5 hours ago, Utebird said:

Honestly never heard of him, i can probably name 9 or 10 baseball players off the top of my head.

Zero current ones.

Not only was he a great lefty pitcher - the 1972 season the Phils won 59 games, he won 27 of them.  Perhaps the great pitching season in the history of baseball.   He had a devastating slider that buckled lefties and righties.   To keep his elbow strong he used to place his left arm in a bucket of rice and rotate it.  He had a killer mustache for a while.  Rather reclusive even during his prime.  I wish Dallas Green would have left him in for the 9th inning of the WS clincher against the Royals because I wanted to see his reaction when they got the final out.  The dude was subdued and never really celebrated outwardly. 

I’m getting more and more pessimistic about football. 

Just pack up and go to F'in New Zealand for the season. No way in hell can there be an NFL season in the US

5 minutes ago, D-Shiznit said:

Just pack up and go to F'in New Zealand for the season. No way in hell can there be an NFL season in the US

Why would they want us to spread the virus to them?

15 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

I’m getting more and more pessimistic about football. 

That's an infection rate of 0.0017. I like those odds

In happier news. Ron Jeremy arrested for rape.

This guy has gotten more a** than a toilet seat and he has to rape someone?

2 minutes ago, Asg 15 said:

That's an infection rate of 0.0017. I like those odds

Are you talking about the Clemson football team? Because I am. 

2 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Are you talking about the Clemson football team? Because I am. 

I was talking about the Josh Norris tweet.  The first part of your post.

 

Just now, Asg 15 said:

I was talking about the Josh Norris tweet.  The first part of your post.

 

You clearly missed the point of his tweet. 

I missed that too. Why does Twitter have to be so difficult to follow? If that was the tweet you meant to post why is it tiny and at the bottom of the other one?

Could you have done this?

 

I would be fine with Kamala Harris as the VP, although my first choice is Susan Rice. I would really like to see Harris as the Attorney General. She could then start populating Trump Tower Leavenworth with zeal. 

So what happens to contracts if the season is canceled?

8 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

You clearly missed the point of his tweet. 

There were just 17 positive tests of nearly 10,000 conducted among Premier League players and staffers from May 17 to June 16

So what am I missing

3 minutes ago, Desertbirds said:

I would be fine with Kamala Harris as the VP, although my first choice is Susan Rice. I would really like to see Harris as the Attorney General. She could then start populating Trump Tower Leavenworth with zeal. 

Well she sure wouldn't mind when Joe starts fondling her

5 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

I missed that too. Why does Twitter have to be so difficult to follow? If that was the tweet you meant to post why is it tiny and at the bottom of the other one?

Could you have done this?

 

 

Just now, Asg 15 said:

There were just 17 positive tests of nearly 10,000 conducted among Premier League players and staffers from May 17 to June 16

So what am I missing

It was a comparison.

17 hours ago, TEW said:

Question for the blog:

If you were the book, what odds would you give on Sanders having Both 1000+ rushing and 1000+ receiving this year?

How about 1000 and 800?

1000 1000 is pretty tough to do.

Westy could have done it a few times if not for injury and only a couple before him we're able to do so.

Are we talking this year or sometime in his career?

Career I would put at maybe 40% or a little lower chance while this year's would be more around 20% or a little lower.

6 minutes ago, PrinceKelby said:

1000 1000 is pretty tough to do.

Westy could have done it a few times if not for injury and only a couple before him we're able to do so.

Are we talking this year or sometime in his career?

Career I would out at maybe 40% or a little lower chance while this year's would be more around 20% or a little lower.

Sanders probably won't be the main focus of the O so stats like 1000/1000 aren't likely

6 minutes ago, PrinceKelby said:

1000 1000 is pretty tough to do.

Westy could have done it a few times if not for injury and only a couple before him we're able to do so.

Are we talking this year or sometime in his career?

Career I would out at maybe 40% or a little lower chance while this year's would be more around 20% or a little lower.

It's gotta be way way lower than that.  I love Miles but that's a benchmark only 3 guys have ever hit: McCaffery, Faulk, and Craig. Miles has a huge way to go before he hits 1000 receiving. 

28 minutes ago, Asg 15 said:

There were just 17 positive tests of nearly 10,000 conducted among Premier League players and staffers from May 17 to June 16

So what am I missing

Well she sure wouldn't mind when Joe starts fondling her

The one woman accusing Biden is not credible (she has a thing for a shirtless Putin after all). With Trump, we have it straight from his mouth and from dozens of women.

3 hours ago, MediterraneanDiet said:

Not only was he a great lefty pitcher - the 1972 season the Phils won 59 games, he won 27 of them.  Perhaps the great pitching season in the history of baseball.   He had a devastating slider that buckled lefties and righties.   To keep his elbow strong he used to place his left arm in a bucket of rice and rotate it.  He had a killer mustache for a while.  Rather reclusive even during his prime.  I wish Dallas Green would have left him in for the 9th inning of the WS clincher against the Royals because I wanted to see his reaction when they got the final out.  The dude was subdued and never really celebrated outwardly. 

Carlton willingly spoke to the media during his brilliant '72 season. But when he lost 20 games the following year, he was upset with how he felt he was being treated, so he went on a decade (or more) rant and refused to give interviews. Even though he was very friendly with his former Cardinals and Phillies catcher Tim McCarver, he even refused to talk to him on air. I remember listening on the radio to postgame celebration interviews in the locker room after they won the World Series. When they tried to interview Carlton's wife, even she refused to talk to them.

P.S. Sorry for not discussing politics here.

7 minutes ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

Carlton willingly spoke to the media during his brilliant '72 season. But when he lost 20 games the following year, he was upset with how he felt he was being treated, so he went on a decade (or more) rant and refused to give interviews. Even though he was very friendly with his former Cardinals and Phillies catcher Tim McCarver, he even refused to talk to him on air. I remember listening on the radio to postgame celebration interviews in the locker room after they won the World Series. When they tried to interview Carlton's wife, even she refused to talk to them.

P.S. Sorry for not discussing politics here.

We will let it slide this one time.

15 hours ago, Utebird said:

Im not sure all of what you covered there, lots of stuff way above my pay grade😉

All i think what i think i know is that the current health care system is broken and leaves far too many people in america uninsured or underinsured.

I also think i know that 31 of 32 industrialized countries have a socially funded healthcare system where every citizen has healthcare. I believe America has the ability and inginuity to figure out what 31 of 32 countries already have. Definitely not the current admin but others.

I also think i think i know that America is the wealthiest country in the history of the world and that theres zero reason every one shouldnt have healthcare in this country.

I also think i think i know that we as a country spend more than any other country on healthcare and have worse health outcomes than many other countries who spend far less and that a lot of that spent money goes to wasteful admin costs.

I think theres a better more efficient affordable way to provide health care to every citizen in America than the current health care system provides.

Its broken fix it. I dont know the ins and out of health care industry or health care provision or insurance all i know is its broken and there are ways to fix it and there are people lots smarter than me who can fix it if corporate greed would get out the way😠

I am for healthcare for all.  That’s a given.  The ACA was not a bad attempt.  If we have healthcare for all, then everybody has to participate in the cost, be it a tax or an individual mandate. It doesn’t work otherwise. 

The problem with most folk is they really don’t understand the healthcare industry at all or just little pieces of it.  It is almost a fifth of our GDP.   When I talk with a lot of Progressives, they walk away from me when I start talking details of the proposed Medicare for All.  The most common answer is to just make Medicare available for everybody. Ask about Plan C and D and they usually have no idea what you are talking about. Medicare Plan D is optional by the way.  It is way more complicated than that.

BTW, if you travel out of the country and are on Medicare, you should either purchase travel insurance with medical or a Medicare Advantage policy or Medigap policy that cover out of country risk.

With Medicare going to ICD 10 codes, that required billing go to those codes  it also required all insurers to use those codes  The injury and treatment codes are a nightmare but they won’t go away with Medicare for All.  

It Is a myth that 31 of 32 industrialized countries have universal healthcare for all, that it is unlimited or that it rivals what is available in the US.  Let’s use Canada as an example  Close to three fourths of Canadiens have supplemental health insurance, usually paid for by their employers mostly like many In the US.  In contrast only about 8% of UK residents use private healthcare and purchase supplemental insurance  There is a limit to what provincial insurers pay in Canada and some things are not covered.  Because of limits, there is out of pocket expenses, which can be covered by the supplemental plan  

Could we be more efficient? Absolutely.  There are solutions to consider.  I am not sure a plan that fixes health prices universally fits the powers allotted the Federal government in the Constitution.  I remember when some were talking about controlling prices during Ford’s WIN but since nothing was ever legislated, I don’t think the Courts ever considered the issue. NCIggles may know more of this as my Constitutional law is a bit rusty. Pretty sure the laissez faire court said no but some of their decisions have been overruled since then. 

6 hours ago, The guy in France said:

How about abusing DEFICIT SPENDING for the sole purpose of political benefit ? We need to face reality rather than kick the can down the road. Sure, stuff like 9/11, 2008 debacle and Covid should be the exceptions but the overspending should be recouped in a realistic timely manner and not passed on like a pyramid scheme because in the end they never work out.

I’m all for socialized or highly subsidized healthcare and education, take the profit out of it, a small price to pay in the long run. The AMA shouldn’t control the supply of doctors in any way, inmates running the asylum.
 

Sounded like you thought it was ok for the US to shoulder the cost of the rest of the world when it comes to pharmaceuticals and other medical innovations or did I misunderstand you ?

First time I’ve heard that expression with healthcare.  Would it be better to have lawyers/politicians design and control our healthcare system?  
 

As far as the US shouldering the burden, I’m neutral on it.  It just annoys me when our healthcare system is criticized despite being responsible for the overwhelming majority of progress/innovation/standard of care in medicine.  That is expensive.  If we want to withdraw from that, it’s neither right nor wrong, just an opinion.  
 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2020/03/12/the-countries-with-the-most-critical-care-beds-per-capita-infographic/amp/

This is the other "problem.”  We specialize in high end heroic care.  ICU care is the most expensive part of healthcare delivery.  Other countries tell patients "it’s over” a lot earlier in the process.  We have a population of 330m and have several times greater ICU capacity than wealthy European countries with 1/10th the population.  
 

Heroic, specialized care does not move the needle with population level health.  So if you want to down shift all those resources so your diabetes meds are cheaper, again, it’s neither right nor wrong, just an opinion.  But Americans are the most infamous in the world for not wanting to withdraw and for wanting every last heroic chance at survival.  So while it may not make a difference at the population level...at the individual level, we can offer live saving options other countries cannot.

That is expensive.  The "31 of 32” industrialized countries have no problem telling patients and families when it’s over.  We are the 1 that doesn’t do that.  In doing so, it also pushes the envelop of medical/surgical innovation for the rest of the world.

Again, neither right nor wrong.  If we want to withdraw from that role and focus on how much we can drive down the cost of a z-pack or a 30 year old chemotherapy regimen, then that’s one way to go about it.  Our national life expectancy won’t get worse.  All of the metrics used to compare our healthcare system won’t either.  And it will be cheaper.  The issue of lawsuits driving up the cost of healthcare still hasn’t been addressed.  

1 hour ago, Desertbirds said:

The one woman accusing Biden is not credible (she has a thing for a shirtless Putin after all). With Trump, we have it straight from his mouth and from dozens of women.

One woman? Really? Do a little research.

13 hours ago, Utebird said:

I get that its a big leap for a lot of people to make going from corporate dems and corporate repubs to more social progressive policy all in one go.

 

Bernie promises everything, but would have no chance of delivering anything, he was basically a cipher in the Senate. At least Warren actually did things.

Warren blew it by trying to compete with Bernie and pandering to his supporters instead of triangulating between the old guard and Bernie and providing a more stable option.

The mistake the "Progressives" make is that they're 40% of 40%, or 16% of the general population, and vote at a lower rate overall (skewed young who vote less) - so they have zero chance of enacting any of their agenda unless they do some serious coalition building - which requires compromise - which is difficult for die hard ideologues. Ironically, a Democratic landslide will end the influence of the Progressives since it would bring in numerous moderate Congressmen from "fly over" states, diluting the influence of CA, NY and Mass on the party. Pelosi could then run the party and ignore the "gang of four."

If you want real change, you need to get 60+% on your side to avoid "cycling," that is, what we saw moving from Bush to Obama to Trump. The Republicans hate the Environmental Protection Act, but the vast majority of Americans are in favor of environmental regulation, so they've never tried to seriously gut it, rather, they work around it when in power to the extent allowed by the Courts. Gay marriage became a reality when public opinion shifted the last few years (younger Americans grew up with gay friends and even younger Evangelicals are against discrimination against gays for that reason). Rising inequality will build support for higher income taxes for the top and revamping the Estate tax to eliminate a lot of trust and other tricks to avoid payment.

Obama made the right move with the Affordable Care Act, by expanding coverage, including preexisting conditions, it made more Americans aware of the lousy health care they could afford (though the Democrats aren't willing to take on tax subsidies for corporate and government health care - since it's income, it should be taxed, people who don't get that kind of health care have to pay their premiums with after tax dollars). It'll take decades to move to some sort of universal health care (the top 5% will always get better care, those Canadians who come to America for special treatment are the wealthy), but it's inevitable now that the cat's out of the bag.

Once Trump goes, the Republican party will implode, since there is no other individual who can keep his coalition of working class whites, oligarchs and evangelicals together, since they are not a stable mix. As the base ages (core of support is white males over 40, COVID may speed up its erosion since they don't believe in masks and many are obese), the Republicans are destined to become a minority party, and it won't surprise me if a new party emerges out of moderate Republicans if the Democrats skew hard left.

57 minutes ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

Carlton willingly spoke to the media during his brilliant '72 season. But when he lost 20 games the following year, he was upset with how he felt he was being treated, so he went on a decade (or more) rant and refused to give interviews. Even though he was very friendly with his former Cardinals and Phillies catcher Tim McCarver, he even refused to talk to him on air. I remember listening on the radio to postgame celebration interviews in the locker room after they won the World Series. When they tried to interview Carlton's wife, even she refused to talk to them.

P.S. Sorry for not discussing politics here.

Hehe, baseball is almost as boring.