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Snake Diggity

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  1. Oh my god. This could not be going worse for Biden.
  2. Salazar is badass. Dude is gonna make a great backup C for the next half-decade.
  3. I agree that if the way Trump handled himself on that podcast was the way he handled himself all of the time, he would win this election in a landslide. I still disagree with almost all of the policy stances he described in that interview, and he still lied a lot, but he sounded rational and respectful. But the fact is, he only behaves in that controlled way about 5% of the time. The other 95% of the time, he’s a fucking lunatic exposing himself as a blatant lying racist grifter criminal who is willing to destroy the country in service of his ego and pocketbook.
  4. 2020 with Georgia and NC swapping would not surprise me at all.
  5. Yeah I’m not sure where JV’s head is at, but he should really be doing everything he can to get that option to vest. The open market will not be great to him coming off a mediocre injury filled season in his 40s. Astros can’t sell with how well they’re playing, but if they did, this is not a bad deal, if the Phillies covered 50% of Castellanos’ contract for 2025 and 2026. Miller/Abel/Caba are elite prospects.
  6. Only 2 things could happen to make this debate meaningful: 1. A McConnell-esque elderly moment that makes it a dominant headline. 2. A physical altercation. Nothing else will really sway any voters. Trump could say the N word, openly admit to various crimes, or walk off the stage in the middle of the debate, and not one voter’s mind is changing. Biden can mumble or stutter or curse, or get lost walking onto the stage, and nobody’s mind is changing. Short of one of them having a senior moment that undeniably proves they are unfit for office, or the two of them actually physically fighting (in which case whoever “wins” the fight will win the election), this debate is meaningless. It is fucking pathetic how little policy actually matters to the electorate and it’s sad that the odds of the 2 things listed happening are so high.
  7. I could see Rubio being Trump’s Sec of State pick. Hard to see him being VP.
  8. From the replies: “I’m running out of places to shop.” You’re getting close, fuckface. LOOK INWARD.
  9. It’s telling that an independent arbitrator deemed Bauer’s conduct worthy of the longest suspension in league history. It’s also telling that the MLBPA had no comment on that decision. I don’t think anyone would argue that a player violating the league’s domestic violence policy is not a valid reason for teams not to sign a player. Again, all these things can be true: Bauer’s accusers are lying money grubbing whores. Bauer is not a criminal. Bauer is a piece of shit who violated the league’s domestic abuse policy and does not deserve an MLB contract.
  10. How did he “get fucked”, exactly? It’s not collusion for all 30 MLB teams to not want to sign a guy who is a notorious douchebag and clubhouse cancer who also wasn’t that good in Japan and has admitted to doing shit to women that most people would find reprehensible even though not illegal.
  11. I understand the strategy because of how decimated the staff is with injuries, but Espada’s insistence on constantly stretching pitchers an extra batter/inning is fucking maddening. There is no fucking way Hernandez should have been allowed to give up 5 runs and it was idiotic to have Scott warm up 3 separate times. Finally, going to fucking Montero as the stopper is stupid. They should have gone to Scott as soon as Hernandez gave up 2 runs. They turned a “we’re back” statement game into a “we are fucking pitiful even when we kick ass” statement game.
  12. Very very surprised Bloss is getting the call. Front office must be very high on him to go ahead and start his clock and call him up over guys in AAA like Henley, Gordon, Blubaugh, and Lauer.
  13. Episode 4 was by far the best but in no way meaningfully redemptive. Yord has to be the most unlikable Jedi character imaginable, with Vernestra nipping at his heels. Even if the plot/writing were dramatically better, it would not be enough to overcome the terrible casting/acting.
  14. I would really like that pick. One of the best ceiling college players that will be available where Houston will pick.
  15. What should the GM be saying instead? “Yeah, we are totally fucked. We have sucked shit through a straw all year and I don’t expect it to stop. I’ve got all our good players on the trade block and honestly we are looking at the draft lottery odds more than we are looking at playoff odds. The trade deadline and 2025 can’t get here fast enough.”
  16. It’s the true test of a restaurant manager’s morality. They either say “we have to charge what they put as the total”, or they correct it and you get the fill tip.
  17. I don’t know much about college baseball coaching situations, but how in the hell could Pierce possibly be retained at this point? The season ended weeks ago and the AD has been completely silent despite unignorable headlines about the head coach’s status. If there were even the slightest chance Pierce were going to be allowed to return, CDC would have given some measure of support, even if in a way that he could go back on later. If CDC announced Pierce is coming back after the CWS ends, everyone (recruits/transfers) will know he is on his way out and that CDC missed on whatever coaches they tried to get, which would be disastrous for Texas’s ability to build a roster for next season or get any measure of positive momentum. Right?
  18. Both things can be true. Houston’s farm is relatively weak, so there’s a need to move prospects quickly, BUT it’s not like they’re moving guys up who aren’t performing. Ferreras, Williams, and Matthews all had a wRC+ of >140 in High a before moving up, and they all had at least 95 pa. Bloss has been dominant at both levels. So yes, they are moving up partially because they aren’t blocked, but also the early returns on Dana Brown’s first draft are extremely positive. Wagner is a poor defensive player who doesn’t hit for much power. He’s hit just 21 HR across more than 250 minor league games, many of those coming in very hitter-friendly parks. He has a plus hit tool and hits from the left side, so he has a big league future, but it is extremely likely to be limited to bench duty or as a fringey regular.
  19. They’ll probably aim higher to someone like Luis Robert, but Elias was with Houston when Meyers was drafted.
  20. Pretty sure the owner of Jimmy John’s is a maga shitbird.
  21. I want to believe this, but the fact that so many GOP politicians are enthusiastically falling in behind Trump makes me think they believe Trump will win. Of course, maybe they are doing that because they think he has no chance of winning, thus they know their support doesn’t mean risking another Trump presidency, so they’re just keeping his base in their corner for the future.🤷
  22. WAY too short a list. Vladimir Putin. Kim Jong Un. Ayatollah Khomeini. Nicolas Maduro. Stephen A Smith.
  23. PBS Kids pretty much has universally good content. Might be a tougher sell for the 9 year old but any kid 6 and under should be plenty entertained and almost everything they have has some educational aspect to it. Same for ABC Mouse. I have an 8 and 5 and the 8 year old is getting to the point where that shit don’t cut it. Obviously depends on the kid, but my wife taught my 8 year old to crochet and she’s obsessed with it, it’s how she’s spent a ton of time on days at home with no camps or screen time. We also took them to the library and checked out a shitload of books they liked, so the 8 year old spends a lot of time reading. The 5 year old hates reading because it’s hard. We also have homeschool style workbooks we got off Amazon and at the dollar store for 1st grade and 3rd grade. We’ve had to force them to do it but it has killed a few minutes each day.
  24. I thought they were both excellent. Just not perfect. In Andor, I wasn’t a fan of Vel and Karn. Vel both acting and character, Karn just acting. In Rogue One, I have never been much of a fan of non-Jedi using the force and I do not like Whitaker’s version of Saw Gerrera. But really for both it was just that I couldn’t put them in the same category as Empire.
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