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Either planted with something to explote based on a message, or hacked to overheat.

I'm using twitter as a term for just overall political engagement and research of issues. They're not doing that. They get their information from Joe at the store and ads they see on TV. I don't know Kamala's team can do to reach them. They need ads targeted to them to peel off what they can.

A friend of mine told me that her son, who is very smart (goes to Carnegie Mellon and very well aware of his privilege), asked her "Mom, if you put your shoes in someone who lives paycheck to paycheck, what issues do you think they are basing their vote on?" It's not about who should they vote for, or who has their best interests in mind. I think we all know that. But put yourself in their shows, living their life. They're not on twitter all day. Trump's rhetoric appeals to them and they don't know it's BS. They don't care about abortion rights. Their heatlh insurance probably sucks. Kamala has to do a good job appealing to those people. We can mock about only caring about the price of milk or eggs but to a lot of people that's the most important issue. Perception is reality when it comes to politics.

I hate the Royals almost as much as the Twins. The Tigers had their run from 2006-2014, throw in 2016 if you like. Meanwhile the Royals suck because they're the Royals. Then they have 3 winning seasons and from that get a loss in 7 games in the WS, then win it the next year. **** that. It's like you are wooing this girl for a long time with dates and romantic evenings, then some greaser comes along, takes her to the park, they do it, then he goes to jail for burglary, and you are left behind. They've won 2 WS since the Tigers last won one. The Royals. They're only reason to exist is George Brett memories.

Yep. I never read Peyton Place but I read about it. That still goes on in small town America

That will lead to a rise in mail in voting so the husband and wife can sit down and “vote together”. seriously it is a good message because I bet a lot of women in rural areas do not know their vote is private and vote one particularly way out of fear.

Even a tie is one game for practical purposes since there's no tiebreaker win opportunity for the Tigers. I don't care how it ends up to be honest. I'm enjoying this season and anything outside of a 3-8 end to the season, I don't think it'll be ruined. I've been waiting for the bottom to fall out for a month and it hasn't so why expect it now?

Yep. Especially since there's the rule that the hitter has to be in the box "addressing" the pitcher by a certain point. If it were really a pitch clock then to me that wouldn't exist. It's on the hitter to be ready for the pitcher. If they want to jump in at 2 seconds while the pitcher's about to throw, so be it.

Last year I brought up the pitch clock having an effect on radio broadcasters, meaning they have to hurry up, or cut back on some things, like setting up the situation, giving hte count, etc. I wonder if that's related to Dickerson's work? Throws them off the rhythm.

Nate not a fan?

This is hilarious. Over 1000 armed pagers used by Hezbollah were detonated by Israel after they somehow infiltrated the network. Wonder how many got their balls blown off.

I dont like to dog on Casey but he needs to come through tonight.

What a ****ing great game to win.

Tork even shot him a look.

I bought he was saying migrants not immigrants. That was my initial thought. My mind went there before the N word. it doesn’t matter. He could have just said it and my opinion of him wouldn’t have changed.

I think he knows about this thread. Do people reply to his tweets about the weirdness?

If you look at his lips I t hink he's making an M sound, he was tongue tied and got hung up on "Mi-grents" vs "Mye-grents" As much as I want it to be the other...

Not really political but... I'll list the best ones to save you clicking to buzzfeed, which is ad intrusive. https://www.buzzfeed.com/lyapalater/geography-facts-that-will-change-how-you-see-the-world?d_id=8120297&ref=bffbbuzzfeedoz&utm_source=dynamic&utm_campaign=bffbbuzzfeedoz&fbclid=IwY2xjawFVTCFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHYXq-OsUh7FmHYxxpaY0aMg6b4LZ0TR9j8hwq8efO60iudYH5zZrFhquaw_aem_v5do9Tvr85OgSUd6dNFxGw Maine is the closest US state to Africa If you travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic ocean via the Panama Canal you go from East to west Reno is as far North as Philly and further West than LA Toronto is south of Minneapolis and on the same latitude as Monaco If placed in North America, Chile would run from the tip of Southern Mexico to the middle of Manitoba Australia is woder than the Moon

After 150 games, Sox are 35-115. They need to go 8-4 to tie the 2003 Tigers. They have 6 games with the Angels which helps their cause. They also have the Padres, who are battling for playoff positioning. Finish against the Tigers who could be in a must win position for the playoffs. After 150 games, the 2003 Tigers were 38-112.

When my wife lived in Springfield during a college internship, she went to a wine/cheese party at Wittenberg. We thought it was a cool small town. It had history. Like the kind you'd come across driving along the pre-interstate highways. Probably dependent upon a major industry and if that goes.. then the town goes. Old Victorian houses, grand gov't buildings. Granted, we had to drive to Dayton for fun things to do if you are 23 years old but still... she has fond memories. She lived in a duplex where the other half was made up of.... Mexican migrant famlies who would come up for the season to work, then go back home when the work was over. It was the same family that came year after year. When my wife's internship ended in May we saw them coming in. The half my wife lived in was kept for students like her rotating through the hospital.

we are reaching the territory where when we elect our next POTUS we could also be dealing with finding a new Chief Justice. Roberts has that the job almost 20 years now. The longest since.... some guys you have never heard of! He will be 70 next year. And a Chief Justice can be filled by an existing member, so a GOP President could elevate a Gorsuch or Barrett. Still requires Senate confirmation. When Roberts was nominated, he was first picked to fill Sanda Day O'Conner. Then Rehnquist died, so Bush pulled that nomination, picked Roberts again to fill that seat and the chief justice seat. Once that was done, he put in Alito to take Sandra's spot. Think how different the country would be if Rehnquist and Ginsberg had lived a bit longer.

You can also go to “subscriptions” under settings on your iPhone and cancel that way. I got dinged for a month when I signed up for the trial when the Tigers were on.

Good take. People are sick of it. As I saw a comedian say a few years ago about why he liked Joe Biden. “If you ask me what Joe Biden did today…. I don’t know. I like not knowing what the president is doing every five minutes”

I like Benetti because I think the role of a baseball TV guy can be on the goofy side. The other day he dropped a “how much ya bench?” reference and I thought only my friend Nick and I remembered that SNL sketch.

I don’t know. As long as **** is being cancelled in Ohio it stays. it’s been a long time since something angered me in politics and this is one. It’s another big line that’s been crossed.