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I cancelled my Athletic sub because they could never remember who I was. I always had to log back in again. I would literally have the app open, logged in, then click on a tweet, it would take me not to the app but to a webpage to login.... I'd login, then it would take me to the main page and not the article I clicked on. They make it too hard to use their product and the price is beyond the point I can just ignore it.

he plays the the game the right way. No buttoned down jersey or necklaces or whatever...

By grandstanding I mean you are using your time and ability to talk to make specifically misleading statements knowing they can't be refuted at that moment by anyone. It's not about putting something on record but more about getting a favorable clip played that evening on your cable news station of choice. Another example of Grandstanding is back when the auto companies were asking for help and they asked if they flew there in corporate jets. Companies owning corporate jets for executives to travel is far more efficient and economical but no.... congress had to make their play and be holier than thou and the auto companies did the right thing and got rid of the jets for PR purposes.

trading him before '17 would have been bad for marketing and ticket sales. How can you have a slogan when you trade your best hitter and one of hte most popular players? The Tigers org caters to the casual fan who is about 18 months behind on who is good and who isn't. The kind who thinks James McCann is a "kid" who deserves time to season and get better but Nick Castellanos is a washed up bust when in fact JM was 2 years older.

The J6 hearing has been great for anothe reason somewhat related to that decision. It's a very important thing with no silliness coming from the members. No grandstanding. No silly gotcha questions. No preening for the camera. No monologues disguised as questions. Just a serious inquiry like Congress used to be at times.

Their annual MSG Baker's Dozen run, where they don't repeat a song is amazing. I always would listen to that on the JamOn channel on Sirius. Definitely the kind of band I can put on and just chill and enjoy without having to know every intricacy or backstory.... I'm bummed because Tedeschi Trucks is coming next week on the same night as Dead and Co.

It seems like everyone was ok with that trade.... which is fine b/c we are fans. We're not supposed to know everything. So it's fair to criticize him for that.

I was told by the GQPKKK that Biden isn't doing it.

I have a couple of friends who are die hards... both are not solid professionals at nearly the highest levels. But they travel like fan boys if they are close by. I have a couple of their popular songs on my rotation but can take it or leave it. Blaze On is a big favorite, especially this time of year when it starts to get really nice. Great driving song in my opinion.

So Chevron admits they could lower prices? Hmmm....

Trey was in the news yesterday for what he did in Grand Rapids.... pretty cool.

so an unarmed mother with no body armor stormed in to get her kid but cops with armor and shields and guns were like "No, man....." Why are there even cops in that town? If you don't go in when kids are in the process of being killed then you don't need them.

one of the referencing sites was "phish dot net" 🙂

Health isn’t in the constitution

It’s all about the brand.

gotcha. That explains it well. I agree they have an agenda and have twisted it around to some discriminatory angle to play victim. Somehow I think if the only religious schools being affected were Muslim schools the opinion would not be 6-3.

and none of the non Muslim participants at Fordson had an issue. They enjoyed it. They felt it fostered more camaraderie and face it, their HS kids, they want to sleep all morning anyway. Instead of just hanging out doing nothing all evening and night, they practiced. More efficient use of their time.

I only glanced at one of the articles on that. It seems that there is a program where public funds can go to private schools but Maine said just no religious private schools and the SC said that was the discriminatory part? What if Maine said "Ok, then no private schools at all will get public money"? I'm not a fan of diverting any public money to private schools. It's called Public for a reason. Taxes aren't linked to individuals. I don't get to only pay for roads and bridges I prefer to.

The officers I've seen didn't look like they'd accomplish much if they had to go on a foot chase and that when they put their holster on they have to "suck it in" a little bit.

I don't know this town but could it be considered kind of "light" in terms of police duty? How often would they come into dangerous situations?

I think the trick is to pretend to be a dog so you can get an X Ray. That's what they do. I heard that once on the talk radio thingie.

yeah but how does it feel to be socialist? Doesn't that hurt?

Amazon is a company that streamers pay to put their service on the Amazon product. Or depending on who the real power is, Roku could pay Bally’s too . Point is that it’s not automatic. Disney Plus wasn’t on Roku initially because they couldn’t make a deal yet.

Yeah I learned that at work in a diversity meeting. Most people, even black employees, didn’t know about it until somewhat recently. But some employees in TX said they grew up with it being a thing that was celebrated.