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and all this bull****, the reason we are talking about him today, is because of a hollywood strike in the mid 2000's and Mark Burnett pitching an idea to fill the gap in the TV lineups for a show involving Trump who at that point was a washed up real estate tycoon that was yesterday's news. He was as relevant as Jim Bakker or Max Headroom, some forgotten guy from the 80's who had his moment in the tabloids but was considered a joke at that point.

Your words were they were “pushing racial and LGBTQ issues”. I drew a reasonable conclusion based on those words. If inaccurate then you can correct it.

Right. But they probably spent 6 minutes inspecting an 86 year old woman’s medical supply bag for lighters.

It’s really enjoyable. The music. The breaking of the third wall. The graininess. I can’t get enough of it. I read the book it was based on. Some great stuff in there.

I haven't looked at his numbers defensively but my eye test doesn't sell me.

What is the MSNBC agenda? I know the Fox agenda. It's to make old white people angry and scared of minorities. If both are equally bad then what is MSNBC trying to do? I'm sensing a little bit of "they're shoving it down our throats" when a commercial shows an interracial or gay couple. No... they are just confirming that these situations do exist.

I'm fine with just paying him to leave. He's hurting the team.

I'm not so sure it's a case of wanting to get rid of them as it is they can't find them to begin with or don't want to pay them what it takes to lure from elsewhere. My local fruit market has a lot of young people, HS and college aged, working their registers, no self check out. Of course at this place it's rare to have a cart full of stuff as they don't have that many items to begin with. We get our perishable items Kroger or Meijer pickup and our fresh fruits and meats from the local market or an Aldi. Takes two trips but it's fine. We can be in and out of Westborn or Aldi in 15 minutes.

My go to "old guy" thing is Grady from Sanford and Son. He was 42-47 during Sanford and Son Redd Fox was 10 years older. I see it a lot when they show grandmas in commercials. They look like they are 80. Doing knitting and such. In reality they are probably in their 50s and 60s.

the next episode is better... as I'm sure you've read here. Enjoy.

He wouldn’t be doing that if Wally were still alive would he?

Jerry Reinsdorf has moral authority based on that alone to move the team.

Riley Greene slashing .087/.185/.130 since moving to RF upon the callup of Parker Meadows. For reference sake in the 7 games before he was .286/.300/.500

Back in the day, 2006-2014 era, there was a couple near us that always brought in leftover pizza in Tupperware containers… along with their backpacks.

8 degrees Plato. Not really a bar but a brewery/market. I don’t know if others are but I know that one is for sure.

That is fantastic. Such great memories. Fridays game was so good.

Were you able to get a bobble head?

That’s the point. Make you get your beer inside. And eat.

that stinks. I was hoping they'd go back to 7:10 since the clock shaved 30 min off the other way. Guess they didn't agree with my feedback. I know quite a few who do not like it.

MLB is going to require a bullet proof shield around the stadiums.

There is still a video store on Telegraph, I assume it's Dearborn Heights.

which makes zero sense because in the case of the trades, those people who do it are in bad shape by the time they hit their 60's. 25 years of crouching on the floors does horrible things to your back. The GOP though wants to sustain their servant class.

I'm reading a book about Blockbuster. Really eye opening. The main thesis is that it wasn't Netflix that did them in and if what this guy says is true he's right. Written by an executive from a former competitor that beat them in every market they competed in, he later went on to run some franchises who did things their own way. All Blockbuster cared about was opening more stores. Management was not interested in learning about customer habits, what sold well, etc. They had all of this consumer data and it was never curated. By opening more stores it created the cash flow that wall st loved. That was the only goal. Hollywood Video, and their forerunner company, would simply open up a store near an existing Blockbuster, then beat them. One thing stood out. Rentals are divided into two categories. New Releases and Catalog. Blockbuster would rent all their moves for $3 and you got it 2 nights. Tapes cost around $65 so obviously you knew how many times you needed to rent for it to pay for itself. By far the busiest night was Friday. In Blockbuster they'd rent a new release for $3 and it's not back until Sunday. The other places would rent it for $2 for one night, and get it back Saturday. So that tape brings in $4 for a weekend, and two happy customers. Other places would also rent the catalog movies for $1. Not at blockbuster. And their lack of interest in customer habits meant they bungled the transition to DVD. They couldn't even tell you what movies rented best in certain locations. Franchisees would build their own systems from .csv files and do it themselves. This isn't in 1985 either, it's 1997. So when the time came that DVD was king, Blockbuster was stuck with a bunch of VHS tapes. Their CEO figured customers would just take whatever was on the shelf. DVD was a gift to retail. Smaller to ship, cheaper to produce... it was a no brainer. It's common knowledge that Netflix offered to sell to them, with the idea being those guys would run mail order (Streaming wasn't a thing yet) and Blockbuster would take over the physical side. Blockbuster not only declined, but the CEO gave them an eye roll. That just ticked them off and motivated them. They were almost religious in their data and algorithms so off they went. Just an interesting business book. It rambles on a bit and probably could have fit into a 20 page term paper but whatever.

Because they don’t view the coasts as real Americans. How many times have right wingers posted those maps of counties in red/blue, as if land votes.