAC-12 North. It must have left a bitter taste in the mouth because Oregon State nearly upset UO in the Civil War, only falling 36-35. The Cardinal went to the Rose Bowl in Oregon’s stead while the Ducks were left to maul overmatched Texas in the Alamo Bowl. 11-2 Oregon finished 9th in the AP poll, but this really was a top ten team on balance. Sagarin even rates the Ducks #2 after national champs Florida State.

Despite the hiccup in November 2013, Oregon picked up right back where they left off for the 2014 season. The Ducks were ranked 3rd in the preseason AP poll. With the new four team Playoff, all they’d need to do was maintain that standing and they’d have a shot at the national championship. Oregon sure seemed poised to make a run for the title. Instead of three cupcakes, the Ducks had lined up #7 Michigan State, who were coming off a Rose Bowl victory of Stanford the previous season. The Ducks easily beat the Spartans 46-27 in Eugene, checking off one of their biggest upset threats on the schedule. UO nearly lost to Washington State in Pullman to end the month of September which raised a few suspicions. #2 Oregon was then upset for the second year in a row by Arizona, falling 24-31 at home. Maybe the loss was necessary to shock the Ducks into action, as Oregon began to play much better after the loss. The now #12 Ducks began their climb back into the top four with a 42-30 victory over #18 UCLA in Pasadena. The offense was back to record-breaking form as QB Marcus Mariota began putting up ridiculous numbers. Oregon breezed through October and began November with a triumphant 45-16 win over Stanford, who completely ceded the division to the Ducks this year. Oregon was now back to the top 4 with the win and celebrated by manhandling #17 Utah 51-27 in Salt Lake City. Easy wins over Colorado and Oregon State confirmed the Ducks’ North Division championship. In the first neutral-site PAC-12 Championship Game, #2 Oregon faced off against #7 Arizona, who had parleyed their win in Autzen into a South Division title. The Ducks torched the pesky Wildcats 51-13 to punch their ticket to the new Playoff. As the #2 seed, Oregon was able to host #3 Florida State in the Rose Bowl. The Ducks left no doubt as they completely dismantled the defending champions 59-20, earning their first title game berth since 2010. Instead of the #1 Alabama vs #2 Oregon matchup college fans had been begging for in the past few years, the Ducks were pitted against #4 Ohio State, who shocked everyone with their win over the Crimson Tide in the Sugar Bowl. The Buckeyes were peaking at the right time, and brought the hammer down on the Ducks just as they had on Bama, comfortably winning the title 42-20. It was another bitter loss for Oregon, who also lost Marcus Mariota to the draft.

Of course nobody could predict when the Duck dynasty would run out of steam, but the pollsters *only* awarded Oregon a #7 preseason ranking in 2015. That’s the average amount of skepticism that a national contender that loses their Heisman QB, but it was still the Ducks’ first time starting the year out of the top five since 2010. Oregon sloppily put away FCS #6 Eastern Washington 61-42 before their big return date to East Lansing. The #7 Ducks fell to #5 Michigan State 28-31. It was a perfectly acceptable loss that could have been just a speed bump on another Playoff run if Oregon put their noses down to the grindstone like Ohio State did the previous year after their loss to Virginia Tech. That’s not what happened. The erosion of the Duck machine had probably already begun in 2014 after the departure of a boatload of players from the 2011-2013 to the NFL. Mariota was able to keep the offense going because he was the best quarterback in college football, but after his departure it became clear that the O was a step slower and the D much less stout. Oregon easily skated past plaything Georgia State, but suffered a shocking upset to #18 Utah. The Ducks were crushed 62-20 in Eugene, by far their worst home loss in over a decade. Oregon didn’t just tumble out of the top ten, they tumbled out of the whole top 25 for the first time since September 2009. Two weeks later and the Ducks lost to unranked Washington State in double overtime. Oregon was 3-3 and looked ready to completely fall apart. It was a dramatic turn of events. A loss to rival Washington might have completely collapsed morale, but the Ducks rallied to beat the Huskies 26-20 in Seattle to begin the salvage job. Oregon beat Arizona State in triple overtime in Tempe and then outpaced Cal 44-28. UO then stuck their finger in Stanford’s eye, upsetting the #7 Cardinal 38-26 in Palo Alto, slamming the door shut on Stanford’s last national title contender. The Ducks ended the year with a tidy 6 game win streak. #15 Oregon blew a 31 point lead to #11 TCU in the Alamo Bowl and lost in triple overtime. The bowl loss stung but maybe things weren’t as bad as they appeared. Perhaps the 2015 season could be written off as one of those outlier years as the Ducks pulled things back together.

That’s not how 2016 turned out. After beginning the year with easy wins over UC Davis and Virginia, #22 Oregon fell to a Mike Riley-led Nebraska which got the ball rolling on a five game losing streak. All of college football watched as one of the strongest programs in the sport of the past five years completely unravelled before everyone’s eyes. The low point has to be the 21-70 thrashing at the hands of #5 Washington, who were taking out a 12 years of frustration on the Ducks, though the double overtime loss to Cal the next week was certainly a gut punch considering the Bears finished 5-7. UO snapped the streak with a win over a similarly imploding Arizona State, but then lost by 25 points to both USC and Stanford in back to back games. Somehow, Oregon upset #11 Utah in Salt Lake City 30-28, more or less returning the favor from the previous season and knock the Utes out of the South race. The Ducks ended the year with a 24-34 loss to archrival Oregon State, snapping an 8 game win streak over the Beavers and giving the Ducks sole possession of last place in the PAC-12 North. It was a shocking turn and Mark Helfrich was fired at the end of the season despite still owning one of the best head coach win percentages in the sport. Many fans capped this as the official end of the Oregon dynasty that began when Rich Brooks was hired all the way back in 1977.

The rebuild began under Willie Taggart, who was something of a rebuild expert himself after turning around Western Kentucky and South Florida. The damage from the 2016 season wasn’t too severe, and the Ducks’ roster was still rather talented. Oregon managed to climb back to respectability pretty easily. The Ducks beat every team they were supposed to and a down Utah while losing to all of the quality opponents they faced. With a weakening PAC-12, this all added up to a 7-6 record with a loss to #25 Boise State in the Las Vegas Bowl. UO was back in the mix, though they had to stomach a 4th place finish in the North behind regional rivals Washington and Washington State as well as frequent thorn-in-side Stanford. I’m not sure how much credit Taggart should have gotten for taking a talented team in an average at best conference bowling, but the one season in Eugene was good enough for Florida State to hire Taggart away from Oregon. The move incensed Duck fans, who admittedly have a different kind of relationship with and expectations for their head coaches than most fan bases. Co-OC and former FIU head man Mario Cristobal was promoted to replace Taggart.

Cristobal’s vision for Oregon was a slight tweak on the old Kelly teams. The Ducks would obviously score as much as they could behind junior QB Justin Herbert, but an emphasis on a hard-nosed, modern SEC style defense was brought in. Oregon started 2018 ranked 24th in the nation and climbed up to 20th before falling to #7 Stanford in overtime at Autzen Stadium. The Ducks rebounded with a 42-24 win over #24 Cal and two weeks later an overtime win over #7 Washington to end the Huskies’ Playoff aspirations for the season. UO was finally in a position to again compete for the North division, but they lost to #25 Washington State and Arizona in back to back weeks to fall back out of the conversation. Oregon went 3-1 in the month of November with a loss at South champ Utah to end the regular season 8-4. The Ducks beat Michigan State 7-6 in an unwatchable Redbox Bowl but perhaps the biggest win of the offseason was keeping Mario Cristobal. The head coach was rumored as a prize candidate for his alma mater Miami, but Cristobal declared he would stick around to much fanfare.

With QB Justin Herbert coming back for his senior season, Oregon’s stock was going up with even a few rumors that the Ducks would be a dark horse candidate for the Playoff. Their preseason #11 ranking was the highest in the PAC-12, though only two spots above reigning champion Washington. In their first meeting since the 2011 Championship Game, Oregon faced off against #16 Auburn in Arlington to open the 2019 season. The Tigers again got the better of the Ducks, coming back to win 27-21 handicapping the PAC-12′s Playoff hopes for the second year in a row. UO started winning, and finally put together their first consistent season since 2014. The Ducks cleared away the rest of the non-conference opponents and beat both Bay Area schools without incident as September turned to October. The end of the month included big showdowns against both Washington and Washington State, who had both tormented UO since the program began slipping under Helfrich. For the first time since 2014, Oregon beat both schools from up North by a combined 6 points, and secured a commanding lead of the North Division. The Ducks had slowly climbed into the top ten and with the rest of the conference looking so weak, they had an outside chance to make the Playoff if they managed to go 12-1. The win streak stretched to 9 games before Arizona State managed to upset Oregon in Tempe 31-28. The Ducks breezed past Oregon State to head into the postseason 10-2. For the first time, the Ducks were underdogs in the PAC-12 Championship Game. #13 Oregon was matched up against 11-1 #5 Utah, who had a slim but real chance to make the Playoff with a win. Instead, the Ducks blew up the Utes 37-15 to secure their first Rose Bowl berth since the 2011 season. #6 Oregon was matched up against #8 Wisconsin in Pasadena. The Badgers played a similar brand of rough and tumble football and it was a meeting of strength vs strength. In a hard fought battle, Oregon emerged victorious 28-27 despite some stellar play on the part of Wisconsin. The Ducks ended the year 12-2 with a #5 ranking.

Things are once again looking up in Eugene. Oregon might finally have have the run of the PAC-12 North now that Chris Petersen has retired, Mike Leach left the Palouse, and Stanford is enduring some recent struggles. It remains to see if Cristobal can continuously keep the Ducks in shape to compete for league titles and Playoff berths, but as things stand they seem the best positioned program in the conference with USC and UCLA struggling in the South and Utah appearing to have an 11 win ceiling.

I think it might be controversial to have a team that didn’t win a national title in the top five over teams like LSU and Auburn, but for Oregon it makes sense. After Ohio State from 2014-2019, Clemson from 2015-2019, and Alabama basically the whole decade, no team put together the run Oregon had from 2010 to 2014. They were simply one of the best teams on the field in the 2010′s for a good part of the decade. That the Ducks didn’t win a national championship in the 2010′s was a real shame. You get the sense that a large portion of the sport wanted it at one point or another. They were good enough to do it a few times.

At their height, Oregon absolutely dominated their rivals. The Ducks went 8-2 Washington in the 2010′s despite the Huskies having their own nice run in the later half of the decade. Oregon went 9-1 against archrival Oregon State with the one loss coming in the Ducks’ annus horribilis in 2016. Oregon went 6-4 against (secondary?) regional rival Washington State, who took advantage of the Ducks’ problems more than any other program. Oregon’s game (not rivalry) with Stanford defined the PAC-12 from 2009 to 2015 as much as FSU-Clemson did for the ACC from 2010 to 2016. The Ducks split with the Cardinal 5-5 which is pretty fitting.

Dyer was down.

#college football #Oregon Ducks

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duncanwrites · 4 years

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All the books I read in 2019, reviewed in 2 sentences or less.

The annual tradition returns! These are all the books I read in the last year, and how I felt about them in two sentences or less.

Blue Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson: This was the final book of the science fiction trilogy that exploded my brain at the end of 2018, and the after-shocks lasted well into 2019. These books capture something essential about the relationship between place and politics that you can only do with science fiction.

Bark - Lorrie Moore: A thoroughly uneven book of short stories - when they were good, they were great, when they were bad, they were bumbling takes on the domestic side of the war on terror.

Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway: Maybe it's just my mood in the forsaken year of 2019, but I just have no tolerance any more for works of art that aestheticize the degradation of the human spirit. This book made me feel near constant disgust.

Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf: In contrast, I think you can create works of art that dignify people even in their darkest moments, and offer a bridge into the experience of others that can be a passage into becoming a better person. It's always nice to read a book for a second time and realize you can keep reading it again for years to come.

The Asshole Survival Guide - Robert I. Sutton: We all have assholes that we have to work with, and sometimes it's necessary to have some external validation that it's not all your fault, and that establishing distance between yourself and said assholes is a good idea.

My Invented Country - Isabelle Allende: It took me until the very end of this book to realize there was a different memoir by Allende that I meant to read instead. This one was not so great.

Catch-22 - Joseph Heller: Gonzo literary comfort food.

The Golem and the Jinni - Helene Wecker: I found this book charming enough, but it never totally wowed me at any particular point. I think it showed that the concept of two magical creatures from different cultural contexts meeting in turn of the century New York is an interesting thought experiment, but a struggle to land as a full narrative.

Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami: Prior to this, the only Murakami I had read was What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, and it's safe to say that did not properly prepare me for the surreal darkness of Kafka on the Shore, which seems to never stop going deeper into the abyss.

God Save Texas - Lawrence Wright: There are very few books about modern Texas that don't try to valorize it, or douse it with excessive nostalgia, and this is one of them. A politically-astute, funny meander through the state as it is, not as it might have once been, or never was.

M Train - Patti Smith: Patti Smith is obviously a genius, but this one didn't leave a great mark on me. Worth revisiting some other time, I think, since it's my girlfriend's favorite book.

Working - Robert Caro: I am shamefully still putting off my years-old plan to read Robert Caro's LBJ series, and finish his book on Robert Moses. In the meantime, this is a thoughtful reflection on how and why to tell stories about power.

Feel Free - Zadie Smith: I love Zadie Smith, and if you haven't read her non-fiction essays, you are missing out on some of her most exciting and moving writing. This is her second collection of essays, and you can tell how much the decade since the first has taken its toll - so many more of the pieces are about fear and frustrations, and the language is much wearier, even while it is still penetrating and beautiful.

The Telling - Ursula K. Le Guin: A slim, late novel from one of the best to ever do it, this book projects the sense of engrossing calm that reminds me most of all of listening to a story well-told - not incidentally, an experience that is a key theme of the plot itself.

Stories of Your Life and Others - Ted Chiang: On the other hand, the short stories in this book all came off as one note thought experiments that failed to build compelling worlds.

The Overstory - Richard Powers: Not just my favorite book of the year, but also one of my favorite ever, The Overstory is the book I talked the most about, and told the most people to read in 2019. The best way to explain it ('it's a book about people who become obsessed with trees') really undersells things, because it's also about forest ecology, generations of trauma, the terror and clarity of radical thought, and a soul-splitting vision of hope. It receives the coveted 3rd sentence in the review, because I just need to emphasize again that you should read this book.

The Flamethrowers - Rachel Kushner: Maybe it was the fate of any book that I read after The Overstory, but The Flamethrowers left me feeling cold. It wandered off into too many fanciful-seeming plot arcs that didn't develop all the characters to the depth they needed.

What is Populism? - Jan-Werner Müller: I re-read this book because I wanted to revisit his ideas about the strengths and weaknesses of populists ahead of the next election, and whether there is ever a version of populism suitable for the left agenda. I finished worried, and skeptical, respectively, on those two points.

The Great Derangement - Amitav Ghosh: I don't read many books about climate change - I find there are very few things that I really feel like need saying in the face of the obvious and overwhelming - but I'm glad I made time for this one, which focuses on both the global north-south dynamics of the issue, and the inability of storytelling to capture the problem in full. It's profoundly difficult to sum up in two sentences, but it's worth a full read.

There, There - Tommy Orange: I think this novel asks too much of characters that are too thin to hold what they are made to bear. Too busy at the same time as it's too ordered to be fully credible.

The Slynx - Tatyana Tolstaya: I somehow convinced myself that I had read this surreal post-apocalyptic novel set in Russia 100 years after nuclear winter, but not only had I not read it, I haven't read anything like it before. A wide-ranging nightmare about authority, literacy, and the power of fear, set in its own vernacular and kaleidoscopic distortions of our authoritarian world today.

The Iliad - Homer: I wanted to re-read The Iliad because I find the idea of a hero felled by a single, discrete flaw to be a fascinating allegory, not realizing that Achilles' fatal flaw is not his heel but his anger.

Ecology of a Cracker Childhood - Janisse Ray: There isn't much widely-read nature writing about the US South, and I think Janisse Ray's book dignifies and mourns the overlooked parts of the country that may not be wilderness but still contain bits of natural grace.

Sundiver and Startide Rising - David Brin: These two novels follow the same premise of humanity entering a universe of intelligent life as the only species to reach consciousness without patronage of, and servitude to, an elder species, and the power struggle that ensues. Sadly, the premise writes a check the execution can't cash, and while the first book, leaner and more focused, is solid, the second is over-long and distracted from what made the first fascinating.

Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry: It took a lifetime of seeing this book (a signed first edition, from an Austin bookstore that has left no digital trace) on my parents' shelf to finally read Lonesome Dove, and it was a fitting welcome back to Texas. McMurtry's characters are fully-grown from the beginning, made of both broad archetypes and fine detail, and the narrative gives them the journey they deserve.

The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt: There are very few novels that convey big ideas in balance with pot-boiler plotting, but this is one of them and my only regret is not reading it sooner. How dare anyone blight this novel with a terrible movie.

The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin: What makes this book special is not that it's speculative fiction about a world with unique gender arrangements; that's been done before by many other authors. What makes it special is that it investigates that world with tenderness towards its inhabitants, and an understanding of how gender weaves its way into institutions besides the family or the bedroom

Gun Island - Amitav Ghosh: I had high hopes for Gun Island, but felt it never quite rose above being a thought experiment carrying out his ideas from The Great Derangement.

The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P - Adelle Waldman: Your opinion of this book will probably hinge on how important you think it is to read books about writers in Brooklyn hanging out with other writers in Brooklyn. If you think that's still a useful world to explore, you will like that this book is merciless towards its characters, and startlingly accurate - but if you don't think that's important, you will be frustrated for the same reasons.

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia - Mohsin Hamid: A gloriously rich experimentation in genre and contemporary global politics - playful, infuriating, and heartwarming, really everything you could hope for from a short novel. This is the second book by Hamid that I've read, and I'm going to set out to read all of them as soon as I can.

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Economic downturn, racism and war.

So, normally I’d be in some sort of non-sober state while writing this, and be full of my typical rash wit. But not today. Today I want to talk about what I (and many others) are seeing down the tube. First, let’s go over the quick run of what’s going on. 1, we’re having concentration camps of both migrants as well as asylum seekers. This is inherently inhumane and a violation of various multiparty agreements that were made post world war 2 to not cock things up like Germany did with the Jews, or more locally relevant, what we did to fuck over the Japanese in the same period. 2, We’re in a trade war with China, who is itself trying to do a hostile takeover of Hong Kong (and don’t kid yourself for a moment, that’s exactly what the fuck that is), which happens to be the 3rd most important economic center in the world by most accounts. 3, Russia is fucking around with our politicians and buying them off to make for easier voter suppression and just bloody hacking the electronic voting machines, which oh by the way, an adequately caffeinated high-school nerd could probably do. 4, And finally, despite not technically being “in a war”, we’re not at peace, either. Hell, we haven’t been for as long as I can remember. Like many people on this website, one of my first memories was 9/11 and the subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. I vividly remember the latter, as we sat in our living room watching the bombs drop and my mother in hushed tones said “Well.. This is it.” and my stepfather, an Army Ranger at the time, looked tired and said matter of factly “we’ll not be rid of this until you’re a grown man, and even then..”. And he was right. Now, all of these things seem somewhat not related. Well, I guess I should say the 1st doesn’t exactly line up with the 2nd and 3rd, which have some geopolitical relevance to each other. But let’s take a history trip together, shall we? First, be sure to bring the hairspray, because we’re going into the Reagan-era and just before for a bit. Imagine if you will the supposed dying throes of the Cold War. Bioweapons program supposedly being shut down, the Soviet Union splitting away, and the Americas? Well they’ve gone through hell, and by no small measure it was due to proxy wars, puppet governments and a complete disregard for “other” people for the sake of borders and protection. Panama, Nicaragua, Guatemala and other countries are having civil wars funded by both sides of that iron curtain, causing institutionalized violence, setting the development of these countries back fucking decades, and setting them up to fail. [Note that when I say “setting the development back”, I do not mean they are in any way lesser to us due to this. In fact, in my wheelhouse of Public Health, they arguably do a better job of handling shit than we could dream of in the US. They’re damn fine people, and in some ways thriving, but to say we didn’t fuck with them would be a disservice. ] Part of this “setting up to fail” strategy was the use of drugs as a means of easy funding, which the U.S. government did wholly support to the point of screwing African Americans (and to a much lesser extent, poor people in general) in particular over by introducing things like Cocaine and Crack to poor neighborhoods (though it should be noted such drugs had been in the realm of public notice for the better part of a century before, just not as accessible). Funny thing about using drugs to fuel wars. Wars can end. But the demand for drugs by a population that doesn’t have the ability to be treated due to some “moral outrage” against helping addicts? Well, that still remains a very profitable venue. So even after we stopped giving a fuck about any of these countries and their governments gave up the sale of illegal drugs, at least in the open, criminal elements showed up to do what they did best: manufacture and transport drugs to where the best demand was, the United States typically. And to protect this profitable enterprise, these groups would claim territory, claim children as recruits, commit other crimes to support the chain, etc. And these activities still go on today, wherein some cartels and gangs have gotten rich enough to effectively buy off governments and have their own fiefdoms, where those with any ability risk their lives to run. And yet, so many do. Also, it’s important to note that while countries like Mexico are arguably more stable than say, Honduras or El Salvador, they’re still pretty fucked from the radiation of these activities. So these families try to make it to the closest, arguably “most stable” country they can, ironically the one that set the stones for the foundation of where they found themselves. And they are treated as trash, as less than human, as animals. Because we refuse to see our own guilt. We refuse to see what we have done, not centuries ago, but less than 50 years ago. And who is egged on the most to hate these people? Well, if you look at it, it’s the least “most powerful” group that can easily be manipulated: Lower class white groups by a vast majority. Groups who themselves see hardships, certainly, but more than anything know two words: Fear and Authority. They are afraid of the “other”, the “jawb steelin’ immigunts”, the “criminals and rapists” as the person who inhabits the White House calls them. And they respect and adore those who can wield an iron first. Someone they can imagine being, whether it’s a business tycoon of a dictator they see as a near-messiah, who says it’s not their fault they are struggling, and then makes an easy, low effort “solution” for them to point to as to what could cure all those ills which are, at their root, legitimate. [Note: This by no means excuses any White Supremacist or other racist ideologies. That shit needs to be fixed, and there is no excuse for that.] Let’s take a pause for a moment on that, as it’s significant. Is this the first time this has happened? Heavens no, in fact, many examples exist in history. But one stands out to me above all. Go back with me again, if you’d be so kind. You feel the warmth of the sun on your face, you can hear the distant waves, and the not so distant hustle and bustle of a city. You smell a mix of salt water infused air with just a hint of smelted metal or gunpowder. Perhaps you hear some music from The Andrew Sisters crackling out of a radio near an open window. You’re in San Francisco, not too long after the World’s Fair, where the hopes of Utopia were promptly shut off to be dismantled and loaded for the war effort of World War 2. In fact, as you look around, you see the strangest thing. There are clearly Japanese inspired markets and homes all around, but inhabiting them? No Japanese, surely, but the Shoe Shines and markets filled with a vibrant African American community. Some would one day call this the West Coast Harlem. And by their account, it was a wonderful community, of which I have no doubt. However. Those who lived and worked and loved in these buildings just months prior were put into camps. In Utah, in Nevada, California, Washington. In fact, it pains me a bit to know one such place is but a very hearty stones throw from where I sit writing this. They were put there and made to stay due to risk of espionage, national security, or “for their own safety”. They were told to join the war effort as translators or soldiers, or remain there. The doctors of that community and the nurses too would end up working without pay, saving their own communities with limited supplies and truly working goddamned miracles in these camps to keep people alive, as politicians would brag “For every cent we spend on the Japanese, we spend a whole dollar on our boys out on the front!” That kind of shit sound familiar? And that African American community? Well, while it was a positive thing for that demographic, certainly, and they had a valid right to be a community, that was by no means organic. The military spread out to places like Arkansas, Texas, Georgia, wherever there were large populations of blacks, whom the whites saw still as highly undesirables, and the military saw as cheap labour. Well, the military found their people. And those people found cheap, effectively abandoned communities, and were able to live somewhat better than where they came from, all while building warships. However, just like with the previous example, this war wouldn’t last forever. But not just like that previous example, the demand for warships is rather... Specific, in both timing and transferable skills, shall we say? So, this cheap labour was made of a demographic that could be relatively easily discarded without them having enough of a voice to cause waves. And soon enough, the Japanese would return from their internment camps, and let’s just say things were... Tense, between these two groups. Two groups who were, by most accounts, politically undesirable, and if they were fucked, well who would care, right? If it caused generational issues, and exacerbated an economy that would make a good deal of trouble, as long as it’s not the demographic that matters... No worries. It’s not like they even really have good proof of who was really at fault, nor who profited from later real-estate scoop ups and other such economic trends. After all, they moved for the jobs, and the Japanese? Well that was a national security issue.... Don’t you love your country? While this isn’t analogous to what we are seeing today, I hope you can notice the similar theme. Except this time, the demographic in question has to feel “empowered” in some way, and having who they want voted in anyways due to international meddling is more an afterthought to the “yay, we won!” mentality. And the expendables will have a bit more of a veiled attempt to undercut their work via a trade war with a nation who is admittedly, a scumbag (which we have collectively supported with corporate dollars for decades). This trade war will cause a lot of businesses, farms, and the like to close, making it easier for corporate groups to buy out the competition and profit all the more for it (despite some initial risk due to economic trends). All the while, a different, remarkably innocent group is being blamed and tortured for their “crimes”. It would not surprise me if in the next 2 years, we will see a recession that will make 2008 look pretty alright. And make no mistake, it will not be due to the president at that time. The gears of the machine have been turned now and in the last year and a half. Likewise, we may well see a war. With who? I do not know. But I most certainly know who will profit from it. And who will die from it, and who will be dehumanized further to be the scapegoat. We’re in incredibly dangerous times, and we need to be aware of why, if we have any hope of surviving.

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The Ghost of the UFL

With the rise of alternative football leagues beginning to take shape and gain traction, many are fascinated with what these alternative leagues have to offer, in terms of talent, team locations and what will separate them from the dominance of the National Football League. Also, we see many fans losing faith in a proud, American sports league that, unofficially, owned a day of the week.

As we witness the fast-growing rise of Alliance of American Football (AAF), the long-awaited comeback of the XFL (debuting in 2020), the perseverance of the Arena Football League (which no matter how many times they go bankrupt, they still find a way back) and the emergence of The Indoor Football League, The National Arena League, and other leagues beginning to take shape, I can’t help but to be haunted by cringeworthy mistakes of alternative leagues.

Now, mind you, I want these leagues to succeed, as long as they are wise enough to learn from past mistakes of others who have tried and have impressively failed.

I will not bore you with antidotes and ill-fated stories of the 1980′s catastrophe known as The United States Football league. In fact, I give them a pass, based on the fact that they debuted 2 years before I was born and on the simple fact that they were just a mirror reflection of the failed glitz and glam of the decade of excess, cocaine, bad business decisions and the fascinating, money-driven enigma that is currently our commander-in-chief. Instead, I will focus on the most recently failed and forgotten United Football League.

In case you have forgotten or never heard of them, The United Football League was the last league to try to directly compete with the NFL, beginning their season during the spring of 2009. The idea was to first, “soft-launch” the league with games on Thursday and Friday nights and eventually hold their own as a developmental league. A similar plan that mirrored the likes of the Arena Football League.

Unlike the first year of the XFL, the games were actually pretty exciting. From a marketing standpoint, they seemed to do everything right. They even had a TV deal going, with possible web streaming of live games as well.

For the UFL’s first season, the markets chosen were New York City, Las Vegas, Orlando, and San Francisco. The league had a short schedule (6 games), with 3 home games in the same stadium in only one of their selected cities, Las Vegas. Not to mention that the San Francisco team (affectionately named the California Redwoods) had the worst attendance in the league.

The UFL was unable to secure a solid deal for a stadium within New York City, forcing the league to have them play one home game each in Hartford, Connecticut, on the campus of my alma mater, Hofstra University, located in Long Island, and in New Jersey.

In addition, one of the games for Orlando’s team was played at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, in part because of shared ownership that year with the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team. This partnership faded the following year in 2010.

Oh and if I didn’t mention this, the names of the respective teams (I tried not to laugh) from the season debut:

The Florida Tuskers

New York Sentinels

Las Vegas Locomotives

The California Redwoods

The Florida Tuskers finished 2009 with a 6–0 record. The Las Vegas Locomotives were next at 4–2, the California Redwoods were 2–4, and the Sentinels were last at 0–6. The Locomotives played the Tuskers in the 2009 UFL Championship Game; the Locomotives won the title thanks to a field goal in overtime.

After the first year, expansion came, with new teams debuting in Omaha, Nebraska and Virginia Beach, Virgina, the New York Sentinals relocating to Hartford, Connetticut, the California Redwoods moving from San Francisco to Sacramento, and of course failed bids for other cities such as:

Austin, Texas

San Antonio, Texas

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Salt Lake City, Utah

Portland, Oregon

Los Angeles, California

Louisville, Kentucky (<---this city made the most sense, in my opinion)

Columbus, Ohio

Jackson, Mississippi (<-----yes, you read that right. Its not a typo.)

As well as international markets considered in London, Mexico City and Monterrey.

The UFL folded in 2013, with lawsuits from players, coaches, and staff for not being paid their salaries by league owners. Business licenses expired, marketing failed as the league made a dismal effort in trying to engage an audience, and of course, the executives simply stopped paying the league’s bills (and clearly stopped caring).

The ownership lost or settled most of the lawsuits against them in 2014.

So, with all that being said, why focus on the failure? I’ll put it this way, many football fans, including me, are fed up with the pettiness, over-blown controversies, the “stand or kneel” for the anthem debate, players trying to do their best Ike Turner imitation & somehow feel victimized when they’re banned from the league, referees who look like they couldn’t give a fair call during a little league baseball game and of course, Roger Goodell.

We are dying for an alternative, especially when the hype dies down after Super Bowl Sunday. We want innovation. We want players to be safe. We want to see small market cities finally get a shot at taking on a franchise that they can get excited about. We want old school, smash mouth, gridiron football. We don’t want gimmicks. We don’t want jerk-off billionaires that are completely out of touch with the fanbase, as well as with the players.

If the AAF, XFL, AFL, NAL and any other league is going to learn a lesson from the most recent failure of the UFL, might I suggest the following advice:

-Be smart with your money, in terms of marketing, contracts and PAY YOUR PEOPLE!

-Have a balance of glitz & glam with grit and blood. Understand, fans miss the days of beautiful footwork and swift movement, courtesy of Walter Payton and Barry Sanders. However, because I am a child of the 80′s and a proud 3rd generation New York Giants fan, we also miss the days of bone-breaking, cranial shattering, hard-hitting action, courtesy of Sir Lawrence Taylor.

-Although I’m not wild about, “soft launches”, please don’t be in a rush to throw everything at football fans in one shot. History needs to be written and if your league is as bigger and better as you are trying to show dogmatic NFL fans, then let the talent speak for itself. Sometimes, the best things take the most time.

-Billionaire owners and ownership groups must be in tune with their audience. Let the fans have a voice. Don’t be the James Dolan of the football world.

-Please, give small market cities a chance. I can name at least two cities (Louisville, Kentucky and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), that not only have an audience that can be engaged, with the right marketing, but they are long overdue for a franchise that they can get behind.

-We are tired of leagues debuting with these new, “innovations”, that the so-called experts try to come up with. We could care less about changing the tuck rule, the no kickoff rule, the intentional grounding penalty and so on and so on. Just play some freakin’ football!

-Do not try to out-do the NFL. They are what they are. Just stick to what makes your league unique and please, don’t debut in the fall. NFL and NCAA College football clearly own this time of the year. Just let it be....until Roger Goodell does or says something stupid and really loses his audience.

-Lastly, No more gimmicks! Although I would have to say, the engraved highlight of the XFL was Rod Smart’s brilliantly named jersey:

That is all.

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10 Principles of Psychology You Can Use to Improve Your what is a planet

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Pluto is actually a dwarf earth in the Kuiper District, a donut-shaped area of icy bodies past the orbit of Neptune. There might be thousands of these icy objects, collectively pertained to as Kuiper Waistband things (KBOs) or even trans-Neptunian items (TNOs), in this remote location of our planetary system.

Pluto-- which is actually much smaller than The planet's Moon-- possesses a heart-shaped iceberg that's pluto not planet the measurements of Texas and Oklahoma. This remarkable globe has blue skies, turning moons, hills as higher as the Rockies, and it snows-- but the snowfall is reddish.

On July 14, 2015, NASA's New Horizons space capsule made its own famous air travel via the Pluto unit-- delivering the first close-up pictures of Pluto and its own moons as well as accumulating other data that has improved our understanding of these unexplainable planets on the sunlight unit's exterior frontier.

In the years because that groundbreaking flyby, virtually every presumption concerning Pluto probably being actually a passive ball of ice has actually been thrown out the window or flipped on its head.

"Our experts could possibly certainly not have checked out an extra amazing or even technically vital planet at the side of our sun unit. For 76 years, Pluto was actually the precious 9th world. Pluto was actually a weirdo, however it was our weirdo.

"Kid relate to its own smallness," composed science article writer Dava Sobel in her 2005 book The Planets. "Grownups connect to its ... presence as a misfit." People really felt protective of Pluto.

So it was maybe certainly not unusual that there was social chaos when Pluto was actually relabeled a dwarf world 15 years ago. The International Astronomical Union, or even IAU, redefined "planet." As well as Pluto no much longer suit the costs.

Explainer: What is actually a planet?

This brand-new definition needed a planet to perform three things. It must orbit the sunlight. Second, it has to have sufficient mass for its personal gravity to mold and mildew it into a ball (or even near). Third, it should have cleared the space around its own arena of other things. Pluto failed to pass the 3rd exam. As a result: tower over planet.

"Pluto is extremely different coming from the eight solar-system planets," she states. Additionally, in the years leading up to Pluto's reclassification, astronomers had actually uncovered extra things beyond Neptune that were actually identical to Pluto. Researchers either had to incorporate many brand new earths to their listing, or get rid of Pluto.

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Republikkkans have turned Tex-ass into a failed 3rd world state. If you’re poor, marginalized, or both you’re f—ked in a RepubliKKKlan state.

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COVID19 Updates: 08/25/2021

Spain: Houston, we have a problem. Deaths in Madrid by age. Summer 2021 vs summer 2020, as of 24 Aug. At least, we seem to have a vaxx problem: More deaths and growing especially in the older/vaccinated groups and residences.

Philippines: St. Luke's Medical Center on Wednesday announces that its COVID-19 wards and critical care units are at full capacity.

RUMINT (Arkansas): My husband who is a physician in Arkansas has been giving me the smallest fraction of grim information. Y'all need to be careful just walking around.

New York: ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Kathy Hochul acknowledges nearly 12,000 more COVID-19 fatalities in NY than publicized by Cuomo administration.

US: Latest @AmerAcadPeds report shows an alarming 48% rise in Covid-19 cases in kids — 180,175 from August 12 to 9 (up from 121,427 the previous week). Kids were 22.4% of weekly reported total cases. There were 24 new pediatric deaths.

China: Golf-LPGA Tour cancels Shanghai tournament due to COVID-19 LINK

Sweden: Sweden Prime minister Loefven resigns "we have failed with our special-way with Corona"

Tennessee: 16 y.o. Azorean Tatum, vaccinated high school student & football player at Westwood High School in Memphis #Tennessee died from COVID August 22, 2021. Mom believes he caught the virus at school. #SoulsLostToCovid LINK

Japan: Two more athletes have tested positive for Covid-19 in the Paralympic village, with officials awaiting information to confirm if a cluster of infection has broken out, after a first case was discovered on Tuesday;

China: Meanwhile, despite serious concerns over the efficacy of its domestically-made jabs, authorities in at least 12 Chinese cities have warned those who refuse to be vaccinated could be punished if found responsible for spreading the virus;

Israel: COVID: What we know about the new Delta strain could lock Israel down LINK

World: Should Long Covid be recognised as a disability? LINK

Australia: NSW COVID IMPORTANT WARNING for some of the thousands of people in NSW now with COVID. If you are at home, and become breathless and dizzy .. call an ambulance. That's the warning from a Lung Specialist at a media conf now on @abcnews channel.

US: BREAKING: More than 25,000 Americans in ICU with COVID-19, highest since pandemic began

US: U.S. COVID update: Number in ICU at highest level since pandemic began - New cases: 149,090 - Average: 154,281 (-3,957) - In hospital: 98,674 (+2,931) - In ICU: 25,034 (+1,343) - New deaths: 1,343

Maryland: “All members of the governor's staff are fully vaccinated,..” It appears we have another cluster of “extremely rare” breakthrough infections as 4 have tested positive.

Illinois: Only one ICU bed available in southern IL region LINK

US: Delta Air Lines calling the Delta Variant the B.1.617.2 Variant in their statement is one of the funniest corporate decisions ever.

UK: NHS bracing for perfect storm winter disaster amid "Mass Exodus" of burnt-out staff. LINK

Maine: Maine sees sharp increase in people hospitalized with COVID-19 LINK

Oregon: JUST IN In Oregon, people will now have to wear masks outdoor even if vaccinated, Governor says

World: Officials, experts warn against using COVID-19 vaccine in kids under 12 LINK

US: Covid: 85-90% of the U.S. must be vaccinated ‘if we’re going to get past this,’ warns Dr. Peter Hotez LINK

Texas: Right now, the state is averaging 1,797 new "lab-confirmed COVID" hospital admissions each day, a new record high. The record for a single day is 1,907, set last Thursday.

Ohio: Ohio reports highest daily COVID cases, hospitalizations, ICU admissions in months LINK

Mississippi: For the first time since the pandemic began, Mississippi confirmed more than 100 new COVID-19 deaths in a single day's report. Today's 111 deaths reported surpasses the prior record of 98 deaths on Jan. 12, 2021. LINK

California: After signs of leveling, COVID-19 hospitalizations in L.A. County tick back up LINK

Texas: ‘Healthy’ 19-year-old got COVID. Now he faces ‘long-term ventilation,’ Texas family says LINK

US: As Covid-19 cases spike US orders for monoclonal antibodies up 1200% LINK

World: 31 vaccinated choir members went on tour in Italy - 22 contracted corona

US: Long Covid limbo: some US patients wait months for diagnosis and treatment LINK

UK: Our Wednesday summary of English hospital activity sees all metrics increasing over the last week. Admissions have increased by (a slightly slower) 7% over the last week, and are now broadly back to the level seen in mid-July at the peak of the Euro-fuelled surge.

World: JUST IN - Data on the benefits and safety of a #COVID19 vaccine booster shot is "inconclusive," says WHO Director General Tedros.

Florida: In Florida, crematories are so overwhelmed with the deceased that bodies are “stacked to the ceiling”. There’s an influx of bodies like never seen before—worse than last year. Crematoriums in Orange County are begging for Florida to “supply some refrigeration”. @WFLA #COVID19

South Africa: South Africa Reports Emergence Of New Worrisome SARS-CoV-2 Variant C.1.2 That Has Enhanced Transmissibility And Immune Evasion! - Thailand Medical News LINK

US: BREAKING: More than 100,000 Americans are hospitalized with COVID-19

Iowa: “Dept of Public Health has classified Covid-19 as endemic. Marion County PH (Iowa) Director Kim Dorn says: ‘It is endemic in the popn. What that means is it’s just expected to be there, kind of like the flu during flu season.. it’s not going to go away.”

Iowa: Iowa currently ranks 3rd in the nation for %-positive Covid-19 tests at nearly 37%

World: Study finds recent or current COVID-19 infection linked to increased risk of dangerous blood clots during surgery LINK

UK: A very worrying trend in the UK Since the beginning of July, all-cause deaths have risen 12% over 2020 and 9% over the 2015-2019 average: 59,877 (2021) 53,435 (2020) 54,716 (2015-19 average) And the gap is widening. For the newest available week (Aug. 13) it was 16% over 2020. This gap is not due to Covid deaths - though those are now also higher than last summer. Mortality is VERY seasonally predictable (see how close the 2015-19 average is to the 2020 figure). Something bad is going on.

US: Biden Administration Plans Covid-19 Vaccine Boosters At Six Months Instead Of Eight LINK

Iowa: 7112 new COVID+ Iowans. This should not be confused with positive tests. That number is higher = 7619 positive tests. Some of the tests coming back positive are Iowans who had COVID already earlier in the pandemic.

Florida: Florida’s COVID-19 resurgence: State reports 26,203 new cases, highest daily total of the pandemic

US: Formal U.S. approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine will make it nearly impossible to successfully challenge mandates by employers, according to legal experts LINK

California: Los Angeles: 6,500 students in isolation/quarantine during first week of school LINK

Kentucky: Gov Andy Beshear: Today I am sad to announce 65 deaths and 4,849 newly reported cases of COVID-19, the third highest report since the pandemic began. Of those cases, 1,518 are kids. Our positivity rate is the highest it’s ever been at 13.16% and hospitalizations have hit another record.

Colorado: “An Unvaccinated Fitness Coach Thought COVID Antibodies [from his previous #Covid19 infection] Would Protect Him [against a second #Covid19 infection]. He Almost Died.” LINK

Texas: NEW from @texastribune: COVID hospitalizations in Texas are approaching 14,000 — and an all-time high

Florida: Tampa is treating tap water with bleach instead of liquid oxygen because hospitals need the chemical to keep ventilated COVID patients alive. They're also asking customers to "eliminate non-essential water uses." LINK

US: #BREAKING: Disney Cruise Line will require proof of vaccination against COVID-19 for passengers sailing to The Bahamas next month LINK

Michigan: "There's lot of good guys out there ready to do bad things soon" -- an anti-masker goes ballistic at a Board of Commissioners meeting in Ottawa County, Michigan LINK

World: Largest safety study ever of Pfizer covid19 vaccine by @RanBalicer @mlipsitch et al on @NEJM LINK

Israel: Wow. New Israeli preprint shows natural immunity to #SARSCoV2 is FAR superior to the artificial kind - vaccinated people were 13x as likely to be infected and 27x to have symptomatic infections as a matched cohort that was previously infected. And this is with Delta dominant.

Australia: Two major hospitals in Sydney's west, the epicentre of Australia's coronavirus outbreak, set up emergency outdoor tents on Thursday to help deal with an increase in patients as the city grapples with its worst flare-up in the pandemic. Sydney, Australia's largest city, is struggling to stamp out an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant, with daily infections hitting record levels even after two months under a hard lockdown. LINK

World: Human clinical trials begun for promising, llama-derived COVID antibodies LINK

New Zealand: New Zealand reports 68 new coronavirus cases, the biggest one-day increase since April 2020. NEW ZEALAND PM ARDERN: WE DON'T INTEND TO USE LOCKDOWNS FOREVER.

Australia: Australia reports more than 1,000 new local Covid cases in 24 hours for the first time during the pandemic, as a Delta variant outbreak surges in Sydney

Texas: Texas now within 300 patients of its all-time level of COVID hospitalizations. It has 306 ICU beds available in the entire state, per the Texas dashboard. 12 of the state's hospital regions have 5 or fewer ICU beds available; some have zero.

Israel: Israel's grim COVID data suggests vaccines alone won't stop pandemic LINK

UK: Covid in Scotland: Circuit-breaker lockdown among options to curb surge in cases LINK

US: U.S. COVID update: Number in hospital reaches 100,000 - New cases: 186,782 - Average: 155,995 (+1,714) - In hospital: 100,592 (+1,918) - In ICU: 25,268 (+234) - New deaths: 1,340

California: California Assembly members not vaccinated against COVID-19 should be suspended, lawmaker says LINK

Japan: NEW Japan halts use of 1.63 million Moderna vaccine doses over contamination — vaccine have been found to contain foreign materials. - The Japan Times

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“When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser” ~~~ Socrates

When a spoiled little kid loses in a board game, he grabs the board from beneath and throws it up into the air, pulls a temper tantrum, and walks away shouting; “I won, you cheated”!

Donald Trump is a 7yr old spoiled uneducated little brat, born with a silver spoon stuck up his derriere, and dressed up as a 74yr old stable genius …well, this stable genius is going to have to deal with the reality that the 4 year run of his “Reality Show” has been canceled due to low bad ratings!

This little sore losing cry-baby will never concede! He isn’t man enough to ever say; “I lost, congratulations, You won”! That would be way too much for his ultra-narcissistic fragile ego to absorb.

His eventual eviction and exit, stage right, from the White House is January 20th. Meanwhile, he’s been trying to overturn the Election using his eternal book of conspiracy theories of fraud throughout the country, and every legal trick available.

Projecting all this massive fraud, just reveals how much fraud he must have committed …and how pissed he must be that even if he cheated his ass, off…he still lost!

He’s tried every trick in the book to win the election …including making a Trump club member and big-time political donor, Postmaster General, to steal the Election by screwing all Mail-In Votes…but, that failed. He then tried to intimidate minorities from voting using death threats and suggested his right-wing goon squads browbeat and frighten away Black voters at the polls. That failed too.

When all was lost, he started requesting hand recounts and audits. When that didn’t work, he asked for machine recounts…then, since nothing else worked, he started his inevitable string of lawsuits…62 & counting, and every single one has been dismissed as a farce by every Federal Judge at every level.

They lose, move to the Appeals Court…and lose again. They did it in every State…and kept losing! Pennsylvania’s last straw? The 3 Judges in the Court of Appeals…2 Republicans selected by George Bush and 1 Republican picked by Trump…all 3, pretty much in their own way, told Rudy Giuliani to pack his bags and get the hell out of their Court!

Finally, what has been all along …his ultimate intension…SCOTUS with “His” 3 Judges! Their verdict on PA? 9–0 in favor of Biden.

And it continued. The Attorney General of Texas sued Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Georgia …asking the US Supreme Court to nullify the Biden votes in those states, by legally trying to interfere with another state and telling them how to run their own elections. In this case, 18 states & 126 GOP Congressmen joined the lawsuit …even advocating sedition, and threatening secession if the election isn’t overturned in their favor!

The end arrived when SCOTUS once again voted 9–0! Biden is the winner, again! Then, to put the nail on the Trump Presidency coffin, three days later, the Electoral College gave Biden his 306 votes …It’s Over! The End! El Fin! Finis!

Oh! He’ll continue to publicly say it was stolen from him till the day he dies! …it’s his new MAGA Cult rallying cry; “They stole my election …destroy the GOP”! And it’s beginning to work …lookout, Republicans!

For a while, It looked like he was willing to dig in, call squatters’ right, hunker in his bunker, and never come out! He’s mellowed recently, probably cause one of his baby handlers rubbed a little Rum on his cry-baby gums, calming his temper tantrums down a little …and making the baby do some things he really doesn’t want to do.

It would’ve been something, though …to see to what extent Donald Trump would go, to stay in the White House!

Imagine! It’s High Noon, January 20th, 2021

Donald Trump is in the back of the White House on top of a giant dumpster completely engulfed in flames, while hysterically laughing and shouting; “Ha! Ha! Top of the World, Ma! …I’m on Top of the World”!

Wonder how Jimmy Cagney (a staunch Republican donor, supporter, & close Reagan friend) must feel looking down from heaven in shame at this total fake of a tough-guy wannabe …and all his ‘tough’ Republican cult of political cowards?

He’s too much a coward to stay inside and yell; “You’re not taking me out alive, coppers”!. He’ll walk away, right onto an 18th Green in one of his Country Clubs …and continue his hateful, racist, rabble-rousing ways! Maybe, start a media empire to compete with the now, “too liberal” Fox News.

Maybe …run for President in 2024 …even, if it’s just to bug the living hell out of humanity all over again!

But primarily, to advance his Trumpism, cause trouble & entice civil unrest using his despicable “good fine people”, and become a thorn on the side and a pain in the derriere of whatever is left of the Grand Old Party.

What’s his endgame? This penniless billionaire is making enough money to survive, pay off his mysterious $400 Million debt, and stay out of jail. Now, he’s defrauding his own donors with his “Trump Election Defense Fund” for the use of overturning the election, by funneling 75% of all the money donated into the new “Save America PAC”, where the money is kept…stashed away for whatever “Trump’s future ambitions and endeavors might be”. It’s no secret, it also means he can legally pocket every penny of those contributions!

All his antics are the last act of a desperate man. All narcissistic psychopaths desperately need and live for the “attention”, to survive. When the party is over, you become yesterday’s news …and when the love is gone, you become nothing …a nobody!

He rarely comes out of the White House much anymore (except to play golf) since being declared “the loser”. Mostly, stays inside his bunker …brooding and tweeting his usual obscenities, complaints, and lies. Slandering people right and left. And every once in a while, if his “good fine people” are outside the gates, he’ll buzz around low & fly-over with the White House Helicopter, or he’ll get into his limo and have the Secret Service drive him through the crowd so he can wave & smile at them while seeing them yell and wave back…it’s his obsessive need for attention. Then, to the end of the block, around the corner…and back into his bunker.

Knowing you’re a worthless human being who doesn’t care about anyone else on the face of this earth but for yourself …and knowing of having 81+ million people agree with you & vote you out? …that hurts!

Leaving historically with a legacy of being publicly shamed as a corrupt Impeached ex-President, a loser who lost by more than 7.5 million votes and lost the popular vote in 2016 by more than 3 million votes!

And finally, never being liked or approved by the majority of America …never even coming close to reaching at least a 50% job approval rating throughout his entire 4-year gig!

He’s been forced out of his tiny little bubble of illusions & delusions …and thrown into the world of reality. Having it all happen publicly, in front of the entire world …and nowhere for the Trump Family and the Trump “brand” to ever hide!

For this little man, the eminent jail time waiting in the wings is not as bad as the shame of facing a public that’s learned the truth about “The Donald”…that he really is a Loser, a Liar, a Cheat, a huge Tax Fraud, and a Penniless Billionaire Con-Artist.

Psychologically projecting himself throughout his life for being the loser he’s always been, by calling everyone else in the world a loser …has caught up with him…and reality is now haunting him, dearly.

The self-proclaimed “King of Reality Shows” was in all his glory in today’s so-called “Reality TV” …it’s really all about what you (the producer) want to “pass” as Real. Like a Trump form of reality; WWE Pro Wrestling with his buddy, Vince McMahon, and the scripted feud between Donny & Vince on TV.

Like Wrestling, it always passes as being “real” …even if you already know it’s all fake! And no one is better than the King of Fake …America’s only ever faux president!

Being the greatest, smartest, and astute billionaire in the world …a stable genius, may all work in Reality TV, but in the real world, it’s transparently obvious he’s not a stable genius, he’s the polar opposite of being the greatest in anything, definitely verified for 4 years he’s not the smartest, and obviously, he’s not an astute billionaire …in fact, just a fraudulent penniless self-proclaimed billionaire.

There’s very little that’s real in reality tv …though, a few are truly legit. Seeing a family literally break-up after years working in business together, and then seeing them slowly make-up was pure classic, true reality …thanks to American Chopper & the Discovery Channel.

And it wasn’t due to the pressure of the constant cameras filming it…this all happened long before the show started. It was going to explode on the show or off the show …and the Discovery Channel caught it!

William Burkett once said; “People fight with reality. They fight it tooth and nail, with everything they’ve got. And anytime you are arguing or fighting with reality, reality will win. You can’t outsmart it. You can’t trick it. You can’t bend it to your will. Not now. Not ever.”

You can’t outsmart reality, Mr. Trump …you lost, and lost big …put-on your big boy pants, act like a real man, and admit defeat!

So, why did Donald Trump lose?

Truth & Reality Matters! Where do you start? His indecent & immoral degenerate character? 4 years of America being embarrassed in front of the world almost every single day?

Let’s start with misinforming and lying to the American Nation 30 seconds after taking the Oath of Office …with over 25,000+ lies from Nov. 8th, 2016 to Nov. 3rd, 2020.

Cheating to get elected with help of Russia’s online mass disinformation program and use of bots …all verified 100% by America’s entire intelligence community & confirmed by a GOP Senate Committee. That’s Treason.

His eternal passion for Schadenfreude, his love for cruelty …keeping children in dog cages, separating them and even ripping them away while still being breast-fed by their mothers, and keeping them away from their families…but mostly, enduring unquestionable cruelty and tragedy throughout the 4 years. That’s totally insanely criminal!

Working with Foreign Countries (Ukraine & Russia) to discredit his political opponent. That’s a Treasonous act.

Running a criminally corrupt administration, using Foreign actors, political racketeering, enriching himself and his political cronies. Committing Fraud, Money Laundering, Embezzling, Political Extortion, Nepotism up the kazoo, and destroying as much as he can of the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause. All that is Life in Prison!

The total outright planned systematic attack on Civil Rights and Equal Justice …openly advocating and promoting Hate & Racism, the Sedition of States, praising QAnon, openly encouraging violence, and fully embracing White Nationalism/Supremacy. Treason! Treason! Treason!

And how about giving away US Classified Information to the Russian Ambassador and the Russian Foreign Minister publicly inside the Oval Office, after kicking everybody out of the room? …that’s pure Electric Chair Treason, any way you cut it!!

Oh, yes! One more little problem facing this country, and the main reason why the not so stable genius, lost …over 16.5+ million Infections and 300,000+ Deaths from a Global Pandemic that he knew all about, back in Dec 2019 & Jan 2020! He knew from the very beginning!

Decided to call it a hoax, very systematically fabricating every move step by step, holding back life-saving measures, and totally misleading the American Public on the grave dangers concerning the state of theirs & their family’s Health…while discrediting Medical Science every step of the way. Purposely “Politicizing” the pandemic, while people keep dying!

And he still fighting it…encouraging all his supporters to gather in mass, like at his super-spreader events, and never wear a mask, which really doesn’t help while trying to control the virus!

And while millions go hungry, and massive lines of cars throughout the entire country lining up and waiting hours to receive food handouts …and the massive lines for COVID-19 testing, that just keeps growing by the day …the President of the United States is out playing golf!

Until Jan. 20th, 2021, he’s still president. Why doesn’t he do something and try to make things just a little better during his last days? Why doesn’t he try acting a little more decent & respectful and do something to help the Health Crisis in this country? …leave a little more dignity, and gracefully? Instead, he’s still acting like a spoiled little cry-baby who doesn’t know how to put on his big boy pants and walk away like a real man …with his head, up!

And then, people really have to ask why Donald Trump lost?!?!

Oddly enough, if he wasn’t so incompetent …if his administration wasn’t so incompetent, and if he really would’ve tried to properly lead the Nation during this very real pandemic crisis, instead of treating dead Americans as “collateral damage” …just a number for economic bean-counters to decide whether to remain open or closed? …if he would’ve been totally honest with the American People? The drama of this pandemic would’ve tilted in his favor, as the hero president who’s leading his country and doing his very best to stop Coronavirus! He may have won!

The biggest reason why Donald Trump lost was Donald Trump!

It’s his dirty, indecent, and immoral degenerate corrupt character, his dirty filthy mind, and his dirty fowl-mouth. But, if he acted like a President whose concerned about his American constituents’ lives if he worked and showed he cared? …he may very well still be President!

Those who first elected him, many thought he’ll take the job seriously, and being a “non-politico”? …they believed in giving him a chance to learn …call it, on the job training!

Well, he never took the job seriously, and he didn’t learn anything from 4 years of “on the job” training! Now, 4 years later, 74 million still voted for Trump? What’s their excuse besides sheer institutionalized systemic ignorance & blind loyalty, if it’s not hatred and racism?

After 4 years, how many people do you have to fool that are still alive from this Pandemic, to keep your job?

The majority of this country already knew, heard, and seen the same spiel this con-artist has pulled for years! …and still, they’ve had no other choice but to put up for 4 years watching our president, openly on LiveTV and in front of the world, literally flip-off America every single day of his presidency!

Before the vote began, he said that he’ll admit defeat if it’s an Electoral Landslide. He called his win in 2016 with 304 electoral votes (2 Trump and 5 Clinton electors voted for others) a landslide victory! Well, Biden ended up with 306, which means, it makes it a slightly bigger landslide, right?

Now, he says he’ll abide by the Electoral College’s decision, but won’t concede? Like everything about the Donald …won’t believe it till I see it! By the way, a caution warning to the permanent White House Staff; When the Trumps move out their personal furniture, keep an eye open …not unusual or above the values for this clan, to pick up a couple 5 finger-discount items that are White House properties.

Well! The American people have spoken, Mr. President. …Bye! Bye! The party’s over, time to call it a night! You’ve been terminated; Now, you don’t have to go home …but you can’t stay here!

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice?!?! …YOU ARE FIRED!

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