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They are doing you a favor. A colleague of mine just now with a great quote "The stock market is a device to transfer wealth from the impatient to the patient."

First off, I like the Walz pick a lot. I think it helps shore up the base with progressive voters and gets them reengaged into this election. There will always be a segment of the left that will find qualms with any Democrat not named Bernie, AOC, Rashida, etc. Given Tim Walz list of people-focused, progressive accomplishments as Governor of Minnesota (free lunch program, gun safety reforms, public education spending, child tax credits, etc.) I think it's enough to excite the progressive/left base of the party to get out and vote for Kamala. The other big thing I like about Walz is his appeal to men, specifically white working class men. While we will never win a majority or anything close to even with white working class men, Walz does give us a chance at holding onto to some of the ones Biden won back. He can the Hank and Peggy Hills of the world that might not vote for Trump but aren't exactly excited to hold their nose and vote Democrat. He also overperforms, to an extent, with working class voters in rural America. I still don't think many of those voters will vote for a black women named Kamala, but picking Walz certainly doesn't hurt. Walz has that authentic, folksy, everyman kind of persona. He has a record of service in the military, he was a HS football coach, he's a dad. As a friend said to me this morning, he seems like the kind of guy that actually likes going to the state fair and eating a corn dog, riding the rides, and being there. Not a guy whose only doing it for the photo opp. He also neutralizes JD Vance's military service record because he has served himself. I don't know if there is one, singular, big knock on Tim Walz. Certainly nothing that compares to what Trump has done. I think their knock on Walz will be more of the same they've already been attacking Kamala on. Too far to the left, too radical, a marxist, bad on the border, responsible for high inflation, etc.

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/10-significant-top-100-prospects-risers-fallers-so-far-in-2024/ Jobe and McGonigle make this list as risers. Jackson Jobe, RHP, Tigers A hamstring injury sidelined Jackson Jobe for nearly two months at Double-A Erie and had limited him to just 10 starts through the end of July. But when 22-year-old righthander has been healthy, he has offered plenty of evidence to support his case as the best pitching prospect in the minor leagues. Jobe throws four pitches that all grade as average or better, topped by a plus 96-98 mph fastball and a double-plus low-80s slider. A low-90s cutter he added this season has been a separator. He throws the pitch for strikes, especially called ones when batters are on high alert for his devastating fastball or slider. At the end of July, opposing batters had managed to hit just .132/.245/.182 versus Jobe. When Jobe is on, he’s unhittable. Case in point: He threw the first six innings of a combined no-hitter for Erie in mid July. With three potential plus pitches and a disrupting cutter in his repertoire, Jobe has the type of potential to one day front the Tigers’ rotation. —JJ Cooper Kevin McGonigle, SS, Tigers Kevin McGonigle hits the ball hard. He hits the ball often. He stays within his strike zone. The 19-year-old, lefthanded-hitting Tigers shortstop had almost as many extra-base hits as strikeouts at Low-A Lakeland in his first full pro season. McGonigle earned a promotion to High-A West Michigan in late July, roughly a year after he was ranked as the top pure hitter among high schoolers in a loaded 2023 draft class. The supplemental first-rounder from the Philadelphia area hit .326 with 35 walks and 24 strikeouts in the Florida State League. As he did in high school, McGonigle looked comfortable against righthanders and left, velocity and offspeed, young and old. While a potential plus bat is the draw, McGonigle has a chance for near-average or possibly average power and speed. Scouts rave about his baseball IQ. He’s not the rangiest or most explosive defender, but he makes routine plays at shortstop and is more than capable at second base. Barrel accuracy and strike-zone discipline are McGonigle’s calling cards, making him the Tigers’ potential leadoff hitter of the future. —Matt Eddy

So, that would make Penny Flanagan the new Minnesota governor… a friend told me that she is a Native American, not sure which tribe …. But that would make her the first Native American governor!

The Harris/Walz ticket will be hell for the apostrophe impaired.

Harris’s VP will be [better than Vance], because [Vance is weird].

I really like Tim Walz, have liked him long before this process... But I do sort of have a bad taste in my mouth that the process that led to him being picked led to a lot of impugning of Josh Shapiro and his faith. People can skewer me for that, but that's how I feel.

Well... That's not really rope-a-dope either... Short on weapons = slowly losing ground... Have weapons = Turn the tables. It's a simple problem of adequate supplies, I would think...

Should of kept.

It is probably true for most people, that whether consciously or not, they first react emotionally to some question, then attach themselves intellectually to some rational arguments in support of what they feel about it. Then if/when they enter into some kind of dialogue about it, maybe their mind changes or they think the arguments they adopted remain strong enough that they hold to their position. But there a process (a dialectic if you will) where terms get defined and points of agreement and disagreement and fundamental premises are stated. That is sort of the ideal level of an integrated human intellect. What I think we see more and more of today is with social and media segregation the second part of the process never gets off the ground for too many. They aren't prepared to go beyond their negative emotional response to something and make any defense of why what they are feeling should be justifiable to anyone else who disagrees. There are kindred spirits in their immediate circle who validate them and that is enough. Thus to reject someone's feelings becomes the same as not allowing them their argument. Both sides play to this, but conservatism, being based on resistance to/fear of possible unwelcome consequences of change has a natural predisposition to play to fear above all other emotions, making it far more prone to this kind of elevation of emotion over rationality. For me to come to this conclusion is doubly ironic because in my political youth, it was conservatives like William Buckley who were often the calmer more rational voices as opposed to the supercharged emotion of the anti-war movement. But in the long run I've realized the '60s were the anomaly in that regard. The atavistic fears of conservatism were there, they were just disguised with more sophistication.

https://liveuamap.com/en/2024/6-august-according-to-russian-telegram-channels-units-of and Looks like Ukraine has a push going in Kursk that will shake things up for a while. It would be amazing if they were able to use Western military close air support tactics techniques and procedures with the F-16 but that is a very advanced step. Then again, they are fighting for their very homes.

AOC and Manchin approve. Dogs sleeping with cats??

You don't make VP campagin videos... but this could be an exception. That is not a transactional law. His joy is because all kids can eat. Like.... who can be against that? (We know who)

Like a lot of communities around here, our garbage contract was under GFL, who got bought out by Priority Waste. It's been kind of a **** show. But that's not my problem. My problem is the compaints. Get over it. I don't care if my can sits out there another day. These workers are doing their best. It's been hot as balls and it's not a glamorous job. I'm sure it's hard to find employees. I just wish that worrying about the garbage pickup was the biggest concern of my day. Life must be great if that's on your mind.

As a Jew myself, this hurts to hear in 2024. What happened to this country?

the white sox losing streak is 21. it is now old enough to drink.

We have game threads for this sort of discussion. Kindly use them rather than starting new threads in the future. Thanks.

i think that's now 10 days; not on IL, so not sure what is going on with him

Yeah, he looks like 60 year olds looked when I was a kid. Now that I'm 50, 60 looks like Brad Pitt.

Weird how multiple other posters could call out antisemitism without propagating it. You chose a different route. Sorry you did that. That you would try to justify it by saying you virtue signaled while doing it isn't really convincing when you could have just virtue signalled without doing it

Lol so as your evidence of antisitism on the left you posted a link to a thread where you're the top poster and also where you posted dozens upon dozens of antisemitic videos? What an incredible self own for someone claiming to not be antisemitic lol

I was just going to ask how long it will take before Trump calls him "four eyes"?

Shapiro will still be very visible. I hope they let Walz be Walz; will be some errors, but the media are going to love writing vapid stories about his everyday man stuff. SHould be great two months. I doubt it, but progressives should be happy and actually on board. Of course, they will sit this one out yet again.

It will also help energize the progressives. Harris doesn't really have the kind of progressive street cred, Walz does.

Persecution complex, along these lines:

I've seen this contrasted with Gov Suckabee Handers who had kids around her when she signed a law allowing them to work longer.... they looked like they were sold into slavery.

Two things: 1. This is why we moved on from Jackson. He was beginning to be an injury problem. Missed 4 games two years ago, missed 5 games last year. He's good when healthy, but being healthy all year was becoming hard for him to do and it's not smart to give a LOT of money to a guy who isn't able to play regularly... not when he's "just" good. 2. Even if they are all healthy for week 1, OL is about working together and getting comfortable with how your neighbors play. If they only have limited time to work together this will work in favor of the Lions. Having said that, if there are "day-to-day" things than the group may still be able to drill together, just not do an actually contact stuff.

The QAnon wing is going to have a field day with this picture. There goes the Pizzagate vote, I guess.

I'm probably wrong, that's usually the default, but it seems like I have not seen a Tiger series in Seattle since before COVID. It seems like the Tigers are always in Seattle during the work week, and they are all night games. This does not jive at all with my schedule.

Ohtani is signing with the Blue Jays.

Still, they might as well have him rehab with the team and not just cut him with an injury settlement. If he heals on the same timeline as CJGJ (which is not a given), he would be back by Week 14 or so. All the same I would still probably prefer to see Moseley in coverage deep in an NFCCG as opposed to Kindle Vildor.

Yep. This is the harsh reality of the NFL. It rings even more true for Super Bowl contenders (which is still so weird to call the Lions).

They tried but we can’t keep penciling a guy like that into the depth chart preseason. It’s not his fault but even our depth needs to be more dependable than this.

Did you see the Ozzie Guillen interview on local White Sox programming where he said he couldn’t believe he lost out on the managerial job to the current guy. Definitely avoided taking the high road.

60+ plus gets you into the "Clemente throw" club

Five Tigers in the Top 100:

Obviously this is because of Joe Bidens rhetoric.

VP candidate is supposed to be at Harris rally in Western Wisconsin. Any of these candidates close to Western Wisconsin and can just waltz on over?

i'd be surprised if someone gives him that many years. too injury prone.

All Brad Holmes drafts have yielded high returns, it's kind of crazy at this point. Yes, he had that extra 1st 2 of the years but still... 2021 - Sewell, Onwuzurike, McNeil, Melifonwu, St. Brown, Barnes, Jefferson. That's two All Pro guys (1st team All Pro level), a budding high end starter in McNeil, a budding starter in Iffy with loads of potential, a solid rotation guy with borderline starter ability in Barnes, even Jefferson is still hanging around 2022 - Hutchinson, Jamo, Paschal, Joseph, Mitchell, Rodriguez, Houston. That's an All Pro guy (soon to be 1st All Pro I'd think), a budding starter with room for much more in Jamo tbd but arrows are pointing up, decent rotational guy in Paschal (needs to stay healthy), decent starter in Joseph (I think he's a bit overrated but he's an NFL starter), decent rotational guy in Rodrigo and a guy who had 9 sacks in 8 games in his rookie season which is already a massive success for a 6th rounder. Not as good as the 2021 and 2023 drafts (heavily dependent on Jamo) but still a solid draft for most GMs. 2023 - Gibbs, Campbell, LaPorta, Branch, Hooker, Martin, Sorsdal, Green. That's 2 All Pro level guys in Gibbs and LaPorta, a developing starter in Campbell, a guy tracking to be a high end starter in Branch but still early days and the others it's just too early to know, Green seems to be doing pretty well in camp so that's solid for a 7th. This guy is just killing these drafts and these are players that aren't just doing well on a bad team, they're the driving force behind one of the biggest turnarounds in sports history.

Trump basically ran for President because Obama made jokes about him at a press banquet

Kinda surprised that’s never happened before. Especially when the schedule was imbalanced and you had make up games scheduled awkwardly.

Jansen can be first to play for both sides in game This could be an interesting byproduct of finishing out a previously suspended game.

Sox next manager?