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I enjoyed the celebrity athletic shows more than the superstars. That was the 70s. The women didn't wear bras and would do jumping jacks and run.

yeah I don't feel bad for not feeling bad for that ****.

and they deliberately avoided it in the sense that in the beginning Carl starts to ask some questions but then says "ah, **** it, let's take a look at that tan cierra."

At that moment she reminded me a bit of her character in Almost Famous. BTW, I just read Cameron Crowe's memoir and it made me appreciate her even more. She's a fantastic actress. I love it when they are investigating the murder and the guy's just standing there holding coffee while pregnant Marge with morning sickness is trudging through the snow to look at the victims and figure it out. And the way she quickly tells a joke to alleviate the situation after calling out his work on the DLR plate.

I've watched that twice in the last 2 weeks for some reason. Such a perfect movie overall. Whenever I try to convince someone of a point I say "You ask Stan Grossman, he'll tell ya"

There's a huge cottage industry of youth baseball. It's not like it was when we were kids... it seems to be more like hockey was when we were young. Not the local little league run by the city.

My special needs son often uses my accounts for searching stuff.... really important things like highway billboards and personalities he sees on TV and maps. I wonder what that does to my algorithm and what they know about me. I also like to do just random searches, just gibberish that will lead to something. Then I start clicking on things that it assumed I meant. I don't worry about it myself.

When I visit family in TN, even with the Predators, I'm amazing at how little hockey is prevalent. I've been down there the last few Aprils at at parties at my cousin's house I always find a wings game b/c of the playoff pushes. They've never watched. It really is a niche sport nationally, the contracts with TV networks confirm that. In my own family we watched hockey over football. It was hockey, baseball, and nascar. That said, in Detroit for my lifetime I'd say the biggest captures of this town's attention for sports were the '97 Wings and the Lions of a few years ago. Nothing topped those for broad appeal and intensity.

Just saw a reel from South Park. “Liberals have guns too. We just treat them like republicans treat their abortions. We have them but don’t talk about them”

Years ago, early to mid 2000’s, I had a free preview of whatever the MLB package was called at the time, for a week. I had a game on while I was doing something in another room so I didn’t know who was playing. But after awhile I told myself “I like.this announcer”. It was Seattle and Rick. He was definitely a good announcer. Don’t need to rehash who and what but he did ok.

I’ve followed his work for years. Just a very recognizable name across social media locally with regard to the music scene.

Probably talks about God and the Bible.

I keep thinking of Tommy in Goodfellas complaining about how he 'can't believe it, in this day and age, a jew broad prejudiced against Italians'

legally they can't. Patients do have rights and it's buried in all that redundant paperwork we sign.

I'm happily surprised but still a little cautious about this momentum turn.

and let's not forget that someone who used the phrase 'jew friends' is giving lectures about antisemitism.

take that up with your overlords that you worship and can't stop gushing about, the ones you spent 2 years telling us were the greatest people since Lincoln. They did this. Not us. They're murderous scum and you enabled it and endorsed it.

It's all worth it to them b/c they "owned the libs". Imagine living a life where hatred of others is the cause of abandoning any pretense of decency or morality. These dudes would sacrifice their own wives and children for politics. They are that depraved.

Anytime a MAGA tries to pretend they are manly or lecture others about what a real man is about... it's not MAGA. They think they are macho tough guys but everyone knows better. I'm not talking about ICE. I'm talking about men who still support Donald Trump.

A friend used it to get out of some kind of medical bill he didn't think he should get. They send you that crap thinking you'll just pay it. But it advised him on things to ask for... some kind of documents they must provide if you ask. Then if they do you can question that which requires them to do more work. You can specify they mail it to you. Etc. Etc. At some point the office staff just writes it off as it's not worth their time or they don't want to or can't. Basically they do what they assume you will... just pick the easiest path even if it costs you money.

But there’s obviously more organizational costs beyond stadium operations. do those revenue figures cover advertising in the stadium. Signage. Etc?

That has me wondering what the operating cost of a typical red wing game vs Tiger game? I was once told by someone who worked in “event” at Comerica that having the stadium lights on for a vent in the Tiger club was a few thousand. That’s simply the DTE initial charge to turn them on. Like the cost of ice and maintenance vs the turf and crew at Comerica. ChatGPT estimates $150-300K for NHL and $300K for MLB.

Why is that my problem to solve? If the players don’t get it then the owners just pocket it. Costs will not go down if salaries went down. The NHL doesn’t bring in the revenue that MLB does. That’s why tbeir players make less.

I’ve been vocal on social media in calling these folks Nazis and none of my Jewish friends have tried to clarify this. They would have

Agree. And what’s he to do? Just get rid of them? If he had any better options he would have done it. Might as well play the cards you had.