Democrats, their policies and their bleaters are destroying our country

I was in a Subway restaurant a few days ago and there were four young Hispanic construction workers ahead of me in line. I assumed they worked in the trades because they were covered with paint.

They each ordered different sandwiches and toppings with the exception that each of them had jalapeño peppers put on their orders. That looked pretty good. May try that on my next visit.

I mention that I am working in an electrical conduit project. The conduit comes in 10’ sections and a colleague told me I would never get that size material in my small vehicle. Ha! Where there is a will, there is a way.

My sister saw what I did and said I was a red neck. I prefer to believe I showed ingenuity.

Local hardware store opens in ten minutes so I can get some screws, pick up a biscuit, and stop with the boring morning posts. Take note, Greed.

Since it’s pretty obvious we will have a new HC next year, who are on top of your wishlists? Obviously I’d love Byron, but trying to be realistic. I think we should go after Sunbelt Billy. Has been awful at UF but we all saw what he did for ULL. He is a guy who can recruit for sure

He knows he got ripped off by his own party, yet marches like a good sheep. Then, for years he rails on Dick Cheney being the architect of the Iraq war and being on Haliburton board and says Cheney/Bush lied to get us in that war. Now he commends Cheney. They just want power, all of them.

Then, the sack of crap Sanders says Harris is just saying what she needs to say to get elected.

These people are sacks of crap. Can't believe people fall for it.

This condo is in St. Louis. It is already good size (2100 sq. feet), but it also has a 2800 sq. foot private penthouse rooftop. What can you put out there? A hot tub, then what? It would be an awesome space downtown in a city, but what else could you put out there?

I have been working on a project that requires buried conduit so I have been digging a trench. I’m down about 15” and the soil is unusually dry. We have had everything else hit since I’ve lived here ( blizzard, ice storm, derecho, flood, plague, tornado, earthquake, scattered wildfires). Guess it is time for a drought. Still waiting to add volcano to the list.

There is a pretty big (5800 acres) fire burning within decent proximity to me, and my views of it are kickass. Some of these are taken by me while others are from neighbors. The first one is a video before it got much bigger:

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This board. I always enjoyed coming here to see how others lived and worked, what they had accomplished in life, and the pictures they posted. Now it is mostly bitching about Trump and Harris.

I’m about done here.

LINK: He predicts 312 electoral college votes for Trump versus 226 for Commie-la Harris in a no toss-up map.

I wonder if Spears will get some serious consideration due to his ties.

Well, I waited my self-imposed 24 hours... Here's the good, the bad, and the oh-so-much ugly from the Herd's loss to VT.

The good -
• Our defensive line is legit – Those guys absolutely played their butts off. The defense as a whole kept us in the game for 3 quarters.
• Turner is going to be a very good back
• Metcalf and Fitzpatrick made some nice plays out of the WR group.
• VT's tailgate scene was fun as hell, and everyone I talked to (with the exception of one very drunk student) was super friendly/welcoming

The bad -
• Stone Earle – Thanks for coming to MU, but it's time for us to go another direction. I would put Earle out there against OSU (because we are going to get beat by 40 anyway) and then move on to Braxton for Western Michigan. Was the line perfect, no... Did he miss multiple wide open receivers, yep... 13/36, 1 TD, 1 INT
• Special teams – Every freaking year... Give up a punt return TD, miss a field goal, penalties, two shanked punts. (Hey we blocked a punt though!)
• 3rd down play calling – We made some "interesting" calls on 3rd down where we weren't even trying to make the line to gain (in fairness we were in way too many 3rd and longs because we couldn't complete a forward pass).

The ugly -
• Slow starts - I feel like I can just copy and paste this sentence every week from here on out... Thank god for the blocked punt or we would have had zero plays to cheer for in the first half.
• Clock management - I dont know if they keep this stat, but we use more timeouts at random times in the first and third quarters than any team in the country. We used two third quarter timeouts on defense when VT was on their own side of the 50.
• The "Air Raid" offense - We were told we were going to run an air raid offense... The only way our offense is "air raid" is if we are comparing to 1920's Ivy League offenses. In defense of Doege, twice we had guys running wide open and Earle flat missed them (one would have been a TD mid-way through the fourth quarter) Our "air raid" offense threw for 131 yards, 3.5 yards per pass attempt. Yikes.
• Lane Stadium logistics - It was almost like they had never hosted a sold out game before. Concession lines so long my folks missed almost the whole second quarter. College kids with no tickets (or upper deck end zone tickets) trying to cram in where we were at the 40 yard line (the cops had to come remove them because they were standing in the aisle). No one directing traffic after the game (I guess they assume everyone has been there before).

Anyway, we are favored by 3 over "bye" on this week's schedule... Let's get the tailgate gear cleaned up before Ohio State. And buy enough alcohol to make Columbus not miserable.

HN caught up with Tim Thomas of the Tech Lunch Pail (@TechLunchPailD) to preview today's game:

Talk a little bit about Tech’s first game against Vandy. What went wrong?

This starts with Tech coming out completely unprepared to play and looking lifeless throughout the first half. They also didn't respond well to an early turnover according to Brent Pry which is unacceptable for a veteran team. The offensive gameplan was also a mess for the Hokies in the first half with no vertical passing to stretch the field. Their talent combined with a better gameplan led them to make a big second half surge and had them in position to win a game they had no business winning but a special teams mistake of two #0 jerseys on the field at the same time led to a field goal that proved crucial in forcing overtime and leading to a loss.

What about the game with Marshall concerns you?

I'll be blunt, not much. Virginia Tech has a clear talent advantage compared to the Thundering Herd and this feels like a classic bounce back spot against a weaker opponent. Tech also has multiple instances of blowout victories the week after bad losses including a blowout of Pittsburgh the week after Marshall's upset last season.

The one thing that does concern me is Virginia Tech's offensive which was subpar last week and could have issues with some of the Herd's defensive line, especially Mike Green. Tech has some serious questions on that unit and if I'm Marshall, I'm matching Green up against Parker Clements early and often.

What things does VA Tech do well that could hurt Marshall?

When Virginia Tech is actually utilizing their receiving talent as they did last week, this is an offense that can make defenses cover every inch of the ld from a variety of power running by Kyron Drones on read options, Bhayshul Tuten getting around the edge, Jaylin Lane being dangerous on screens and underneath passes, a combination of Da'Quan Felton and Ali Jennings stretching the field, and more. Tech has a clear talent advantage that should shine through if the Hokies run the type of offense they ran for the latter two-thirds of last season. Defensively, this team has some high-level stars who can be game-changers including Dorian Strong and Antwaun Powell-Ryland who I expect will be nightmares for Marshall to deal with.

Prediction to how the game will play out with score?

There's a lot of Tech fans who are overreacting to a Week 1 disappointment. I think this is a major bounce-back spot for the Hokies being at home with a lot to prove all over again. The two-touchdown spread was absurd to me and I think the three-touchdown spread is honestly a good bet if you're putting it on Tech. In the end, Virginia Tech wins 41-14 in a major bounce back performance.

The white liberal is the worst enemy to the black person.

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I'm not talking about the on field product. The audio on the ESPN broadcast is horrible. It sounds like two guys in their Mom's basement commenting while playing EA Sports NCAA 2024. What happened to the stadium noise?

Saw that you posted you were going out of the country. Do your doctors know you are traveling? I would hate for you to have a relapse of some kind in a country where they stick pins in your head and wave feathers over your body.

Seriously, not sure I would travel too far away from quality medical care.