Assuming the allegations are true, that he knew and did nothing, what exactly are we looking at here? What would he be guilty of, criminally or civilly?

Cocaine’s an upper. The Nationals are clearly downers, so probably a heroin reference.

Either that, or he has a serious disconnect with realizing that Sanders was born in 1890 and probably used the word in a very different social environment.

I wonder if Cashman’s playing a long game here and just wants Machado thinking “hey don’t sign a multi-year extension when you get to the Dodgers cause the Yankees are ready to overpay you as soon as you’re a free agent.”

On the other hand, he will certainly fit the Yankee Tradition(tm) of signing a guy at a position that’s already covered and moving someone out of position to make it work.

It’s tough to tell who’s an actual contender because no one knows what the Orioles want.

If he’s traded to the NL in the next few days, does he just lose the all-star spot? Could they find a spot for him on the NL roster?

Then that’s where you and I are going to have to differ, because while I agree about your tactics for the army, I don’t think cops should be approaching a situation like this as a military objective.

If I’m getting shot at, I would shoot back also.

the aspect of that I’m questioning is whether there can be an escalation without going all the way up to using lethal force.

We’ll never know if the cops could have resolved this differently if they hadn’t returned fire.

Generally, protesting on a highway is pointless. Are the lawmakers driving on that highway that day?

well then don’t fixate on the word “laws” and let’s instead say “all for a change in culture that reduces shootings”. Still something you’d think cops would want, right? Fewer people shooting at them. Fewer homicides to investigate.  (even with more police on the job that’d still be something you’d think they’d want.)

Why is it so tough to get cops to join in these protests?

Mr Burke, best of luck in whatever you do next!

I kind of like that in a sense of completeness.

Isn’t the pitcher usually credited for inducing a bad hit?

27 up, 27 down is efficient. Maybe even properly call it an “efficient game”.

If the military is the path to citizenship, and it can be downsized, then the path to citizenship is actually the combination of military service and the acceptance into the limited availability of that service.