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I might not agree that we'd be in the same mess with Trump ...

Economic conservatism, at its core, is about the king and his court getting all the money while the serfs exist in poverty, getting paid just enough to feed them just enough to work the next day. Any policy that gives the serfs any more than that is economic liberalism.

Funny how so many people of means believe that everyone must surely have means stashed away somewhere, probably in the dresser drawer along with their bootstraps. Probably why American welfare programs are designed for people of means and their businesses, instead of for people without means.

If Chris Ilitch thinks Miggy is a revenue generator, or at least important to the attendance numbers, that’s all it takes.

So who was behind the The American Rescue Plan, the COVID-19 relief package, the Safer Communities Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act, rejoining the Paris Climate Accords, the Inflation Reduction Act (allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices and capping spending at $2,000 per year for seniors), and strengthening NATO in the face of the threat from Putin? Was that all Trump and the Republicans?

My wife and I like to take long driving trips, plus we both have family 300+ miles out of town. But you’ve got me thinking about a potential second all-electric car. We downsized to a single car that’s a hybrid, so maybe if/when we decide on a second car, we go all electric.

He may have nothing left to offer on the field, but Miggy is a revenue generator based on his name, and it is not time for the Tigers to move on from that.

Hoping against hope …

I would prefer my government advocate on behalf to protect my privacy from self-interested corporations of whom I am a target audience member and not a constituent. I would certainly trust my government before I trust the corporations. In any event, it’s no longer reasonable to expect people to have to go completely off the grid in order to safeguard their privacy. We should not have to cede the Internet to corporations to exploit as their owned-and-operated resource.

Cannon running point on Delay Delay Delay. I hope she does something else to try to get him off during the first week of November.

There is some damn fine punctuation in that limerick.

Mostly on the IL.

Shit's starting to get real for Brett Favre. Seems to me his last refuge might be a public interview or press release begging the forgiveness of Jesus and the good Christian people of Mississippi as he admits to some sort of addiction or mental illness, then goes into hiding to wait out the storm. 1 big thing: 🏈 The fall of Favre Photo illustration: Allie Carl/Axios. Photo: Hannah Foslien/Getty Images As more information comes to light in the Brett Favre welfare scandal, one truth is inescapable: the Hall of Famer's legacy is forever tarnished, Axios' Jeff Tracy and I write. Catch up quick: Favre is one of 38 people or organizations sued by the state of Mississippi for fraudulently securing over $70 million in welfare funds originally earmarked for the state's poorest residents. The story first surfaced this spring, when text messages showed Favre secured over $8 million mostly to build a volleyball facility at his alma mater Southern Mississippi, where his daughter played. Some of that money came as payment for supposed speaking gigs that Favre no-showed. But those gigs were just a cover, as the money was always intended to go towards the facility. Favre hasn't been charged with a crime, but that could change as the largest public fraud case in Mississippi history continues to unfold. The latest: Since a corrupt state official pleaded guilty to his role in the scheme on Thursday, more texts have been released showing the extent of Favre's involvement. To cut costs on the volleyball project, Favre suggested using "the prison industry" as builders. He also tried to secure money for an indoor football facility in an effort to recruit Deion Sanders' son. ESPN and SiriusXM have both suspended Favre's weekly radio shows in response to the latest news. The big picture: Favre's past before this scandal wasn't exactly pristine — most notably the sexual harassment allegations against him from a decade ago — but in the public's eye he has largely remained an all-time great athlete, revered for his toughness. Now he's the rich guy who appears to have stolen money from the poorest people in his state. There's no escaping that. "This is diabolical in almost a cartoon villain sense," Jon Stewart said on his podcast over the weekend. What to watch: The Hall of Fame has already received calls from angry fans asking for him to be removed, NYT reports. But his spot in Canton appears safe due to bylaws that don't allow for a player's removal. The bottom line: In the court of law, Favre may never suffer any punishment beyond potentially paying back what he's taken. But in the court of public opinion, it's hard to imagine he ever recovers from this.

Good, because we're going to be hearing a ton and more.

I have my doubts that Manning was so upset simply because he couldn't start this particular game against the Royals. That's nothing to lose your shit over.

I think you know that it's not just him that I'm talking about.

Just what I wasn’t looking forward to.

See you again in 2024, Matt.

Not for nothing, I think this may be why Republicans are willing to sign onto legislation tightening up the electoral certification process for presidential elections. In the same way they want us to forget they are for total bans on abortion during the election cycle, they also want us to forget that they are actually anti-democracy during the election cycle, until they can safely eradicate democracy once they take democratic control of the other two branches of government.

It's starting to occur to me that Bernie prefers Republicans to be in power because then he gets more attention for his socialist megaphone. He needs the country to go extreme to the right so people will take his extreme-to-the-left rhetoric seriously. But as long as centrist Democrats are in control and making things happen for the people instead of the plutocrats—things like student debt forgiveness, infrastructure law, climate change action, gun restrictions, anti-hate and -violence laws and the like—as long as things are going in the right direction, the people who like those things aren't as receptive to Bernie's turn-everything-upside-down-and start-over message. This is what I see behind Bernie's sandbagging the Democrats this late in the cycle.

That's kind of what I thought when I heard about the charging stations along the interstate. They'll make some of them like toll road oases with multiple fast food joints and a c-store.

At the point I believe Schoop will hit somewhat better and defend somewhat worse next year, and will end up around 2 WAR, which is passable for a team looking to compete but not yet contend.

I agree, and I’m excited to see who goes!

Batting leadoff: The one thing I still object to when it comes to buying a fully electric vehicle is right in this article: By year’s end, drivers could start seeing expansions and upgrades to existing highway EV stations in states such as California, Colorado, Florida and Pennsylvania that now feature at least four fast-charger ports, enabling EVs to fully recharge in about an hour. "About an hour" ... that's way too long. If I am driving across the country and I have time to make, I don't want to have to take one hour in every five waiting around for my vehicle to fill up before I can keep going—and that's setting aside the idea that all the chargers might be full once I get there and I'll have to waiting possibly hours to get charged up in the first place. They've got to get charging down to 15 minutes or less to get me really interested in going 100% EV.

I'm not sure whether this has strong enough legs to carry as its own political topic, but I figure with the approval to build an EV charging station network, as mentioned in the following post, plus the fact that most of us are based or have roots in the car capital, I would think there will still be a lot of political wrangling about this issue in the years to come ... as well as a lot of funny and relevant tweets about the topic we can repost here.