China to impose 34% retaliatory tariffs on all US goods. https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/04/04/china-to-impose-34percent-retaliatory-tariff-on-all-goods-imported-from-the-us.html If it really wanted to screw President Hitler, it'd also unleash a deadly lab created virus into the US. I think it's gonna...

I think the wear on pitchers arms is a secondary concern to the desire to not have to keep the ballpark operating and the power on indefinitely for the odd marathon game. This. Owners have secretly hated extra innings since time immemorial. They've already gotten most of your money by the sixth or ...

Oh my god. If I told youse that Baty would go hitless in yesterday's game, could youse ever have imagined that the Mets would win? Just shoot me. It ain't just Baty, and it ain't just yesterday. Lindor looks more helpless than he did last year, which is barely possible. Did you hear what Keith said...

Oh my god. If I told youse that Baty would go hitless in yesterday's game, could youse ever have imagined that the Mets would win?

Just shoot me.

"The impacts of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ sweeping cuts to public health funding in New York state and New York City have started to come into focus, with wide-ranging consequences for disease surveillance and outbreak response, addiction recovery programs, and mental he...

roger_that wrote: ↑Thu Apr 03, 2025 9:14 am ...that we'd open the season with Lindor, Vientos, and Baty deep into terrible slumps, how many games would you guess we'd have won by now? I'm stuck between "0" and "maybe 1."

He imposed tariffs on an island that is only inhabited by penguins. I can't wait for a reporter to ask him what that was a retaliation for. Later Because he's a madman. A madman. And tarrifs are just the tip of the iceberg. Wait until there's a resurgence of the Black Plague what with RFK, Jr. In c...

In the AL Central, all five teams have identical 2-4 records.

Buffoonery has a new meaning after Day 1 of RFK Jr.'s hearing to be HHS secretary. If the crackpot is confirmed, youse should start wearing your Covid masks again because the bird flu will come and it'll be worse than the Covid pandemic with this scumbag administration that will discourage the use ...

But so far it's an 0-6 disaster with one game left. The pitching has been more or less decent [4.33 RA/G] but they've scored just NINE total runs ! Talk about a NOffense! Marcel Ozuna is their leading hitter at .214 (also .214 SLG) and the team as a whole is slashing .137/.238/.220 // 458. That's a...

He needs to win over Republican voters.

The Senate Parliamentarian is a sort of umpire who interprets Senate rules. Importantly, the Parliamentarian decides what can and cannot be done under a Budget Reconciliation proposal, a filibuster-proof method by which to pass certain legislation that comes under Budget Reconciliation rules. The GO...

I have mixed feelings about Booker. [***] That being said, somebody had to step up for the Democrats and by golly, he did. I don't know if it'll have any effect at all. It won't move Republicans, who weren't listening. But just to see a Democrat stand up and scream 'This is wrong, this is not norma...

It's only a few games into the new season, but ex-Met Wilmer Flores already has three HRs and is near the top of several league batting categories. Ex-Met Jacob deGrom was dominant in his comeback start: five scoreless innings, striking out six and allowing just two hits. His next scheduled start is...

Val Kilmer, Batman and Jim Morrison actor, 65. Cause of death - pneumonia.

How is it legal to pay someone to vote I don't get that, either. And even if the lawsuits to stop that behavior were technically defective, isn't it still a crime? Hasn't a crime been committed? Punishable by jail time? Wisconsin state senator urges DA to issue state warrant to arrest Musk. Now we'...

Dems win in Wisconsin, convincingly. Crawford up by 10 points (55-45). Schimel concedes.

Here comes some voter suppression on steroids -- a terrible, awful, terrible National law: Maybe Don’t Take for Granted That You’ll Be Able to Vote in the Midterms By Dahlia Lithwick March 31, 20255:54 PM Excerpt: It’s the latest step in the MAGA plan to overhaul U.S. elections, by which “overhaul” ...

Cory Booker standing up, 16 hours and counting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2utlMxAwtE I doubt that the fucking retards that voted for this piece of shit in the first place give a flying fuck. If the fucking retards get angry enough, all they'll do anyways is to vote for a different Republican...

The kicker, of course, is that there's no way to know how that person actually voted, but the same holds for Musk. 'Hey Elon, here's a selfie at my polling place, where's my cash? ' I thought of that, too. That is, it'd be neat if one or both of the Musk million dollar check winners then went and v...

Mattingly was 17. I associate his tenure with the awful Jeterification of the franchise --- that is the aesthetic and philistine ruination of the stadium and disappearing the art deco neon uniforms and outfield pop art sculpture. The Marlins executed a brilliant and beautiful rebranding in 2012 and ...

How is it legal to pay someone to vote I don't get that, either. And even if the lawsuits to stop that behavior were technically defective, isn't it still a crime? Hasn't a crime been committed? Punishable by jail time? https://pbswisconsin.org/news-item/what-does-wisconsin-law-say-about-musk-havin...

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: ↑Tue Apr 01, 2025 8:58 am How is it legal to pay someone to vote

I don't get that, either. And even if the lawsuits to stop that behavior were technically defective, isn't it still a crime? Hasn't a crime been committed? Punishable by jail time?

Some scary thoughts about the"loophole" in the 22nd Amendment and that "third term".

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My understanding is that a "torpedo" bat has a weightier sweet spot. Some of the bat's mass has been transferred to the sweet spot, the area on the bat that batters desire to hit the ball with. Balls struck at the sweet spot will now carry faster and farther. This has nothing to do with b...