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I am on vacation and fully intended to disengage from the world. That included twitter and this site, for politics and the Tigers. Then the other day my son drops the bomb. Damn. I tried. But seeing the reaction on social media from my MAGA friends…. They are scared.

Listen to a version by DMB with Warren Haynes joining them. From Central Park in 2003. I list and watch every few months.

I get what you are saying. The few million votes from those select states are more valuable than the other 130 million.

If Harris wins trumpies will claim “they cheated by switching at the last minute”

Many of those also give Trump a pass for the disrespectful things he’s said about the military so pardon me if I don’t give them any special standing for their opinions. They are being political about it just like the rest of us. If the same thing happened under Trump they would have just glossed over it.

I remember it because I was on a family vacation. My oldest was 4 and youngest 1 1/2. Today we are again in a family vacation. Ages 23 and 20.

It will. They are using outdated slurs and don’t forget GenX women are going thru menopause and they embrace this **** now. A badge of honor. No more being ashamed for getting old and being a woman. They do this at their own peril. Shark week MF-er.

Anecdotally I know of 4 people now who were not going to vote because of Bidens age and now they will vote for Harris.

We got very lucky. Flew out Saturday morning from Detroit to Tampa. We saw people at the airport sleeing on floors. Near one terminal eceryone had complimentary blankets. Our flight was on time but when we got to tampa we had to wait about 45 minutes for a gate to open up. But I was very anxious Friday checking our flight status and wondering what I could do.

That says so much. Why the **** would they care about pissing off Democratic voters?

I’m on vacation and promised myself I would disengage from anything for the week but… holy ****. I haven’t read any responses and glanced at twtitter. God bless Joe Biden for what he did for our country and let’s ****ing go Kamala! I’m all in.

I remember Maher saying shortly after 2016 something like “I gave Obama $X million dollars. But if Romney had won… I would have been ok. 2012 was the last normal election we had.

Why is believing Jesus visited the Indians any crazier than thinking he died and rose from the dead… or did any of the other miracles mentioned in most mainline Christian circles? If you believe God can do anything then why wouldn’t he have done that? Most religions contain bat**** crazy things to people on the outside. Thats what makes the faith of the believers so important.

That odd press release in ST announcing that Scherzer turned down their “great” offer said a lot. Mike Ilitch does not like it when a player of his says no. (It’s why Sergei has yet to have his jersey retired).

Depends on what is meant by the 'right'. The Republican Party has been replaced by cultists. There's many former republican politicians saying that. There's a reason we didn't see George Bush, Mitt Romney, Mike Pence, **** Cheney, Paul Ryan, or Dan Quayle at the RNC. They've been squeezed out. And not because of moderation. Some of those folks are as conservative as they come. But they dared question the Dear Leader. Because of that i cannot take seriously anybody in the current batch of clowns running that party and that includes Josh Hawley. Whatever they say they "heard" is justifiably not reliable. They have no redeeming intellectual qualities.

Remember when the House had the impeachment inquiry and they had a "whistleblower"? I mean... I'm sorry but if refuting false statements and faking fun of ridiculous opinions is "bullying" then I question the validity and strength of those opinions to begin with. The fact is the right wing as it existed 10 years ago no longer exists. It's been replaced by fringe elements with extremist views.

I can't believe one action at one company can cause such havoc.... of course yes, I can believe it. But it shouldn't be that way. The race to the bottom continues.

last night when leaving the concert the marquis on the Fox had a graphic of Skubal saying "It's Skoob Time" and encouraging you to buy tickets. They are not trading Skubal. Not because of what I saw but because he's as close to a franchise player they have right now.

Someone said Grindr refers to the RNC as their "super bowl"

I think the main thing is to remove the stigma of NOT going to college and pursuing trades or anything else. And college doesn't have to be expensive if you choose to do that. What I resent too is this idea that a kid at the age of 17-18 has to "figure it out". I took longer than 4 years because I didn't know what I wanted to do and refused to get sucked into some trap. Yes, I did **** around my first year in college but I went to a strict HS and the freedom got the best of me... oh well. I was 17/18. I don't apologize for it. A few friends would mock me as a slacker (The Tommy Boy joke about a lot of people going to college for 7 years, they're called doctors, was a common one) but I knew I had the rest of my ilfe ahead of me and now I am blessed to have a good paying job. I took some risks and did some low level work early on in my career but made the connections and that got me to where I am. I know people I graduated with who weren't as fortunate and wasted a lot of money. But hey.... they graduated from college in 4 years! I also think there's a misconception that everybody who goes to college is getting some stupid degree that's not relevant to finding a job. No. A lot of the student loan forgiveness is for people who took noble but low paying jobs because we collectively as a society decided those don't pay as well, but they are just as important as yours or mine. Value isn't always what the bottom line rewards, especially service type jobs. Social Workers... teachers.... that kind of thing. And some of these recipients were victims of predatory practices, like racking up tens of thousands of debt from a for profit university when they could have gotten the same certification from a community college for little to nothing, only to get a job as a nurses aid or medical assistant making $20 an hour. I have no issues with helping those people out. If the government is giving handouts away I'd rather it go to them than some millionaire or corporation.

So they got $354M in donated media, and doled out $351M in donated media? I think I know the answer... but what is donated media? I guess I see that as a wash.

I liked the immediate few months after it started when we didn't have to go anywhere, then it got warm so we could go somewhere as long as it was outside.

I heard JD said he wants a national abortion ban because otherwise George Soros would send "black women" to California for abortions.