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That was a sin as much on the Republican side as the Dem side. Trump's populism spoke directly to that. So does Bernie's. It would have been the Dem version of atonement for that. But the Infrastructure Bill goes DIRECTLY to Blue Collar America... give it a chance to blossom and I don't really think it'll be such a hard time for the Dems to address. But then we have Trump winning in 2016, not Bernie. Now we are where we are... Hoping the economy/ Infrastructure blossoms to avoid falling into fascism.

So vote in more Dems, moderate or otherwise. The sheer higher number of Dems reduces the moderates impact. This isn't hard. And a 2-year plan with zero perseverance is not as good a 30-year plan with absolute perseverance. I'm just saying...

I agree that fascists are to blame for fascism... I'm not blaming Dem voters for that. What I am blaming them for, if they let fascism just take over by not voting... Is rolling over and playing dead while fascism rolls over the country due to lack of Dem voter "enthusiasm". I AM, and WILL, blame them for that. Whether you like that or not, I don't care. Tell the progressives to GET OFF THEIR ASS and VOTE to save this country. I don't care whether they like that message or not.

That's freaking hilarious and a ballsy in-yo-face MoFo Move right there...

So... We found ourselves a starting CB out of the busted safety dustbin...?!?!

If Dem voters are all discouraged and butt-hurt and stay home and don't vote than they ABSOLUTELY are at fault for LETTING this country go to the fascists. End of discussion.

Pass whatever we can. What gets tossed to the cutting room floor can be run on in 2022. "I would have supported passing _______ but our current Republican Senator said No. He (or she) also said no to _____, _____, ______ and _____. If you want these passed, elect me. We need more Dem Senators and we need them now."

Solution: Elect MORE DEMOCRAT Senators which in turn... makes Manchin MOOT POINT. Simple logic, actually.

The flipside to that is that if people wanted elected officials to do MORE shit that people want them to do then they should elect... MORE DEMOCRATS. Sort of circular logic that "regular people", or voters, are employing there...

Like G2 says... Hill makes the team out of ST; also... you're actually missing Tork on your roster there, although you have him in the lineup; and... I don't think Willi Castro makes the team out of ST, it'll be someone else they want to check out like Paredes or Clemens or...?

Ditto.

Actually... the Jags will draft KT so we'll still get Hutchinson. Only without any arguments to go along with that when we had the #1 spot...

So sad... And... So True.

We did... But they crapped out...

Please call up Coach Campbell, right now, and tell him and the players to please lose on purpose so that you will feel better.

But they don't have loose screws like I do...

I am just now reading this thread... This looks like a winning post...

Whew!!! Awesome! Let me see it to believe it though. Go RICO!!!

Aaaand... Tuzz closes out the scoring

Yeah I know what the intentions are... to intimidate. My response is still the same... I'm not certain about the intimidation factor but... I think it's pretty cool to watch. Knowing me... I'd be struggling to not break out into wild uncontrolled laughter... And an exclamation at the end of the laughter: "That's so F'ing Cool!!!"

It's going to be extremely difficult for the Pistons to finish better than a bottom two finish this year. They'd have to win at least at a .400 rate for the rest of the season just to get to 20 wins. And every other team (aside from Orlando) would have to lose at worse than a 25% rate to even get close to 20 wins. They're locked in. Lottery gods says that we're definitely not finishing worse than the 4th pick. Unless anyone thinks they're going to win at much better than a 40% rate for the rest of the season.

I don't know about intimidating but I do think it's pretty cool...

I think I am going to go into next year with no expectations... that way I'm not locked in to a win goal or playoff goal... Although like you I do expect them to be in the 90 game win range and compete for the playoffs. And think that's entirely reasonable.

Let me EDIT this: Larkin line on fire again with 4 goals, 3 by Larkin...

FTFY. That's what the Republican Party has been bleating about the past two years, and will be doing so again for the next umpteen years...