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Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 3h

Regardless, the most important postseason marker has been reached: elimination of the Cubs.

Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 6h

The audio of the CSPAN caller ripping Mike Johnson a new hole—and his lame response—cannot get enough exposure.

youtu.be/O2DqGGlliCA

Miliary Mom Presses Speaker Johnson on Troop Pay

YouTube video by C-SPAN

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Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 6h

There are meatier histories of the Revolutionary War, but Dr Maass has achieved something really remarkable: a concise, readable military history of the Revolution that is deeply researched, clearly written, and fairly authoritative in its judgments.

From Trenton to Yorktown: Turning Points of the Revolutionary War

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Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 16h

No lies here.

r/StLouis
u/Wompum • 2d • South City
We were great once.
History
Normal people with a time machine:
I am your
granddaughter
Really?
St. Louisian with a time machine:
SEPT 16
NED MANY
BAINT IOUUS IELAD
NOW OPEN
I'll take a You-Pick-Two with turkey on sourdough with extra sprouts and broccoli cheddar soup in a bread bowl, please.
Here's $7.50.

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Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 1d

Yet, its broader significance lay in that it accomplished a strategic victory on par with the repulse of Lee in Maryland; the failure of rebels to rally Kentuckians to their standard during their invasion of a sister slave state represented a devastating political defeat for the Confederate cause.

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Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 1d

To the men who were there, the battle remained fixed in their memories as one of the most bitterly fought of the war. Memoirist Sam Watkins, who fought in all the West’s major battles wrote that he could not “remember a harder contest” than Perryville. 1/5 of the men engaged were casualties.

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Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 1d

Fought on October 8, 1862, the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky was the true “high tide” of Confederate fortunes in the West. Seeking to redeem Kentucky for the Confederacy and carry rebel banners to the Ohio River (and perhaps beyond), this little understood battle was as significant as Antietam.

Wartime lithograph of the Battle of Perryville.

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Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 1d

I read the volume concerning Chickamauga when it was published. I can’t say that it added anything to my understanding of the battle, but buffs with a strong interest in contingency will enjoy the series.

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Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe it was me but I felt like the Dodgers got some luck thrown their way.

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Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 2d

Totally unacceptable strike zones. And if the Brewers don’t put this thing away…

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Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 2d

Cocomelon. The whole damn movie.

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Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 2d

Who wants to guess that every question in the Q&A session was, to his annoyance, about the Battle of Hampton Roads?

navalinstitute
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navalinstitute #OTD in 1873, the inaugural meeting of the U.S. Naval Institute was held in Annapolis. Rear Admiral John Worden presided while Commodore Foxhall Parker read a paper titled "The Battle of Lepanto." 152 years later, the Naval Institute is still going strong. Happy birthday to us!

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Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 2d

George was a phenomenal guitarist, but it was Paul and John’s band. You can trace his evolution through the band’s albums, and once he was grown, he was ready to leave mom and dad’s house.

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Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 2d

Paul McCartney is still kicking around. I think he wrote a few bangers. Personally, Maynard James Keenan is pretty fucking incredible.

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 6d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 2d

This is what happens to you when the deeply uncool person is you, and you’re on the verge of self-discovery.

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Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 2d

I’m more of a Conway Twitty or Tennessee Ernie Ford guy, but on what earth is Cash “deeply uncool?”

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 2d

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

on.wsj.com

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Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 2d

*snicker*

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Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 2d

So disheartening to see a post about Bay Area metal band Ripped to Shreds pulling out of a festival because a member associated with a band known to glorify the transatlantic slave trade, among other gross shit, and the comments are full of idiots thanking that for cluing them into a new Nazi band.

Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 2d

I give you the coolest 5 year old alive.

www.ajc.com/news/2025/10...

A 5-year-old wanted a Jimmy Carter birthday party. His mom delivers.

Ryan became fascinated with the 39th president — especially Carter's Habitat for Humanity work — after learning about him on Presidents Day when Ryan was in preschool.

www.ajc.com

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Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 2d

More so Paul. John was a bigger Elvis guy.

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Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 2d

A perverse mix of political self-preservation and (perhaps) a genuine fear of their own voters.

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Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t forget the Beatles. Buddy was huge in the UK. His music helped shape the Beatles’ early sound, as well as their approach to the studio, especially overdubbing, a process he helped pioneer.

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Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 2d

The clues, I think, are found in his music. He’s the rare bird who never cut a “meh” song. Everyone is a banger. Almost objectively perfect.

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Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 2d

I’m not kidding. I think he would have become the most influential singer/songwriter of his generation, with a mix of rock, folk, and country hits that would never be equaled. And that’s before he goes on to produce other artists. The man was a genius.

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Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 2d

My hot take is that the best country singer was Buddy Holly, who, had he lived, would have put out country/folk records in the 60’s and 70’s that would’ve put them all to shame.

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