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@CynicalPublius Liberals today will still try to make the same point that we are all oppressed by living in a capitalist society. Give me that “oppression” over rationing and bread lines all day any day.

There are so many things to think about this scene, but the thing that jumps out at me is that the young man was in the house of his girlfriend's father, at her father's table, eating her father's food, and he went out of his way to insult, demean and enrage a Korean war veteran rather than simply have the courtesy and common decency to be a good guest and keep his inflammatory opinions to himself. Democrats are like this today--they have never changed. They are so self-assured in their stupidity that they have no qualms inflicting their corrupt beliefs on anyone around them, consequences be damned. It is a form of self-indulgent, petulent narcissism that displays zero respect for the well-formed and valid opinions of others. In 2026, when you see some blue-haired, nose-ringed childish woman screaming for no reason at a "No Kings" protest, it is the same thing: a childish, narcissistic, low-IQ sense of entitlement that always labels the motives of the opposition as being evil while leaving no room to need even consider the thoughts of others with different experiences and knowledge. Democrats are children. They always have been.

@Kekius_Sage How are we measuring a particle’s state in the past from the present?

Scientists have observed a bizarre effect, a particle would change its state in the past when experimenters altered conditions in the future. This paradox is called "retrocausality." Imagine: you make a choice today, and the world seems to rewrite yesterday to match it. This isn't science fiction, it's a documented phenomenon that leaves physicists scratching their heads.

Scientists found evidence that the future might affect the past, and it’s called the delayed-choice experiment.

No this is actually pretty accurate. No GM or coach for a team with an owner sensitive to fan sentiment fails upward like Gutey and MLF have. If you want to argue that it’s more on MLF, I would agree with that argument, but having Parsons fall into their lap covered a stinker of an offseason for Gutey. The DL and CB position groups were abysmal.

@IKE_Packers You have to actively be the worst packers fan ever. There is upside to everything that had happened, and it's not all doom and gloom.

Brian Gutekunst and Matt LaFleur have lost the plot in Green Bay and Ed Policy knows it, as do many Packers fans. After ending the season with 6 straight losses, including a playoff collapse in Chicago, LaFleur and Gutekunst should have been fired. But Policy, having just taken over the reigns in July of 2025, gave the duo one last chance to come up with a new plan and implement it. “We will move on from the old guard, try to collect as many picks in compensation as possible, and use whatever money and draft capital leftover to plug the holes. We’ll make a run when Micah Parsons and Tucker Kraft return from injury. It may take 2 years,” LaFleur and Gutekunst told Policy. These are the tough conversations boards have with CEOs and executives facing the boot every day. But for Policy, who was new to the game, this was a can he would kick down the road. So he agreed to their proposal and they went back to work. All of a sudden, the narrative flipped 180 degrees overnight. Corporate beat-writers pushed a new narrative and tolerated no dissent. A small subset of loud Packers fans started arguing there is “no one available and no one better than Matt LaFleur or Brian Gutekunst”. They are “as good as it gets”. Suddenly, calling out the management and coaching that lost 6 straight games was forbidden in Packers Kingdom. The injury excuse came back. The issue is, there are too many holes to plug. It’s like that scene in Dunkirk when the soldiers try to escape the beach in a boat, but the boat starts taking shots. At first, the soldiers try to plug the holes so they don’t sink. But the boat has too many holes and eventually they have to abandon ship. Trying to plug the holes took more time and proved more costly in the end then having escaped early on. Ed Policy will be the one left behind. The craziest part is that Micah Parsons was never a part of the Gutekunst’s and LaFleur’s “grand plan” in Green Bay. He was a real-time decison. Gute and LaFleur’s initial strategy was to build a physical roster in the trenches and pair it with great QB play. They had Rodgers, plans for Love, a solid O-Line, and a promising D-Line stacked with first-round talent. By the time Love ascended, the defense and lines would be ready, or so they thought. But over the course of years, that talent stalled. The play-calling grew stale, and the special teams proved costly. Discipline broke down and if it were not for the newly added 7-seed, what many around the NFL consider to be the “charity seed”, the Packers would have missed the playoffs 4 consecutive seasons. Surely Gutekunst and LaFleur would be gone, but they weren’t. So, Micah Parsons was their pushing of the chips all-in. A decision without a plan. Did they have the cards or was it all a bluff? No one knew. 2 games in and Green Bay looked like Super Bowl Favorites. A pair of aces. 10 games later and Parsons was masking obvious deficiencies, but the team still had a shot. The hand looked okay, Parsons was playing out of this world. However, in Denver, the franchise changed when #1 went down to injury. Green Bay folded, broke down internally, and ended on a 6-game losing streak. The cards looked good until the river. Green Bay, Matt LaFleur, and Brian Gutekunst busted. What we are seeing now is no grand plan, but an attempt to win the money back. One more hand at the table. To win back the trust of their players, the trust of the League, and the trust of their fans. Miracles have happened before, but that is what it will take. Plus a little luck. How will it all play out? We’re about to find out.

@TonySeruga So can consumers sue each company that raised their prices and is set to pocket the difference when they get refunded?

🚨 There's a major recent development on US tariffs and refunds! In a significant ruling on Wednesday (March 4 or 5, depending on reporting), Judge Richard Eaton of the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York ordered that the government must begin the process of issuing refunds for tariffs imposed by the Trump administration under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). These tariffs were struck down as illegal by the Supreme Court in February 2026. Key points from the ruling and coverage: - All importers of record whose goods were subject to these IEEPA duties are entitled to refunds, plus interest. - The government collected over $130 billion in these tariffs (through mid-December 2025), with potential total refunds estimated up to $175 billion (or even higher in some projections). - This applies to thousands of businesses (over 2,000 lawsuits have already been filed, with more expected from the 300,000+ affected importers). - Refunds won't happen immediately—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) must now develop and implement a process to review and issue them, which could be complex and time-consuming (trade lawyers predict a "bumpy road" and possible delays of 12–18 months or more). The Trump administration is expected to appeal or seek stays to slow things down. - Note: These refunds go to importers/companies that directly paid the duties—not to consumers who may have faced higher prices (as companies typically passed costs along, so no direct consumer rebates are involved). This is seen as a major setback for the administration, especially as they move toward new/replacement tariffs (e.g., reports of a planned shift to a 15% global import duty under different legal authority). The ruling provides some clarity on the process after the Supreme Court left refund mechanics unaddressed. Customs officials were set to appear in court shortly after to outline the next steps. For context, this stems from broad "reciprocal" or emergency tariffs introduced last year, now invalidated. If you're an affected importer, you'd likely need to pursue it through legal channels or await CBP guidance.

Yep. Totally off the MLF and Gutey train after last season. Probably the season before, if I’m being totally honest. This is where not having an owner, who would be sensitive to fan sentiment, hurts the team. Policy, Ball, Gutey and MLF all know that there is nobody who can force accountability on them. The beat writers are sycophants who shield them from how a good chunk of the fan base feels about the state of the team. And the result is that they have all failed upward. Gutey and MLF are probably the highest paid or at least in the neighborhood in their respective jobs after the most abysmal and pathetic finish to a season I’ve ever had to endure in my life as a fan. Far worse than what got McCarthy shit canned.

@aaron53207 I agree he's not without blame. He's not without blame for anything that happens on that field. I just would point to Gutey first on this one. Thats just me. I'm never going to argue if someone wants to rip The Flower!

Reason #157 that people perceive Matt LaFleur as being soft. (I don't even think this is a MLF issue)

@Wisconsin_fam It’s crazy. Dude literally decided he didn’t want to return kicks (which he was good at) and self-proclaimed himself to be “CB1” and the Packers just somehow went along with that. He’s a good CB, he’s not a great one.

It feels like people are equating Keisean Nixon being a serviceable CB with him being a solid CB1. I have no problem with him on the roster, but you've done a ton of self convincing if you think he's a legit CB1.

@mattschneidman They can do better than Rhyan.

📝Packers free agency primer📝 • Third-round comp picks for Malik Willis and Rasheed Walker? • Romeo Doubs and Quay Walker both gone? • Sean Rhyan and Kingsley Enagbare sensible re-signings? And more. Free story: nytimes.com/athletic/70788…

@EricLDaugh That’s probably because the 2018 gubernatorial election was how they perfected the late night ballot dump. Go back and look it up

🚨 HOLY SMOKES. JD Vance just confirmed the Democrat governor of Wisconsin is HIDING both voter rolls and welfare roll data, PREVENTING the Trump admin from purging fraud “They like to CHEAT. There is no other explanation!” 💯 DEFUND THEM until it stops!

@RepThomasMassie I’m supposed to trust the same Congress that left the border mess unchecked for four decades, harbors rampant corruption and debauchery, cannot pass a balanced budget and leaves loopholes in our voting laws to be exploited? Yeah no thank you.

Some have asked me to comment on the SCOTUS ruling striking down tariffs based on emergencies declared by the Executive. Why should I comment when Gorsuch has already nailed it right here? 💯

In future where the wildest technologies are possible, it’s pretty funny that the writers would also have us believe there couldn’t be a race/society with a rigid moral code and tradition that wouldn’t change much in 1000 years. As if we don’t already have examples of this in real life 🤷🏻‍♂️.

@MadJorgen Yes well I wasn’t prepared for a gay Klingon but it doesn’t bug me. #StarfleetAcademy

Really what is the motivation behind the online hate for #StarfleetAcademy ? If I don’t like something I just don’t watch it. It’s not like a religion where you convert people into hating someone or something. I don’t get it.

@WMutschmann @FoulTerritoryTV @Brent_Rooker25 They can charge whatever they want. Doesn’t mean that people can and will pay it. That’s ALSO supply and demand. There are other ways to watch baseball.

@aaron53207 @FoulTerritoryTV @Brent_Rooker25 So will the owners start capping what they charge fans? 🤣🤣 Nope! That's strictly supply and demand baby! So why should the players cap their earnings? It's all an excuse Owners create this mess and then demand players give up rights they've earned over decades of effort

"We're not going to tolerate that being implemented into our game." @Brent_Rooker25 says a salary cap won't do anything but suppress wages and make owners richer.

@WMutschmann @FoulTerritoryTV @Brent_Rooker25 I wasn’t priced out of going. I’m choosing not to go because my interest has waned. Big difference.

@aaron53207 @FoulTerritoryTV @Brent_Rooker25 So you got priced out of going to live games and got bitter about the state of the game. I'm sorry that happened, but a cap does not fix a single issue you have raised. Dodgers signing everyone sucks but it will be all the more awesome a story when they lose. That's Sports!!

You can generate more revenue by charging more for tickets, parking, concessions, merchandise and media, which every team is doing. Is there a team out there that lowered their prices on anything? Eventually you will price people out of the sport and that will happen sooner in a league where only 5 teams have a realistic shot at winning. I used to be a season ticket holder, then I scaled back to 20 games. I went to one game last season. This year I doubt I’ll go to any. And all of my friends have said the same thing. It’s a waste of time and money. It would be naive to think this sentiment isn’t spreading across the other fan bases when the Dodgers went out and signed Tucker and Diaz coming off a postseason where they could deploy an all star starting rotation who were all low on innings at the start of the postseason. There’s no interest in a league where the outcome is predictable. You can spit 3 year post COVID trends at me, but MLB is more expensive and more predictable than it’s ever been.

@aaron53207 @FoulTerritoryTV @Brent_Rooker25 LOL I wasn't saying it was at an all time high I'm saying it's improving. 71 million last year Your talking about the sport ending and its made more money than ever. The world series was the most watched since 1991 Again the players have ZERO incentive to cap their earnings.

@WMutschmann @FoulTerritoryTV @Brent_Rooker25 Attendance peaked in 2007 bruh at 79 million. I’m sorry this is hard for you

@aaron53207 @FoulTerritoryTV @Brent_Rooker25 Wrong on every single front. Since the league implemented rule changes in 2023 they've increased in attendance, revenue, viewership and lowered age of fan every year. The sport is growing massively home and abroad. This is all while 2 teams played in minor league parks

The league could very easily go insolvent. It almost happened to the NHL in 2004. What do you think happens if only 5000 people show up to games in 25 out of 30 cities and nobody pays to watch the games on TV? The league peaked in attendance in 2008. That was 18 years ago. Gen Z doesn’t give a shit about baseball bruh. Where is the growth coming from to sustain ever increasing salaries and prices?

@aaron53207 @FoulTerritoryTV @Brent_Rooker25 When there is no MLB!!? Give me break chicken little! MLB is nowhere near going insolvent. The players have ZERO incentive to cap their earnings unless the owners essentially redo everything else (Double min pay, Years of control, arb earlier, RFA status, Pension after 7 years)

Man your back must be hurting from carrying all this water. The argument historically by MLBPA is that a cap is for the owners to take a larger cut of revenue and pocket it, while depressing player salaries. What you just posted proves otherwise. The NHL pays its players similar money and has half the revenue AND a cap. The roster sizes are comparable. It’s not an unfair comparison. A floor helps the non star players make more money in the years that they are still in their prime physical years. And a revamp of the pre arb contract rules would likely need to be a concession made by owners to get a cap implemented. Star players will still get mega deals, except just like in the NBA and NFL, those mega deals will spread out over a larger swath of teams. Because a team like the Dodgers would no longer be able to outbid everyone. Each team would be on the same financial footing with a hard cap. This means more teams will have realistic chances of making the playoffs and winning a title. Fan interest will rise, league attendance will rise. Revenues will rise, which would increase the players share of those revenues. That is all I’m going to say about this. I encourage you to think more critically. I have man shit to do ✌️

thats incorrect asides from the revenue portion NHL minimum thru majority of 2026 = $775,000 MLB minimum thru majority of 2026 = $780,000 not to mention MLB paying more total players throughout a season compared to the NHL i assume you’re referencing the next season of NHL which will see the $850,000… which i should remind you that the MLB CBA still has yet to determine what their cap will be for the next season… not to mention the two comparisons have stayed relatively similar so… how does this help the players again? how does this improve competitiveness? how does it make baseball more enjoyable for smaller market teams? it doesnt

@Mikehouse_cb @FoulTerritoryTV @Brent_Rooker25 Agreed

@aaron53207 @FoulTerritoryTV @Brent_Rooker25 This lockout is going go from owners vs players to players vs players very quick.

@dom_rocc0 @FoulTerritoryTV @Brent_Rooker25 Now compare the league minimums…NHL min is higher with half the revenue of MLB. This system is great for stars and shitty for anyone else.

numbers dont really lie… highest MLB salary in 2004: Manny Ramirez - $22.5m highest MLB salary in 2025: Juan Soto - $51.875m this represents a 130.56% increase in aggregated salary cap in the MLB using the same metrics you are, but without directly capping anything. and of course, the MLB offers more incentives and various contract structures where the difference measure in AAV would be much larger (211%) also didnt the Sharks just have one of the worst seasons in NHL history? I dont see how a salary cap improves competitiveness, which is the core issue in the entire CBA argument. hence the acronym…

@dom_rocc0 @FoulTerritoryTV @Brent_Rooker25 You sure about that? The NHL cap has grown by 125% in the last 21 years. That’s 125% direct increase in players salaries. If you looked at the NBA you would see the same.

a salary cap doesnt improve any bottom lines other than the owners. if anything, the players will suffer and ironically be directly less incentivized to compete. if smaller market teams wanted to make money putting together a winning team, they would. but unfortunately its a BUSINESS, and the way the smaller market teams operate is through state/local subsidizations, brand recognition, and locality. they dont give a shit about winning whether they had the money to spend or not, it does not cater towards them to invest in a competitive roster.