Mike Juntunen

Former Democratic county party chair & staffer. Dodger fan. I play video games. I am not @JuntsPelSi.

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The Rockies have drawn their own logo in the @statcast Baseball Savant win/loss differential graph.

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@dilanesper @latteconsrtve @DariusMinister For sure we're both preaching to the choir

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@dilanesper @latteconsrtve @DariusMinister They were super precient in a lot of areas and it's very impressive

And it's laughable to think they could have anticipated the train, to say nothing of air travel, internet and phone.

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@dilanesper @latteconsrtve @DariusMinister People thing big government regulation is bad but imagine doing national or international business if every city and state had significantly different laws

This is already true in labor and wage and it's a huge administrative burden. Imagine if it was everything

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@dilanesper And indeed there was a lot of chaos and the Nixon/Reagan era was basically built on the reaction of people who didn't like the said chaos and disorder

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@dilanesper Also a lot of what was unpopular was people anticipating the chaos and fights that would result from the changes and not wanting it, not disagreeing with the actual policies.

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@latteconsrtve @dilanesper @DariusMinister Interstate commerce can't work if the legality of shipments varies depending where they are in route.

But now we do everything that way. But only because we can have consistent laws. Or it would all break

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@latteconsrtve @dilanesper @DariusMinister A great example is commerce clause power. They made the federal government enormously powerful in interstate commerce. At the time it was like 5 or 10% of business activity

Now it is all business activity. And the needs remain the same: consistent behavior despite location

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@NY_LBSS @bitcoin__intern Not only the fraud protection but the customer service value of being able to chargeback through your card in major disputes has quite a bit of value you dont have on debit.

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@bitcoin__intern On the other hand we're also taking around $100 a month just in the 1.5% cards cashback; we pay to $0 every month (not just statement balance). Could mine an extra few $100 from Blue, but even the 1.5% are worth it done correctly.

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@bitcoin__intern Ive been doing the math for our household on this; we currently use a flat 1.5% cashback card with no fees. This would do better if we did the groceries until it maxes, put all the gas at 3%, and used the 1.5% for everything including after the $6000 limit

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@PubyWax @matt_olma Most US cards available to someone with a reasonable credit profile have cash back rewards for spending and if you pay your statement balance nothing becomes interest bearing

1.5% on all spending with 3-4% for specific categories is common

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@ernieiskin98404 @BoofBullington @GVUDM People forgetting guys taking less money to play with Brady, Curry, LeBron

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@ladenheim_mark @ChadMoriyama Do you need a dictionary to understand the word anymore

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@MeekPhill_ In the last 11 years the Dodgers have
11 LDS appearances
8 LCS appearances
5 WS appearances
3 WS wins

They're not not a dynasty if it's 2 titles instead (but a better one with the 3rd for sure)

Also over this span they have won 62% of their games, 100-62 average

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@ChadMoriyama Mookie hasn't been the same at the plate since his illness starting 2025. Fortunately he's a good enough shortstop he's still a good player. But it's a big step back from what he was.

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@ChadMoriyama I think it's true Mookie isn't a top 10 guy in MLB anymore but he's still a quality player. I am nervous about how Freddie seems likely to play for the Dodgers for 3 more years for 3000 hits but most of that is year or two away.

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@dilanesper I went to LDS G2 which had that start time and it was uh painful