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Former Vice President Richard Cheney dead at 84

I learned the concept of "don't pay someone until you have to" from a former poster here and I think it's valid. Especially given the uncertainty with the labor situation. If you think you have a good system in place you should be able to replace him. You don't need back to back Cy Young pitchers to replace him but a couple of players who might finish top ten.

Who can forget this iconic moment.

No team is going to do that trade. Why would they trade a younger and cheaper version of Skubal that they have for a few more years? And another one? And a position player? No team is that deep and on paper they have just made their team weaker in 2026 and most likely 2027 and 2028.

If you read the ****ing tweet and replies you would see the very logical reasons why. But logic isn’t something required by insane right wingers obsessed with this race. for those who didn’t…. He’s on the ballot twice because he’s nominated by two parties. So is Curtis Sliwa. Adam’s didn’t drop out in time. Cuomo is nominated by a fringe party and they go near the end. my god this isn’t complicated. But I know thinking is.

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If you are in your 50s and have kids in their 20s this is like Bing Crosby singing with David Bowie. For those not… that’s Anthony from the Wiggles. Fruit Salad….

wait, you mean to tell me all that chatter about "all they gotta do is....." is not that informative? That Doug from Fowlerville isn't more informed than the team of attorneys and number crunchers that work for Scott Harris?

what they mean is 'where the blacks are'

I'm pissed about who isn't on the ballot.

"BIG CITIES" "DEMOCRATS".... nothing but buzzwords devoid of any logic or critical thinking. When you see those words in the sentence... ignore it. It's like the word "thugs". You know what they mean

He only has scandals when the media is not paying attention

As I mentioned elsewhere I’m in Pittsburgh this weekend. What an amazing and underrated city. All the surrounding neighborhoods reminds me of places like west village and midtown and Hamtramck but without the gentrification. It’s just been this way for 120 years. All kinds of people just mixed together and living their lives. Tons of cool shops and stores but you get the vibe they have been in that spot for a long time. Definitely suggest going.

the place we are staying at had YouTube TV somehow, either a former guest or the owners provide it. Either way it worked. So I recorded it and fast forwarded it. the place we went to was some Polish fusion place that was Vegan. No TVs. My first vegan meal ever. I didn’t think polish and vegan went together. the Jays gave this away. I blame it on karma. Two douchebags behind the plate kept drawing attention to themselves and blocking Geddys views. They probably blew their kids college money for those tickets.

I’m hanging with friends in Pittsburgh and someone made dinner reservations for 8. Ugh.

Thanks. We are staying with friends. Their son plays soccer for Carnegie Mellon so they’ve been coming here for 3 years. They just rent a place for 3 months and come out every weekend. It’s such a cool city. I had no idea. It also nice to just be along for the ride. A jazz club last night featuring a drummer who had a display at the museum yesterday. l

I’m in Pittsburgh this weekend. Today it’s the Clemente museum. Yesterday was the Heinz museum which blew me away. I expected ketchup bottles. I got the Smithsonian and more. Here’s some baseball related photos.

I’m in Pittsburgh this weekend with friends. The condo we are staying in…

Jays all the way. For a variety of reasons.

TP USA’s boy Kid Rock said he was going out for Halloween as a “Retard” on Fox News today. In case you want to know what that organization, that one of our members here promotes in his avatar, is all about.

Yesterday at work I asked if I would use a particular “tool” to do a task. Very bluntly it said “no, you definitely would not use that. You want to use…”. Ok then. I appreciated it though. That makes me think it’s British. Have to look out for a “brilliant” which does not mean that when they say it.

Going back to Cancun Cruz, whose college roommate said he used to whack off in his dorm, thinks it’s a “get” that someone referred to their father’s cousin as an aunt? That is very common, especially in close families where you see each other a lot. Our cousins kids call us aunt and uncle. We were all together at a reunion for a week and it just came out that way since the kids were all little and we had to figure it out.

That game being in LA was at least somewhat normal for the locals, time wise Imagine leaving a WS game at 3 am. Getting home at 4. Then you might have tickets again tonight.