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Which is why I qualified the post.

Looks like you're hedging on your statement about distrust of the administrative state, which is good, because I agree with this characterization right here. It was actually the administrative state that saved us from the worst intentions of the corrupt leaders at the top trying to use that very administrative state to flout the Constitution, the law, and the will of the American people. The same corrupt leaders leading a private enterprise do not have administrative levels below them exercising checks and balances to keep the company honest and accountable to anyone, let alone the American people. So, if anything, we should trust the administrative state, or at least put our hope in it, as long as they have not been completely corrupted by corrupt leaders.

The best part is that something like post-game on-field prayer is a de facto requirement, meaning as a player, even if you don't consider yourself religious or even Christian, you have to be seen putting on the act if you want to stay on Coach's good side. So, in effect, the Court is approving mandated Christian religious expression that takes place on publicly-funded property.

Neither Clinton nor Nixon had an entire media ecosystem devoted to them.

Aren't you the guy who wants to live in Norway? https://www.insider.com/easy-countries-to-move-to-from-usa-visas-immigration-2020-11#you-can-easily-move-to-svalbard-4

It sure is.

This is the first shot across the bough I have seen about companies trying to navigate local laws in states where abortion is now or will soon become outlawed. I believe many, many companies will solve this problem by moving operations out of such states, or at least refusing to move operations there. 2. Tech companies face tough calls post-Roe Illustration: Lindsey Bailey/Axios In offering to pay for workers who need to travel out of state to get an abortion, tech companies are only tackling the first of many challenges they will have to navigate in a post-Roe world. Our thought bubble: Tech companies have plenty of money to cover the costs of such travel, but will face much tougher decisions when it comes to expansion, locating conferences, which politicians to support as well as how to handle court orders for customer data by prosecutors. Driving the news: On Friday, the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, the federal precedent that ensured legal access to abortion throughout the U.S., with a number of states immediately making abortion illegal and others poised to quickly follow suit. A number of companies in the tech industry and beyond have announced or reiterated policies to cover both the travel and medical costs for workers who need to travel to another state to get abortion care. Some companies, such as Pittsburgh-based Duolingo, also warned that they may limit expansion in places that outlaw abortion. None have talked in any detail about how they might handle requests from prosecutors. However, as we have reported, it's an issue sure to come up. The big picture: A wide range of data could be sought by prosecutors, from purchases of pregnancy tests and ovulation kits on Amazon, to messaging data from Facebook, to location data from Google or cellular carriers. Between the lines: Even paying for travel could prove to be more complicated than just offering up the money. Employees may have to share their pregnancy status and other sensitive medical information with employers in order to get such coverage. That information could be subpoenaed by law enforcement, and pregnancy-related discrimination is still a big issue in the tech industry. Plus, it makes workers even more dependent on their employers and highlights a fresh challenge for freelancers and contractors who work for tech companies without full benefits. Be smart: The Digital Defense Fund has updated its online Abortion and Pregnancy Privacy Guide for consumers on how to protect their mobile and online data. Go deeper: Without Roe, data will become a company headache and a user nightmare

Now that this issue has moved beyond the Supreme Court, and is certain to be a hot button political issue for years to come, it's probably time to start up a topic dedicated to it.

Why do you mistrust the administrative state, necessarily?

Wasn’t Benjamin Wittes the guy who would trumpet every progress of the Mueller investigation with a little cannon going off?

True story: growing up with nine years of Catholic school, never once did any religion class teach that the Jews were responsible for Jesus’s crucifixion. What are they teaching in Catholic school now?

They’re moving us back to an age where corporations will be trusted to do the right thing for the American people. Or more exactly, what’s good for corporations will be good for America.

I’ve never associated this term with Wales or the Welsh, but OK, fair enough. Thanks for the tip.

We have very different views of Paredes potential. I would have pegged his top end at All-Star level, 5+ WAR, in the right system. Even in our minors, he had more than 1,000 at bats of wRC+ over 130, and he was winning Mexican League batting championships in the winter. Paredes spent years here showing us how good he could be. I never believed that even at his best, two years of Schoop was always going to be preferable to five years of Paredes, and I think that was the calculation, because I think the team believed that Candelario was going to long term it for us at third. I see this as yet another example of this Tigers regime failing to convert a position player to his potential. It’s been clear for some time that any position player who succeeds here is going to have to do so despite the Tigers’ efforts.

Then maybe it's more that the Tigers didn't know how to unlock him. But he always was considered to have the talent to hit like this. Maybe he won't keep it up. Probably. But I think there's a good chance the kid's got it and the Tigers didn't know what to do with it.

Maybe all, some, or none of this. We'll see. But all I know is that as of right now, this is shaping up to be yet another example of executive malpractice by Al Avila.

Nice crush by Haase. Back and forth game. I like that. Entertaining.

Nice crush by Haase. Back and forth game. I like that. Entertaining.

I don’t know many other infielders who could have pulled off that wild tag play like Baez just did for the last out of the fourth.

He’s always had the talent, but he never got a real chance, so I’m wondering whether the team thought there was a bad cultural fit between them and Paredes. I can’t imagine they thought that either Candelario or Schoop have better futures with the team than Paredes ever could. Unless the Tigers are completely incompetent at assessing baseball talent. Take your pick.

Well, it does help that they are not a good team. 😁

What, Riley, no dive on that third out? What a gyp! 🤣

OK, that Riley dive was a little egregious … 😅

I would like to go back in time and cause flat tires for everyone before they drove to the Bally Sports focus group before they could tell the moderators hey I really like the in-stands interviews, I’d like to see more of those, please.