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I'm going to set aside that for the moment G2... I like what he admitted about his own, Republican, party - the truth about today's Republican Party, Trumpism, and its adherents - on record.

Any combination of the above works for me... in any order.

Hang up the phone.

That's in the ballpark I named...: 720 miles, geographically available recharging stations wherever needed, 1/2 hour to recharge (15 min's wouldn't be needed as much if a full day's drive were within a battery, every overnight would get a full recharge...).

I think if he makes a trade for a significant position player it will be a minor league trade... some blocked player that's in AA or AAA....

That's the key point: Improvements in kW/Hr/Weight required to meet efficacy needs...

I would be thrilled with a move like that...!

Al's players that actually matter are in their 1st or 2nd year, or are in Erie or Toledo... So... Yes.

I don't think Harris's "REAL" decisions will be in this 2023-24 Offseason. I believe those will only start in the 2024-25 Offseason. And replacing Eduardo/ Lorenzen and adding maybe one position player (by trade or otherwise) are not really "real" decisions because that really is only treading water... IMO. When he gets to adding an "Ace" or a top-notch All-Star position player or even an average player but over and above what we've already got, from outside the organization, and however he gets that done (not counting the draft, but rather: Trades or FA...); that's what I would call his first "real" moves to position us for the playoffs. Again, I don't think that's 2023-24 as I believe he'll still be sifting through what we've got, or replacing what we have/ lost this year... but, rather... upgrades IMO begin in the 2024-25 offseason...

OR... PS: The ability to recharge an EV battery quickly enough to not break a daily planned mileage (reasonable) expectation. And the Infrastructure to do so. IE: A 1/2 hour Breakfast/ Lunch/ and Dinner stops, plus the ability to recharge at least partially at each and EVERY 1/2 hour break/stop = the ability to travel the 720 daily mileage without problems...

This really needs to be broken down into a DAILY expectation of driving mileage. Which requires two things: 1) The Daily Expectation: What is a top daily driving expectation? 12 hours at 60 miles per hour average (stops for bio-breaks, traffic slowdowns, meals, slower MPH driving areas, stoplights, etc...), TOPS? That's 720 miles per day, which should be roughly topping out the mileage expectation... Recalibrate expectations, per your point, and maybe we could live with lower expectations... BUT... even at that top expectation (or even higher), batteries are not too far off as is... although the additional point here is that current batteries lose top daily mileage with charges/ battery life/ temperatures/ etc. 2) The Second Point is that: Infrastructure. No matter where you are in the US, overnight anyone/ anywhere MUST be able to recharge their car/ battery to a full charge for the next day's driving.

I'm not saying the US should jump into the middle of this... My point was that Armenia and Azerbaijan both used to be a part of the Soviet Union... Now, neither one of them wants anything to do with Russia...

The UAV precursor... But also, it now has both of those countries effectively removed from the former Soviet Union's "sphere of influence".

Yep. But also... they thought the US would do more as we were a part of that agreement as well. Just not as guaranteed as Ukraine thought we were giving. I don't remember the exact semantics that held us out of protecting them from Russia...

No no... Armenia is PISSED that Russia refused to help them when Azerbaijan made incursions into Armenia, particularly last year around Sept... It seems that Russia was.... ummm... preoccupied? Azerbaijan currently is occupying a part of Armenia itself. The last CSTO (Russia's "NATO" pale shadow) military get together in January, 2023, which was supposed to be in Armenia: Armenia said "no way, not in our country." They're fed up with Russia and have been for at least a couple years+ or so...

Irrelevant. They haven't asked for nukes.

I liked the Fulmer trade. I thought Sawyer Gipson-Long was Olson 2.0... I approved.

As long as the U.S. has "the necessaries".

I figure I'd start a thread on the impact of Biden's policies focusing on a few specific items (mostly my interests from my manufacturing background...); although there may be some overlap: 1) The push to bring some key manufacturing back to the U.S. - specifically microchips, but also EV incentives, EV batteries, etc. 2) Infrastructure - the rebuilding of U.S. roads, bridges, electrical grid, national internet, etc... 3) The sourcing of key industries & raw materials within the US. This also might be primarily microchips and EV batteries, but may also include other specific items as well as the key issue driving the supply lines for these items: The sourcing of raw materials. IE: Lithium, one of the current key raw materials for EV batteries, as well as countless rare earth metals. As for lithium, a nice find: https://www.yahoo.com/news/colossal-cache-lithium-found-us-100005781.html

I like that they've been so proactive... It takes a small amount of heat off of the U.S. It provides a "push" to slow-moving countries (especially Germany but a bit of a push in the U.S. as well...) It shows there are other countries aside from us that can take a leadership position. And from my perspective: it's always been "give them what they want", so Ukraine should already have ATACMS as far as I'm concerned, F-16's, depleted uranium shells, etc... So keep pushing UK! Just my 2 cents.

The Lions Love Vatai... Why...? Five highest-graded offensive players (with enough snaps): RG Halapoulivaati Vaitai (88.4), RB Jahmyr Gibbs (78.8), QB Jared Goff (76.5), RT Penei Sewell (75.5), C Frank Ragnow (75.1)

Both teams have looked rusty this first game and I expect BOTH teams to look better and better as the season goes along...

I'll offer you a Jones for a Toney...

TD for Montgomery

These Lions can HANG...