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Are the folks in Sterling Heights mostly Chaldean? To quote some around me.... "they don't count as Arab".

We will get an indication of this after the primary votes are tallied. Will those Uncommitted votes remain non votes in November or even be converted to Trump? In 2020 the city totals were 30K to 13K in favor of Biden. In 2022 it was 19K to 10K in favor of Whitmer.

I didn't read it but it ties into this theme I see among that crowd that basically treats young women like crap, moreso than before. Us tough men are not doing a good enough job with our women and boys by letting them turn into a bunch of softies. There's a movement in the Christian Nationalist lot that thinks its a good idea to revert to something like 1 vote per household. We can't let women and these Swifties change our country.

There is a merging point among Muslims with the GOP as it stands to moral issues. The immigration thing (Muslim ban) is not that big of a player because there is a tribal feeling of "I'm here, it's all good". Tribalism is a thing in that community, Lebanese vs Yemeni, etc. We had a big row here last year in our schools where some local Trumpies were jumping in on the book banning issue and the Muslims were joining them. One person at a board meeting actually said "They can be gay when they are 18". It is not an election year here for the board until next year so we'll see how that plays out. But I'm not ruling out them voting for Trump. This is based on what I read locally.

That kind of thing is tougher to take today given so many options to watch. You probably sacrificed 3 hours total and were let down. You could have watched half a season of a good series in that time. That’s why I hate all the marvel bashing by the likes of Scorsese. It’s fine to not like those kind of movies but you can’t deny they propped up the physical theater industry for the previous 7 or 8 years. We have the Barbenheimmer/Flowers Moon/Swift revival now and hopefully it stays. But th days of just randomly going to the movies to watch whatever are nearly done. It has to be an even movie.

What is the mechanism to get the money? When he doesn’t write a check what happens? I’m not smart enough to understand accounting rules to rule out the ability of lawyers and such to hide money under other entities. I’m not being argumentative or rhetorical. Maybe Elon will pay it.

I read that sentiment in a lot of local comments on social media. Yes it’s just internet chatter but like MAGA… they believe it. And that’s just what they are willing to say publicly. Yes the WSJ op Ed a few weeks ago on Dearborn crossed the line but if that author did his research online reading comment sections of a few local and prominent pages he would be forgiven for going towards that conclusion. Muslims shaming other Muslims for being “harem” because not every facet of their life is devoted to Islam and Alllah. It’s like me reading commentary from my old fundamentalist baptist (Bob Jones University) crowd go on about other Christians being “worldly”.

But they are taught and believe that what they would have is not good enough. That what the guy next door (Israel) has is theirs by birthright and heritage and it was stolen. So the Gazans will never stop. You can’t negotiate with a people who think you simply shouldn’t exist. To far too many people the only acceptable resolution will be wiping Israel off the map. It will always be there. There is nothing you could give the Palestinians short of no israel that will satisfy them.

I’m of the belief he will pay nothing in any of this.

I haven’t been paying attention to the specifics. Shri’s district is pretty snaky. Goes thru Detroit to the GP area then back west south of Tliab near me.

It's on Apple.

I liked Suicide Squad, the newer one, and attribute that to James Gunn. So that is a positive for the future of DC. Just have to go into it knowing it's not for kids and it's over the top. For Deadpool 3.... what do you y'all recommend for us to catch up and all that? Just the first 2? Should I watch anything else?

best shape of his life Has anyone yet said "It just feels different this year..... I can't explain it. But guys are crisper. More alert. We're going to focos on the little things. Rounding the bases the right way. Proper leadoffs. Staying down on the ball."

Market is back up to where it was on Monday.

Perhaps it is unethical but it’s how corporate America operated for a very long time. Usually it’s the man bringing along ththe woman. That’s acceptable. But a powerful woman? They gotta behave.

Corporate America, always a race to the bottom to squeeze every last nickel out of things so that our investments can make an extra 1/8 of a point. You'd think with the advertisements this wouldn't be an issue/

It doesnt make sense that the league would care about that.

I have strict instructions to never ever get me anything with this logo on it. Usually a family member will find something at a garage sale or something with it. In the trash it goes.

Maybe those folks retiring on the GOP side will go out with a middle finger?

Tliab has a seat for life in this district if she wants it. Unless they change the lines. She's pretty much got a solid square, 8 mile except for a bit that jets up into Southfield, that covers Dearborn, Dearborn Hts, Westland, Garden City, stretches west to canton and stops just north of I 94 to the South. The only area that could dent her would be "Lily White Livonia" which is still a thing. The Arab/Muslim community is no longer just Dearborn. They've moved along the Ford/Warren Ave corridor going west. So many churches have closed and property bought to open up another Mosque.

The Ilitch family can be very vindictive. Rumors when Lary Sorensen left were that he made a joke about a family member. It was a sudden departure in the middle of the season. Later on when we learned about his alcohol issues it makes more sense, either he said something, or was just drunk all the time. But I could see a scenario where they didn't like his schtick, wasn't enough of a company guy. Jim Northrup was too critical of the team. Al Kaline would have survived as a color guy in today's world. He would get on the players a lot. They want their on air talent to sunshine and all about marketing and promotion.

Thanks. This is not the year but at some point I'm going down for ST.

I think being an outsider is more lucrative. Thinking of people like Pat Caddell and **** Morris and Harold Ford. Just switch and you get swallowed up. But giving the impression of a unique voice can be valuable

This district went from John Dingell to this POS.