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I like it. Question: could the federal courts invalidate those laws and force all states to allow all dark money?

Eh, it's only one more year. Might as well just do the minimum, cash the checks, and ride into the sunset while flipping 'em off.

If Dylan Cease can get seven years, I have trouble seeing Tarik settling for eight.

What's in it for Rendon to accept a buyout?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chili_con_carne#Beans Beans Beans, a staple of Tex-Mex cuisine, have been associated with chili as far back as the early 20th century.[19] The question of whether beans belong in chili has long been a matter of contention among chili cooks. While it is generally accepted that the earliest chilis did not include beans, proponents of their inclusion contend that chili with beans has a sufficiently long history to be considered authentic.[20] The Chili Appreciation Society International, an organization that mainly operates in Texas, United States, specified in 1999 that, among other rules, cooks in their competitions are forbidden to include beans in the preparation of chili for official competition—nor are they allowed to marinate any meats.[21] Small red or pink common beans are commonly used for chili, as are black beans, black-eyed peas, kidney beans, pinto beans, great northern beans, or navy beans. Most commercially prepared canned chili is offered in two varieties, with or without beans.[22] Some U.S. manufacturers, notably Bush Brothers and Company and Eden Organic, also sell canned precooked beans (without meat) that are labeled "chili beans"; these beans are intended for consumers to add to a chili recipe and are often sold with spices added.

Yes, but those who got the most tax cuts got to privatize the gain while socializing the losses.

Literally indefensible.

If you truly believe that ICE and Border Patrol have warrants on every person they've rounded up because America or whatever, then you aren't paying attention.

I do think he was legitimately underappreciated because, through the deadline, he had the highest WAR on the team, even higher than Miggy and Kinsler. But even coming into the team, he was prone to, shall we say, grabbing the spotlight in sometimes unflattering ways, and midwesterners generally don't appreciate players like that, even if they're really good.

TBF, giving every America adult $2,000 would cost the Treasury about half a trillion dollars.

Yeah, I don’t think it’s particularly surprising, and it’s not even particularly offensive, either, at least at a theoretical level. One of the jobs of an envoy is to advise the country they’re dispatched to on how to deal with American politics, albeit in a manner that’s consistent with the interests of the United States. The $64 question here is whether advising Russia on how to sell to the US a plan that’s tilted way in their favor against the Ukrainians is actually in America’s interests. I would imagine the majority of this administration would flatly agree that it is.

I am now caught up with all of you. I typically don’t like sci-fi, but to me this is the right kind of Twilight Zonesque sci-fi, relying less on whiz-bang alien technology and more on alien societal structure. The ethical and moral issues it raises regarding Carol’s reactions and responses, not to mention allegory of the efficacy of a welfare-based society on personal happiness, fascinates me.

I could see Helsley signing here on a one-year prove-it deal. If he does prove it as a starter, he cleans up next winter (or whatever the first winter after a stoppage would be). If he doesn’t, he can sign his career deal as a closer. I could see Detroit being attractive to him reputationally.

The sake you can find. The sashimi might be a challenge in places like Detroit or Kansas City or Pittsburgh.

Talk about under appreciated: this guy had his best ever season the partial year he was with us.

The TV money is not only drying up, Manfred pulled a rabbit out of the hat with the recent national deals, most notably the MLB.tv package, the operation of which in large part they don’t have to put up the capital to fund anymore. Plus, with baseball now drawing fans instead of flies because of recent changes to the game, telecasts are a lot more attractive to advertisers and RSNs, which should unlock more local money as well. If anything, the increased flow of cash should help players’ negotiating positions substantially.

I agree with this on balance, although one difference this time is the saber-rattling by Manfred years in advance. We could take that to mean either he’s serious about fighting tooth and nail and season be damned if necessary, because they want all the money goddammit; or he’s fronting because he and the owners have got nothing and they’re hoping Tony Clark is naive enough to just cave in a hurry.

In the Venn diagram that includes blind loyalty and professional competence, the circles barely touch.

Whoever is in charge of scrubbing disloyal, subversive ideas off all the government websites has been asleep at the switch on this one.

I can’t add any more reactions today, but Thanks.

I can’t add any more reactions today, but Like. Actually, this is a sort of flip side thing, isn’t it? “We can land a man on the moon but we can’t [insert Make America Great Again™ thing here]” is kind of the flip side of, “we can [insert thing that doesn’t Make America Great Again™ here], but we can’t help our homeless vets” … gets the same point across.

Mickey Tettleton is also way up there at 135, tied with Roy Cullenbine, who was Mr. OBP before anyone thought that was even a thing.

Actually 1,242.704 higher than his WHIP, but I take your point … 😉

We sure are. Feel free to weigh in.

I want to believe this, although, I wouldn’t underestimate Manfred’s or Tony Clark’s ability to shoot themselves or their constituents in the ****.