Are you serious? That was nothing by Leitch standards.

Seems a bit extreme. While not ideal, Palmer is a hell of a lot better than most of the other meat sacks this team has had under center since Warner retired. They wasted a lot of Fitzgerald’s prime with worse players.

Thankfully this is one problem they may never have to face.

So since one business (in this case, the Braves) makes out like bandits we should ignore all negative externalities that are generated by these decisions? We should ignore the fact that the county got fleeced for $400 million in a secretive, possibly illegal process that was so hated that the public officials…

What now? This makes no sense. Grant may not have been a genius, but he was a college graduate, able military commander, and a damn good writer as well. Prior to the outbreak of the Mexican War, which he left to fight in, he was pursuing and studying for an assignment as a mathematics Assistant Professor at West…

Brits are in most fantasy. Star Wars is fantasy. Ergo, Brits in Star Wars.

Don’t know what to tell you. You’re wrong. I did it, and I know many other players much better than me who also did. As I mentioned, by that age we were playing on the big diamonds with big bats and pitchers who threw harder, so it’s not really that amazing. This kid is impressive for doing it in that context, but…

Except they didn’t real deal with it. They used force to push some people around, often brutally and unjustly, in order to window dress the area for out of town guests. The problem was never actually addressed.

Based on history... yes. If not, it would be a miracle.

The tactics were terrible. The Olympics gave a reason and funding to encourage them. Both of these things can be true.

Bannon. Is that you?

Yup, because clearing poor drunks out from around the Colosseum is the same as dealing with international terrorists bent on infiltrating and killing athletes. You’re real fucking bright.

Howdy. I’m against it. So now you know one person against it. Go fuck off yourself.

Either read the whole article (where they mention Latino and other groups who suffered) or fuck the fuck off. Actually, just fuck off.  

None of this is new nor should it come as a shock to you. Look at Brazil last year and the damage it did on undeserved people in Rio. Shit, take a look at the dislocations of London 2012, or pretty much any new stadium built in this country. There’s almost always a marginalized group with a smaller voice that gets…

That’s great for them. Most people are very vocal about saying they won’t do the horrible thing you think they might do once given power. For example, most Olympic committees are vocal about not costing the host city money. How has that worked out?

Because the poor white people typically got a chance to rise out of poverty over time. Poor black people typically did not. This is not just an LA thing, this is pretty much the story of every US city.

Big barrels have more weight and typically were at least as springy as the small barrel bats. I’ll never forget when I switched, it was like going from 5 iron to a driver. That this kid did that with a small barrel bat is very impressive.

You clearly haven’t watched or played much baseball at that level. I know of plenty of kids who could do it at that age. I was never a very good player but I did that at 13, with the caveat that I was using a larger bat and was against faster pitching so the physics were tilted in my favor. Of course by that point…

Is he an asshole though? Or do they project the idea that he’s an asshole because they want a reason to justify disliking him?