Did we just become best friends!?!?!

“Decent players” is the best-case for Cabrera and de Aza. There’s just as good a chance that we’re looking at Cuddyer, Part II and Cuddyer, Part III. Or if you like, Jason Bay, Parts III and IV.

Somehow, with Selig’s approval, the Wilpons were able to roll the debt into their holding company, through which they owns the Mets. So technically it is the company’s debt now, not theirs. One disgusting byproduct of this is that the debt now will stay with the team even if the Wilpons sell.

Yeah, I’m no Cuddyer fan, but he just gifted that money to the Wilpons by retiring. The only benefit to the team is his absence from the lineup.

Yeah, but, you’re a Cubs fan, so you don’t deserve to see your team ever win anything.

Correct. Many low-level team employees (think secretaries, office managers, etc.) who were wiped out by Madoff were only investing in him because the Wilpons pushed it hard with their subordinates. The Wilpons got in on the scheme early enough to make money — off the very employees they were pushing to invest with…

If I can be forgiven for focusing on a portion of this essay that really wasn’t the central thrust of it all —

Right there with you. I was a Deadspin/io9 reader mostly, but over time I saw enough cross-posts to notice that there was some interesting work being done at Jezebel. It ain’t perfect, but I can’t name a blog that is.

What’s fun is trying to discuss our shared mother-in-law with my brother-in-law. Can’t even use her first name without confusion because there’s an aunt in the picture with the same name. And, sadly, we have to discuss her more than we should because she makes our respective spouses CRAZY (she’s a momzilla).

I believe someone seriously suggested something like that ...

What if you eat it, or snort it, or apply it rectally?

I’m surprised no one tried to tack on an amendment banning funding for Planned Parenthood, or banning all Muslims, or something stupid like that.

Imagine an America where the current right wing of the Democratic Party (basically, Hillary and her fans) was the actual right wing of our society. That would be fascinating to see. Do you think things would be just as polarized as what we have now?

I do think if there was a candidate who proclaimed his intent to nuke Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan, he’d have a frighteningly large base of support.

Sneak in some really twisty questions: “Do you think Muslims in America should be encouraged to convert to Christianity via tax breaks?”

God, you’re probably right. There’d be protests at the theaters.

I know a lot of Democrats who aren’t really Democrats. By that, I mean they don’t really understand the tenets of liberal ideology, they say things like, “I’m not racist, but ...” and they think the poor deserve to be poor. Maybe they identify as Democrats because so many celebrities do? I dunno.

If the question had been preceded with the line, “President Obama says we should not bomb Agrabah ...” then I expect it’d be 100% of Republicans in favor of bombing.

I think it’s more his uncomfortable posture than his appearance that made me see it that way, as if he’d just jumped into the scene.

Looks like the infusion of some sturdy peasant DNA has done the royal family some good.