Click to Skip Ahead Options to Feed a Dog With Diarrhea Causes of Mild Diarrhea When to See a Vet Diarrhea is something that every dog owner will have to deal with at least once in the lifetime of their pet. It’s a common issue that can have various causes, some more serious than others. Severe diarrhea or diarrhea accompanied by other signs, such as vomiting, inappetence, or lethargy, should be checked by a veterinarian. However, if your dog has a minor case of diarrhea or intermittent issues without any other signs, you may be able to simply change what they’re eating for a few days to provide relief. The 8 Options to Feed a Dog With Diarrhea Here are various vet-approved options that you can feed your dog with mild diarrhea. 1. Only Water If your dog is an otherwise healthy adult, withholding food for 24 hours may work wonders. This gives the digestive tract a chance to clear out and heal. Don’t withhold water, however, and don’t withhold food for puppies, seniors, or dogs with other health conditions, as they may not be able to handle a long stretch without sustenance. Speak to your vet before withholding food as a diarrhea treatment to make sure it’s a good idea for your pup. 2. Bone Broth If your pup is fasting or even if their appetite is simply lacking a bit, bone broth can be a great addition to their meals. It has enough water to help keep your dog hydrated and provides tasty nutrition. Best of all, bone broth is the epitome of digestible foods, so it can relieve your dog’s digestive tract of extra duties while it tries to sort things out. You can serve bone broth as a flavor enhancer in your dog’s water, as a topper to their food, or by itself. Image Credit: Alp Aksoy, Shutterstock 3. Fiber Fiber is a great regulator of digestion. It works to promote intestinal movement, draw water into the feces, and bulk up a bowel movement. For mild cases of diarrhea, extra fiber may be just what your dog’s digestion system needs to firm up the stools. Fiber can safely be added to your dog’s meals via canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling), flaxseed, green beans, or broccoli (do not add salt, butter, oil, seasonings, etc.). Talk to your vet about what’s best and how much to serve. Canines with long-term issues with diarrhea may do better on a high-fiber dog food. 4. Rice Plain white rice is not only easily digestible, but it’s also packed with carbohydrates to provide your dog with the energy that they need. Rice is often used as part of a bland diet to transition dogs back to solid foods after a fast or an illness. Just be sure to not add any seasonings or cook it in butter or oils. Rice should only be fed for a few days, as it doesn’t have complete nutrition, and feeding for the long term could leave your dog lacking in certain important nutrients. Image Credit: mikuratv, Pixabay 5. Lean Protein Dogs can’t exist on carbohydrates alone, so boiled chicken or lean hamburger is often added to white rice to increase the protein content of a bland diet recipe. It can also help keep your dog feeling full for longer so they’re not constantly begging for a bigger meal while their body tries to recover. Protein is tasty enough to encourage dogs to eat when they may not want to. Just be sure to remove excess fat and cook the meat thoroughly without any additional seasonings. 6. Mashed Potatoes Potatoes are high-carbohydrate foods that can provide your dog with necessary energy when they’re not feeling up to par. They are also high in fiber and easily digestible, but you must use caution and only serve plain mashed potatoes. Leave out all the tasty add-ins that we enjoy, such as milk, butter, and seasonings; only give your dog plain boiled and mashed pieces. Mashed potatoes can also be mixed with a lean protein like boiled chicken or hamburger as part of a bland meal. Image Credit: Sergii Gnatiuk, Shutterstock 7. Baby Food Baby food is specifically made to be easily digestible and nutritious for human babies, and the same goes for our furry friends. Serving baby food does come with a caveat, though: You must only use baby foods without any additional seasonings. Opt for the stage II varieties, as these tend to mix a protein with a carbohydrate and veggies for added vitamins. Just be sure it leaves out things like salt, garlic, and onion. 8. Special Digestive Dog Diets You don’t need to run out and purchase a new bag of dog food for your pet’s occasional diarrhea issue. Instead, special digestive diets are usually reserved for dogs that experience diarrhea on a more regular or long-term basis. These work in a few different ways. Some contain limited ingredients, so they’re less likely to trigger food allergies, others contain increased amounts of fiber, and still others include probiotics and prebiotics to help support a healthy gut. Image Credit: mattycoulton, Pixabay Causes of Mild Diarrhea in Dogs Diarrhea can be the result of something directly affecting the digestive tract or even the body as a whole. It can be mild to severe and may occur in conjunction with signs like vomiting, inappetence, and lethargy. Dogs tend to explore the world with their mouths and may eat things that their stomach wishes that they hadn’t. Diarrhea from eating spoiled food, a sudden change in diet, or too-rich human food will often go away within a day or two and may or may not show up with other signs. Other causes of diarrhea can be an infection or illness. There are many microbes out there that love to feast in a dog’s digestive system, potentially leading to diarrhea, vomiting, and inappetence. Of course, if these signs are severe or last longer than a couple of days, see your veterinarian. Otherwise, trying these listed food options may work. Diarrhea can sometimes be the result of stress or anxiety, food allergies, parasites, and other illnesses, so it’s best to have your dog seen by a vet if their diarrhea doesn’t get better within a few days or if things start to get worse. When to See a Vet for Diarrhea in Dogs Mild cases of diarrhea may resolve themselves within a few days, especially if your pup is otherwise feeling fine. But there are cases of diarrhea that won’t go down without a fight. This means the stools don’t firm up within 48 hours, and your dog also has vomiting, stomach pain, inappetence, and lethargy. See a vet to help with this issue, as a small dietary change may not take care of it. If your dog can’t seem to stop having severe diarrhea and/or they are becoming dehydrated, they should see a vet as soon as possible. Conclusion Diarrhea is a common issue in our canine companions. Severe cases should be seen by a vet sooner rather than later, but mild cases may respond to withholding food, serving a bland diet, or increasing fiber. Long-term diarrhea may need a more long-term solution, which often includes a dietary change to a digestive formula dog food. Speak to your vet about your dog’s diarrhea so they can recommend the best course of action. Sources https://www.petmd.com/dog/nutrition/what-to-feed-a-dog-with-diarrhea   Featured Image Credit: marialevkina, Shutterstock The post What to Feed a Dog With Diarrhea: 8 Vet-Approved Options appeared first on PangoVet.

A former high school teacher in Virginia will soon collect a settlement of nearly $600,000 after he was fired for refusing to refer to a female student using male pronouns.For nearly seven years, Peter Vlaming taught French in West Point, Virginia, a city of about 3,400 residents about 40 miles east of Richmond. In the fall of 2018, a female student Vlaming already knew enrolled in his French II course.In their previous interactions, the girl, referred to in court documents as "John Doe," had apparently accepted the use of a female French name and female pronouns, but by the time she arrived for French II, Vlaming had learned that she "desired to be called by a more culturally masculine name," court documents said.Vlaming — whose religious beliefs uphold that "sex is fixed in each person, and that it cannot be changed, regardless of our feelings or desires" — tried to accommodate the student by avoiding pronouns in reference to her altogether and instead calling her by either her masculine English or French name.This alternative was apparently unacceptable to the student's parent and school administrators.The parent told Vlaming he "should leave his principles and beliefs out of this and refer to [Doe] as a male," the documents said.Assistant Principal Suzanne Aunspach then informed Vlaming that his "personal religious beliefs end at the school door" whenever they conflict with school policy, and Principal Jonathan Hochman later recommended that Vlaming be placed on administrative leave after he accidentally slipped up and referred to Doe as "her" during class but did not apologize in a manner that satisfied Hochman.In subsequent conversations with then-Superintendent Laura Abel, Vlaming insisted that he could not in good conscience use masculine pronouns in reference to Doe but would be willing to continue using her chosen masculine names. Abel then sent him a letter in which she explicitly directed him to use masculine pronouns for Doe. When he still refused, she recommended he be terminated on the grounds that he violated district policy regarding "harassment or retaliation against students and others on the basis of gender identity."The West Point School Board complied with her recommendation, voting to terminate Vlaming for refusing to use the preferred pronouns and for insubordination.'Peter wasn’t fired for something he said; he was fired for something he couldn’t say. The school board violated his First Amendment rights under the Virginia Constitution and commonwealth law.'In September 2019, Vlaming sued the district, claiming that it had breached his contract and violated his rights to free speech, free exercise, and due process. With the help of Alliance Defending Freedom, a religious liberties legal group, Vlaming's case made its way through the Virginia legal system.Vlaming endured a setback when a lower court dismissed his suit, but last December, the commonwealth supreme court reinstated it, ruling that the Virginia Constitution "seeks to protect diversity of thought, diversity of speech, diversity of religion, and diversity of opinion."On Monday, Alliance Defending Freedom announced that Vlaming and the district had reached a settlement. The district will pay Vlaming $575,000 in damages and attorney fees and wipe the termination from his record.Current Superintendent Larry Frazier confirmed the settlement to the Washington Times. "We are pleased to be able to reach a resolution that will not have a negative impact on the students, staff or school community of West Point," Frazier wrote in an email.So far, Vlaming appears pleased with the hard-fought result."I was wrongfully fired from my teaching job because my religious beliefs put me on a collision course with school administrators who mandated that teachers ascribe to only one perspective on gender identity—their preferred view," Vlaming said in a statement, according to ADF. "I loved teaching French and gracefully tried to accommodate every student in my class, but I couldn’t say something that directly violated my conscience. "I’m very grateful for the work of my attorneys at Alliance Defending Freedom to bring my case to victory, and hope it helps protect every other teacher and professor’s fundamental First Amendment rights."ADF senior counsel Tyson Langhofer likewise cheered the court's ruling and the settlement."Peter wasn’t fired for something he said; he was fired for something he couldn’t say. The school board violated his First Amendment rights under the Virginia Constitution and commonwealth law," Langhofer said in a statement."[Vlaming] couldn’t in good conscience speak messages that he knew were untrue, and no school board or government official can punish someone for that reason," Langhofer's statement added. "We’re pleased to favorably settle this case on behalf of Peter and hope other government and school officials will take note of the high cost involved in failing to respect an American’s constitutionally protected freedoms."Like Blaze News? 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In one of the most devastating natural disasters to reach land in the history of America, Hurricane Helene has left more than 100 people dead. Thousands are still missing. Homes are destroyed. And millions are without power. Just days into the devastation, President Joe Biden said the feds have given all they can to the emergency response, and Kamala Harris is off campaigning — Donald Trump went to the scene in Georgia with relief material. And Trump isn’t the only one helping the victims, as Mercury One is doing whatever it can to provide relief. “I heard about the devastation that was happening, and I reached out to Corey [Mills], gave him a text, and said, ‘Hey, do you have any helicopters?’ He actually said, ‘Yeah, I’ve got helicopters.’ I said, ‘Great, we’ve got supplies. Let’s get it out there,’” JP Decker, executive director of Mercury One tells Jill Savage and Matthew Peterson of “Blaze News Tonight.” “So earlier today, he flew two helicopters out to Asheville, landed in Asheville, and is delivering water, all kinds of different supplies, food supplies because right now they don’t have any water. They’re saying they might not have clean water for about at least three to four weeks,” he explains. Mercury One is “also helping create communications for Tennessee.” “With Mercury One, we like to be the first in and the last out. So, that’s what we’re doing,” Decker says. Since federal aid has been slow to reach victims, locals have also been stepping up. “The big picture is we saw this last year in Lahaina. We saw a lot of people weren’t able to get in to help, and it was the locals that stepped up. That’s what we’re seeing now. No one can get in, no one can get out,” Decker says. Al Robertson of BlazeTV’s “Unashamed” is among the survivors of the hurricane, and he’s witnessed firsthand what’s happening. “I saw people, literally neighbors with chainsaws, people sharing gasoline. I saw the community rising up for one another, but we needed something bigger in a moment like this because there were a lot of people trapped there that didn’t have family, that didn’t know people,” Robertson explains. “That’s when we rely on our government to step in and get people in ASAP, whatever it takes. And I was there for two and a half days, and we never saw anybody except the locals, and that was really sad.”Want more from 'Blaze News Tonight'?To enjoy more provocative opinions, expert analysis, and breaking stories you won’t see anywhere else, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) faced off against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) Tuesday night for the vice presidential debate in New York City. In an uncustomarily civil engagement by recent standards, the two men advanced disparate visions for America, traded barbs, and demonstrated — or tried to demonstrate — their value to their respective running mates. Despite efforts by the CBS News moderators to help Walz and hinder Vance, it quickly became clear — even to liberal talking heads — that the Democratic governor was grossly outmatched. In response to Van Jones calling Vance "slick, slick, slick" after the debate, fellow CNN panelist David Urban said, "Ten out of ten for JD Vance. Ten strike. ... He landed a lot of good punches, but he did so with an iron fist in a velvet glove. He was very smooth. He was likeable. He looked presidential." Donald Trump Jr., who leaned on his father to choose Vance as his running mate, told CNN, "I thought it was a master class. It was just an incredible performance — just real command of the facts." Fox News' Kayleigh McEnany wrote, "JD Vance was very clearly a masterful pick for Vice President. His heartfelt response to questions and kind demeanor was very powerful. Really excellent judgment by @DonaldJTrumpJr and all those instrumental to the pick." 'I've never seen a national candidate look as nervous as Tim Walz.' New York Times columnist Ross Douthat noted that the debate revealed why Vance was a great choice of running mate for Trump, stressing that the Ohio senator delivered "one of the best debating performances by a Republican nominee for president or vice president in recent memory and making a case for Trump's record far more effectively than Trump has ever been capable of doing." "You've got a tough job here. You've got to pretend that Donald Trump didn't deliver rising take-home pay, which of course he did," Vance said during the debate. "You've got to pretend that Donald Trump didn't deliver lower inflation, which of course he did," continued the senator. "And then you've got to defend Kamala Harris' atrocious economic record, which has made gas, groceries, and housing unaffordable for American citizens." Extra to defending Trump's record and contrasting his running mate's successes with Harris' failures, Vance, who managed a chipper tone throughout, steamrolled Walz for much of the debate. Walz often proved incapable of hiding his panic, such as when Vance raised the matter of censorship and extracted an admission from the governor that a Harris-Walz administration would criminalize speech deemed hateful. On another occasion when Walz again looked utterly beaten, Vance said, "You blame Donald Trump. Who has been the vice president for the last three and a half years? And the answer is your running mate, not mine." National Review editor Rich Lowry later noted, "I've never seen a national candidate look as nervous as Tim Walz when he's not speaking." "Walz looks rusty and nervous," wrote Josh Rogin of the Washington Post. "Maybe he should have done some press interviews to better prepare." In an apparent attempt to expedite several of the beatings, Walz simply nodded in agreement and in one case rushed to surrender. When it came to addressing his lie about being in Hong Kong during the pro-democracy protests at Tiananmen Square in 1989, he admitted he was a "knucklehead" prone to getting "caught up in the rhetoric." Rachel Maddow said after the debate that she "wouldn't describe them as evenly matched." Her fellow MSNBC talking head Chris Hayes admitted, "JD Vance is very good at this." 'My condolences to Tim Walz.' Although loath to pay Vance a real compliment, Ben Davis of the Guardian, a leftist British publication, wrote, "This project — nationalism, protectionism, welfare chauvinism, and a sort of communitarian-sounding social conservatism — floundered two years ago with candidates like Blake Masters or Vance himself. Vance was able to maneuver it to sound almost moderate and reasonable." Jacobin founding editor Bhaskar Sunkara admitted that Vance "overall gave a slightly stronger performance." Polling expert Frank Luntz ran a focus group during the debate with over a dozen people, only five of whom were leaning toward supporting President Donald Trump and Vance at the outset. He noted that the final vote was 12-2 in favor of Vance. There was a similar response on the betting website Polymarket. Shortly after the debate began, confidence in Walz's ability to win the debate bottomed out. According to CBS News' own polling data, Vance not only won the debate but saw his favorability rating jump afterward. Lawmakers also recognized Vance's clear victory. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) wrote, "Most lopsided vice presidential debate ever. JD Vance was on his game. Tim Walz was nervous, uninformed, and didn't explain why he lies all the time." "JD Vance won big and demonstrated why he was a fantastic pick by President Trump," wrote Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.). "He skillfully contrasted Trump's record of peace and prosperity with Kamala's record of disaster." Vivek Ramaswamy tweeted, "Very proud of JD for a stellar performance tonight. And my condolences to Tim Walz - it was unkind for them to put him in this position." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (Ohio) posted evidence on Wednesday proving that he was correct when connecting the migrant crisis to rising housing prices during the VP debate. While discussing inflation and the rising cost of housing, Gov. Tim Walz argued that immigrants shouldn't be blamed for the growing problem of out-of-control housing costs and housing inventory issues. 'The thing that has most turned housing into a commodity is giving it away to millions upon millions of people who have no legal right to be here.' Vance agreed and said he knows exactly where blame belongs: at the feet of Vice President Kamala Harris. "We don't want to blame immigrants for higher housing prices. But we do want to blame Kamala Harris for letting in millions of illegal aliens into this country, which does drive up costs, Tim. Twenty-five million illegal aliens competing with Americans for scarce homes is one of the most significant drivers of home prices in the country. It’s why we have massive increases in home prices that have happened right alongside massive increases in illegal alien populations under Kamala Harris’ leadership," Vance said. "We have a lot of Americans that need homes. We should be kicking out illegal immigrants who are competing for those homes, and we should be building more homes for the American citizens who deserve to be here," he added. The debate moderators — Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan — then gave Walz an opportunity to respond to Vance's accusation. To no surprise, Walz claimed it is "not true," before complaining that Vance did not receive a fact-check. So what did the moderators do? They proceeded to fact-check Vance. "Senator, on that point, I'd like for you to clarify. There are many contributing factors to high housing costs. What evidence do you have that migrants are part of this problem?" Brennan asked Vance. Vance immediately cited remarks from the Federal Reserve, promising to post the receipts on social media when the debate concluded. The study, he explained, "really drills down on the connection between increased levels of migration, especially illegal immigration, and higher housing prices." "Now, of course, Margaret, that's not the entire driver of higher housing prices. It's also the regulatory regime of Kamala Harris," Vance continued. "Look, we are a country of builders. We're a country of doers. We're a country of explorers. But we increasingly have a federal administration that makes it harder to develop our resources, makes it harder to build things, and wants to throw people in jail for not doing everything exactly as Kamala Harris says that they have to do." "And what that means is that you have a lot of people who would love to build homes who aren't able to build homes," he added. "We should get out of this idea of housing as a commodity. But the thing that has most turned housing into a commodity is giving it away to millions upon millions of people who have no legal right to be here." After the debate, Vance made good on his promise, posting comments on X from Michelle W. Bowman, a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. In May, Bowman spoke at the Massachusetts Bankers Association Annual Convention in Key Biscayne, Florida, where she said the "inflow of new immigrants" puts "upward pressure" on the housing market.Speaking on the state of the economy, Bowman explained: Finally, there is a risk that strong consumer demand for services, increased immigration, and continued labor market tightness could lead to persistently high core services inflation. Given the current low inventory of affordable housing, the inflow of new immigrants to some geographic areas could result in upward pressure on rents, as additional housing supply may take time to materialize. The Dallas Fed, moreover, has drawn the same conclusion."Higher immigration represents a labor supply shock, which should be disinflationary. But immigrants are also consumers and add to aggregate demand. While certain sectors that extensively depend on immigrants should see costs and prices fall—for example, landscaping and child care—the population influx could put upward pressure on rents and house prices, particularly in the short run before new supply can be built," the Dallas Fed explained in July."As promised," Vance said on X. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Girls on the Hillsboro-Deering High School soccer team refused to play against another New Hampshire team that has a male player.According to local reports, the team from Kearsarge Regional High School features a male star athlete named Maelle Jacques playing in goal. The boy is already well known after making headlines for winning a state championship in girls' high jump in February 2024.At least five girls on the Hillsboro-Deering varsity team skipped the Tuesday game, according to parents, and with 17 players on the roster, Hillsboro-Deering was forced to use junior varsity players to fill out the squad. At least one parent remarked that the girls who skipped the game were the best players.As a result, Jacques did not see much action during the game and was pulled with about 10 minutes left.'Refusing to compete is the best way to push back on this issue.'"The Hillsboro girls can't even get down the field without any of their best players. It's one-sided," parent Betsy Harrington said."No one ever got near [Maelle,] so I guess they'll never be in any danger if there's enough girls to always have a weak team," the mother told the NH Journal. "If every game has a few girls refusing to play, we will never know the ability of the Kearsarge team. They have an advantage I hadn't thought about. It's that they get to always play a crippled team without all of their players."Another Hillsboro-Deering mother, Heath Thyng, said she was concerned about the physical health of the girls."This isn't about transgenderism. This is about biology for us and the increased physical risk when playing a full contact sport against the opposing sex." "We believe, my daughter included, that refusing to compete is the best way to push back on this issue, and we are hoping parents will be more willing to put themselves out there knowing they don't have to be the first or the only family within our community to do so," the mother added.Thyng noted that her daughter's coaches said none of the girls who boycott any of their games will be punished or suffer any repercussions for refusing to compete.Over the summer, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu (R) signed into law HB 1205, which "requires schools to designate athletics by sex and prohibits biological males from participating in female athletics."The law reportedly applies to fifth grade and above.The law also allows for any student who is aggrieved to bring legal action against a school district or state institution that is responsible for the violation. Schools can also pursue private action against other offending institutions. According to the NH Journal, that institution is the Kearsarge School Board. The board allegedly voted over the summer to ignore the law and allow the boy to play against girls.The state has several ongoing lawsuits regarding this issue, including two other male students who are challenging the law in federal court. An injunction is in place that allows them to play on their respective female teams, but it does not apply to other children in the state.Additionally, the Bow School District is facing a lawsuit from parents who were punished for a silent protest at a girls' soccer game.Blaze News contacted Governor Sununu's office and asked if the offending high school or school board would be punished for their violations. The governor was also asked if any games Kearsarge won with the boy on its team would be overturned.This article will be updated with any applicable responses.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

So as I was watching my Philadelphia Eagles play the New Orleans Saints on Sept. 22, a realization about the state of society dawned on me.For some context, the Eagles haven’t looked any good since their Super Bowl run in 2022. And this game was no different. Everything about this team just feels disjointed and discombobulated. Turnovers, bad defense, lack of rhythm. No longer do teams have any desire to develop their talent, read their opponents, and learn how to gain in-game experience to get better. They just shake their magic 8 ball and wait for the answer.Passing outBut this isn’t a problem that only my Eagles are dealing with. This is an NFL problem. If you haven’t been paying attention, the product the NFL has been putting out there, for lack of a better word, stinks. And that can partly be attributed to the NFL not being a passers' league anymore. Instead, it’s trending toward more hard-fought, defense-heavy play styles. Through the first two weeks of the 2024 season, passing yards have been the lowest they’ve ever been since the 2007 season. Seventeen starting QBs still haven’t even been able to hit 200 passing yards in a game. Put plainly, the NFL is boring.But there’s something deeper going on here than mere mediocrity. And something jumped out at me in this game that finally gave me the words to describe what’s deeply wrong with the NFL. Twice in this game, the Eagles went for it on 4th and short when they could’ve put points on the board with field goal attempts. And both times, they failed. Why did they go for it? Why abandon all common sense?Because the almighty data analytics told them to. Analytics arms raceAnalytics are the major fad these days in pro sports. Every franchise across all pro sports has been scrambling to assemble the best possible in-house data analytics team to keep up with the analytics arms race. It’s gotten to the point where you can’t be considered a serious organization if your team hasn’t made some kind of serious investment in it. Funnily enough, the Eagles were the ones who spearheaded the push for analytics-based football back in the '90s and were the first football franchise to have an in-house analytics department back in 2010.And the problem is this: Teams are over-relying on data analytics to the point that pretty much all decisions are made in some form or another based on analytics. What this ultimately does is stunt and make fragile the development of everyone involved in the success of a team, from the players to the front office. Relieved of commandTom Brady said it himself recently in an interview. He points out how the NFL has a development problem. Rookie QBs are getting thrown into the fire and starting in their first year without taking the first few years to hang back and learn the team’s culture and program. But even worse, QBs are no longer taking command of the game. The era of the “field general” QB is over. The QB no longer reads the defense and makes adjustments in real-time. Now, what you have is a young kid who simply takes the play his coach gives him and runs with it. And who did the coach get the play from? The analytics guys up in the booth. No longer do teams have any desire to develop their talent, read their opponents, and learn how to gain in-game experience to get better. They just shake their magic 8 ball and wait for the answer. It’s a very artificial, robotic process. And the product on the field is reflecting that. So why does any of this matter?What you’re witnessing in today’s NFL is just a small sample of society’s slow transition into full-on transhumanism.Transhumanism? That conspiracy theory stuff?Existential holeDespite its conspiracy-theory-coded stigma, the transhuman agenda is very real and very apparent.Let’s start with what it is. Simply put, transhumanism is the gradual abolition of roles human beings traditionally performed throughout history and, therefore, the abolition of what gave people’s lives meaning. Transhumanism has been around for awhile. Ever since the Industrial Revolution, humanity has slowly made all kinds of manual labor obsolete, as the invention of new automated technologies have been able to complete tasks in place of human hands and minds. Sure, this has made life easier and more convenient. But there is an existential hole left in its wake. When the roles that defined humanity are slowly taken away from humanity, how then do we define humanity at all?When a rural rice farmer is replaced by a humanoid robot, what is the rice picker?When a mother is replaced by a surrogate mother, what is the mother?When labor no longer exists because all labor is performed by automated machinery, then what exactly are we?Cling to the machineThe answer is that we become welded to the machine. We offload our labor (and therefore our ability to think) onto machines and, by doing so, cling to the machine in total dependence. That is what’s happening here with today’s NFL. Owners, front offices, players, and coaches have all given away their unique ability to make high-pressure decisions at the highest level of pro sports in exchange for the almighty analytics department. And that destroys any chance of achieving greatness.By committing their hand in this unholy marriage to data analytics, NFL teams have stunted the organic growth of their players and coaches and, consequently, have created a debilitating dependence on the answers the computers feed them.The ChatGPT-ization of the NFL is here, and its mediocre, boring, and robotic output is merely a reflection of what the rest of us are going through in our own lives here in 2024.

Tennessee authorities recently arrested eight migrant workers after they were allegedly caught looting homes in Washington County that were devastated by Hurricane Helene.According to the Washington County Sheriff's Office, five of the men — Albin Nahun Vega-Rapalo, 24; David Bairon Rapalo-Rapalo, 37; Kevin Noe Martinez-Lopez, 25; Marvin Hernandez-Martinez, 43; and Dayln Gabriel Guillen Guillen, 37 — were charged with aggravated burglary for allegedly breaking into occupied structures. 'We have been through way too much for this kind of behavior.'Three of the men — Jesus Leodan Garcia-Peneda, 51, Josue Berardo Ortis-Valdez, 30, and Ersy Leonel Ortis-Valdez, 33 — were slapped with burglary charges, the sheriff's office reported.Sheriff Keith Sexton stated that the men were arrested on Saturday and remain at the Washington County Detention Center on $20,000 bonds. They were slated to make their first court appearance on Monday."Washington County Sheriff's Deputies continue to patrol our region during the catastrophic flooding, especially along the flood zone," the department said in a post on Facebook.A spokesperson for the sheriff's office told Fox News Digital that the men are migrant workers who are legally in the United States on work visas.However, the spokesperson told the news outlet, "That will change as a result of the charges.""We have been through way too much for this kind of behavior," the spokesperson added.The sheriff's office told Fox News Digital that the three men charged with burglary were caught looting unoccupied homes and structures "that were barely still standing."Anything else?The Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition stated, "TIRRC staff members who deployed to the area witnessed community members struggling to access interpretation services from local and state government agencies, as well as requests by agencies for identification and documentation from immigrant community families that hindered their ability to identify missing loved ones."According to recent reports, Hurricane Helene's devastation has resulted in the death of more than 160 people in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee — making it the second deadliest hurricane to hit the U.S. in the last 55 years. Hundreds of individuals are still missing, and the storm's death toll is expected to increase as first responders continue to search the debris. More than a million individuals remain without power.Over 100 people needed to be rescued in the northeastern part of Tennessee. While others remain missing, nine individuals have been confirmed dead in the state.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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