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If no fans are allowed in this season, will Allen Fieldhouse still feel intimidating to opposing players?

Personally, I think it might... It’ll still have that energy. I mean you can feel it in the walls as soon as you step in the building.

Also just how crazy will it be to see an empty Fieldhouse?

This board is great.

Wish I knew most of you in real life. You seem like great people.

I hope we have a basketball season so that the fun discussions here can get back to normal.

Bill basically threatening discovery, imo.

They have everything on him at this point.

This would be Bills opportunity to get leverage and force testimony.

sighs

When they do make the K 30 for 30, how is anyone going to take it seriously?

This was an absolute disaster and a huge waste of money.

Les better win some football games soon or Jeff isn’t going to last long.

Imagine thinking cancel culture only exists on one side of the aisle.

• Dixie Chicks (who is the most ironic because now Trump is running on an anti-war “bring our troops home” platform)
• Kaepernick
• Shep Smith
• Nike as a whole
• A&E as recent as yesterday
• HBO as recent as yesterday

But just the sick leftists doing it

You know what, I did it. Thanks for posting this. I can tell this will be a better place already

Yes. The left is the only one telling themselves things to make them sleep easy at night lol.

@HighEliteMajor said in BLM? Read this opinion piece from 2015:

Interesting. Anyone guess why Walmart locked up these multicultural hair products to begin with? Is it racism if the actions are a reaction to damage to your business, i.e., theft? Right, "Like other retailers, the cases were put in place to deter shoplifters from some products such as electronics, automotive, cosmetics and other personal care products," a Walmart spokesperson said in a statement.

If multicultural hair products are stolen at a much higher rate than "white" products, it's asinine to suggest that it is systemic racism. But par for the course for leftist fools.

IT MUST BE WHITE PRIVILEGE THAT THE STORES AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOODS DON'T HAVE BARS ON THE WINDOWS AND THOSE IN INNER CITY BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS DO, RIGHT?

https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/walmart-multicultural-hair-products-cases ↗

Just say it HEM. You want to. Come on. Tell us how you really feel about black people.

You probably don’t believe socioeconomics have anything to do with it right?

At least 12M slaves were ripped from their own homes, and 2M of them died. ON THE WAY OVER. That doesn’t include how many were literally murdered once here. The torture they suffered. The rape they endured.

This was the Holocaust, and you basically just said Jews should have been happy about it. They could still be in Israel instead.

I mean Christ man.

Germany, as far as I know, doesn’t have a single nazi emblem in the entire country anymore except for museums and a single statue, built by the Russians, that depicted it poorly. They didn’t erase their history. They quit celebrating it. Why we are so damn stubborn we want to keep monuments to our holocaust around blows my mind.

There will be a time when baseball ceases to exist and we will all point to this season.

They could have been playing baseball in April and have brought people back to the game who had quit watching. They would have been the best thing to watch every night for months. It could have been America’s past time again.

But both sides blew it.

But the players are the only one’s who got hurt by not playing tbh. Owners don’t really care. This is what you have insurance for.

@FarmerJayhawk said in BLM? Read this opinion piece from 2015:

@Kcmatt7 said in BLM? Read this opinion piece from 2015:

I’d love to have the conversation.

Let’s solve one problem at a time.

If fewer single parent households means a better community, why won’t conservatives fund birth control?

Those dastardly conservatives checks notes and their... ummm... draconian Title X cuts which resulted in the non-ARRA record under the BCA signed by that right winger.. Obama..? https://www.hhs.gov/opa/title-x-family-planning/about-title-x-grants/funding-history/index.html ↗

Fair.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/1402941001 ↗

Also this would be a nice in my face too.

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This is the President of the United States saying shit like this. I mean my god.

I’d love to have the conversation.

Let’s solve one problem at a time.

If fewer single parent households means a better community, why won’t conservatives fund birth control?

Kansas has been bluer and bluer lately.

Senate race has Dem candidate tied with just about whoever wins Republican nominee.

Also how pissed would you have been if Ivanka was your commencement speaker to graduate college? An entitled Barbie doll who had life handed to her on a platter while you just went $30k in debt to receive a public school education and you will have to bust your ass for the next 40 years just so you can have a somewhat decent retirement.

I’m sure she has a relatable message 🙄

They hired Penny for the wrong reasons. Dude was coaching HS basketball and jumped to D1.

Sure he has experience from playing, but not a lot of guys can make that leap.

@stoptheflop or they told Zion and his camp and they said “f*** the brotherhood”

Interesting to see Bill adjust to modern bigs recruiting. He’s been going after guys who can shoot lately, and finally got one.

@approxinfinity said in Wedding Questions:

@Kcmatt7 said in Wedding Questions:

Update: we finally caved...

We are going to get married, just the two of us. And then have a little 10 person celebration with friends.

We are going to have a reception in Jersey and KC at a later date when it’s safer to do so.

Good on you, keeping people safe. When this is all over, the memories you will have! My brother got married in the middle of a hurricane.

That’s what I keep telling my fiancé.

In a weird way we are lucky because it makes our story unique. It sucks right now but it’ll be a story we get to tell for the rest of our lives.

And now we will be saving enough money to do a lot of other more important things. I’m definitely sad, but there are a lot of positives to doing it this way.

Update: we finally caved...

We are going to get married, just the two of us. And then have a little 10 person celebration with friends.

We are going to have a reception in Jersey and KC at a later date when it’s safer to do so.

@kjayhawks said in Dylans:

What the hell happened? Did I miss some action?

I didn’t notice anything either

There is a mute feature now. If someone really gets to you that’s always an option. I’ve done it to one person and the board is night and day better.

@FarmerJayhawk said in Strong Third Party 2020:

He won’t win but mad respect for Amash. https://amashforamerica.com/ ↗

Seems like a strange choice in a year we may not have any debates and the election is 7 months away and he hasn’t campaigned for this even close to enough.

Big win for the Trump campaign imo.

I actually think he’d be able to gain enough traction to potentially get on the debate stage in a normal year where he started campaigning 6+ months ago. And at that point anything could happen... But this is just weird to me.

It was time. It’s unfortunate, but it’s the business side of it.

I know Mike Lee was undersized, but I thought he’d still get a shot.

@justanotherfan said in Global Pandemic of Boredom:

I've been working from home, too. I feel like I get a lot done, but that there is always plenty to do. I think I live on Zoom at this point.

We were talking the other day how people have become too zoom happy. That there are actually even more meeting now than before.

Instead of sending an email, a zoom gets set up. And it’s harder to make excuses to get out of them because everyone knows you’re at home.

@approxinfinity said in Global Pandemic of Boredom:

What's the most entertaining thing right now? Need some fresh ideas. I've been working on the garden. Green beans, squash, cucumbers, green onions, potatoes, tomatoes, celery, carrots, watermelons, cantelope, basil, jalepenos. Anyone getting into anything enjoyable? Also we watched Mindhunter. Not for people who can't hear vulgar, dispicable ideas being expressed, but excellent script and acting.

Mind hunter is phenomenal.

I’ve been working on my Masters degree. Would be a good time to try and add like a 4-week self paced certification if it can help your career.

For fun we’ve started making fancy cocktails. We got a bartender set and that’s been fun to try a new drink a few nights a week.

I’ve been working with our dog a lot. Fixing bad habits, going on long walks, etc.

I have had the smoker running a lot. 6 pork butts (giving some away), 1 brisket, a pizza, sausages, a meatloaf, and wings so far.

I also take a nap every day right now. It’s going to be brutal goin back to work in the office 😂

I’m waiting for someone to say Mitch is going to come back with a three ball and play a lot.

We’ve heard it every year he’s been here 😂

@kjayhawks said in Mitch:

@BShark I think people are a little over the top about Mitch’s shot blocking ability. Yes he’s had a few good games in that department but I’m nearly a 100 games he averages almost right at 1 BPG. Let’s not make him out to be Withey reincarnated.

His per 40 block numbers are insane. The dude blocks a lot of shorts per minute he is on the floor.

@Crimsonorblue22 lol that’s some good lookin out right there Crims

@mayjay said in Wedding Questions:

@Kcmatt7 Before relying on a breakdown of low risk vs medium vs high, please remember low risk means only lower risk of dying from the virus. All ages can catch it, and if they do, will likely spread it back home to people in higher risk brackets.

Please also remember that lower risk people are also dying. One sailor died on the USS Theodore Roosevelt, and since almost 600 have tested positive, I am sure more will.

If even 1 person dies due to catching it at your wedding, is that worth it to you?

I echo the delay and do a big party later strategy. If you like, if travel is open, you can drive down to SC and I would be happy to perform the ceremony at the beach if it is open (and keeping me at a social distance, of course)!

Someone getting sick is definitely my fear. Would definitely not help with that whole “best day if your life” memory you’re striving for.

@nuleafjhawk said in Wedding Questions:

Not trying to be funny - but how about a "destination wedding"? Like Wyoming or Utah where hardly any cases have been reported? People have destination weddings all the time - might as well go to a safe place.

If it were up to just me, we would have been married in the Caribbean months ago...

Thanks for the questions and feedback!

We won’t have a lot of high risk folks coming.

My grandparents are all deceased and my fiancé only has one left who we didn’t think would come before all of this. So high-risk number is low if not non-existent.

As far as how deep we are in it Money wise is another question. The venue contract doesn’t contain and act of god clause or anything. So if guidelines are less than 50 people or something at the time they will Be forced to cancel and we should get a full refund.

We picked a pretty large venue for the wedding size. Meaning there should be plenty of space. We may do like 8 to a table instead of 10 or something though. But as far as being spread out, shouldn’t be an issue.

The food right now is buffet, but that was the only option given by the venue when we booked. If we can get it plated I think we will. Maybe we get gloves for everyone if not?

We are proceeding like it’s going to happen, but I do plan to contact the venue here in late May and see what they’re thinking.

The wedding is in Jersey, very similar to the wedding @Texas-Hawk-10 described. Really almost everyone going will be out of town. Closest extended relatives are 45 minutes away.

My biggest question is really, would you go to a wedding this summer and feel comfortable? And what things would make you feel more comfortable being there?

As some of you know, I am supposed to get married in the first week of July. We haven't sent out invites yet, for obvious reasons. But will be forced to make a decision in just a few weeks.

So, I'm looking for some honest opinions. Do we just try to postpone it now? How comfortable would you feel going to a wedding if restrictions were lifted?

Are there things you think we could do that would make people feel more comfortable? Hand sanitizer at the tables? That sort of a thing.

We are really in a pickle here and would love to just have some unbiased opinions.

We still go to my parents every once in a while and went today. They take our temperature at the door :face_with_tears_of_joy:

It was a really good day. Hope the rest of you had one as well.

@FarmerJayhawk said in Life after flattening?:

@Kcmatt7 said in Life after flattening?:

But nobody can explain why the US sucks ass at testing. I sure can’t. And the feds allowing private companies to be the distributors of medical supplies is dumbfounding.

I’ve got a suggestion. The FDA and CDC were WAY too slow in approving tests in private and academic labs that were already being conducted. At one point they shut that early testing down. Have to love red tape.

I would say that is likely one of the issues.

Although I understand the concerns. Who would pay for it? The state, the federal government or insurance companies?

How do we ensure they are accurate?

How do we ensure that we aren't being defrauded? As in someone claims to perform tests, but really aren't and just send the bills and collect cash.

Some of this could red tape could be prevented by, dare I say it, a centralized healthcare system that removes some of these questions and administration issues.

@approxinfinity said in Life after flattening?:

@Kcmatt7 well said. :hundred_points:

I will say it is definitely getting better quickly. Test times have gone down from 5 days to about 7 hours the past week.

So things are getting better.

Our problem is partially that we aren’t dense enough. Being so spread out as a country means our tests are spread thinner. 25% of our postulation doesn’t live in one city like many countries.

So that poses its own unique challenges that need to be taken in to consideration.

@approxinfinity said in Life after flattening?:

@Kcmatt7 we have tested more people than any other country, at least as reported. I agree we sucked at it and had an opportunity to be much better that we squandered by not allowing for independent testing until way late. But we are now at a place where we are much better at testing, I think? We just took too long to get here.

Number of tests is not a great measurement.

Per capita, we are finally ramping up. And even at that, it’s still very difficult to get tested unless you’re going to the emergency room your symptoms are so bad.

What I’ve been told from Wyandotte County officials, test are allocated by population and not outbreaks. So places like KC treat their test like gold because they still don’t have enough of them.

I still hear drive thru testing horror stories and people showing symptoms unable to get tests.

We keep hearing people wanting to go back to work, but until anyone in the country is able to get quick testing we can’t. So to me, Until we get to that point, we are failing.

But nobody can explain why the US sucks ass at testing. I sure can’t. And the feds allowing private companies to be the distributors of medical supplies is dumbfounding.

@kjayhawks said in Life after flattening?:

@DoubleDD Yes, I work for a small business that took this loan. It will be forgiven but we have to pay interest and it’s only to pay employees for 10 weeks. I’ve been using mine( 2 weeks in) with my daughters heart condition but if things aren’t better in that 10 weeks, we will half to lay off most of our employees with business being slow. Then the trouble becomes if we are making enough money to pay our loan for our building and some equipment we have yet to pay off. Sad to think that most mom and pop shops won’t survive. Companies like wal mart are licking their chops. @BShark can anyone explain why tests are so crappy and scarce but they tested a damn tiger for it? Seems like a waste of resources army bare minimum.

They tested the tiger in their own zoo lab I believe.

@DoubleDD said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@Kcmatt7 said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@DoubleDD said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@Kcmatt7 said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@DoubleDD said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@Kcmatt7 said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@DoubleDD said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

With Drew the United States from the Paris accord climate crap?

Lol yes the US, Turkey and Iran. What company to keep.

Why yes why not? Why would the US taxpayer want to be in that accord?

Because I want my kids and grandkids to have an Earth.

Because the US is picking up the bill what are the countries like China and India get to continue to pollute the world at the same levels they are now dumb ass

That doesn’t absolve us from doing our part.

Agreed, but no reason to waste money on Something that really has no effect on the climate.

Sure and we could say this about dozens of things taking up more than less than a tenth of a percent of the yearly budget.

It’s not some huge win.

@DoubleDD said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@Kcmatt7 said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@DoubleDD said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@Kcmatt7 said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@DoubleDD said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

With Drew the United States from the Paris accord climate crap?

Lol yes the US, Turkey and Iran. What company to keep.

Why yes why not? Why would the US taxpayer want to be in that accord?

Because I want my kids and grandkids to have an Earth.

Because the US is picking up the bill what are the countries like China and India get to continue to pollute the world at the same levels they are now dumb ass

That doesn’t absolve us from doing our part.

@DoubleDD said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@Kcmatt7 said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@DoubleDD said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

With Drew the United States from the Paris accord climate crap?

Lol yes the US, Turkey and Iran. What company to keep.

Why yes why not? Why would the US taxpayer want to be in that accord?

Because I want my kids and grandkids to have an Earth.

@DoubleDD said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@Kcmatt7 said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@Kcmatt7 said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@DoubleDD said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@Kcmatt7 said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@DoubleDD said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@Kcmatt7 said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@DoubleDD said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@Kcmatt7 said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

What has Trump done successfully so far in three years?

I’m not going to give him credit for the economy, or ding him for a pandemic in this scenario.

What else has he done successfully? More troops in the Middle East. Huge deficit and increases in debt. No wall.

Please, someone, give me one positive defining success of his presidency thus far. Because I haven’t seen one.

Let me guess you give all the credit for the economy to Obama? Lol

I don’t. I just don’t think the president has hardly anything to do with it period. Businesses make business decisions. It goes in ebbs and flows.

Sure policy can affect it. But it naturally has highs and lows.

So you don’t think removing red tape and creating new trade deals has no affect?

Reducing regulations is always at another expense and only ever a temporary adrenaline shot.

Give me the economic increase from the trade deals off the top of your head. (Hint: they weren’t substantially different than their predecessors)

I’m no economist but every indicator said the Trump economy is a very good. The lowest unemployment rates across the board for everybody regardless of race or gender. Factory jobs coming back. I don’t know what to tell you.

Well go back to my original post.

Give me one defining success outside of the economy that was wiped away by the flu hoax.

Where is the wall? Where is new and improved Obamacare? Why are Troops not home? North Korea is still hostile. Iran is at a breaking point. Puerto Rico is still struggling to recover.

Im asking for what positives am I missing?

Well the wall is actually being built, North Korea has been hostile long before trump. As for Iran maybe Trump send them a pallet of cash? You know to smooth things over. Puerto Rico is its own country. We sent them a lot of money. Maybe you should the Dem government over their where the money is going? Lol

The wall is a fence.

Puerto Rico is a US territory.

And when you’re a smart ass about all of this, you have proved my point.

He doesn’t have any big wins.

@DoubleDD said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

Secured Six billion to fight the opioid addiction?

This is what I’m looking for. More of this.

@DoubleDD said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

With Drew the United States from the Paris accord climate crap?

Lol yes the US, Turkey and Iran. What company to keep.

@Kcmatt7 said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@DoubleDD said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@Kcmatt7 said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@DoubleDD said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@Kcmatt7 said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@DoubleDD said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@Kcmatt7 said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

What has Trump done successfully so far in three years?

I’m not going to give him credit for the economy, or ding him for a pandemic in this scenario.

What else has he done successfully? More troops in the Middle East. Huge deficit and increases in debt. No wall.

Please, someone, give me one positive defining success of his presidency thus far. Because I haven’t seen one.

Let me guess you give all the credit for the economy to Obama? Lol

I don’t. I just don’t think the president has hardly anything to do with it period. Businesses make business decisions. It goes in ebbs and flows.

Sure policy can affect it. But it naturally has highs and lows.

So you don’t think removing red tape and creating new trade deals has no affect?

Reducing regulations is always at another expense and only ever a temporary adrenaline shot.

Give me the economic increase from the trade deals off the top of your head. (Hint: they weren’t substantially different than their predecessors)

I’m no economist but every indicator said the Trump economy is a very good. The lowest unemployment rates across the board for everybody regardless of race or gender. Factory jobs coming back. I don’t know what to tell you.

Well go back to my original post.

Give me one defining success outside of the economy that was wiped away by the flu hoax.

Where is the wall? Where is new and improved Obamacare? Why are Troops not home? North Korea is still hostile. Iran is at a breaking point. Puerto Rico is still struggling to recover.

Im asking for what positives am I missing?

@DoubleDD said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@Kcmatt7 said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@DoubleDD said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@Kcmatt7 said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@DoubleDD said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@Kcmatt7 said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

What has Trump done successfully so far in three years?

I’m not going to give him credit for the economy, or ding him for a pandemic in this scenario.

What else has he done successfully? More troops in the Middle East. Huge deficit and increases in debt. No wall.

Please, someone, give me one positive defining success of his presidency thus far. Because I haven’t seen one.

Let me guess you give all the credit for the economy to Obama? Lol

I don’t. I just don’t think the president has hardly anything to do with it period. Businesses make business decisions. It goes in ebbs and flows.

Sure policy can affect it. But it naturally has highs and lows.

So you don’t think removing red tape and creating new trade deals has no affect?

Reducing regulations is always at another expense and only ever a temporary adrenaline shot.

Give me the economic increase from the trade deals off the top of your head. (Hint: they weren’t substantially different than their predecessors)

I’m no economist but every indicator said the Trump economy is a very good. The lowest unemployment rates across the board for everybody regardless of race or gender. Factory jobs coming back. I don’t know what to tell you.

Well go back to my original post.

Give me one defining success outside of the economy that was wiped away by the flu hoax.

@DoubleDD said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@Kcmatt7 said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@DoubleDD said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@Kcmatt7 said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

What has Trump done successfully so far in three years?

I’m not going to give him credit for the economy, or ding him for a pandemic in this scenario.

What else has he done successfully? More troops in the Middle East. Huge deficit and increases in debt. No wall.

Please, someone, give me one positive defining success of his presidency thus far. Because I haven’t seen one.

Let me guess you give all the credit for the economy to Obama? Lol

I don’t. I just don’t think the president has hardly anything to do with it period. Businesses make business decisions. It goes in ebbs and flows.

Sure policy can affect it. But it naturally has highs and lows.

So you don’t think removing red tape and creating new trade deals has no affect?

Reducing regulations is always at another expense and only ever a temporary adrenaline shot.

Give me the economic increase from the trade deals off the top of your head. (Hint: they weren’t substantially different than their predecessors)

@DoubleDD said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

@Kcmatt7 said in Differentiating fact from opinion on COVID-19:

What has Trump done successfully so far in three years?

I’m not going to give him credit for the economy, or ding him for a pandemic in this scenario.

What else has he done successfully? More troops in the Middle East. Huge deficit and increases in debt. No wall.

Please, someone, give me one positive defining success of his presidency thus far. Because I haven’t seen one.

Let me guess you give all the credit for the economy to Obama? Lol

I don’t. I just don’t think the president has hardly anything to do with it period. Businesses make business decisions. It goes in ebbs and flows.

Sure policy can affect it. But it naturally has highs and lows.