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I'm OK with them proposing someone like Fred Upton - but only after multiple failed ballots and a **** ton of concessions. This is the GOP's mess, they should have to sort it out.

A lot of changes can happen in two years - trades, free agency, non-tenders, etc.

I suspect we're looking at a different speaker by the end of this, maybe Steve Scalise. I don't really see any downside for the Ds here... this is the GOP's mess, at least in the short term they will have to deal with it.

The party has spent years entertaining clowns like this, dating back to Obama's presidency. This spectacle is fully deserved.

Happy 118th Congress! McCarthy still doesn't have 218 votes.

Kinda like the Glass Onion Ben Shapiro rant, do these clowns have to make literally everything political?

An example of the vice-signaling, referencing Damar Hamlin collapsing in Cincinnati tonight. From one of the bigger conservative voices purportedly marketing themselves and the brand to younger voters. No wonder the brand struggles with younger voters.

Dale Earnhardt is the only thing I remember seeing that reminded me of this, although is didn't follow Euro 2021 too closely... Didn't look that bad, but to this day still remember Darrell Waltrip ominously saying that he hoped Dale was OK.

Credit to Zac Taylor for crossing the field and conferring with McDermott as well. Neither team wanted to resume, nor should they have. It was a traumatic event for everyone there. To a degree, it was to everyone watching in the stands and at home as well

I love sports, but at the end of the day, it's entertainment. When it comes to a life and death situation with a player needing 10 minutes of CPR, entertainment comes second and life comes first. I know Skip plays a character on TV and all, but that should be a line too far for his bosses at Fox.

Cleanup on Aisle Lunatic: NFL Edition

@RoadtoDetroit's last retweet. Some of it is hype, but I dont think Beck is writing articles suggesting he could be the dude at 3rd if they don't think he can do it. Not saying they are right or wrong, just more that it seems like they are signaling how they will develop and use JHM.

Wish I had more insight into Harris' thinking, but regardless, there's a part of me that thinks that JHM at 3rd base may happen sooner than we all think.

If it comes down to Brian Anderson versus the other offerings, hopefully they can get Anderson. At least you can squint and see a little upside there versus just being a total retread

Not even sure it's the right outcome, but it seemed inevitable

Yeah, we've been wanting something else for a little whole and have held off partially for that reason.... But really it's just hard to consider buying a house when the value of these homes are close to double what one paid back in 2016. Having issues with space or having additional maintenance costs, at least at this point, are worth it versus an even larger mortgage and tax bill.

Tigers did pursue Segura, but South Florida was a bigger draw

Maybe I missed it being discussed here, but without seeing the data, housing costs seem to be a huge factor as well. Even in the 10 or so years I have lived in my area, here I live, the cost of the average home increased from around $150,000 in 2011 to around $390,000 in 2022. Rents are even more out of control, with 1 bedroom units frequently being in the high thousands, low 2s per month. We are a bit of an outlier because DFW has experienced rapid growth for a while, but costs have risen everywhere. As it pertains to younger people, its a double hit because (a) home ownership has historically been a huge factor in growing wealth and it is increasingly a lot harder to get into and (b) renting, which isn't an investment in anything except a roof for a month, increasingly costs more than a monthly mortgage payment these days. We were very luck to have been able to buy during the last decade, but know quite a few people who cannot or have gotten into homes at a higher debt/income than we have. That has a massive impact in the long run one would think and is a part of the income insecurity as well that impacts both millennials and Gen-Z, given how home equity provides a number of paths (ie. Home equity loans, HELOCs, etc.) to those who own homes (which generally skews toward older generations) that don't exist for those who don't (skews younger)

I am accounting for that. They will be better offensively next year than they were this year, even if they did nothing additional

Speaking from experience, it was a huge negative for those newly hiring on from out of school and into a job as well. Training, developing rapport, etc.

I think this is part of the case. But I really do think that the structural issues faced during the Great Recession is also a factor as well. There's a tendency to try to boil everything down to just one factor, and I'm not sure it all comes down to spending habits imo. Again, just speaking from experience as someone from the cohort who does have a savings and feels they have made educated decisions on finances, long term income prospects were undoubtedly hindered by when I entered the workforce. Sure, we can talk about spending to live within your own means, but even if one does, if their income over the long run started at a low base, that will still impact how much one can save or put away versus starting at a higher base. Just think that has to be discussed with the portion of millennials that entered the workforce during the Great Recession and in its aftermath. Versus today when higher bases and even signing bonuses are the norm.

Econimics are a part of the politics piece of the breakdown between Millennials/Gen-Z and the GOP, but culture as well as just the fact that the GOP in general is more of a grievance-oriented party versus a solutions-oriented party are a pretty big piece of the puzzle as well. I dont think millennials or Gen-Z love the Democratic Party... but when placed in a lineup next to the party that spends the bulk of their time vice signaling on culture war issues and either ignoring or denying outright the existance of actual problems versus proposing solutions (ie. climate change), among other things, it's not hard to see how they struggle with these groups.

From the milennial perspective, a lot of us came of age and entered into the work force at a pretty Godawful time (ie. Between 2007-2012). Jobs were more scarce and, as far as leverage for positions go, there wasn't a lot, which I suspect is part of why Gen-Z does a little better in that poll, as employees do have more leverage now. I know from experience (anecdotal, but still) that the entry level position I hired into coming out in 2012 would have paid a decent amount more had I come out in 2018 or after as well. Just a lot more competition for fewer job openings back then... and it's not hard to see how the difference in entry-level salaries can have lasting consequences in terms of career earning potential. I'm sure these will be taken as excuses, not necessarily intended to be but more of an explanation of some of the legit stressors that exist for this cohort.

Won't predict a record, but even if they did nothing further I expect them to be better offensively in 2023