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James (Bucky) Dent retweeted
Trump mocked El-Sayed's name as "Abdulababab" in Georgia.
El-Sayed's response destroyed him: Trump pronounces "Mohammed" just fine when he's begging Qatar for a $400M luxury jet and begging Saudis to fund his son-in-law's private equity firm.
Racist and corrupt.
James (Bucky) Dent retweeted
Just a reminder that Trump doesn’t like Muslims who run for Democratic office, but he absolutely fucking loves Muslims who give him $400 million jets.
Kegbreath is a daily disaster class.
🇺🇸 Pete Hegseth just got absolutely humiliated by Senator Tammy Duckworth!
Senator Tammy Duckworth, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who lost both legs while serving in Iraq, challenged Hegseth:
"I'm glad you brought that up. Can you name a single country that belongs to ASEAN and explain what agreement we have with it? And, by the way, how many countries are in ASEAN? Frankly, I'm not sure you even know who our allies are."
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth:
"Well, I can't give you the exact number, but I certainly know our allies in South Korea, Japan, and Australia..."
Senator Duckworth:
"None of the countries you just mentioned are members of ASEAN. I suggest you do your homework before engaging in these discussions."
And this is the kind of clueless bullshit running the Pentagon. Absolutely unbelievable.
I suspect who you put with them would influence the answer. I also suspect most people will take Junior because of his power and the streak.
But if I were a GM or manager and you told me the Wizard is my shortstop for the long term, I'm not exactly hating that answer.
Defense is not why people land on this one. Ozzie Smith was the best defensive shortstop I have ever watched, and I am not going to spend a sentence hedging that.
Ripken was also good out there, with more range than his frame ever suggested, and he hit 431 home runs while Ozzie hit 28 across nineteen seasons.
Total career value gives Ripken a real margin, roughly 96 wins above replacement to 77, and that gap does not come from one flashy stretch. It comes from a decade and a half of a shortstop producing at the plate like a corner outfielder, which almost nobody had done before him.
He also changed the job description on the way through. Before Ripken, a six foot four shortstop was considered a contradiction in terms, and every tall kid coming up got moved to third base or the outfield before he had a chance to argue.
Ozzie changed how people watch the position. Ripken changed who gets to play it. Ozzie or Ripken at short for you?
James (Bucky) Dent retweeted
Defense is not why people land on this one. Ozzie Smith was the best defensive shortstop I have ever watched, and I am not going to spend a sentence hedging that.
Ripken was also good out there, with more range than his frame ever suggested, and he hit 431 home runs while Ozzie hit 28 across nineteen seasons.
Total career value gives Ripken a real margin, roughly 96 wins above replacement to 77, and that gap does not come from one flashy stretch. It comes from a decade and a half of a shortstop producing at the plate like a corner outfielder, which almost nobody had done before him.
He also changed the job description on the way through. Before Ripken, a six foot four shortstop was considered a contradiction in terms, and every tall kid coming up got moved to third base or the outfield before he had a chance to argue.
Ozzie changed how people watch the position. Ripken changed who gets to play it. Ozzie or Ripken at short for you?
This one enters the history books at 3:13 p.m. as a 4-2 Drake win at SIU, snapping the Salukis' 11-game winning streak.
SIU 12-3-0, 6-1-0) can still win the MVC regular season title by winning their final 2 regular season matches.
It hosts UNI at 1:05 p.m. next Sunday.
The referee just trotted over to the SIU bench and gave it a yellow.
He earlier shut down the Drake bench when it was chirping him during the first half.
The refs looked and looked but couldn't find a Drake foul, so SIU trails by two with 22 minutes left.
James (Bucky) Dent retweeted
In case you missed Young’s goal!
#Salukis | #MaroonMade
The goal stands and Drake leads SIU 3-2. Claire Emmerich with the go-ahead tally for the Bulldogs.
Salukis now in chase mode for the first time in just over 2 months. 11:game winning streak is in peril.
Drake scores off a set piece in the 62nd minute for a 3-2 lead at SIU. Graeme Orr is challenging the play.
That 2-0 lead SIU enjoyed before the halfway point of the first half is no more.
Drake's Alexa Aylward scores her second of the day off a scrum in front of the net in the 47th minute and this is level at 2.
At the end of a longish first half, SIU leads Drake 2-1. Bulldogs have had the run of play most of the half but the Salukis buried 2 chances in the first 21 minutes. Let's see what adjustments the teams make for the second half.
Drake pulls one back in the 36th minute on a pretty long shot from the right side that curls just inside the left post.
SIU lead is 2-1.
Katrina Young off a corner kick from Dana Nadda for a 2-0 SIU lead in the 21st minute. The goal withstood a video review.
Drake had the run of play for roughly 10 minutes after the Dixon goal but Reagan Miller made a pair of nice saves.
It never seems to take long for SIU to score at home. Maya Dixon in the 7th minute through Victoria Hassan and the Salukis lead Drake 1-nil.