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The future is brown.

Mainly because they almost all came here.

California received the most federal aid of any state: $116.0 billion. Rounding out the top five were New York ($79.2 billion), Texas ($68.2 billion), Florida ($41.7 billion), and Pennsylvania ($41.0 billion). States that relied the most on federal grants varied in size, demographic makeup, and location. Vermont relied on federal grants the most: 35.8% of its budget came from the federal government. West Virginia followed at 34.1%, and Alaska at 33.9%. On a per-person basis, Washington, DC, received the most: $6,983. Wyoming received more than any other state, at $6,894 per person. Georgia received the least federal funding per person, with $1,807 in 2020. Florida, despite receiving more federal funding than 46 other states, received the second least per person: $1,937. Federal grants are divided into two categories: formula grants and competitive grants. Formula grants are based on such factors as population size, poverty rates, or specific needs of the area. Competitive grants require state and local governments to submit applications outlining their plans to use the grant money effectively.

I don't believe it. The campaign knew, it's all about defiance, and the red hats are eating it up.

He/they totally planned that. It is ...

He’s ready to. Well that’s a relief.

They have already flat out told us that. https://gop.com/blog/dems-push-woke-agenda-in-schools-az/

The perception by people of inflation is directly related to the media they consume.

We might be better-positioned to get something good for Lorenzen than for Eduardo. Lorenzen is a known quantity: two-month rental, having a decent year, able to slot into the bullpen in October, easy peasy. Eduardo is not just a rental, though, he also has an option, and in a way it’s the worst of all worlds. If a team trades for him and he kills it, he’s opting out. If he collapses, he’ll stick around for the money. If he gets good and hurt, like Tommy John hurt, he’ll just accept the option and get paid to convalesce on the new team’s dime. All this applies to the Tigers keeping him, too. So it might or might not be even a Verlander-level return, although it should be a lot better than a J.D.-level return.

The worst part was that he traded J.D. with two weeks left, so Avila didn’t even allow J.D.’s market to recover—unless he calculated that he would get an even worse bucket of balls from Arizona if he’d waited until the 31st. The turd cheery on the top is Avila could have waited until the waiver trade deadline of August 31st to trade him, too.

It was also the Angels, too, so ...

Our power almost never goes out. Twice in 21 years, each less than d ay. The second time in 2012, the transformer from the 1960s blew out and took down only our block. Hottest day of the year, natch. They had it replaced within a day.

I know, right? Families, amirite?

Ah, OK, there it is. I wondered where you were going with that.

“Mitch who? I don’t know who he is.”

We’re all sick of the losing but this is right. No point in trading your ace-for-now just to get a standard major league regular.

Great play at the plate, JB!

Greeting from beautiful downtown Detroit, Michigan! That last one is Ohtani getting punched out. 😁

Not sure if you'd be worried about something like this—I mention it only because there are people who are—but I would say don't worry about walking back to the hotel in downtown Detroit after dark. It's Saturday night in the summer, there will be people all over the place running around having a good time doing their own thing, and it will be as safe as any other place you can be.

The manager must always have a plan for the extended game.

I don't know much about college football, but is Tuberville interested in protecting Big Football's roster depth? Wondering what would be the personal gain for him here?

Speaking of Ohtani—I am seriously considering driving in from Big Shoulders just to see this.

That’s fine. He’s served his purpose and I salute his service to the cause.

FWIW: https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2023/07/25/detroit-tigers-game-recap-los-angeles-angles-eduardo-rodriguez-shohei-ohtani/70466926007/ Haase, rather than Miguel Cabrera, pinch hit for Nick Maton. "With Miggy, it's a two-for-one there," Hinch said. "If I'm going to lose the (designated hitter) by doing a two-for-one, I've got to pick and choose. I don't really want Miggy running the bases. I don't really want him on defense. He's not going to play defense, so it made for that order (of pinch hitters)." With either Haase or Miggy, with Maton taken out of the game, they would have had to move Carpenter out of the DH spot and into the 2B spot, Haase would have to stay in the game on defense, and the remaining pinch-hitter would have to hit if the order came back round to the pitcher, then the pitcher would have to hit after that.

Then SIERA is a better stat for you, because it does contemplate balls in play. Not hits per se, but type of balls in play, i.e., fly balls, ground balls, pop ups. Not perfect though because it doesn't include line drives.