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I was thinking today how cool it would have been if Ted Cruz had slapped Trump when Trump said his wife was ugly.

It wasn't a gaffe in the sense of having misspoken - he said exactly what he meant to say. The question you really want to know the answer to is whether he was 'off script', but that's always an odd question to ask about a President because it's his script. Reagan was 'off-script' with Gorbachev as well. The consultant class around an executive like to promulgate the idea that they 'manage' their target, but that's a self-serving mirror image representation. It's presidents who allow their handlers too much veto power (Jimmy Carter a good example) who often fail because of it - it's usually their authentic instincts that made them successful in the first place. You know I've posted already that I think personalizing things with Putin may be questionable strategy so I'm not arguing I think it was any kind of great move - simply the idea that these guys don't spend a lot of time not knowing what they are doing. In that moment Biden made a calculation that he wanted to say that enough that it would be worth whatever message massaging would come later. He's the guy that got the votes and that gives him the right to do that. How far in advance it was or wasn't planned or whether he circulated a memo to his staff about it isn't that interesting to me. And that's the parallel to Trump. And really, isn't kind of silly to ask whether 'regime change' is the 'officlal' policy of the US gov when we are leading a huge international effort to produce a major battlefield defeat of a leader that almost certainly cannot survive it? Pretty hard to imagine what more the US could be doing to crush Putin personally by making the policy 'official'.

I was a lifelong Democrat.... then Will Smith slapped Chris Rock It's on the way from the pitchbot

Lol, Biden's parents arrived from Donegal last week.

An Italian saying that an Irishman needs to be careful about what he says is pretty funny

It's a long season, especially for a couple guys who have not played 180. Its ok to give em a day off.

Michigan gets to frozen four. After leading comfortably 4-0 at the end of 2, Quinnipiac completely dominated the 1st 4/5 of the 3rd, cutting the lead to 4-3. But with M back on its heals Quinnipiac got a little too greedy and pulled their goalie with over 3 min left. M scored an ENG almost immediately to put the game out of doubt.

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actually, sanctuary for Putin is somewhere the Chinese might be able to make themselves useful. It seems doubtful Putin would go, but that's probably based more on the image he projects for himself than his reality. In the end most of these guys don't actually have the personal courage to stand their ground till death.

That's a new one lol

But also read the fine print... If Walker is outside the OT 63% of the time, then he's on the inside, between two OL'man, 37% of the time. Easy to get doubled. That changes the calculus and I'm not certain by how much...

Maybe send Will Smith over there to slap his head off?

Put my modded Harley Benton semi hollow body up for sale and said I’d be interested in trading for a MIJ guitar. Along came this 1989 MIJ strat with noiseless pickups. Trade accepted.

I pay for nugs as well but I’m also starting to listen to it less. Covers are a big reason why I prefer live music. I enjoy hearing a band take someone’s song and give it their own sound. Especially deep tracks that I wasn’t familiar with before. You will rarely set these included in studio albums but are staples of any real touring band.

I’d recommend the relisten app for anyone that enjoys live music. Majority are the core jam bands but also so much other live from a variety of bands all for free.

What Biden said was right and correct. Sorry that offends anyone other than the slaughtered people of Ukraine.

That’s true to a degree, but on the other hand, once you get to a certain point, it could be one of any of a half dozen words, so you just throw in individual letters hoping you get the right one. I didn’t. Wordle 282 X/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩

Growing up, when all we had was the radio and record stores for music, I always preferred the live J Geils stuff to the studio versions... .same with Bob Seger. Like on what planet would you rather hear the studio versions of Katmandu or Must of Got Lost? Reputa the Beauta! I remember reading that Rush would never do something in the studio they couldn't do live.

I am one of the minority who really enjoys live albums (apparently they normally don't sell well). If a band has a live album, I will use that as my introduction to them. On a similar note, there are bands that I have seen live who had previously underwhelmed me but, after seeing them live, I was turned into a fan. The live show is always what mattered to me. This is why if a studio album sounds raw and relatively unpolished, I will probably like that much more than if the album went thru the Phil Specter treatment.

Of course as Trump so well perfected, you can say something deliberately to make a point with one audience, and then backfill to smooth the ruffles with another. Or Biden may have spoken with full intent knowing his 'people' were going to disagree and backfill as needed. I doubt there are many scenarios you can dream up that haven't been gamed out by media analysts so trying to guess what was 'on purpose', accidental, or 'accidental on purpose' is probably a futile exercise.

Hill, Reyes and Cameron all have options that won't be a deciding factor. Since H.Castro can play the outfield and Haas also maybe Hinch is leaning towards keeping W. Castro and Garneau when the rosters get to 26 ? I mean if Badoo plays everyday the starting nine all seem to be 150 game/year players apart from Catching and Miggy.

Reyes adding muscle over the winter is getting to be like Bonderman's changeup.

It is if you're Victor Reyes.

A collective sigh of relief from NJ fans. Andre Drummond on his future with Nets: 'If we're all being honest, I'm only here the rest of the season'

Which service did you serve in? What unit? How long was your tours of duty?

I’m not registered as a Biden critic. It’s more about what was said and the current situation than who said it. From a psychological standpoint, the words aren’t productive.

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I might have a serious illness... GAS