Ojo Rojo

I'm not ready to give up entirely on this year. We could have a winning record and make the playoffs as a division winner. If you dump Paredes and Walker, who plays 3B and 1B next year? We do have some surplus value in the BP, though, that could get a nice return from a contending team.

I don't know if this is a hot take or not, but shouldn't we trade Pena for future value? Just like we did with Tucker. No chance of resigning him, farm system is weak, etc. etc. We are not a championship team this year. We might squeak into the playoffs due to our shitty division, but with or without Pena we are not going to or winning a World Series. Get an MLB outfielder and a SP prospect.

In Russia, machine gun shoots you.

What moves we making at the trade deadline?

What do you call a bluebonnet that has been trampled by someone? A supine lupine.

The reason for our record is injuries. That's it. We'd be winning the division if not for that. All of this talk of Espada and Dana and tearing it down and shit - wtf?

Public executions. Many public executions. Strip voting rights of anyone who voted for Trump. And all of the other shit y'all are saying about education, health care and campaign finance reform.

That was the exact scene I was imagining.

I went to D.C. for the first time in my life last weekend. I took a few hours and strolled the National Mall and saw all of the sites in that area. I was struck by all of the construction and security measures. There were barricades and fences surrounding the White House such that you couldn't get within about a half mile, at least. It was really sad to me. We are not a peaceable and stable country, clearly. The most prominent group of people there were school groups from all over the country; mostly from private schools. Interestingly and sadly, about 10% of the kids were wearing Maga hats. I took it as some kind of statement of rebelliousness and independence and had nothing at all to do with actual politics. I could be wrong. I really wanted to ask some of them, but resisted because that would have been weird and taken as confrontational and might've escalated.

What exactly happened? Was it a hard-boiled egg that was still hot, or what?

Let me be clear - my post is not about "both sides." I fully recognize that R's are far, far, far, far worse than D's. I can't remember the last time I voted for a Republican. It's been at least 20 years. I will vote for the Democratic candidate for president in the next election (if there is one), no matter who the candidate is. My point is this - neither party is looking out for our interests. They are taking campaign donations, getting speaking fees, book deals, etc. to enrich themselves while legislating in favor of those who pay them, largely so those contributors can make shitloads of money themselves. We citizens have been raped by the lack of campaign finance reform and Citizens United. I agree wholeheartedly that we need to do everything humanly possible to stamp out Trumpism permanently. I'm just pissed that even if we do that, we're still fucked.

Both political parties are fucked. Their respective "platforms" are just performative bullshit. What they have in common is that every single fucking one of them is doing the same fucking thing - fleecing America for their own personal gain. Until we actually have candidates who care about the country more than they care about themselves, the decline will continue. It's probably inevitable. What I want is a strong independent candidate who says, "A pox on both their houses." Once that playbook is successful then it will be politically advantageous to actually do good shit for the country again.

My metric includes being nationally known and universally hated by the right. Obama was not nationally known, or hated, when he was a senator from Illinois. Don't get me wrong - I like AOC. I think she is right most of the time. But she can't win a general and we have to play to win.

But what did Ja Rule have to say?