@Running_Ryan

Corporate tax M&A/Int’l tax advisor, political junkie, BYU sports fan, & Fitness enthusiast. An esoterically eclectic Classical liberal FA Hayek. Georgetown Law

Washington, DC
Joined August 2011
At heart I believe all of us are children of God who are siblings to one another. As such, each of us has the inherent right to liberty, freedom, and the ability to pursue our dreams and create value for ourselves. We ought to stand for those principles and defend them for every human being regardless of race, creed, gender, orientation, or nationality. We may all be different in our unique ways, but we ought to treat each other equally before the law and afford dignity and respect to one another. We should show love, kindness, and decency to others in our private lives. Compassion, empathy, and mercy are strengths because they are virtues. Integrity and charity above all.
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Replying to @MichizzleM
Trump and MAGA failures: Promised DOGE β†’ Got $40T debt. Promised liberty β†’ Got Palantir and Flock surveillance. Promised "no new wars" β†’ Got another Middle Eastern war Promised $2 gas β†’ got $5 gas and $7 diesel Promised MAHA β†’ gave toxic pesticides legal immunity and massive food recalls Promised to release the Epstein client list β†’ Kept it buried protecting himself Promised to replace Obamacare β†’ 10 years later has a β€œconcept of a plan” Promised to drain the swamp β†’ Building a ballroom instead. Promised energy costs would go down β†’ Electricity and Natural Gas skyrocketing Promised the 2020 election was stolen β†’ no evidence and no arrests Promised affordable housing β†’ Mortgage rates at 7% and expect to hit 9% Promised good economic growth β†’ not one economic policy passed that didn’t explode the national debt or help Americans Everything Trump promised was a lie 2024 the economy is far better than 2026 under every economic metric… Trump was handed an improving economy and destroyed it in less than 2 years πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Save America - End Trump and MAGA on November 3rd
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This is major cope by a sports writer with zero business and legal acumen.
The ACC has a longer-term deal, a conference network through ESPN (that makes money and has a financial stake in the league) & bigger brands in major media markets. Why wouldn't it be the league that ends up taking in new members under a major realignment scenario?
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Spent my night determining my October quarterly estimated tax payments. Nothing spoils a Friday night more.
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Here's the thing. If you have issues with the Jack Smith investigation, your best argument is this should have been handled by political processes, namely impeachment, conviction, removal, and disqualification. But Senate Rs rejected that and tossed it to the criminal system.
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Just completed a character assessment for someone applying for the Texas Bar. I don’t think Ken Paxton would satisfy any of the ethical requirements on it.
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This is ironic considering Matt Gaetz was the one who gave underaged kids drugs and desecrated their bodies.
Bro we need your vote. I hate the war too. But the Democrats want to trans your kids.
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Interviewing to be a Lauren Boebert staffer.
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I did not have Okie State beating Oregon on today’s Bingo card. Congrats Pokes! Nice win!
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This is basically implying the B1G lied to the MAC commissioner Sunday. You don’t go from praising the B1G for transparency to then saying protocol wasn’t followed. Transparency implies protocol was followed.
The MAC now says that β€œreplay protocol was not properly followed” in the Western Michigan-Michigan game and the league has filed a formal appeal with the NCAA FBS Oversight Committee to be recognized as the winner.
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If B1G officials and Michigan clock operators can produce an extra second then the DOJ can produce the full Epstein files.
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And today is a perfect example of why the B1G is the villain in college sports. Can’t stand G6 schools competing with its blue bloods so officials blatantly cheat to rob kids that played hard from an earned victory. The conference wants automatic bids to the playoffs without earning them, destroys historic conferences, and wants to monopolize valuable brands so its aristocratic academic rent seeks like Maryland, Rutgers, UCLA, Northwestern, Purdue, Minnesota, and Illinois can continue to cash huge checks while miraculously running massive athletic department deficits. Michigan fans storming the field after beating Western Michigan is a fitting description of the conference’s fans. Celebrating taking candy from a kid and then gaslighting the rest of us for hating them. Soft and entitled conference.
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That was blatantly rigged by B1G officials. There was zero time on that clock and the refs gave Michigan another shot. More pathetic is Michigan fans storming the field.
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Looks like Boise State is going to ride another quality loss to Oregon all the way to the playoffs.
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If your Athletic department is millions in debt your school is a rent seeker. Period. It amazes me how poorly managed financially so many major universities are. All the media and NIL money in the world isn’t rescuing you if all you want to do is collect a check.
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