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Genuinely sad.

How are they gonna get their servants if they don't import them? I mean, yeah, they're purposely raising a bunch of under-educated kids incapable of critical thinking who can fill that role, but that's not gonna be for another ten or fifteen years. What are they gonna rely on in the meantime? 😏

I would guess Family Video's building business not as good post-pandemic since retail in general has taken a hit.

Here's another one:

Remember how old even young adults looked when we were kids, or when our parents were kids? It's a pretty recent phenomenon, too.

This might be right. I guess I subconsciously assume we're always going to play .400 ball! 😅

Yes, there is no concrete proof of that specific thing, although there have been indictments based on acts in kind.

The other reason I think it makes sense that the shots came from outside the park—beyond the practical impossibility of smuggling a firearm past a metal detector—is that had anyone in that section heard the "pop pop" of gunfire around them, there would have been panic, then a rush toward the exits, then it would have spread around the stadium, and the game would have to be suspended. Since that didn't happen, I would have to assume the shooter wasn't inside the house.

I would assume Baez's hope is that he kills it the first four months of 2024 and we trade him to a contender, and I would also assume we'd be happy to oblige.

We have been advised repeatedly here that there is no such thing as tanking.

Good overview, and makes a lot of sense. Family Video was sort of the downscale/small-town pre-Redbox version of Blockbuster. I interviewed for the digital marketing director job at their HQ here. They told me during the interview that they did not see themselves as an entertainment delivery vehicle. Their core business model was real estate acquisition and management. They would buy the land to build the store on and use the revenue from renting videos to pay the mortgage and get free and clear on it. Then, were the rental business to go upside down somehow, they would still be sitting on nine figures worth of land and buildings they could rent out to other chains like pizza and fast food and still be a going concern. I didn't end up working for them. Three reasons: (1) the idea of the video business going upside down suggested to me I wouldn't be there long even if i wanted to be, since that's what they wanted me to manage the digital marketing for; (2) they told me they run their business "like a family", complete with paternalistic aspects like funding college educations for some employees' children. Sounds good, right? I see that as a huge red flag—I wouldn't want to work for a family where such paternalism obligates me to them beyond my job, and where work culture is malleable and subject to owner fiat, and where I'm expected to let things slide as you are expected to with family members; and (3) I got an offer for a better job for more money with a major company before I could get the offer from FV, anyway.

And here it is in case anyone is interested: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnPS2bK2eU3YbHzvnKqIyOMTagFyD5-hB

They’re working on it! 👍🏼

I don’t doubt it could have come from outside. In regions comprising millions of people and even more guns, I could see someone taking a shot from outside any open air stadium for jollies. In the case of Sox park, all they have to do is stand on the other side of the Ryan and fire at the correct direction and angle. There are a bunch of open areas, especially over by IIT, they could stand and shoot from. Given that the victims were in sections 161 or 162, which is in the right field home run area, and the way the stadium is configured, that hypothesis totally checks out.

I feel the same way with Silicon Valley on HBO. I have a whole playlist of closing credits songs.

Since it’s the libtard MSM that’s reporting these stories, I’m guessing a good chunk of their congregations dismiss these as fake news hit jobs, and the rest of them never heard a thing about them.

I think it might be related to shutting off immigration, which is already affecting the ability to fill jobs. Someone’s gotta flip those burgers or put up that drywall or drive those Ubers. Might as well be the olds.

It's richly ironic how right wingers defend the Electoral College by saying that without it, the east and "left" coasts would decide all the presidential elections and make their votes irrelevant, when of course with the Electoral College only a few states like Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, and maybe North Carolina will decide the presidential elections and make the rest of our votes just as irrelevant.

I have been twice, once in the 90s and once in the 2010s, and each time I was in just after 9, took my time looking at things, and was out around 4 or 5. There is a lot to see and take in, plus you’ll want a lunch break.

Also more guys with better skill sets in the system.

They still gotta throw guys out onto the mound for the rest of the season.

If Hinch were given three healthy everyday guys in the outfield with a solid healthy fourth guy, and he still ended up mixing and matching so that he would rotate seven or eight different guys out there while giving some of those solid guys a few dozen reps in the infield, then I would call for his head, too.

It might be the brand of cheese I'm getting, too. the local Krogerized supermarket has exactly one single solitary SKU of pre-grated Swiss cheese. (George Carlin would be pleased.) I would be surprised if the pancake house I'd been getting omelets from grates their own cheese, but I might be wrong on that.

If I had to name one feeling Trump does not generate, I would answer apathy. If apathy truly means "lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern", I don't think any of that applies to Trump. But I do believe the Dems need to be super aggressive and keep the choice issue front and center, although I think they will have plenty of help from the ground.

Some will refuse to believe it.