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28 minutes ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

The de-humanization of undocumented people is just gross. These are people just like you and me - these are people who have fled their own country for reasons such as political/gang violence or extreme poverty. 

It’s the “Christian” thing to do to mock and dehumanize them.  The can wear their crosses and praise Jesus after winning a sporting event and pretend all is good and that makes them morally superior. It doesn’t. It’s hypocritical bull**** . All while “Bench pressing” 315 pounds allegedly.  Trump supporters today are pathetic excuses for human beings.  Phony Christians. 

9 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

and Wagner was a Nazi but his operas are still the epitome of the art form. Whadyah gonna do? The idea that only moral people (by whatever definition) can produce things of positive value is a naive and false reading of humanity. Nor does the that fact that they do vitiate their culpability for the bad stuff.

and Nazis put us on the moon... or at least boosted us up in that direction.

"Von Braun says he aims for the stars... but sometimes he hits London"

Conservatives today think adult means 14.  At least sexually.

1 hour ago, chasfh said:

Why bother? He'd just be replaced by another red hat athlete.

Most professional athletes, especially the white American ones, are ardent red hats. If you want to be a fan of big-time sports, you can't allow yourself to set a bar of no MAGA ever for your teams because you can't ever have that. Either disassociate the player from his ideology, or give up following big-time sports. Simple as that. You're rooting for the player, not the person. Difference.

Along the same lines... movie stars and musicians.  Maybe not so much movie stars because we don't "see" them and their work is not really them, it's part of an ensemble of art others created.  But if you find yourself jamming to a song from the 50's until maybe 10 years ago when we got smarter about this.. you might not be happy to know what they've done.

Unless someone explicitly does a certain thing I'm not getting wrapped up in it.   I will cheer for Larkin like I've always done.  

I'll take a wine mom over a Nazi any day

There's a reason grindr's servers overload every time the GOP men get together.

participation trophies

8 hours ago, MichiganCardinal said:

Rewatching Ted Lasso. Such a phenomenal show through and through. Just as good on the second watch.

We started our first watch a while back and are making our way thru.  I can see why it's so popular.  I feel good after every episode.

After Robert Duvall died I'm watching Lonesome Dove again.  Watched it at the time when it aired and remember it being so good.  And it is.  What a stacked cast too.  Plus Diane Lane in her early 20's isn't a bad thing.  

One of those is tasked with finding missing federal money.  The other one isn't.

50 minutes ago, romad1 said:

Post by @sammiestsam.sheshed.rocks — Bluesky

Does Norway have a working press? 

one can only hope more people would pull a Frankie Five Angels

All I remember about Kwame in 2002 is he was down in the stands near the Cup when they brought it out.  And then at the rally in Hart Plaza.

And is the complaint about Whitmer that she's in Italy?  Not sure this is breaking news but governors very often travel overseas on behalf of their state.  It didn't start with Gretch.  Maybe we need Charlie LeDuff to do an investigation again... rope in Benson too somehow because Lord knows we can't have these gals out there doing stuff like this.  I mean after all, we know if they fart good ole Charlie's on it with a column.

I saw him with Sparky at Chili's around that time. This was in February, must have been right before spring training.  It was just the two of them. I was wearing an Oakland A's hat. Sparky kept looking at it.  Maybe having flashbacks to the '72 World Series.

and nobody really "celebrated" Kwame at the time for being there. In fact i recall people making fun of him for suddenly showing up.  I mean... the 2002 SC was won in the city of Detroit.  THe parade was in the city of Detroit.  Kwame was the mayor of the city of Detroit.

The City of Detroit is not in Italy.

I didn't see Gretchan Whitmer with either of the hockey teams but somehow she's being indirectly compared to Patel?  Why bring her up?

6 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

They are just as capable of keeping up with the demands of playing every day as they have ever been.  They have more off days now and no scheduled double headers for other reasons other than capability.  One of them is having a strong union. 

The reason for bigger pitching staffs is that teams have figured out that having more fresh pitchers allows their best pitchers to throw at maximum effort and get maximum results.  Then when they get tired, they have plenty of fresh arms to fill in the innings at the end of the game.  Pitchers could pitch just as many innings as they use to, if they were not pitching at maximum effort on every pitch.  

That's something lost on the old timers who complain about "today's soft pitchers who can only go 100 pitches" and then they bring up one guy who pitched a lot and ignore the others who blew out their arms.  It's not about ability or durability.  It's a conscious decision to pitch this way.  Same way with strikeouts and hitters.

We should have a Jerry Walker/Joe Klein debate.

Larry David needs to do an emergency episode of Curb involving the Cheryl character.... something like what was done to Susan on Seinfeld.

I saw a video of him doing KB swings and he was very limp wristed and looked like he never picked one up in his life. It was pathetic. “Our side”. You ain’t **** bro. Don’t claim credit. Yes I am talking to you. 

Miggy's in camp.

32 minutes ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

Of all the giant macros, I think Coors banquet is the best. Coors like it pretty awful though. 

At Tiger games during the week I will get a $5 can of high life.  Those are considered "deals" at Comerica Park.  It satisfies my craving.  

Blue was my beer all through young adulthood until the craft stuff took off in the early 2010s.  

Corona?  Yuck.  That's a one and done beer when on the beach or in sunshine.  Any more than that and I'm burping that **** up all day.

I guess Blue Lights or Molson were out of the question given the circumstances.

I'm back to filling my garage fridge with Blue and Blue Lights.  I still have craft beer and go to breweries but for every day at home at night... it's the Blues.  I treat the craft stuff as a treat.

45 minutes ago, chasfh said:

For any lingering thoughts of wanting to see Harris get replaced, this pretty much puts the nail on the coffin of that thought. Are we beyond all that now, for certain? Is everyone on board with Scott Harris now? Am I no longer uniquely the board's Harris slappy?

I'm probably a Harris slappy too.

I didn't hate Avila but I think that kind of job passed him by.  No shame in that.  He had a great career in the business and did some good things for this org.  Nothing wrong with saying we need someone else to take over.

9 hours ago, Motor City Sonics said:

Maybe Meniere's Disease. 

Alan Shepard had that.  It's why he was grounded before his first scheduled Gemini flight.  He found a doctor to do what was then experimental surgery where they inserted a tube do drain fluid.  He got back on flight status and commanded Apollo 14 and golfed on the moon.  Prior to that he flew 15 minutes in space.

The movie Apollo 13 didn't represent it very well.  He was cleared to fly and was to be given Apollo 13 but management stepped in and said he wasn't ready yet so he swapped missions with Jim Lovell.  In hte movie Hanks says "Al Shepards ear infection flared up".  Not true.  It was merely about training.

Good luck. If it is Meniere's it might be an easier resolution.

Rich Lowrey and Ted Cruz are the perfect embodiment of the weak. They are George McFly to Trumps Biff. 

I’m trying to remember why I hated Thomas Massie.  If I were a billionaire I would be behind him. Not because of his politics but because he represents the normal window of politics. Just reset things and we can fight about the margins and not democracy itself. 
 

I saw an animated video explaining Iran Contra. Jesus Christ that seems like small potatoes today. 

2 hours ago, Screwball said:

Thank you.

From what I watched today, especially with the team bringing out those kids, this was nothing but a class act.

There is too much hate in our world.

There’s a time and a place for everything. Professional athletes are far too busy and dedicated to their craft to delve into politics. He probably has no idea who he was or what he’s done. Obviously I yield to no one in my hatred of these people and if I was given the opportunity to pay $1000 to be in a room with them or Trump so I could flip them the bird and tell them to **** off, I would do it. But I wouldn’t do it at a wedding for funeral or a celebratory event like this. 
 

That was awesome.