Posts made by approxinfinity

There are many different views on this site. As far as “opposing views” well, I guess thats you, because you don’t want a conversation, you want a fight.

@DoubleDD Well ok.

You’re frequently combative and insulting. You ignore posts that don’t fit your narrative. You appear to be civil when it appears you’re trying to prove how civil you are. Most people have been far more patient with you than me. You know, the people you call Democrats who have all stated that they are Republicans or Libertarians. But they being Democrats fits your narrative, so Democrats they are, right?

@kjayhawks I think there is a dangerous fallacy of “both sides are equally bad” being bandied about a lot. Both parties have their problems, but in terms of overall corruption of the elected officials for each party, I don’t think it’s close right now. You may be right that the Democratic elected officials are the bigger hypocrites, in that they are operating with the old playbook of over-promise and under-deliver (in part because they are getting stonewalled on every single thing by a Republican majority), whereas Republican elected officials are doing whatever they want, then lying as to what is actually happening, and convincing a hypnotized base that the sky is purple and the sea is red.

As for this:

I just laugh and laugh at their rhetoric “Rich old White people are bad!!, They are causing all these problems!!”. Not only is that racist and would be called it if it were any other race. But the last two elections they’ve hammered this all while telling us to vote for their old rich white people.

Clearly, there are enough people that voted in the Democratic primaries for those “rich old white people” that they don’t think they are bad. I think Biden and his wife are worth around $9 million and Bernie is worth around $2 million. I don’t consider that extreme generational wealth. That is not $3.1 billion (Trump), and it’s not $58 billion (Bloomberg). Those numbers are a much much bigger abstraction from reality.

They need average working men and women in government. They actually have done budgeting successfully and have an idea of what Americans need.

I agree that we need people grounded in reality. But I think there is something to be said for politics as a trade and having the skills necessary to be a politician. They also have to be good with people. I don’t know how you get the right people in office, but I’d love to see it happen.

@kjayhawks well… You have a point. I don’t know if most politicians are deeply corrupt so much as they are out of touch with what paycheck to paycheck (or near paycheck to paycheck) life is like for the vast majority of Americans. I mean Bernie campaigns on working for the little people. I think he’s aware of the problems and genuinely wants to help. He just doesn’t have to live in poverty himself. I don’t think that makes him a hypocrite. But it may mean that if his ideas wreak havoc ultimately it’s not him feeling the burn (pun intended).

Also, it’s a little unrealistic to assume that being the president won’t profit a person financially. I’d guess that all of these people, if they were competent presidents, could have been doing other things making as much money.

I do think its important that a sitting elected official doesn’t violate the emoluments clause while in office. After that, I’m not as hardnosed.

@kjayhawk Teddy Roosevelt’s net worth is 4th highest of all presidents. Not an exact science. I’m living under the [assumption/delusion] that Thomas Jefferson was not corrupt.

I heard CDC revised their estimates on asymptomatic transmission to be between 25% and 35% of transmissions. Trying to find a link.

@justanotherfan thanks, you too.

@bmensch1 nice! That’s a great idea. Ive never watched the 88 title game. Will do.

@Texas-Hawk-10 ha i forgot about that. good call.

@nuleafjhawk Well, I’m assuming @DoubleDD likes to drink, find alt-right media enforcing his bias, and then post it on here at 2am, 3am and 4am by himself. So I give him the benefit of the doubt when he’s nonsensical and combative. It’s his way of reaching out.

I’m just speaking from experience in a past life of mine. I drank all night and talked to people online all night for a stretch earlier in my life.

Maybe I’ve got it all wrong. Tell me to F right off if you want, and I can take it. Everyone is different. Just being honest with my assumption and experience.

Discussion matters always.

Title had my head thinking Quin Snyder… Bill Self… connection?

Would I want someone who doesnt act his age (77) like Biden, or have bullshit baggage? Of course. Is Biden better than Trump? Of course.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/03/trumps-lies-about-coronavirus/608647/

I watched your video. It’s what I assumed. Biden had his “senior moments” on the campaign circuit and when debating 9 other candidates in a free-for-all. He also kicked Bernie’s ass in a 1-on-1 debate, or at the least, gave very compelling evidence that the claims of his mental demise are highly overstated. Don’t believe the hype.

I don’t expect Biden to be the kind of President that wanders the country searching for love at giant rallies. He isn’t good at this, and it doesn’t matter. I expect him to focus on priorities, take his duties to his country to be his only job, and delegate effectively.

@BShark does anyone have a link to a good raef highlight video at Kansas? My wife swears he was a badass with mad hops before injuries slowed him down.

@ajvan I don’t remember LaFrentz. that was before I dated my wife.i do remember Jeff “Block Party, Stink Face” Withey.

@HighEliteMajor I hoped Moss would show up. I thought this was the one. Villanova is going to be a harder matchup for him if he’s guarding like he did today. Braun is the hero we need! Ice cold. Do you guys still think we get four years of him?

I’d love to see our d dictate the way the next one is played. This is the game I most wanted to see Doke in! If he can defend the arc against Nova like he has done all year, we can feed the big fella on the other end.

Also, I’m flat out shocked that Virginia laid an egg like they did against Dayton. Their defense is way better than that. Disappointing. But they didn’t have the firepower on the offensive side to go all the way.

@Traces-of-Texas nice find!

@HighEliteMajor sorry I haven’t taken the time to properly respond. I’m just relieved we came to play!

I like that.

Also I enjoyed the Wiggins vs Embiid matchup and the Morris vs Morris matchup. Both of these were brutal “mid-major like” thinning of the herd hitjobs reminiscent of a real NCAA bracket

@wissox nice work! I enjoyed reading up about Don Lonborg. HOF coach!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/nyregion/coronavirus-new-york-update.html

Article about how Cuomo has a very different understanding of reality than Trump in terms of New Yorks need for ventillators.

@FarmerJayhawk the Chinese just have one region locked down right ? It seems we will have a pretty clear awareness soon if there is community spread because the other regions would blow up.

I’m still under the assumption it’s contained.

@DoubleDD you don’t have kids I guess. There’s more to life than individual happiness. If we can agree on that, then in all likelihood freedom will return for future generations even if freedoms are compromised in the present. I didnt follow the conversation before the last post. I’m just responding to yours.

@DoubleDD He’s been solid, I agree.

I’m assuming if he were to run for President, the Fox News hit-job would smear him to the point you’d be getting a negative impression. So if you like the guy now, by hearing directly from him, if he does have a future in higher office, don’t forget to hear it straight from his mouth then as well

@Texas-Hawk-10 huh? This is the real tournament. What other tournament are you talking about?

@BShark https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-24/china-s-hidden-symptom-free-virus-cases-means-epidemic-not-over

@jayballer73 I hope everything goes well in surgery. Will be thinking about you guys.

I guess the silver lining is that this happened now if the hospitals get overwhelmed later you’ll already be in the clear.

Wishing you well.

@mayjay http://brownpoliticalreview.org/2017/11/stephen-colbert-pitfalls-modern-political-satire/

Satire is so 2014. If only we could afford such a luxury. May I indulge with you?

That’s my President, Making America Great Again!

They still will, have faith.

@FarmerJayhawk nice link, thanks.

@jayballer73 Your feelings about whether people think you’re senile were not my point nor are they relevant. You aren’t senile.

I’m saying give Biden a chance and assume that he isn’t senile and didn’t somehow magically get within a stones throw of the highest office in the land despite being senile. He’s not senile. That just isn’t what is happening here. If that is what you’re seeing then I’m asking to please consider watching the last democratic debate. He murdered Bernie. See it with your own eyes, then judge.

Look, I was in the same camp as you. Biden seemed to be losing it. But I watched that debate and he was sharp as a tack, and he even said that he’s a very good delegator. I don’t think Fauci would be facepalming behind a President Biden or saying “what do you want me to do? I can’t throw him off the podium” about hte president (i paraphrase). Biden would not get in the way during this crisis because he would have the right people making decisions.

@jayballer73 said:

and Biden can’t even follow his teleprompter dude has some serious and just looks totally lost

You seemed to have lost a word there. Do I think you’re senile? No. Do you think if I took 100 of your sentences where you may have dropped a word (everyone does it) and strung them together in one post trying to convince the public that you’re senile (i.e. a Fox News smear job) you might appear senile to someone who takes my word for it? Maybe.

Would Fox News have you believe that Biden is senile by only showing you clips of where he stumbles on a word? For sure. Is he actually senile? No.

@mayjay said in Donald Trump's Public Service Announcement:

I think there is no shortage of liquor to help get us through the virus and the election.

I think you’re on to something. Virginia’s governor shut down non essential businesses but called ABC an essential business, mumbling something about to “adhere to social distancing and sanitation measures.”

I drink alone, yeah

With nobody else

I drink alone, yeah

With nobody else

You know when I drink alone

I prefer to be by myself

Sorry about that. Forgot to renew the ssl cert, would have made the board gnarly and had to knock it out tonight. Done.

@jayballer73 you think the Democrats are going to give Hillary the nomination?

@jayballer73 this is either entering wingnut territory or a very good trolling.

Came up on my feed. Lilliard total badass drive.

https://reddit.app.link/NKmFb2li54

@HighEliteMajor this is why Doke is a POY candidate. Even with Will Wade clearly gameplanning to take Doke out of the equation he finds a way to dominate.

I hope Moss bounces back from this slump. Even though Brauns contributions have been nice we need Moss to give us good minutes. That meltdown down the stretch is what Moss was brought on to help us avoid.

Huge win!

@Crimsonorblue22 awful

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Games on tv:

@DanR https://twitter.com/forthewin/status/1241809804412084224?s=21

Lolol so good

https://twitter.com/RTNBA/status/1241798722448752652

Enjoyed this move from LeBron.

@KUJayhawks67 JJ was 38%? My recollection was off on that! Good call there. I remember him being CLUTCH! That baseline drive and dunk in Duke’s face was priceless.

I would love to see the high-low come back with 2 guys that can compliment each other and run it. Dave and Doke looked lost together (mostly I think because Dave just isn’t a 4) but I definitely think Self’s dream of a functional high low throwback in a 4-1 era is achievable with different personnel.

Tre Jones declared.

@BeddieKU23 he will play for sure. But unless he has a 3 gun or plays significantly better defense than Tristan, Jalen (or Tyon?) I’m assuming they will get the nod over Mitch in must win situations. I can see Mitch starting the season as a starter, but Im not sure he will finish it as one.

@wissox said in ESPN's Greatest College Basketball Players of All Time Bracket:

@Crimsonorblue22 Remember Billy Packer almost jinxing us by declaring the game over. I mean we were winning by something like 25, but it was the 1st half and we did nearly give it all away before reasserting ourselves.

I also appreciated Danny Greens effort. The only Tarheel that came to play.

@KUJayhawks67 so Mason/Chalmers/Jackson/Simien/Embiid. I really like how you’re borrowing from a variety of different generations of Self ball. Frank played 1 year with Embiid and 1 with Jackson but I think that’s the only overlap. My weakest link here I think Wayne at the 4. I think he didn’t shoot the 3 enough for today’s bball without masking that with a deadeye SF. This team has balance, defense, and complete badasses. It would be a pleasure to watch them compete and I’m sure they could figure out everything by March under self! Also the right bench could get us flush with 3 ballers.

Welcome to the board! Great post.

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

https://www.propublica.org/article/a-medical-worker-describes--terrifying-lung-failure-from-covid19-even-in-his-young-patients

Mercy

This scared the shit out of me.

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Tyon Grant Foster commits to KU:

@approxinfinity said in Tyon Grant Foster commits to KU:

@Texas-Hawk-10 I am definitely taking the under on 20-25 minutes for Mitch. I think Self is perfectly happy having Mitch at practice and on the bench for 2 years instead of 1 regardless of his role in-game.

Self didn’t redshirt Mitch to sit him next year. If that’s Self’s plan, then what was the purpose of redshirting him this year? If that’s the idea, then that’s a total waste of a scholarship this season when Self could’ve used it on another player. Self redshirted Mitch to play him this season.

I disagree. With 13 scholarships and a rotation typically of max 8, Self can spend a scholarship on a quality character that makes the team better. Look at our chemistry this year. Outstanding. Mitch I’m sure played a part.

@Texas-Hawk-10 I am definitely taking the under on 20-25 minutes for Mitch. I think Self is perfectly happy having Mitch at practice and on the bench for 2 years instead of 1 regardless of his role in-game.