This article recap failed to mention a pretty key aspect of the sculpture: it doubles as a “playground” in that children can and have used it as a play structure where it was previously installed. Based on what I read, the center even circulated images that showed a mock up of children playing on the sculpture.

Trout, who has been one of the best players in baseball since his first full season in 2012,

Strickland is a total goon, yes.

A couple of things:

Good lord, yes. I was apalled enough about the terrorist award. Now hearing some of the other awards I can see it’s nothing remotely like an isolated case. An example needs to be made of the teachers who did this, so other teachers at that school understand it’s not to be tolerated.

Especially when you might have, you know, actual homeless students in your population...

Fuck the Pens.

I really appreciate you giving us insight as to what’s going on in Ol’ Blighty. My job is based out of the U.K., so I’m really worried about the safety of my friends.

UK Update:

when jack del rio says he wants to ax you something, run

How about:

They need to cut this guy. It is almost always a mistake to draft a specialist that high. I suppose drafting him so early actually makes it harder to be rid of him salary cap wise?

Except that it was at full strength. I saw this in real time, it was like the Pens were playing a college team.

This is the latest point in the season that any team has ever started to try to tank for the number one pick in the draft. Yet somehow it worked!

Nice. Kaepernick’s brave stance against injustice IS historic and should be memorialized.

The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 had an “official” fatality count of 39. According to the Red Cross and the Oklahoma Commission on Tulsa Riot Final Report, over 300 people were killed - mostly black, so mostly uncounted.

I got to do a police shoot/don’t shoot training at a simulator. They show videos with various people in common situation where a police might encounter a gun.

There’s an episode of the Effectively Wild podcast where they speculate what Mike Trout Max WAR for a season could be, based on previous career highs, and it comes up to right about 14 WAR. That’s assuming he doesn’t BEAT his career highs. Personally, I think he could retire after this season and he’s a first ballot…

This comment would please Judge Kara of Shade Court.

anybody that’s seen this will spam it, but if you are ever ignorant enough that you want the government to cut programs like this, please watch Mr. Rogers defend his wonderful show years ago against budget cuts and unshrivel your terrible heart