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The so-called "shadow docket" is just one more hole blown into the crumbling wall of democracy.

Fascinating! Born in Brownwood, Texas, Williams was nicknamed No-Neck due to his relatively short stature (5 feet 6 inches) combined with a muscular, compact torso and a short neck.[3] His odd physical appearance was the result of a typhus injection he received as a baby.[4] After Williams' hometown was hit by a flood, the government gave typhus injections to prevent the spread of the disease.[4] Williams was so muscular even as a baby that medical personnel were unable to reach a vein, except in the back of his neck.[4] He developed a crick in his neck, which then stiffened and shrank.[4]

First of all, I reject the premise often repeated by some fans that Scott Harris is merely sitting on his hands and doing nothing, implication being that he as a major league PBO does not care about the losing as long as the calendar continues to turn on whatever his plan is. That doesn't pass any reasonable smell test. But mainly, I have to believe that there is only so much Harris can do anyway, especially in the middle of a season. He can't just go out and pick up an average major league starter, let alone a team-changing All-Star, off the free agent pile or waiver wire whenever he wants. And he can't simply acquire one in trade in which he is giving up nothing of any value to us. To believe as much is just magical thinking. Scott Harris fielded this particular iterational team reasonably expecting that there would be offensive improvement in those guys with ceilings, and hoping that most of the remainder would hold some of their gains from last year. What he didn't do was to stockpile an entire major-league-starting-level replacement team in reserve if/when his first team players start populating the injured list like rabbits, and he didn't do that because practically nobody does that, because that takes resources almost no team has. So I believe he can hardly be fairly criticized for that. It's hard (or perhaps more like inconvenient) to remember now, but before guys started going down to injury, our offense was doing a pretty good job, as Jay Jaffe pointed out on FanGraphs: And this is with the team fielded this year by Scott Harris. I get that this may be an unwelcome reminder to those fans who demand dramatic (or drastic) action NOW. But that kind of action may not even be necessary even with this 40-man roster, especially as guys start coming back off the list to help out. But maybe all we have to do at this point is wait for the guys to come back and get our roster a lot closer to what it was always supposed to be this year. And also, imagine if Scott Harris takes the action those fans want, starts replacing players and field management willy nilly, and fails because the new players, coaches, and manager are all worse. Are those fans going to be understanding of that and conclude, well, we're still losing, but at least he tried, so I'm back on board with him?

I don't think so? He's played only 20 innings out there this year for a reason. He can't be reliably started out there. And McKinstry is really an infielder.

Late night in his bedroom to dirty videos?

Yeah, right? He looks somewhat deformed on the right.

"I see ... well, Mr. Mullin, the fact is that you have made three false statements in a row in Minnesota. How many more do you believe you have to make before we can call it a pattern?"

I'm glad it's not May anymore.

I'd like that, but they can't risk their access.

Beat me to it ... 😁

We need four outfielders more than we need seven infielders.

I’m thinking he’s is going to use national intelligence to go amp up the efforts to weaponize the government against Trump’s enemies.

Free childcare and $20 an hour go to black people, and taxing the rich sounds like Marxism.

I never noticed before that the first line under the picture says "Oldster Abraham Simpson". Awesome detail work.

Are we sure this was not a recording of Trump yelling into a mirror?

Somehow I have the idea that improving the economy was not his goal with the tariffs.

I agree with you that he doesn't love it. Just saying a levelheaded kid would get that half a season of .262/ .341/.376 at Toledo, good for 95 wRC+, ain't gonna punch your ticket to the Show. At least not yet.

Some people gain. The rest of us lose.

Yes, so much. https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4677700-trumps-latest-flirtation-with-nazi-symbolism-draws-criticism/

That was a three-homer game for Madlock!

If he’s as levelheaded a kid as the beat writers are always writing he is, he gets it.

Not this year, we won't. Not in the state we find ourselves in, anyway. This year's what we're talking about, right?

Think so, huh?

This, in one sentence, is what MAGA people mean when they say they hate the "elites". They don't mean rich people. They love rich people. They mean smart people.

It's political Christianity, not spiritual Christianity, the difference between them being easy to tell because even they know Jesus would never say or endorse any of the **** they do.