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Max mowing down the side in the first. He’s not gonna let these scrubinis hit him.

I believe we have a Max sighting.

I like you as a person, Lee, I think you know this. All respect due to you and your substantial intellect, please keep that in mind here. You said essentially that Democrats lost the election because they constantly tell people that they are racist or misigonyst because they don't agree with every liberal idea about race and gender. And then, you acknowledged that the Democratic candidates themselves did not say this. That leaves only two options that I know of: (1) you believe it is actually the far left leftists whose statements along these lines cost the Democrats the election; or (2) you didn’t actually mean anything like this when you posted it. I’m not sure whether there is a third option, so maybe you can help me with that if there is. Unless what you’re really saying is that you are here only to vent, and as such you don’t make serious comments on the political forum, so we should not take what you say seriously and should not respond to it as such, which, I think you understand that’s not how this forum works. Sorry to be such a bulldog on this point—I’m kind of an Asperger‘s guy, so I’m hard-wired to be like that—but I’m generally very focused on trying to understand what people mean and trying to make sense of it. That’s where I’m actually coming from, not from a position of trying to hammer you and trip you up, although I acknowledge that they can look like the same thing a lot of times.

That works only if it’s a seller’s market.

Someone’s all in on Vegas.

The red hats you know will parrot this line. Don’t let them get away with it.

You just said a few hours ago that constantly telling people that they are racist or misigonyst because they don't agree with every liberal idea about race and gender is not a good way to win elections. That reads directly like it’s candidate committing this electoral crime, because who else could lose a candidate’s election with such talk than the candidate themself?

I don’t see how that cost them the election.

Not arguing against you either, but I could see Baseball and/or John Fisher going all in on physical betting structure at their new stadium. The one American sport with the worst betting scandal in history going all the way to the other extreme seems kind of on-brand for me with this leadership.

Maybe I wasn’t paying close enough attention, but I do not get the sense that Democratic candidates were constantly telling people that they are racist or misigonyst because they don't agree with every liberal idea about race and gender. In fact, I’m struggling to recall any examples of Harris doing so during her campaign.

Perhaps casinos get a cut of the proceeds from their referrals to the ballpark, plus annual fees from Baseball. I would assume a ballgame in Vegas is going to be a gambling experience first.

I can envision them planning for a lot of attendees being comped and transported there by the various casinos. Otherwise, I think you’re right, maybe $75 minimum to get in for standing room, and up from there if you want to rest your ass. If that’s how it’s going to go, I’m thinking the A’s would become an America’s Team instead of a team for Vegas, and as such, I would expect ownership (backed by Baseball itself?) to compete for top talent and spend to get it, at least initially. Because there is nationwide gambling revenue to be made on a situation like this, and Baseball can’t afford to blow this once in a lifetime opportunity.

Honestly, I don’t understand why all the owners think Rob Manfred is such a genius when it comes to running the Game. He’s about to lead Baseball into a lake of fire of its own making over Pete Rose. He completely undermined the value of their property by selling games to Apple+ and Roku for peanuts, causing ESPN to cut their half-a-billion tie to them. (I expect they will come back at a drastically-reduced price.) And now they’ve got two of their major league teams playing in garbage minor-league parks for the next who knows how many years. And this is on top of a thousand little indignities they subject their fans to over issues of soaring ticket and concession prices to watch games, telecast access to games, general treatment at ballparks, and the like. Why the **** are owners letting him destroy their game? I never imagined I’d ever say anything like this, but Rob Manfred is no Bud Selig.

I’m supposed to fly into West Palm tomorrow. And here I was crowing about the idea that there was no chance the plane would run into a military helicopter on descent, because Mar-a-lago.

Exactly. They’re trying to convince the rest of us. I’m wondering whether the warrior-Jesus evangelical base will sign onto that idea.

The only thing I‘m proving is that you said the Democrats lost the election and the government because Joe Biden was moving the party too far left, and then 24 hours later you said we need to elect more Democrats so they can push the party left.

You mean the Joe Biden you said, not 24 hours ago, lost the elections at every level for the Democrats because he was pulling the party too far left? That Joe Biden?

Then maybe it’s about more than just the money for the oligarchs. Maybe it’s also about the thrill of controlling people’s everyday lives at a granular level.

Maybe they see Canada as being the cute girl who needs to be rescued from the swarthy worldly people she’s starting to hang out with.

You mean like Joe Biden?

Trump has already stated in explicit language that the period during which America was great was the Gilded Age, not the 1950s.

Solid code word. Not criticizing you at all. I agree with this.

Probably closer to the truth ...