1776

Profar to the Braves for $42 mil and 3 years.

That’s my gut feel for several weeks now, exactly.

Without a specific date, “mid February.”

I was very clear, I don’t do social media. In so many ways it’s because of social media that we have some of the problems we do today in this country.

The historical knowledge you have as to why all Nazi’s are bad is not some tightly held secret kept from anyone that is willing to study it. I know why Nazism is bad. I’ve read a number of books on Germany. For all the wrong reasons the one that will always stand out above the others is, ‘The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.’ Nazism is every evil rolled into a single package. My dad fought the Nazis in the Battle of the Bulge. I’m aware of the past. I know why we were there. I was surprised you suggested that twitter be selectively banned from this site because that is an extreme response, in my opinion. What would be the next media source to be banned…and the next? Where would it end? And for the record, I have never had any association with twitter, whatsoever. No account, nothing. I don’t do social media.

Now that DOES NOT surprise me.

I was surprised that romad1, of all posters, suggested blocking twitter posts on this forum. My comment wasn’t about you.

I’ll admit, that one surprised me.

True

It is what it is.

The difference in the Musk salutes, they cannot be proven to be what they’ve been alleged to be. I’ll say it again, I’m surprised the weather reporter didn’t know better. A costly lesson on her part.

Hypotheticals aside, she should have known better. It’s unfortunate.

Hypotheticals aside, she should have known better. It’s unfortunate.

Yes.

She made a very irresponsible decision. Unfortunately it cost her in a big way.

I’d bet they (we) would. That’s a separate conversation than Dimon was having though. Again, I’d like to hear him expound in detail on the comment he made in the attachment above

Tell that to all the commenters on this board. I don’t know that they’d be celebrating?

Low or moderate inflation is good for an economy. I don’t know what Dimon considers low or moderate but no inflationary pressure is not a good thing. So taking his words literally, he’s more right than wrong. The years 2022 and 2023 were a result of the Covid fiasco and how that was handled. The actions taken at every level of the federal government set escalating inflation up for a nice run. Powell & his gurus made a mistake cutting rates last year. Average Joe’s have a better read on the economy than the fed.

Dimon is apparently weighing the risks of some inflation against what he sees as a greater risk, that being national security. I’d be interested in hearing his security concerns in more detail.

😉 I was wondering when that would pop up again.

Maybe I’m the last one to learn this… Apparently Mike Illitch paid Rosa Parks’ rent for over 10 years when he learned that she had been robbed and beaten in her home in Detroit in 1994. He moved her into a safer apartment and established a trust to cover her expenses until she died. Is that news to anybody else?

The there’s this… As official festivities get under way, Trump takes office with a high rate of public approval. According to a new CBS News YouGov survey, 59% of Americans approve of how the Trump-Vance transition has been handled, with 55% either happy or satisfied that Trump won the November election. ————- Polls are what they are. I have no idea which is correct.

I listened to the most recent Stavenhagen podcast today and part of the discussion was about where the Tigers infield is currently. In summary, totally up in the air. 1st base will be Keith. No experience at all at the position according to Cody. The one consistent infielder last year will be changing positions? SS-Sweeney. Minimal games at the big league level. Hoping he can hold the position without problems as he gains experience. 2nd base-Torres. Shooting for the offensive potential for an upside while realizing his defense is suspect. Personally, I’m not so sure what a Harris guy is if they’re willing to sign a guy with hustle issues. Impresses me as a guy that may show up some days and may have days he’s not all in. He’s playing for a contract so maybe it pays off. 3rd base-? Several possibilities. Jung should get the bulk of chances but who knows at this point. There are options as have been discussed here already. Catcher-Jake and Dingler. Probably the only position on the infield you could consider stable. The conversation was interesting but obviously highlighted reasons to be concerned with where we currently stand with only weeks between now and spring training.

Black Rifle did a really good pumpkin spice coffee this past fall. Good java.