Brendan Coakley

Oh what a mess, to live for success. he/him

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@elsathora I don’t understand how Europe doesn’t have Ranch when it’s principally buttermilk and herbs. You’d think the French would’ve beat us to that one.

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@jonlovett

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@jbeggs252 Just add government toll booths on the Windsor side and charge everyone another $50 each way.

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@TeamHoman Gonna do my best to stay awake in Ypsilanti, Michigan! Really looking forward to the next 10 days, good luck!

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@goblinodds I’ve followed the sport pretty closely for the last 10 years or so and yeah, that’s how it starts.
Once you understand what’s happening, I’ll argue that the 20 seconds of waiting to find out if a shot is made or missed is the purest tension in all of sports, 160 times every game

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@spokaneindians @MiLB @EverettAquaSox Is that a dog out there waiting to play shortstop?

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@ThisSameShit I don’t care that it didn’t help, John Kerry slapped when he busted out the “W stands for wrong” line.

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@metalgearobama

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@USA_Polling We have a lot of things to learn from Canada, but honestly how to draw maps isn’t one of them. Look the population of the Niagara Falls riding, then at Kenora. It’s true it’s not as bad as the US Senate, but it’s still not a model I want to bring over. https://t.co/dxyHgqNIsf

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@TeamHoman If Constantini lets you borrow her mittens you’ll have a solid start on a @ChristinaABlack costume.

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@cullenoncurling Personally I’ve always argued that skips should be allowed to agree to a blank after a certain number of stones are thrown. The strategy is fine, just watching it isn’t always thrilling. (But watching blanks can be interesting when a team has to earn it at the end)

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@DamonDrew Millennials simply yearn for the chaos of the original Four Loko.

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@noahsbwilliams Less fun, but if a driver or a pedestrian is ever dumb enough to cut off a trolley in Philadelphia, they learn that they don’t have horns like a bus. They have whistles like a train, and they’re full volume.

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@noahsbwilliams @seattledot Years ago in Philadelphia if a car was parked across trolley tracks, trolley operators were allowed to ram the car out of the way. The person the vehicle was registered to would later receive the bill for damage to the trolley. Not sure if it’s still policy, but I hope so.

[Jon Lovett @jonlovett]

There have always been two Joe Bidens. The empathetic, decent, big-hearted leader, forged in loss and grief, finding the good in his friends and opponents, in love with America, arms wide and open with space for everyone. And there’s the blowhard with a chip on his shoulder, stubborn, something to prove, his fellow senators rolling their eyes as the finger wags harder and the stories get longer. Statesman and politician, hero and fool.

Joe Biden ran for president for 50 years. He finally won because he ran as that hero at a time when the country was desperate for empathy and normalcy and wisdom and grace. It was still too close. But even when he was doubted by insiders and pundits (hi!), he persevered; he knew Democrats, he knew America, and he was right.

And then! To his great and everlasting credit, Joe Biden governed as that statesman too. He built a coalition wide enough to hold Joe Manchin and Bernie Sanders. He defied Washington’s stodgy consensus when necessary, a consensus he spent a lifetime living inside. He adapted, he governed with humility and purpose, whether on how to revive the economy, or take on monopolies, or address student loans, or press for the largest investment in clean energy by any country anywhere on earth. And even as he showed the capacity to listen to the rising progressive voices inside the Democratic party, at the very same time he achieved bipartisan legislative successes in defiance of every political trend of the last thirty years. Joe Biden has been an extraordinary president! Statesman. Hero.

But it’s hard to deny that in the two weeks since the debate, it’s the arrogant and small Joe Biden we’ve seen most - hanging on, bragging, defensive, angry, weak. Who else but him? he wonders aloud. Only God could change his mind, he tells us. The stakes for the country are all that matter. The stakes for Joe Biden are beside the point. But it’s worth saying just the same: Joe Biden can leave office as one of the greatest presidents in our lifetimes, who defeated Trump and put his country first at every turn; or he can leave a stubborn old man who allowed hubris and insecurity to destroy his legacy and perhaps our democracy with it.

We all have our best and worst selves, scrambling over each other, battling it out in the moments that define us. Where is the Joe Biden we elected? Where is the statesman? I hope that version of him shows up soon. And I hope the people around him know where to look.

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@katiejoyofosho I felt like I was way overreacting, but it was the only epidsode of a comedy that’s ever come close to making me as emotional as The Good Place.

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@TeamHoman Ok but with that first photo I think someone has to tag @ArtButSports

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@Devin_Heroux Is Kevin Koe the best skip at clock management or the worst? I’ve never been able to decide.

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@Very__Regular @atmedley Costco employee here, and there are some union Costcos already on the coasts. Basically if a location was a Price Club before the two companies merged, it’s union. Main difference is the union locations get a pension in addition to the 401k, but also getting promoted takes longer

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@grandslamcurl @Oggelit @GoldenKnights Was Joel Retornaz wearing a hat that just said “trucks” after his quarterfinal today?