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Fred Lynn is one of those guys who never ages and looks like he could still play.

I was like that in ‘87 with Eric King and Mike Henneman.

He acts like he’s on the edge of a ladder leaning over a railing and a 10 foot drop and afraid of a sudden movement. He’s doing the easy part. I was pushed a photo of Chuck Schumer “grilling” burgers. He had his glasses on the table right next to the grill and the cheese was already placed on the raw patties . He has a spatula in his hand smiling at the camera.

I’m honestly not sure if I knew they were different pitchers.

I don’t take any glee in their suffering either, even though they “asked for it”. We need food.

But whose problem is that to solve? Should people just volunteer to work for a lower wage to help a brother out? The issue is we had an aging workforce that saw an opportunity during COVID to either retire or not bother with that second job. Baby boomers are reaching retirement age.

I'm so tired of the "spoiled" and "lazy" argument. It's about choice and opportunity. We saw it during covid when places couldn't find workers and some nutjob would get on TV and whine "Nobody wants to work anymore". No. Nobody wants to work for you. Compete for employees like you compete for customers. Nobody is entitled to a workforce.

Do you feel like I do was a jukebox staple for me back in my dive bar years about 20 years ago. Every Monday I'd walk up to a place and meet two buddies. That's what having small kids at home do to you. Started with Monday night football and free pizza at halftime then we just kept going for about 5 years.

“I don’t like country music, but I don’t mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means ‘put down.’” - Bob Newhart

I don’t think that’s the case. The team has no link to the company. It was bought by Henry’s grandson.

Water finds its level.

Cleveland’s extra game is part of DH on Sep 20. Not sure why I am telling you that but I was curious. I I’m not worried. No.

I remember how it came about. We were going on about Scientology. Then I threw in…. “Well but….” I go with Bill Burrs take on why Scientology is weird. Speaking of Hubbard “this guy has a drivers license”. Meaning it started not that long ago.

They dont need local media anymore. They tolerate it but what they used to get out of them justified the sacrifice of being on your toes. But now that they have their websites and networks the papers aren’t a necessity to sell the product. Nobody is reading anyway.

Precisely. I once told a fundamentalist friend about how “weird” Christianity is when you think about it. I was complimenting their faith. Meaning the definition of the word itself. When you spend your whole life in a belief system then it crosses into common sense territory. You become numb to it. Of course Jesus died then one again. But step away for a minute and try to focus on how strange that is. They thought I was being sacrilegious or confrontational. It was the opposite actually but they get scared when you second guess.

It just comes down to the fact that conservatives are so brainwashed and spoon fed and sheltered that any statement not in full compliance with their beliefs is seen as confrontational and that extends to saying things like celebrating or mocking. Their brains can’t process context everything has to be an absolute.

I think 99.99% of the general public agrees with you but the 25,000 adults in the US who don’t have an internet presence.

That too. And going further Nader voters in 2000. (And I was glad at the time they did it)

I really don’t get it. Unless they assumed it wasn’t necessary. He’d go away. If they knew now? In 6 months they could have gone back to hating Biden and doing the normak thing.

January 6 and the ensuing impeachment was a missed opportunity. That could have been it. Make Pence president for a few weeks. The republicans publicly purge Trump. And then they can fight with Biden as normal. It would have cost them nothing and today we’d probably have a president Haley or whoever. That was the moment for the GOP to change. It would have worked had they had the courage

He's happy because they made him stop playing at his rallies. That's probably why he wanted to go to Yankee Stadium.

There's two purposes now for political thought/philosphy. One is education and figuring things out. The other is monetizing it. Talk radio and later the internet showed you can get rich by being controversial. Who cares what you really believe. Get people watching you say it and you can make a good living. The rubes listening and watching think it's real. People like Kirk and Shapiro, the children of Rush and Hannity, laugh to the bank.

There was nothing thought provoking about his views. They were very pedestrian. Nothing that made you go "Well... ok I guess.... I don't agree but...." It was just simple "Gay is a sin" garbage.

As usual he's got nothing. Typical of MAGA asshats. They make up grievances.