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Glad to see he’s tackling the most pressing issues first.

Still, did you not notice people that overreacted initially come back and retract it? I haven't been on this site much due to vacation and prior to catching up on this thread last night, I had seen the video posted about this husband as well as another video which wasn't cropped as much where his cane was more obvious (you mean someone posted it in a way to illicit a rejection...oh my!). So yes, I was a little annoyed at the overreaction as well and was going to post about it.... but instead doing that, I finished catching up on the thread and saw people admit they may have made a mistake. End of story. I know it's not as fun as 'getting a win', but you don't always have to go for the gotcha, especially when folks already admitted they may have made a mistake. You could have chosen to still post something and point to the cropped video and made commentary pointing out the left pulls the same crap the right is accused of and left it at that. That would have been a valid point, instead you mock them about just needing to find a way to be outraged, which is a tough pill to swallow when the current leader of the GOP (Elon) is on his social media platform daily expressing outrage at anything he can find.

The asshole is blamed because while you’re right several overreacted because they assumed the worse due to a letter R after his wife’s name, you have to rub it in. Couple that with the hypocrisy that if he truly had snubbed her and admitted it, you would have bent backwards to find a way to defend that.

On another subject, never would have imagined I'd have 'rooting for Laura Loomer' on my 2024 bingo card.

I hope this doesn't come off disparaging, but i'm playing off the well rounded aspect of education that goes along with some of this immigrant talk for technical jobs. My company, like most, have outsourced a lot of our IT (in fact we offshored, then outsourced the offshored, and then sold many to HCL). Anyway, for the past 10 years, getting any new application up and running has been more difficult as we're working with Indians. If you put a clearly defined and specific goal in front of them, they are fantastic. Very technical. But prior to the offshore, we could take our idea and work with IT where they would be able to help us develop and brainstorm exactly what an end result could look like and also give us feedback on what is needed from us to help get to that point. So now every project, regardless of how small it is, gets a project manager that essentially just breaks down every tiny little thing into very specific things and it's on the PM if something breaks to figure out. I'm going on too long here, essentially they aren't good at understanding the vision of the final piece and figuring out how to get there. To me, that's not a culture thing, that's a result of not having a well rounded education.

I guess I would like to hear Biden's explanation for his reasoning, but in the end, Oblong's response above, which has similarities to everyone else, ultimately captures the same feelings I have.

Not sure where this came from. I call Biden out on things i see an issue with, just as I have with Trump.

So I can kill a mother in front of a 14 year old, kidnap the girl and eventually torture her until she dies and expect compassion from the federal government because I only terrorized a family versus a specific type of people? If you believe there are things people can do in which the death penalty should be carried out, then you should leave it to the people to decide which ones deserve the death penalty. If you don't believe in the death penalty, then you should fight to stop all death penalty convictions. And as an aside, there is a part of me that thinks life in prison is worse for some people. For the Boston bomber, I hope he lives a long life with a daily reminder that he ran over his brother.

I only read your first sentence and saw your allsides attachment attacking the New Republic and was going to complain about you disparaging the source rather than addressing what he said. So I went out on a search, found the Fox News interview, heard nothing but a legitimate response in which he correctly points out that it's not confirmed that Russia downed this plane BUT that it's a reasonable thing to speculate based on them doing it before, then giving legitimate concerns that would have to be addressed for Ukraine NATO membership. At least based on this interview, sounds like he's a competent member of Congress....oh the horror!

I see the argument a bit, but it's not like Biden needed to negotiate an outcome. If he feels that "more convinced than ever that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level. In good conscience, I cannot stand back and let a new administration resume executions that I halted." like he stated, then there is only one choice, commute all. To me, this type of decision shouldn't be political and yet is clearly was. He deserves to be called out for this crap.

I prefer not to side with Tigerholic, but not sure if I can accept answers like "Well, he commuted most of them so that's a plus" or "i'm not going to lose sleep about these few" work for me when you want to congratulate Biden for this move. I'm on the fence with the Death Penalty. I listen to podcasts that work to overturn convictions and i'm confident innocent people have been put to death by the State. Even with that, the death penalty is not completely abhorrent to me and the biggest reason i've been against it for years now is that it costs too much to put someone to death. But back to Biden, if you are commuting these sentences because you don't believe the State should put someone to death, but you leave 3 out because, IMO, you're afraid of the political fallout, well, you never really had any scruples to begin with.

This issue for me isn't a 'hill to die on' so to speak, but obviously if you did go with a voucher system, part of a school accepting it could require certain state/federal requirements as well. Oblongs objection is one you hear from the teachers unions the most, 'how do you improve something by taking away money'. Well, that's part of the issue, they are not built to change and improvise quickly. When Chevy and Ford weren't selling cars, they decided to make more SUV's, not petition the US government to force people to buy cars. Our current education system is not producing for many reasons. For the places that offer some type of private alternative, the numbers aren't promising, but for the places that haven't had to deal with a private alternative taking away money from public schools, they aren't looking great either.

Happy Holidays all, I wish you all the best.

True to a point, but we can see the reverse in examples all across the country where inner city schools get more support than others and still didn't improve the quality of education. I don't know the details on the Ohio bill, but I've never had problems with public funds going to private schools to assist with education. I don't want public funds going to fund abortions, yet to me, it's still important for Planned Parenthood to get public fund for all the other benefits it provides. If a religious school agrees to spend the money it receives from the public on things that help the public (math, science, literature, etc) I'm good with that. If public schools don't want to lose that money, then they need to figure out an incentive to keep the student at the public school.

Why not 40 though? I understand those that don't want the death penalty, but if you truly don't believe in the death penalty and choose to commute those sentences, what makes you go...'oh, except for these three'. Do you believe in the Death Penalty or not? I don't get it.

My only pushback is that while you're absolutely right that nothing is safe, there are a lot of protections companies and individuals can do which can make it more difficult to steal from you. As you mention data mining, unfortunately many that do that don't even have to worry about doing anything illegal to get that info, it's offered up to them by willing participants.

I apologize if this was posted and I missed it. https://wcbm.com/national-headline/missing-gop-congresswoman-not-seen-for-six-months-finally-found-living-at-dementia-care-home/

Really enjoyed that episode.

Being in Network Security, I recommend to others and applaud those of you that limit what information you share. Also because I'm in Network Security, I share all my banking details with 3rd parties I deal with because heck, it's already out there anyway. (*note - the correct response is to limit info you give out)

Just stumbled upon this, I know there are a few here that enjoy some bluegrass.

Question is, will they fall in line initially or not until the effects of it are hurting folks in their community will they finally stand up.

True, but just in general, a SP with a contract ending at 34 isn’t always bad, in fact I’d say preferable.

If ownership doesn't want to spend, or mgmt doesn't think we should spend yet, I'd like to see a Maeda like contract for Walker Buehler.

Assuming we're in a pre-Pudge type situation and we need to overpay a bit to get someone here, Flaherty is probably my pick, especially with so many questions in the rotation still. He's still 29 as well, end of the contract may not be bad. That said, I'm with you, I'm not sure if we're in a position yet to commit. End of last year was fun, but I think if you step back you realize we still have so many 'what ifs' on this team, 1 or 2 long term free agents are not likely the answer. But it's not my money and the Ilitches have plenty of that, so let's go!