Republican hypocrisy on states rights

New: Senate conservatives are likely to block a request to unanimously pass Sen. Duckworth's bill tomorrow, which would protect IVF at the federal level

Some Senate Rs saying Dobbs made IVF a states-rights issue

W/ @DaniellaMicaela https://t.co/hHDGASUKkr
— Ursula Perano (@UrsulaPerano) February 27, 2024

Republicans are hypocrites on states rights. They wanted states to decide on abortion until some states supported abortion rights. Now Republicans want some level of a national ban. It will be the same for IVF.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) February 28, 2024

Paste Magazine on the 70 best Alt-Country albums

This is an excellent list.

The 70 Best Alt-Country Albums of All Time

I certainly agree on their top two selections. I am also a big admirer of their #4 pick. The Drive-By Truckers were amazing in concert at that time (2003).

I watched Barbara Stanwyck in Pre-Code films

I have been watching a lot of Pre-Code Hollywood films. Here are clips from four starring Barbary Stanwyck. I wouldn’t call any of them great but her performances make them all enjoyable. She can be tough and caring in the same film.

Instagram post on the mud rubbed on baseballs

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Speaking of rubbing stuff on baseballs: Did you know that every ball used in MLB has mud rubbed on it before the game to dull the shine and give it a better grip? It started in 1938 by Lena Blackburne, a third base coach for the Philadelphia #Athletics. https://t.co/W2NjicaDeg pic.twitter.com/1fLLEpFm6M
— Anti-Fisher by Design (@AsFanByDesign) June 10, 2021

What’s so "magic" about the secret South Jersey mud rubbed on baseballs? These Penn researchers think they know why. https://t.co/xOAp1YGCQt
— The Philadelphia Inquirer (@PhillyInquirer) October 27, 2023

All MLB baseballs get rubbed down with mud from South Jersey before every game. Here is a 4 min video explaini… http://t.co/vAsIE7TkLZ
— baseball reddit (@baseballreddit) March 30, 2015

Covers: O Death

“O Death” dates back to the 1920s.

Tweets on Larry Doby

I'm so happy that @michaelsclair wrote this piece on Larry Doby's professional basketball career and that I was able to help out with it. Give it a read today–it's a side of Doby that fascinated me but I couldn't squeeze in to "Our Team." @nlbmprez https://t.co/G3OjNZmyKd
— Luke Epplin (@LukeEpplin) February 28, 2024

“One by one, (manager) Lou (Boudreau) introduced me to each player. All the guys put their hand out, all but three. As soon as he could, Bill Veeck got rid of those three.” — Larry Doby on integrating the American League in 1947#BlackHistoryMonth #SoulsoftheGame pic.twitter.com/94eJCoaTPr
— National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⚾ (@baseballhall) February 9, 2024

"I was never bitter because I believed in the man upstairs. I let someone else be bitter. If I was bitter, I was only hurting me. I prefer to remember Bill Veeck, Jim Hegan & Joe Gordon, the good guys.
There is no point in talking about the others"
Larry Doby pic.twitter.com/lteFq1Fy4W
— Jim Koenigsberger (@Jimfrombaseball) January 4, 2024

1st Black player in the American League
1st Black player to hit a home run in World Series
1st Black player to hit a home run in an All-Star game
1st Black player in the American Basketball League (preceded NBA)
1st Black player to go directly to the majors from the Negro leagues… pic.twitter.com/CPjgKhw4Qj
— Jim Koenigsberger (@Jimfrombaseball) June 24, 2024

"It was eleven weeks between the time Jackie Robinson & I came into the majors. Eleven weeks. Come on. Whatever happened to him happened to me"
When the first Black ballplayer in AL was asked if Jackie Robinson's prior debut eased the way for his integration.
Larry Doby pic.twitter.com/bsrVtsyZIg
— Jim Koenigsberger (@Jimfrombaseball) March 6, 2024

Yojimbo is a great film

Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo (1961) is a great samurai film and also extremely funny. Toshiro Mifune is great – strong and decisive surrounded by cowering weaklings. It’s available from the Criterion Collection on DVD and Blu-ray. Its sequel, Sanjuro (1962), is also excellent.

Toshiro Mifune cruising around the set of "Yojimbo" (1961) with his sword at the back of the car. pic.twitter.com/XaevXisJWH
— DepressedBergman (@DannyDrinksWine) February 25, 2024

It is now available on 4K disc.

More tweets on bad media coverage of Biden and Trump

The Times and the Post should do better.

Joe Biden won 95% of the vote, which was "an uncertain measure of wider enthusiasm", while Trump fell just shy of 60% and is described as a "crushing blow" that has him "barrelling towards the nomination"

The @nytimes loves Trump and wants him back so much pic.twitter.com/Jv6s9xf0Za
— The okayest poster there is (@ok_post_guy) February 25, 2024

oh come on — how about A Defiant Biden or An Undaunted Biden —
as the article grudgingly notes right after its belittling lede: "But even Mr. Biden’s critics acknowledge that he has gone further than any of his predecessors in relieving the debt burden for millions of borrowers" pic.twitter.com/mlQn3sGvqu
— Philip Gourevitch (@PGourevitch) February 22, 2024

Great letter to the Washington Post criticizing their Trump coverage. pic.twitter.com/J1KOnvIWlW
— Horatio McFlabbergasted (@HMcdoolittle) February 24, 2024

This is arguably the biggest, most important news of the past 18 hours: An FBI informant allegedly gave Kremlin anti-Biden propaganda to top Republicans who built a fake impeachment case on it. It has Putin's fingerprints all over it.

The New York Times published it on page A16 pic.twitter.com/Otyx5OZotf
— David Badash (@davidbadash) February 21, 2024

The Biden administration and mainstream press could apparently each do a better job making it clear that House Republicans, on Donald Trump’s orders, have subverted U.S. foreign policy to advance their shared goal of helping Russia conquer Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/FjEO8tdVNo
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) February 20, 2024

every reporter in Washington will blame Democrats for this. and we can certainly up our comms game.

but not a single reporter will see this as an indictment of how the press covers Washington. https://t.co/V4jvTIUx2f
— Eric Schultz (@EricSchultz) February 13, 2024

This is just beyond parody. Even New York Times stories about Trump's authoritarianism are framed around Biden's age. pic.twitter.com/rvgIGtS1jR
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 13, 2024

The very same political media absolutely loved covering Trump. They got tons of leaks. Were treated 'heroically' by many people for their coverage. Many of them got book deals. And now, none of that is the case. That's the relevant context for their coverage. https://t.co/bWAqokIlJg
— Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 (@Wilson__Valdez) February 11, 2024

The @nytimes published this and it’s not satire. https://t.co/hV8Q8ac7UG
— Stephen Robinson (@SER1897) February 10, 2024

This is Day 3 of NY Times reporters *choosing* to write about this issue after a clearly partisan report aimed to stir the pot.

So the question answers itself. pic.twitter.com/0EuW09W4ue
— Arin Dube (@arindube) February 10, 2024

This doesn’t make sense

Why is the Cal Ripken, Jr. ball cheaper than the Gunnar Henderson ball? I’m sure part of the reason is that Ripken signed lots of autographs. Still, Ripken is in the Hall of Fame and Henderson has had one great year (similar to Ripken’s rookie year). There is no guarantee that he will have as good a career as Ripken though I hope he does.

Carl Mays threw the pitch that killed a batter (1920)

Carl Mays threw the pitch that killed Ray Chapman who died the next day.

Carl Mays is an interesting Hall of Fame case. His similarity score peers are HoFers and borderline cases. However, he was a malcontent on Boston, then he threw the pitch that killed Ray Chapman. I wonder if these moments in his career made him unenshrineable.
— Pete Turner (@PeteATurner) February 25, 2024

"What happened to me in August of 1920 is the only thing anybody remembers,”
Carl Mays suggested he & Chapman shouldered “equal responsibility” since such batters took “a foothold, digging in, right on top of the plate & almost defying the pitcher to throw to the inside corner… pic.twitter.com/r7e1AloeNt
— Jim Koenigsberger (@Jimfrombaseball) May 4, 2024

Carl Mays pitching motion https://t.co/A6e6yD8Zei pic.twitter.com/15W5iAx0nH
— Jim Koenigsberger (@Jimfrombaseball) May 5, 2024