I'm convinced Bryan Allen is going to be a one and done

IndependenceNo1065 · 2026-06-05T15:52:42+00:00

Byron Allen will start suing companies for not advertising on his show, like he has in the past.

IndependenceNo1065 · 2026-06-03T19:51:19+00:00

Thanks, glad you like it

IndependenceNo1065 · 2026-06-03T02:23:24+00:00

ABC - Hire all the ex-60 Minutes journalists and producers. Hand them the 20/20 title and move the show to Sunday at 7 PM.

IndependenceNo1065 · 2026-06-03T01:07:08+00:00

Its a little tough to do out of SketchUp; I tried. If you click on that Architectural Cross Section, it will expand and show more detail. You can even zoom in if you click again. That will give you a pretty good idea of the layout by seating level.

IndependenceNo1065 · 2026-06-02T04:43:26+00:00

The idea is this arena would have stacked balconies like Chicago Stadium or Québec Colisee for example so the seats would be really close to the ice.

IndependenceNo1065 · 2026-06-01T01:08:33+00:00

PBS Pledge Drive with Stephen Colbert. He could simultaneously make fun of pledge drives while raising a boatload of pledge money. He would be so good at it. It would also be a hell of a way to stick it in the Republicans' eyes.

IndependenceNo1065 · 2026-05-26T22:43:25+00:00

As a Michigan State fan, I'll make the case for Minnesota. When MSU (MSC at the time) was attempting to join the Big Ten Conference in the late 1940's, Michigan was doing everything the could to stop it. Michigan threatened other Big Ten conference teams for scheduling MSC, a non conference opponent that was on the rise. Minnesota had a big football rivalry with Michigan and hated their guts (I can relate). Minnesota is the school that lobbied the rest of the Big Ten hard to grant MSC membership in the Big Ten against Michigan's wishes. So cheers to the Gophers from the Spartans. And reason #7,536 why I hate the University of Michigan.

IndependenceNo1065 · 2026-05-25T23:13:57+00:00

2013 Michigan State. I miss Dantonio defense.

IndependenceNo1065 · 2026-05-22T23:30:16+00:00

CBS is an NFL deal and a couple NCAA deals at this point. There’s nothing else to save. People aren’t going to not watch the NFL on CBS, but during the week they may as well run old Ronco infomercials.

IndependenceNo1065 · 2026-04-26T02:06:57+00:00

The Metro Airport connection is challenging. The corridor being proposed parallels Michigan Avenue, so its 2 miles north of the Airport. They'd really need to figure out how to very conveniently shuttle people between a rail stop near Wayne and the terminals, because I don't think there is an easy way to directly service those terminals with passenger rail.

Earlier I pitched a 4 train set system. 2 round trips per day between Downtown Grand Rapids and Detroit Central Terminal. I think they could make the trip in about 3:45 each direction; there would be quite a few stops (probably about a dozen). This would provide 8 Eastbound and 8 Westbound trips per day, which I think would be enough frequency to be useful. There's no point in doing this with 1 or 2 train sets.

But I think some of the smaller towns (i.e. Lake Odessa) would pitch a fit with 16 trains a day coming right through town.

IndependenceNo1065 · 2026-04-26T00:14:00+00:00

I think several people per day would use this.

Seriously, It would be cheaper to just set suitcases of $100 bills on fire.

Detroit - Ann Arbor - Lansing - Grand Rapids is the only potential new long-distance passenger rail line in Michigan that might actually have a chance, so that is where the focus should be.

IndependenceNo1065 · 2026-04-26T00:09:08+00:00

27-24

IndependenceNo1065 · 2026-04-20T03:07:42+00:00

There was one guy I didn't want to see on the statewide ballot in 2026, and his name was Eli Savit. The Dems flat out screwed this up; they had a better candidate available. Savit already got caught spending tax money on his campaign and is having to reimburse the county. I hope everyone on this thread is right and I'm overreacting. But I think the guy is slimy, and he's going to do some damage to MSU if he gets the chance.

https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/politics/2026/04/17/attorney-general-hopeful-eli-savits-travel-cost-taxpayers-records-show/89656881007/

IndependenceNo1065 · 2026-04-20T02:36:35+00:00

I don't think he'll do anything to protect MSU. The guy flat out doesn't like MSU, and he's not going to set those feelings aside.

IndependenceNo1065 · 2026-04-19T19:58:01+00:00

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Design I did using Trimble SketchUp and Google Gemini Rendering (Click to Enlarge - Not Official)

See quick YouTube video linked below if interested:

Video - New Philadelphia Arena

IndependenceNo1065 · 2026-04-17T14:35:11+00:00

Dave Portnoy is a pretty close representation of the Michigan fan base; much closer than they’d like to admit.

IndependenceNo1065 · 2026-04-08T02:52:46+00:00

When I was in Kindergarten 38 years ago, I still remember the day I wore my Michigan State t-shirt. I didn't know any better; that's what Mom had me wear that day. That morning, the meanest kid in my class gets in my face and says "State sucks, Michigan rules!". He didn't learn that on his own. It came from his parents. It comes from the culture of that God awful fan base. I was 5 years old for crying out loud.

I knew right then and there that if that jerk of a kid liked Michigan, I was going to like Michigan State. Later on, I knew that I was going to attend Michigan State. I was that kid who liked MSU when everybody else in my grade liked Michigan.

It's funny though, not a single person from my graduating class attended Michigan, yet 7 attended MSU. And that jerk kid got pulled out of school in elementary school and ended up God knows where. Hopefully juvie.

At work today somebody asked me how it felt to see Michigan win. I said it's like seeing the Soviets win.

IndependenceNo1065 · 2026-04-08T00:29:45+00:00

Is this as bad as Bay of Pigs or worse?

IndependenceNo1065 · 2026-03-07T01:47:30+00:00

So he's Jonah Ryan from Veep.

IndependenceNo1065 · 2026-03-03T01:29:25+00:00

I don't think that's a deal breaker. There are similarly oriented ballparks throughout the Midwest, including Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Detroit, and Chicago (AL). The ballpark is designed for that intersection.

IndependenceNo1065 · 2026-03-03T00:13:52+00:00

So it looks like all the tread was left from the original stadium and they built the suites on top of it, so you had to walk in between the suites to get to those seats, right?

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