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    2025 NFL offseason thread

    A former sports talk host and felon speaking from his basement to an audience in the thousands.
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    Youth Sports (i.e. the thing we all loved which parents have now ruined)

    The article indicated that the purpose of the project is to get more kids playing after a decline in participation, which may result in fewer fans later. The project as described isn't a reaction to travel teams and overcoaching.
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    President Trump 2.0: The NEW one and only politics thread

    The warning came out after the group chat.
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    Saint Francis goes D-III

    I had to look up St. Francis' conference and two things. 1) I don't think any of those schools should be in D-I. Stonehill? 2) This note at the top of the Wikipedia page made me chuckle
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    The TV thread

    That John Mulaney talk show is rough. The topics are boring and the bits aren't very good.
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    MLB to Small Town America: Drop Dead

    Another thing about the consolidations of the minors is it isn't about saving money, but not paying more overall. With all the changes and benefits, the cost of one minor leaguer has gone up,
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    MLB to Small Town America: Drop Dead

    Teams don't know which 20. Even so, the 20 need some people to play against. Baseball does need minor leagues. Even most college players need a few years and international players need somewhere to play for years.
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    Chicago, hello! (Or good-bye)

    So much for public radio-newspaper partnerships.
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    Alex Trebek/Jeopardy Tribute Thread

    I've never seen a strong winner go down so hard on his second match.
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    The Economy

    What did Joe Biden and a lame duck Congress do to cause a run up? What did they do to help Tesla, which has a similar trajectory? The market moved because Trump was elected in anticipation of what would happen to the various companie making up stock indices. Just look at the charts.
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    President Trump 2.0: The NEW one and only politics thread

    So the run up that started in early November had nothing to do with expectations of a Trump presidency? Sure. And I was originally correcting the claim the markets are at their lowest levels in years, which isn't true.
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    President Trump 2.0: The NEW one and only politics thread

    Those aren't levels and after yesterday the markets are only slightly down from early November.
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    President Trump 2.0: The NEW one and only politics thread

    I clicked and the article was a gift from a subscriber.
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    The Economy

    That happens over the long term along with quarters that outpace inflation and soundly beat safe investments. There are quarters that are flat among a general upswing. Things probably are going to get worse. I'm just pointing out that up to this point all that has happened is the markets are...
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