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This neighbor and I, when we get a snowstorm big enough to warrant it, will alternate who does the block. Once we have me off when he saw me getting ready in my garage. Told me to go back inside and have a beer.

What I don't understand about the "Kamala isn't black" line is... who do they think this is going to affect in terms of voting? Are black people going to say "Welp, she ain't one of us"? I don't think so. They didn't say it about Obama. Are white people going to say "Well, voting for her isn't as noble as I thought, I will only be half woke"? I don't think so. Will racists be more likely to vote against her because a "halife" is worse? Maybe that's it.

A guy by me lives on the corner and has a flag draped on his garage, so that everybody cutting down jackson to avoid the light at the 3 way intersection sees it, along with a yard sign. But he's a pretty good guy overall.

I just saw a good Harris commercial. She used powerful imagery of her as VP. Behind a podium with the seal. Talking to people. Showed a sluggish Trump looking disheveled and old and tired. It hit me what a unique position she is in. Maybe unprecedented, definitely so in modern times. She gets to run an incumbent campaign as VP without baggage. Traditionally if a VP gets a nomination it’s after a bit of a primary fight. Then you have to deal with fatigue, even in the best of situations. Nixon had no help from Ike, in fact Ike hurt him with his “give me some time and I will think of something” like when asked what Nixon contributed. Humphrey had to distance himself. Bush was in the best shape but had a bitter primary. Gore was boring and had Clinton’s scandal to deal with. Harris doesn’t have any of that. This worked out perfectly for her. She can look like a president while campaigning because outside of a few cosmetic differences it’s the same. The big plane. The massive secret service detail. The seal. And we aren’t asking her to continue on with years 9-12 of an existing admin. She is a refresh after 4 years of something that’s been prettt popular. We had a 2007 Ford Focus get us to our vacation spot and now we can exchange that for a 2025 Mustang to get us home.

That came up aft from he made his appearance at ComiCon last week for the new captain America movie.

That's the video. Why does he say "buh-lack"? This guy's racist to the core. It cannot be defended.

NObody's pitching tonight 🙂

Good point. Pence was boring. All he had was calling his wife "mother".... which isn't that odd to people in the south. Trump and Weird is baked in already. People are numb to it. It's how he was before he was a politician. But JD's weird stuff is more real and not as tabloidish.

that's why I think "they're just weird" can work. Yes, I don't get how somebody can be in a "will I vote for him or her" mode at this point. I don't think this is about that. It's "why should I vote?" By reminding people that this is what you have to look forward to for 4 years. Combine that with abortion and I think it can work. With Biden on the ticket I think the non voters are a lot higher. Now I think more of them will vote for Harris than they would Trump. Call them weird when they say or do something weird. But that can't be the focus of the campaign. Still need to talk about what you will do or won't do.

This is just some schmo making broad assumptions based on rumor and innuendo from other people also making broad assumptions. The availability of these pseudo publications and "anybody can have a podcast" platforms elevates them to a position they don't deserve so fans think they have some behind the scene perspectives. They have as much insight as anybody posting on this site, meaning what they read on the twitter. Like... maybe the reservations the Yankees had were also held by all the other teams, hence the "lower" deal that ultimately was had? (I'm not conceding they were but I'll go along with their argument to make my point) Flaherty has pitched well this year and I would have been fine keeping him and I'd be fine having him next year and the year after... but he's also a guy with an injury history in the past, was benched last year in the playoffs, and missed a start recently and had two injections... so tell me again why he was supposed to bring in ML ready prospects? Outrage sells and gets the clicks.

I'm not sure I follow the flaw in asking for too much and waiting until the end. Are you supposed to ask for less up front and hope they offer more? I don't buy any reporting that's out there, at least not from the Tigers side. They don't leak and I refuse to believe our beat writers have any inside knowledge. They're just as in the dark as we are. The thing with the Yankees came from them to save face, a real bush league move if you ask me.

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Well obviously “Scotty boy” should have forced them to accept it.

That’s what I was trying to convey on twitter. All these clowns bashing the deal based on these lists that are out there which don’t represent any of their own personal observations. These are just names on a screen or sheet of paper. Organizations have their own systems of valuation. We don’t know how the other teams valued Flaherty and we don’t know how the Tigers valued everybody else. These opinions are largely derived from things created back in February. Yet everybody is an expert because they see a Jim Bowden tweet.

More likely Harris or someone else brushed off Evan so now he has to get even.

I saw a tweet already expressing some progressives not liking it because… you know…/ he’s Jewish.

Yeah I think Trump is big on image and being portrayed as “cool” and being made fun of is not going over well. And the bad press for Vance is eating at him. Trump has no principles and I know deep down despises these people, the evangelicals, and now he’s finding himself at their table in the school gym surrounded by everybody else. It’s been an evolution and since Harris took over a lot of people are now paying attention who weren’t before.

But as long as they don’t have to vote for the black girl then their conscience is clear.

dang it, I flubbed the line anyway. "Who own da chiefs?"

This isn't weird.... this is some sick nazi ****

If I were a manager I would just start pulling guys mid game to mess with everybody.

Didn't realize tomorrow was an off day. Yeah they traditionally do day games on getaway.