The problem is that I’m not sure how much choice they had in going or not. The cost of taking a stand on principle are: you don’t go and get spun as being part of the problem, you don’t go and decisions are made that actually harm HBCUs (with the spin being, “you could have participated, but chose not to”), or you…

It depends, but on the whole, I agree with you. There is another option besides the private sector, and that is states. Not advocating for that necessarily.

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Fair enough.

That’s true. Perhaps it isn’t that much of a cost.

Another point seems to me to be that this reduces the cost to the team in the outfield. Of course there is a cost to having an extra man on base, but there was also a cost to a pitchers arm in pitch counts. Now there won’t be.

Sure, but keep the blame unmixed. Blame him for his rhetoric and blame them individually for their actions and abhorrent speech. Don’t reduce their agency or accountability by linking the two.

Perhaps, but if you believe that stereotyping and generalizing those 80,000 people and treating them as sub-human is a productive way forward, go for it. But don’t act surprised when they ignore facts and rational argument to do it right back to you.

Not sure if either you or I am not understanding each other. I’m simply reacting to the “45's America!” based on one horrible comment on TigerNet. I’m not blind to the vitrol being commonly hurled around, but we’re not helping ourselves whenever we bundle large groups of individuals together and make sweeping…

Could we not draw sweeping conclusions based off the abhorrent behavior of a single individual? I get it—but that’s why we are where we are. That’s why I see libtard and trumptard memes 24x7. The person that posted that statement has agency and owns what they did. They were a terrible human before Trump was…

No, as someone that actually works in the government, it’s a probing, thoughtful question that people in various agencies actually ask THEMSELVES.

There are a lot of reasons to disagree with or despise this woman’s “ideas”. But I don’t think that the question of whether a government agency should exist or is effective, is bad per se.  

Hide your kids, hide your penis...

Ok, wasn’t entirely sure—the price per brick for established sets doesn’t seem constant to me. Probably goes up for larger sets with rarer minifigs, so that may be a better figure. Should have said plus or minus 50% :)

Casey, please edit this post—this worm is not known as a “sand striker”.

Oh dear lord, I hadn’t thought of that...

That set would be roughly $45,000 based on $0.13/brick (approximated from brick trading sites and Lego set prices).

Apologies, had I known you were a child, incapable of rational and respectful discussion, I wouldn’t have wasted your time.

Yes, I did. Did you? Look, I get that these articles don’t represent your view of Obama’s administration. They didn’t meet my hopes either. It is possible to support someone (I voted for him twice) and still criticize him and acknowledge their faults. His record versus his campaign claims regarding lobbying,…

Sure! Some of those are admittedly poor sources, but the data is there.