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I like to pretend we are all in a bar or cafe without the internet trying to figure things out.

I relayed the quote but it wasn’t a friend. I used to hang out at a local neighborhood dive bar, that’s no longer there, and after either the 2008 or 2010 season someone asked what happened to the Tigers that year? I heard a voice down the bar from one of the regulars “too many Mexicans”. It was perfect. Those were fun times. Kids were young. Life was busy. I just had to get out of the house and veg somewhere in peace when my wife watched greys anatomy or whatever. Drink cheap draft beer. Eat a greasy burger. Walk home at midnight.

Didn’t Turnbull throw one when other guys were doing it too? Something was up. I know I can look it up but that’s not fun.

Forget the legacy of Hillary's "Deplorables" comment. Call it what it is. MAGA is a terrorist organization. You have the guy on tape at the debate spreading this crap so it's warranted.

I said this in another thread I think, maybe this one, but outside of a couple of weeks here and there, the team was always competitive. They were in a lot of games they lost. The season was fun. I didn't expect the playoffs but this is no comparison to what we've had. It's the best season since 2016.

I don’t know if Pete would srlurvive a primary. He’s too “national” and would face a lot of pushback. I love the guy and think he’d be a great governor. But he’s not been involved in MI politics directly. As for why he moved here… it’s traverse city. Why not? Maybe his husband wanted to live here and it’s where they wanted to raise the kids. Simple as that.

I was going to take a 1/2 day for this. Things were lining up to where it seemed a no brainer but at the last second I stayed home. Glad I did.

400K people have linked to the vote registration site from Taylor's instagram post. Normally they get 30K a day total. Now, does that mean they all registered? Who knows. Many of them probably already are.

Despite the odds I think anybody at this point expecting to make the playoffs is setting themselves up for disappointment. Yes, I think it's a success but that's due to the injuries and record despite them. I am disappointed in a few players that brings it down somewhat. But this season, despite a couple of bad weeks here and there in May and June, it's been an enjoyable run. Pretty consistent.

If we are talking 2 or 3 people, then maybe I could entertain the idea, but once you get past that.... no way that many people keep quiet. It's similar to the JFK assassination theories. It's easy to work backwards and look at points in time to say you can plan it.... but going in real time and assuming everything happens that way is not logical. In other words you can recreate the past but you can't predict the future which is what conspiracy theories often require us to do. (Yeah, our patsy Oswald will get a job at a building months in advance that will be on the yet unannounced and unplanned motorcade route, wow, how convenient. Then when we send Jack Ruby to snuff him out before trial, he'll run a bunch of errands in the morning with his little dog, drive all over town, then show up right at the moment Oswald comes out, not a moment too late, even though Oswald will make a last minute request to go back upstairs to get a sweater, whew, glad that happened or else Jack would have been late)

That's not true. It's nothing like Project 2025. Presidents hire district attorneys and they are confirmed by the Senate. They serve during their term, like cabinet officials. https://news.utdallas.edu/social-sciences/political-science-study-questions-narrative-in-2006-u-s-attorney-dismissals/

I think this one is big in an "inside baseball" kind of way.

I'm seeing some lefties suggest something was up too....

The "it was staged" thing is bizarre. Here's what is required for that: 1) Find someone willing to die by getting shot in the head by a sniper 2) Arrange a location for an event that allows this person to set up (obviously this happened) 3) Get the buy in from local law enforcement and perhaps the USSS so that this person isn't dealt with sooner. Everybody has to keep quiet and not leak. 4) That someone has to be so good of a shot to only nick or barely miss the President without killing him. 5) All of these participants have to agree that innocent people can die 6) During the investigation this remains under wraps

I find most facebook baseball groups are made up of old timers who complain about today's game. They want just two leagues with no divisions, no DH, no wild card teams, pitchers to throw 120+ pitches a game (back when pitchers were real men b/c Nolan Ryan), no batting gloves/sliding gloves/body armor, no shifts, Hank Aaron is the real HR champ, no flashy play (read: too many Mexicans), and you must pledge that Dale Murphy and Don Mattingly should be HOFers.

I still dont know what Bush was supposed to do at that moment that would have satisfied his critics. The criticism was the equivalent of Trump Deragement Syndrome. You have children reading to a President who probably practiced that for a couple of days. Let them have some final moments of peace before the world as they knew it changed forever. People were just piling on.

I wouldn't be surprised if there's a coin flip somewhere in a situation too complicated. The way they've condensed the playoffs with the new wild card I don't think there's room for tiebreaker games. But that's just a guess. I'm not looking it up.

I went to Monteros first start this year and 2 others and I won’t pretend to be an expert on pitching but I always liked what I saw in spurts. Tonight’s game was a fun one to be at.

Old man yells at cloud.

“She wants to do transsexual operations on illegal immigrants in prison”

I hope but I believe the media and most pundits have different rules. Whatever Trump does will be likely disregarded.