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Agreed Tater. Morally, I think Bush gets more of pass on the grounds of being incompetent and in over his head, but practically, I think that with distance, history will judge correctly that Bush, by virtue of having so many evil but competent people around him like Cheney and Gonzales, did more long term damage to the US body politic that even Trump has so far. Of course that judgment is still contingent on Trump's last chapter not necessarily being written yet.

I sort of like the idea of Trump having to live in exile in Argentina or Belarus. He's going to love being the center of attention in a trial, and even if we convict him of something, we are unlikely to put an ex-Pres in prison at least for more than a few months.OTOH, persuade him to flee and once he gone he's gone probably gone for the rest of his life. I think the frustration of not being able to get back into the US would be the better punishment actually.... Which is why he probably won't

They've said nothing informative about what the injury is. 'Discomfort' could be anything, muscle tear, hairline fracture of one of the bony processes, damage to a lamella, nerve pinch, you name it, and the recovery prognosis could be anywhere from 100% with no after-effects to the prospect of a continuing chronic condition and predisposition to re-injury.

One of the most disgusting things in the 21st Century has been how George W. Bush has been able to rehabilitate him image post Iraq War and post Trump Presidency. This week marks the 20th Anniversary since George W. Bush unlawfully and immorally invaded Iraq. He chose to invade a country based off of false pretenses and doctored, if not outright fabricated, intelligence reports. George W. Bush sold lies to the American people that Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi Military had weapons of mass destruction and were actively engaged in a chemical and biological weapons program. That was a lie, Saddam had no active WMDs or an active program to build more. Bush told the American people that Saddam was trying to acquire yellowcake uranium from Niger to build a nuclear weapons program. That was a lie. Saddam was never developing a nuclear weapons program and was not in connection with the government or any entity in Niger trying to acquire yellowcake uranium. Bush told the American people that Saddam was connected to 9/11 and Al Qaeda in some loose form or fashion. That Saddam was harboring terrorists in Iraq pre and post 9/11. That was a lie. Saddam had no connections to Al Qaeda and was not harboring terrorists from that organization. Bush told the American people that the Iraqi people would throw white roses at our feet and greet us as the great liberators from tyranny and oppression. That was a lie. In-fact, the exact opposite happened and they say us as invaders in their country, illegally and immorally occupying it. The Iraq War made people Iraqi people and those in Arab states hate the United States even more. Bush told the American people that we'd be in and out, done in a matter of months. He sold to us a war that would be over as soon as it started and we'd turn Iraq into a free, functioning, democratic government and nation almost overnight. That was a lie. The war in fact drug on for years and the death toll climbed and climbed from American Servicemembers to Iraqi Civilians. Shock and awe turned into occupy and control. The Iraqi people did not look at us as heroes, bringing them democracy. What we got in Iraq was not what George W. Bush promised us. What we had instead was a horrific tragedy, on one of the largest scales of the 21st century. We had over 4,000 flag draped coffins, with American Service Members whose lives were tragically cut short. Soldiers and Military Members would never come home to their families, lost to the horror of a needless war forever. We had the loss of over 100,000 Iraqi Civilians and the disruption of a people's entire way of living, thrown into chaos and mass violence. 100,000 Iraqi Civilians who might still be alive today had we not invaded. Children who might have gotten to grow old. Parents who never lost a child or a child who never lost a parent. Entire families, friendships, and villages torn apart in a matter of days, months, and years. We had the destabilization of an entire region thanks to the upheaval caused by the ousting of Saddam Hussein's regime, with no clear, working plan in place to have a functioning government after his removal from power. A region taken over not by a wave of freedom and democracy as the Bush Administration had promised. Rather, a region held hostage by terror, paralyzed in fear, reduced to rubble, with people left broken, impoverished, homeless, and starving. Entire countries destabilized, allowing the rise of violent extremist and terrorist organizations like ISIS. I'm posting about Iraq as a solemn reminder of the horrors and barbarism of war. I'm posting it as a reminder so that we learn from our mistakes of the past, think more critically in the future, and not fall for the same drumbeat off to war as we did in Iraq. I'm posting as a reminder that individuals like George W. Bush, Tony Blair, Richard Cheney, Don Rumsfeld, Paul Bremmer, Condoleezza Rice, Paul Wolfowitz, and many others who served as the masterminds behind the war effort be held to account. A reminder that there were those who distorted the intelligence reports and insisted Saddam Hussein and Iraq were a grave threat to America, but were too cowardly themselves pick up a rifle, sit in a tank, or fly a mission and fight the battle. A reminder that President Bush is a war criminal, not an American hero. To all those family members and friends who lost a service member they loved in the War in Iraq I am so deeply sorry for what happened to them and to you. No amount of I'm sorries can overcome your anguish or bring them back. The tragedy of Iraq provides us all with a great opportunity to learn to think critically about the nature and brutal destruction of war. It lends us the opportunity to be critical of those in power who seek to rush us off to war. God bless all who served and sacrificed their lives and each of their families. God bless all the Iraqi Civilians who were lost to this war.

Not expecting anything from a prospect is not the same thing as eliminating him from consideration. I don't expect anything from most of the Tigers prospects, but that doesn't mean I have written them off. I don't expect anything from Brieske or Wentz either, but I still think they have chance to be decent. I am just not counting on them.

Worst kept secret ever....

I'm exhausted and simply don't give a shit about origins anymore.

Now do Reagan.

I don’t know why this thing doubles on my phone. But it seems to always do that.I don’t know why this thing doubles on my phone. But it seems to always do that.

They may have that younger guy in Lakeland working on drills. Or he might actually be on the bus as a bench player.

It’s an over 2 1/2 hour bus ride to the other coast. Johnathan Davis doesn’t have the resume to avoid this road game.

He's telling people to go all January 6th again. And many will. But where, in New York City? Not expect New Yorkers to take to it so well. Oh, they love him on Staten Island, but Manhattan - they can't stand him, and that goes back decades. If he incites a riot again, can we hold him accountable?

UVA still had a timeout. That should have been the first option. You have no clue what was going on in the panic of the moment by this kid. They also just blew a 12 point lead…

What did you prove, Encyclopedia Brown? That one poster doesn’t believe that Jobe will amount to much now? Yes, you really blew the lid off that!

yep

The odds of me upgrading to an 85 inch TV by college football season just went up quite a bit. I believe I can stream three feeds at once. 12 games at once. The odds of me being single by the end of college football season just went up quite a bit.

So awesome! I wish Michigan would do this too.

At the very least you can ask the panel of GOP candidates in Iowa if Putin is a war criminal. Get them on record.

Manning at 94 and bit more. Good sign that he is getting there. Felt a bit bad for him with people jumping on him for ramping up slowly when that's what he was probably advised to do.

not to defend Shepherd, but do you blame him if he is in fact surprised

Shot: Chaser: If we are going off merit here, Wentz has pitched better than Manning this spring.... and Manning shouldn't feel safe and secure in that spot.

Alexandre Doucet has been on an absolute tear since signing with Detroit. He had another hat trick last night, his third hat trick in his last 7 games. 55 G, 50 A with 5 games left in the regular season Pretty big honor, Marco Rossi is 21 and has 41 points in 42 games in the AHL

Reminds me of this scene from Major League: Charlie Donovan : [Taylor arrives to spring training] There's Jake Taylor. Lou Brown : He was an all-star in Boston, wasn't he? Charlie Donovan : Yeah, wound up in the Mexican League. Had problems with his knees. Pepper Leach : Wish we had him two years ago. Charlie Donovan : We did.