It's awesome going down to the ballpark to root on the Catfish. They're a fun team, and the atmosphere is great.
I wish American sports announcers would take a cue from English Premier League announcers and not feel they have to scream and yell into the microphone. The PL announcers sound as if they're just carrying on a conversation while calling the game. We've turned off games when a loudmouth American was announcing (screaming) a PL match. Very annoying!
As the U.S. emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, Missouri is becoming a cautionary tale. It is seeing an alarming rise in cases because of a combination of the fast-spreading delta variant and stubborn resistance among many people to getting vaccinated.
Who can trust Biden after he says he's for bipartisanship, but every time a bipartisan group of Republicans and Democrats reach out he dismisses them? This man has never been a deep thinker or a man of courage. He's a lifelong politician, that's it.
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