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Nah, I'm just faking sociability. 😁

You’re right on all this, although I’m not talking about just the Tampa thing, which in isolation wouldn’t look so bad. In combination with the Oakland debacle, I think it has a multiplicative effect on how second-rate it makes MLB look. And you’re right, no drainage in a park specifically built for MLB is inexplicable. Or maybe not so much, I don’t know.

The idea that this federal government conspired to withhold aid from people for political purposes is demonstrably true, of course, but the ore important takeaway is that this tale will serve as justification for when the Trump government actually does withhold aid from various places because they are disloyal to him, or insufficiently loyal to him, or voted fro Kamala in this election. It will happen, because he already tried to make it happen in the past, and he’s already said he will do it in the future.

The Confederate governor was your governor? Yikes.

US was already going to leave NATO. After all, Putin wants it gone. US just needs cover, although leaving it over this is really weak.

Baseball forced itself into a bad look by allowing the A’s to **** around the way they did, and the Tampa thing is just adding to the bush league vibes.

Well, good lord, Susan Sarandon is an actress, for crying out loud. She has a B.A. in Drama. No wonder she wants Trump in there to screw everything up for four years so Bernie can rise from the ashes. She likes drama.

Trolls don't do evidence.

I'm just having trouble envisioning Tork ever becoming a great major league hitter. I think he could be very good for stretches here and there, and who knows, maybe even make a All-Star team someday. But i don't see him as a cornerstone of a World Series contender year after year. He's just got too many holes, in hitting and defensive technique certainly, but also, it appears, in makeup. I envision his ceiling as being a second-division regular into his early-to-mid 30s. Maybe a 10 or 15 WAR guy by the time he's all done. Again, think Eric Karros, who I mentioned as a comp for Tork on Page 2. Another comp I'm thinking of is Mitch Moreland.

Do you know anything about the political aims of the CSA? Was it ever their intent to march on Washington, overthrow the US government, install their own there, and claim the remainder of the country as a confederacy? Not that they could ever have done so since they were outgunned by a factor of multiples, but was that ever a stated goal anywhere in their papers?

Sotomayor has health issues. She should volunteer her seat.

You realize, of course, that there's always a point at which tyrants move from merely admiring dictators to actually emulating dictators. No one with designs on ultimate power ever sets a limit on it—as in only just so much, and that's it. The temptation to become a god on earth is just too great to avoid.

Wasn't there an attempt in January, 2021? Or are you thinking successful coups? Is secession technically considered a coup?

Preventing active duty troops from mowing down citizens on American soil at the orders of the president is the kind of coup d'etat I support.

Not if filibuster rules get changed, which I now give a better than 50-50 chance of happening after January.

OK, now you’re just flinging poo.

I'm uninterested in how you think your resume relates to this exchange, and I stand by my post which, bottom line, was about me and not about you. Your baseless assertions are outright lies, and everyone can see that because you've done nothing to produce any receipts. All you have produced are personally-insulting accusations flung at me. I don't see why you feel that's necessary, and I'm not sure what your goal is. This forum was explicitly specified to be an area of civil discourse free of personal attacks, and you have continually undermined that here.

I believe you mean the Nationals? Had the Yankees offered 15 years to Soto, wouldn't that be seismic news?

We will know exactly how old Soto is when he comes for his pension.

It's true he's a poor defender now, but he will still be in the outfield for at least another four years, if not more. They may try to figure out a way to move him to first.

As have we all … 😁

I don’t think any top free agent would go to the hate Sox, but they may pick up someone whose back is against the career wall as a possible flip piece. Remember, even signing with the White Sox for a guaranteed deal is preferable to going to Asia or Mexico.

Is this post from April, 2023? 😉

You are not. Flaherty’s going to get at least four years. I mean, he’s a good pick up for a rich team with money to burn that a great pitching science staff and can see taking a chance on him being healthy and consistent enough be to a solid 2/3. But he is definitely not the ace of a staff that plays into November. The Yankees didn’t want him even for a stretch run because of history concerns. As for us, I don’t know whether our roster is mature enough to warrant paying something like 4/80+ to Jack Flaherty. Fans don’t want to hear this, but the rebuild is still not finished, although I do think we have crossed the midway point of the rebuild. We can still win while finishing up the rebuild, but I also think last season might have been this version’s 2006.

By the way, as long as we are now in this new world, we might as well actually read Project 2025, so at least we know what’s coming. Here’s a nicely annotated website that might help. I should probably keep this bookmarked. I hope their servers are in Switzerland or someplace equivalent. https://democracyforward.org/the-peoples-guide-to-project-2025/