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We are going to San Diego in July and my mother in law had to tell my wife... "Just be careful". When she asked why she was told "Well it's close to the border...." My wife laughed.

Don't forget the profile pic of them with their boat. Or the "staring at the screen from the front seat with sunglasses on"

HW Bush was to the left of Reagan. Reagan's people didn't want him as VP and Bush wasn't a big fan of Reagan's anyway (Voodoo economics) but felt called into service when asked to run. Even though he lived in Texas as an adult he was part of the more liberal Northeast republican establishment.

Meanwhile in the continuing saga of the Michigan GOP evolution into the dumpster....

There's parts of our country that wishes it were red.

He needs that vote bad! If he had 3 more seats he'd throw him to the curb.

They also like to play the "He was back when Democrats were normal" card. Even though at the time the right wingers wanted him killed for treason. They like to point out his tax cuts as an example of "even Democrats did it at one point". He cut them from 91 to 70% and corporate from 52 to 48. Democrats do that with George HW Bush. But I would argue it's obvious the party is much different now.

Wait. I get it. Title 42 or whatever has the Fox gang all riled up so we are back to invasions from Mexicans as a talking point. Now fat old men will suit up and play army and think they are doing something useful.

Horse****. “Protect our borders”. Get out of here with that dumb ass crap. Is that what happened at the gay nightclub? Or the schools? Or the churches? Or the mall? Or the other mall? Or the movie theater? Or Vegas?

I guess these assassination grifters assume there’s a whole new generation of people to sell to.

Ok that makes sense. But I hope there’s not a hierarchy of sorts. They are equally as wrong and on the same level in my opinion. I hope someone isn’t out there saying “well it’s only assault, not rape”.

Why is sexual assault not rape?

It was the Detroit News Headline on the alert I posted a few min ago.

Could be due to the objective of the minors. Yes you want to win games but you also want to develop skills.

regarding the steals..... how much is it due to bigger bases? How much is due to the throwing over rules? How much is due to the pitch clock? I think all 3 matter a little bit.

We're #1!!! I routinely call Mexico and the UK so the 52 and 44 are ingrained in me.... I never bothered to learn that it was simply a 1 that they used to call me. I figured they knew how to do it. "9,0,11,44...." is as familiar to me as my ATM PIN.

I wonder if you can determine who in 2022 was shifted against the most and compare their numbers with 2023?

One purpose of the "only outlaws will have guns" mantra was to make us feel less safe b/c there'd be fewer "good guys with guns" to save the day. I think that's proven to be a worthless defense tactic. I just wish republicans hated guns as much as they hated minorities and LGBTQ and Drag Queens.

Has any research or studies been done with regard to the effects on banning of the shifts?

Newsmax won't exist when Dominion is done with them.

I agree. What bothers me in the debate is too many people have the attitude that if you can't have a 100% success rate then you shouldn't even bother doing anything. No reasonable solution will be perfect. But maybe instead of 10 mass shootings you have 7 because of some difficulty in obtaining the gun either through a delay or a check. They always say "Well they will get it somehow". Sure, maybe. But why make it as easy as possible? Maybe that person can't get it. Maybe they try to get it and there's an altercation and we expose a ring? Maybe he tries from an undercover officer? Other than some rifle shooting on family property or when my son was in scouts, I shot a gun once, in 2019. I was visiting family that I mentioned before who live near the latest incident. They are into guns and I wanted to go to a range. I get the appeal for people who do that. I viewed it like going to a driving range for golf. Some people don't golf 18 holes but they like to go to a range for an hour. There was a lot to process on the range in handling of the gun and loading the clip. My brother in law was patient with me. The reason I say that.... there's no way someone like me should be able to just go into a store and get a gun. I can. There should be training requirements and not from some schmo with a sign on a post somewhere offering classes at a local VFW hall for $50. It should be like a driver's license.

I was not into that music at the time but I also appreciate when someone I know has good taste making suggestions. It takes a lot of effort to listen to new music for me.