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Exactly … as long as free and fair democracy prevails …

I thought about that angle, but I couldn’t figure out how to make it work with the “finger up the butt” line …

Meaning we send American troops and materiel to fight Russians on the ground?

This time …

Childhood immunizations, absolutely. Gotta make sure children don’t become enslaved. Probably mammograms and pap smears because they involve lady parts, and perhaps prostate exams because it involves a finger up the butt. Probably not the other things.

The only way I can see Trump can become president is to do something blatantly anti-democratic or fascist, such as literally rig the election, or mobilize the military or various militias against the people, or forced open voting where everyone has to publicly declare who they are voting for in front of officials and police—something along those lines. Third-world republic-type tactics. But now that everyone knows what Trump and the Republicans are all about, they’ve pretty much established the extent of their voter base. Much of what they believe, and how they act, in is inimical to what most Americans believe and want (although a substantial minority of people think they are just fucking dandy). But I simply can’t see where in an open first-world democracy, people who’ve been voting Democratic, or even flipping between the two based on the economic concerns of a specific moment in time, would conclude, “You know, I didn’t know much about these Republicans before, but I really like the way they go after the Biden Crime Family and how they want to slam the door shut in all foreigners’ faces. I really like the cut of their jib.” I can see more and more people peeling off from the red hat margins as the Republicans, both elected and candidates, become increasingly repugnant, but I can’t see how normal gentle people who have nothing against entire other groups of people simply peel off Biden et al and move over to this version of the Republicans. I suppose the Republicans could try to orchestrate something terrible economically or safety-wise that would result in tens of millions of people’s retirements or fortunes wiped out, or millions dead, that they can blame the Democrats for, but as long as there is a free and fair election in which they are relying on the people to “do the right thing”, even that would be a risky proposition. It’s always risky to rely on the free will of the voters. That’s why autocrats and fascists don’t.

I think they understand what you say they should understand quite clearly. I also think they want nothing to do with that.

Santos obviously has a BS in science.

These particular Republicans are not working for the people. They’re working for The Man.

Camera puts on 30 pounds.

Shep and Gibby will do that.

Schoop is going to have a comeback to league average hitter and league average defender, and will end up with a 2-win season.

Andrew Chafin is not exactly on the team, either.

Just trying to get follows, likes, and retweets. It’s what the current media ecosystem rewards.

Ain’t gotta ask me twice …

We're probably not talking about the same thing.

Joe Block is an East Sider. It’s rare for people to escape from the Macomb black hole so we bonded over that the one time we met. Good guy, super down to earth. The one time I met Len Kasper I tried to subtly bond with him over the Michiganness and he was not responsive to that. I did not know Joe Davis grew up in Michigan!

TBC, the "Millennials and Zoomers" comment was not me dismissing them as such, but rather a comment on Baseball's targeting them as such—that is, Baseball is desperate to do whatever they think they can to grow that base. Have you seen the Network's program "Off Base"? The show is pretty explicitly targeting Gens M and Z with features on players' social media feeds and red carpet walks. I would think elevating Craig Monroe's profile would be in line with this overarching strategy.

See, that's what I thought, too.

Done and done. At least some of these, maybe all of them, also allows you to unfreeze your credit report for a specified period of time so that they automatically refreeze afterwards, rather than remaining open indefinitely until you go through the effort to manually refreeze them.

Just because Jack Morris is objectionable doesn't make Craig Monroe any better at what he does. That said, any assessment I make represents my opinion, rather than objective fact that you must cosign onto. If you like Craig Monroe, cool. Fact is, I live out of town, so I can do radio overlay over TV video anyway. Or at least I could as recently as last season. I just hope Monroe doesn't end up the permanent partner of Dan Dickerson.

It's not harsh at all. It's right on the money.

I believe -12500 means you bet $12,500 to win $100. If the line is +12500, that means you bet $100 to win $12,500. The favorite is always the minus team. EDIT: lol all i had to do was scroll down one post ...

I know, that's what makes chasing after them such a fool's errand. Yet, there they go.