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Good idea for a thread. What were those top 10? And I'd have to include all eras.

If he played for the Yankees he'd be in the HOF already.

I recommend the documentary about the Hungarian finance minister Miklos Nemeth who perhaps by failing to fund the border fence started the avalanche in 1989.

Very interesting ad I keep hearing in my youtube feed that reminds people to vote (african american voice) "Virginians you need to vote by April 21...something something, your vote is private but your friends loved ones and neighbors can check to see if you did vote" I wonder if that's the African American community's effort to remind peers they have nobody to blame but themselves if Yes vote fails.

ABS is now a feature in MLB the Show. I got it to work for me 1/2 times I tried it with 2 games played.

We now need to complete the cycle of reform. That means the people in the United States need to also be out in mass the days before Fall 2026 and Fall 2028 elections to prove that we will not allow the people in power f with our democracy.

The psychology of having China beat us back to the Moon might be all about us being up our own asses but it is still good to prove you can dunk on little brother before he (AND EVERYONE ELSE) decides you don't matter anymore.

Jan 6 happened. Trump is actively trying to nationalize the elections. I think we have ample reason to fear he will do illegal things to stay in power. I agree taking stock of our fears is counter productive sometimes but risk assessment both negative risk (the crap that can go wrong) and positive risk (the risk of what you give up if you do not act) must be assessed equally.

While this falls in the relatively innocuous “world politics” bin… The fallout from this is very cross-cutting.

The things this will unlock! Now I gather that other countries that have Putinist leadership can still step in and block the EU's attempts to fund Ukraine. But, the entire MAGA, Tucker Carlson, Groyper, anti-Semitic, Christian Nationalist weltanschaung took a serious body blow today.

Seeing report that Orban conceded!!!!!!

Augustin Martinez setting up wholly out of the k zone against Baez.

btw, In Bruges is a bizonkers movie. Enjoyed quite a bit and then saw the town. Fun place.

When you have record turnout like that...you have to think its can't be good for Orban. If he tries to stay, he will be thrown out by the mob.

FINGERS CROSSED!!! https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-2026-election-high-voter-turnout-viktor-orban-peter-magyar/

How do we know its something... Julie K. Brown is the person who knows more than anyone not on the inside...

https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-04-12/amanda-ungaro-from-sharing-soirees-with-the-trumps-to-being-deported-by-ice.html This is something.

Nixon leveraged the "mad bomber" thing pretty well to get out of Vietnam but had Kissinger doing his cold calculating thing to manipulate the rift between the PRC and Soviets. Meanwhile, the people who have grifted and grifted and diddled and diddled do not have a move to make because nobody fears TACO.

Stole that

Goes back to her father.

Please, please, please https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/world/europe/orban-loyalists-defect.html?unlocked_article_code=1.aFA.8sxt.6Rj_aFUl7Kvw&smid=url-share

What is awful is the really gross behavior of her ex-husband toward her (having ICE detain her) did not result in dot connecting by any reporters. Wait, it probably did. What happened was it didn't result in any news organizations willing to put that dot connection out in a form the general public could understand.