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is it bs that people disliked Marion Illitch's design?

China is waiting to see how the civilized world behaves

MTU, This is very good stuff. Collective security is hard. The fact that its benefits are not self-evident in the Ukraine case seems weird to me. But, I am conscious of the US using the arguments for it as a cudgel when their motives were not pure or well-reasoned.

The cost of everything goes up when the bandits and pirates control the lines of trade.

African American colleague I would describe as very solid as an engineer but not particularly political said "its about time we stopped spending money on other people's wars" which is just... ok, well...um. Others in the discussion said, better in Ukraine than elsewhere which sort of shut him up. But, dayum.

Concur. But each of these surburban elections has been a bloodbath for the GOP since Jan 6 2021.

Usually a good sign that people in congress expect a bloodbath in the fall.

oh interesting

They have used it in the past over this. Their leak prior to Feb 2022 was critical to rallying the response to Putin's offensive and their selective release of NTM intel to Ukraine was key to getting Ukraine ready for it.

Looks like Wink as DC Greg Scruggs as DL coach Brian Jean Mary as LB coach Stephen Adegoke as DB coach. Not bad if you had to replace all the defensive coaches in a hurry.

this is just....wow

Yep...reminded me of many a holiday meal in my house.

Unfortunately, once a population starts to go down the road of conspiracy thinking. They interpret defeat as a lack of resolution to their core principles. This is Egypt after Yom Kippor in 1973+ The hardliners viewed the defeat not as a reason to reform and figure out a Jewish state was likely there to stay. The nutters went out and blamed the Sadat government, killed him and became the core of Egyptian Islamic Jihad which (Zawahiri) and later the nucleous of Al Qa`ida. In a scenario where the MAGAs think they can only win through violence...well, its definitely coming. Average GOP voter, isn't thinking this. He's ignorant of Trump's legal troubles and the January 6th conspiracies. He's not told all these things. But, Steve Bannon is on the direct line of leninist revolutionary planning. He knows what he needs to do and he will continue to plot until he is put down.

Biden's comments on Trump inviting Putin to invade NATO countries were very good.

Per Kornacki and others the margins in this election are driven by the category of voter who is hyper vigilant over democracy. Yet, the other side calls themselves patriots. Maybe "Citizens" is the better term for the counter-trump voter.

RVs are not an effective screen for a special election. (edit: that was incredibly banal of me). I think I was saying that what the hell is up with polls that showed this close?

Sponge Bob and Patrick Starr were all about Taylor Swift on the broadcast I watched. I didn't mind because I've reached that part of my life that ignores how baggy the kid's pants are.

I wish for that to happen. I think there will be violence again though. Having some Gravy SEALS die off doesn't bother me so much as the precedent for political violence being the norm.

I think the synthesis of the current CFB crisis in coach and player retention is coming. But, the other arm of the crisis is player safety and financial security. I think there are a lot of traditionalists who are ready to hold their nose and vote for change that empowers players with some of the aspects of employment safeguards if it means stability of their rosters for at least two years. The old system where the bubbas could bankroll players who were otherwise stuck at their school for at least 3 years was not tenable when they were competing with schools that at least had to give eyewash to the NCAA's rules.

Might be a vestige of my former life as a GOP center-right stalwart but I still don't find Jon Steward very funny.

Moore appears to be making some strong recruitment on coaches even if Harbaugh is attracting all those he wanted to the NFL.

are those wrestlers?

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/02/17/Robert-Kennedy-Jr-pleads-guilty-in-heroin-case/3995445842000/

Or injecting heroin.

Do not knock it