In Alabama a man said "Roll Tide" to me as a greeting.
Later that same day, the same man said "Roll Tide" as a goodbye.
I asked a woman at the store what it means.
She said, "Roll Tide."
I asked what it means.
She said, "It means Roll Tide, sugar."
So I began collecting evidence. I kept a list. I am not embarrassed about the list.
I have now heard "Roll Tide" used as: hello. Goodbye. Thank you. I am sorry. Congratulations. That is unfortunate. I agree. I disagree. And once, in a hardware store, as a complete set of instructions for installing a ceiling fan.
I heard it said at a funeral.
It was appropriate. It was the most appropriate thing anyone said that day.
I began using it. Carefully at first, the way a man handles a borrowed sword.
I said it to a cashier. She said it back.
I said it to a police officer who had stopped me for a broken taillight.
He looked at me for a long moment. He looked at my face. He looked at my taillight.
Then he said it back, and nodded once, and did not write the ticket.
I wish to be extremely clear that I am not claiming those two events are related.
I am also not claiming they are unrelated.
A man at a gas station heard my accent and asked where I was from. I told him Japan.
He said, "Roll Tide."
He meant welcome. I knew he meant welcome. There was no ambiguity at all.
I have been in Alabama eleven days.
I have one word.
It has been enough for everything.
I have started saying it in other states.
It does not work in other states.
I said it in a warehouse store in Oregon. One man turned around.
He was from Alabama. He said it back. We did not speak after that. We did not have to.
I say it anyway.
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New: Judge Cannon denied Walt Nauta, Trump's valet and co-defendant in docs case, motion to dismiss based on selective/vindictive prosecution.
Cannon says Nauta did not meet high bar for such a dismissal.
But she does take note of improper behavior by Smith's lead prosecutor Jay Bratt. An August 2022 meeting where Bratt made political comments and threatened Nauta's attorney, Stanley Woodward, to force his client to cooperate or else was one basis for the defense motion.
Cannon said during the hearing on this motion that she is obligated to make sure the government conducts itself with professionalism and decorum. (She has said this a few times.)
She also asked whether any records related to the meeting had been preserved. DOJ did not have a straight answer so she just suggested as much in her order.
A DOJ OPR investigation into Bratt's conduct reportedly was opened but now is on hold as this case proceeds.
all teams advance in medium senior; here's the placement order
#CheerWorlds2024
1.) Top Gun All Stars Lady Jags - 155.9
2.) Central Jersey All Stars Bombshells - 154.3
3.) The Stingray All Stars Peach - 150.8
4.) ATA Atomic - 148.3
5.) Spirit of Texas A-Team - 144.1