“Crimson flames tied through my ears.” Zimmy a Bama fan? Roll Tide!
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My favorite bass player, Rob Stoner, absolutely KILLS it at this May 23, 1976 performance of “Idiot Wind” at Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins, CO (same version on the HARD RAIN live album). Stoner & Bob are in quite the zone. youtu.be/5E4ytUW8g_0?si=5vVF…
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The thing about 24 that bothers me most is…
Who is this for?
It’s not because TV was begging for it. ESPN had to be convinced.
It’s not for a boatload of new cash. Losing conf champ games is gonna make this a minimal gain.
It’s not because the 22nd team has any shot at a natty. It doesn’t.
It’s certainly not done with the health, safety, or academic success of the players in mind since they don’t even get a say in this.
It’s entirely to appease the people donating the money that keeps a financially irresponsible business model afloat. It’s discounting success so schools can say “look what your donation bought.”
It’s an industry hellbent on treating investors and bosses as the customer, and customers as an infinite resource that will keep coming back no matter what.
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Stunning Tuscaloosa double rainbow over the Black Warrior River tonight 🌈 🌈
📸: Tayllor Hanson Barnett
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I support the death penalty. God himself told Noah that those who willfully take the life of another should be executed.
The United States Army prohibits public executions, but the Pentagon does not seem to care about following its own rules.
The pagan Roman Empire relished the public spectacle of executions. Growing up overseas in an Islamic country, some executions were public. Christendom, over time, recognized that justice is not to entertain or titillate. Justice is not meant to be a spectacle.
In Ezekiel 33:11, scripture reads, “As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live.” Proverbs 24:17 echoes that for us. “Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice.”
In Chapter 19 of De Spectaculis, Tertullian, one of the early post-apostolic church fathers, wrote about the public spectacle of executions in Rome. “It is good, no doubt, to have the guilty punished. Who but the criminal himself will deny that? And yet the innocent can find no pleasure in another's sufferings: he rather mourns that a brother has sinned so heinously as to need a punishment so dreadful,” he wrote.
In Confessions, Augustine wrote of his friend Alypius, who, dragged into the Coliseum to see gladiatorial fights, shut his eyes, though not his ears. Upon the cheers of slaughter, he opened his eyes to the blood, and the bloodlust corrupted him. Augustine’s writing has long taught Christians not to be entertained by the spectacle of violence, as watching it can damage you.
I support the death penalty. Public executions are soul-twisting and we should not go down that road.
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EXCLUSIVE 🚨: It’s being confirmed to me by multiple high level sources, that Pastor Jack Hibbs of California will be rescinding his endorsement of Gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton over the highly controversial LGBT political ad. Churches also cancelling Steve Hilton events.
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This is a journalistic disgrace. A disgrace.
Jury service is a sacrifice that many of us attempt to avoid. But jurors are essential, and neither the American criminal nor civil justice system can function without them. Moreover, the jury system provides a powerful protection for the criminally accused, as unanimity among jurors of diverse backgrounds and experiences is difficult to achieve. Holdout jurors are a feature of the American jury system, not a bug.
For a media outlet—specifically Boston NBC 10—to expose the personal life of a private person merely because that individual honorably performed his civic duty and devoted weeks of his life to jury service is shameful.
Who in their right mind will appear for jury service if they know they can be publicly humiliated and dragged just because some media outlet or finger-wagging mob believes they voted the “wrong” way? This disgraceful “reporting” by Boston NBC 10 is an attack on the foundation of the American justice system itself. Shame.
EXCLUSIVE: The holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial had a history of domestic violence allegations, the NBC10 Boston Investigators have learned through court documents and interviews with family members. Read the full investigation here. on.nbcboston.com/FL2Wbjr
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Massachusetts law prohibits anyone “to engage in an act directed at a [juror] that seriously alarms or annoys such person” with a penalty of up to 10 years imprisonment.
mass.gov/info-details/m…
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LSU 3 weeks ago: We're going to play pros
LSU 2 weeks ago: We're going to play pros
LSU 1 week ago: We're going to play pro players
LSU on Friday: We're not going to play pros THIS week, but maybe later
LSU tonight: We might get kicked out of the SEC? We were just kidding
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Nick Saban: "I agree with everything that Pat's saying, and that's the underbelly of college athletics, which is really in a bad place right now. But in spite of all that, doing Gameday every week -- we go to all these campuses -- the tradition, the spirit, the enthusiasm, the fan support -- I think a lot of what we see now in college athletics right now and the popularity of it continues to grow, and I think a lot of it was expanding the playoffs to 12 teams camouflaged a lot of these issues and problems over the last few years.
"A lot of people are, like, excited about what's happening even though they disagree with the way it's happening -- for all the reasons that you just stated. I think the combination of those two things does not create the sense of urgency that we need to get something done to change it, because they see the popularity, they see the enthusiasm, they see the passion. But the consequence of what we're doing right now is gonna be disastrous if we don't get it fixed."
NFL agent Pat Dye Jr. at the Nick Saban Legacy Awards tonight in Birmingham: "It's unbelievable when you think about -- 10 years ago, 8 years ago, whatever before NIL hit, if the NCAA had said to the Power 5 programs, we'll pay each of your scholarship football players $5,000 a month, the players would have done cartwheels. And that is a fraction of what is being doled out now. Everybody gets the same -- the left tackle protecting the quarterback gets $5,000/month. The quarterback gets $5,000/month. It breeds acrimony and self-centeredness. And then the whole free agency every year -- it's a bidding contest. It's unfettered free agency right now. That's got to change."
My favorite of this genre so far. Buc-ee’s is the best. (Especially the Leeds, AL one just outside Birmingham, with a Bass Pro Shops across the street. Two for one; hours of fun)
Bob Dylan *
Social D*
GnR* (all pre-1993)
Metallica* (all pre-1993)
Soundgarden (opening for GnR 1991)
Depeche Mode*
Beastie Boys*
The Cure
Morrisey*
Mazzy Star
* multiple times
.@varadmehta you should do one of these. I assume some good 80s bands would make your list. (Or are you more movies than concerts?)
Roll Tide Roll. Love to see his unshakable loyalty and love for the Tide (turning down big $$ to come back at another school) pay off.
Round 1, Pick 13: @RamsNFL select @AlabamaFTBL QB Ty Simpson! #NFLDraft
nfl.com/prospects/ty-simpson…
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Nick Saban gets the crowd hyped at Bryant Denny Stadium walking around with Morgan Wallen
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We will keep fighting and fairness (and girls and women) will win at the end.
I’m disappointed by today’s ruling in Female Athletes United (FAU) v. Ellison. @ADFLegal had asked the 8th Circuit to protect women’s Title IX rights by requiring Minnesota to keep male athletes out of women’s sports.
The FAU case shouldn’t be confused with the two major cases currently pending before the Supreme Court. While those cases will decide whether states like West Virginia and Idaho MAY protect women’s sports, FAU asks whether states like Minnesota MUST protect women’s sports. It’s the next vital step to protect fairness for all women.
And the answer to its central question should be a resounding “YES.” Title IX was designed and passed to give women equal opportunities. Allowing men into women’s sports destroys those opportunities.
But today, the 8th Circuit said that even if Minnesota’s policies violate Title IX, our female athlete clients cannot hold the state accountable—at least not now.
We respectfully disagree. Not allowing women to enforce their Title IX rights denies them equal opportunities, upends basic fairness, and even threatens safety. Men will always have physical advantages over women. That’s why women’s sports exist.
And that’s also why we won’t stop fighting. Remember: the American public—and reality—are on our side. While today’s ruling is a setback for women in Minnesota and other blue states, this was only an initial ruling that did not resolve the case. ADF is considering our options in the FAU case, and we also support the Trump administration’s recent Title IX lawsuit against Minnesota.
It’s always wrong for a man to take a woman’s trophy—whether it’s in Minnesota or West Virginia. Biology doesn’t depend on state lines. Fairness shouldn’t either.
This is a fight we can and must win.
