Night Vision

Never.

Good. The next dim that gets in will pardon all these pukes though.

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Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has acknowledged the league made a mistake after Christian players for the San Francisco Giants were warned for writing Bible verses on their Pride Night hats.

“Commissioner (Manfred) writes to me and admits they were wrong to threaten the Giants players over Bible verses and promises never to fine or discipline these players – or any players for their religious beliefs,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) wrote Monday afternoon on X.

The controversy erupted after Giants pitchers Landen Roupp, J.T. Brubaker and Ryan Walker wrote references to Genesis 9:12-16 on rainbow-themed caps during the team’s June 12 Pride Night game against the Chicago Cubs, according to ABC7 San Francisco and USA Today.

MLB initially warned the players that writing on uniforms violated league rules, prompting Hawley to send a blistering letter to Manfred accusing the league of discriminating against Christians. Hawley’s office said the senator demanded answers over what he called an apparent “pattern of discrimination” against Christian players.

But in a written response to Hawley, MLB appeared to concede that players should never be forced to violate their faith.

“We understand that some players or other on-field personnel have not been comfortable wearing the pride emblem on their uniform based on their religious beliefs,” the league wrote.

MLB went even further, acknowledging a basic workplace protection for players of faith.

“As a league, we agree with the principle that players or other Club employees – at their place of work – should not be compelled to participate in a celebratory event (particularly by wearing something on their person) if such participation would violate their sincere religious beliefs or values,” the league wrote.

The commissioner also noted that MLB changed its policy in 2023 to stop clubs from using special uniforms, hats or equipment during celebration days, although “the Dodgers and Giants wanted their pride outfits to be grandfathered.”

Most importantly, the league said the Giants players will not be punished.

“The players were neither fined nor disciplined, nor will they ever be,” MLB wrote.

The league said it still supports Pride celebrations and LGBTQ fans, but also recognizes religious expression.

“MLB believes in the right of our players and fans to express their religious beliefs and at the same time supports the communities in this country that are fans of our clubs, including the LGBTQ community,” the league wrote.

For Hawley and religious liberty advocates, the letter amounts to a significant reversal after MLB first reached for the rulebook against Christian players who simply pointed to Scripture as a source of their pride.

Needs a lot more land and a lot less house.

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A fundraising campaign for a Texas healthcare worker fired over a viral confrontation with a Muslim woman at a grocery store has quickly raised more than $86,000 from over 2,200 donors in the two days since it launched.

The fundraiser is to help 25-year-old Dasha Kilpatrick, a medical massage therapist and holistic practitioner who worked at Massage Forest/Inner Light Holistic Healing in the Conroe area until she was fired following the video going viral with accusations of “racism.”

In the footage, Kilpatrick states that Islam is a terrorist organization, that America is a Christian country and not a Muslim one, that they are not welcome here, and references Muhammad as a warlord and pedophile while rejecting claims of Muslim immigrants belonging here based on paperwork.

The video does not show how the incident began or what provoked the argument.

Supporters have described Kilpatrick’s statements as speaking uncomfortable truths, while others have called the confrontation “Islamophobic” harassment.

The footage spread rapidly across social media, leading to Kilpatrick being doxxed, receiving threats, and losing her job.

A GiveSendGo campaign titled “Stand with brave Texas healthcare worker” was quickly organized by Tom Hennessey, who has a track record of creating wildly successful GiveSendGo fundraisers for individuals subjected to high-profile cancel campaigns.



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There’s no way that’s the 16 year old. He’s already losing his hair

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Dude in my class was losing his hair at 16.

Nice.

Lot of my folks picked cotton. We still have some of the bags they used to pick it.