Mr.TaterSalad

He's got the intellect of one. So yes, Trump is the 7 year old. The difference is, most 7 year olds I've known aren't racist and even if they were racially influenced by bigoted people in their lives, could still be given the opportunity to learn, grow, and change. But most 7 year olds didn't refuse to rent houses to blacks, want to see innocent persons of color put to death, or pull black dealers off the casino floor to satisfy racist white patrons. If a 7 year old opens a lemonade stand and refuses to sell lemonade to black customers then maybe we can talk and use that as a teachable moment about equality and racism.

There's no proof she actually worked at McDonald's. Trump is relatable, because he's a billionaire who knows what it's like to put in a day's work at McDonald's. I have problem voting for a black person, I just don't like any of the black people who have ever run for office.

I can see the Lee Greenwood Super Bowl halftime show . . .

Yes, because kids today and anyone who isn't a redneck under 65 want to hear Lee ****ing Greenwood. I'm no Bad Bunny fan. I don't listen to that type of music at all. But Lee Greenwood at the Superbowl halftime show . . . LOL!

A live look at a Donald Tru . . . George Wallace campaign rally from Alabama in 2024 . . . I mean 1968. Who can tell the difference at this point?

His black "friends" are also grifters like the Don King's of the world.

Why should anyone be surprised that a guy who was sued because he and his dad refused to rent homes to black people, a guy who accused 5 innocent men of color of committing a crime they didn't commit simply because they were persons of color, a guy who's casinos took black dealers off the floor for certain white patrons, a guy who used the n-word on the set of the Apprentice, a guy who has so few people of color in his administration, would put out racist content comparing Barack and Michelle Obama to apes? We may have hit another new low, but I'm not at all surprised. He's always been a George Wallace, Orval Fabus, Lester Maddox type of guy and if you continue to support this stone cold bigot, so are you.

So I am very pleased with the Framber Valdez signing. Bringing in another lefty like Valdez to be a solid, legit #2 behind Tarik Skubal, is a real anchor for this starting rotation. I now feel we have the potential to have one of the 3 or 4 best rotations in all of baseball and maybe the best or second best in the AL. This was the kind of big acquisition we were all collectively waiting for I think. I certainly know I felt major disappointment and completely underwhelmed with our offseason up to this point. So kudos to Scott Harris, Chris Ilitch, and anyone in the organization who helped get this move done. Just a few of questions to ask out of my own general curiosity though. Had you asked most fans, and many in the media, what position they wanted the Tigers to make a big move at or upgrade at, I think the answer would have likely been a bat/positional player. 3B, CF, DH, somewhere along those lines. Why do you think the organization kept its powder largely dry this offseason, until this point and didn't make a major acquisition? Was it simply they were waiting for a result on the Skubal arbitration? Also, why did they chose to sign a starter in Valdez versus bringing in a bat/positional player like a Pete Bichette, Bregman, Suarez, etc.?

Do you feel like we are headed into a similar situation as the last few seasons where we falter down the stretch in late February and March or do you feel this team, this year, is better positioned to close out the season strong? Where are you at given how we've played heading into the Olympic break?

Democrats have lead the charge and been the only political party leading the charge to have nationwide Gerrymandering reform and have maps that are fairly drawn, more neutral, and nonpartisan in nature. Republicans by in large have not gotten behind any sort of Gerrymandering reforms, nor have they supported the idea that maps should be neutral and not be partisan. In-fact, it has been just the opposite. Trump directed Republicans states to make maps even more partisan this cycle. So one party, Democrats, has been leading efforts and introducing legislation to have congressional and state legislative maps drawn fairly. The other party, Republicans, has opposed almost all efforts at federal and state levels to have fair, nonpartisan maps drawn.

Wasn't the knock on Kayvon Thibodeaux that he doesn't live, eat, sleep, and breath football? I thought attitude wise, he was not a fit for the Lions.

I hate the Gerrymandering wars we are in right now. Gerrymandering was a problem before Trump got into office and needed to be reformed. Now, thanks to this clown, the problems are only getting worse. I get what Virginia Dems did and that had to do it given the current environment we are in. I'm glad it is 10-1 in favor of Dems now. I just think we desperately need national reform on Gerrymandering. Only Dems seem to be interested in that though.

I don't care who that sender is, it could be Trump himself, Bill Clinton, Bernie Sanders, or any other wealthy person or powerful politician. An email like that raises a ton of alarm bells. That needs to be thoroughly investigated and looked into, regardless of who the sender is.

First off, it is simply a conflict of interest. It's a conflict that he is an owner and he gets to call games as an announcer. He gets to be privy to some level of pregame planning of a team's strategy and play calling (even if he doesn't fully participate in the usual announcer pregame prep with participating teams). Second off, Brady comes from an organization with a clear and blatant history of cheating and bending the rules. Spying on other teams practices, deflating footballs specifically to assist Brady and be to his preferences, falsified injury report allegations, screwing with opposing teams coaches headsets, having a staffer in the press box taking photos during the Bengals-Browns game. If Brady came from any other organization, it might not be as big a deal. But coming from New England, with their history, makes me at least, a little more suspect.

We've cut taxes on the wealthy in this country for decades and it's driven us straight into the economic toilet. The data is clear, tax cuts for wealthy people don't trickle down and manifest into economic growth for the rest of us. they only increase income inequality and lower the standard of living for everyone else.

Another gem that you all need to be listening too. If you are into the singer-songwriter country like I am, Tanner Ursey is on you'll want to check out. Incredible songwriter with an even better voice to match his soulful lyrics.

This tune is from back in 2022, but damn it still hits. Tony Louge came onto the scene and debuted with Calloway County. For a new artist to debut with a song like this, as will written as it is, so impressive. One of my favorite country songs of the 2020s by far.

Is it good news that Levi and Paschal are automatically back? In theory, yes, I think it is good to have these two guys back as depth pieces. However, they've both had very Marcus Davenport-esque careers. Both showing little ability to stay healthy at times, especially Levi. Paschal has missed 29 games in 4 seasons and Levi has missed 39 games in 5 seasons. If they're just taking up roster spots and cap space if they return and can't stay healthy, I don't know that it's really that productive for the team when capital could be spent elsewhere on guys who can actually see the field.

That's the biggest win all year. If they lost that game it felt like they were headed right into yet another late season collapse.

I mean, a whole bunch of right wing protestors marched through the streets of Charlottesville, with tiki torches, cosplaying as actual WW2 Axis Forces Nazis, chanting "Jews will not replace us."

The barking carnival clown is at it again. Anytime he gets a result he doesn't like, from someone he doesn't like, it's fraud or a scam or fake/fake news or the persons crooked or corrupt or a moron. It's all projection of course, because he's barking the loudest to deflect from and hide his own crimes, foolishness, misgivings, and stupidity.

Really like those Tampa Bay Stadium Series jerseys.

We've been trending towards the bottom of the league in 5 on 5 offense over the last month. We're 23rd in the league in scoring 5 on 5 for the season. Simon is hurt and we don't have depth or quality on defense to replace a guy like that. Larkin, similar to last year going into the Four Nations, is in another slump. He has 2 goal and 6 points total in the last 10 games. He needs to be producing far better than a 0.6ppg type of player. We have to have him producing in order to succeed as we clearly lack the scoring depth without his production. We've been carried by Gibson often and some good defense over the past month and a half. We need Gibson and a healthy defense, with Simon fully ready to go, to keep us afloat. We will be in trouble if Gibson returns to earlier season form. Add onto that, we have some of the fewest games left to play of any NHL team. There are at least 8 playoff teams who will have at least 1 to 2 games in hand on us post Olympics. So we can't afford another collapse versus teams that will have games in hand over us. Excuse me if I am a bit concerned based both on past history and our current statistical performances.

They do this every year too. They tease us with playoff possibilities, collapse down the stretch or in the month of December, miss the playoffs, and send us an email about next year's season ticket package.

We're headed into a full on collapse now. After the last 4 games I expect this to be as bad as the collapse after the Four Nations tournament from a year ago. Your can add a fifth game because they ain't beating Colorado tomorrow. I'm almost don't expect the playoffs anymore. Not quite, but almost. This team has a lack of top and talent and now, apparently, a lack of real depth too. We lose one guy in our lineup or a goalie has a down stretch of games and we're cooked. I don't think one move at the deadline fixes the issue, unless we're talking about bringing in a top talent like a Quinn Hughes. The trade deadline is March 3rd and the NHL resumes from the Olympics on February 18th. If this collapse continues for a week or week and a half after the break, I expect Yzerman to hold onto his young players and draft capital and continue building his plan out. If we see the collapse continue and he makes a move, that to me shows there may be some pressure from above with Chris to get this turnaround going. I doubt that though, because Chris cares about money more than winning. Unless he's in save my job from getting fired mode and feels forced to make a movie, I don't think it's necessarily true that he's making a move.