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What was the old joke about the kid asking his mom why all the Olympic athletes from ARG had German names?

I've been collecting signatures today at one of the No Kings protests for the Invest In Mi Kids ballot initiative. This is a ballot initiative to tax the wealthy elite, those making over $500k or more per year with a 5% surcharge tax. The money collected from that tax would then be put into our public schools and school aid fund in Michigan. Thanks to Donald Trump motivating easily over 1,500 people to be out at the Ypsi No Kings protest today, myself and other petition gathers probably got well over 300-400 signatures for the ballot initiative. Thanks Trump!

Keep the immigrants and deport MAGA;

LOL - Let be clear here. We all know perfectly well that if he could have found a way to stop it he would have. There is an ocean of difference between something that happens 'because' of and something that happens 'in spite of'.

People that immigrate legally to the US are staying. The illegal aliens that invaded the country are being tossed out. This no kings stuff is hilarious. The loony left is goofy enough to have a no kings day but they support appointing a candidate for POTUS without a primary. They want to ignore the constitution and take firearms away from US citizens. They want the government to control their healthcare. They want the government to silence their critics ignoring the constitution again. This list can go on and on. All that pink, blue and green hair dye is hurting their brains. If the Biden admin would have done their job then President Donald J. Trump wouldn't have to fix all the problems they created.

You mean “he was black, therefore unqualified”. We all see it. I will say if again, loudly and proudly, any member or former member of the military who supports these attacks on boaters is a disgrace to the uniform and unfit to call themselves an American. Its flat out murder.

That’s only because democracy hasn’t eroded enough yet for his liking.

No kidding...otherwise there wouldn't be this bull**** effort to paint it as anti-American.

actually, religious people often fail to understand that if you don't believe in an afterlife where justice is enforced, you may feel more strongly motivated to make sure justice prevails in this life, and that can make an atheist a more socially useful soul than the one who shrugs off evils and takes no responsibility for improving their society/world because of "whatever happens is God's Will" fatalism.

Quoting bible verses in defense of cruelty to the least of our brothers just goes to show how American evangelicals have bankrupted the core message of Christianity.

I hope they both decline too. I don't want anyone to face violence of any kind in society, political or otherwise. It's why I have advocated so fiercely for gun safety reforms, greater expansion of mental healthcare services, wrap-around and social support services for those in need, and on. I only wish the Republican Party would do the same. I'm going to take this conversation into a different direction below and hone in on a few different things. We often hear Republicans talking about mental healthcare after there is an act of mass violence, yet no action ever seems to be done in Republican states or when they have control of the federal government to expand mental healthcare services. Take Trump and the Republicans in DC for example. They have spent over a decade trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act and the Medicaid expansion that comes along with it. If you repeal the ACA you will essentially be throwing millions off their healthcare coverage and making it criminally expensive for millions more, to the point they may, well lose coverage to affordability-related issues. The Republican Party and Donald Trump have not develop a clear and implementable plan to replace the ACA and ensure people don't lose coverage. Included in the coverage that real life people will lose is access to mental healthcare and psychiatric services. Medicaid currently covers mental healthcare. As do ACA subsidies on healthcare plans that people currently have. The Republican Party proports to care about mental healthcare, but is actively taking away mental healthcare services from people who need them most or may need them in the future. One of the reasons (not the only reason) that people commit mass acts of violence and gun violence, is because they are experiencing a mental health crisis or issue of some kind. They have an underlying mental health problem that has gone unaddressed or not been properly addressed. If you take away healthcare coverage by getting rid of Medicaid for millions of people, reducing what Medicaid coverages, or by cutting the ACA subsidies, you're going to exacerbate the problem of mental health. You are also potentially making the issue of violent incidents and outbursts worst because you are taking away help from people who may be most in need of it. Now I understand you can't blame every violent incident or mass act of violence or gun violence on someone's mental healthcare. There are a host of other factors at play, including a person's own responsibilities for their actions. We have our own real world example here in the State of Michigan as well. Governor John Engler and Republicans in Lansing gutted mental healthcare in the State of Michigan and made the problem actively worse in the 1990s and early 2000s. Between 1991 and about 2003, under Engler and the Republicans watch, Michigan closed seven state psychiatric hospitals for adults with serious mental illness, and five for children with emotional disturbances. Engler promoted redirecting funding from large state institutions into community mental health services, outpatient care, smaller group homes, etc. In 1993 community hospitals had about 3,041 adult psychiatric beds and 729 child/adolescent beds, by 2017 those numbers had declined to about 2,197 adult beds and 276 child/adolescent beds. Beyond numbers and policy, the human cost has been real: suffering, untreated illness, families under strain, people cycling through homelessness or incarceration, loss of dignity. You also had many who went to jail and the prison system became the "mental healthcare system" for those individuals because they resorted to crime or violent actions when they were not properly treated for their brain health issue.

I'd rather be paid by Soros than than beholden to Putin...

Remember the “They Hate America” rally? Oh, wait. That was January 6th, 2021… And that was MAGA.

Congrats! That's great. I hope the initiative passes.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/no-kings-protesters-peacefully-dispersed-185700757.html Seemed very friendly at the beach. Now if they would only bring back The Jewish Mother....

He said he had the paperwork in his drawer.

How about Williams for Mike Drumright and Roberto Duran. Or are we giving up too much?

Unfortunately, the root of a lot of our problems is that election day just another Tuesday for most Americans.

It's going to feel so good when the Tigers beat them in the World Series in 2028.

You never even said he got fired, you merely asked why he wasnt qualified.

I definitely recommend this miniseries for history minded folk I have the series on dusty DVDs in my bookcase. I guess its available on the youtubes. I wouldn't call English mutt in a derogatory way. Its just the language that has slept around the most because of the British Empire, the United States post WWII Pax, the fact that India needed to be part of the international economy and computers...yes the latter being the biggest reason currently.

He quit because: A Criminal Fascist President of the United States is requiring him to commit ILLEGAL CRIMINAL acts of MURDER. If it were me, I would have quit with the public message: "This grotesque mother****ing ****scum fascist president of ours is asking me to commit murder. Go **** yourself Trump. You contemptible mother****er. You and your supporters can go live in Russia if you love fascism so much... Mother****ing scumbags." But... That's me.

Also, no Christians lost their right to vote because of anyone’s reaction to the Kirk killing.

Rule of thumb: if the politicos are getting wealthy by ripping off the masses of sheep—i.e., if they know exactly what they’re doing and they’re succeeding at doing it—they’re not dip****s.

MAGA: “Oh, my KING! Oh, yes! Yes, my king, YES!”

The best part about that training camp video. They have an inspirational quote hanging on the wall in the training facility from Tom Gores.

Matt Rhule unintentionally removed himself from consideration for the PSU job tonight.

You can't compare. If you put the stars of the 60s in a time machine and dropped them in a game today, they probably would not do well. If they were playing today though, they would have had the same training, had the benefit of the same technology and analytics, etc and they would be stars.

Obviously Harris should’ve traded for Ohtani. I mean…..duh.

Why would we argue with Allen Trammel? I named a kid after him. I think those guys had a different approach at the plate. When you need a single or fly ball to score a run, they would find a pitch to do so. Instead of trying to hit the ball to Mars. And defense...Those guys were fundamentally better than MLB today, but so are the kids who play in the little league World Series. I can't believe what I see. I remember a game a long time ago, Detroit was playing Baltimore and Al Kaline stopped into the booth for an inning or two. Great stuff, as we would expect. I wish I could remember the year. They asked him what stuck out to him over the years of how the game has changed. He said; now days, if you can hit 20 home runs you can leave your glove in the bus. So true, then there were guys like Bob Gibson.

Now 3 HR for Ohtani. Along with 6 inn pitched, 1 hit, 0 runs, 10 Ks. This might be the greatest performance in a game that I have ever seen. He plays in a video game!

No no no no, you’re getting this all wrong. When confronted with iniquities, whether it’s Jay Jones on the Democratic side or the hundreds and hundreds on the Republican side, you double down, double down, and then double down some more. That’s the only thing your adversaries respect. Otherwise they just roll their eyes and regard you as a 😉

Con-men stick together.

holy cow, a dylan james sighting!

that's been coming for the entire third period.

After he struck out the side in the top of the inning to boot!

No, she didn't.

The Constitution and Declaration of Independence have no standing in today's Republican Party. Not surprising because the Bible doesn't seem to matter either. See Matthew 5: 1-12

Seems like other teams don't want the prospects we don't want.

Cautious is one way to describe that front office. I would use another c word.

I don't list free agents as Rule 5 eligible because they hit free agency before then. Valencia would have to be protected in the five days after the World Series ends. I even have a note in the header column "Plus any minor league free agents signed." Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jRnDAcv86yGYl1Tq6fdXD1VoGr2Ls5PiRBNEFBXHL3Y/edit?usp=drivesdk Off-season eligible tab.

Maybe it's a talent issue and not a philosophy or coaching issue. We're still working with a lot of Avila's signs, some of whom (a) are not inherently good talent fits for the eventual Harris peak team we will evolve to, and (b) were drafted and initially developed a under completely different hitting philosophy and structure than Harris has brought to bear in his time with the organization. I think once this team becomes primarily a Harris team, we will see his philosophy of controlling the plate really come into view. Example: Of the 20 hitters who logged plate appearances this year, 66% of the plate appearances were by Avila signs and 34% were by Harris signs. In aggregate, the Avila signs drew walks in 7.4% of their plate trips; Harris signs drew walks in 10.5% of theirs. That's the difference between a team of Avila signs ranking 28th in the majors in walk rate versus a team of Harris signs ranking 1st. Same thing with strikeouts: The Avila team strikes out at a 25.5% clip, which would rank them 28th, versus the Harris team at 20.5%, which would rank them 6th. That tells me that the philosophy is working—we just have to get the right players on board to execute it.

There is venting, and there is arguing with bad faith trolls. All that does is raise your stress levels, waste your time, and sometimes bring you to their level. Best to ignore it. The last few weeks of trying that has been pretty liberating.

Biden’s presidency is in the past but Trump is president today. Keep up.

Hi I am new to this thread - is this Tigerholic guy for real or is this a bit?