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55 minutes ago, Hongbit said:

7 years ago today

RIP Legend

A friend of mine was at the Fox show and is photographed fist bumping him as he walked off the stage. He was able to contact the photographer to get a print of it to frame for his house. So sad. Not long after that he’s gone.  He texted me after the show. He only got one ticket so I couldn’t go.  I went to bed.  In the morning I saw he was gone. So surreal. 
 

this song was my favorite of the entire era and movement and they wer  my favorite band. More so than blackhole sun. 

3 hours ago, ewsieg said:

If only there were people that could use there platform to point out there is nothing wrong with that path if you choose to do it.

There is.

 But again the difference is when you imply that your choice to do that makes you a better person than the one who didn’t choose to do that.  Saying “I want to do this” is not the same thing as “you should do this and you won’t be truly fulfilled unless you do” which is what kicker boy was doing.  Why is this confusing?

2 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

Actually didn't AOC call MTG "baby girl", that's a pretty good slam, though maybe not in MTGs exurban neck of the woods.

I couldn’t tell who was Crocket and who was AOC in the dialogue off camera. 

1 hour ago, ewsieg said:

Did something publicly happen with someone that said this recently?   Links or it didn't happen.... and I mean links with the wording that explicitly says their only job is to procreate and cook.  

I have read Butkers speech if that's what you are referring to.  I did take exception with some parts of it, parts in which I view him as a Catholic that likes the conservative push we're seeing with that church in the US of which the pope is actually pushing back on.

There was a part where he mentioned that women, the type of women that would choose to go to a catholic school, may be looking more forward to starting a family then pushing for a c-level position.  My wife was and is very proud of her degree and she was working towards that when we met.  Apparently because I'm a horrible conservative, we also talked about our hopes for our lives outside of work before we got married.  In hindsight, I guess I should have only looked at my wife in the terms of the money and titles she could attain and just hope she would eventually want kids like I wanted.  Obviously I'm part of the patriarchy.  That was later re-enforced when after our 1st child was born, she wanted to quit work and spend more time raising our child.  I encouraged it and when she felt horrible about the lack of financial support from her, I tried to make sure she understood I'd do anything to help her have her wish.  At the time I felt I was being supportive, but I'm woke now and realize I was telling her she should just stay home, cook, and procreate.

It was difficult on her as she was raised in a family of female's that worked and she had a new world out there that said women should be pushing for more power in the workplace.  It was not an easy decision for her and a lot of that was based on outside pressures to be a successful women.  She eventually went back to work, but raised two wonderful kids.  Even if she didn't go back to work, she was successful in my eyes.

The difference is you both made the choice for yourselves and didn’t need and shouldn’t have had anybody else deciding that path or making comments on what you chose to do and why.   His comments reek of “let me tell you what’s best for you…” and that’s where the insult occurs. Just keep your mouth shut about what women should do. It’s none of your business. And totally unrelatable coming from a pro athlete raised by a mom with an andvanced degree.
 

 And it’s not just men who do this. Women struggle with other women making judgements on their choices.  Those who want to work are judged for not putting their kids first or for not even having kids.  Those who stay home are judged for “just” doing that.  
 

Once my wife was asked “oh you have to work?” In a very snide way at a chick gathering not long after our kids were born.  She said “I’m sure we could make it work but I enjoy getting out 2-3 days a week using my degree and being around adults”.  We saw that same lady about 15 years later at a 40th birthday for the mutual friend.  She was divorced.  
 

I’m not going to fault someone for punching back. There’s no victory anymore in taking the high road. 

Just now, Tigeraholic1 said:

Sorry, I clicked the wrong post. I was trying to ask about this. He was charged with assault on a police officer?

From what I heard the ESPN reporter say happened as he observed it.

There was a backup from an accident.  He went around that to get to the front of the gate.  They are in marked cars identifying them as players.  He drove past a cop car and a cop jumped on the car and then he stopped the car after about 10 yards  Then the cop dragged him out.

I don't think he's acting entitled.  He's a participant in the event so it's natural to assume they are given instructions to safely go around any backups and go to the front of the line to be let in whereever they need to go. The cop could have easily figured this all out instead of being dramatic. 

7 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

I guess I am confused. What was the 2nd degree assault charge was for?

my quote was about the video of the girl trying to get ice cream.

No it's not. Tired of the media playing this out as if it's just normal banter and both sides need to cool it.

The gentle bear from Georgia cannot handle a black woman as her peer, that's her problem.

25 minutes ago, Hongbit said:

The cop who completely overreacted is facing a career change.  

Props to Scottie for completely keeping his cool.  Didn't play the "Do you know who I am" card, just did what he was told. I understand they are in marked player courtesy cars.  He didn't know it was an accident.  Just assumed it's fan traffic and that's whey they have marked cars, isn't it?

4 minutes ago, chasfh said:

I didn't articulate my thoughts quite exactly but that's basically what I meant. Ford and his advisors may have concluded that prosecutions would have overshadowed his entire presidency and would definitely have cost him the election (which it ended up doing anyway), and he would have to weigh in on it every single day, because as you say it would have been all anyone would have wanted to talk about. Instead, Ford thought it better to rip off the band-aid, pardon Nixon, take the immediate blowback, and get it over with so he could move on to some semblance of a normal presidency, which, of course, could never be because it was still overshadowed by Tricky ****—as well it should have been.

Yep.  That "sacrifice" led to him receiving the JFK Profile in Courage award, presented by Ted Kennedy, who pointed out how critical he was at the time of him doing it.

that was everywhere yesterday.  I shared it as a story and it kept showing up from a ton of other sites too....

I wonder what the story behind it is.

I love it.  

32 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Maybe the deal was less about actually becoming President and more about not drowning his presidency in Nixon's prosecution.

I think he'd have been fine with the prosecutions going forward if it wasn't what everybody wanted to talk about.  He had some big problems to solve but his first few press conferences were nothing but Nixon talk.

25 minutes ago, LaceyLou said:

I've met quite a few people like that. They're against welfare..... but they themselves are on welfare. Of course, they're deserving of it, and prayed to get it. 

There's also a fairly famous author who was a Libertarian, but whose family benefited from the Homestead Act, and a whole lot of other supports from the government. 

Sigh.

And it's especially rich when seniors on medicare are against "socialism".  They claim "Well I paid into it all these years..."  Yes... through taxes.  That's how we fund the government.  They don't realize where the money comes from.

Ford had researchers look into the pardon functionality and once he got confirmation that acceptence of a pardon was admission of guilt he moved forward.  

The whole idea that he "made a deal" is hogwash.  Ford didn't need to make a deal.  He was going to become POTUS.

I just bought out two leased vehicles and my rate is about 6.  Not worried as I will pay them off early.  Drive them into the ground and hopefully buy another in cash as a retirement gift in 11 years and be done with it. 

6 minutes ago, casimir said:

I remember working holidays in a previous job.

Customer:  "Oh, that's too bad you have to work today."

My thoughts:  Stay the **** out of here.

and slightly related... a long time small business closes after the owners get old... 

"Oh, that's a shame. I loved that place.  So sad"

"When was the last time you went there to shop?"

"I don't know... 1996?"

and remember you had the strike the year before, then the replacement players in camp... 

ask anybody who worked in the restaurant industry how Sunday afternoons absolutely sucked b/c of the church crowd coming in... and how mean and awful the people were. 

I remember when they would talk about jobs involving sin and sinning.  I'd ask "Can you be bartender even if you don't drink?"   They'd say "No, because your job involves other people sinning".  I always thought about that and the fact they would say working on Sunday was wrong if you had to miss church but if was often the busiest day of the week because of all those church people making others sin.

Gibby retired the same day the team traded Mike Henneman.  I think he'd just had enough.  He wasn't happy with the organization.  They traded David Wells a few days prior.  I remember listening to WDFN, Jamie and Gregg, and they were interviewing a Tiger, maybe John Flaherty, and right in the middle they say something like "Uh... Kirk Gibson retired?..." and Flaherty didn't know and he just said he had to get off the phone.

12 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said:

Bobo's son is in court again today telling judge he is indigent and needs Colorado to pay for his defense. Bobo is in court today as well - in NY, supporting Trump in his porn trial.

Come January, we won't see her again unless you watch OAN or LindellTV.

Is OAN an acronym for OnlyFans?  Because I think that's where she ends up. 

Or she'll be the face of a conservative version of it.  No woke porn.  

You mean when he didn't want disabled/disfigured vets around?  "nobody wants to see that"

You don't do a panic move like trading your pitching depth because if we are being honest 3 players aren't quite living up to their expectations.  That's what this whole thing is about... 3 players.  Torkelson, Keith, and Meadows.  If you expected the other hitters to be better then that's on you.  They weren't good.  But these 3 mentioned players are the only ones hitting worse than I expected them to.  

Is he speaking from a political angle?  Like it would have helped Biden?   That’s the only excuse 

Maybe Biden has standards and doesn’t do business with networks that pay out  lawsuit settlements.  Multiple settlements.