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He basically lays out and admits to the entire plan and says they had 100 members of Congress on board.

Manfred will be like Gary Bettman. Everyone thinks he’s lousy at his job and should be fired except for the 30+ people he actually works for. He will be a lightning rod for them. His job is to make them money and grow their investments. That’s it. Every decision is based around that.

It’s not odd. It’s expected because he’s white and the lady who told Lebron to shut up and dribble is a racist nazi. I know that was your point. I just wanted to call Laura Ingraham a nazi.

After the GOP actually did impeach Clinton, and the why behind it, the meaning went away.

This is the tweet I was referring to. Evangelicals have to make themselves think they are persecuted. It gives them the impression that they are like Paul in the Bible. They are under attack. Their faith is threatened. Blah Blah Blah. Nobody has ever tried to stop christians and specifically protestants from expressing and living their faith.

I saw a David Aldridge tweet about his time on TNT and he'd criticize David Stern and then get called and chewed out... but never fired. Big difference is that TNT and ESPN and the likes are the customers to the leagues. They give them the money so the league can't be as forceful. MLB Network IS the league.

I wish I could find it but i saw a reference to what MAGA really is about is Christian Nationalism. I know quite a few of these people. To them the religious fight is the real battle and Trump somehow embodies that.

I do think a primary will be fun. Would people like Pence and DeSantis have the guts to challenge him if he enters the race? Jerry Ford is the last time a former President was in serious talks of running again. Even in '76 as an unelected POTUS he faced serious challenge from Reagan. THe GOP was split then. Is it split now? No. I'd like to see Liz Cheney run, even as third party.

I get the impression, I know it's stereotyping and mean, maybe this is the 'old me' coming out for a minute, that the only people who care about Latinx look like Lena Dunham.

Change of subject..... I don't get the fascination with the Theranos story. Is it because she's kind of pretty? So someone bilked a bunch of very rich people into bad investments... why is it a national story? People get ripped off all the time.... especially by those people she ripped off. Is this a case of inside baseball and national media thinking beause they care about something that everybody cares about it? Did anybody die?

Rand wrote that book before she got her first social security check, correct?

You won't hear anything legit on MLB Network regarding the lockout. It's not a real journalism device. It's a mouth piece for the league.

I’m more likely to be shot by some crazy right winger at the grocery store then I am in a “terrorist” attack… which is just code for a Muslim doing something.

The symptoms for omicron are basically a cold. I get a cold usually twice a year. Only once have I had a sinus infection bad enough to go to a doctor. Usually I just guzzle nyquil or booze so I can sleep. Also I can never tell between allergies or a cold. I know I have allergies because my whole life I'd wake up congested and need about 30 minutes to clear it out. And I always have to clear my throat.... I assume from cigars. I will be making an appointment to give blood. Red Cross does antibody checks. I can think of one time in early Oct that made me suspicious but it was also when the weather turned and I had been running and outside in cool damp weather under dressed. Right around when I got my booster as well. I've held back slightly but not much. We had some outings with family and do have a few cousins unvaxxed. Nobody close to us has ever tested positive. Lots of friends and extended family but none of our close family that lives here.

There's a Livonia in upstate NY, near Rochester. My nephew lives around there.

and there's always the chance his negative was wrong.... is he feeling better? good luck. Was it hard to find a test? I'm thinking the rush on tests will die down fast this week as people are done visiting and all that.

the best thing about that account is I often don't see who tweets things and when I read them I think they are legit.... I only look after. that's the bes satire.

the difficult thing is even within each state you have issues... I'm not sure outside of the 30 mile radius from Grand Circus Park in Detroit that it's a blue state. Aside from areas in Flint and urban areas on the west side I bet it's as red as anywhere.

I'm reminded of when George Clooney was leaving ER and his character was moving to Seattle to take a non ER job...... he told Doug Ross "90 grand a year and nobody dies"

this guy is kind of a quack in my opinion but the reporting seems legit:

https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/12/17/fox-producer-who-got-the-nfl-to-jam You guys know I am into jam bands and yesterday people were noticing the bumper music for the Fox NFL games.... and here's a year old article that talks with the producer who is responsible. I think it's great because many of these bands rely on word of mouth and this kind of thing is very exciting and has a direct impact to their quality of life. They tour because now that's the only real way to make a living in the business. I get excited when I hear some of these bands show up in commercials, in movies, etc.

My wife now has to treat some patients in the ER as there's no room in ICU. While down there an 18 year old patient, with covid, was wandering around the halls looking for his grandma who was going to bring him Subway.... without a mask. Staff had to hurry him back into his cubby spot and tell him he can't leave and to keep his mask on.