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I think he’s the favorite to carry his mantle forward. And Rubio… ? What a disaster. I can’t believe I wanted him to win in 2016.

I think that’s far less likely than trump winning the EC. Two reasons. They will now be better prepared. If Biden wins then they will have ramped up security big time. Trump has no infrastructure or apparatus behind like he did in 2020. Back then he had the defense and military and fbi and all that. Now it’s just him and some bad lawyers. Nobody has to take his phone calls. Defeated candidates are nobodies. I remember seeing a picture of Mitt Romney a day after the election in 2012 waiting in the taxi line at an airport. No staff. No secret service. He’s just a guy. The minute the campaign is over all the RNC cards are cutoff. You are just a regular schmo. Sure with Donald it is a little different as a former potus but he’s still not in any position of power to do anything.

Thats my gut but I’m too superstitious to put it in writing.

I might try it on my work laptop because I notice when using the vpn sometimes websites detect my location all over the place. I’m not that worried about it. Our laptop is basically used by my youngest son to just watch YouTube videos and our photos. if this is not resolved soon I also just may subscribe to Ballys. With my credit from xfinity it’s the price of a beer at Comerica park. Funny how that works. My decision to get another beer at a game is basically purely convenience. If I have to walk too far. No way. If they are right there… what’s $12??? But subscribing to my team for a month? That’s as much mental anguish was deciding to refinance or not.

This might be fake but who knows. I will believe it. It makes sense as to motive. As Drew Lane said “there’s a boner behind everything”

I know a few people who I am pretty sure voted for Trump in ‘16 and likely ‘20 say “**** it I will probably vote for Kennedy”

It's an old habit from when the Wings would play OT hockey against the likes of Winnepeg, Edmonton, Vancouver, or Calgary. Wake up and put the game on.

I have that essay bookmarked. The way he writes about Bernie Carbo is how I want to be remembered.

There's a scene in Almost Famous where after spending some time on the road with Stillwater, William Miller, the 15 year old journalist, greets the crew and everybody via nicknames and all of that. Just like he's one of the boys. I wonder if McCosky does that in the locker room. "What up Greenie! Mizer, how's the elbow? JR! I'm so jealous of your porn stache. I've been trying grow mine for 40 years"

No sunscreen? Of course they all look like vampires anyway so I guess they don't need it.

This disussion reminds me of the circular logic Jim Bouton complained about in Ball Four. The coaches always had an answer anytime a situation didn't go their way. Any time a hitter succeeded the pitcher was told "You can't throw that pitch in this situation." The old adage... "throw strikes but don't give them anything to hit" "Work the count..... but don't give away pitches". Ok. So when a guy like Tork swings at a 1st pitch FB and flys out it's "You can't just go after on the first pitch and let him off the work. Make him work". If he hits a HR it becomes "Look at that! He jumped all over a meatball"

agree. Even last year when "struggling" he was still smoking the ball for outs. I don't see that to the same degree this year.

It's a bitch to drive thru though. Made the trek to TN 3 weeks ago. I used to hate driving through Ohio as a kid but as a driver I kind of like it. Once you get thru Toledo then you can relax and put the cruise control on and it's just you and some truckers. Then as you approach Dayton then fun begins and I hate that more than the rest of the state. There's always construction and getting across the river is a pain.

google sucks now for searches. It's basically useless.

Where's all the Debbie Downer's after another series win? Oh yeah..... it's no fun being a sports fan when the team wins for some people.

I've never ever heard him referred to D-No. Perhaps the players did as they tend to do that kind of thing on the field... but reporters shouldnt. What an embarassment.

and this affects all teams on Bally who's customers are Xfinity. I'm listening on the app now. I tried mlb.tv but it's blacked out.

I read a rumor that Comcast is pushing to move the channel to a new tier, that's the crux of the dispute. I recently upgraded my package and got access to MLB/NHL/NFL network along with some others like IFC, Sundance, Paramount... so I wonder if that's where they want to put Bally's.

If the Dems are just being pragmatic and making the best of a bad situation.... good for them. I'm glad Ukraine got what they needed. Of course we know damn well any Republic minority leader would not do the same to a Democratic Speaker who was in a similar position.

I looked at her profile yesterday and it said something about "leftist and progressive causes".

Could also just be the case where they saw how important things were in the world and if the only way to get those passed is to help him stay Speaker, then so be it.

For some reason when I see those kids I'm reminded of an anecdote I heard about the people in Texas who want to secede from the US and some old timer asks "If we secede will I still get my social security checks".

The weather turned warmer, it's the end of the semester, and these are naive, shallow, and spoiled kids who wanted something to do. It's the protest version of "glamping".

As one reply to that tweet said "I'm done revolutionizing now, I'd like to go home please". The rest are also hilarious. "Did my doordash make it here?"