A friend's daughter returned to school through NYC from Europe. She is an American citizen, but her dad is Colombian. DHS strip-searched her while also apologizing, saying that policy was to strip search her because of her name. She had done nothing wrong. She was humiliated and understandably cried. Fear and intimidation are what they want.
ICE fatally shot another US citizen. This time it was Alex Pretti. I dunno about you, but this looked like straight up murder. This is what tyranny looks like.
The far-left network that helped put Alex Pretti in harm's way, then made him a martyr
Encrypted Signal messages show 'rapid responders' mobilized demonstrators to harass federal agents, then socialist groups capitalized on killing to foment protests
Sometime around 2013, many Louisville schools created "snow day packets". Before this, schools would add days at the end of the year if snow days exceeded some value. Parents hated this, allegedly, because they already made vacation plans and didn't want to have to change them.
Due to the extensive busing network and only major streets initially being plowed, any threat of snow or freezing rain can be a snow day. So, there were years where either planned days off, like teacher in service days, were changed to in school instruction, or days were added to the end.
To prevent this, snow day packets were created and the teachers would tell the kids to work on packet X.
I assume since Covid, they still do this vs zoom days.
one of the most interesting things about the politics in India is that Modi's face is literally on 25% of the billboards across the country.
i get the impression that Trump sees something like this is and is kind of jealous. this motivation is why he wants to rename everything after himself and continually be in the news with more and more exposure.
The California Republic, commonly known as the Bear Flag Republic, was a short-lived unrecognized breakaway state from Mexico, that existed from June 14, 1846 to July 9, 1846. It militarily controlled an area north of San Francisco, in and around what is now Sonoma County in California.
That era is fascinating. De Anza had explored the SF Bay and put up a fort - the Presidio. As a reward for service, one of De Anza's men - Luis Peralta - was granted land across from the fort (Contra Costa) - "the other shore". Peralta never lived on the land, but his four sons did and they built their haciendas/ranches in the east bay. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was supposed to grant land rights to Californios like the Peralta family, but they squabbled internally and the empire fell apart. Vicente's ranch became Berkeley. Domingo's hacienda became St. Mary's College, Antonio had Fruitvale, Ignacio had San Leando, and the daughters had other properties. This is why Vicente, Domingo, De Anza, Peralta are all road names in Berkeley.
one child in Seattle and another in Boston. oddly, traitor daughter in Seattle is a Pats fan so she can be a pro-football traitor to her city if she wants.
STANFORD, CALIF. -- The California men's basketball team tore off a 10-0 run to turn a three-point game into a Golden Bear road win over rival Stanford, with John Camden's double-double highlighting the 78-66 Cal victory at Maples Pavilion. Camden hit four of his final five 3-pointers during a powerful Cal push to wrap the first half, and the game stayed wild until the very end. The Bears are now 15-5 overall and 3-4 in ACC play, while Stanford goes to 14-6, 3-4.
Former Cal football players and starting New England safeties Jaylinn Hawkins and Craig Woodson will be back in the Bay Area to face Seattle in Super Bowl LX at Santa Clara's Levi's Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 8 (3:30 pm PT, NBC). Both will be playing in the Super Bowl for the first time.
BERKELEY – The No. 4 California women's water polo team packed the scoresheet with 11 Golden Bears in the goal column with a 21-7 victory over No. 12 San José State. In the finale of Cal's Brigitte Donner Daws Memorial Invitational, the Bears manufactured a 6-0 surge to put the visiting Spartans out of reach in the second half at Spieker Aquatics Complex.
In what was a tight game down the stretch of regulation, Lulu Twidale came up with a number of clutch buckets to help the California women's basketball team to a 78-71 overtime win against Stanford at Haas Pavilion on Sunday afternoon in front of a crowd of over 4,500 fans. Down one with 27 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Twidale drilled a 3-pointer to give the Golden Bears the lead and then nailed two more from distance in the opening minutes of overtime to power an 8-2 run that kept Stanford at bay and help Cal secure the win.
STANFORD – The California men's gymnastics team showed a good deal of growth in its second meet of the season, bettering its season-opening score by 4.250 points to 313.250 in a high-level Stanford Open competition with Stanford, Ohio State, and a multitude of individual gymnasts at Burnham Pavilion. The hosting Cardinal team finished with a score of 326.450, while the Buckeyes posted a score of 318.050.
BERKELEY – No. 20 California women's gymnastics (6-2, 2-0 ACC) claimed victory over No. 18 NC State Saturday evening in Haas Pavilion, outscoring the Wolfpack 196.050-195.575. Golden Bear Tonya Paulsson claimed the all-around title in her first NCAA meet competing on all four events, while the squad notched three of the four individual event titles. It was Cal head coach Geralen Stack-Eaton's first home win as head of the program.
BERKELEY – The No. 4 California women's water polo team broke open a close game by scoring five consecutive goals in the third quarter and defeated No. 9 Fresno State 15-11 on Saturday on the first day of the inaugural Brigitte Donner Daws Memorial Invitational at Spieker Aquatics Complex.
BERKELEY- California rugby cruised to a 75-5 victory over Olympic Club Saturday at Witter Rugby Field. Nine different players scored in the victory as Cal improved to 4-0 in the spring season.
The Bears came out the gates firing, scoring three tries in the first eight minutes, led by sophomores Filip Edstrom and Masi Koi, the only Bears to record multiple tries in the game. The Bears converted five more tries in the span of 30 minutes to blow the game wide open.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The California track & field team closed out competition at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational on Saturday with four new program top-10s, bringing their total to eight on the weekend at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
The No. 15 California Golden Bears (4-2) suffered their second loss of the season against the No. 21 USC Trojans (3-2), 4-1, in their second and final match of the ITA Kickoff Weekend, at Hellman Tennis Complex on Saturday.
TUCSON - The California men's golf team opens their 2026 spring season this week at the N.I.T. in Tucson, Ariz.
The Golden Bears are one of 13 teams competing in the par 73, 7,262 yard Catalina Course at the Omni Tucson National Resort. Competition begins Monday with the first 36 holes before the final round on Tuesday.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Appearing in their second meet as a team this year, California track & field recorded several more impressive performances Friday as they competed in six men's and six women's events on day one of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational, held at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
Talented international student-athlete Johanne Svendsen has joined the 15th-ranked California women's tennis team, interim head coach Kris Kwinta announced Friday. The Denmark native will make her Cal debut at the ITA Kickoff Weekend this weekend at Texas.
BERKELEY — California Director of Field Hockey Shellie Onstead has announced her retirement after 31 seasons as head coach, Co-Directors of Athletics Jay Larson and Jenny Simon-O'Neill announced Friday.
"Shellie is not only a Golden Bear icon, she is an icon in the sport of field hockey," Larson and O'Neill said. "It's hard to quantify the imprint she has left on our program, our athletic department and our University. We can't thank Shellie enough for her contributions to Cal, and we are excited to watch her enjoy her well-deserved retirement."
POLITICS
A friend's daughter returned to school through NYC from Europe. She is an American citizen, but her dad is Colombian. DHS strip-searched her while also apologizing, saying that policy was to strip search her because of her name. She had done nothing wrong. She was humiliated and understandably cried. Fear and intimidation are what they want.
that's insane
Makes me and my wife reluctant to travel!
ICE fatally shot another US citizen. This time it was Alex Pretti. I dunno about you, but this looked like straight up murder. This is what tyranny looks like.
It feels like a lifetime, but it's only been one year under this administration.
indeed.
on the other hand, the Fox news cover story yesterday painted quite the opposite picture. i think there is some other word we need other than tyranny.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/far-left-network-helped-put-alex-pretti-harms-way-made-him-martyr
The far-left network that helped put Alex Pretti in harm's way, then made him a martyr
Encrypted Signal messages show 'rapid responders' mobilized demonstrators to harass federal agents, then socialist groups capitalized on killing to foment protests
The right to assemble in protest is a core constitutional freedom that does not disappear when you call it “far left.”
Perhaps analogous to the claims that slaves really enjoyed being slaves.
Snow day
we got 10-12 inches of snow mostly on Sun afternoon and a little more overnight. mostly all soft flakey powdery snow -- not even good for snowmen.
and then there was a crusty layer that fell on top, but not terribly icy.
the roads seem fine. already ventured out driving once and going out to meet someone for lunch.
NYC public schools have a snow day .. sort of.
500k elementary kids are supposed to stay home and go to Zoom school. the worst of all worlds.
Sometime around 2013, many Louisville schools created "snow day packets". Before this, schools would add days at the end of the year if snow days exceeded some value. Parents hated this, allegedly, because they already made vacation plans and didn't want to have to change them.
Due to the extensive busing network and only major streets initially being plowed, any threat of snow or freezing rain can be a snow day. So, there were years where either planned days off, like teacher in service days, were changed to in school instruction, or days were added to the end.
To prevent this, snow day packets were created and the teachers would tell the kids to work on packet X.
I assume since Covid, they still do this vs zoom days.
i have come to realize that the disruption of a parents' plans (childcare, vacation, sickness, snow day) are more important than school.
and different parents put different emphasis and priority on different things so there is no way to get it right.
India
one of the most interesting things about the politics in India is that Modi's face is literally on 25% of the billboards across the country.
i get the impression that Trump sees something like this is and is kind of jealous. this motivation is why he wants to rename everything after himself and continually be in the news with more and more exposure.
Dumpster Fire Disaster
Republic
California _
The California Republic, commonly known as the Bear Flag Republic, was a short-lived unrecognized breakaway state from Mexico, that existed from June 14, 1846 to July 9, 1846. It militarily controlled an area north of San Francisco, in and around what is now Sonoma County in California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Republic
That era is fascinating. De Anza had explored the SF Bay and put up a fort - the Presidio. As a reward for service, one of De Anza's men - Luis Peralta - was granted land across from the fort (Contra Costa) - "the other shore". Peralta never lived on the land, but his four sons did and they built their haciendas/ranches in the east bay. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was supposed to grant land rights to Californios like the Peralta family, but they squabbled internally and the empire fell apart. Vicente's ranch became Berkeley. Domingo's hacienda became St. Mary's College, Antonio had Fruitvale, Ignacio had San Leando, and the daughters had other properties. This is why Vicente, Domingo, De Anza, Peralta are all road names in Berkeley.
All the Haciendas were destroyed in the great Hayward earthquake of 1868. We all know what happened in 1868.
the Bear Flag
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Republic#/media/File:First_Bear_Flag_of_California_(1846).svg
PRO
Seahawks beat the Rams 31-27. They go on to meet the evil Pats in the Super Bowl.
Maybe Mike Macdonald will learn from past mistakes and run for the TD if given the chance.
YEAH
one child in Seattle and another in Boston. oddly, traitor daughter in Seattle is a Pats fan so she can be a pro-football traitor to her city if she wants.
Game 47 wrap: Shorthanded Warriors blow out somber Wolves in Minnesota
https://dubnationhq.com/p/game-47-wrap-no-spoiler-title
Patriots beat the Broncos 10-7 because the Broncos cannot make a FG.
to be fair, no one could make a FG in those conditions.
CAL
[MBB] Cal Streaks Out Of Reach Of The Cardinal For 78-66 Road Win
https://calbears.com/news/2026/1/24/mens-basketball-cal-streaks-out-of-reach-the-cardinal-for-78-66-road-win.aspx
STANFORD, CALIF. -- The California men's basketball team tore off a 10-0 run to turn a three-point game into a Golden Bear road win over rival Stanford, with John Camden's double-double highlighting the 78-66 Cal victory at Maples Pavilion. Camden hit four of his final five 3-pointers during a powerful Cal push to wrap the first half, and the game stayed wild until the very end. The Bears are now 15-5 overall and 3-4 in ACC play, while Stanford goes to 14-6, 3-4.
this was fun to watch, especially because i mostly saw the 2nd half. Stanford came back to tie it up and we were able to pull away again
[FB] Hawkins, Woodson Reach Super Bowl LX
https://calbears.com/news/2026/1/25/football-hawkins-woodson-reach-super-bowl-lx.aspx
Former Cal football players and starting New England safeties Jaylinn Hawkins and Craig Woodson will be back in the Bay Area to face Seattle in Super Bowl LX at Santa Clara's Levi's Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 8 (3:30 pm PT, NBC). Both will be playing in the Super Bowl for the first time.
Tom Brady said on the broadcast that he was looking forward to being where he grew up (San Mateo)
[WPOLO] No. 4 Cal Freezes Out No. 12 San Jose State 21-7
https://calbears.com/news/2026/1/25/womens-water-polo-no-4-cal-freezes-out-no-12-san-jose-state-21-7.aspx
BERKELEY – The No. 4 California women's water polo team packed the scoresheet with 11 Golden Bears in the goal column with a 21-7 victory over No. 12 San José State. In the finale of Cal's Brigitte Donner Daws Memorial Invitational, the Bears manufactured a 6-0 surge to put the visiting Spartans out of reach in the second half at Spieker Aquatics Complex.
[WBB] Twidale’s Timely Shots Power OT Win Over Stanford
https://calbears.com/news/2026/1/25/womens-basketball-twidales-timely-shots-power-ot-win-over-stanford.aspx
In what was a tight game down the stretch of regulation, Lulu Twidale came up with a number of clutch buckets to help the California women's basketball team to a 78-71 overtime win against Stanford at Haas Pavilion on Sunday afternoon in front of a crowd of over 4,500 fans. Down one with 27 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Twidale drilled a 3-pointer to give the Golden Bears the lead and then nailed two more from distance in the opening minutes of overtime to power an 8-2 run that kept Stanford at bay and help Cal secure the win.
[MGYM] Smith-Gordon, Roald Gadderud Break Program Records
https://calbears.com/news/2026/1/24/mens-gymnastics-smith-gordon-roald-gadderud-break-program-records.aspx
STANFORD – The California men's gymnastics team showed a good deal of growth in its second meet of the season, bettering its season-opening score by 4.250 points to 313.250 in a high-level Stanford Open competition with Stanford, Ohio State, and a multitude of individual gymnasts at Burnham Pavilion. The hosting Cardinal team finished with a score of 326.450, while the Buckeyes posted a score of 318.050.
[WGYM] Bears Claim Victory In Home Opener
https://calbears.com/news/2026/1/24/womens-gymnastics-bears-claim-victory-in-home-opener.aspx
BERKELEY – No. 20 California women's gymnastics (6-2, 2-0 ACC) claimed victory over No. 18 NC State Saturday evening in Haas Pavilion, outscoring the Wolfpack 196.050-195.575. Golden Bear Tonya Paulsson claimed the all-around title in her first NCAA meet competing on all four events, while the squad notched three of the four individual event titles. It was Cal head coach Geralen Stack-Eaton's first home win as head of the program.
[WPOLO] No. 4 Bears Knock Off No. 9 Fresno State
https://calbears.com/news/2026/1/24/womens-water-polo-no-4-bears-knock-off-no-9-fresno-state.aspx
BERKELEY – The No. 4 California women's water polo team broke open a close game by scoring five consecutive goals in the third quarter and defeated No. 9 Fresno State 15-11 on Saturday on the first day of the inaugural Brigitte Donner Daws Memorial Invitational at Spieker Aquatics Complex.
[RUGBY] Bears Roll Past Olympic Club
https://calbears.com/news/2026/1/24/rugby-bears-roll-past-olympic-club.aspx
BERKELEY- California rugby cruised to a 75-5 victory over Olympic Club Saturday at Witter Rugby Field. Nine different players scored in the victory as Cal improved to 4-0 in the spring season.
The Bears came out the gates firing, scoring three tries in the first eight minutes, led by sophomores Filip Edstrom and Masi Koi, the only Bears to record multiple tries in the game. The Bears converted five more tries in the span of 30 minutes to blow the game wide open.
[T&F] Johnson Breaks 300m School Record In Albuquerque
https://calbears.com/news/2026/1/24/track-field-johnson-breaks-300m-school-record-in-albuquerque.aspx
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The California track & field team closed out competition at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational on Saturday with four new program top-10s, bringing their total to eight on the weekend at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
[MTEN] No. 15 Cal Suffers 4-1 Defeat vs. No. 21 USC
https://calbears.com/news/2026/1/24/mens-tennis-no-15-cal-suffers-4-1-defeat-vs-no-21-usc.aspx
The No. 15 California Golden Bears (4-2) suffered their second loss of the season against the No. 21 USC Trojans (3-2), 4-1, in their second and final match of the ITA Kickoff Weekend, at Hellman Tennis Complex on Saturday.
[MGOLF] Bears Open Spring Season at NIT
https://calbears.com/news/2026/1/24/bears-open-spring-season-at-nit.aspx
TUCSON - The California men's golf team opens their 2026 spring season this week at the N.I.T. in Tucson, Ariz.
The Golden Bears are one of 13 teams competing in the par 73, 7,262 yard Catalina Course at the Omni Tucson National Resort. Competition begins Monday with the first 36 holes before the final round on Tuesday.
[T&F] Camilli Stars Again In Albuquerque
https://calbears.com/news/2026/1/23/track-field-camilli-stars-again-in-albuquerque.aspx
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Appearing in their second meet as a team this year, California track & field recorded several more impressive performances Friday as they competed in six men's and six women's events on day one of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational, held at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
[WTEN] Johanne Svendsen Joins Cal Women’s Tennis
https://calbears.com/news/2026/1/23/womens-tennis-johanne-svendsen-joins-cal-womens-tennis.aspx
Talented international student-athlete Johanne Svendsen has joined the 15th-ranked California women's tennis team, interim head coach Kris Kwinta announced Friday. The Denmark native will make her Cal debut at the ITA Kickoff Weekend this weekend at Texas.
[FH] Shellie Onstead Announces Retirement
https://calbears.com/news/2026/1/23/field-hockey-shellie-onstead-announces-retirement.aspx
BERKELEY — California Director of Field Hockey Shellie Onstead has announced her retirement after 31 seasons as head coach, Co-Directors of Athletics Jay Larson and Jenny Simon-O'Neill announced Friday.
"Shellie is not only a Golden Bear icon, she is an icon in the sport of field hockey," Larson and O'Neill said. "It's hard to quantify the imprint she has left on our program, our athletic department and our University. We can't thank Shellie enough for her contributions to Cal, and we are excited to watch her enjoy her well-deserved retirement."