@EdHand89 Holy shit is that an overpay! When I first read Early was going to WA, I assumed it was in a package for Abrams. Mead is intriguing, but wow, not for Early.
The House is scheduled to vote this week on a National Defense Authorization that would integrate our military tech & supply chains with Israelโs.
Today, the Rules Committee will decide whether my amendment to strip section 219 will get a vote.
RT to support the Massie amdt.!
@Timodc If you got paid for this post (like everyone else with the EXACT same wording) you really need to disclose that. Love you and the Bulwark, so it'd be a shame if you're just being a paid hack.
@ChrisCotillo Fast forward to next year's spring training. "Update: Connelly Early still hasn't pitched since being diagnosed with elbow inflammation last July. There is still no timetable for his return."
@lgbtequalitypac@DWStweets What a fucking joke. Note to self to file your group with the other grifter establishment hacks. You should probably take the "works to elect #LGBTQ candidates" out of your bio, ya bunch of fucking clowns. ๐คก
This is fascinating to me, because beyond the surface level it illuminates why conservatives are often so full of shit.
The baseline here is that there's a heatwave, and Mamdani asked New Yorkers to adjust their thermostats to help the grid. This is regular practice in red and blue areas of the country. Daniel posts a defiant "I'm not gonna do what mommy tells me!" style post. He surely thinks he's a very clever boy here.
Now if the message is "This is a free country, and I love my AC, and by god it's my house and no government bureaucrat can force me to change", then fine. Sure. But there is no law being proposed here. No police are bursting down your door demanding to check your thermostat. It's a request from a community leader, a polite ask that you engage in a very small pro-social sacrifice.
You would think conservatives would understand the idea that local communities should pull together in times of need. For the 'common good', perhaps. You'd think. And that they'd be happy if no government force was involved, if they could act merely because they had strong moral character and believed in private charitable action.
"Nobody should ever ask anyone to sacrifice for the common good, even if it's just a polite request" is just dipshit nihilism.
But I suspect Daniel doesn't actually believe in those conservative ideas. Or if he does, they're a distant second to the true guiding star of conservative thought: owning the libs. Given the chance to help people or own the libs, conservatives will always own the libs. Given the chance to demonstrate strong principles or own the libs, they'll always abandon the principle to own the libs. The actual philosophy of the right is merely "We hate the left". And it's sad.
@EdHand89@Hogdale_ I think the question about whether he is at utility guy or not depends entirely on the lineup around him. If there were big thumpers at other spots, then yeah, I'd have no problem starting him, since his glove is great. On THIS team, no he should be a utility guy.
@notgaetti I want to say thank you for this post @notgaetti. I pretty frequently disagree with your baseball takes, and I saw them as sometimes "old fashioned." I wrongly assumed you would have similar views when it comes to this culture war nonsense. I stand corrected. Nice to see empathy.