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Trump said 7-Eleven -- instead of 9/11 -- without skipping a beat.

But it gets lost in the mix because of Newsom and Minaj's swollen-testicled cousin.

 

The tweet isn't nearly as good ...




... as this is excellent: Debunking the Mike Piazza steroid myth

This is toward the bottom and really solid work:

When he hit the pros—the minors, of course—it's more of the same. He made his debut in 1989 in the Northwest (A-) League—a league where the average batting line was .251/.341/.349. Piazza's batting line was .268/.319/.444. He bested the league slugging percentage by nearly 100 points. Tim Salmon, a highly regarded prospect (a 3rd round pick in 1989), who is a week or two older than Piazza, also debuted in the Northwest League that year. Salmon hit .245/.367/.418. Piazza outslugged him pretty easily, too. So despite the story from the anonymous player quoted in Pearlman's book, the guys who "came up against Mike" didn't see a powerless nobody. They just weren't paying attention. Piazza could rake.​

 

For reaction, we go live to Caitlyn Jenner … on another continent.

 

Doing the right thing can be illegal.

I’m not Almaing for the sake of Almaing, I swear. Milley won’t be court-martialed; he didn’t follow through and he didn’t need to follow through. All I'm saying is that, if true, it sets a horrible precedent.

 

Did Milley do anything but remind his people to follow procedure?

 

The California election was rigged, and the Jets beat the Panthers 63-0.

 

re Milley: it's worth remembering a military officer swears an oath to protect the Constitution "against all enemies foreign and domestic."

And the Military Code of Conduct requires every soldier to disobey any unlawful order.

So this isn't quite as black and white as folks seem to think it is.

 

That's kind of what I was thinking. Had Trump tried a nuclear diversion between the election and Biden's inauguration, and Milley sat back and let it happen without questioning whether the order was legal, what would people be saying?

 

How the failed Republican recall of Newsom distracts from Afghanistan

 

It didn't seem like his reasoning was whether the order was legal, it seemed like his reasoning was "this guy is batshit and I'll ignore his orders."

 

The Clay Travis/Old Row effect in action.

White Football Fans Chanted 'F--k Joe Biden' on 9/11. At Auburn, It's an American Tradition

 

which is preventing me from getting the vaccine