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Who are we talking about though?

I mean someone easily could have clapped back at me for including health care as a policy on the margins, but my point wasn't that I'm right and you are wrong, more that there is a heirarchy to positions taken politically. This forum I think has always had more overlap in being liberal in social issues, and 10 years ago, foreign policy seemed a way bigger driver. That seems much closer together now too. I'd imagine there is more overlap on all policy than 10 years ago, but eventually people will hit that policy they aren't willing to negotiate over. I also want to say about this forum that gets crapped on a lot, I absolutely have shifted opinions due to discussion on this forum.

She's not even a congresswoman.

- The Obama administration supported a law that passed with 60 senators in 2013 that then was not allowed to be voted on by the Republican house, the Gang of 8 bill. - Courts ruled that indefinite detention of minors could not happen, at which point the Obama administration held families together for the max allowed days and then released them. They also instituted a program that increased the percentage that showed up for their court date up to 90% of cases. - The Obama admin border crisis saw unparented migrant teens from guatemala surge across border which backed up processing. They were in bad conditions, an more should have been done to improve them, but they were not trying to teach them a lesson. THey were processed as quickly as possible while they tried to find relatives to house them while they showed up for court. THat bare minimum of humanity, while not lauditory, is all that I ask for before it becomes a passion that drives my behavior. - AG Sessions specifically started to prosecute all border crosses criminally, called the zero tolerance policy, and specifically decided to separate children from parents because of this. There is ample record that they planned for this to happen. It is this specific policy, not immigration policy writ large, that is abhorrent. It is not a "but obama" issue.

I think we have a long way to go in figuring out what systems can tolerate these behaviors and how to correct it. Hollywood in a way is a monopoly, and when people were victimized they knew coming forward would shut them out, though that happened anyway. But would i have thought same could happen in banking (examples with a goldman sachs exec unable to find job in banking) or media (seemed to disparate, but concentrated in top networks). It's crazy, now it's clear that universities, sectors, industries, all have potential to tolerate a lot when a strong personality leans on other people, and then "the whole town looks the other way".

I've never considered you far-right. I think while you will face broad agreement, I think the disagreements you hit on are the thresholds, or what actually motivates voting. For instance, the treatment of immigrant children being removed from their parents is so awful to me, that it wouldn't really matter if an elected rep was for single payer and pro-choice if they also supported what I consider to be torturing of children (and parents). If we were having, and what I miss, just banal policy disagreements that can boost or punish people on the margins (healthcare, fiscal policy) then I agree some perspective in order. BUt there are policies (gay rights, abortion) where the impacts are so punitive and unforgiving that I can't just say "well, but we agree on the deficit". And that's really what drives people. But overall, as long as I know the person thinks that their policies put americans in the best position possible even if I disagree with it. THat's fine. There's a lot of people right now that first and foremost just want to piss off other americans, and I'm not going to find common ground with them. They are wrong and need to feel their opinions are wrong.

And quite frankly, this episode is the epitome of DC elite, where anyone not in front of you or helpful to you can be railroaded and punished as long as it benefits yourself, all for power over a population that's just an abstraction to them.

To further the point that lombardi is an absolute moron, I remember listening to their post draft pod and him ripping the browns for being so stupid getting mayfield and denzel ward, well they both looked pretty freakin good last night. Mayfield may get into some decision making trouble, but his "keep a play alive" mentality just oozes playmaker to me. I think Cleveland may finally be turning around. My guess though is that one of Haley or if the league allows it, gregg williams takes over after the year ala jags did with Marrone.

The thing is, it's not just "a man" that did it. It is really hard to believe that Kavanaugh himself, or his nominating committee, were unaware of what that guy was proposing. He absolutely thought that would catch fire and it did, just in the wrong direction. Whelan had been advising the confirmation effort, and is clearly an insider in DC circles. I think they just created another can of worms over "did you know and approve of libeling a former classmate to help get yourself confirmed?" This guys judgment is garbage.

Yeah I read that yesterday. It really sticks with you. It really scares me to think about if those rumors were happening in my school, would I get caught in the retaliatory acts ("faith") against her? And I think Bruenig does capture that feeling which I think is especially toxic in high school, being so scared of being weak or victimized that you by default villainize the vulnerable. Really rough read.

Baseball gets fun eventually right?

Amazing catch

Also Palka seems a little insane and you need at least one of those guys.

They are better, but they also when they are an outlier should be treated skeptically. This is clearly an outlier.

Yeah just an awful year from him.

Yeah this isn't exactly a high-stakes opinion. Between Davidson, Delmonico and Palka, our trio of all bat yet strangely low obp plus power no defense all stars, palka clearly deserves the biggest shot next year.

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Dude is so much drama. He made me actually like Rondo.

Sometimes I forget this happened and feel happy then i remember and feel sad. But, I also thought of this bad joke: Folks, let's hope this guy ReAttrache'd that tendon correctly, whois with me.

Agree, his september gives him an edge to DH. I think he does hit higher OBP, and slugging you think would go down but he hits the absolute snot out of the ball. I swear to god that guy changes weather patterns when he plays.

Man looking at Rex and Cade's college stats, some huge red flags. Even though Cade's completion % (which is way overinflated in college now) had a high YPA, Rex's cratered junior year. Ugh.

Its funny because in June I was feeling really good. Kopech was the worry, but Basabe was raking and had re-emerged as a prospect, Adolfo had shown 2017 wasn't a fluke ,Collins was hot, seby was moved to AAA, all of kanny and W-S was on fire. And then injuries and fatigue just ravaged the system. And as we have seen with Hansen, injuries can't always just be written off as a delay. They can really be impactful.

Rex was definitely closer to 6'0 than 6'1, maybe not 5'10 though

The one truly amazing thing about the bears is how they've been so bad for most of my life but never bad enough. That's what makes trubisky so important, they were really bad and in opportunity to get the #1 qb in what has turned out to be a good qb class. He has to be a longterm solution. Absolutely has to. But when they've been top 5. ugh. Curtis Enis, Trade down for michael haynes and grossman, cedric benson. Their "trade down for the lowest rated qb in the first round" strategy ... ugh.

What do we think about this antonio brown situation and they won't trade him to the patriots right?