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I agree on that side effect. It may be unintended but in general this idea that the police are authority figures rather than public servants and getting people used to seeing them everywhere is a dangerous path. It can be harmless if they are acting as a deterrent, like when you see them at large sporting events. But it’s not a leap to think that can transition to a scenario where they just start questioning your presence and can tell you what to do.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was very good. If you liked the first one. It was fun.

We went to see Beetlejuice 2. And had dinner at…. Outback. A place I haven’t been in 20 years. But someone got us a gift card so we had to use it. I saw the game on a TV far away in the restaurant. Outback hasn’t changed at all. Not the menu. Not the decor. Even the prices weren’t much different. We talked about going there on our first vacation together in 1995. It was over $50 before tip and that was my threshold back then for an expensive meal. This meal was $75 with 2 drinks and an appetizer. Beetlejuice 2 was fun. Very fun.

There is no risk to keeping him as you can stash him in Toledo but I wouldn’t let his presence get in the way of any plans. Approach the off season as if you need a 1B and more RH bats and see what happens

Cheney’s endorsement shows that today’s GOP is far removed from the party of Reagan and Bush. To those low information (not stupid) voters who are busy living their lives and not paying attention to details like us dorks, it presents another data point to enforce the idea that maybe both sides aren’t the same. A lot of people do think that. They see references to multiple trials with Trump and these former republicans going against him… again it doesn’t take much to make a difference.

I would add to Lee’s point - do you think you can fix him and is he willing to do what you think is required?

I would think replacing Tork would be easy enough. This team at this stage can’t wait any longer and honestly even in a best case scenario how good would he be? Pride can’t factor into the decision and it won’t. It’s a one day story. Anybody picking 1:1 that year would have “blown it” to the talk radio crowd.

Meanwhile in 2024…. i don’t see the point in bringing up something from 2003 as it relates to today unless it’s to somehow bring legitimacy to the idea that maybe his vote for Harris now is wrong. Grow up. You are going to agree with people on issue A and disagree on issue B. That is how the world works.

In England it’s “nice one”

I see it 4-5 times a day. I go on brief 5 minute walks thru out the day and on my walk I see it as I come up Westminster Ct. looking right at me.

I learned about him after watching Chinatown and reading a few books about the movie. The character of Mulray was loosely based on Muhlholland. I had no idea on the history of the valley.

I am not scoreboard watching because with the # of games behind and the # of games left... they have to win. They won't be backing into it by the othe teams losing. If the Tigers win, then I'll check the other games.

Well you could go all the way back to the first VP, John Adams. But that's not fair. In recent times maybe John Nance Garner. He was FDR's VP in his first two terms and they had a falling out and he became a critic. I don't know if he endorsed republicans but he wasn't happy with Roosevelt.

I don't know what's real anymore but Nate Silver was trending on X and with all the bots and stuff.... but allegedly he's bought by Thiel so his forecasts are getting trashed.

that game feels like 2 weeks ago

My original point abou the "My pleasure" thing is that it tells me that the business has an attention to detail and so do the employees. It's a sign of jobs well done. Not for feeding my ego but, like the Van Halen Green M&M's legend, it shows a level of completeness and quality. They are making an effort at customer satisfaction.

I like to thank them to show that I respect their job and that I don't look at them as my servant. I have some friends who do not do that because they figure "We paid good money, they're not doing us a favor" and I resent that. I did that kind of work. We're all just trying to make a living one way or another. That's why I posted it in the pet peeve thread. It's not a big deal overall. I see it as a lack of training and the business itself, the corporation, has to make that emphasis. The family owned deli I go to every Thursday does it right. They thank me for coming in and tell me they are happy to see you. Now if the server or cashier does something above normal duties, like throws in extra napkins or offers to double bag my item... something.... then if I say thank you and they say "You're welcome" then it's warranted.

I didn't listen, just watched, and didn't follow up but man... if you charge someone like that you gotta do better.

I recall when Obama was POTUS, he went to a diner or something and the person helping him was black. Now everybody knows black people talk different with other black people. So when the guy asked Obama if he wanted his change, Obama replied "Naw, we straight". I don't remember if the reporters cleaned it up or not but I remember it being discussed on a page I used to follow, National Review's Corner, which was a running block where their folks would sort of comment on stuff. They definitely didn't want them to clean it up because you know.... you gotta emphasize the guy is black and just like the mag cover of the Oval Office Fist Bump.... decorum in the WH went downhill once the blacks got in there, right? There goes the neighborhood. Pretty soon there'll be cookouts on the WH Lawn.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET198806210.shtml 3 walks in the bottom of the 9th, two were with the bases loaded to make it 6-3. All 3 games that weekend were walk off wins. The night before Brookens hit a walk off. I remember that one more than the Trammell one for some reason. I was out with a friend and his dad picked us up, we asked about the game and he just said "Tommy Brookens!" That stuck with me.

Have you seen the house on Pelham, just N of Outer Dr with the big banner of Trump raising his fist after some glass cut his hear?

The thing about supression is that's where the ground game comes in and from what I see Kamala has a tremendous ground game. In 2020 we were still dealing with covid issues and all of that. I can't help but think turnout on the D side will be very high based on what we see at the rallies. Our local democratic club has burned through 3 batches of signs.

When you are in a situation where a service worker is doing their job and you say “thanks” or “thank you” and they reply “no problem”. like they did you a favor. The Ritz Carlton used to instruct their employees to never say “no problem” or “you’re welcome”. They should say “my pleasure”. Chik Fil A adopted that too.

It’s a variant on these greetings: Hey, there he is they let anybody in here staying out of trouble?

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