"Make apprenticeships normal!"

This, times a million.

I think that's been the leftists' goal all along; make sportsball reviled so it gets canceled by the fans. Or, if that doesn't work, get the athletes jabbed and when they start dropping no more sportsball.

That's not how this works.

Exactly. I read an article a while back and the author said we should not push STEM in inner city schools. Encouraging kids to explore careers in a relatively well-paying industry is bad, but pushing them into sportsball is good? Talk about the soft bigotry of low expectations 🙄

My husband and I had different experiences growing up with sports. My dad loved baseball, and when I started to show an interest he was both eager to teach me about and patient when explaining it. It was a very organic experience, and some of my favorite memories of my dad were the times we watched baseball. My husband did not have a natural interest, and his indifference became resentment because his dad was consumed with watching it. He is part of the reason my interest started to wane in the last decade or so. He actually thinks it's funny how I rail against so much of it now.

Yeah, some people are absolutely stupid about it. They will be hit hardest when it comes crashing down, but this is the very reason why no one should become overly invested in anything except God and family.

Perhaps the crashing economy means that will not always be the case.

In the past when the economy was better, people were AOK with paying athletes ridiculous salaries because it correlated with their team winning. I think recent events may see that opinion change, especially when gas and grocery prices are skyrocketing.

I live near Bloodymore, and the two downtown stadiums are probably the only things keeping the whole city from having a large brick wall built around it. We have stupid fans (especially Ravens fans), but most fans are good-natured, and I have been at games in the past where you could feel a comraderie just by being there and rooting for the home team. I haven't been in years and maybe it's different now, but I don't think the Philly experience is universal.

That said, your points are valid. I am curious to see how it all plays out.

Not disagreeing with you. You would think with the human trafficking component sportsball would be the LAST thing they'd want to destroy. However, I think the globalists only care about their supply of kids and adrenochrome, and they'd have other ways of obtaining them.

I'm kind of thinking of the trickle down effect of the end of pro sportsball. It may not affect the kids in suburbia, who may tacitly dream of making the pros but have other dreams for their future. But it would impact inner city kids with talent who believe they have another way out. What's the point of playing sports if there is no way to make a living off of it? Of course, their chances are slim too. Maybe if pro sportsball becomes a thing of the past there is opportunity to show the inner city kids they have value outside of throwing a ball.

Didn't listen, but Red Roof Inn is a low-end hotel/motel chain, so that's my guess on the "something" between Red and Inn. When I can I'll listen to the audio and see if I can make out anything else.

The lone GOP rep in MD (Andy Harris) voted Jordan, which was a pleasant surprise. But yeah, if they can't get past 19 votes then it may be time to come together. Would be nice if McCarthy acknowledged the ahem elephant (or RINO, if you will) in the room and make some kind of gesture to give the holdouts some assurance things will be done differently. Hell, an assurance that things will be DONE would be a good starting point.

A fitting, and appropriately inappropriate send-off. I am stealing this insult and will use it way too much.

Absolutely in agreement with you. I will say that it took decades for the left to commandeer schools, gov't and the MSM, and social media has been exclusively the purview of leftists. Finding honorable people to infiltrate and take back these institutions isn't going to happen overnight. I wonder how long it took Elon (or whomever is handling him) to find journalists that would be willing to report on the Twitter files? They had to find journalists who not only were not pro-Trump, but were still willing to report the truth even if it would benefit Trump. Imagine having to find more Matt Taibbis and Bari Weisses to get the normies to wake up when the profession is so poisoned. I'm actually surprised we've made it this far. But, yes, there is much to be done.

My mom taught me the best lesson about dealing with hateful people: Don't. When I was 9 we visited my aunt (her sister). My aunt berated and lectured me for an hour about something, can't remember what, certainly nothing worth an hour of utter humiliation. She did it in the basement out of earshot of my mom. Afterwards she couldn't understand why I wouldn't leave the bedroom for dinner. When she found out, she tore her sister a new one and asked my uncle to take us to a hotel. She didn't speak to her for at least a decade.

Getting you and your sister out of there is the best thing you can do. Even if he didn't agree with your POV, it was heartless of him to talk about the vax in front of your sister. Do it for her, if not for yourself.

Be well, fren.

I'm guessing two of the nine traitors are Cheney and Kinzinger taking their parting shots out the door, but who were the others?

For a moment I thought this was a Twitchy headline (sad trombone is one of their go-tos). This will, of course, be conveniently forgotten by the MSM.

My son played that song for me, and to this day I can't get it out of my head.

This is brilliant! Even if I never have to use it, I am ready to help those in need 😁

Had this happen to me and figured out ibuprofen was to blame, specifically overuse of it. Had a chronic pain issue, and when I had to stop taking it for a colonoscopy it went away on its own. If it is something you use for pain, stop. If not, the others' advice is sound. Be well!

As did Verizon. I read their articles on their site and on TS.

Husband watches The Five (gag). First thing I see when I walked in the room after work is their coverage of a moose shedding his antlers on security camera footage.

"I see Fox is all over the Kari Lake trial...oh wait, that's about election fraud," I said sarcastically.

"Well, it is the Fastest Five," he replied. He did cop to the fact that they spent their A block covering Zelinskyy's latest grift.

We are the news now.

"I went home and set two old tires ablaze in my backyard, it seemed like the right thing to do after viewing this narcissistic whining."

Just to chip in, I'll put TWO plastic straws in my drink.

Enjoying the Saved By the Bell generic rock music while I wait for justice.

Dr. Carson being involved makes me trust it a bit more than I would otherwise, because of his unwavering support of GEOTUS. Will research more before, of course.

I alternate between giving this a try and going underground. The other members of the household would revolt, so maybe this is a stopgap until I can win them over.