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Imagine not seeing at all how abjectly stupid trump is.

I don't think they did. Those kids went on to join the klan and enforce Jim Crow and separate but equal segregation. So instead of slavery that just chased people down, lynched them when they tired to vote, and brutally beat them when the whistled at white girls, see Emmitt Till. The modern day Republican Party still has all the same frame work that would accept separate but equal segregation, Jim Crow laws, lynching, and the klan. It's just that they can't get away with it any longer because that is just enough of America that wouldn't accept it. But believe me, spend a day with my dad, his buddies, and millions of Republicans like him, especially when he/they have had a few beers and you'll come to understand what the average Republican thinks about black people. And by black people, I mean another, more abhorrent word I'm not going to say here. Also Hispanics, Mexican-Americans, immigrants, Jewish people, Asian-Americans, Vietnamese-Americans especially, South Asians, people with accents, people whose primary language isn't English, gay/bi people, lesbians, transgender people, queer people, woman, especially working woman, etc. If it wasn't for the influence of my mom I'd be just as racist, xenophobic, anti Semitic, homophobic, misogynist, and overall intolerant as my dad is. No matter how many black, brown, Jewish, gay, immigrant, or woman I went to school with or how many good teachers I had. My dad didn't vote for Trump for his economic policy, let's just say that. Neither did people like Stan and millions of other Americans. My dad, technically smart as he is on a host of issues, still believes Barack Obama is a Kenyan, Muslim. So do tens of millions of other Republicans. I love my dad because he's my dad and he loves me. I enjoy some of what we have in common. I feel for the brutal life he had growing up as a kid and everything he went through. I feel for the fact that corporate greed took away his financial security in retirement and foreclosed on his house in what should have been his golden years. But make no mistake, there is one overarching reason my votes Republican, and it's their acceptance towards intolerance that drives him to the polls. I don't want to be an intolerant bigot like him and that part of my life, his intolerance towards others, I don't like. If George Wallace were alive today and ran in the 2024 Republican Primary he'd beat any candidate besides Trump and he may even beat Trump. The good Republicans like the George Will's of the world, they got the hell out of there because they know what their party is now and know what I said above is true.

No more $15k vacations for him, I guess. 😢

Correa is my choice, but the consolation prizes are good too.

Would it really have been so bad if the Tigers lost Cabrera due to Free Agency? Let's take a look at another future Hall of Famer, Albert Pujols. The Cardinals decided to let him go after the 2011 season and have been above .500 in each year of the 10 years since, only missing the playoffs in 3 of those years. The Tigers have only had one season above .500 since Cabrera's 10-year deal went into effect. No one player is above the team.

It's the difference between politicians doing things for their voters vs playing a part in an overall Us vs Them narrative. The quacks are not concerned with actually doing anything. They just want to act out on a stage and be theatrical with the goal of winning the next election, whether it's 2022 or 2024. McConnell sees this as something they can sell their voters to ensure they win.

According to my newsfeed he was just explaining the benefits of natural gas to the Duchess of Cornwall.

I've got friend who thinks diversity training videos at work are crt. He's asked me if we have to watch videos about white people being evil oppressors... like his company does. I said no we just have videos about not being fucking assholes

Still better than what they have.

Spencer Torkelson has more to do with whether they would pursue Freeman than Miggy does. But you knew that, right?

I prefer Correa or Seager as players but if we could get a Semien,Story or even Baez on a 4 or 5 year deal I think I like that option the most, especially if it comes at a lower AAV. Semien may not last at SS for more than a coupleyears before moving to 2b but Im cool with that. By then we will have a good idea on if Kriedler is legit and perhaps even Christian Santana. Plus with the smaller commitment it may allow us to go after a better SP and or reliever as well.

Correa has not touched his prime years. Not even 27 yet. An infield of Candy, Correa, Schoop, Tork, Barnhart. Are you kidding? Go get em. Hurry!

it is really simply math; even with Miggy, they are about $130M under the luxury tax. his presence is not stopping them from signing anyone. put it another way: having $160M under the tax is the same as having $130M. the situation you describe does not apply to the Tigers. outside of Grossman, they wasted a lo last year dumpster diving, spending over $16M last year to retain or sign Norris, Urena, Tehern, Ramos, Mazara, JaCoby and got - Reece Olson for all that money. They could have signed Semien for $20M.

Their power is in their shamelessness.

What about offering Seager and Correa 10yr/320 million contracts paid 40/year for the first 5 years and 20/yr for the last five years and give them an opt out after 5. The player would be the highest yearly paid shortstop, have the security of a 320million contract and the option for another bite of the apple at a young age should they opt out. The Tigers get the best shortstop, pay a premium for the most productive years and then the salary reduces in half ( or most likely disappears) about the same time Tork, Greene, Mize, Scubal etc get expensive.

The best value out there is Semien, he is the Gold Glove/Silver Slugger combo who plays 150 games, everybody in the organization loves him, and you get him for way less term and a bit less annual salary.

It’s no wonder why many of the few sane left in the GOP aren’t running for re-election.

this is a simplistic view of technology. Learning to use a rifle is not mastering the technology of arms production. What indigenous population ran their own smelters, manufactured their own tooling, controlled their own production resources or even manufactured their own steel plows? Borrowing tools is not controlling or possessing technology at a societal level. The Spanish could and did eventually resupply men and weaponry (manufacture and logistics!) to Cortez in a way the Aztec couldn't match. Regardless of Corez's short term luck, gall, barbarity or stupidity, the Aztecs were going to lose any battle with Spain once Spain committed to it.

can you put these in teal?

Or a hockey net.

Avila loves AJ. I can't imagine them bringing in someone he has objections to. OTOH, the idea that AJ has a problem with Correa is the purest speculation at this point.

To be fair, Honus is at the stage of his career where the skills are starting to fade.

I just became a community regular!

I'm still hoping to catch on somewhere .. or maybe a minor league deal.

Two-time All-Star. Three-time 29-homer hitter. Top ten defender at the most important position on the diamond. Plus-plus slide and tag skills. Lifetime WAR of 23.4 and still under 30. The Tigers could do worse than that.

I wonder if the Packers offensive line did their research and found that pass blocking doesn't actually protect the QB?

Since we have trying to return from a worldwide pandemic that closed down a good portion of the country and put millions out of work I would expect this. This is natural progression of reopening the country and economy and jobs should be added each month until we get back to normal if we can. Its not anything that could be credited to Biden for creating jobs but they will surely take credit for it.as any politician would.

When Victor Martinez gets injured and misses a whole year, the only solution is to sign Prince Fielder to a 9-year, $214 MM deal.