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And the GOP doesn't want DC to get two senators.

This makes sense. Bottom line: players got good eyes.

I disagree that ridiculing the Trump cabal as a bunch of weirdos isn't downplaying the threat, and the same goes for ridiculing them as stupid and incompetent. They are all those things, yes it's true, but to focus on the stupidity and incompetence and weirdness takes the pressure off their evil and, as importantly, leads us to forget that their hands are on the levers of more lethal power than any other ruling body in the history of the world. This thinking leads us into the false sense of security that they are too stupid and incompetent to control the world for even a second, and then we assume it will be their stupidity and incompetence that will bring them down, and so all we have to do is play the waiting game, which most D-leaning people believe will be this November. There is a valid historical parallel because the Nazis seemed so weird when they themselves started out, so nobody took them seriously, until all of a sudden, everyone had to. I'm sure practically everyone agrees that Trump aspires to absolute power, but if you think he wouldn't want to wield it in the way Hitler did, with the power of life and death over an entire population, then you haven't been paying attention to the effusive praise Trump unabashedly heaps on Kim Jong Un for the way he has an entire nation at his beck and call, maintained through his own Hitlerian tactics. I am all for making fun of this regime's stupidity and incompetence and weirdness. It's a great release valve during arguably the most stressful and uncertain time of our lives. What I am not for at all is sitting back and believing it is their very stupidity and incompetence and weirdness that must inevitably bring them down all on their own, and that we need do nothing more than wait them out.

Worth noting that, similar to Texas, the success of this map in 2026 (at least) hinges pretty heavily on the gains Trump made with Hispanic voters in 2024 being realized going forward. And that's absolutely not a guarantee in this environment.

Yep, and all his flying monkey supporters too

Something good came out of Saturday Night

Probably bring it to at least 3 total. plus Senators. It'll never happen, Virginia can't afford to lose the revenue.

I wish I had any confidence conservative voters who typically vote Republican would en masse be disgusted by this brazen antidemocratic tactic and withhold their votes from their R candidate, if not switch their vote to the D candidate, and maybe a small sliver will. But it feels very likely the vast majority of Trump voters are hooting and hollering and yeehawing at what they see as a winning move, because in the end, their wish is not to win democratically free and fair elections—crossing your fingers and hoping to win fair elections is for suckers—but to destroy the Democratic Party, become a one-party state, hijack the judiciary and the media, and vanquish once and for all the only way they could ever lose power: democracy itself. I'm not saying I know they're going to succeed. This might fail spectacularly, with the whole thing blowing up in their faces, and their being called to account for it in a court of law. That's within the range of outcomes. What I am saying is this is what they wish for, and this is what they're going to try to make happen.

If Arlington was annexed into DC and DC became a state, would the population be large enough to give the new DC state 2 Congresspersons instead of one?

Anybody remember the song Ballroom Blitz by Sweet? I saw a post on SM changing the name to Ballroom Grift. Oops, looks like I'm late to the party again. Stephen Colbert came up with this 6 months ago:

If the Tigers ever went away from Carp or Perez in RF, I would rather see Vierling out there. He seems to give us the best defense. Perez gets me nervous, a collision waiting to happen. And Carp tries hard but it seems like he takes bad routes and first steps to the ball. And Vierling seems to be hitting pretty good, use Carp as DH and sit Perez. He may be a switch hitter but he doesn't.....hit

This. Over the years I've watched various GMs build or fail to build our teams, and to me that's the difference that stands out - the difference between just trying to collect talent, and trying to collect talent that fits together into a team that can be more than the sum of its parts. And right now, it feels like that is where the Wings are failing. Yzerman has brought in players with some talent, but they don't fill the team's most severe weaknesses. Along those lines that's why I was hoping they would let Kane go. Sure there are things he still does well, but they are not the Wings' glaring needs (i.e. puck possession and forechecking) - etc, etc. When you are bad you have to use your limited resources plug your most sever deficiencies with players that bring those particular skills, not just collect bodies that succeeded somewhere else under different conditions.

At least the first court that reviewed the GOP attempt to stop the Va referendum has turned them down.

I think you can see it in the redistricting talk. Not necessarily about Trump pet say (though he's the guy pushing the narrative) but in the "conversation" about what's happening. To Virginia Republicans it's a power grab by Spanberger and the Democrats. And if you dare to mention what happened in Texas or what's happening in Florida they'll come up with some mambo pambo that "justifies" it.

Yeah but you have to put Moore on an NFL strength and conditioning program. 😉 In all seriousness, it is a bit outlandish to be putting Maxx Crosby expectations on Moore. Crosby outperformed his draft slot partly because he was physically and technically underdeveloped as a college player. Also, he had at least one known disciplinary issue that resulted in him being suspended for the season opener in 2018. How much of all of this was related to his substance abuse issues? How much value did the Raiders get buying low on him? Hard to tell. Moore was good enough to get recruited to Michigan and to play every game as a freshman. He apparently thought he was not quite good enough to come out as a junior. But playing 50+ games at Michigan says you have a high floor, even if it leaves very few secrets or hope for untapped potential.

they've been working him all around the IF this season but no OF. In prior seasons he's collected a total of about 60 games in the OF across all three spots - so not much

Easier to say not 1B or C.

I think xwOBA isn't supposed to be adjusted for ballpark factors, a hit with the same exit velocity and launch angle will have the same xwOBA in Comerica and Fenway.

Raymond could potentially also do the trick too buy you may have to throw something else in too. The Sens have a nice defenseman group with Sanderson, Cabot, Spence, and Zub. Not sure they would be interested in adding salary of any of the Wings young blue liners. Good point about Larkin’s NTC. I doubt he waives it for Ottawa.

Duren needs to step up..the only bright spot for him in game three was his activity defending the rim. Orlando took away his offense, forced Cade back into being the TO machine he used to be and made them rely more on options 3and 4. They got into Stew's head and took him out of the game...and where was Holland, no minutes when his shooting showed so much improvement over the last month...esp from 3. Pivotal game in a lot of ways tonight

Does Workman play OF?

lets hope he understands the assignment and cade spends the night at the line.

raymond is young and prolific, but he's small and now has been injured late in the year multiple times. he's going to carry a lot of value in the league because of his production and his contract, so if you want to pull back a STAR, i think he'd be likely to be in the conversation. what kind of team do you want to be? do you want to be heavy and physical? or small and speedy? i dont think the wings have a plan. or if they do, it hasnt been executed very well, because now theyre not physical, not especially speedy, and not all that skilled. so what are you?

they'll start by asking for seider. they MIGHT settle for edvinsson, but seider would be where any trade discussion for tkachuk or matthews begins. what did his brother get traded for? weegar, huberdeau and picks? huberdeau was coming off a 115 point season and weegar was a top 15 defenseman in the league. now, matthew was younger and had bettee scoring numbers than his brother. but the wings dont have a player with the numbers huberdeau had. the closest equivalent is larkin. what about danielson and raymond for tkachuk?

Why are we bringing Reggie White into this conversation? He was a 6'5" 295 # monster of a DE. Both Derrick Moore at 6'4" 255 and Maxx Crosby at 6'5" 255 do NOT resemble him at all. Ridiculous.