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[Ed Logiudice @Juice211]

@NESN and @DIRECTV: this happens at least once an inning while watching the NESN feed on Directv. I have talked to representatives from both companies and no one can fix it.

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@Juice211 @NESN @DIRECTV Same

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@Steve_Perrault Blaze who??

[Jahmai Webster @WebsterOnTV]

😂😂😂

[Jared Carrabis @Jared_Carrabis]

Making the Red Sox and Fenway Park wait over 30 years for an All Star Game when it has the distinction of being the most memorable host perhaps of all-time is certainly a choice by the league.

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@mtaibbi If by “system of gov’t you mean oligarchs owning our government, then what is the issue?

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@PalmerDesigns_ Jinx

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@BostonStrong_34 @WEEI Assuming he’s telling the truth

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

Imma be honest guys I'd rather watch Bad Bunny and not understand a single word than watch Kid Rock

[Silas Demary Sr (DEM-uh-REE) @sdemary]

My final say about the Bob Cousy Award:

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@JonesandKeefe Vrabel has been managing injuries, etc. very well this season, imo. It’s like a bye period. I’d be concerned if we don’t see him next week.

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@SavageSports_ @FirstTake Thankfully he’s a clown who knows nothing

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@SavageSports_ So wrong, he was an energy vampire, the 04 Nomar of this season. Would’ve liked more but some teams probably didn’t want to eat that $$$ for a DH(and Henry wasn’t paying )

[Brad @BraddrofliT]

Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists would devote their entire lives to deceiving you, but a con man proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"

[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

II. America’s Exception

3/8: In 2022, more than 2,500 American children and teenagers were killed by firearms.

By every comparative measure, the United States is an outlier.

Other democracies responded differently when confronted with massacres. Britain banned most handguns after the Dunblane school shooting in 1996.

Canada strengthened licensing and storage rules after the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre in Montreal. Australia overhauled its laws after the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, collecting more than 600,000 firearms through a national buyback.

New Zealand banned military-style semi-automatics after the Christchurch mosque shootings in 2019.

In each case, firearm deaths declined.

Germany requires young applicants to undergo psychological evaluation; Japan mandates police interviews, medical checks, and storage inspections for every firearm owner.

Both countries record firearm death rates at a fraction of America’s.

The American response has been different.

After Columbine in 1999, Sandy Hook in 2012, Parkland in 2018, and Uvalde in 2022, national reform stalled. The cycle repeated: shock, mourning, partisan debate, and inaction.

One weapon recurs in these tragedies: the AR-15. Developed in the 1950s for combat efficiency, its military sibling, the M16, became infamous in Vietnam. Lightweight, rapid-fire, easy to reload—the design maximized lethality in battle.

In classrooms, those same features increase casualty counts in short intervals.

AR-15-style rifles have been used in many of the deadliest school shootings of the past decade.

Proponents describe the AR-15 as a sporting or self-defense weapon.

But while handguns account for most firearm homicides overall, the AR-15 has become the tool of choice in mass shootings where a single person can wound or kill dozens in minutes.

America is not exceptional in culture or temperament. It is exceptional in law and policy.

Where others tightened access, the United States expanded it.

Where others recalibrated public safety after tragedy, the U.S. rehearsed familiar arguments and moved on.

Logic spine:

Other democracies responded to massacres with reform.

The U.S. experienced the same crises but chose inaction.

America’s exception is not destiny—it is policy.
https://t.co/rdKYcboXLS

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@Patriots @TreVeyonH4 @NFL Speed kills!!!!

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@GMagz42069 Does the name Kyle from Waltham mean anything to you?

[Dan Roche @RochieWBZ]

Couldn’t agree more with @TomCaron - Dwight Evans should be in the @baseballhall

@RedSox

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@mtaibbi Wasn’t it the highest rated late night show? Why did you ask the question that way?

[Alex Hicks @hicksalex_]

Not all heroes wear capes. #SouthPark