N.C. State forward Jack Clark has committed to Clemson.

@Paul Strelow I'm sure this has been asked before, but what do you think the chances that OPH is moved to WR when he arrives this summer? The TE room actually looks like there is some depth (pleasantly surprised by Pope and Sapp) and Henry seems to have enough wiggle to be good on the outside as an X receiver.

This is just piling up in a big way. McCormick better ask for some real security with the people he is fingering.

Honestly though China Joe, Barry and others still have a corrupt DOJ running the show so we will just hear birds chirping on this. I still say Joe has the pardons already written up.

OBAMA SET UP ENERGY EFFICIENCY AID FOR HUNTER/BURISMA​

SULLIVAN AF2 BRIEF EXPOSED BIDEN DOUBLE-DIP CASH GRAB W/USAID​

MIKE MCCORMICK
APR 19, 2023



It wasn’t just Joe’s shale gas assistance Hunter and Burisma got their hooks into.
Obama’s USAID ponied up American taxpayer dollars for an energy conservation scam, the Municipal Energy Reform Program (MERP,) and Burisma got a big chunk of that too — meaning Joe and Hunter got their kickback share.
And Obama was right in the thick of it.
How do I know that? Because Jake Sullivan said so — only he didn’t think he’d be identified as the speaker outing the scam. But now he is. By me — because I was standing next to him. Here’s the link to the crime-ridden April 21st, 2014, Air Force Two background briefing given by Sullivan.
As I have previously indicated, Hunter Biden surreptitiously signed up to be a highly paid board member of Burisma Holdings three days earlier on April 18th with Joe’s knowledge and guidance.
That means Joe Biden knowingly diverting substantial U.S. assistance to a company which was at the time paying his son to sit on its board — which is why I say without hesitation: Joe Biden is a criminal.
And Jake Sullivan is too. His crime is conveying that information to the press, which makes him a co-conspirator for covering for Joe’s knowledge of Hunter’s business with Burisma then and ever since.
And Barack Obama is too.
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Following are two screenshots of the transcript of that briefing that I prepared for Biden’s communications team who published it under the Office of the Vice President, meaning the contents of this transcript were entirely Joe’s responsibility.
Note that the speaker is identified as a senior administration official. But I have divulged as an eyewitness that Jake Sullivan was the unnamed speaker, and that he began the briefing after close consultation with Joe Biden in the front of the plane.
Here’s the transcript headline and intro. Mr. Spector was Stephen Spector, who was then a press assistant in Joe Biden’s office. It was his job to identify Sullivan as the senior administration official (SAO) and lay down the format for the briefing. Once he did that, Sullivan’s name — even if it was spoken by a reporter — was stricken from the record. However, Spector was identified by name because he was not an SAO.

At this point of the briefing, I, Sullivan, Spector, and the press were standing in the aisle in the back of the plane. I was recording with a handheld microphone plugged into a digital recorder and monitoring my recording through a pair of earphones. I was about two feet from Sullivan. The reporters whom I recall being Ali Weinberg of ABC News and Evan Osnos of the New Yorker were huddled close in to hear Sullivan over the roar of the jet engines. And it was because of the plane noise that I used the microphone, so that my audio was fully discernible. Not one portion of that transcript reflects inaudible conversation. And as soon as I emailed my completed transcript to Joe Biden’s communications team, I erased the digital recording, which was standard best practice for efficiency. So the only record remaining of that briefing is my transcript that Joe’s comms team published to the Obama White House website, where it is still publicly available today.
Now here’s the portion of the transcript that illustrates how Joe’s energy assistance was a Burisma hook up. First, there’s the aid for fracking — (“unconventional gas resources”) — which benefited Burisma specifically since fracking was their expertise — and Joe knew that.

Josh Boswell of the Daily Mail wrote a fantastic article explaining how Burisma grew “the ‘largest modern rig fleet’ in the country, three years after Biden's intervention.”
This is the information I provided to the FBI witness tipline in late February and which I’ve been discussing at length on many news organizations. But now here’s evidence implicating Obama as a co-conspirator.
The second benefit Burisma received was an energy efficiency grant or grants through USAID’s Municipal Energy Reform Program, which has received little notice — until now. Sullivan’s statement about assistance for energy efficiency in a country riven by war is almost ludicrous, but that’s how the big boss wanted it.
Here’s another document that illustrates the USAID MERP bonanza originated with Obama. Note the date is April 21st, 2014 — one day before Joe met with Ukrainian leadership. As Sullivan pointed out in the background briefing transcript, Joe saw Ukrainian leaders the next day, the 22nd. So this policy announced by Barack Obama’s White House Office of the Press Secretary was set BEFORE Joe arrived in Ukraine in the late afternoon on April 21st, 2014. And since it was Obama’s comms team who put out this fact sheet, its contents are his responsibility.

In other words, this is evidence that Barack Obama knew of the Biden Burisma kickback scheme, assisted it by ordering his USAID agency to benefit it, and has covered it up since.
And here’s the portion of Obama’s fact sheet directly related to the MERP scam. So in other words, Ukraine was then struggling to repel a Russian invasion in Crimea and the Donbas, struggling to hold a national election to determine its future as a free country, and Obama wanted to give it American taxpayer money to upgrade the energy efficiency of its municipal buildings. He gave them no lethal weapons to defend themselves, but he gave them money to upgrade the insulation their buildings? Why?

Joe and Hunter is why. And here’s their payoff — as evidenced in an email from Burisma executive Vadim Pozharskyi to Hunter Biden and his government affairs crew celebrating Burisma’s windfall.

It’s unclear how much Burisma received through this MERP grant or grants. And it may never be clear given that the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv destroyed all records and documents when Joe Biden ordered them to evacuate ahead of Russia’s imminent invasion of Ukraine in January 2022.
But there’s plenty of evidence in the Biden Laptop. Here’s another email that puts Burisma directly benefiting from the MERP scam under the direction of Obama’s ambassador in Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt.

Once again with Obama we see a public posturing for justice and anti-corruption undercut by his and Joe’s secret criminal activity.
This communication, which is a three-way between Hunter, Devon, and Pozharskyi, occurred in November 2015, one week before Joe Biden arrived in Ukraine and threatened withholding $1 billion in U.S. aid to have the Ukrainian general prosecutor investigating Burisma fired.
As we now know, that worked well in Burisma’s and Joe’s favor. Trump not so much.
Yet.
But also, it was just two months after Ambassador Pyatt very publicly pointed out how Burisma founder Mykola Zlochevsky benefited from corruption in the general prosecutor’s office.
In other words, the ObamaBiden crew, represented by Pyatt, wanted that investigation into Hunter’s association with Burisma stopped, but they wanted to make it seem like they publicly disapproved of Burisma and Zlochevsky. Meanwhile, in private, under the table — as indicated in the Laptop email from Pozharskyi— they were hooking Burisma up.
Here’s the key phrase: “Following that, USAID contacted Burisma in Kyiv, and I had a few communications, including a meeting with Mr Jed Burton, USAID Director in Ukraine and Mr Stephen Goneya Director for USAID Economic Growth Office.”
It’s clear to me from the email, that USAID-Burisma opportunity came through Pyatt. He was the quiet conduit doing his boss’s bidding.
And who was his boss?
Barack Obama.
I’ll have more on this on Friday.
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Still no contact from the FBI about my tip identifying Joe Biden and Jake Sullivan as co-conspirators in a Burisma kickback scheme. But it’s a good story, and The media is picking it up. My goal is to appear before David Weiss’s grand jury to describe the crime I witnessed. Any help I can get to do that will be greatly appreciated.
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Why not spent this 1.7 million on homeless or mental issue's instead of two toilets.

1.7 million would go a long way for a gun buy back program.

take his boys off scholly and just pay their way since he is busting rich anyway, then take those schollies and find a receiver or two in the portal? Also, seems like Spector would be ready to turn in his cleats as well. This question is from a buddy of mine who is not on TI. I hate to even bring it up.

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Good luck Chicago

Login to view embedded media These highlights really show off how bad our WR’s have fallen off. This was considered a down year from a WR standpoint. Deion Cain or Ray Ray might be our best WR if they were on the roster rn.

Listen to this guy. He was in the room! All of the smoke is sparking into fire now. Says the FBI and the grand jury being run by a biden crony is ignoring him.


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I know he is making the guy hit a perfect relay throw, but that is one you just have to hit the brakes on.

This is a good thing. In reality due to the pubs holding the house no major legislation will be passed this 2 year period, but its sad the lengths the libs will go to in order to keep control. Feinstein has advanced alzheimers and Fetterman is brain damaged, but they keep them there just to avoid a new election.


BY AL WEAVER - 03/13/23 6:00 AM ET

Absences in the Senate are becoming an issue for Democrats, leaving them with a fragile majority.
Senate Democrats have been without Sens. John Fetterman (Pa.) and Dianne Feinstein (Calif.) in recent weeks, creating a 49-49 split in the chamber that has forced members of the conference to only bring up votes that they know have bipartisan support and caused problems at the committee level.
“It’s the reality. When you’re 51-49, every senator every day is decisive,” Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.), the No. 2 Senate Democrat, told The Hill. “This is the reality of life in the Senate.”
Fetterman has been out for much of the past month after checking himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for treatment for clinical depression. Though his office has tweeted pictures of him meeting with staff at the hospital and said he is engaged on a number of legislative items, including rail safety and the farm bill, he is not expected back in the Senate this week.
Feinstein, 89, is recovering at home from a case of shingles, having missed the last two weeks of votes. The California Democrat, who is the oldest sitting U.S. senator, tweeted last week that she was continuing to receive treatment and was hoping to return to Washington “as soon as possible.”
That 49-49 split can fluctuate with other short-term absences. But the loss of the two reliable votes for Democratic nominees and issues is already creating headaches on the Senate floor as the chamber takes up privileged resolutions pushed by Republicans via the Congressional Review Act, which do not need Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) blessing to come to the floor and require only a simple majority to pass.
The Senate this week is set to take up a resolution disapproving of the Biden administration’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. Without the Democratic pair, the measure is expected to pass with the support of Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and possible other Senate Democrats, forcing Biden to wield his veto pen.
The pair being sidelined forced Vice President Harris to be present on Feb. 28 for two tiebreaking votes on district court nominees.
And President Biden’s pick to the Federal Communications Commission Gigi Sohn withdrew her name from consideration last week after Manchin said he would not back her, essentially dooming her nomination. Democrats would have needed all members present and voting to overcome Manchin’s “no” vote.
Feinstein’s absence, in particular, has had an outsized impact as the Senate Judiciary Committee, on which she serves, has been forced to punt votes on a number of nominees in each of the past two weeks and been unable to put them on a path toward votes on the Senate floor.
Among the nominees who’ve been delayed is Charnelle Bjelkengren, who President Biden tapped to serve as a district court judge for the Eastern District of Washington. Bjelkengren has been the target of GOP opposition after she stumbled over some questions during her confirmation hearing.
The panel also held off on voting to advance Orelia Merchant’s nomination for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn and two other nominees for trial court seats in New Jersey.
Democrats hold an 11-10 advantage on the panel, but are unable to advance their nominees without Feinstein or winning GOP support for any individual nominee.
Feinstein is expected to return to work later this month.
“Does it create challenges? It absolutely does. Does it slow the process down? Sometimes,” Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), a Judiciary Committee member, told The Hill. “But we’re all human beings and these are the times you have to take those things into account and give as much leniency as you can. … It happens on both sides of the aisle.”
Indeed, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was hospitalized Wednesday night after falling and treated for a concussion. It is unclear when he will return to the Capitol.
And absences are nothing new for Democrats. Two members last year — Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) — suffered strokes in early 2022, forcing the party to manage without them for a time. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) was out for just under two weeks earlier this year to be treated for prostate cancer.
But heading into the 118th Congress, Senate Democrats were buoyed with optimism that their newly minted 51-49 majority would pay major dividends after two years of a 50-50 chamber.
Still, Democrats say they are able to work around the absences — for now.
California cancels rest of salmon season over lingering drought issuesGOP Oversight chairman subpoenas Hunter Biden associates’ bank records
“I think for now we have flexibility to move nominees where we don’t need every one of our votes. Obviously there could come a time where that’s a constraint, but by then we’ll have all of our contingent,” Van Hollen said. “I think we have enough nominations in the pipeline that we can win with the votes we’ve got … but obviously, at some point, it may become an issue.”
In total, the Senate confirmed nine district court nominees in the past two weeks, along with Maria Araújo Kahn, a nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Other administration nominees also were passed with some GOP support, including Daniel Werfel to become the new IRS commissioner.
“We’re working around them,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said of the absences. “Stuff happens. We’re human.”

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McDonald's is bringing changes to its classic burger, cheeseburger and Big Mac​

By: Clark Schultz - SA Editor

McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) has introduced improvements to its signature Big Mac, McDouble, cheeseburger and hamburger menu products at some restaurants in the U.S., including locations in Los Angeles, Seattle, Phoenix, and Las Vegas. The restaurant operator said the new features include softer buns, caramelized patties cooked with white onions on the grill, cheese slices that will melt more, as well as a new extra special sauce.

"We found that small changes, like tweaking our process to get hotter, meltier cheese and adjusting our grill settings for a better sear, added up to a big difference in making our burgers more flavorful than ever," noted McDonald's (MCD) chef Chad Schafer in a statement.

The updated menu items are expected to be available nationally by early next year.

The changes from McDonald's (MCD) to some of its core products are seen as an attempt to compete more directly chains like with Shake Shack (SHAK), In-N-Out Burger, Smashburger, and Five Guys. The burger wars also include bigger chains like Wendy's (WEN) and Burger King (QSR).

Officially in the portal.

Georgia (19-17) vs. Clemson (22-15)
Tuesday, April 18
6:30 p.m. ET
Clemson, South Carolina (Doug Kingsmore Stadium)
ESPN3.com - ACCNX

STARTING PITCHERS
• RHP Kyle Greenler (UGA) vs. LHP Rocco Reid (CLEM)

Game Book/Preview/Stats/Notes, etc (lengthy PDF): https://clemsontigers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/04-17Georgia.pdf

How do y’all think they’ll perform. Has the competition been intense enough to have have that “Masters mindset”? I have not followed anything LIV. Here’s the list of LIV golfers with Masters invites

• Abraham Ancer
• Bryson DeChambeau
• Sergio Garcia
• Talor Gooch
• Dustin Johnson
• Brooks Koepka
• Jason Kokrak
• Phil Mickelson
• Kevin Na
• Joaquin Niemann
• Louis Oosthuizen
• Thomas Pieters
• Patrick Reed
• Charl Schwartzel
• Cameron Smith
• Harold Varner
• Bubba Watson

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NCAA to allow unlimited official visits: 'Stupid.' 'Unbelievable.' 'Dumb.'​

By: Adam Gorney - Rivals.com

College football programs better be prepared to pony up for more luxury hotel rooms, airline tickets, steaks and lobsters.

Inflation hitting every corner of the economy? After the NCAA announced Thursday that effective July 1 there will be unlimited official visits for prospects instead of the five trips that have been commonplace for years, the college coaches and recruiting staffers I talked to were just deflated.

“F***ing crazy,” one source said. “Stupid.”

Another source: “Why? Just don’t get it. What is the reasoning behind it? Unbelievable.”

I almost always side with what’s perceived as best for the prospect over the coach who makes a hefty salary or the school which has oodles of money to spend. But this change by the NCAA seems bone-headed, ham-handed and unnecessary.

Top recruits are taking unofficial visits earlier and earlier. Some take so many trips to particular schools, they’ve met with the head coaches, position coaches, trainers and players on the team more than I met with my wife before marrying her.

And thousands of these kids will end up in the transfer portal anyway.

The point is: A healthy majority of recruits know where they want to go or at least have a good idea by the time official visits come around anyway. This is just another excuse for many of them to get wined and dined – well, dined at least – and live the high life on someone else’s dime as they feign interest at steakhouses across the country.

All the while, the recruiting staffers and the coaches have to love these kids up even more while doling out airline tickets and hotel suites in pursuit of many kids they will be almost certain they’re not going to sign.

But to say no to an elite recruit that wants a free trip – and for you to pay for it? Few coaches will say no. Relationships are everything in recruiting and burning a bridge to save a few thousand dollars won’t be worth it to these coaches who have to keep tapping many of the same elite high school programs for talent year after year.

The rich will get richer – and the middle-class programs will be sitting around their kitchen tables trying to figure out how to pay the catering bills.

Unofficial visits are fine because colleges don’t have to pay for those. But with this NCAA change, those trips will now be turned into officials, so why wouldn’t more kids go around the country for free and live like kings for a weekend – and then almost always pick another school?

Georgia, Alabama, Ohio State, Texas A&M, LSU, USC and Michigan – all the regulars – will still get the top kids. But this ruling will make it challenging for those second-tier teams looking to break through. What about a lower-level Power Five team that has some momentum but now needs to sustain it? Forget it.

Wake Forest isn’t beating Clemson for top players – free porterhouse steaks or no free porterhouses. But the gap just widens even further now.

And what program even wanted this?

“It’s dumb,” one source said.

I traded messages with at least six sources, and all were either wildly upset about it or seemed to shrug and say, "Why? Yet another thing to deal with."

There used to be a quiet time in July when coaches and recruiting department people could be husbands and fathers and sons – and normal. Now they’ll be sitting in Ruth’s Chris or back in the football building – yay! – since recruits no longer have to pick and choose where they’re going to visit for free.

One source did make an interesting point, though. This does give coaches the ability to say ‘no’ to an official visitor, especially ones they’re pretty certain they have no chance of getting. It might actually provide a little more clarity in that sense if coaches pick and choose their official visitors even more judiciously now.

Another told me – and this is from a championship-level program – that a prospect’s actions will now be more important than ever. If a recruit is hitting up every school left and right for free trips, this team might be more than happy to turn down hosting him. If actions speak louder than words, prospects should be careful and consider what they’re doing here.

But this is recruiting. We all know more schools than not will bow down and they will host as many prospects as want to come. They roll out professional photo shoots and Lambos and God knows what else on official visits now. No elite team is going to want to look substandard, especially if someone else is doing it. If it means more in the SEC, now it’s going to cost more.

“It’s going to drive everyone out of college football,” one source said. “You will have no life.”

In the pursuit of a natty, to have these kids living that life, is it worth it?

Just wonder if alcohol was involved. Brian Hartline OSU OC