Lane Cooper

[Lane Cooper @LaneJCooper]

@JaredSandler Emmanuel Clase? Bet.

[Lane Cooper @LaneJCooper]

@skostyboi So much for Wonderboy ⚡️ lol

[Lane Cooper @LaneJCooper]

@JaredSandler Give me those ABs. Probably the same outcome but I have a much smaller strike zone and will wear that ABS system out on my way to first base. And I’ll do it for free

[Lane Cooper @LaneJCooper]

@Evan_P_Grant 18mph wind…. Where’s Smith?

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

"Today everybody wants to talk about their rights and their privileges.
50 years ago, people talked about their obligation and responsibility.
You have obligations to other people.
If you want to fail, you have the right to fail.
You do not have the right to cause other people to fail because you do not do everything to the very best of your ability."

[Bad Hombre @Badhombre]

Apparently, arresting Maduro and killing Khamenei were easier than getting a Republican Senate majority to pass the Save America Act.

[DEI 4 White Guys @DEI4WhiteGuys]

I always thought the Lion King song was just Disney trying to make “Africa-sounding” music, but the truth is so much funnier

[Sunny @sunnyright]

So, to summarize:

1) A multi-billion dollar fraud scheme is uncovered in Minnesota, in which Democratic politicians funneled billions of taxpayer dollars to politically allied immigration community fraudsters, and it was getting national attention and being investigated by the feds

2) Organized radical leftists immediately get in physical confrontations in Minnesota with federal agents, and the same scandal-ridden Democratic politicians involved in the fraud are insisting the feds must leave

3) The physical confrontations are happening nowhere else, including in places with far more ICE activity

4) I'm supposed to pretend this is a sincere and organic patriotic display

[AnechoicMedia @AnechoicMedia_]

In CCW class they tell you you have a heightened duty to avoid potential fights while armed, as a matter of legal and practical self-preservation. You don't want to raise the stakes to death in a fight, and you don't want to have to argue to a jury later about whether you provoked a fight while armed to bait someone into a self-defense situation.

The anti-ICE protestors have inverted the duties of being an armed citizen (or a citizen in control of a lethal instrument, like a car in a traffic stop). They are deliberately creating situations of maximum ambiguity with a low level threat of lethal danger to bait law enforcement into making them heroic victims or martyrs.

Being an "observer" of law enforcement, while also armed and getting into shoving distance with them, is just a bad idea, even if you think the law empowers you to play the "I'm not touching you" game with acts of defiance or minor assaults. It's also hazardous to the public trust to create a situation in which every protestor is regarded as a potential threat, and every cop seen to be on the edge of shooting someone.

I can't tell from the video whether this guy drew his gun at any point in the struggle. Regardless, getting into a struggle with a cop while armed has a serious chance of ending in your death. Even if the resulting shoot is ruled unjustified or in error, you're still dead, which is only good for people who profit from chaos and mistrust (protestors who cause is bad).

The shooting will not have been *unjust* or criminal, just a tragedy. It's also not proof of government oppression, because every government has to enforce laws, and you can't use the chaos of choosing to interfere with law enforcement as proof that having laws is unjust.

[MAZE @mazemoore]

2013. Obama is asked why his administration is deporting so many people and separating families.

Obama: I'm the President, not the Emperor. I have to enforce the law even if it is tragic and heartbreaking.

[MAZE @mazemoore]

Well done guys, your rhetoric and lies most likely got another person killed. Mission accomplished.

Time to go on CNN, act outraged, and spew even more extreme rhetoric.

[Lane Cooper @LaneJCooper]

@JoshPateCFB 🤔

[Punt Road @punt_rd]

Facts!🤣🤣

[Chris Black @DownToBlack]

Always respect the opinions of players (former & current), just disagree with the logic here. Why? Give me numbers!

Daulton Varsho:
Nearly 2,500 career plate apps
1,634 batted balls
342 line drives
58 to the opposite field
4 hit to 3rd base
3 of 4 were jam shots (only 1 true lineout!)

In other words, if the logic is protect against getting doubled up, then they were protecting against something that had-at best-a 0.1% chance of happening.

Conversely, Varsho has hit 412 groundballs to 1B/2B/SS (type of play where good primary & secondary leads could have won them a World Series).

1 vs 412!!!

If it were a guy like Kirk, Guerrero, Clement, Bichette, etc... up at the plate (ie a RHB who hits a lot of line drives), totally get the logic. But you lose me when Varsho up at the plate.

Back to the fort.

[Lane Cooper @LaneJCooper]

@CalicoJoeMLB @MLB It’s almost as bad as the ball Adrian Beltre hit in the 11 World Series off his foot. For whatever reason MLB had heat sensing technology and clearly showed that the ball hit his foot for a foul ball, but they overlooked that for a ground out. What’s the point of the technology?

[Dr. Clown, PhD @DrClownPhD]

Bro this can't be real 🤣

[Lane Cooper @LaneJCooper]

@Evan_P_Grant Love Semien’s defense. Don’t love his bat in the top half of the lineup

[Lane Cooper @LaneJCooper]

@rangers__nation Time to reset the air conditioner to more hitter neutral conditions and see how the team fares next year

[Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY]

It’s a day of mourning for millions of Americans. For a hateful few - it’s a day for division, race baiting & slander of a man who did nothing but engage in good faith debate and civil discourse.

Choose wisely, America. 🇺🇸

[Lane Cooper @LaneJCooper]

@JeffWilsonTXR Did the radiologist recommend pitching only the 7th or 8th inning?