It's the environment that's been created by the entire MAGA movement. Also, the rush to canonize Charlie Kirk in the aftermath of his murder became the story, more than his tragic death was. The story was now Saint Charlie Kirk, patron saint of open and honest communication, not a horrific murder.

That's exactly the thought I had. People other than the rich don't immigrate to countries that offer nothing to people other than the rich. Freedom? Dying. Safety? Dying. Stability? Gone.

No...only reason to come to the US right now is if you're a free agent oligarch looking for a new team.

If those go through I'm taking *all* the drugs. I could use the money. 😂

And yet, Trump is in the White House. You can say he lost, but that does nothing for the people harmed by his administration.

Whether you think the Democrats are 'just as bad', 'just bad', or 'lesser of two evils', Trump is in the White House, and if more people voted for Harris he wouldn't be.

How can you not be? I feel the same way listening to her as I do to Jamie Raskin: somehow I get smarter through osmosis. Very few people hear something in a conversation and say, "that reminds me of the 1870s" like those two, and I'm totally here for it. :)

Impossible! Nothing good could possibly be legalized right now. :)

To be fair, we're post-trade deadline, so basically you'd have to get a player off the street, or off the unprotected portion of other teams' practice squads. That's pretty limiting - if a player was good, they'd likely be on a practice squad at least, and if they're a QB they're likely protected.

I'm in the same boat. I'm great at spelling until I'm writing something, and then I can't spell a single word. It's like different parts of the brain are responsible for that, and they don't like to discuss things while they're busy. :)

There's got to be some sort of deal...you can send us one of your insane right-wingers, and hopefully neither one can catch on in the other continent. :)

Museum piece.

You should take a bow for that one. :P

I'd honestly respect it more (not respect it, but just more) if he instead said, "politics is bad for business...next question."

At least then it's not this both-sides nonsense. It's just honest.

In a week, they'll ask Trump about this pardon, and he'll say, "Who? I've never heard of them."

Wait, can we do that? Can we just send him to Europe and have them keep him?

I agree with the concept, but if it's sold for the same $100 every time for example, then you're getting a fee on the same $100 changing hands over and over.

Maybe limit it to sales for a higher price and base it on the difference? Like get 10% of the initial sale, then 10% on the profit on next?

I felt bad, but she'd changed back into her human form and I realized she was ready to let it go. :)

I broke my local owner last month. I bought a single item out of a collection, as I didn't have the book budget for the whole set and one of them was applicable to my writing at the time. I believe she literally transformed into a dragon in front of my eyes, but then saw they'd priced it and sighed.

I think there's a way to take the high road *and* do this. "Thank you for having me, but if that's the tone of the conversation you want to have I'm not interested."

Stand up, walk out.

You look like the calm, reasonable person, they look like the asshole.

The difference between his pullups and mine is that I won't attempt mine in public.