Rodger Payne
@rodgerp.bsky.social
Prof of intern'l relations at U of Louisville. SABR member, Jayhawk hoops fan, film buff, & beer snob. Sabbatical Spring 26: Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development (U Utrecht).
Pictured: Blue Water Bridge linking Michigan to Ontario.
Pictured: Blue Water Bridge linking Michigan to Ontario.
Visited in May 2023.
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Visited in May 2023.
October 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A huge amount of data reveals that Johnson is lying here. The "violence on the left" is NOT "far more prevalent than on the right."
The opposite has been true for decades.
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The opposite has been true for decades.
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October 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A huge amount of data reveals that Johnson is lying here. The "violence on the left" is NOT "far more prevalent than on the right."
The opposite has been true for decades.
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The opposite has been true for decades.
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Today's Crescent Hill neighborhood No Kings peaceful rally featuring chants, signs, costumed critters, and honks of support. Protesters lined Frankfort Ave for several blocks.
This was not the big rally downtown scheduled for 3 hours with speakers.
This was not the big rally downtown scheduled for 3 hours with speakers.
October 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Today's Crescent Hill neighborhood No Kings peaceful rally featuring chants, signs, costumed critters, and honks of support. Protesters lined Frankfort Ave for several blocks.
This was not the big rally downtown scheduled for 3 hours with speakers.
This was not the big rally downtown scheduled for 3 hours with speakers.
Note the lack of Portland....and Chicago, DC, LA.
Trump's National Guard deployments are about politics and power, not actual crime. As many scholars would say, Trump is attempting to construct perception of threat building on distorted preconceived notions.
Trump's National Guard deployments are about politics and power, not actual crime. As many scholars would say, Trump is attempting to construct perception of threat building on distorted preconceived notions.
October 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Note the lack of Portland....and Chicago, DC, LA.
Trump's National Guard deployments are about politics and power, not actual crime. As many scholars would say, Trump is attempting to construct perception of threat building on distorted preconceived notions.
Trump's National Guard deployments are about politics and power, not actual crime. As many scholars would say, Trump is attempting to construct perception of threat building on distorted preconceived notions.
Free speech warrior JD Vance.
September 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Free speech warrior JD Vance.
Maybe community should post Vance's past comments about Trump every time he's in the news.
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September 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Maybe community should post Vance's past comments about Trump every time he's in the news.
www.dispatch.com/gcdn/authori...
www.dispatch.com/gcdn/authori...
Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hell-hole it is.
August 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hell-hole it is.
You've inherited a movie theater, what's your first double feature?
Dr. Strangelove (1964) and a Network (1976)
Dr. Strangelove (1964) and a Network (1976)
July 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
You've inherited a movie theater, what's your first double feature?
Dr. Strangelove (1964) and a Network (1976)
Dr. Strangelove (1964) and a Network (1976)
Inadvertently it appears MTG is working towards the same goal as progressive academics trying to ban solar geoengineering.
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July 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Inadvertently it appears MTG is working towards the same goal as progressive academics trying to ban solar geoengineering.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Reporting from behind the front lines of the global trade war.
June 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Reporting from behind the front lines of the global trade war.
For many years, universities have been trying to increase foreign students who pay full-price tuition in order to pay the bills. This is partly because state governments have slashed higher ed spending this century:
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May 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
For many years, universities have been trying to increase foreign students who pay full-price tuition in order to pay the bills. This is partly because state governments have slashed higher ed spending this century:
azeconcenter.org/wp-content/u...
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Trump is home. Have not seen any reports that he was able to recreate his infamous 2017 orb photo.
Maybe he didn't want to be mocked again by European leaders?
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Maybe he didn't want to be mocked again by European leaders?
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May 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Trump is home. Have not seen any reports that he was able to recreate his infamous 2017 orb photo.
Maybe he didn't want to be mocked again by European leaders?
i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a7...
Maybe he didn't want to be mocked again by European leaders?
i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a7...
The average American has three friends
May 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The average American has three friends
Southern Indiana flooding. There's no lake or river in this spot.
April 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Southern Indiana flooding. There's no lake or river in this spot.
This is an easily disproven lie. America's domestic politics needs a press willing to confront this stuff.
The blue columns show only 1 early time unit of job loss in Biden years--nowhere near loss during Trump's pandemic. It's visibly obvious that 21-24 > 17-20.
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The blue columns show only 1 early time unit of job loss in Biden years--nowhere near loss during Trump's pandemic. It's visibly obvious that 21-24 > 17-20.
eyeonhousing.org/wp-content/u...
March 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This is an easily disproven lie. America's domestic politics needs a press willing to confront this stuff.
The blue columns show only 1 early time unit of job loss in Biden years--nowhere near loss during Trump's pandemic. It's visibly obvious that 21-24 > 17-20.
eyeonhousing.org/wp-content/u...
The blue columns show only 1 early time unit of job loss in Biden years--nowhere near loss during Trump's pandemic. It's visibly obvious that 21-24 > 17-20.
eyeonhousing.org/wp-content/u...
I can appreciate a good model, but the Statcast park factors are based on actual runs scored over 3 years. I found and include here the 3 year factors for 2020-2022 -- Kauffman is 5th most hitter friendly and Yankee 18th, again essentially neutral.
That's 5 years of run data covered.
That's 5 years of run data covered.
February 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I can appreciate a good model, but the Statcast park factors are based on actual runs scored over 3 years. I found and include here the 3 year factors for 2020-2022 -- Kauffman is 5th most hitter friendly and Yankee 18th, again essentially neutral.
That's 5 years of run data covered.
That's 5 years of run data covered.
Genuinely curious about why @enosarris.bsky.social consistently talks about KC as a pitcher's park and Yankee stadium as hitter friendly on Rates and Barrels with @dvr.bsky.social
Do you sort on the HR column?
Do you sort on the HR column?
February 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Genuinely curious about why @enosarris.bsky.social consistently talks about KC as a pitcher's park and Yankee stadium as hitter friendly on Rates and Barrels with @dvr.bsky.social
Do you sort on the HR column?
Do you sort on the HR column?
Visited WH Taft historical site today before the Kansas basketball game in Cincinnati. When he lost to Woodrow Wilson in 1912, KY had more EVs than California! Check out the map.
January 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Visited WH Taft historical site today before the Kansas basketball game in Cincinnati. When he lost to Woodrow Wilson in 1912, KY had more EVs than California! Check out the map.
That's score when KU is 2 for 20 from 3
January 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
That's score when KU is 2 for 20 from 3
China weighs in on counter insurgency.
December 15, 2024 at 1:02 AM
China weighs in on counter insurgency.