% of people actually offended: vanishingly small

indeed

“Interest payments on the national debt are projected to be the largest line item in the Federal budget by 2027,”

it doesnt matter if he doesnt want to relinquish power on 1/20/21

‘....it can be left to legal and policy experts..”

to play devils advocate:

define “Nazi speech”

A corporation only makes money only if people voluntarily trade money for whatever it is the corporation offers. If they do a poor job, there are others desperately wanting your business. Doesnt mean they are perfect, inherently good or should be trusted - but they have to justify their existence every day by…

Phoenix is a terrible sports market —

Bigger lesson:

if you accept that NFL teams season ticket buying pool is right of center politically, or certainly more outwardly patriotic than the average person (assumption based on how the NFL loves to partner with the military at every turn, as an example)

the diff is this:

Chase Field with the roof and panels open? pretty good

“Towns with high transplant populations are going to be the worst, so basically all the ‘nice’ cities are going to have more shitty fans and the shitty cities have great fans.”

yes — two things:

i dont follow how promotion and relegation would *force* youth development in MLS

“it could have been worse”

curious to see Nagbe against better comp — but one of the few US players who has shown the composure on the ball in tight spaces, and, the ability to run at defenses with the ball in the midfield and get them on the defensive

the main difference between private sector and public sector unions:

no..... more like the understanding that there is not a more powerful, bureacratic, complex and indifferent entity on the planet than the US Federal government —