chasfh
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“Let me tell you a story … when I came home from fighting in Iraq …”
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Not for long, though. There will be an evening out of rates once all restrictions on ownership, out-of-home possession and brandishing of guns are removed.
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Not for nothing, the Supreme Court is also why baseball is being overrun by gambling interests.
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Because the Court’s ruling in Heller eliminated that requirement.
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Far and away my favorite line from the proceedings so far.
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I don't know why you keep pretending I am taking Lynn Henning's word over yours, but you should realize that everyone here can see I am clearly not.
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Good call. The sniffly tearing-up while he was reading his statement about his solemn and unshakeable oath based on the tenet of his faith that the Constitution is divinely inspired, of his most basic foundational beliefs. And so, for him to do that, to undermine the election just because somebody associated with Trump just asked him to, is foreign to his very being ... And then we learn he's just going to turn around and vote for the very guy who pressured him to do all this, all over again in 2024.
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Am I supposed to take this at face value or something?
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Oh, it means something. It most definitely means something.
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Just because Lynn Henning is full of shit doesn't mean Al Avila is a gold standard-bearer of the truth. Talk about a false dichotomy ... 😅 Keep yourself open to the idea that they could be both full of shit. That, and not that I must choose between one or the other, is why I don't know what to believe.
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Disagree that Avila is out of that loop, but OK.
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This suggests that Al Avila's publicly-stated interests are separate and distinct from the interests of the Detroit Tigers. I believe whatever interests Al Avila has that are separate from those the Tigers will remain internal and not be publicly aired in articles such as this. I doubt that Al Avila spoke to the Athletic without clearing it with, or at least informing, the higher-ups in S&E. I don't think he has complete carte blanche in representing the interests of the Detroit Tigers in public. If he does, or if it's never been contemplated, than LCE does not have their shit together as much as their successes would indicate—which I grant is a possibility.
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It's not a matter of believing Rosenthal as much as a matter of believing the Avila he quoted, who is an interested party in the story. I am not saying I'm certain Avila is lying! I'm saying in so many words that I don't know what to believe when this organization talks. The only thing I am certain of is that Avila is tailoring his answers to protect the interests of the Detroit Tigers organization, and it is in the interest of the organization to portray themselves as having a clear plan and that they are sticking to it. That's all I'm really certain of.
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I can't remember where I got this, but within the past week I saw or heard some opinion that Adam Schiff should not be involved in the Jan 6 hearings because he would be polarizing, or something along those lines. Maybe it was someone saying they thought Schiff would not participate for that reason. I can't remember which. Of course, the only people polarizing Schiff are the right wingers who are trying to marginalize him to shut him down. Right wingers are afraid of Adam Schiff because he is a sober, serious person who knows what he is actually doing, and not a partisan clown. I don't know anyone outside of MAGAland who clutches their pearls over the prospect of Adam Schiff representing the Democrats. I hope Adam Schiff becomes the congressional party leader when Nancy leaves. I could even support the guy for president.
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I didn't get any of that from watching Schiff. I thought he managed the questioning rigorously, thoughtfully, and with the proper degree of decorum. If you're going to insist he went off on a five-minute grandstanding rant, I'm going to ask you to produce a clip of it, because I don't remember anything like that.
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I don't think it's either media bias or meltdown to write a story about a woman who is emblematic of millions of Americans and to delve into the underlying issues that led her to believe what she does. That's one of the things I like about the Atlantic, especially.
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The Athletic is not walled off from all other media. They are part of an environment in which media vehicles feed on each other. It’s not as though only people who subscribe to The Athletic are the only people who will hear about the story. To the degree that the story is available to be referred to and quoted in other media, its reach and impact will move beyond the Athletic, and could spur questions and follow-up stories in other media vehicles. The question now is whether this will get any legs in any other media. Not MLB or beat media, of course. But there is no hard silo preventing other vehicles from picking up on the ideas in the story and following up on it.
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I don’t understand what the problem is with this story?
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They thought they could starve it of oxygen and it would die in the crib since MAGAnation would never hear about it, except as some kangaroo court like the impeachment trials were. But, also, since January 6 was merely a bunch of tourists, participating in any commission designed to make it look like more than it was would make it look like Republicans were admitting it actually was more than it was. Seriously, they were check-mated on this.
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OK, I’ll bite: how did Schiff do some grandstanding the other day?
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lol states’ rights Loc up, mf’ers, shit’s about to get real out there.
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It’s true that the article will mean nothing to the organization if Ken Rosenthal and the Athletic are an isolated silo in the media world and don’t affect anything around them.
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“I like James McCann. He’s a good-looking player who’s got grit. There’s a guy down the street from me named McCann. Good guy.”
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It was calculated that it would look worse for the organization for Al to avoid going on record to defend the Tigers as best as he could manage.
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Rosenthal may have been protecting Cody Stavenhagen, as someone else here keenly observed, but Rosenthal himself needs to maintain access, too.
