@JasonPynn@CristaHuff In East Idaho contractors are so loaded with work because there's too many jobs and not enough contractors so they keep charging more and people keep paying it cuz there's no other options. We need more contractors and skilled labor. @mikeroweworks has been right all along...
@Softykjr Kirby was dealing and Dan takes him out at only 92 pitches. Conversely, Kade was obviously struggling a few days ago as he neared his pitch limit in his first MLB start and Dan leaves him in for 3 too many batters. I can't take Dan's idiotic bullpen management anymore!
@gywats@shannondrayer Someone, might have been @shannondrayer, said they want to get him 130 or so innings this year. He's at 93 now, so maybe 7 or 8 more starts? If he continues to go just once a week, that's only 6 more starts unless we turn it around and make the playoffs.
@shannondrayer This is a great start! Now go fire the bullpen catcher for the team's failure to maintain a full 8 man pen this year. While we're at it, get rid of that clubhouse dog. We haven't even made the world series since we got that dang dog.
@Rainmaker1973 So each data center uses under 3 million per year? Not bad considering a golf course uses 10-150 million per year depending on the location. Why aren't people calling for golf courses to shut down? Especially ones in dry climates that use 150 MILLION gallons per year.
@JasonPynn I think most would agree more evening light in the winter is preferable. My preference is not changing times at all. The downside to the fall back is well documented. Tell you what, we change a half our this fall and just leave it there? That's the best I can do. Final offer.
@JasonPynn I don't like people forcing me to do stupid things. It's totally nonsensical. If this passes, nobody is stopping you from adjusting your waking and working hours anytime you want.
@RGIII Next up on our agenda to make soccer not lame: 1) automatic red card for whining or crying on the pitch unless there's an actual injury that prevents the player from playing further 2) a real clock 3) no more offsides, just go get 'em.
What else?
FIFA got it right by suspending Folarin Balogun’s Red Card under Article 27.
Belgium’s protesting the decision isn’t about the integrity of the game. It’s about getting an advantage over the USA.
If it was about the integrity of the game, they would be championing Balogun having his Red card suspended because it was improper use of the VAR system and not a Red card offense.
Where were the appeals when Cristiano Ronaldo got his 3 game red card ban suspended and reduced to a 1 game ban on a friendly so he could play this entire World Cup?
DR Congo and Uzbekistan didn’t protest Cristiano Ronaldo eligibility to play.
They played Portugal at full strength.
If Belgium doesn��t want to play now because FIFA made the right call and the USA has Folarin Balogun back in the lineup, then THAT’S WEAK.
They don’t deserve to win.
Put the ball down and play.
Don’t pick up your ball and go home.
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Their religious beliefs take them to Missouri. Neighbors learn they are anti-slavery and violently drive them out.
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Their women become the first women to vote. They elect America’s first female state senator.
Their women organize themselves. With very little training, they create a system that lowers infant mortality to among the lowest rates in the country.
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They know religious persecution better than most. So they champion religious freedom for all, even those they disagree with.
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