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Puerto Rico: y’all getting statehood?

He forgot his thumb print in red ink.

Not having a ball in the game, per se, that seems like it should be illegal.

Though there’s an infamous “underarm bowling incident” in Australian/New Zealand test cricket that’s similar, was legal, but scandalous.

TY!

Now sometimes a pitcher may choose to “walk” a player by throwing 4 balls; pitchers may do this on purpose if they feel the batter could hit a home run)

Could you explain that bit? The rest I get. Is a pitcher “throwing” a ball basically them deliberately pitching poorly so the batter can’t hit it?

Fascinating. TY for a fascinating slice of history.

Why is the President choosing the prime Minister?

Rather, what France’s constitutional whatever that set that power structure up?

Here in [Commonwealth nation] we have a Governor General who officially accepts (as the Crown’s representative) whichever coalition has majority in parliament as the new government and that government appoints their own prime Minister.

It’s more profitable to have a fast growing fat red tomato than a slow growing nutritious slightly ugly tomato.

Oof, I’d forgotten about that.

It seem like the “American lives” bit is a front for already having a reason to do something but not wanting to admit it. Thought that’s just normal international diplomacy world wide.

I mean, y’all raised one hell of a stink about it, in Iraq, and every airport in the world.