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He could have put a third L in there, too.

They are showering him with riches, too.

Destroying the world in the service of a debt.

One month in and I’m already tied of the winning.

It might be as simple as different approaches work for different guys who have different talents for hitting, and that Tork can’t do much with a pitch that’s not exactly where he has to have it—at least not last year.

I have my money on "live boy."

Plus they got their English-as-an-official-language EO conveniently timed to redirect their attention away from this, so, win win win!

Fox has stumbled in the heat of the moment like this before. January 6 is the most obvious example. They just need a little time to formulate their talking points with their товарищи, a few days or maybe a week to field test it in the minor league RWM outlets, and by next Friday it will be as though they never had trouble getting behind the meltdown at all.

The following line from Zelenskyy is Bob Uecker-Major League-level brilliant: "Maybe something like yours, yeah? Maybe something better, I don't know?" ... and the "reporter" appeared to totally miss it.

Yes. Well, that and Ukraine is the enemy of his friend.

Seriously, it wasn't going to end any other way, was it? This was just the most public way we could have imagined. Zelenskyy may well be dead inside a year. Putin will not stop at Poland, either. He might stop at East Germany. Might.

Honestly, this is among the lowest of hanging fruit for the red hats.

Like so many young people in so many professions before her.

Believe desperate for something like having a baby will gravitate toward something like the sweet lie of free IVF. Even if they were to step back and analyze it and conclude it's probably not true, they don't want to miss out if it is. They are practically hoping against hope.

I’ve long felt that some people in Occupy Democrats are one light-switch flip from becoming Occupy the Capitol. A lot of people who go that hard that energetically in one direction are doing it for the thrill versus for the principles.

To be fair, the uneducated/ignorant voter who listened to what the news channel that was on in the laundromat or doctor’s office or even their place of work said, and who is horrified at the result of their vote, might be reached and brought into the tent. Those are not the people I was referring to, but they were part of the problem this time, intentionally or not. So there might be some opportunity there, if they can be made to care about something they might have even aggressively avoided with all their might before. It feels more likely they would just avoid the free and fair ballot box in the future, like a child burned by a stove, which by itself may or may not work. The hopeful pessimist is crossing his fingers for that four-ish years from now.

“You might, rabbit, you might.”

When it comes to in major cities, Minneapolis does not have an exceptionally high violent crime rate. But they did have the highly-visible George Floyd killing and subsequent protests there. And Chicago’s violent crime rate is lower than theirs.

It would be nice if it had any impact at all, given how it’s not well-promoted or reported on.

For better or worse, being a 1-1 pick comes with a set of expectations and privileges lots of players just don’t have. 1-1s get chance after chance to make good, long after other players have been spun out of the big leagues for similar outcomes. Not many players get to throw up sub-replacement numbers with a stone glove for three years as a starter at the easiest position to play and still get an honest fourth chance to make the same team’s starting lineup. In exchange for that privilege, as well as the privilege of pocketing $8 million before he even went to his first team meeting, he gets to endure an earful of **** for his ongoing terrible play and his inelegant comments in the press. It’s sad to see, but that’s how things roll in the bigs, and he has to more than just deal with it. He has to force a change to the narrative. He can do that only with results. Personally, I’m glad the front office threw down the gauntlet and publicly announced moving another player to his position. Maybe he shouldn’t be guaranteed a starting spot because of his pedigree. Maybe this is the kind of thing Tork needs to light a fire under him and to finally take seriously whatever he might not have been taking seriously enough before. It’s put-up-or-shut-up time for Tork, because this team is going places, and there’s no longer room to carry sub-replacement starters along the way. Best of luck to him. I want nothing more than for him to put up All-Star seasons with us.

You'd have a case to hammer me if the Trumpers were begging to reconcile with me and try to see eye to eye and I replied to them to go pound sand. Even you have to admit that's not what's happening here.

I agree with this in principle, but if my side wants to share some empathy and the other side couldn't possibly give less than a **** about that, then where does that leave us? It can't be a one-way street, can it? I don't think so, anyway.

While I agree in scope, I don't agree in scale. There are way, way, way, waaaaaay more hard right Trump fluffers than far left river-to-the-seaers. There's no equivalence in scale between them.

I'm leery of reaching out and anxiously befriending the leopard just long enough to allow him to eat my face, which, shame on me if that happens, right? I will have totally deserved that, won't I? I'd prefer to ignore them while they're out gallivanting about and then I'll fete them when they wander into the tent tail between their legs. You can't befriend people who honestly want nothing to do with your friendship.