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Your unfettered support for a NY liberal is comical. This isn’t a Trump thread, however. What we are seeing currently dates back 75 years in its origins. Liberals took over academia, removed God from schools, destroyed the family structure, ascribed virtue to the virtue-less.
We’ve imported the 3rd world and engrafted 3rd world virtues as well. The underpinnings of why America worked…Christian worldview…is declining in impact by the year. Even “Christian” churches don’t preach the Gospel anymore.

Are the good times really over for good?

Posted by DeltaDoc on 9/11/26 at 10:20 am
The 25th Anniversary of 9/11 marks some weird things.

On 9/10/2001, we had essentially been away from war in any meaningful way for a decade and had been separated for nearly 25 years from a long term, sustained war.

Our national debt was negligible compared to present day. Things we see today, like support for a woman who admits murdering her kids, a Muslim mayor of NYC, woke culture acceptance, etc., were unimaginable.

Now, we are on the backside of a 20 year war, have engaged in a new ME war, debt is out of control, Congress is totally useless, woke culture is embraced and socialism is spreading like a virus.

Is there any way to right the ship? Are the good times really over for good?
Impossible, the war is over and we are in complete control.

This 2nd administration is going to give Biden and Carter a run for worst foreign policy ever.
He used to be better. Trump 2.0 is unhinged and nonsensical (except when it comes to enriching himself and his family).
Well, I recant my thread. Paul Finebaum (Sankey’s mouthpiece) just recanted his statements from earlier today and said LSU won’t be kicked out.

It appears some deal has been reached.
He literally said and doubled down that it was going to happen on his show today.
But he will have tail coverage from his employment.
Not saying it’s justified, but I think the position is that LSU and Kiffin convinced “pros” to sue the conference and the school and state government supported this tactic.

I think they already had the redass about re-hiring Wade and hiring Kiffin in-conference.

From Claude:


In that declaration, Sankey described a meeting of the other 15 SEC presidents and chancellors (LSU’s president was not part of it) that took place the previous Friday, September 4. He said the consensus reached at that meeting “was and continues to be” that LSU’s continued membership would be inconsistent with the conference’s values — and specified that this held true even if LSU didn’t roster the former NFL players.

So to be precise about sequencing:

• Fri, Sept 4: The 15 non-LSU presidents/chancellors met informally and reached that consensus.
• Tue, Sept 8 (today): Sankey’s declaration describing that consensus was filed with the court as part of the SEC’s amended complaint, which also set the Sept 10 special meeting to formally vote on LSU’s membership.
I think they are looking at the circumstantial evidence…suit was filed in Louisiana by non-LSU 2022 players…that happened to play for Kiffin last year.


NOTE: I’ve been wrong before and claim no insider knowledge. I base my opinion tonight on three things:

- Sankey’s own words and setting vote day after TRO hearing date
- today’s amended pleading
- LSU has no concession to make because it hasn’t done anything (LSU cannot offer anything to make it go away).
I respectfully disagree. That may be the by-product, but this is about LSU…Kiffin, Wade, Landry, etc…
No, the backlash will be years of litigation, millions in legal fees and no outcome for 5+ years.

This is really, really bad for all LSU sports.

Is it equitable? Hell no, but Sankey knows he’ll be long gone by the time the suits are concluded.

Yes, it certainly appears that way.

The talk of LSU backing down makes no sense. What are they to back down from.

Sankey’s own words said they don’t care if they don’t roster the players. They are kicking LSU out for allegedly colluding with players to sue the conference.

There is no concession to make and the SEC is not looking for one.
Exactly…and they are seeking to block LSU from preventing immediate expulsion through some injunction.

It’s devious…but very clear now.

We are getting the boot.
I don’t disagree…but people need to accept this isn’t a bluff. The SEC members are voting LSU out Thursday. If the court doesn’t grant the TRO tomorrow then LSU can at least seek to enjoin immediate expulsion.

EDIT: Finebaum just said on CNN that LSU is not getting voted out. He said the opposite earlier today on his show. He’s a mouthpiece for Sankey. I withdraw everything I said. LSU will not get voted out, it appears.

Greg Sankey:

“Consensus … was and continues to be that LSU’s continued membership in the Conference would be inconsistent with the SEC’s values and principles — even if LSU does not use the former NFL players.”

The SEC is preemptively seeking a restraining order preventing LSU from preventing the meeting Thursday and the results of the meeting from being enforced.

He’s telling you that they are kicking LSU out and attempting to prevent them from doing anything about it (like seek their own remedy).

The presumption is that LSU would seek its own TRO to allow it to finish the SEC season.

The SEC is asking Judge Annemarie Carney Axon to prohibit LSU and Louisiana officials not merely from stopping Thursday’s meeting, but from seeking judicial intervention to delay or undo a termination vote.

Sankey has said LSU is getting kicked out and they’ve taken legal steps to block LSU from being able to stop it.
Nothing concrete…but just reading the tea leaves. (Note, I was wrong as hell about Kiffin to LSU though with actual connections on both sides of the deal).

I’d bet there are termination for cause and/or convenience clauses in the contracts we have with SEC and ABC/ESPN.