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I'm worried about the invasion that's already occurred by people who want to turn the country back 200 years to the "good old days" when blacks and women knew their place.

The multi-cultural, multi-racial United States will survive and thrive from immigration waves. It will benefit our economy. I don't like the suicidal ideation of the US that Tucker and Laura seem to want to protect.

Hell yes!!

This is the guy behind QAnon. 😆

What is the Vikings draft strategy, to make everyone in the NFC North better than them?

Carrying 3 catchers, none of whom are much good, makes no sense at all. Your bench is 2 catchers and 2 Castros.

Just … awesome.

Lincoln (a Rebuplican!) said it best: Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Not a nation dedicated to an ethnic group, or a race, or a language, or even a particular geography, but to a proposition. No-one has a claim to say anyone who is also dedicated to that proposition has any less right to be 'American' than they do. As a matter of practicality, any nation has the right to ensure orderly immigration, but there is no place in the American 'experiment' for consideration of where people come from or what they look like, which is all the current right wing hysteria is about.

Those dang Warner Bros groomers. Our parents let our brains rot every Saturday morning...(But I did gain an appreciation for classical music)

I'm curious to see what happens to housing prices. I have a theory that so many people bought and/or refinanced at sub 3% that they won't want to sell with higher rates. That will limit inventory and keep prices elevated.

Mayorkas was beaten down pretty good yesterday and he deserved every bit of it. He was asked if the 42 people caught entering the US illegally that are on the Terror Watch list had been released in the the US. His answer was that he didn't know. One Congressman called Mayorkas a traitor and compared him to Benedict Arnold. Mayorkas response is that he was offended and was proud of his service to the country. The damage he and his boss are doing to the US is irrepairable and he's offended. Too bad demented Joe wasn't there to feel the pain too since these are his policies. He probably was napping or couldn't find the room. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/homeland-security-secretary-alejandro-mayorkas-faces-heated-questions-from-republicans/

It was posted earlier in this thread he got hit by a pitch in one of their recent games, assume it's because of that.

I am not a happy camper

Wenceel Perez starting to get hot at WMI... maybe following Meadows soon?

Also just gotta say I'm liking the fact that they stopped showing the guys in the green room receiving the phone calls before the pick is announced spoiling any surprise. I think they did the same thing last year too so hopefully it continues to be like that.

Lions trade up to #3 and take Thibs.

You haven't been here long!

Casimir has the correct answer.

That's a shame because this is the year he's going to hit for power.

If Dean is there at 46 here is my guy. For sure my guy.

Is this the thread where we talk about relegation?

I don’t know any of these people.

Not everyone who wants increased border control is a racist, but for those who are driving the hysteria it's definitely about race.

Jerry Jones reveals Cowboys draft board during press conference . . .

Well I think a big part of it too, is with the "hope kept alive" later into the season, there is less pressure on ownership to build a dominant roster. If you can persuade your fans that "squeaking into a WC slot in September is just as good as leading your division "wire to wire"...then you might get away with an annual payroll of $140 million instead of $200+ million. And yes, I believe the owners are devious enough to look at it exactly that way. I actually agree with Casimir, the thought of 4 team divisions, just plain sucks. But I don't believe that the integrity of championships is as high on the priority list of the owners, as it is to fans. For the owners it's more a matter of show business masquerading as a sport.

This topic may not be specific to investing but it is an interesting read and don’t know that this is as public as it should be. https://www.morningstar.com/articles/1088562/big-changes-may-be-coming-to-traditional-medicare

The team needs a shakeup of some sorts. I think Haase and Candelario will come around. What I don't want to see is any Castro at third base. That includes Willi, Harold, Raul, or Fidel.

best choice: Tigers - Jazz - Jaguars - Trash Pandas

I think immigrants are super rad and hope we get more of them.

Yes - The problem is that the mindset is just backwards. The military metaphor is inverted. Immigrants are not the invasion, they are the reinforcements. I look at my students and they are all kinds of colors and shapes and accents, they are the ones that have risen to the top of the American youth cohort, and these will be the people leading whatever progress the country continues to make in the future. (I know, this kind of talk just drives the MAGA further up the wall...)

The rest of this thread is really good but this note is highlighted by me

they'll trade for Aaron Rodgers after he demands out of GB in the morning.

Aaron Rodgers doesn't need a WR. He needs a tackle because Hutchinson is going to be planting him in the ground.

Aaron Rodgers would pout so I hope they do.

3rd 1st round receiver 6'0" or less, making the world safe for short corners.

Did I ever mention that I 💘 speed? Thank you Brad Holmes, I'm gonna 💘 Jameson Williams!

So the Lions move up 20 spots in the 1st, move back in the 2nd 12 spots and only gave up a 3rd? I like it.

Pretty incredible considering they are in the middle of the desert.

Any guesses on what commercial they will run during the Lions pick?

Last defensive lineman the Lions drafted 2nd ended up becoming the highest paid defensive player ever at the time and has a super bowl ring. Career destroyed.

Barnhart has been the biggest disappointment to me. I can accept Schoop slumping, that Baddoo has sophomore jitters, that Haase's '21 was pixie dust, even maybe that Candelario isn't the player we think he is, but Barnhart has a pretty decent track record - yet so far has been pretty inept in all phases of the game. Just make a damn play at least once.

I said this in the other thread, but if Harold Castro can't field any of the infield positions competently, time to bring up Kreidler. He may not be fully ready and maybe needs more regular playing time, but bring him up and rotate him around the infield as needed, or platoon him with Schoop/Candy for now until they get out of it.

I tried. I just couldn't get past the fact that i'd have to listen to Ben Shapiro.

I remember a guy who shoved the ball, he was in the Orioles bullpen in the late 60s and his name was Dick Hall, and of course we all referred to him as Dick All. He was a right-hander who pushed the ball out from his right shoulder. In our late teens in the late 60s, warming up before the game, half of the guys would be doing Luis Tiant and the other half would be doing Dick Hall.

Not sure anyone who has watched baseball so far this year wants umps as a model 🤣