Make Opening Day a National Holiday
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Excellent father. Recovering politics and government guy. Suffering baseball fan. Here for history, Star Trek, and ridiculous takes on current events.
You could wait for more information about a news event before posting your (probably incorrect) hot take, but I guess that misses the point of this place?
November 27, 2025 at 2:37 AM
You could wait for more information about a news event before posting your (probably incorrect) hot take, but I guess that misses the point of this place?
That’s right, heathens.
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
That’s right, heathens.
Post a famous bathroom scene.
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Post a famous bathroom scene.
Many of the responses to this are what you would expect from this site. What’s missing is the lack of real investment on the party’s behalf to run good candidates with firm backing—not carpetbaggers—and do the hard work of talking to folks. But sure, “rural whites all racists” is one way to respond.
Democrats are announcing a new investment to win over voters in rural areas — where the party has suffered deep losses in recent elections — by leaning on an economic message. n.pr/3XLWU62
Democrats plan a new investment in winning rural voters, who've fled the party
Democrats are announcing a new investment to win over voters in rural areas — where the party has suffered deep losses in recent elections — by leaning on an economic message.
n.pr
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Many of the responses to this are what you would expect from this site. What’s missing is the lack of real investment on the party’s behalf to run good candidates with firm backing—not carpetbaggers—and do the hard work of talking to folks. But sure, “rural whites all racists” is one way to respond.
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"Pretending to see land and then explaining that thou has not in fact spotted shore, but rather thou hast seen 'Thy mom afloat, so huge as to appear to be a land mass.'"
Jokes That Everyone on the Mayflower Is Getting Sick Of
This document was found in the records of Puritan William Bradford, sometimes referred to as “America’s First Traveler Blogger.” - - -IN THE NAME ...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"Pretending to see land and then explaining that thou has not in fact spotted shore, but rather thou hast seen 'Thy mom afloat, so huge as to appear to be a land mass.'"
November 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It’s great when a sizable number of rural Dems get together. I just wish the average age wasn’t 60. I know from experience that getting the youths involved is a chore no matter where you are, but there is such a wide base of gettable voters in rural America.
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
It’s great when a sizable number of rural Dems get together. I just wish the average age wasn’t 60. I know from experience that getting the youths involved is a chore no matter where you are, but there is such a wide base of gettable voters in rural America.
It’s been on an ongoing GOP project for decades to erode Americans’ faith in government by making the administrative state less responsive to citizens. Mostly, this has been done in dribs and drabs subject to the budget. DOGE laid aside the scalpel and picked up a chainsaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
It’s been on an ongoing GOP project for decades to erode Americans’ faith in government by making the administrative state less responsive to citizens. Mostly, this has been done in dribs and drabs subject to the budget. DOGE laid aside the scalpel and picked up a chainsaw.
Just some guy.
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Just some guy.
Not really sure why I’m being told to verify my age to be on here, but I’m not cool with it.
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Not really sure why I’m being told to verify my age to be on here, but I’m not cool with it.
The quality of ham decreases the further north one travels. I swear that those people could take the flavor out of most any food. They probably put ranch on it.
November 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The quality of ham decreases the further north one travels. I swear that those people could take the flavor out of most any food. They probably put ranch on it.
I’m old enough to remember McConnell promising to make Obama a one term president by making responsible governance an impossibility. Obama hadn’t even been sworn in yet.
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I’m old enough to remember McConnell promising to make Obama a one term president by making responsible governance an impossibility. Obama hadn’t even been sworn in yet.
An interesting follow up was learning the Spanish lieutenant governor of Upper Louisiana, Fernando de Leyba, who directed the defense of the city, and is buried there, has a monument to him in his hometown of Ceuta, in Spanish Morocco.
Just watched an interesting documentary about the 1780 Battle of St Louis, and I’m ashamed to say, I did not know that Fort San Carlos was located on the grounds of present day Busch Stadium.
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
An interesting follow up was learning the Spanish lieutenant governor of Upper Louisiana, Fernando de Leyba, who directed the defense of the city, and is buried there, has a monument to him in his hometown of Ceuta, in Spanish Morocco.
I cannot understand the anti-rolls discourse each year. Yeah. The crap that you buy frozen is just filler. But handmade rolls?
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I cannot understand the anti-rolls discourse each year. Yeah. The crap that you buy frozen is just filler. But handmade rolls?
Missouri folks should enjoy this. On the surface, not so surprising. Areas with more population and college towns lead, but a couple of euro counties do surprise.
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Missouri folks should enjoy this. On the surface, not so surprising. Areas with more population and college towns lead, but a couple of euro counties do surprise.
James Jones is best known as the novelist who wrote ‘From Here To Eternity’ and ‘The Thin Red Line.’ In 1975 he wrote a narrative history of American involvement in WW2 that is less a work of history than it is a combat veteran’s reflections on the war and the American people who fought it. Read it.
November 24, 2025 at 2:08 AM
James Jones is best known as the novelist who wrote ‘From Here To Eternity’ and ‘The Thin Red Line.’ In 1975 he wrote a narrative history of American involvement in WW2 that is less a work of history than it is a combat veteran’s reflections on the war and the American people who fought it. Read it.
It’s a shame when you have the rare film that hits the material culture out of the park and then fails everywhere else. Firstly, it has to have a compelling story. That’s obvs Job #1. If it’s rooted in an historical event or era, it’s understood that liberties will be taken for the sake of the story
November 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
It’s a shame when you have the rare film that hits the material culture out of the park and then fails everywhere else. Firstly, it has to have a compelling story. That’s obvs Job #1. If it’s rooted in an historical event or era, it’s understood that liberties will be taken for the sake of the story
@1812andallthat.bsky.social I have been working my through the AWI discussions you are moderating at NAM. Very well done. Great perspectives.
November 24, 2025 at 12:09 AM
@1812andallthat.bsky.social I have been working my through the AWI discussions you are moderating at NAM. Very well done. Great perspectives.
Just watched an interesting documentary about the 1780 Battle of St Louis, and I’m ashamed to say, I did not know that Fort San Carlos was located on the grounds of present day Busch Stadium.
November 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Just watched an interesting documentary about the 1780 Battle of St Louis, and I’m ashamed to say, I did not know that Fort San Carlos was located on the grounds of present day Busch Stadium.
Post a movie where you are from.
November 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Post a movie where you are from.
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Youtube comment of the day:
"I knew a smart young guy whose family fled Iraq just before the war began [...]. He graduated High School in Canada. Unfortunately a collision with a moose in his car ended his life. [...]Escape to safety only to be wiped out by a swamp donkey."
"I knew a smart young guy whose family fled Iraq just before the war began [...]. He graduated High School in Canada. Unfortunately a collision with a moose in his car ended his life. [...]Escape to safety only to be wiped out by a swamp donkey."
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Youtube comment of the day:
"I knew a smart young guy whose family fled Iraq just before the war began [...]. He graduated High School in Canada. Unfortunately a collision with a moose in his car ended his life. [...]Escape to safety only to be wiped out by a swamp donkey."
"I knew a smart young guy whose family fled Iraq just before the war began [...]. He graduated High School in Canada. Unfortunately a collision with a moose in his car ended his life. [...]Escape to safety only to be wiped out by a swamp donkey."
Howard Pyle’s 1906 painting, “The Battle of Nashville,” depicts the attack of two Federal brigades against rebel positions near Shy’s Hill. Many of the troops involved were Minnesotans. Pyle’s painting created a stir among veterans, some of whom felt slighted by the artist’s depiction of events.
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Howard Pyle’s 1906 painting, “The Battle of Nashville,” depicts the attack of two Federal brigades against rebel positions near Shy’s Hill. Many of the troops involved were Minnesotans. Pyle’s painting created a stir among veterans, some of whom felt slighted by the artist’s depiction of events.
I want the world to know that this post has led to me busting out my Chicago LPs. I have no regrets.
He’s a Chicago boomer, so you know that he has sung a lot of Chicago/Peter Cetera in the shower.
“If you leave me now, you’ll take away the biggest part of me, Ooh-ooh-hoo, Baby, please don’t go…”
“If you leave me now, you’ll take away the biggest part of me, Ooh-ooh-hoo, Baby, please don’t go…”
November 23, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I want the world to know that this post has led to me busting out my Chicago LPs. I have no regrets.
Rubio fesses to a couple of senators that the administration’s Ukraine peace plan is really “Russia’s wishlist,” and I think somebody is gonna get taken to the shed.
November 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Rubio fesses to a couple of senators that the administration’s Ukraine peace plan is really “Russia’s wishlist,” and I think somebody is gonna get taken to the shed.