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New thread being started only due to length of part II. Debate away.

New thread only because the first one reached 500 posts. Debate away.

I used to be a Republican. I like low taxes, minimal (not no) regulation, a strong military, government staying out of the free market, fiscal responsibility, and its close cousins personal responsibility and accountability. I can't abide what the party has become -- loud, populist...

There's a great video by Peter Zeihan out earlier today, called, "India Takes on the Shadow Fleet." As Zeihan is bad to do, there's a decidedly non-TF word at about the 8-minute mark. Which is why I haven't posted the link. A quick Google search will turn it up. Might have to wait a day or...

Regarding TideFans prohibition of profanity, there's been some question about comments appended to articles, videos and other material linked from other websites. Provided the article / video / meme, etc. itself doesn't have profanity, pornography or otherwise unacceptable content, comments...

I can’t believe I’m having to write this, but here we go… I just suspended a member of 17 years standing for using an acronym for a phrase that contains a major non-TF word. You won’t be reading any new posts from him for some time. Statements haven’t worked. Reminders haven’t worked...

Given the clown car circling a dumpster fire that was caused by a train wreck of a presidency we have today, it's interesting to look back and ask (1) how in the world did we get here?, and (2) OK, we're here. What do we do now? How we got here goes back to the 2016 election. 2016 was a weird...

When he comments on (or acts in response to) various notable events, Donald Trump often responds in ways ranging from head-scratching comments, to vile ones, to irrational and/or self-defeating actions. Thing is, unless Trump has some control over a governmental response, his comments -- as...

From what I can tell, being head coach at Michigan has one big advantage: A huge pay-for-play budget including a donor who's a de-facto owner -- Stephen Ross. The disadvantages are legion. There is no permanent President, only an interim. Warde Manuel (the Athletic Director) is on the...

Joey Hale is a bagger at the Publix near where I used to live in Birmingham. He's a better man than I am. Here's a story from Rick Karle https://www.al.com/life/2025/12/meet-a-man-who-just-may-be-the-most-inspiring-positive-influential-bag-boy-in-america.html

Kind of recruiting, kind of football in general: A player played two years at UGA. Then he transferred to Mizzou. UGA is suing to claw back what they paid him, asking for $390K. According to the ESPN article below, the method of calculation is “interesting.” I’m not at all sure they’ll get...

Went back and forth on whether this was Football or Recruiting. Finally landed on Football because it has implications far beyond just recruiting. There's an article in today's Wall Street Journal, written by Harriet Ryan, about the wreck that high school pay-for-play brought onto Phillip...

I know you're tired of this topic. I'm beyond tired of dealing with it. 99% of posters are fine. 1% just can't seem to help themselves and will seek out any gap, even if the gap is measured in angstroms. You can almost hear them do the Beavis and Butthead laugh. Here's the background: Some...

Jeffrey Epstein was an evil person. He wasn't stupid. He intentionally cultivated relationships with high-profile members of both parties. Reason being that whatever party was in power, they had reason to keep information from the public eye. And the party out of power also had its own...

After a long period of compliance, we've had at least three violations of the profanity policy over the past week....that I know of. There could have been others that got by. At least two were by posters of long standing. Don't post profanity. Don't link material that contains profanity...

Thought this was worthwhile and didn't see a thread where it really fit. Peter Zeihan is a fascinating guy, and brilliant. I don't always come to the same conclusions as he does because he often underestimates the ability of people and countries to adapt. So he also often expects his...

A member of almost 9 years standing has just been suspended through the end of the football season and post-season for a cute attempt to circumvent the profanity filters. It boggles my mind how this happens so much. Given the publicity it gets, it boggles my mind how it happens at all. We're...

Couldn't decide if this warranted a thread of its own, but also didn't see a pre-existing thread where it fit. So here goes. Alabama's four game run, beating four ranked teams in a row, is even more impressive than it looks on the surface. First, two of the wins, including one against the #5...