The longest lunar eclipse in a century is a month from today! You should totally go marvel at this majestic display! But not if you live in North America!
Rats. That reminds me, I should look up lodging for the next solar eclipse.
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Saturn is in opposition tonight, so screw the blood moon (lunar eclipses are pretty overrated anyway) and instead point your telescopes/binoculars at the ringed wonder.
I don't know if we've discussed it around here, but I find the Luke Heimlich situation to be... discussable.
As someone who has both prosecuted and defended juveniles for similar things, I have thoughts. But I'm very curious what the rest of the Nation here thinks too.
I have thoughts too.
I believe in forgiveness, but I tend to reserve it most for people who ask for it because they recognize their error and the harm they've caused and have sincere remorse. But while I often forgive, I seldom forget.
You should listen to ear hustle.
I just listened to an episode for the first time yesterday.
He's already gone through the justice system and done what was required of him. I don't see why he needs to be further punished, especially since he seems unlikely to repeat it. A smart team should sign for what he's worth as a baseball talent and what he would have gotten as a high draft pick with an agreement in place for the vast majority of it to be donated to charities that support victims of sexual assault. That way he's not getting a huge amount of money and is still able to play pro baseball and the team is not taking advantage of the situation by getting a first round talent on the cheap.
ideally, sentencing is not merely about punishment, but also about restitution and rehabilitation. He has consistently denied that he did what he pleaded guilty to having done. I would say that "rehabilitation" has not happened in this case, at all. (whether he in fact did what he pleaded guilty to having done...I don't claim to know).
That's an interesting question. Can rehabilitation happen absent full acknowledgement of one's crimes? I... don't know the answer. I mean, he's statistically very very unlikely to re-offend. Does minimized risk of re-offending constitute rehabilitation on its own? Probably not? But at the same time, part of the duty of the law is to disincentivize offensive behavior, so if it's worked...?
teams wouldn't hire Barry Bonds as an incredibly capable DH at league minimum even though he didn't assault anyone as far as I know. I'm not sure most of the owners care one way or the other what he did (as far as their team is concerned), they care about how it makes them look. And they probably don't see it as worth the risk. I agree doing your plan might mitigate some of that, but I imagine it would still be a headache for a long while.
Even a top prospect isn't assured of being successful. The risk/bad publicity outweighs the return.
What a bonkers hour in the World Cup.
We should also be saying
yeah, of course that one too. i'm not sure which was more spectacular.
Deutschland, no doubt since they're out.
Brandon Nimmo is getting some well deserved respect. Really glad to see him doing well. His family was at the series at Coors field referenced in the article.
Greetings from Chicago's lovely* Midway Airport! I had a great (albeit hot) visit to the Crescent City and was delighted to meet meat and Dr. Chop. And if they ever suggest you order the soufflé potatoes, you'd best take that suggestion seriously.
By the way, meat, my colleague and I had an excellent ride aboard the Natchez yesterday afternoon, so thank you for that recommendation as well.
*not really lovely
I've never been to O'Hare, but I'm guessing that Midway is much more preferable. And you can read the prices on the gas pumps as you come in to land!
Passing through MDW is fine. Trying to get there from any other part of the city is quite an undertaking.
That I can believe.
O’Hare has Tortas Frontera, which is almost enough to make up for being a United hub all by itself. Not that I will ever fly United again, mind you, but Frontera makes up for having to be in an airport with a significant United presence.
👍
Finding Frontera moved me from Never O’Hare to allowing a connection there if it is long enough and if I must.
I had a weird moment this morning looking out the window of my airport shuttle to see a sculpture I see often in Minneapolis (as does AMR).
It turns out that there are twenty-four Cancer Survivor parks across the country built by the Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Foundation.
And now you have to visit the other 22!
The nachos is a lovely experience. Also 15 degrees cooler on the water.
My f-i-l immediately orders soufflé potatoes as soon as he sits down in many restaurants.
As is his birthright. But, seriously, the fluffy potato is pretty outstanding.