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When the comments are funnier than the meme.

Casinos hire some very smart people, phd level smart, who know what triggers the chemicals in our brains. The sounds and sights are designed for that. That said I love going there. We don’t gamble. Just enjoy hanging out and people watching and driving out to the desert for a few hours. Haven’t been since February 2020 though. (We made fun of people wearing masks). It’s gotten kind of pricey to where we decide to go on a “real” vacation. Meaning if we are going to drop a few grand then do tropical or something.

$2.75? Seems a no brainer.

This explains that strange Grassley thing where he stated he would be presiding on Jan 6.

Man a lot of scrappy white guys.

I got one that's kind of a common term, for entertainment. For a long time I was getting emails addressed about T Shirts and when certain events were going to leave.

it's his lucky machine.... I've been to Vegas 8 times, 6 of those for work conventions. Stumble back to the hotel at 1:30 am, leave it at 7:30 am.... the same people at the machines and tables in the morning.

Even if both sides suck I will lean more on the side that doesn't use rape as a weapon of war and cut off babies heads or burn them alive in their cribs and executes people in front of their children. Israel is always expected to turn the other cheek because many on the left condescend to the palestinians that they just don't know any better.

If someone cannot see a moral difference between IDF's actions during warfare and Hamas then they are lost and not worth arguing with. If Israel truly wanted a palestinian genocide then they would have done it already. It's pure antisemitism. Brainwashed masses. We have nazis among us today and are reliving WWII. A large segment of these protesters don't even think Oct 7 happened. They think Hamas are the good guys. The palestinian cause has morphed into Jan 6 election denialism. It's the same thing. Ignore truths that are inconvenient because of "sides".

For running clothes I think the opposite is true. Women always have a phone pocket. Would it kill apparal companies to just throw in a zippered pocket on a pair of shorts or a jacket? When you run often times you drive somewhere so you want, at minimu, a spot for a key and a phone.

I’ve ripped on Chris Ilitch plenty. The org always seems to play it safe. But then again I think signing Hinch and Harris and even the new announcer shows a willingness to improve things or at least try to improve. Hinch had baggage but did win. It would have been easy to just promote Lloyd of some other Gardenhire type guy. I’m not saying they will spend $30M on a guy. But I don’t know it’s impossible. If Chris wanted to just float along and pull in the cash these moves don’t reflect that.

Here’s two scenarios to consider and how do you think they would play out: An IDF soldier is confronting a Hamas soldier one on one in warfare and suddenly the Hamas soldier pulls out a Palestinian child in front of him basically daring the IDF soldier to continue on shooting at him. What do you think the IDF soldier would do? Change that around now to an IDF soldier pulling out a Jewish child in front of him daring the Hamas fighter? What would the Hamas fighter do? It’s my strong belief the IDF soldier lets him go. The Hamas fighter would just blast away without giving it a nanosecond of a thought. He wouldn’t think it a tragedy or feel the slightest guilt.

Sportswriters have lost their angles and access. Organizations are being run much tighter now. In the corporate model. The old boys network dwindled away. MLB and the teams have their corporate media. Leaks are almost always from agents with a motive.

“Too many Mexicans” is a classic bit from the old days.

to clarify on Fargo, are the seasons stand alone? I'd like to watch.

I"m also curious to see what kind of totals Mauer gets. I always assumed he'd sail in but I see a lot of doubters. Too much time at 1B?

And if we are being honest…. Turkey kind of sucks. I mean I eat it and everything. It’s not bad. It’s not offensive or anything. It’s just kind of blah.

“Ummmm yeah… northern lights. Wink wink. Go with that”.

That senator that wanted to fight the teamster guy complained on twitter that he paid over $4.50 a gallon, in Oklahoma, to fill up his F250 Diesel, blaming Biden. A check on gasbuddy shows diesel prices in Oklahoma to be about a buck cheaper per gallon.

Bummer about Willie Hernandez.

When I would visit our family in TN, we got off 75 in Kentucky just past Lexington and took the "back roads" to head southwest. They've become less Back Roadish over the years but there's one stretch I really like. I enjoy seeing how the local people live. Old barns surrounded by grown up brush. You pass the local HS and can see the pride they have. Some parts of Kentucky are a potential retirement destination for me.

I thought the OH turnpike and the NY toll roads were well maintained. In NY they are building new plazas and do a good job telling you how far away the next one was and what they had. I'm a stopper. I don't like to drive more than an hour without it. I like toll roads and turnpikes because traffic is lighter and they have those. I can get out, use the rest room, fill up my water, get a snack or coffee if needed and get just enough of a stretch by that walk to and from. It only takes a few minutes and since they are right there you don't lose much time.

I don’t know…. I think this makes him less attractive of a signing.

I was going to specify what it was but a bunch of people are waxing poetic about Gods beauty and him knowing what she needed to see. No need to trample on that.