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  1. 1 hour ago, immortal13 said:

    They should've learned their lesson over the steroid scandal back in the 90's but they didn't 

    Baseball never learns their lesson. It's comical how bad they continue to screw up things on really any decision whether it is big or small.

  2. 1 hour ago, David Dennison said:

    Sure doesn't feel like it. 

    It is, but again the sport is made up of mostly casual fans so it just blows over because of that. If baseball were still the actual National Pastime and this was the judgment handed down then Manfred would be out of a job tomorrow. Since baseball is just third on the depth chart of sports in our country none of this ridiculously light punishment matters. Slap on the wrist and does nothing to deter further cheating.

  3. 9 minutes ago, immortal13 said:

    It's a tainted title now anyway

    I mean it is. The hardcore fans of the sport will definitely look at it like that and realize this title has an asterisk. The Sox title from the very next season will have that amongst the hardcore fans. I work with a hardcore Mets fan who just loves the sport overall. He feels pretty strongly that MLB needed to do more. He said it hurts him to see baseball take a black eye like this.The casual fan will likely not give a damn about this punishment. 

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  4. If Manfred wasn't going to vacate the 2017 World Series (He should have taken that drastic step) he should've gone further with the loss of draft picks and frozen them out of international signings for at a minimum of three years. 

    I could not care less what organization had to be the one to take a more drastic penalty. I just do not believe this punishment will deter anyone wanting to cheat. You vacate titles and then we've got something major. Hopefully Cora gets a banhammer of at least three years.

    And Carlos Beltran should not be allowed to skate on this. That worthless fuck should be banned from the game for at least three years. Then again managing in Flushing with the shitbag Long Islanders in the Wilpons being your bosses is its own special punishment.

  5. So just from today we can add Sander's, represenatives and rafical to the list of words and names Dotard can't spell right. His general stupidity on everything is really incredible to witness.

  6. This morning at church we prayed for Puerto Rico. It was mentioned by the Puerto Ricans at the service how upset they are about aid being held back. We had a state senator at the service telling us how hard his hometown was hit, but that he was headed there on Friday to help out with the relief effort. It's so damn infuriating and sad how terrible we treat American citizens solely due to their ethnicity and primary language they speak. 

  7. 6 hours ago, TornACL said:

    Interesting, did you share this opinion on here before they lost in the playoffs? 

    I don't post much on the football board. Midway through the season I was watching them play though and did tell my friend I thought their offense would not work in the post-season. I just don't believe you can run your quarterback as much as they do and expect to win when it counts. It's nothing real revelatory here since I saw that same sentiment shared by other posters.

  8. 3 hours ago, Lobo said:

    Appeasement.

    De Tente. 

    Preemptive Strikes.

     

    And now....."So Far, So Good."  

    That's our foreign policy you dipshits...So Far.  So Good. 

    It's impossible the "support the troops" voter bloc is falling for this....but here we are.  You fucking children.  

    Again, for the umpteenth millionth time, to quote Brisket, bet on evil because it's winning. 

    We are dealing with the dumbest generation of Americans in the 240 plus year history since we declared independence. Always remember we are not dealing with smart people. Evil can convince rubes to support terrible things and it's working. 

  9. There is a place my girlfriend and I go on the UWS. It is called Shalel Lounge. It is not easily visible. You have to walk down a set of stairs to get to it. It is Moroccan food and it is delicious. The atmosphere is so nice. There is one back table where you can see some water running down into a pool of rose petals. Sat there before with my girlfriend and mom. It was pretty cool. I loved the Shakshuka because I have made that before. They made it with lamb. The chicken tagine is very tender and the taste is ridiculously good.

    If you want to have an intimate date this is the place to go. You feel like you are not in New York when you are there. Highly recommended. 

  10. On 1/3/2020 at 12:03 PM, Al_4_ISU said:

    Absolutely true.  It's definitely part of why I'm pretty content with a town of 4000.  Compared to what I grew up with, the level of services is available is off the charts.  We were 25 minutes from a town this size growing up.

    I lived in a town with a population of 289. It was wild. I will never experience anything like it again unless I move back at some point, which I want to do. It was like living life 80 years ago, except there was satellite internet.

  11. On 1/4/2020 at 10:42 PM, RamjetFDO said:

    I've only been once, in the summer of 2002. It was right around July 4th, and this is still one of my favorite pictures I've ever taken.

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    I took a picture on Saturday at the cemetery near where Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address. All the markers had wreaths. I thought that was cool to see. Thanks for sharing that photo. Pretty awesome to see that.

  12. 9 hours ago, Armybrat said:

    Unfortunately I’ve only been to Pea Ridge and Andersonville.

    Would love to take a road trip to Gettysburg and to the Little Big Horn.

    Do it. There is a heaviness that you'll feel at Gettysburg that is hard to describe. You need to see it though. My mother was in awe of seeing everything. It is something that you and your extended family would enjoy seeing. It should be a bucket list item for anyone who loves history.

    You'll meet people out there from around the world who are drawn to the place. I always just thought of it as something important to American history, but I have found that that is not the case and that people from all across the globe know the importance of what transpired there almost 157 years ago. 

  13. 12 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

    I'm planning a trip in a few years once my son is a little older.

    Hoping to get one of these park rangers to give a talk.

     

    That ranger is awesome. I can say if you get the guided tour you will get someone like that man. They do an amazing job here of letting you know what happened. I could live to be a 100 and never feel closer to a spot than I did on Little Round Top. 

  14. 7 minutes ago, AUS-97HORN said:

    it was a a brisk walk under heavy artillery fire for most of the way. they didnt charge until after they crossed the emmitsburg road and the 2 fences there, and it took a shitload of time to regroup because of those fences, by the time they actually went on the double quick they didnt have enough men to impact the line with enough force to break and split it. 

    Longstreet kept begging for Lee to not do it.... he was the only one who could have stopped the carnage.   He just respected Lee too much to tell the crazy old fuck that it was an asinine order and he would lose half his men 

    It was nuts. The whole charge was just crazy. Lee sent so many irreplaceable soldiers to their death. Why he is celebrated to this day is asinine to me. 

  15. 1 minute ago, Surly Bevo said:

    Yea you can see a statue in the center way in the back of my picture.  That's where Pickett's men started from....that's a long ass walk/jog in the open under massive artillery fire and at close range rifle fire, but that's the way they rolled back then.  

    Can you imagine making the call to charge the 3/4 of a mile from that spot? There was nothing about that open space that says things would end well.

  16. Just now, Sbbruin said:

    Never been, but madness as to how battles were fought back then.  Last man standing approach.

    I know you are in SoCal, but bring your family to see this place. It is just a very sobering place to see. You will feel a heavy sadness when you get out there. The statues and monuments are amazing to see. 

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  17. 3 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

    Very cool place. Been there twice in my life. Last time was July 2014. This is my son and his friend on Cemetery Ridge (copse of trees was just a bit to their left) looking back across the field. Boys then teenagers now.

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    Was at that spot a few hours ago. It is so hard to fathom what happened right there. Just bodies upon bodies died at that place. Thanks for posting that picture. 

  18. This weekend is my 3rd trip here in the last 14 months. I made it my 3rd because my mother came up from Texas after Christmas and I wanted her to see something historic. She has loved this trip. We stood on Little Round Top on Friday evening and she was in awe, but felt the sadness of the place at the same time. She loved the museum tour today. My love of history comes from my parents. My dad would've loved seeing this place.

    I know many of y'all have been here. I want to know your own experiences. I personally can feel the heavy feeling of sadness when walking on the battlefield. Knowing that 7000 plus soldiers died here is sobering. What really gets me is the Texan and Alabamian charge of Little Round Top. That was a death sentence. You can look at it from the top and from the base. The end result is massive death. 

    The other striking thing is looking at things from the copse of trees on the Union line where hundreds of Confederates met their maker and then driving over to Lee's statue where he is atop Traveller less than a mile away.

    I honestly believe had Lee had a superior in that battle that he would have been relieved of his command and never would have commanded an army after that. There was no way that Pickett's Charge could have succeeded outside of the Good Lord intervening. It was absolute idiocy to attempt it. Lee apologizing to soldiers who managed to make it back across that open field is surreal. You see what they saw and you wonder what in the hell Lee thought would happen. 

    Walking that battlefield is haunting. Our nation's future was determined that day. I would highly encourage y'all who have not visited these hallowed grounds to do so. It is a place you must see.

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