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I used to listen to their 'Post Reports' daily just to get a high level of the days events. Honestly I felt like it had a slight left lean to it still, but about 6 months ago I just couldn't do it anymore. Bezos made a mockery the Post and I can't support it. I have no problem listening to media that is clearly left or right slanted, but its clear he purchased it just to please 'dear leader'.

You act like facts are important with this president. Not having control of the Post is a bigger liability than watching it crumble and lose a little bit of money. Even if he sold it to someone that Trump would approve of, what if the new owner 'allowed' an article critical of Trump to be published. Let's say that happens the day that Trump is making a decision regarding Blue Origin. Now Blue Origin gets screwed because 'weak Bezos couldn't keep the Post afloat and now the Post is posting fake news about me, I can't in good conscious approve Blue Origin.'

I listened to their Countdown to Extinction album recently, that was a favorite for years. I heard a single of this upcoming album and in Megadeth fashion, it rocked. I'll give it a try. Rumors true about Mustaine trying to get a tour set up with Mettalica?

For what it's worth, I was playing with Gemini tonight. Asked it about expected roster and to assume McGonigle made the team out of spring training, what should we expect this year? ----------------------- If Kevin McGonigle breaks camp with the team and performs to his projections, the Detroit Tigers move from "wild card contenders" to 90-plus win territory and the clear favorites to win the AL Central. Here is the statistical breakdown of what that record looks like and why: The Win Total Projections Current consensus projections (like FanGraphs and ZiPS) have the Tigers as an 87-75 team as currently constructed. However, those projections often "hedge" on rookies, assuming they start the year in Triple-A. The "McGonigle Bump": ZiPS projects McGonigle to produce 2.3 fWAR in only 399 plate appearances. If he plays a full season (550+ PAs), that value jumps to nearly 3.5–4.0 wins. The Expected Record: With McGonigle stabilizing shortstop, a 90–72 or 91–71 record becomes the new baseline. This would likely be enough to win the AL Central, as the Guardians are currently projected for 88 wins. Why He Specifically Changes the Record A "record" isn't just about total talent; it's about fixing specific weaknesses. McGonigle addresses the two biggest holes that cost the Tigers games in 2025: The Problem The McGonigle Solution Impact on Wins High Strikeout Rates: The 2025 lineup was 24th in MLB in K%. McGonigle's projected 12.8% strikeout rate would be the lowest on the team. Fewer wasted innings; more "productive outs." Shortstop Defensive Volatility: In 2025, Tigers SS combined for only 1.4 fWAR (24th in MLB). If he provides even league-average defense with his elite bat, he’s a massive upgrade. Saves runs in tight, 1-run games. The "Skubal Run Support": Skubal lost several games in 2025 despite giving up 2 runs or fewer. A high-OBP bat in front of Greene and Torkelson ensures the Ace gets the wins he deserves. Directly turns 3-4 "Tough Luck" losses into wins. The "Rookie of the Year" Factor There is a massive hidden benefit to him making the team: The Prospect Promotion Incentive (PPI). If McGonigle is on the Opening Day roster and wins AL Rookie of the Year (which he is currently the +350 favorite to do), the Tigers receive an extra first-round draft pick. This incentivizes the front office to be aggressive at the trade deadline because they know they have "extra" draft capital coming in. The Risk Factor The only reason the record wouldn't improve is the "Torkelson Effect"—if a young player is rushed and struggles with major-league breaking balls, it can create a "black hole" in the lineup for a month or two. However, scouts categorize McGonigle's 70-grade hit tool as "big-league ready" right now. The Verdict: If McGonigle is at Shortstop on Opening Day, expect a 90-win season and a legitimate chase for the #1 or #2 seed in the American League. Would you like me to look at the Tigers' schedule to see which teams McGonigle's contact-heavy style would match up best against in April?

I still play around with shell scripts from time to time. If it works, it works. Thankful for you guys that can build a script from ground up. I've dabbled with perl/python, but usually it consists of me wanting something from 1 script and combining it with something another script does and cutting/pasting portions out until I get something useful. That said, AI does a pretty decent job now, for basic stuff at least. We recently had a few of our servers shut down with no notice. We lost some basic scripts I use regularly, like an IP calculator and a command line whois script. I had working alternatives in our bin before a peer was even able to get a response from our server ops team on if they had any backups.

When I was getting my masters degree another women in my program was probably 25 or so and in high school she co-op'd at some tier I supplier and a bunch of old guys taught her fortran. By the time we graduated, she was freelancing and doing quite well. She said she was going to pursue fortran as long as it paid the bills, from what you say, I wonder if she's still playing with it today.

It was a joke that even if their pathetic excuse was legit that it still shows how stupid they are. There was no suggestion on my part. End of story.

No...or kinda....I don't know anymore. Romad appears to have understood my joke that was directed at those that are claiming it wasn't racist and defending it being posted. Maybe he can explain because I can't seem to communicate with you folks anymore. Or maybe he's racist like me too, idk.

Dude, reread what I wrote and pretend anyone beside 'ewsieg' 'tigerholic' or 'archie' wrote that and i'm guessing you'll get my point. To be very clear, if my little 7 year old innocent niece thought it would be funny to create an AI version of her and all of her friends as Lion King animals singing a Lion King song; if she showed me I would have said 'oh that's cute'. If she said 'can you put this on your social media' to show everyone what I did, I would have had to tell her it wasn't funny or original enough to be shared and I would have had to remind her she's 7 and to stop acting like a baby and get a real sense of humor.

Agreed, plus Higgy is ~55 now. Even if he has kept in shape, no way are we're getting a full season out of him.

I'm not sure what is more offensive, the fact that they used the Obamas as Gorillas or the fact that even if someone created that with no racist intent, they created it and actually thought it was good. Not only good, good enough to share.

I would concur, yet I have more faith in him that Meadows. Thus I must have some faith.

Here is the story. A major election denier, tinfoil hat, weirdo (I never dug into it like you, but you're probably right with that characterization) pointed out that they found something fishy and pointed out to a ton of small, but continuous donations. Is that fishy? Honestly I don't know. You know how you would go about trying to confirm if it's all bull****, go to the state and federal files that detail campaign donations and then see if those people 1) exist and 2) can confirm they authorized the payments. Leduff found a (fairly) local person and 1) confirmed they existed and 2) confirmed that she didn't give that much money, at least knowingly. Is ActBlue money laundering? Is ActBlue performing acts to scam supporters out of money? Did this women authorize 80k to be taken from her and simply didn't notice it? IDK. Also to note, even Democrats are concerned about ActBlue and unlike the GOP, they are trying to ensure ActBlue is being on the up and up to protect democratic donors. https://campaignsandelections.com/industry-news/actblue-taking-heat-from-practitioners-as-campaign-fundraising-faces-greater-scrutiny/

Yes, I do remember you refusing to acknowledge what the real story was and instead focused on smearing Leduff. LeDuff pursued an allegation. You would pursue an allegation from Putin if it was against Trump. If the guy was completely wrong and made up the allegation, I would have guessed no one would have heard about it, instead LeDuff reached out and found a Michigan based person listed in state and federal filings that he could confirm if she did in fact contribute 80k+ over 8k transactions and when asked about it, said she didn't do that. So in the end, someone is lying. Pointing that out seems responsible, not malfeasant. If he was focused on some of the tactics the GOP is doing to suck the money out of older people, my guess is you wouldn't care you gave him the information on that lead.

This potentially could be huge. The grift talk with Trump is not new, but outside of media, no one really has been talking about it. Would be nice to see the flood gates open and see others call this out as well. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/04/ken-griffin-citadel-republican-donor-donald-trump-critic-white-house