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James (Bucky) Dent retweeted
Latinos who voted for Trump, got ICE as a reward for them and their families.
Farmers who voted for Trump, got bankruptcies as a reward.
Truckers who voted for Trump, got high ass diesel cost as a reward.
Middle and working class families who voted for Trump, got inflation and sky high ass grocery prices as a reward.
The "no new wars" people who voted for Trump, got a war with Iran as a reward.
Elderly people who voted for Trump are getting their Medicare subsidies stripped away as a reward.
Meanwhile, Trump and his billionaire friends are making "more money than ever before" while he continues to find new ways to fuck y'all and y'all continue to support this moron.
Have the day y'all voted for.
I guess stupid really is as stupid does.....
~Marc Smith
James (Bucky) Dent retweeted
Kirk Herbstreit headlined GOP fundraiser weeks after claiming he doesn’t ‘get into politics’ awfulannouncing.com/espn/kir…
James (Bucky) Dent retweeted
JD Vance stood in the KKK capital of MI & called a Michigan-born doctor a “cancer” with “zero attachment” to America. Same shit he does every time a brown person runs for something. No policy, no record, just the open racism. Republicans are done pretending. They’re flexing it in public now like it’s normal.
James (Bucky) Dent retweeted
Girls as young as fourteen were forced to "entertain" the President.
As young as 14.
Fourteen.
Four fucking teen.
That's an eighth grader.
The President is a sexual predator.
This job has @ConnorOnion written all over it.
After starting at the bottom, John Schriffen, like the White Sox, improved over the last two years, but not enough for a new deal.
So who replaces him in the White Sox booth?
nytimes.com/athletic/7728109…
James (Bucky) Dent retweeted
Just a reminder that Trump doesn’t like Muslims who run for Democratic office, but he absolutely fucking loves Muslims who give him $400 million jets.
Kegbreath is a daily disaster class.
🇺🇸 Pete Hegseth just got absolutely humiliated by Senator Tammy Duckworth!
Senator Tammy Duckworth, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who lost both legs while serving in Iraq, challenged Hegseth:
"I'm glad you brought that up. Can you name a single country that belongs to ASEAN and explain what agreement we have with it? And, by the way, how many countries are in ASEAN? Frankly, I'm not sure you even know who our allies are."
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth:
"Well, I can't give you the exact number, but I certainly know our allies in South Korea, Japan, and Australia..."
Senator Duckworth:
"None of the countries you just mentioned are members of ASEAN. I suggest you do your homework before engaging in these discussions."
And this is the kind of clueless bullshit running the Pentagon. Absolutely unbelievable.
I suspect who you put with them would influence the answer. I also suspect most people will take Junior because of his power and the streak.
But if I were a GM or manager and you told me the Wizard is my shortstop for the long term, I'm not exactly hating that answer.
Defense is not why people land on this one. Ozzie Smith was the best defensive shortstop I have ever watched, and I am not going to spend a sentence hedging that.
Ripken was also good out there, with more range than his frame ever suggested, and he hit 431 home runs while Ozzie hit 28 across nineteen seasons.
Total career value gives Ripken a real margin, roughly 96 wins above replacement to 77, and that gap does not come from one flashy stretch. It comes from a decade and a half of a shortstop producing at the plate like a corner outfielder, which almost nobody had done before him.
He also changed the job description on the way through. Before Ripken, a six foot four shortstop was considered a contradiction in terms, and every tall kid coming up got moved to third base or the outfield before he had a chance to argue.
Ozzie changed how people watch the position. Ripken changed who gets to play it. Ozzie or Ripken at short for you?
James (Bucky) Dent retweeted
Defense is not why people land on this one. Ozzie Smith was the best defensive shortstop I have ever watched, and I am not going to spend a sentence hedging that.
Ripken was also good out there, with more range than his frame ever suggested, and he hit 431 home runs while Ozzie hit 28 across nineteen seasons.
Total career value gives Ripken a real margin, roughly 96 wins above replacement to 77, and that gap does not come from one flashy stretch. It comes from a decade and a half of a shortstop producing at the plate like a corner outfielder, which almost nobody had done before him.
He also changed the job description on the way through. Before Ripken, a six foot four shortstop was considered a contradiction in terms, and every tall kid coming up got moved to third base or the outfield before he had a chance to argue.
Ozzie changed how people watch the position. Ripken changed who gets to play it. Ozzie or Ripken at short for you?
This one enters the history books at 3:13 p.m. as a 4-2 Drake win at SIU, snapping the Salukis' 11-game winning streak.
SIU 12-3-0, 6-1-0) can still win the MVC regular season title by winning their final 2 regular season matches.
It hosts UNI at 1:05 p.m. next Sunday.
The referee just trotted over to the SIU bench and gave it a yellow.
He earlier shut down the Drake bench when it was chirping him during the first half.
The refs looked and looked but couldn't find a Drake foul, so SIU trails by two with 22 minutes left.
James (Bucky) Dent retweeted
In case you missed Young’s goal!
#Salukis | #MaroonMade
The goal stands and Drake leads SIU 3-2. Claire Emmerich with the go-ahead tally for the Bulldogs.
Salukis now in chase mode for the first time in just over 2 months. 11:game winning streak is in peril.
Drake scores off a set piece in the 62nd minute for a 3-2 lead at SIU. Graeme Orr is challenging the play.