I would probably vote for Daniel Biss in the IL-09 primary, but we actually do need a Blogger Ethics Panel for stuff like this.
Same energy.
To say nothing of the insult involved imposing this condition when Robert Bowers killed 11 in the Tree of Life shooting because he believed Jews were behind the great replacement conspiracy theory. You protect a place of worship because it is used by people under threat in your care, full stop.
I think it raises serious First Amendment and RFRA issues.
This administration has made synagogues less safe.
DHS offers security grants, but under Trump they've added requirements which many synagogues, including my own, will not compromise their values to make—insisting that we reject DEI and turn away the stranger, directly contradicting the Torah.
What kind of person eats McDonald's french fries one at a time?
I think a 32.5ppg streak in a universe with three-pointers is different from a 49.2 ppg streak in a universe without them.
It's not that Wilt couldn't shoot 3s himself; it's what not having 3s does to spacing then vs now.
What I'm suggesting is that but for one referee, Wilt's streak goes another 21 games; moreover, he was averaging ~48ppg across his streak which is a whole other universe.
I don't belittle SGA at all. But it's not close to what Wilt did during that period.
Or to open up the paint for himself while others were shooting threes.
I'm going to gently suggest that in 1963, Wilt Chamberlain *might* not have been receiving a fair shake from referees in a league which would not have a single Black referee for another 5 years.
ToC and ToA are my least favorite things but I know that as long as I start tagging things early in the drafting process it will work out.
I've seen some reporting claim that the end of Wilt's streak in 1963 was the only time he was ever kicked out of a game for his mouth. I know this is not true, as it happened in 1962 as well.
Via the NYT obit of referee Norm Drucker:
www.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/s...
Wilt Chamberlain averaged 50.4 ppg and 48.5 mpg (yes, they were 48-minute games) in that 1961-62 season. His streak only ended because a ref kicked him out of a game for his mouth. (That's also why his missed any minutes in that 1961-62 season. See next.)
It's a nice streak, but let's be real. 1/2
Oh, it was bad last night. Just not top-10 bad.
How many times did they use "rent an indigenous person" as a reward?
There's all sorts of really cringey cultural appropriation and exoticism in the early years, all the "anoint yourself in paint before final tribal" crap.
All time? If I start with Jeff Varner, Richard Hatch, Dan Spilo, Brandon Hantz, and the time they had to watch Jack Black's GULLIVER'S TRAVELS movie as a "reward," I think I can get to 10 pretty quickly.
"I'm gonna nominate Marco Rubio for the Vincent Chase 'Are We Sure This Person Is Good At His Job?' award. Wasn't he going to be the guy to calm Trump down a little?"
This administration has made synagogues less safe.
DHS offers security grants, but under Trump they've added requirements which many synagogues, including my own, will not compromise their values to make—insisting that we reject DEI and turn away the stranger, directly contradicting the Torah.
Also, this administration has made synagogues less safe by adding requirements to federal security grants which many synagogues, including my own, will not compromise their values to make.
We will continue to love the stranger and extend kindness, for we were once strangers in the land of Egypt.
When there's no way to warn your friend when they get to THAT episode of ER for the first time.
"CR, would this Cabinet be better with Wayne Jenkins, Danny Trejo, Doris Burke, Sam Jackson, Nell, Byron Mayo, Barney Cousins, Tony Romo, Harling Mays, Cris Collinsworth, Daniel Plainview, Longlegs, or Wilfred Brimley from THE FIRM?"
"Sal, I think this war is a stay-a-way."
I’m sorry, WHAT?
[Bill Simmons voice] "Is this the Apex Mountain for straits? Is this bigger than when Dire Straits released 'Money for Nothing'? I'm also thinking Pete Hegseth has locked down the Ruffalo-Hanna-Rubinek-Partridge Overacting Award."
After all, you'd have to go back to Harding-Coolidge-Hoover to find the last 12-year GOP control of the White House.
Should he have just refused to retired and held on until the first days of Clinton's term? I can't imagine he retired when he did but for believing his health left him no choice. 2/2
To be fair, retiring by 70 would have been unusual; only Souter and Stewart have done that in my lifetime, and each had been on the Court for 20+ years.
It was not unreasonable for Marshall, if he was in good health in 1979, to believe that within the next three Pres terms one would be a Dem. 1/2
This is A FEW GOOD MEN turf:
"Mr. President, if you're saying that the Iranian team is welcome here, and you're the President, why should they have to worry about their life and safety at all? Why would that be at risk?"
There's a chance of this seat going to a Republican?
It is an amazing artifact.
Congrats to wall-of-famer Chase Utley. This is a better defensive play than anything derek jeter ever did and would be remembered as one of the greatest infield plays of all time if the MEDIA didn't have an obvious anti-Philadelphia bias
www.youtube.com/watch?v=32BS...
