GaryPinC

I like the guy just behind her right arm who's aimed his pointer at her.

Yeah, I like McD and believe as Gunner that they could improve their coaching, but his identity is tied to his almighty system, so I'm less confident he makes that leap, especially after so many years now. So I come in more on your perspective overall. These playoff games come down to one or two critical plays and it seems to end up that we can't stop the other team. Sometimes the coaching adjustment or surprise wrinkle just needs to be made for one big play but when have we ever done that defensively in the playoffs? Definitely wearing thin with me if we are to capitalize with Josh. I remain optimistic he shows the growth this year. I'd feel better if he had an experienced in-game manager to help him out

Highly doubtful, the Pirates are a different beast. Their never ending rebuild is purposeful. Their business model is to keep payroll amoung the lowest in the league, develop and cycle in new talent to bring a quota of fans to the stadium each year, and trade most of that talent for new talent when it's due a big payday. Rinse, repeat. For many years now.

https://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2025/04/federal-judge-temporarily-blocks-trump-administration-from-canceling-visa-deporting-international-uw-madison-student Isserdasani was informed “out of the blue” his visa was terminated because he was identified in a criminal records check, the lawsuit said. He acknowledged an arrest for disorderly conduct on Nov. 22 when he and his friends engaged in a verbal argument with another group after leaving a bar, though he said he believed it resolved after the district attorney declined to pursue the case. A non-immigrant visa-holder such as an F-1 international student can have their visa terminated on the grounds of “criminal activity” if they are convicted of a crime with a sentence exceeding one year. Conley said the maximum punishment for a misdemeanor is 90 days, and said Isserdasani had a “substantial, if not overwhelming, likelihood of success” in proving his visa was terminated without cause.

https://news.yahoo.com/ice-arrests-record-number-immigrants-230743116.html "Hundreds of the people who were arrested had been enrolled in ICE’s Alternative to Detention (ATD) program, three sources familiar with the arrests said. Under the program, ICE releases undocumented immigrants who are deemed not to be threats to public safety and then keeps track of them through ankle monitors," "An NBC News reporter saw seven people who had come for check-ins at a New York City ICE office Wednesday being led out in cuffs and put into unmarked cars. One, a 30-year-old Colombian man, was followed close behind by his wife, who was sobbing loudly, and his daughter, who tried to chase after him as law enforcement agents in masks led him and two other men in handcuffs into waiting vehicles. Margaret Cargioli, the directing attorney at the Immigrant Defenders Law Center, who represents the family, told reporters afterward that the man had gone “to every single [ICE] appointment. He was, you know, very cooperative with all of the requirements that were made of him.”

"Hand waving the legacy media?" No. Why didn't I do anything about it? Including Clinton/Trump, our presidential candidates in these three elections are turd sandwiches on both sides. What did you do about it other than whine like a baby and quote idiots on X? I don't have a bone with Fox News. Simply that they are the same as the "legacy media", you are just too biased and self centered to admit it. Worse, you rarely quote them in your posts and they're a legit source. Cognitive decline takes a toll in most right around 80. No, I don't know exactly what it will look like, only that it's begun with him and will be different than Biden. The rest of your post is just your highly biased opinions. You can't even address his Harlem/Harvard gaffe, that will simply be your blueprint for any other examples I bring. Pointless. That's fine and it's completely unsurprising that your "normal" sees nothing wrong with him. Plenty of normal people realize his thus far slow decline. But your view and excuses about Trump are akin to Biden's supporters made excuses for him. They didn't want too see it until it was way too obvious. As it will be with you, hypocrite. He really is completely loathsome for playing both sides of the fence.

I agree with you, there was a small incompetence factor as lazy reporters quote other reporters, but mostly complicit. And let's be honest, strong bias can make people miss the obvious. Willful ignorance.

That was the excuse with Biden, "he's always been like this." I think he's worse as per the Harvard Harlem gaffe I posted.

No I did not need the media to tell me that the Biden decline was showing signs even when he took office. All you needed to see was how limited his availability was, how structured and limited the questioning was, how quickly the rope could be pulled, and with all that there was still the gaffes and drifting issues, though those became more obvious later in the administration. I still feel Dem leadership set him up for that Trump debate as a sink or swim moment. All the conditions (no notes, "helpers", etc.) were totally counter to how he was handled up to that point and allowed them the excuse to pull the plug on him. And let's be clear. Biden is not a "vegetable". It's not an all or none event, it comes on slowly. Just like is happening with Trump now. There are certain periods where it will accelerate, then slow while continually progressing. As far as the media "lying", I'd rather see his wife, administration, doctors and others held accountable before the media. They were essentially guilty of fraud in multiple actions. Sadly for the Dems, Harris should have ascended to the Presidential role and ironically may have had a better chance in the election. Did the media swallow and trumpet the excuses? Absolutely. Did the media lie, at times during the admin? I'm sure, but find the most blatant times to make an example, because it will tie up too many resources to have a complete witch hunt. Focus instead on the administration. I certainly was not happy with the situation, but there is precedent. Edith Wilson, Dolly Madison and Martha Washington. Does that make it ok? No, and I'm hopeful laws and/or the constitution changes to prevent this ever again. It needs oversight. Do you realize Trump's decline is starting to show and in different ways than Biden but still occuring? Or will you continue to play the hypocrite? Wait till he hits 80 but it will progress before then.

The beginning of Trump's mental decline. This is one example of many small ones: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/04/trump-interview-abc-time-mental-decline/83391080007/ During an April 30 interview with NewsNation, Trump was asked by Stephen A. Smith about his war against Harvard University. The president proceeded to describe imaginary riots in Harlem: “Well, I say this. We had riots in Harlem, in Harlem, and frankly if you look at what’s gone on – and people from Harlem went up and they protested, Stephen, and they protested very strongly against Harvard. They happened to be on my side.” Trump might like to call it the weave. Maybe fans like you agree, the rest of us know it's an excuse for his age showing. Especially those of us with parents around Trump's age. I'm saying it's not significant yet, but it's there and it will get worse and manifest in different ways than Biden's did. Are you going to be pissed off if his administration lies, covers up and makes excuses? Or are you going to continue on the path to deniability just like you're doing now? I get what you're saying bias vs propaganda/lies. Why do you then proceed to quote mostly unaccountable X quotes when you post here instead of higher quality sourcing?

Honestly, a lot of it comes down to inflammatory language and factual content that hopefully elucidates counterpoints to the main story. So, I'll usually browse MSN (not MSNBC!) and yahoo news which pull content from all over. Fox News, Newsweek, NY post, Wash examiner, Post, WSJ, BBC, some of the links here which seldom pan out less than extreme, but still I look at more facts behind the argument and how inflammatory the sentences are. I'll check out CNN infrequently but they are way biased most of the time. Fox News is always interesting to me because they can offer inflammatory opinions and are seldom shy about it but they can put a lot of facts to their stories. Extreme left and right sources for a laugh and to check their fact content. Really I should utilize one of these pay news apps that tries to limit bias but I'm too old and cheap. I do consider it more seriously now though. It's disappointing so few sources report all the facts and I don't mind overt opinions or bias as per Fox News but try and acknowledge other realities for the people or situation involved.

That's true it hasn't happened to a significant effect with Trump yet. And the MSM didn't completely ignore Biden, they would make excuses for it, and I expect right wing sources to follow a similar playbook as Trump progresses down this road. Why do I say that? Easiest examples are their irresponsibility magnifying 2020 "steal" garbage Trump used to line his pockets, as well as J6 short term. But I find it highly ironic and somewhat disingenuous you try and limit "right wing" to Fox News, one of the best sources. How often do you actually post their content compared to all the X and more questionable right wing sources? I can't get too involved with this board because eventually the willful ignorance bothers me too much, but you seem to post quite prolifically and the times I do check it out seems like your source is seldom never Fox News. What percent of your sources on here would you say come from Fox News?

Congress has to approve/recognize it as an acceptable gift to the US.

I get that, and I feel it's unfortunate you've come to look at it that way. It's certainly easy to do. For me, any news source takes certain facts about a story and ignores others to try and shape their biased version of the truth. The good ones on either side include the most facts and hopefully spin a less biased story. I definitely have to hunt more for decent right biased stories but overall I consider Fox News a go to right biased source. But even good sources can have highly biased stories, it's easy to tell by the amount of infammatory words and wording.

You're right, and they all seem equally important. The bribe/gift is the only one spelled out in the constitution though. Repubs certainly can vote based on security and costs though.