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  1. No it wasn't. On so many levels. It was cool and he sounded good but it was one line. Starting Amazing Grace at the funeral service at the site of the Charleston church shooting was one of the most powerful things I've ever seen. I couldn't have been more proud of the President that day. That took guts. He didn't hit all the notes but he stood there and led the congregation, singing into the microphone for all to hear. That was some heavy shit, man.
    17 points
  2. I do not normally say we should ban someone from one post, but I think we should make an exception for someone spewing racist shit in the recruiting forum.
    11 points
  3. I'm not sure whether you really want to converse about why everyone hates the Astros, but I'll weigh in. I think it is a combination of things. 1) Lunhow et al. rubbed baseball people the wrong way since they took over in 2012. The degree to which they stripped the entire organization down to the studs to rebuild was seen as "bad for baseball." They became the poster organization for "tanking." 2) Lunhow et al. became more unpopular with their nontraditional methods of operations. There was the Brady Aiken thing. They dramatically reduced their scouting dept (essentially replacing traditional scouts with data scientists). Etc. There have been rumblings for years that people didn't trust the organization. 3) They got good. They made the playoffs 4 of the last 5 years, including 3 straight 100-win seasons, 2 AL pennants and a WS title. They knocked out some large-market teams along the way. I know your argument is that the team's success is not the reason that everyone hates them, but I'd argue that it is a reason. 4) The players can come off as cocky, particularly Bregman and Correa. A lot of people disliked Bregman in particular before any of the sign-stealing stuff came to light. 5) The Osuna acquisition rubbed people the wrong way. It confirmed what had been bugging people about Lunhow/Astros for years - that they are cold, data-driven efficiency specialists that lacked baseball morals (whatever those are). 6) The Taubman thing - not so much the doucebag himself acting like, well, a douchebag, but the clumsy attempted cover-up. That rubbed people the wrong way. 7) And finally the electronic sign-stealing thing itself. I think the level of vitriol over the last 6 weeks is due to a combination of all of these things. I think a lot of baseball writers (looking at you, Buster Olney) have been waiting to stick it to Lunhow/Astros for a while (due to #1, 2, 5, 6 above), and they certainly got their chance. And, boy, they did not miss it. I think only a few clubs would have been lambasted to this extent if they were the ones caught; I don't think everyone would hate the Tigers or the Mariners if it came out that they were stealing signs 3 years ago. So yeah, their success has something to do with it. I get the hate. They broke the rule and got caught. But I also think the reaction has been exaggerated and overblown. I think that is because of the factors listed above as well as the absurd volume of coverage it has gotten. It's been the only story in baseball for 6 weeks, and really nothing new has come out since it first broke. Another opposing player saying he is angry at the Astros just isn't really a story, but the writers will be damned if they won't make it one. It has kept everyone's outrage top of mind. I can understand why fans of other teams hate them. As an Astros fan, I can say I was 100% on board with tanking, confused about the Aiken thing (though it worked out well), not terribly pleased with the Osuna or Taubman stuff, and disappointed in the sign-stealing scheme. Not so disappointed that I'll disown the team (as if anyone would give a shit), but somewhat disappointed. That said, I do think the hate is amplified by the listed factors + the absurd and exaggerated coverage it has received.
    8 points
  4. it's on full blast because he doesnt have an ear
    8 points
  5. People are getting stuck in the Philippines already and flights through more infected countries could be cancelled in the next 4 weeks. I don't recommend that anyone come to the Philippines now as it will spread to the entire country in a month to 6 weeks from the first major outbreak. I have had a dry cough for two days and I think more of my friends are coughing. I hope I just have an alergy or ate some bad pussy.
    7 points
  6. Bernie is going straight to the heart of the most important economic issue facing Americans (healthcare). He's also not adverse to science and trying to solve environmental issues and climate change induced change. I think the Dems need to decide whether the most appropriate long term approach is to develop a sense of what issues and ideas are important, and pushing those issues and ideas. I sure as fuck wish Bernie had a more "establishment" resume and had a message that was a bit more "capitalism is an engine we need to keep but we need to put breaks on it sometime", but you can't always get what you want. If the Republican Party stands for nothing, I would prefer the Dem Party to set itself a bit apart and stand for something. I still think Bernie is a losing strategy short term but I'm starting to think that pushing out Bloomberg and allowing Bernie to run may not be bad in the long run. I'm thinking it is about time for all the suburban newbies in Congress who won in 2018 to start realizing that they need to start pushing healthcare and paid leave and all the other shit that got them their seats and not worrying about how they need an establishment figure to lead the ticket. They need whoever leads the ticket to stand for something. And it needs to be standing for some ideas, and not just against the Dotard.
    6 points
  7. Fuck Jeff Passan. Can’t throw gasoline on the fire and then act shocked when it gets too hot.
    6 points
  8. Updated ‘68 Tele pic. With real relicing.
    6 points
  9. Hey everyone, look at my new Dodge Mustang!
    6 points
  10. Ok now I'm going down the well of old Obama videos on Youtube. There's a permanent stain on this country (white people) for choosing the pig in the WH to follow this.
    6 points
  11. I remember when Case McCoy saw the molasses parting and his body derped forward and his skinny legs swerved and herped him through all the befuddled aggy like a rag doll marionette who had just taken a turn at dizzy bat. Good times.
    6 points
  12. 40 years ago today. Still the greatest moment in sports history, and no, don't even fucking bother trying to compare the 2006 Rose Bowl.
    5 points
  13. Yeah, Warren is pretty prickly herself, but I have this spidey sense, I can't prove it (and I'm sure someone will be along shortly to attempt to disprove it), that she would be more effective implementing her policies than Sanders, even the ones that are practically identical.
    5 points
  14. I like resto mods. Old school style with modern performance. I think the brakes/suspension/engine/stereo need to be done together. But I'd buy an appropriate vehicle for that type of change over. I put a V8 and disk brakes on my 72' Landcruiser and I'd do it again.
    5 points
  15. Edmund Burke, the Irish statesman and philosopher, once said: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Over the course of the past three years, I have watched good men and women, friends of mine, come and go in the Trump administration — all trying to do something — all trying to do their best. Jim Mattis, John Kelly, H.R. McMaster, Sue Gordon, Dan Coats and, now, Joe Maguire, who until this week was the acting director of national intelligence. I have known Joe for more than 40 years. There is no better officer, no better man and no greater patriot. He served for 36 years as a Navy SEAL. In 2004, he was promoted to the rank of rear admiral and was chosen to command all of Naval Special Warfare, including the SEALs. Those were dark days for the SEALs. Our combat losses from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were the highest in our history, and Joe and his wife, Kathy, attended every SEAL funeral, providing comfort and solace to the families of the fallen. But it didn’t stop there. Not a day went by that the Maguires didn’t reach out to some Gold Star family, some wounded SEAL, some struggling warrior. Every loss was personal, every family precious. When Joe retired in 2010, he tried the corporate world. But his passion for the Special Operations soldiers was so deep that he left a lucrative job and took the position as the president of the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, a charity that pays for educating the children of fallen warriors. In 2018, Joe was asked to be the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, a job he knew well from his last assignment as a vice admiral. He accepted, but within months of his arrival came the announcement of Coats’s departure as director of national intelligence. Maguire didn’t seek to fill the job; he was asked to do it by the president. At first he declined, suggesting that Sue Gordon, Coats’s deputy, would be better suited for the job. But the president chose Maguire. And, like most of these good men and women, he came in with the intent to do his very best, to follow the rules, to follow the law and to follow what was morally right. Within a few weeks of taking the assignment, he found himself embroiled in the Ukraine whistleblower case. Joe told the White House that, if asked, he would testify, and he would tell the truth. He did. In short order, he earned the respect of the entire intelligence community. They knew a good man was at the helm. A man they could count on, a man who would back them, a man whose integrity was more important than his future employment. But, of course, in this administration, good men and women don’t last long. Joe was dismissed for doing his job: overseeing the dissemination of intelligence to elected officials who needed that information to do their jobs. As Americans, we should be frightened — deeply afraid for the future of the nation. When good men and women can’t speak the truth, when facts are inconvenient, when integrity and character no longer matter, when presidential ego and self-preservation are more important than national security — then there is nothing left to stop the triumph of evil.
    5 points
  16. 5 points
  17. William H. McRaven, a retired Navy admiral, was commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command from 2011 to 2014. He oversaw the 2011 Navy SEAL raid in Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden. Edmund Burke, the Irish statesman and philosopher, once said: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Over the course of the past three years, I have watched good men and women, friends of mine, come and go in the Trump administration — all trying to do something — all trying to do their best. Jim Mattis, John Kelly, H.R. McMaster, Sue Gordon, Dan Coats and, now, Joe Maguire, who until this week was the acting director of national intelligence. I have known Joe for more than 40 years. There is no better officer, no better man and no greater patriot. He served for 36 years as a Navy SEAL. In 2004, he was promoted to the rank of rear admiral and was chosen to command all of Naval Special Warfare, including the SEALs. Those were dark days for the SEALs. Our combat losses from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were the highest in our history, and Joe and his wife, Kathy, attended every SEAL funeral, providing comfort and solace to the families of the fallen. But it didn’t stop there. Not a day went by that the Maguires didn’t reach out to some Gold Star family, some wounded SEAL, some struggling warrior. Every loss was personal, every family precious. When Joe retired in 2010, he tried the corporate world. But his passion for the Special Operations soldiers was so deep that he left a lucrative job and took the position as the president of the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, a charity that pays for educating the children of fallen warriors. In 2018, Joe was asked to be the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, a job he knew well from his last assignment as a vice admiral. He accepted, but within months of his arrival came the announcement of Coats’s departure as director of national intelligence. Maguire didn’t seek to fill the job; he was asked to do it by the president. At first he declined, suggesting that Sue Gordon, Coats’s deputy, would be better suited for the job. But the president chose Maguire. And, like most of these good men and women, he came in with the intent to do his very best, to follow the rules, to follow the law and to follow what was morally right. Within a few weeks of taking the assignment, he found himself embroiled in the Ukraine whistleblower case. Joe told the White House that, if asked, he would testify, and he would tell the truth. He did. In short order, he earned the respect of the entire intelligence community. They knew a good man was at the helm. A man they could count on, a man who would back them, a man whose integrity was more important than his future employment. But, of course, in this administration, good men and women don’t last long. Joe was dismissed for doing his job: overseeing the dissemination of intelligence to elected officials who needed that information to do their jobs. As Americans, we should be frightened — deeply afraid for the future of the nation. When good men and women can’t speak the truth, when facts are inconvenient, when integrity and character no longer matter, when presidential ego and self-preservation are more important than national security — then there is nothing left to stop the triumph of evil.
    5 points
  18. VY’s pro career was glorious compared to JFF. As was his college career. And high school.
    5 points
  19. Let it go. Bernie Bros primarily exist on the internet, people on the internet shouldn't upset you unless you are Derka. Never go full Derka.
    4 points
  20. By no means am I an expert in unions, but as I understand it leadership is, above all else, trying to preserve the existence of the union. A major benefit of union membership is a good healthcare plan; if a good healthcare plan is available to literally everyone, then the union can no longer use that as a selling point for membership. Thus leadership sees single-payer healthcare as a threat and tries to scare its members into thinking M4A is against their best interest. The counterargument is that if the union doesn't have to flex all of its muscle trying to negotiate for better healthcare, it can fight for better family leave time, more sick days, etc. There's also this:
    4 points
  21. I hope this is authentic:
    4 points
  22. You think America is anti-wasting tax dollars on unnecessary boondoggles? What America do you live in? Hell, the military is one continuous example of burning money for no reason. You just want your tax dollars wasted on only things you wanted them wasted on, just like everyone else.
    4 points
  23. I’m a staunch capitalist and think her programs absolutely can co-exist. I don’t think confiscating company equity to give to employees is capitalist but that’s not her plan. The problem is marginal tax rates were lowered too low for too long and it has lead to insane wealth concentration. We have to restore regulated and well functioning capitalism. Access to education to cannot be a barrier to entry to be a part of the shrinking middle class and the cost of education can’t be a barrier to joining the upper middle class or even first generation wealth class. But it is. Healthcare costs cannot be the stressor that keeps people up at night, causes erosion of wealth and bankruptcy or leads someone to stay in a job they hate. The list of issues that need to be dealt with to make capitalism work is impressive but Liz’s plans are thorough and restorative not revolutionary. I have no qualms with her plans and her statement she’s a capitalist.
    4 points
  24. I'll never not hear that in Stephen Colbert's voice.
    4 points
  25. If you look close, you can see a logo that indicates the uniforms are sponsored by Midol.
    4 points
  26. So - along the lines of the "aggy investments" in the Texas Medical Center... I was doing some work down there last year for the UT Health Science Center (which is a pretty cool facility)... and while up on the 16th floor, had a great view of the TMC: Very clean, professional, and modern. Then I started looking around, off to the left, and saw this little sad Soviet-style architecture building off almost by itself. It had a cheap-looking slap-dash GIGANTIC sign plastered on the upper facade, so I took a picture. Yup. You guessed it. Just so you know what we're dealing with. But you're not surprised. It's aggy.
    4 points
  27. You know what this board was missing? A fucking fresh zerohedge link. That's what we were missing. Thanks TH. We can always count on you.
    4 points
  28. I hope the subject line was READ THIS YOU FUCKING TRAITOR
    4 points
  29. I find it interesting that the most ardent Bros never seem to post in the threads where the most heinous aspects of the current administration are discussed. They direct more hatred and vitriol for who those who are allied with them 75% rather than an actual authoritarian. I wonder why that is?
    4 points
  30. Fuck it. Bring back Penders.
    4 points
  31. Time for an offseason update on my wife's shenanigans: She decided to stop drinking a few months ago, so the time previously spend drinking wine and watching Netflix is now spent brainstorming new business ideas. I came home this weekend to a bunch of arts and crafts shit all over the dining table, with her unloading Michael's bags. Me: What's up? Wife: You know how gold necklaces always get knotted up? Me: No, but I'll take your word for it. Wife: Well it's really bad when you travel. So I'm going to come up with some kind of carrying case that I can put my necklaces in when I travel, WITHOUT knotting up. Me: (wagging my finger, lying my ass off). Now THAT sounds like a winner. Wife: I know! Speaking of jewelry I forgot to tell you about the diamond thing. Me: (deep breath) Diamond thing? Wife: Remember that Canadian couple we met in Cabo? Well I've stayed in contact with the wife. We'd like to go into business with one another but couldn't find the right opportunity. Well, she found one. We're going to try to reopen a dormant diamond mine on Eskimo land. I shit you not. Reopen a dormant diamond mine on Eskimo land. Me: Have you started drinking again? (leans in to smell breath) Wife: Oh stop! She has good government connections for this kind of thing. We'll just need to round up some investors. Me: I'd think so, to the tune of 10's of millions of dollars. Wife: Nah, not that much, we're only going for a controlling interest at 51% I walk away shaking my head. This is becoming a runaway locomotive, so after a couple of hours of more head shaking I decide it's time to apply some brakes. I decide to tell her about that scrunchie into a cup cover thing that @mulletpellini posted a few weeks back. I pull up the article on my phone and hand it to her, hold my breath. Wife: (reads a bit) Shit! (sits down, keeps reading) A scrunchie on a cup lid?! Who the hell wants hair in their drink? So dumb. Ours is completely different. Me: (shoulder shrug) Just thought you'd like to know. Wife: Just goes to show you what a good idea it was. Women have to protect themselves from getting roofied. Animals out there. So my attempt at placing brakes on this locomotive have been torched to shreds and lie smoldering on the side of the tracks. Oh well, I've never met Eskimos before. Sounds kind of cool.
    4 points
  32. If he can run for a 3rd term, so can Obama. And that would actually be super glorious for him to lose to Barack Hussein Obama, no?
    4 points
  33. Semi older article .... but this strikes me why I like Warren over Sanders:
    3 points
  34. Good girl Luna. Hate days like this. Just left the vet after saying good bye to Callie. We think she was 17. Honestly I think we held on to her for a year too long. The vet asked 2 questions that helped clarify things - 1) would you be really surprised if when you woke up in the morning she had passed in her sleep? And 2) how meaningful is her interaction with her environment? Well Doc, when you ask it that way. . .never an easy decision.
    3 points
  35. thats exactly what i would expect a fattie to say.
    3 points
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