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They need his vote for 15 more months.

file this under things you don't see much of anymore and a throwback to how it was and should be.

exactly. That's what I was trying to imply. Israel is turning over convicted, or accused prisoners. Hamas is turning over people who's crime was being Jewish.

He's dropping him back to his NYC days as tabloid fodder and reality show star. A person at a B/C celebrity level. Typically, before norms and decorum went into the wastebasket, a former President would be given some kind of deference. We don't have a modern precedent really of a former President running again to know for sure but I suspect if Jimmy Carter or George HW Bush ran again, they'd be called Mr. Carter or Mr. Bush, if not "The former President" by their primary opponents. Maybe not.

I view many, maybe most, Palestinians as victims of Hamas. There's a massive misinformation campaign going on and it is making many people, including young people and media here in the US, ignorant. I've had local people consistently tell me Hamas are not terrorists. It's a culture thing. I live in Dearborn and have many Arab and Muslim friends. They are scared for their family and friends back home. I get it. But the blame falls squarely on Hamas and they will never admit to that. Too many leaders in that world and community are too sympathetic to Hamas and share the goal of Israel not existing. Hostage exchanges are treated as equal between the two sides when one group is turning over 3 year olds and the other are turning over failed suicide bombers.

The Michigan GOP has less money in their account than I suspect a lot of people here have in their accounts. They're trying to sell a building they don't own.

as a wrestling fan growing up I still fall into the "kuh-mah-la" pronounciation instead of "kah-muh-luh". Seems more natural to me. But NOtice that Christie has fallen back to referring to Trump as "Donald".

wow... that's amazing. I'm on a list like that which began around the same time. It was about Band Names. We'd come up with Band Names. That's it. Most of the people on the list I never met and never will. I check and it is still going on. Someone once put it all into a 17 page word document.

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?