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Reynaldo pitching with his nuts on the table
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Tim has to be better than that.
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Just now, Harold's Leg Lift said:
Shut up Jason. Dude can take the fun out of winning with the best of them.
What did he say?
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2 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said:
Burger really isn't either.
I mean Burger has two bombs compared to Sheets with one (which was in garbage time). Sheets needs to driving in more runs since he's getting the lion share of ABs with all the RHP the Sox have been facing.
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Just now, Jack Parkman said:
I'd keep Gavin over Burger just for handedness reasons.
Gavin really isn't doing what he's suppose to do at the moment. Handedness or not.
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Trout K'ed three times? That is amazing.
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26 minutes ago, Iwritecode said:
Seems like there should be some sort of lesson learned here...
C'mon now, you know it goes right over greg's head.
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3 minutes ago, CentralChamps21 said:
Until we all make a bigger deal out of it, those parties will continue to get their way. It's time for things to change.
Carjackings are starting to happen more and more during daylight hours and in better neighborhoods. Maybe that will start to tip the scales a bit.
Yeah, I am not sure if that is correlated to the law passed about CPD ceasing high speed chases or something along those lines (some feel free to correct me). Life is odd, we as adults come across situations where we have to make good decisions regularly and all these politicians muppets can't do the simplest of things for partisan reasons. It's outrageous.
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17 minutes ago, CentralChamps21 said:
Crime and drugs are draining our resources, and forgiving student loans doesn't make even a small dent in this. This is pandering to young voters.
Jim Crow, Redlining, etc, have created a large underclass in our cities. Kids are turning to gangs, drugs and crime long before taking out student loans is even an option. Lets take the billions that that we're talking about using to forgive student loan debt and invest it into our most vulnerable kids, most of whom are in cities. Let's invest in their education and safety, and do whatever it takes to provide them more appealing opportunities than jacking cars at age 14.
Reduce student loan interest to zero? Fine. Increase the repayment period from 10 to 15 years? Great. But let's invest the bulk of the money where it's most needed. Kids in Engelwood should have the same resources and opportunities as kids in New Trier.
The government should have never got into the loan business. The government should have capped tuition, fees, room and board, to make it affordable for anyone to go if they so desired. They made this mess and now they are stuck holding the bag because I don't see people paying back their loans.
As for the investment into cities, I agree but one thing most people fail to realize, is policing is a big business. If cops didn't have manifested crooks to chase all day, their budgets would be reduced and certain parties can't have that happening.
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9 minutes ago, he gone. said:
Yes, but it's not about that. It's about having a hand to play to get votes. It's essentially balancing do you want to play this hand now, or later? I'm not sure the calculation makes sense at this point for democrats. The pause has been ongoing for 2 years now and the economy is teetering. If you cancel, you don't get the boost now, you just get same spending patterns that have been developed/budgeted over the past 2 years by millennials. Playing the hand now won't result in extra votes nor boost in spending IMO. They'll want to hold back the total forgiveness for a time when the "economic boost" is really needed and can buy them more good graces than now. That said, the dems are in a tough spot both based on promises, the mid-terms coming up, the current outlook of how mid-terms are likely to go, etc.
My personal guess is they do something like that 10k forgiveness while still having the carrot out there to discuss "more robust" forgiveness in the future. aka, you deliver on a promise, buy some votes, but keep voters on the hook go-forward. This way they can judge how forgiveness is accepted across voter base, deliver, and keep you in the palm of their hand.
You have to look it at it through the lens of a politician. they don't actually care about you, they care about your vote to further their personal agenda.
Very well written post. I didn't even think about the student loan pause because I kept paying throughout it. I wish more people would take your bold statement more serious and stop electing scumbags.
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Wouldn't cancelling student loans boost the economy? People will spend their money on having kids, buying homes, and probably more impulsive purchases. I just finish paying my off and I'm about to turn 37. I think if you don't eliminate all of them just do some. 10K might wipe a lot of people's bills out.
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6 minutes ago, South Side Fireworks Man said:
He's been getting plenty of those.
Keep him fresh until summer... on the bench.
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Just now, Capn12 said:
We should be seeing Vaughn at 1B, Abreu at DH, let the kid get used to his position again. And Sheets/Abreu can rotate 1b/DH, until Abreu heats up (if he does).
But of course, you can't do such a thing to a veteran!
At some point, Abreu needs to realize he's not producing shit and until he does he shouldn't be taking away from people who are.
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The Sox are good in hands once Abreu is 86ed.
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Just now, Tnetennba said:
LaRussa should absolutely be shit canned fucking now.
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Just now, caulfield12 said:
Detroit coming back against Minny if it matters anymore.
Luis Gonzalez hitting for pesky SF.
He hit a bomb yesterday for the win too. Sox suck right now fuck everything. Whose everyone's second team?
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48 minutes ago, reiks12 said:
TLR was more worried about Arraez' flip
That was an onion article, right?
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Just fire Larussa already before it's too late. This team can win games.
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I really hope the lineup is legit today.
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22 minutes ago, elrockinMT said:
I hate to post the obvious but this thread would be full of praise for Tony if McGuire or Burger had gotten a hit
No sir, that would be the team succeeding despite the manager.
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Pitch was borderline but Burger shouldn't have been in that position to begin with. He battled to 3-2 and should have been ready to hack.
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I'm telling yall TLR sucks and is the reason the Sox got swept. A manager's job is to put the team in the best position to win. He does the complete opposite. Can anyone remember the last time TLR made a move where you were like "GOAT status omg!!!!" you would legit have to look back over a decade ago when he was managing the Cards and still had all his faculties.
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Need a LHB, grab him. ?