The Old Knickerbocker

“The seething racial resentment in the Third World against the West — decades after independence and trillions in foreign aid — should cause second thoughts about opening our borders to mass immigration from that world.” Pat Buchanan

Jean Reno "La France se meurt à petit feu. Chirac, Sarkozy, Hollande.. tous ont leur] part de responsabilité. Mais Macron ? Une catastrophe absolue. Incompétence, arrogance, mépris. Le pire président de la Ve République."

@MedievalScholar If Henry VIII's older brother doesn't die prematurely, England probably stays Catholic.

Catholicism in England was doomed the very moment King Richard III’s blood spilled on the grass of Bosworth and the Tudor dynasty began If Henry was killed in Richard’s charge, the dynasty never happens and Henry 8 isn’t born

@slayermayne @South_Sider2k5 @OleTimeHardball You don't have a lot of friends, do you?

@Dexpectations12 @South_Sider2k5 @OleTimeHardball It’s blatant cheating having a massive edge with steroids don’t use that bullshit take as something legit

One makes it into the Hall of Fame, the others never does Are you electing Barry Bonds or Pete Rose?

As I have said, I don't think either of them should ever get in the Hall of Fame. But if I'm forced to choose between them, yes I'd choose Bonds. You can argue PEDs were kind of of a gray area. Gambling on baseball is NOT a gray area. It's an automatic ban. Rose knew this. If you want to argue Pete is a better player, cool. Good for you. I don't care. That's not the issue before us.

@Dexpectations12 @South_Sider2k5 @OleTimeHardball Someone who literally cheated and gave himself and edge over the competition in a non natural way, you just have strong bias against Pete

@slayermayne @South_Sider2k5 @OleTimeHardball Feel free to take any position you like buddy. I honestly don't care.

@Dexpectations12 @South_Sider2k5 @OleTimeHardball Kind of a mind blowing take that you would pick someone who literally cheated while playing over a guy who got caught gambling as a coach for his team to win

@slayermayne @South_Sider2k5 @OleTimeHardball You realize the bullpen doesn't?

@Dexpectations12 @South_Sider2k5 @OleTimeHardball You realize pitchers take 4-5 days off in-between starts?

@slayermayne @South_Sider2k5 @OleTimeHardball The accusation is that he was doing that on games he had money on. When he didn't he would rest his best pitchers.

@Dexpectations12 @South_Sider2k5 @OleTimeHardball he was using the pitching staff to give himself the best chance of winning the game

The media themselves had an affinity for portraying Barack Obama as a messianic/angelic figure. Zero outrage from Democrats or the left. ✅ The New Republic (Jan 2008) ✅ Newsweek (May 2012)

@malcolmkenyatta Maybe you should lower our taxes.

In America, you shouldn’t have to work two and three jobs just to barely get by.

True. Not from women.

@TheJFreakinC We never said we were only deporting the criminals. We're deporting every single one. If you're an illegal, you have to leave.

🚨TWO Venezuelan doctors… Dr. Ezequiel Veliz and Dr. Rubeliz Bolivar… were detained by ICE agents, in South Texas this month. So yeah, let’s drop the “worst of the worst” narrative.

@RTSG_Main Are you kidding? The last 150 years are a debunking of Marx.

Nobody has ever been able to debunk Karl Marx.

When did the Pope lecture Canada about rampant euthanasia and organ harvesting? I must have missed that.

I lived in Hungary for several years under the Orbán dictatorship. The funny thing was, people could and did say whatever came into their heads, protests were held in front of the parliament, there was a gay cruise bar down the road and Orbán held elections. And yet, the country was a dictatorship. Whereas in the UK, people tend to be distinctly guarded and if they do say the wrong thing very publicly, they get locked up. And yet, it's a free country. Once you understand that words can mean whatever we want them to mean, it begins to make sense.

@24_70xu Are you joking?

Iran has deployed its Ghadir-class midget submarines in the Persian Gulf and near the Strait of Hormuz. A large number of these submarines have been deployed and given clear instructions that if any enemy ship crosses into Iran’s waters, they should immediately destroy it. These submarines are specifically designed to operate in shallow waters, and the United States has no counter to them.

@ggbackpackers @Johnny_Joey Martin Luther would like a word.

@Johnny_Joey The Pope has authority whether you like it or not. He is Christ's vicar on Earth.

-Jews don’t believe that Jesus is the son of God or our messiah. -Mormons believe Joseph Smith re-established Jesus’ church here in America -Catholics believe the Pope is an earthly representative of Christ. I dont agree with any of that, nor am I “against” them. I share my country with them, and I share parts of my faith with them. However, I don’t want the leaders of any of those religions or the institutions they lead to have any sort of moral authority over my President.

@KellyHannackls @Bristle_Boys @OleTimeHardball Just to be clear, we’re talking about “gun to the head” which one would you pick. That doesn’t mean you think EITHER of them should be in (or out). My preference is to keep both out, and many others.

@Bristle_Boys @Dexpectations12 @OleTimeHardball I guess your parents brought you up with the mindset that cheating is OK with all the above you’re showing for the cheaters

@ZOrtiz99 @DefiyantlyFree Hilton. Bianco wants a “pathway to citizenship”. That’s a deal breaker for me.

It's Chad Bianco for me. Of you're in California, who will you be voting for.

@brianstelter In what way is it a testament to that?

Eric Swalwell ending his bid for California governor is, among other things, a testament to the power of investigative reporting