Good news for getting things sorted out. Seems Texas is cleaning up it's Uniparty Republicans.
Let's Make America Great Again!

Abbott’s effort to pass school choice died last fall when 21 House Republicans – mostly from rural districts – voted to strip a voucher program out of a larger education bill. Of those 21 voucher opponents, 15 now aren’t returning. The coalition defeated six GOP incumbents in March, then three more in last week’s run-offs. Additionally, the group filled four of the five retiring Republican seats with voucher supporters, and then a voucher backer won a special election run-off.

After turning down Auburn, Kenny Gajewski focuses on Oklahoma State softball's future​

Scott Wright
The Oklahoman

STILLWATER — The end of the Oklahoma State softball season was abrupt and painful for coach Kenny Gajewski and the Cowgirls, who lost their first two games at the Women’s College World Series last week.

It might’ve been the most gut-wrenching conclusion to a season in Gajewski’s nine-year tenure.

Yet it was a hugely important season for the Cowgirls, who returned for a fifth straight WCWS appearance, and this time with a mostly new cast of characters.

Only a handful of reserves had been at OSU for more than one of the previous trips to Oklahoma City, so this season was, in many ways, a landmark year for the program.

These Cowgirls showed they can make it to OKC without the core players who anchored the previous four trips.

It wasn’t just a good collection of players who led the team to a strong run. Gajewski has built a program that can sustain.

That’s why Auburn called.



The only SEC program to fall short of 30 wins this season, Auburn representatives reached out to Gajewski about their head coaching vacancy, and he contemplated it, as initially reported by the Stillwater News Press. But when he looked at what he had, Gajewski was content.

“I think I have one of the best jobs in America,” Gajewski told The Oklahoman on Wednesday. “Our conference is excellent. When I look at resources and the way we continue to keep supporting softball here, the way my family loves being in Oklahoma and at Oklahoma State, it just didn’t make sense in the end.

“We still have work to do here, and we’ve worked really hard to get it here. And I feel like we’re still climbing.”

Gajewski has recruited well, both out of the high school ranks and the transfer portal — not just luring elite players, but uncovering hidden gems like Carolin Wang and Jilyen Poullard.

Beyond that, his staff has developed players once they’ve gotten to Stillwater.

Virginia Tech transfer pitcher Ivy Rosenberry was a solid third or fourth option out of the bullpen a year ago, and became a front-line starter who would’ve seen even more action had she not been sharing time with one of the country’s best pitchers Lexi Kilfoyl.

Lexi McDonald, a sophomore from Silo, was perhaps the best unsung story of this team. She went from playing minimally as a freshman to earning a regular starting spot and producing mightily at the bottom of the batting order.

Graduation will leave three big holes to fill in the offseason for Gajewski, who is already hard at in what seems to be a busier-than-usual transfer portal.

The Cowgirls landed Washington transfer pitcher Ruby Meylan via the portal on Thursday.

New assistant coach added​

With the moves Gajewski made on his coaching staff last December, the Cowgirls were left with an assistant vacancy that was filled on an interim basis during the season, but now has a permanent addition.

Gajewski announced the addition of Greg Bergeron, who spent the last three seasons as the recruiting coordinator as well as the infield and hitting coach at Cal State Northridge.

He’s a 29-year coaching veteran who spent most of his time in college baseball, working at respected programs like UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State, Tennessee and Washington State.

“I’m excited and this is like a dream come true,” Bergeron said in a release. “What Kenny has been able to do from the start till now is awesome. I'm excited to hit the ground running and get to work.”

Gajewski sees Bergeron as an ideal blend with his current staff of pitching coach Carrie Eberle and hitting coach Vanessa Shippy-Fletcher.

Cowgirl Stadium upgrades coming​

Gajewski slipped in the news of upcoming improvements to Cowgirl Stadium during a postgame interview after a super regional victory against Arizona last month.

LED lights and a video board were the primary talking points, both of which are at the top of the list for current improvements while the program works to raise funding to rebuild the primary seating area and team facilities.

The benefit of the video board is two-fold.

Aside from its own boost in the aesthetics of the park, the video board will be placed in center field, which means the current scoreboard in right field can be taken down.

That will open more space for additional seating beyond the right field fence to increase the capacity beyond the current number of about 1,700. Space already exists in foul territory down the right field line where extra seating could eventually be added as well.

“We won’t get it all done in one year, but the scoreboard and lights, from what I’m being told, I think that’s gonna happen,” Gajewski said. “And there’s a lot of things we’re gonna do that will subtly enhance the fan experience, but also enhance it for our team.”

But most people with a lick of common sense knew this already.

AIPAC putting out attack adds against Rep Massey for consistently voting against sending foreign aid to any country - no, he's not picking on Israel so save the dog whistles for your puppy.

AIPAC = American Israeli Public Affairs Committee, $165M in assets, ~$85M lobbying spend per year to support Israel (aka the "Holy Land")

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Average ERA in is 6.2 in college baseball. Was talking about how exit velocities are now back up to they were prior to the change in the bats in 2011.

We know you dodge telling what your Israeli-atrocity-red-line is, but you’ll probably be pleased to know this incident did’t cross Sleepy Joe’s.

Join the Left - Be your own God - is their tagline for young people. Get the kids when they're clicking through multiple psycho-physiological stages and you can warp them for life. Narcissism is perhaps the foundational psychological illness of the Left. From Narcissism they can justify literally anything up to and including genocide, ethnic cleansing, slavery.

By now it’s a cliché that liberalism in the Anglosphere has become a religion, whether or not its adherents know it. But less often remarked is a fact somewhat in tension with this claim: namely, that its worshippers get to be minor gods too, making up the moral rules themselves.

I realized that myself and literally everyone I know simply whinges and whines about politics but NEVER actually does anything about it. So back in 2022 I volunteered (they actually pay you $14/hour) to work the polling location to actually see what goes one.
I just signed up to work the 2024 Primary at the same polling location.

In 2022 I logged significant "Issue Reports" on clear violations of the Voting laws that we were all trained on. After the Primary I then filed a FOIA request for copies of all the Issue Reports from the location, which when they arrived included only 3 of my many reports. So essentially the Polling Location "Inspector" trashed most of the Issue Reports and didn't turn them in.

As I've reported before, the Polling Locations and I suspect entire Election apparatus is run by self-appointed "know better" Communists/Democrats.

While I can't take photos/videos once the polling location is open, this year I will take a notepad and log every issue, every issue report, every concern.

I share this with you guys in hopes that you will consider getting involved - work the polling locations, donate a few bucks to Conservative candidates, put signs up in your yard. By being involved, the Demoncrats will start to understand they cannot keep cheating and stealing as you expose their lies. And just maybe a few of them will get charged with willful election violates (unlikely).

Best deal for me is 6 mos. at 14.8 cents per kWh. 15.1 cents per out the door. My current 11.4 cents ends. My house is all electric. My electric bill just keeps going up, up and away. We need a ligitimate president.

You bitches can run, but you can't hide.

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One of the most insightful (and fun) interviews I've seen in years. This is a real gem of a discussion.

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Lutz said:

"Our brand of basketball requires physically and mentally resilient athletes, and Marcus has an extensive track record of developing them. He's a hard worker who is passionate about his craft and about helping student-athletes reach their full potential. He's an outstanding mentor and relationship builder, and I know he will have a positive impact on our program. Please join me in welcoming Marcus, his wife Anika, and their children, Ahna and MeeJay, to the Cowboy Family."

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Sometimes it is very painful to be confronted with the truth.

WTF

If it's racist that blacks make up 38% of the prison population in the U.S. ...

Prison inmates by race

... then is it sexist that men make up 93% of the prison population in the U.S.?

Prison inmates by sex

Former Worlds Strongest Man vs two 150 pounders in something called the World Freak League which I will now be following. This is wild!

For those that have no clue who he is, Eddie Hall could deadlift over half a ton in his prime and has historic punching power. He weighed in at 367 solid before the fight. One of these guys could have gotten killed.



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@Jeff J., thanks for the write up on the home page. Do we expect any commits this weekend? I really like the RB from Richland, which is not too far from Ollie's high school of Euless Trinity. Could be a favorable selling point. I still prefer the RB out of Louisiana, Jasper Parker, that has recently visited UNC, but has OSU in his Top 5 or 6.

What is OSU today as an athletic program?

Is it a:

Cross country
FB
Softball
Golf
Baseball
Tennis
Wrestling
Equestrian

School?


What’s your opinion?

nm




carry on

Apparently the news media has a moral obligation to lie to news consumers.

Either Biden knows the verdict already or he is lying, again.