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as pointless as it is to point out that Trump is a political black swan and any prior rules may not apply, I will none the less note that Trump is a lame duck from the moment he swears in on 1/20 so unless he really does intend to declare martial law and suspend the constitution, it is at least historical precedent for him to suffer the same fate as almost every 2nd term president - which is not getting much of what he wants while watching all the leaders in his own party angling for how to replace him.

Cross Goldschmidt off the list of available first basemen. He signed with the Yankees. Didn't want him anyway.

This is how you run a Super Bowl caliber roster. Players do their learning in practice and not during games. I am eager to see Mahogany. I think he is a maniac and will be very hard to play against.

The two losses came to a woman, one was a woman of color. That tells you a lot about the American electorate.

Let he who is without sin.....

Merkel made the same mistake that American immigration progressives make, which is believing that because allowing refugees to emigrate is a moral thing to do, it is a politically/socially possible thing to do, and it simply is not. A leader may be laudable for their moral principles but they can't govern successfully by assuming their populations share their beliefs or are willing to accept the inevitable social costs of acting on those beliefs or by assuming the emigres that come will be the perfect assimilators they might be. And to be honest, it was not all moral rectitude on Merkel's part that led to Germany's open door, it was more than a little bit of old style Imperialist worry that declining birth rates might move Germany down the GDP list if they didn't start accepting large numbers of new workers.

I'm not so sure. The blowing up of the Nord Stream pipeline didn't help. Who was it, Vicky "warmonger" Nuland who said **** the EU. I'm sure they will find the dinghy who blew it up someday. 🙂

https://www.profootballhof.com/news/2024/12/milestone-for-lions’-sonic-and-knuckles-recognized-with-display-at-hall-of-fame/

These are good and valid points. And I’m not suggesting that Ilitch has been cheap at all, because I think that’s false. However, I do think he takes a measured, businesslike approach, unlike his Dad who led with his emotions and was as much of a fan of the team as the owner. And his actions reflected that. Ishbia strikes me the same way—local billionaire that would throw money at a problem, salary tax be damned. And now he is in the mix for the Twins. One advantage we always had over them was payroll.

I would have been all over this idea maybe four years ago, but not so much now. Baby Doc has been a great owner since Scott Harris came on board, at least when it comes to the baseball product*. He has shown he will spend when he has been convinced the time is right, and he has spent millions to fix the infrastructure and personnel issues of player scouting and development. Plus, we don’t get to choose who the next owner would be. For all we know, if Ilitch Enterprises does divest, we will end up with the next John Fisher or Bruce Sherman or Bob Nutting, and then we’d be stuck with that terribleness for the rest of my life at least, and probably yours. I want Baby Doc to prove for sure that he won’t invest in the team even when the Max Clark class of prospects matures and makes the majors, and we’re a big player or pitcher away from becoming perennial pennant contenders; or else he proves he will dump top players like Skubal or Riley early to avoid their walk years just to save money and churn prospects; or else he liquidates top prospects for rentals of middling or over-the-hill free agents in misguided attempts to win. Then I will root for a sale. * - They do maintain a relatively ****ty fan experience at the stadium—I mean, no outside bags? No food? No water? What is this, a Red Wings game?

Thanks, killer of dreams

Is the troll pro-terrorist now?

Do you think they're "on to something" here? German far-right AfD in disarray after Nazi remark

I’m sure he’s been playing hurt but Glasgow has been horrible for the past few weeks.

I'd be fine with that. As much as I hate load management in the NBA, I wish we could afford load management for the Lions' entire offensive line. It feels like Glasgow, Ragnow and Decker are just hanging on, really could use a bye.

This is probably true enough to be wise advice, but I got sucked into the hope of another win, then I got sucked into the car wreck nature of the 1st quarter, then I got sucked into the comeback, then I got sucked into chippy nature on the court, then the game was over and I realized I had just watched two hours of futility and it sucked.

USA Today ranks MLB farm systems. And they have the Tigers #1. It's USA Today......but still It's nice to see https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2024/12/20/2024-mlb-farm-system-rankings/77076639007/