Quoth The Shortstop
.
Once upon a diamond clearly, while I wondered, weak and bleary,
Over many a strange and curious number of injury lore,
While I nodded, nearly slogging, suddenly there came a blogging,
As of some one gently clogging, clogging the I T D core.
“‘Tis some odd Joey,” I mumbled, “blogging the I T D core-
Only him, and nothing more.”
.
No-mah, his instinct I remember was near a bleak September,
And each and ev’ry dying member pulled him to the disabled list.
Untimely I wished Cabrera;- vainly Ned had sought Berroa
From my notes I ceased my sorrow- sorrow for the lost Nomore-
For the rare and disjointed hitter whom the angels name Nomore-
No-mah here for evermore.
.
And the strained collateral of the ligament medial
Chilled me- filled me with horrific pains I never felt before;
So that now, to still the ranting of my brain, I stayed recanting,
“‘Tis some dumb Joey requesting hearing of I T D core-
Some damn dumb Joey requesting hearing of I T D core-
This is him, and nothing more.”
.
Very soon my chants grew stronger; slowing first but then no longer,
“Hey,” said I, “or worse, truly you’re bullshi**ing and you’re a bore;
But the fact is I was logging, and so roughly you came blogging,
And so meekly you came clogging, clogging the I T D core,
That I was not sure I read you”- here I opined with the core;-
Madness there, and nothing more.
.
Deep into that madness thinking, long I sat there wondering, blinking,
Doubting, writing chants no bloggers ever dared to chant before;
But the silent blog went on, and as the afternoon wore on,
Very few comments were entered about the whispers, “Nomore!”
Thus I whisper, and the internet confirms the name, “Nomore!”-
Clearly shortstop, and nothing more.
.
Back to the word processor, I typed words from my professor,
Soon again I saw an article more convincing than before.
“Surely,” said I, “surely he has yet another oblique strain:
Or could it be, then another abdominal muscle tore-
Let me see then, some ribcage muscle gore or his wrist is sore;-
Could again his groin be sore?
.
Open I the Daily News, and the LA Times it renews
In them they spoke of a shortstop who hit well in days of yore;
No bit of whining made he; not a call to mama made he;
But, without a strained left calf or his fractured hand of half-
Perched upon the dugout steps and just for the I T D core-
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
.
Then this ex Red Sox man came trippin’, my ‘magination’s rippin’
For another decent bat in the lineup we’d have in store
“Though your head’s not shorn and shaven, you,” I said, “art sure no Hu,
Oft injured Achilles tendon and how have you been mendin’
Tell me now whatever part of you could you have next be wore?”
Quoth the shortstop, “Nah – Nomore.”
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Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,
Though its answer little meaning- little relevancy bore;
For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being
Ever yet was blest with seeing bird above his chamber door-
Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door,
With such name as “Nah – Nomore.”
.
But the shortstop, sitting lonely on the maple bench, spoke only
That one word, as if his game in that one word he did adore.
Nothing further then that he knew- not his body then he renewed-
Till I once again him rebuked, “other fiends DL’d before-
Oh tomorrow he will leave me, as our hopes get blown before.”
Then the man said, “Nah – Nomore.”
.
Startled at deep potential the lineup eight dimensional,
“Doubtless,” said I, “what he says is what he’s always said before,
Signed by unhappy Colletti played by JoJo and Grady
Injured oft and oftener till his ligaments all are tore-
Till the wretches he called his fans they could no longer be bore
Of ‘Never – Nah – Nomore.”
.
But the shortstop he came trippin’, my ‘magination rippin’,
Straight I tossed a maple bat at the shortstop, I T D core;
Then while I’m bourbon drinking, I re-blogged myself to linking
Trippin’ into trippin’, thinking what this ominous Sox of yore-
What this thin, unseemly, ghostly, gaunt and ominous Sox of yore
Meant in moaning “Nah- Nomore.”
.
Here I sat once recanting, but no curse words could be chanting,
To the man whose idiosyncratic tics are like a *****;
Touch the helmet, touch the bat, give us a couple of toe taps,
All after you’ve pulled on and off those glove adjustments of yours,
After all the crazy game delaying tactics – what’s in store,
He shall press, ah, nah Nomore!
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Then methinks Dodgers are closer, almost first without a true closer,
Brox helped by Kuo, Beimel, Park, Johnson, and thank God not Proctor.
“Bum,” I cried, “that Conte thinks you’re ready – by God you’d best be
Get a hit, get a hit, if you don’t, you will be shown the door!
Send that bum Druw to the DL and don’t go there anymore!
Quoth the Shortstop, “Nah – Nomore.”
.
“Neddie!” said I, “thing of evil!- Neddie still, if Gint or devil!-
Whether Conte sent, or whether Colletti bought you from the store,
Deranged yet all non-fatigued, in this desert land enchanted- (had to keep 2nd half of this line for enchanted)
On this team your terror haunted- tell me truly, I implore-
Is there- is a division win in our future?- tell me, I implore!”
Quoth the Shortstop, “Nah – Nomore.”
.
“JoJo!” said I, “thing of evil- Jojo still, if Yank or devil!
By Blue Heaven that bends above us- by Tommy we all adore-
Tell this blue soul with twenty years of drought and just one playoff win
We shall clap if the Dodgers win with a shortstop named Nomore
Clapped a rare and brittle shortstop whom the bloggers name Nomore.”
Quoth the Shortstop “Nah – Nomore.”
.
“Be that word our sign in Series, Sox or fiend,” I shrieked resurging-
“Get thee back into the lineup and into Joe’s resurgent core!
Leave no at bat without a struggle and gives us homers and doubles,
Don’t you come off the disabled list unless you can give us more
Put Berroa on the bench and send Fat Druw Jones out the door!
Quoth the Shortstop, “Nah – Nomore.”
.
And the Shortstop, never quitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On that freaking disabled list as we come into October;
And his obliques all are straining and the hamstring is retaining,
As we remember the five games he gave us in the August moor,
And my blue soul from within this, our Inside The Dodgers core
Shall be lifted- Nah – Nomore!
Superbas 
Once we find out how many games there will be, and once we get close to an Opening Day, we can resume guessing as to the 2020 Dodger Wins and Losses.
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100 wins – oh wait! I need to show the players how to not be greedy. 10 wins at a time will suffice.
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Question: If team owners are crying that they will lose money across the board. How will they justify signing any available free-agents??? Or will they not sign any more players and increase payroll???
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Personally speaking when I’m broke. I’m broke!
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Personally speaking when I’m broke. I’m broke!
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Another question: Are you willing to pay more in the future to watch baseball in 2020?
My answer is absolutely not!
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Example – Enriques taco truck burrito here in town, has doubled in price and now has more rice inside. I don’t buy the burrito anymore.
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Corrales has chicken enchiladas which are 90% chicken, 5% tortilla and 5% sauce. They sell them for $2.50. Tastes great!
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Enrique’s has 3 enchiladas for $10 bucks tonight. I’m making chicken noodle soup for less. I realize he has bigger cost now, but he’s doubled the price in the last 5 years. I can make my own burrito is all.
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He has added a dollar to every item on the menu due to the pandemic…I will eat at home more. I like him and all, but I’m broke.
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It’s kinda hard to replace the ingredients in an enchilada with rice. It’s easier in a big burrito. The taco truck is where all the day old ingredients go, so double the price seems a little out of line to me. At $5 bucks. I went two times or more a week. Same with $6 bucks. Then at $8 bucks it was a special occasion. $10 bucks is too much for a burrito in Idaho.
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The owners presented a proposal to the Players Union (MLBPA) in which the salaries would be cut on a sliding scale. Players with lower salaries would have a lower percentage reduction, while players with a higher salary would have a greater percentage reduction. For example, a player with a $1 million contract would be paid $434,000. A player with a $35 million contract would be paid $7.8 million.
Players and owners seem to be still far apart on the financials, as the MLBPA doesn’t like the proposal.
From MLB Trade Rumors:
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/05/mlb-economic-proposal-sliding-scale-mlbpa.html
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I also read that the employees of the Dodgers making above $75,000.00 have to take a pay cut, of up to 35% instead of being layed-off. Some clubs chose to lay folks off. Remember when the Dodgers used the national ticket price excuse to raise the cost of going to the game. Maybe folks should turn the tables on them now?
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Laid-off
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You knew about the sliding ruler ahead of time, yet didn’t recognize the University of Oregon fight song.
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I’ve always been curious to how you wouldn’t recognize that. You seem to have all of your wits about you still.
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Twitter is full of crap, in saying they see no evidence that mail-in votes will induce fraud. I’d like to talk about baseball, but this stuff is so ridiculous I have to respond. It’s human. In the days before the internet and social networking not talking politics might have been a good thought to share. But now, it is so mainstream that it drives every aspect of our lives.
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Including, but not limited to baseball.
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Oh. My other thought of the day was that I was wrong and you all were right when you said the tv contract was fixed because of the lack of fans in the stands.
I’m wrong a lot.
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My request to join the Dodgers Zoom party was denied
My request to join the Dodgers Zoom part was again denied.
My final request to join the Dodgers Zoom party was again, denied.
I’m in dagnabbit zooming denial. I wonder what time chow is in here?
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I wonder if LBirken and Kahli would recognize the UCLA fight song?
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Eight clap. U, rah rah rah, C, rah rah rah, etc. I can still recite my junior high and high school alma maters…but only the first line of UCLA’s, something about hailing to the hills of Westwood…
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One thing I learned from the failed diet. Was that food cooked at home regardless of what it is, usually taste a lot better. I went to McDonalds and was unimpressed. I ordered pizza from two different places and was unimpressed. Although the deep dish place is my fave still. I suck at dieting. It is what it is. And tomorrow I’m prepping to not die with my boots on but an ice cream bar in hand.
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The Dodgers should make Beli-Bomb ice cream bars
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$35 a piece.
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You have a 1-35 chance to win a signed pop-sickle stick.
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Make the stick a bat.
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It be kinda hard for dad to buy a few high priced beers and tell the kid no Beli-Bomb
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I can see the headlines now. Dodgers save pandemic season with chilled Beli-Bombs
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Created my own damn Zoom party
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Hey Batter-Batter-Batter!
Step right up and grab you a Beli-Bomb
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I went to pick up groceries earlier and as I was doing 5 mph over the speed limit, I passed an elderly lady in a brand new car, with a brand new license plate holder, that said, “I’d rather be in the new system!” She was doing 5 mph under the speed limit in the fast lane. Most folks do 10-20 mph over the speed limit on this 2 lane road. The new system lady had about 20 cars backed up behind her with no place to go
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I stopped a Carl’s Junior to get some lunch. The girl working the window wasn’t wearing gloves, they had no card reader for me to insert my card into like McDonalds. And the biggest not applying safety standards was her inability to wear a mask. I asked her why she didn’t have one on. Her response was her glasses fog up. I kindly said but my lungs get infected and most likely will get really sick. She made a facial expression as if to say. I don’t give a fuck! Okay, fair enough young lady. I then drove home and called the manager Fransisco. He told me Idaho laws don’t require masks and that he couldn’t enforce that policy. I told him okay, fair enough Fransisco, but you have management skills do you not. He assured me he did. I then explained to him that I do as well, many, many years in this regard. I would use my management skills to explain to the nice girl how important it is that we make out folks feel safe when purchasing our product just as most all other places are doing. I would also buy her some inexpensive substance that prevents her glasses from forging up. That if she wasn’t willing to do that, I would give her a can of disinfectant and make her sanitize the place when she was available. I then asked him to have the owner call me or give me the owners number. He said he couldn’t do either. Fuck you basically. So I informed him that that name and number was filed with the state under doing business as. That when I am done complaining he will care more about how his presentation of his place of livelihood is presented. I get it. You think this is all virus is Looney Tunes, but as a place of business you should leave the political thoughts aside and act with caution. Just
I won’t return to the place.
I will also spend my free time returning his fuck you jesture to every place I can for a few hours, or days. A mask at a drive thru isn’t too much to ask in during this complicated time.
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I stopped a Carl’s Junior to get some lunch. The girl working the window wasn’t wearing gloves, they had no card reader for me to insert my card into like McDonalds. And the biggest not applying safety standards was her inability to wear a mask. I asked her why she didn’t have one on. Her response was her glasses fog up. I kindly said but my lungs get infected and most likely will get really sick. She made a facial expression as if to say. I don’t give a fuck! Okay, fair enough young lady. I then drove home and called the manager Fransisco. He told me Idaho laws don’t require masks and that he couldn’t enforce that policy. I told him okay, fair enough Fransisco, but you have management skills do you not. He assured me he did. I then explained to him that I do as well, many, many years in this regard. I would use my management skills to explain to the nice girl how important it is that we make out folks feel safe when purchasing our product just as most all other places are doing. I would also buy her some inexpensive substance that prevents her glasses from forging up. That if she wasn’t willing to do that, I would give her a can of disinfectant and make her sanitize the place when she was available. I then asked him to have the owner call me or give me the owners number. He said he couldn’t do either. Fuck you basically. So I informed him that that name and number was filed with the state under doing business as. That when I am done complaining he will care more about how his presentation of his place of livelihood is presented. I get it. You think this is all virus is Looney Tunes, but as a place of business you should leave the political thoughts aside and act with caution. Just
I won’t return to the place.
I will also spend my free time returning his fuck you jesture to every place I can for a few hours, or days. A mask at a drive thru isn’t too much to ask in during this complicated time.
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I stopped a Carl’s Junior to get some lunch. The girl working the window wasn’t wearing gloves, they had no card reader for me to insert my card into like McDonalds. And the biggest not applying safety standards was her inability to wear a mask. I asked her why she didn’t have one on. Her response was her glasses fog up. I kindly said but my lungs get infected and most likely will get really sick. She made a facial expression as if to say. I don’t give a fuck! Okay, fair enough young lady. I then drove home and called the manager Fransisco. He told me Idaho laws don’t require masks and that he couldn’t enforce that policy. I told him okay, fair enough Fransisco, but you have management skills do you not. He assured me he did. I then explained to him that I do as well, many, many years in this regard. I would use my management skills to explain to the nice girl how important it is that we make out folks feel safe when purchasing our product just as most all other places are doing. I would also buy her some inexpensive substance that prevents her glasses from forging up. That if she wasn’t willing to do that, I would give her a can of disinfectant and make her sanitize the place when she was available. I then asked him to have the owner call me or give me the owners number. He said he couldn’t do either. Fuck you basically. So I informed him that that name and number was filed with the state under doing business as. That when I am done complaining he will care more about how his presentation of his place of livelihood is presented. I get it. You think this is all virus is Looney Tunes, but as a place of business you should leave the political thoughts aside and act with caution. Just
I won’t return to the place.
I will also spend my free time returning his fuck you jesture to every place I can for a few hours, or days. A mask at a drive thru isn’t too much to ask in during this complicated time.
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I stopped a Carl’s Junior to get some lunch. The girl working the window wasn’t wearing gloves, they had no card reader for me to insert my card into like McDonalds. And the biggest not applying safety standards was her inability to wear a mask. I asked her why she didn’t have one on. Her response was her glasses fog up. I kindly said but my lungs get infected and most likely will get really sick. She made a facial expression as if to say. I don’t give a fuck! Okay, fair enough young lady. I then drove home and called the manager Fransisco. He told me Idaho laws don’t require masks and that he couldn’t enforce that policy. I told him okay, fair enough Fransisco, but you have management skills do you not. He assured me he did. I then explained to him that I do as well, many, many years in this regard. I would use my management skills to explain to the nice girl how important it is that we make out folks feel safe when purchasing our product just as most all other places are doing. I would also buy her some inexpensive substance that prevents her glasses from forging up. That if she wasn’t willing to do that, I would give her a can of disinfectant and make her sanitize the place when she was available. I then asked him to have the owner call me or give me the owners number. He said he couldn’t do either. Fuck you basically. So I informed him that that name and number was filed with the state under doing business as. That when I am done complaining he will care more about how his presentation of his place of livelihood is presented. I get it. You think this is all virus is Looney Tunes, but as a place of business you should leave the political thoughts aside and act with caution. Just
I won’t return to the place.
I will also spend my free time returning his fuck you jesture to every place I can for a few hours, or days. A mask at a drive thru isn’t too much to ask in during this complicated time.
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Just ridiculous for a place of business that serves food to act like this in these times.
Makes me wonder what the hell is going on inside this place???
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These folks who act recklessly are what worries me in the future. They don’t get it now, they won’t get it later. Just be cautious and do your job with pride for everyone. Not because there isn’t a law. If you need a fucking law to make you do this…find a new fucking job.
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It angered me that she just shrugged her fucking head. Not to mention when I explained I was hard of hearing she didn’t speak louder, she moved in even closer to me.
What the fuck, Fransisco????
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It angered me that she just shrugged her fucking head. Not to mention when I explained I was hard of hearing she didn’t speak louder, she moved in even closer to me.
What the fuck, Fransisco????
I mean we weren’t 6 feet to begin with, then when I politely told her I have lung issues to please back up. She stayed there. I guess cause there was no law telling her to do so. I think she may wipe her ass with her hand, because there is no law telling her to use toilet paper????
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It angered me that she just shrugged her fucking head. Not to mention when I explained I was hard of hearing she didn’t speak louder, she moved in even closer to me.
What the fuck, Fransisco????
I mean we weren’t 6 feet to begin with, then when I politely told her I have lung issues to please back up. She stayed there. I guess cause there was no law telling her to do so. I think she may wipe her ass with her hand, because there is no law telling her to use toilet paper????
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It angered me that she just shrugged her fucking head. Not to mention when I explained I was hard of hearing she didn’t speak louder, she moved in even closer to me.
What the fuck, Fransisco????
I mean we weren’t 6 feet to begin with, then when I politely told her I have lung issues to please back up. She stayed there. I guess cause there was no law telling her to do so. I think she may wipe her ass with her hand, because there is no law telling her to use toilet paper????
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Blubbidity-blub-blubdumb blubitty-blub-blub!
That’s all for now, folks!!!
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The sunshine gave me a nice warm feeling though. The sunshine cares. I’m so happy to have the sunshine in my life today.
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Carl’s Junior used to give us a free newspaper with our breakfast.
It’s like the British have returned the colonies to China.
No law
Need a law
Can’t do it without a law
Laws make me click
I’m a robot
I only follow laws
I do not understand that command
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Carl’s Junior used to give us a free newspaper with our breakfast.
It’s like the British have returned the colonies to China.
No law
Need a law
Can’t do it without a law
Laws make me click
I’m a robot
I only follow laws
I do not understand that command
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I mean if the colony’s were from China to begin with.
Fuck China!!
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I mean if the colony’s were from China to begin with.
Fuck China!!
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I mean if the colony’s were from China to begin with.
Fuck China!!
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I mean if the colony’s were from China to begin with.
Fuck China!!
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I mean if the colony’s were from China to begin with.
Fuck China!!
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I mean if the colony’s were from China to begin with.
Fuck China!!
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Message to Tesla Joe.
The Chinese Government are not nice folks!!!
They are oppressive in nature, they steal our ideals and could give a fuck about me nor you!!!
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Belly button alert: I’m feeling a little outnumbered today!!!
I’m also all Tuckered out.
I need some Foxy love!!!
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I’m gonna eat all of my ice cream bars before I die too!
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If you are wearing glasses today. I am praying that they don’t fog up. I care about the people wearing glasses!
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I wear glasses when I shop with my mask and they fog up. BFD. Small price to pay to help fight the pandemic.
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If you are wearing glasses today. I am praying that they don’t fog up. I care about the people wearing glasses!
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Tesla should invent spaceman eyewear defogger and enhance all earthlings.
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I think Tyrus is the only FOX personality that has written a book???
The book lobbyist must be scared of him.
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Cleaning out the Fox fish tank with Tyrus???
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How to apply defogger to the inside glass of a salt water fish tank wit Tyrus and the Lion fish
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Beware of the fish. They don’t understand our laws!!
To further my point, they will sting you with a toxic poison!
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If you stay out of the fish tank they will mostly just swim around and make you smile.
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This page covers the Huma-Huma. It is a rectangled, wedge-tailed, triggerfish with a snout resembling a pig.
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On the back cover is my recipe for Big Tyrusus Looney Huma Luau…
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First you must stuff the pig with Milk Duds.
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I want to call Fransisco and ask him why he answered the phone? There’s no law saying a Fransisco has to answer the phone.
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Don’t answer the phone Fransisco!
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I’m sorry Fransisco. Would you like a free ice cream bar. I’m in a hurry to eat them all.
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I’m just not gonna shop at that store anymore.
I don’t want Fransisco to get in any trouble. He is a law abiding citizen. That goes a long way in my fish- tank.
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Francisco
Fransisco
Bubba
Bubbas
Nobody broke any laws.
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Francisco
Fransisco
Bubba
Bubbas
Nobody broke any laws.
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I order pickup twice, yet no Bit O Honeys were available.
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Are these Joes going into space soon – Teslanaughts??
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Yes
And Earth is our basement…
Long live the basementites.
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I wonder if Coronavirus can survive in space???
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You can also sew a wire into the top of your mask, then use it to shape the top of your mask so it form-fits to your nose.
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I only wear my glasses when I drive. And I only wear my mask when I drive somewhere and get out of my truck. I’ve only gotten out of my truck twice. Once I was the only person on the driving range that covers several acres. The other time I sat in my fishing chair at the oil changing place far away from everyone. I did wear my mask that day. Thanks for the advice, I was livid earlier. Dumbest freaking excuse I have ever heard not from a politician. Tomorrow morning I call Francisco again and ask him some other blubidy-blub-blubber dumb question. I’m not gonna go over his head, imma climb up inside his head for a while.
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I don’t care if you don’t wear a mask in public. I have enough common sense to stay away from you. But if you are at a drive thru window handing me my food that you have carefully protected for my safety. Wear a mask. I mean McDonalds had the set up. Only I touched my card. The kid had gloves, and we only cane closer then 6 feet for the brief second it took to extend the card reader. Dominos angered me the night before when they wouldn’t text me that they were at the door. I can’t hear them knocking. I didn’t want them knocking on the 80 year olds door either. They were kinda sarcastic too. Dominos pizza is terrible so I just told them to forget it and dropped it. But Francisco and me were good friends. I like Carl’s Junior. So disappointed. We will be having coffee with Francisco for a while.
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Anyone have any suggested question for my new friend Francisco?
Like Francisco – Do you put oil in your cars engine?
There’s no law that says the car has to have oil in the engine. Why do you put oil in the cars engine Francisco?
Francisco – do you sleep with a blanket at night when it’s cold?
Why Francisco???
There’s no law that say Francisco has to use a blanket?
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Anyone have any suggested question for my new friend Francisco?
Like Francisco – Do you put oil in your cars engine?
There’s no law that says the car has to have oil in the engine. Why do you put oil in the cars engine Francisco?
Francisco – do you sleep with a blanket at night when it’s cold?
Why Francisco???
There’s no law that say Francisco has to use a blanket?
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Meanwhile the does say that Francisco can open his lobby up to guest.
Francisco doesn’t like that law. Francisco has kept it closed.
Probably to keep overhead down.
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Idaho law says that they can open up the lobby to customers.
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Idaho law says that they can open up the lobby to customers.
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He’s okay not abiding by the law to keep me under control.
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I found the owner of the local Carl’s Junior. I left a politely scripted message for him on Facebook. Turns out he started flipping hamburgers in Garden Grove, Ca. in 1977. I don’t know if he cares, but we shall soon see?
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I also shared his profile caricature to my page and then made it available to only me/I.
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hav been a customer of your restaurant for a number of years. I have always enjoyed the kind hospitality that has been extended. Today, I encountered some disturbing issues related to my severe COPD issues and the young lady serving me at drive-thru. After asking her why she wasn’t protecting me by wearing a mask, such as most every other place I have been does, she told me it fogged up her glasses. I told her that she would not get sick from this yet I have a high probability too from her inability to protect me. When I told her I was hard of hearing and couldn’t understand her she leaned in even closer to me rather then just speak louder. I called the store and talked to the manager at 10:30 am. He told me that there wasn’t a law requiring anyone to wear a mask. Then asked me what he was supposed to do. Now, I’ve managed many employees as well as my own business in the past. I would use my management skills to explain the importance of representing the brand name by exerting extreme confidence that we can serve the public safely. If they refuse to wear a simple mask at a drive-thru, what should I think is allowed out of sight. Both of your representatives basically told me to climb a tree. The manager in question refused to pass along my number or pass along yours. Your number being passed I can understand in today’s world, accepting mine and passing it along I do not. The girl at the window shrugged her shoulders as if to say I do not care about you or your issues. Again I am severely disappointing as I have always looked forward to eating at this store. I understand we have very few cases in our region, but I also understand that we need to use caution and common sense in this regard as well. We don’t need laws to exert the last two gestures. We need compassion for our fellow man. That’s all. I hope you at least read this and thank you for your time. I’m really disappointed that I no longer have confidence in your crew.
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https://toby-keith-store.myshopify.com/products/tk-flag-mask
I bought Francisco a mask today…
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Toby is a great entertainer.
He can carry a tune and a sofa too, I’m assuming.
I was surprised to find out he is older then I.
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I better attach the warning label…It’s not a law, but it is a good idea.
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I’m just joking…I’m a keep the mask for a remembrance of this time in our lives. It said the proceeds went to help some kids.
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Praying for all of those folks in Minnesota.
I don’t understand those folks in Los Angeles…I haven’t seen much of that yet though.
The cops who allowed the man to suffer in their custody should have applied common sense. I believe they should be arrested and charged accordingly. Nobody in handcuffs should be treated in this manner.
America is losing it’s common sense skills.
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MLBPA will counter the owners’ offer with over 100 games and full prorated salaries.
The 2020 season is nowhere close to starting, if it ever does.
Methinks the Oregon Ducks will be playing full contact football before the LA Dodgers play no contact baseball.
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They still won’t be able to best Boise State who added a junior QB from USC a couple of weeks ago. Oklahoma can’t find a way to best Boise State either.
I put my AC window unit in this morning. The next 3 days are over 90 approaching 100. I am completely worn out as I’m struggling to breathe today.
I would like to watch baseball if they can come to an agreement that is fair to us all. If not. I agree with MBear, but with an elevated I hope you all fail miserably in the future.
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bear, while I like your idea of letting players, individually, take or leave the owners proposal, I also feel players will NEVER break ranks with the union. The union is strong and has secured incredible salaries for these guys. I like your other idea better, though: Shit can the season. I’m actually more bummed that the Tour de France is delayed. THAT has been my summer entertainment for a long, long time.
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I heard the Governor of New York claiming that it was the a United States of America the other day crying that they needed money to bail out there bad economic policies of the past. The same governor who told Donald Trump he wasn’t welcomed in New York anymore. Congress isn’t acting in this manner either. He should zip it as well.
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If baseball cannot pull themselves together for a 2020 season, how many fans will bother to watch and/or attend games in future seasons?
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The majority of pubs in my state play music and dance instead of baseball. They do not do this during football.
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This includes during the World Series.
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I have a tough time trying to find a place to watch a game after 8 pm
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In places such as Los Angeles – New York where there are countless folks who have the financial wherewithal to overcome most any burden this pandemic causes, baseball will do just fine. This will also cause other folks in the area of topic to want to do the same. In places where there isn’t a deep threshold of wealth to maintain attendance, baseball will suffer I think. Overall if I had to take a guess, baseball will lose profits and fans. But, baseball could always expand the game across the borders after they shun Americans.
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How many season ticket holders did the Dodgers have last season?
30,000?
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They were raising prices as a means to reclassify the wealth of those seated in certain areas. Jus my opinion on that subject. I didn’t ask Twitter to fact check this for me first however.
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Watching the young folks protesting in a Minnesota I noticed a high percentage of them were pointing their camera phones and sending their acts to social media. People want to do whatever is popular and fun. In certain areas that means attending baseball games. I wonder how many of these folks max out credit accounts during the season?
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I find it hard to believe that a team where the fans travel so well, such as with the Pantone 294 group. That this is done without available credit?
Will this trend survive?
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We have a lot of variables to sort through before we reach next season. Next season our boys could be wearing a different uniform fighting a different battle, looking back at how silly all of their demand really were?
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Bunches of minor league players are being laid off, as clubs are trimming their payrolls. One such player is Brock-Brock Stewart, who was let go by the Cubs organization.
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Maybe he can become a mascot for the Ducks and learn to quack-quack his way back-back???
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You not funny D4!!!
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YWAAAAH YWOOOO NWOT PHWA-WA-WA-WA-WAUNY D4!!!!
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These folks protesting by burning stuff down and looting are hurting their original cause. Which if I understand is to improve conditions in America. I still believe that holding a handcuffed person down by applying pressure to his neck is murder. But all of this other stuff shouldn’t be overlooked all in the same.
I am on the side of the military stepping in to restore order. Then I am on the side of finding and trying these folks causing all of this damage.
Improving America by burning it down first isn’t a productive act.
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At least not if you want to make improvements in the name of your worthwhile cause.
If your goal is destruction you are not being productive, you are engaging in terrorism as a unified group.
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I have heard many law enforcement members from many different sections of America stand up against the abuse that was levied upon Mr. Floyd. This is the unified group that should be allowed to lead.
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How long will it take for another social media outlet to counter Twitters objective?
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Im not sure that taking them to court will hold much water if Twitter is successful in helping restore power to those emboldened to their cause?
Taking some of their power away through righteous competition would be quicker and show more promise I would think?
Twitter has a lock on my accounts, but I could care less. I don’t need to comment on anything anyone says on Twitter.
I read some of the things the Dodgers, and players tweet. But that’s about the end of it.
If the want to monopolize who can effectively use the platform I think a lot of folks would feel the same and that would effectively weaken their ability to grow.
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Twitters effectiveness comes in the power to advertise successfully. Doesn’t matter how many iconic figures you have if those figures don’t have complete advertising strength.
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Twitter is a trend that can be replaced by another trend once it is deemed a dinosaur. Or no longer effective.
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They are nothing more then a modern day Sears catalog.
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The President of the United States could use another platform and every media conglomerate in America would clamor over everything he said, just as they do now. That would take some of Twitters advertising power away from them.
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Twitter can be effective in silencing me or possibly you though.
The President of the United States will be heard wherever he speaks.
And wherever that is the advertising power would become enormous.
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The only reason I use Google instead of Microsoft as my search web is because of Microsoft’s insistence that I follow there platforms.
I’m free!
No thanks, Bill!
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A few folks made the comment not too long ago that the country had bigger issues then baseball.
If baseball can’t spread unity across America in unison with basketball, football, hockey, soccer and so forth what good are they?
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If these mentioned platforms do anything else, including allowing greed to keep them from uniting as Americans in a way other then political. They are fueling the fire as well.
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A lot of folks such as I won’t tolerate this.
I don’t care who or what you are or do if you aren’t an American first and foremost.
Americans protect America and Americans. Then we help protect non Americans that value our righteous ideology. Not what our politicians deem to be their righteous ideology, as they no longer are a unified group.
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The President did not fuel all the dissension in America. Americans following political ideology as a whole, has fueled this dissension.
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The term – oh it’s just politics, no longer applies.
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I wonder if a Twitter has made a deal with China???
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Twitterism
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Twitterist
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Someone needs to arrest this cop and those cops who didn’t stop him from killing an unarmed handcuffed man. Then they need to do whatever they can to arrest the terrorist that fueled the fires and all the mayhem and charge them with a hate crime as well.
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I’ve looked at the Presidents Twitter page once.
I’ve read a ton of his tweets though.
Quack-eddy, Quack Jack!
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Make that Quack-eddy Quack – Just Commie Jack!
Okay Commie Jack!
Quack-Quack!
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The Mayor of Minnesota should have acted as this all began. These things have happened before. His early action would have prevented some of this mayhem. It also would have limited the spread of what is going on elsewhere.
The agencies that cover terrorism should have intelligence on those folks being bussed in from other areas. This also isn’t the first time that this has happened.
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Governor of Minnesota and Mayor of Minneapolis.
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Again – we have precedent of earlier riots that folks will be bussed in and looting and mayhem will happen. The folks in charge should have enacted safety measures as soon as this began.
They also should have apprehended the officers in question and treated them in the same manner as anyone else who choked an individual.
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The point is. You missed the boat and now your paddling your mouth off to catch it!
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https://www.foxnews.com/us/abortion-sex-ed-boise-democrat-mayor-conservatives
Most everyone I know, would not tolerate White Supreme-ism as a culture.
This lady will not win the next election.
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Furthermore, we do not care to be like the cities of Seattle, San Francisco or Portland. We take a lot of pride in who we are. And as President Bush said after visiting, Idahoans as a whole are nicer folks in general then his home state Texans. Who as he also said took pride in being courteous and friendly in general.
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Also in general, the police force are from the same mold. Sure we have those who are not all that friendly, but most are not that way. They do not tolerate the threat of deadly force though, nor should they.
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When I arrived in the Portland area in 1976-77. All I heard was oh, no…you’re from California! Then eyes would roll. I was 10, how bad could I have been? But it was that they feared we would eventually turn that place into California.
The part of Oregon that borders Idaho, would like to separate themselves from the state of Oregon and join Idaho. I would be pleased to let that happen. I feel bad for those folks who don’t have a say in the way they want their communities to co-exist.
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Tyrus, whom I like. Is saying that the good police need to hold the bad police accountable and I agree. That goes for everyone as well I think too. I wonder how Tyrus feels about the folks who play the police like fools, in hopes that they can cause a distraction. It wasn’t too long ago that folks were throwing water on the police, who just strolled through it like champs. Should not these folks be held to the same standards?
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President Trump is direct in his speech. These looters are causing mayhem in mass numbers, they are setting fire to buildings. They can get shot. My first drywall employer was an African American. I worked for him for many, many years, he was direct in his speech too. He would shit can my ass in a heartbeat if I wasn’t there to assist him in his vision.
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If I would have attempted to harm him…he would have whooped my ass.
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He didn’t make excuses…He made contacts and contracts and a lot of money. He was also the hardest working individual I have ever witnessed! And the best sheet-rocker I have ever seen in my 25 years in the trade.
He didn’t allow bullshit!
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If he picked you up for work, you either were on time or seeking other means from then on. If youwere late for work, he sent you home. If you failed to show up and get sent home you stayed home until you showed up and he sent you home. You didn’t get a raise until you bought a new piece of equipment and learn the skill it took to operate it. Work began an hour before the sun came up with lights, work stopped when you had to plug a light in to clean up and gather tools. They took a long enjoyable lunch. They also ate breakfast at an enjoyable place before work. They worked 7 days a week until they could take a few weeks off and do something enjoyable.
There was all types of bullshit going on back then…but not at work.
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I never seen anyone work harder and longer then Mr. Joe!
He commanded respect, gave it if you earned it, and was always given respect from his peers in return.
I’m sure he had issues from folks who didn’t know him, as we all do. But he usually had a smile and good day, to greet you. And he was a go-getter, so he didn’t beat around the bush in doing so.
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I was one of a handful of folks who were not African American in the 10 years I was around that crew.
It took them about 2 years to learn my name. They gave me a name. Actually they gave me several names.
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What’s baseball doing today?
More Greedy Un-American Crap???
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Geraldo telling Trump not to call Al Capone a thug while looting the vault was ridiculous.
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My point is that Geraldo didn’t say Capone was a choir boy all those years ago.
Zip It!!
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New thread is up
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