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  1. All he's trying to say is that comparing him to Hitler is wrong and inflammatory at this point. You have to wait until he starts arresting political opponents for specious reasons, withdraws from NATO, suspends habeas corpus, rips up the Constitution and starts loading up the first trains before you can make that comparison. At that point he will happily agree with you and approve of your rhetoric as he waves at you from the platform and yells, "Well now isn't THIS awkward!"
  2. An incredibly underrated comedy, well worth a watch.
  3. Yes, a huge campaign contribution courtesy of the billionaire who owns a decent size stake of Tiktok. So it appears that legislation to force a sale of US based Tiktok was instead a shakedown that resulted in this deal for a 3 billion dollar valuation merger with Truth Social's company. A company that had only 3 million in revenue last year and a negative 49m operating loss. Totally not illegal campaign financing, bribery or anything else going on here, just your normal billionaires doing business as usual...
  4. I can't believe Joe didn't fly his helicopter to the cargo ship and prevent it from hitting that bridge in Baltimore! He was probably playing golf instead of doing his job! He's asleep at the wheel! He only let this happen so Congress will have to pass billions to fix it and tie it to Ukraine funding! Is this how we Build back better? Lololololol This wouldn't have happened if we had a real Secretary of Transportation instead of that unqualified Gayor Pete! - Republicans, probably
  5. Probably just smoke and mirrors, we see lots of odd reports leading up to the draft as either a game, or some sort of way to incite trades. I really don't see McCarthy as a franchise QB in the NFL, but if anyone was going to believe in that, I guess Washington would be dumb enough to pull the trigger.
  6. This has to be a photoshop, right?
  7. If he's such a good golfer, maybe he should adopt the nickname to "Kim Jong Hole-in-Un"
  8. Julie Bowen could play Virginia right now, maybe they could cast Paige as her daughter who is a golfer. Maybe she inherited that swing from Happy, and we can see her do that slapshot drive from a bunch of different angles?
  9. The Democrats opposing it believe Israel is actively committing genocide against the Palestinians and they don't want to fund that. The Republicans don't want to send more arms to Ukraine because Russia is getting its collective ass kicked and many of them are funded by it. I think there is a slight difference here in the reasoning.
  10. Yeah I'm not following how Katie did anything wrong or "broke a rule." She's on record as wanting Israel to stop their attacks and let humanitarian aid into Gaza, so attempting to undermine the USA's ability to send more weapons and armaments to them makes sense. I agree it's dumb to have an exception for one specific country, as if they aren't able to commit atrocities as well as anyone else.
  11. Y'all need to respect Mike Tannenbaum, he drafted Mark Sanchez number 5 overall and without him we would not have the joy that is the famous "Butt Fumble."
  12. There needs to be some context around that rule, and that the obstruction should actually prevent the runner from otherwise being safe. That runner was tagged out 5 feet from the bag, it wasn't even close. You could have parked a car on second and it wouldn't have made a difference. There is a natural tendency of an infielder to put his foot on the bag so they know exactly where it is without looking, and it helps make the tag more accurate in close calls. Taking that away will require adjustment, but I didn't think there was much of an issue here to begin with. There used to be issues with base runners intentionally sliding into a SS or 2b while turning a double play, but they made rules against that to fix it and prevent injuries. I thought that was a smart rule change to avoid unnecessary collisions, but I don't think this type of play warrants that kind of rule change.
  13. Looks like the Republican groomers are at it again...
  14. Oh she was on that site too? What the fuck? How many of these Republicans were on it at one point? Boebert, Tomi Lahren and Candace all being on what looks like a fake talent scouting site is kinda suspicious. Although I would not be surprised to see Fitlump on there too.
  15. I think Baltimore will win the East with about 98-100 wins, just like last year. Tampa still has a good team with an excellent pitching staff, so that division will be a hell of a fight. I'm not sure how the Central will go, I don't think any team in that division got much better this off-season. Probably going to come down to injuries between Cleveland and Minny again, and if either bails at the deadline to sell assets for prospects. The Astros winning another division title by 10+ games would be nice. Going into the playoffs resting everyone for the last few games is a huge advantage. Let's hope it goes as planned and we can make it 9 ALCS appearances in a row.
  16. Post some of the questions in the trivia thread!
  17. Been playing a lot on Steam, and doing up to level 7 content with ease. I bought the arc warbond set with super credits I earned in game, and the first gun in that set, the LAS16, is phenomenal. Totally changes the game, adding EATs to it and a personal shield generator is the way to go for long survival missions. Playing stealthy with Light armor with reduced detection is a lot of fun, feels somewhat like old Metal Gear games on PS1/2.
  18. That's a great deal for them, especially after seeing some of those awful 1 year 8-12m deals given out earlier. He was good last year, but I'm surprised his value dipped that low. It's cheap enough that they could flip him at the deadline for a low end prospect if they regress to their norm of not making the playoffs.
  19. We just have to hope that 6 QBs come off the board before 42 to push better guys down to our picks! There are some that think Nix and Penix might be late 1sts, which is crazy to me. I actually wouldn't mind seeing the Texans take a backup QB with one of their 7ths, because Mills will probably walk next year, and I would prefer to see a minimum wage guy backup CJ. I like Legette for WR at 42. 6'1 220 pounds with a 4.39 40 dash. He's very good at high pointing catches and making contested grabs, but also has speed to breakaway in the open. He would be an excellent weapon to give CJ. Any one of Legette, McConkey and Coleman would be nice if available, but I think most will be gone by 42. I like Sweat a lot, and would be happy to take him at 59, but I think DT is a much easier position to fill with cheap guys this year. The D-line already has some great players on it, and I think you can get away with a JAG DT in 1 spot of it if you have to. Other DT options there could work here are Fiske or Kris Jenkins. I'm not sure what the plan at #2 CB and Safety is, so I kind of prefer seeing a DB here and a DT at 86. I think with those first 5 picks: 42, 59, 86, 123, 127, they need to come out of it with at least 1 of WR, DB, DT, and then some mix of DB/Oline/RB/LB with the other two. If you want to play around with a mock draft simulator, the one is fun: https://www.profootballnetwork.com/mockdraft Sometimes you get real lucky with it...
  20. Lots more options! Dick Payne Dick Temple Dick Love Moore Dick Primo Dick Dick Wood Little Dick Rose Dick
  21. Maybe I'm missing something here, but the MLB luxury tax doesn't appear to be all that damaging for 1 year. I think a creative GM would be smart to bump up some contracts one year and get a large amount of future guaranteed money out of the way, then drop them down the next year to lose the repeater penalty. You could see-saw your tax allocations every 1-3 years to reduce the penalty of signing a guy that helps you "win now." I made this chart to help map out the costs, please nitpick if I got something wrong. The last line is set as an example of a team paying 317m in salary, or 20m into that range to keep it a consistent comparison of tax brackets. The Astros are at 253m committed for 2024, which means they only take a hit of 20% on the amount over 237m, which is just under 4m in cost. Not a terrible penalty, and if they were to add another 24m in cost up to the 277m threshold the total tax paid for 2024 would be 10.4m. That's a 3.75% tax charge on the overall payroll for the year. It's really not as bad as it's made out to be, although the year 3 rates jump significantly and cna hurt quite a bit. It's not my money, but I can't believe how much MLB teams try to avoid this minor tax for 1-2 to years of challenging for a ring.
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