Recent content by Jaw

The first few years of the contract were never the concern with Freeman, the problem was the risk of decline. He could turn into prime Barry Bonds but that wouldn’t impact whether the longer extension into his prime years was a good decision. What matters is what was known at the time. The...

Uhh nope, try again. Not what you thought it was.

Oh no, your ignorance! It's sticking out again! Having seceded, the South turned down three offers by Lincoln to return to the Union and keep slavery. The first was an absolute Constitutional guarantee that slavery could never be banned by congressional action – the Corwin Amendment. The second...

The second best outcome would have been a Confederate victory followed by emancipation. The best outcome would have been the urban manufacturing industry of the North not enslaving the agrarians of the South and causing the war in the first place. The worst possible outcome is the one we got...

Ahh nevermind. You've swallowed the hook.

You should educate yourself further so you don't look silly when you jump into conversations like this. Lincoln was never an abolitionist until Southern diplomats appeared to make headway with England. The very next month, Abe "freed" the slaves where he had no power, while those north of...

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I have to be honest, even with the Epstein stuff, I would take him as President right now. 1761861583779643479

Okay I laughed

That's pretty encouraging, but Michigan and Pennsylvania seem like fool's gold to me. Both have to contend with the election "dynamics" (wink wink) of Detroit and Philly.

Please tell me that you're one of those who bought the story that the President who said he had no intention of ending slavery, and who wanted to ship blacks to other continents, the guy who 2 years into a war "freed" the slaves in states he had no control over but not in the Union states...

My kids have a combined total of zero textbooks though.

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