Ask @popehat something stupid, and they'll offer you one.

The election of Bernie as president would/will degrade my appraisal of the American man on the street even further… Which might not have seemed possible on 11/09/16.

But these two tweets seem correct.

I mean, the pearl-clutchers who presumed Trump was going to bring down the long night of fascism were never that attentive to the vectors and boundaries of Executive power, either.

In other news—— Two years later, I'm still grateful to Darth, Coney and Cousin for explaining what this was all about.

(If the base runner at third had held his foot on the bag, it would have been a single forced out at first, right?)

Y'know what stinks? Blog comment links to silly tweets with not-especially-insightful political cartoons!

Well, sorry, but this is one of those.

People don't want politicians to be burdened by laws and the other constraints of civilization. They want baboons who they can describe as "leaders," pandering weasels who promise them free stuff.

He's spent Sunday mouthing off about Castro.

Were I a gifted computer hacker, I'd surreptitiously relocate the 2020 Dem convention to Miami.

Because of reasons.

Six's read of the mug shot photo (Sixclaws at February 22, 2020 8:12 AM) depicting the UK Groomers mirrored my own.

And these guys simply are not through. Sentenced to just four years or eight, it's said they'll be out in three.

Ah, this is the other link I'd seen. The "three years" is from a Brietbart story.

THIS. Darn




Meanwhile, here's Big Mac being thoughtful about psychology's darling "Big Five." I like that woman, despite disagreement about some things.

Television is all lies from here on out.

Look at all those white knights:

https://twitter.com/TheFightVids/status/1231029749167857672

Women and guns:

https://twitter.com/franciscobrbr/status/1231398051283116033

(If the base runner at third had held his foot on the bag, it would have been a single forced out at first, right?)

Yes. I presume the batter who cannot advance to first because it's occupied. Ah, rule 7.03:

7.03 Two runners may not occupy a base, but if, while the ball is alive, two runners are touching a base, the following runner shall be out when tagged. The preceding runner is entitled to the base.

Looks like ball would have to be delivered to the first base to apply the tag.

Were I a gifted computer hacker, I'd surreptitiously relocate the 2020 Dem convention to Miami.

Because of reasons.

That's mean. And justified.

This krewe.

As seen in a video shared online, there was an ” Epstein didn’t kill himself” float in New Orleans.

The float depicts an “Epstein” character in an orange jumpsuit, while a woman behind him resembling Hillary Clinton holds something around his neck.

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/02/23/hillary-cameo-on-the-epstein-didnt-kill-himself-float-was-the-toast-of-mardi-gras-890276

The last thread was NOT the last thread after all:

Coronavirus Live Thread. Live Thread 1

A tweet regarding WHO's decision not to use the term "pandemic" to describe the global Coronavirus crisis.

(FR is a PITA for a crisis like this: It's like trying to read hard news in Letters to the Editor of People magazine.)

Pestilence has made an appearance, followed by Famine? also, real Wrath of God stuff. Locusts. No word yet on oceans boiling.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/02/locust-plague-climate-science-east-africa/

Insta's corona roundup from this morning.

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/359319/

Includes a letter from a Konger that indicates that for now, HK is doing OK.

@EricRWeinstein is bright guy who tartly asks: Which of our institutions have performed with notable integrity and efficiency in recent years or decades?

He's absolutely right about this. When was the last time you heard of a college president in his 30's? Used to be nearly commonplace.

Trump's the oldest president by a considerable margin. This morning's leading contenders, Bernie & Biden, are ancient. Warren's one year younger than Hillary.

> Looks like ball would have
> to be delivered to the first
> base to apply the tag.

How urgently?

The 3rd baseman, holding the ball, touches 3rd.

The base runner on third, if he's held his ground, remains safe on third.

Is the runner on second out?

What 'force' is applied at second if the two offensive players on first can stand on the bag, sipping tea until someone arrives to tag the new arrival?

How urgently?

Good question. Probably what should happen is that the shortstop moves over to third, second & first basemen remain on their bags, catcher is in position to make a play at the plate, third base moves over to the mound and then throw the ball to first, tags the runner and is ready to throw down to home.

I doubt anyone practices that.

Ah, I had forgotten about that play... When the force is on a runner, that runner can be put out by tagging the base he is trying to advance to. In this case, with the bases loaded, the force was on all the runners. However, once the third baseman stepped on the base while holding the ball, that put the runner coming from second out. Doing so *took the force off* of the runner at third. At that point, if he had been in contact with the base, then he would have been safe. (The third baseman kind of screwed this up... he should have tagged the runner first and then stepped on the base. However, it worked out the way he did it.)

The rule 7.03 doesn't apply to a runner who has the force on him. A runner who is forced cannot remain at the base he is at; if he does so, he can be put out, whether he is standing on the base or not.

So, those prosecutors didn't bungle too badly.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/harvey-weinstein-found-guilty-rape-landmark-metoo-era-case-n1137956

> didn't bungle too badly.

Read the piece in the Nation. There was considerable jury misconduct. If asked, I'd grant a mistrial.

> didn't bungle too badly.

Read the piece in the Nation. There was considerable jury misconduct. If asked, I'd grant a mistrial.

Crid at February 24, 2020 3:06 PM

Yes. Thinking this should be overturned on appeal. Not a Weinstein fan, but something seriously smells here.