Old geezer and mostly loveable curmudgeon. Happy husband for 40+ years. Proud grandpa. Pastor trying to follow Jesus inside the project of the church. Kintsugi.
I think Trump’s a fraud. I don’t think he actually cares about folks. I can’t stomach Trump. I think that he’s noxious and is leading the white working class to a very dark place.
I’m not the one who said this.
That was his running mate — JD Vance.
Liz Truss here, on American TV, criticising Kamala Harris (pronouncing her name wrongly) for being unimpressive and unable to do the job.
My desk is at risk of collapsing from the non stop assault my head is currently inflicting upon it.
Utter. Cretin.
https://t.co/QLj470fmRL
When people say, "I love Jesus, I just don't like the Bible."
What they're really saying is "I love the fake Jesus who I created by my own opinions and preferences, but not the real Jesus described in the Bible."
Fake Jesus doesn't give eternal life. Only the real Jesus does.
The GOP platform, now hedging as it does on 40 years of anti-abortion politcs, shows yet another level of moral rot creeping into the political process. What does the republican party stand for anymore?
I love the gentle way British people completely change the country:
1. Have a cup of tea
2. Put on raincoat
3. Walk to a ramshackle area in a local hall and quietly pencil a cross into a box on a scrap of paper
4. Go back home and take off raincoat
5. Have another cup of tea (and a biscuit to reward yourself for doing something important) and wait.
Well, thanks to the SCOTUS, as of today, we officially live in an imperial dictatorship. An American democracy that made decisions by the will of the majority while guaranteeing the inalienable rights of the minority has been overthrown.
Not enough people talk about Rusty Staub
• 2716 hits, 838 XBH, 1466 RBI, 124 OPS+
• 6x ASG, 45.7 WAR, played 160+ games 5x
• Averaged just 49 strikeouts per 162 games
• Beloved fan favorite everywhere he played
• Top-80 all time in H, 2B, RBI, BB, TB, SF, IBB
• Batted .341/.413/.683 (1.096 OPS) with 4 HR and 11 RBI in 11 postseason games for NYM in 1973
• Taught the secrets of pinch-hitting to Tim Flannery, who went on to set a Padres record with 5 consecutive pinch-hits
• One of just 15 players in MLB history with at least 2700 hits, 1400 RBI, a .360 OBP, and fewer than 900 strikeouts; the other 14 are ALL in the Hall of Fame