buddha

ouch.

i think they're both false.

i dont think he understands or cares about institutions and their place in society. as you say, he's narcissistic and stupid, but charasmatic enough to appeal to certain people.

i agree with you. but i'm not surprised by the hold he has on his followers and supporters and in today's polarized world it doesnt surprise me at all he gets votes. there are a lot of people out there thst hate "the establishment" and he has fashioned himself as being on their side.

on the left: the idea that trump is uniquely evil and racist and will end the american republic. on the right: that trump is a genius and has a unique ability to tell the truth and eliminate the "swamp" of elite government. its fascinating to think about - even if it is not fascinating to live through. trump has changed politics, through the use of social media to go directly to the voters and neuter the party system and his ability to bring in working class voters of all stripes (but especially white men) to the republican party. if we werent living through it, it would be a very interesting study!

trump derangement syndrome has caused some dems to go off the deep end, but even moreso, its caused republicans to go far to the right. when we look back on this moment many years from now, trump may be seen as one of the most consequential politicians in recent memory. or maybe not, we'll see. but he has hastened a restructuring in american politics that had been coming for a while: the move of the republican party to capturing the working class vote, and the movement of the democratic party to becoming the party of the educated elite.

welp...

oh be nice.

there's been a lot of trump derangement syndrome going on. also, the george floyd thing seems to have moved some around here further left.

wings look a lot better than they did against the rangers. its still nedelkovic keeping them in the game with a good first period.

gambling companies dont have any interest in making the games longer. MLB has other interests besides the gambling companies and does not change the game to keep them happy (in theory, in reality they dont care about pace of play) at the expense of the product.

i was told it was the gambling companies that called the shots now, and that's why the game is slower, so people will have more time to gamble.

as some of us have said before, the length of games is almost exclusively the result of time between pitches. cut that down and the game times will be reduced to a more palatable level.

https://www.masslive.com/worcesterredsox/2022/04/woosox-notebook-new-pace-of-play-rules-cutting-down-game-times-but-how-are-they-affecting-the-players-on-the-field-saturdays-game-brought-multiple-violations-for-both-teams.html The fast pace might have something to do with the new minor-league rules that started to be strictly enforced across the minors on Friday. These include a pitch clock that gives pitchers 14 seconds between pitches with the bases empty and 18 seconds with runners on. Pitchers also risk automatic baserunner advancement if a third pick-off attempt or step-off within the same plate appearance is made without recording an out. data from across the minor leagues after Friday’s game showed a noticeable drop in game times. According to Baseball America, on their first day of enforcement, the new rules appeared to cut more than 25 minutes from the average game time. Baseball America notes that on Friday, the average game time for a nine-inning game was 2:38 and the median game time was 2:34. For the previous week of games, the average game time for a nine-inning game was 3:04 and the median game time was 2:59. That 3:04 average game time was right in line with last year’s pace, and was also the average game time for a Triple-A contest.

everything is according to god's plan.

the most unsurprising result of his "college career." was it a surprise that memphis did much better without him around?

lafreniere completely embarasses larkin and gets the rangers' 4th. for those of you who forgot this game was on, there is no reason to watch the replay. they were embarassed in every respect. they coule barely secure the puck at all. they had maybe one or two good scoring chances. it was reminiscent of two years ago.

another wide open shot in the slot on a shorthanded chance and gagner misses the net.

we cant even get the puck. outshot 20-4 so far.

i figured that was assumed.

yes, but what you do SHOWS what that destiny truly is! calvin was a weird sob.

zadina gets a free shot from the slot off the face off and....misses the net.

i dont buy it.

america has the harshest form of calvinist protestantism, lol. whatever your condition may be, it is up to you to get out of it and it is your individual responsibility to get out of it. that thinking has pros and cons. we choose to live with the cons.

i dont think democrats are "weak on crime" either. i do think a more traditional method of dealing with crime (more police, more arrests, more surveillance of communities where the crime occurs) would lead to a reduction in crime, but the side effects from that wouldnt be tolerable to me. as in, i think it would lead to more innocent people being harassed and incarcerated.