Not really a big baseball fan, but that was a wonderful read, thank you for putting it out here. I will pass it on to my husband, whose love a baseball goes back to years of LL coaching, will truly enjoy it!
Hey Bill, thanks for the full capture of the Green Fields of the Mind. As a Red Sox fan, I have that tick of the clock resound each year when Joe Castiglione refrains the first stanza as the last broadcast moment of the season. Baseball is very special for many of us, I am thankful for it even as my fervency wavers depending on how the year goes. Nice part of the newsletter today.
Thank you for the long form quote of Demented Donald's CNBC entitlement cut answer. The full quote shows just how fast Trump is deteriorating into babbling nonsense. I read the whole transcript and it gets much worse the further it goes. Trump said he is getting paid $450,000 with bitcoin for his spray painted shoes. Bitcoin so they cannot trace it back to Putin.
Come for the Politics, stay for the Baseball. I wonder if it was by design that, accompanying Mr. Kristol’s missive about Bart Giamatti and the heartbreak that is baseball, was a photo of former Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield. Tim, by all accounts an exceptional human in addition to a fantastic, resilient pitcher, succumbed to cancer last year and his wife passed away herself within the past few weeks.
I think Bart Giamatti spoke for many, including me, in making the point that as long as the baseball season continues, it will always be summer and we will always be young because baseball is ageless- it is our game, but also the game of our parents, grandparents, and great grandparents.
There may be some on here who are not aware that Academy Award nominated actor Paul Giamatti is the son of the late Bart Giamatti.
Loved The Green Fields of the Mind. A nice respite from politics.
It was a huh hmm moment after reading tump’s piece with CNBC….he hasn’t changed, knows nothing. I guess that means his lackeys could be running WH, IF we Dems don’t pull it together with resounding votes!
Please, please--watch/listen to Bill Kristol's "Conversations" podcast with Timothy Snyder. It's one of the most intelligent, most informed and informative--and inspiring--dialogues I have heard in a very long time. To me, it models a way forward in creating the new politics--(small-l) liberal and (small-d) democratic--we will need in the aftermath of the trumpist fascist attempt.
The conversation is loaded with information about Ukraine, Russia, and the war situation. If you care about Ukraine and hate the Republican capitulation to Putin, this podcast is for you.
“What I will entertain is talking about, how do we go forward? And going forward, when we get an America First president and some great leadership in the Senate and the majority, we’re going to do great things for the American people.”
Sorry, Ms Lake, but the Mango Malignancy is *not* America First. He is, in fact, "Me first, second and third, and everyone else can peck at my droppings." He might claim that he is an America First candidate, but he is actually clueless as to what "America" means or for which it stands. There is no way on G-dess' green Earth that he has the well-being of our country in mind while running for reelection [turns head and spits three times between index and middle fingers], he has only two goals: to keep his sorry ass out of prison by either installing an AG who will quash the ongoing DOJ cases and apply an exorbitant amount of pressure on the DAs and state AGs to kill their cases or he will self-pardon; and to further line his pockets through grifting and accepting bribes from governments and individuals seeking his favors.
Great leadership in the Senate? Who do you think would rise to the demands: Karen Graham, Josh Hawley, Rick Scott, Tim Scott, Joni Ernst, Coach Tuberville, Katie Britt or even you if you pull off the unlikely and win the AZ Senate seat being vacated by Kyrsten Sinema? There are no great leaders in the New GOP Senate caucus, nor any on the horizon, and you can't spin or gaslight me into believing otherwise.
OK, the New GOP *might* retake the Senate, but still nothing will be accomplished. Even if your tribe holds the House, Senate and WH you can expect the same sort of treatment y'all have resorted to; the Dems will stonewall any MAGA legislation through the filibuster. There will be no more reactionaries appointed to the SCOTUS -- or any other federal judgeship. Every attempt to use the Constitution as toilet paper will fail. Every effort to rewrite federal laws to benefit the Sandstone Snowflake and your tribe will fail.
Finally: "we’re going to do great things for the American people." I blew my coffee through my nose when I read that. You won't do anything great for the American people writ large, your primary... no sole... concern is to see a rise in MAGA ships to the detriment of those opposed to the MAGA asshattery. True Americans seek a rise in *all* boats on the incoming tide, not just a select few who believe as you do. I imagine that among the "great" things you wish to accomplish include: further denying voting rights to POC; prohibit a woman from having autonomy over her own body; completely close the southern border; return the country to as it was in the Antebellum; usher in American Sharia based upon your perverted interpretations of the teachings of the Christ....
Ms Lake, I believe that the MAGA movement, of which you are a proud proponent, is like a rollercoaster at the start of its first drop. The defections are slow at the moment, but you can count on them increasing in speed as more and more people recognize it for what it is, an illiberal, fascistic cancer eating away at the American ideals and trying to usher in a never-ending tyranny of the minority.
I seriously did a doubletake ... is this really Fox News holding a Republican senator's feet to the fire on what she said? They did!!!! Buttttt, only because they recognized it needed walking back. (not that it worked). The way she originally laid it out...was with intent to impugn Biden with allowing this behavior at best, and supporting it at worst. If not, why bring it up after he delivered the SOTU address? The answer is Trump. We get it.
Not that abuse isn't happening now to other women. And children. MAYBE if we pass Lankford's bill we could put a dent in the abuse. But it seems Trump wants to let it fester, so he can swoop in and solve the problem.
In an alternate universe, I listened to Nancy Mace's (R-SC) interview with George Stephanopoulos.
And then I listened to yet another double down on Fox news:
Baseball doesn't really leave you to face the Fall alone. It goes on and on, in darkness and cold, bereft of summer sun and short sleeves, until fans sit freezing in the dark. Oh, for the baseball of yesteryear!
Awesome thanks for sharing
Did anyone catch Jonathan Capehart’s interview with Biden. I really enjoyed it and think it shows Joe is just doing great, “for an old guy”!
Not really a big baseball fan, but that was a wonderful read, thank you for putting it out here. I will pass it on to my husband, whose love a baseball goes back to years of LL coaching, will truly enjoy it!
Thanks
Hey Bill, thanks for the full capture of the Green Fields of the Mind. As a Red Sox fan, I have that tick of the clock resound each year when Joe Castiglione refrains the first stanza as the last broadcast moment of the season. Baseball is very special for many of us, I am thankful for it even as my fervency wavers depending on how the year goes. Nice part of the newsletter today.
It's now official. Goodbye, RNC. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/11/2228928/-Could-have-used-a-union-60-RNC-staffers-fired?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web
Thank you for the long form quote of Demented Donald's CNBC entitlement cut answer. The full quote shows just how fast Trump is deteriorating into babbling nonsense. I read the whole transcript and it gets much worse the further it goes. Trump said he is getting paid $450,000 with bitcoin for his spray painted shoes. Bitcoin so they cannot trace it back to Putin.
Come for the Politics, stay for the Baseball. I wonder if it was by design that, accompanying Mr. Kristol’s missive about Bart Giamatti and the heartbreak that is baseball, was a photo of former Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield. Tim, by all accounts an exceptional human in addition to a fantastic, resilient pitcher, succumbed to cancer last year and his wife passed away herself within the past few weeks.
I think Bart Giamatti spoke for many, including me, in making the point that as long as the baseball season continues, it will always be summer and we will always be young because baseball is ageless- it is our game, but also the game of our parents, grandparents, and great grandparents.
There may be some on here who are not aware that Academy Award nominated actor Paul Giamatti is the son of the late Bart Giamatti.
Trump avoiding answers; now that is a stretch. :)
Loved The Green Fields of the Mind. A nice respite from politics.
It was a huh hmm moment after reading tump’s piece with CNBC….he hasn’t changed, knows nothing. I guess that means his lackeys could be running WH, IF we Dems don’t pull it together with resounding votes!
Please, please--watch/listen to Bill Kristol's "Conversations" podcast with Timothy Snyder. It's one of the most intelligent, most informed and informative--and inspiring--dialogues I have heard in a very long time. To me, it models a way forward in creating the new politics--(small-l) liberal and (small-d) democratic--we will need in the aftermath of the trumpist fascist attempt.
The conversation is loaded with information about Ukraine, Russia, and the war situation. If you care about Ukraine and hate the Republican capitulation to Putin, this podcast is for you.
“What I will entertain is talking about, how do we go forward? And going forward, when we get an America First president and some great leadership in the Senate and the majority, we’re going to do great things for the American people.”
Sorry, Ms Lake, but the Mango Malignancy is *not* America First. He is, in fact, "Me first, second and third, and everyone else can peck at my droppings." He might claim that he is an America First candidate, but he is actually clueless as to what "America" means or for which it stands. There is no way on G-dess' green Earth that he has the well-being of our country in mind while running for reelection [turns head and spits three times between index and middle fingers], he has only two goals: to keep his sorry ass out of prison by either installing an AG who will quash the ongoing DOJ cases and apply an exorbitant amount of pressure on the DAs and state AGs to kill their cases or he will self-pardon; and to further line his pockets through grifting and accepting bribes from governments and individuals seeking his favors.
Great leadership in the Senate? Who do you think would rise to the demands: Karen Graham, Josh Hawley, Rick Scott, Tim Scott, Joni Ernst, Coach Tuberville, Katie Britt or even you if you pull off the unlikely and win the AZ Senate seat being vacated by Kyrsten Sinema? There are no great leaders in the New GOP Senate caucus, nor any on the horizon, and you can't spin or gaslight me into believing otherwise.
OK, the New GOP *might* retake the Senate, but still nothing will be accomplished. Even if your tribe holds the House, Senate and WH you can expect the same sort of treatment y'all have resorted to; the Dems will stonewall any MAGA legislation through the filibuster. There will be no more reactionaries appointed to the SCOTUS -- or any other federal judgeship. Every attempt to use the Constitution as toilet paper will fail. Every effort to rewrite federal laws to benefit the Sandstone Snowflake and your tribe will fail.
Finally: "we’re going to do great things for the American people." I blew my coffee through my nose when I read that. You won't do anything great for the American people writ large, your primary... no sole... concern is to see a rise in MAGA ships to the detriment of those opposed to the MAGA asshattery. True Americans seek a rise in *all* boats on the incoming tide, not just a select few who believe as you do. I imagine that among the "great" things you wish to accomplish include: further denying voting rights to POC; prohibit a woman from having autonomy over her own body; completely close the southern border; return the country to as it was in the Antebellum; usher in American Sharia based upon your perverted interpretations of the teachings of the Christ....
Ms Lake, I believe that the MAGA movement, of which you are a proud proponent, is like a rollercoaster at the start of its first drop. The defections are slow at the moment, but you can count on them increasing in speed as more and more people recognize it for what it is, an illiberal, fascistic cancer eating away at the American ideals and trying to usher in a never-ending tyranny of the minority.
fnord
Thanks for stepping in Charlie (if you're reading this.)
https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/-the-wrong-thing-to-do-why-sen-britt-should-stop-doubling-down-on-sotu-response-206106693563
I seriously did a doubletake ... is this really Fox News holding a Republican senator's feet to the fire on what she said? They did!!!! Buttttt, only because they recognized it needed walking back. (not that it worked). The way she originally laid it out...was with intent to impugn Biden with allowing this behavior at best, and supporting it at worst. If not, why bring it up after he delivered the SOTU address? The answer is Trump. We get it.
Not that abuse isn't happening now to other women. And children. MAYBE if we pass Lankford's bill we could put a dent in the abuse. But it seems Trump wants to let it fester, so he can swoop in and solve the problem.
In an alternate universe, I listened to Nancy Mace's (R-SC) interview with George Stephanopoulos.
And then I listened to yet another double down on Fox news:
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6348676954112
We get that Trump wasn't convicted in a criminal court.
We get that he was found liable in a civil court.
We get that the statute of limitations had expired for criminal charges.
We BELIEVE he would have otherwise been charged.
As a result, many of us believe the whole criminal vs. civil perspective you brought, is a distinction without a difference.
I believe you would consider it a wrongful criminal conviction....but for a very good reason.
You not endorsing Trump would have a significant impact on your political career.
It's why women don't report sexual abuse at work. Think all the way back to Weinstein.
I get that you can't call him out without ending your political career.
So you ignore it. You and Joni Ernst both.
You double down on the problem by endorsing him while at the same time gutting it down.
That's gotta suck bad.
So sorry this is happening to you.
I genuinely feel sorry for you and the position you're in. Seriously.
You too Ms. Ernst.
Margaret Hoover nailed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3VUkj1paL0
But back to men and what they can do.
McConnell, if you're reading this, thanks for stepping out.
You could have said "I alone can fix this" and unlike Trump, you would have been accurate.
Kari Lake's response might have better been crafted by Mark Knopfler, whose "Brothers in Arms" album contains the following bit of clarity -
"I have legalized robbery, called it belief
I’ve run with the money, and hid like a thief
Re-written history, with my armies and my crooks
Invented memories, and burned all the books
I can still hear his laughter. I can still hear his song
The man’s too big. The man’s too strong."
Brothers in Arms was released in 1985. How could Knopfler see so far into the future?
Manipulated photo? I don't get it. What? Who? Why?
Baseball doesn't really leave you to face the Fall alone. It goes on and on, in darkness and cold, bereft of summer sun and short sleeves, until fans sit freezing in the dark. Oh, for the baseball of yesteryear!