Recent content by rodoheel

We at least agree on half of the problem. IMO There is little point in further taxing, via income tax, people who already can barely afford the cost of living. but certainly we are too low on the high end - in particular I think we are long overdue for at least one, maybe two additional tax...

He is right that the Republican bill will add trillions to the deficit, largely thanks to costly and unnecessary tax cuts. You're certainly correct that his preference would be to much more deeply slash government spending.

Safe to say that we have successfully gotten into the weak part of Oklahoma's bullpen.

I'll be interested to see if they try to push McDuffie farther. Wouldn't surprise me, given how much Forbes trusts him and how well he's pitching, but given his two-pitch mix I'd be hesitant to let them see him a second time through the lineup. If he comes out again, I'd have him on a very short...

Well so much for my earlier comment that we can't hit lefties, lol

I really hate bunting this early in the game, especially with no one out. I understand that the primary point of bunting there is that French is a weak hitter and they were attempting to avoid the exact double play that happened. However, unless we're much deeper into the game, I would much...

Another narrow strike zone today. (is this the same home plate ump from yesterday?) That was a real issue for our pitchers yesterday. Hopefully we can keep the location good and the pitch counts down today.

Great to start with some clutch hitting. I feel good about this team getting some runs across against pretty much any right-handed pitcher. It's lefties who tend to slow us down, given our lineup composition.

Thanks for the detailed response. It's been a while since the first game and I thought it was clear that Ellie knew she would die, but it appears that's not correct. What appears to be the case is that the game is ambiguous about whether Ellie knew the surgery would kill her or not. I will...

Being on welfare or unemployment or being an undocumented immigrant doesn't mean you have bad character or morals either, but you would sure think that from hearing Republicans talk about these issues and what their preferred policies all.

I think you're framing the question slightly differently than I did. I'm not saying that it's a good thing for people to be able to post things like "slavery was a good thing," or "Hitler was right." My point is that outright banning people from saying things is not a productive or helpful way...

I am never in favor of outright banning based on ideology. Excessive baiting/trolling for the sake of riling people up? Sure, that's something to police. But no virtual space ever improved by simply banning dissenting viewpoints, even incredibly stupid and destructive ones.

I bet it will appear prominently no matter what, lol

This long piece by Adam Serwer is relevant to this thread- summarizes a lot of what’s been talked about: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/trump-defund-schools-research-republicans/682742/