buddha

what would a "win" for the players look like?

if youre not in nato, youre SOL.

a view from the Left.

not ready for prime time. every time this team looks decent against good teams, we get a reminder how far away they are from the elite. and mackinnon didnt even play.

no mackinnon tonight.

there's not a lot of advantages to being old, but one of them is having been able to see games at certain places like tiger stadium.

indoor mask mandate and vaccine requirement ending here at the end of the month. about time.

its also much easier to learn about those older players now than if you grew up in the 70s and 80s. now you have the internet, countless channels devoted to sports, and more ability to learn if youre so inclined. which is not a criticism of santana for not knowing trammell. honestly, i wouldnt expect him to know.

we'll see.

because of geography, because of centuries of history, because of alliances and former alliances. not parallel at all.

we accepted a subjugated ukraine for 50 years, why wouldnt they "accept" it again? they certainly will. just like they accepted a subjugated georgia and a belarus that does whatever moscow wants.

russia/ukraine is much different than iraq/us. the calls for the us to "do something" and use our military proactively in the ukraine to "help the ukrainians" are misplaced. if we want to take advantage we should do what were doing and use this to shore up the atlantic alliance with no illusions that we are helping one side in the ukraine over another.

this will help him unite people behind a common enemy. all the russian propaganda is stirring things up. it will help in the short term. if it turns into afghanistan 2.0 it wont help in the long run. but i dont think that's likely.

its not that he'll play better next year, its that his skills will play better now on a better team in a different role.

its valid because of the constraints on the us's ability (especially the us military's ability) to positively influence events in other countries. we try this time and time again and convince ourselves that every situation is the nazis and that we must act to protect or defend X or else its munich all over again. we'll just give them a democracy and vote and it will be all good! we should be using this ukraine crisis to do exactly what biden is doing: trying to shore up an atlantic alliance that was left in disarray aftee 4 years of trump. present a unified front in the face of russian aggression and use this time to build stronger ties with poland and our other eastern european allies. that's what he's doing, as far as i can see. but we aint fightin' russia and we probably aint arming ukraine either unless its done through some under the table proxy. and we shouldnt. sorry ukraine.

leddy may be having a bad season +/- wise, but you can still see the talent. he moves the puck forward and still has some wheels on offense. form is temporary, talent isnt. leddy still has talent and would probably get you a mid round pick. not a second, like we hoped, but maybe a third. maybe even two thirds? i dont think they move zadina unless its for a similarly situated struggling prospect. maybe a blue liner they liked in the draft who isnt panning out so far? but if that happens it will more likely happen in the offseason. get what you can for namestikov. i like the idea of calling up berggren, but it will likely be veleno who gets brought back up (until vrana is ready).

the chinese love this plan.

what would you do if youre detroit? who would you move and who is off limits? would you move zadina for another struggling prospect? what would you trade leddy for? what would you trade namestikov for? and what would you trade bertuzzi for? predictions? i think they move leddy for a couple of thirds, namestikov for a third. everyone else stays. thoughts?

who cares if i call it ukraine or the ukraine? you can be insulting AND pedantic. congrats on your daily double. anyway, biden is doing what he should do within the boundaries of what is possible.

on second thought, i'll stick with water.

...of money.

i hope he's right.

according to BR, roman colon earned over $1.8 million in his career. my heart bleeds for these poor, underpaid baseball players. just like it bleeds for the poor owners. i couldnt care less how they divide up their money. entertain me, that's all i care about. its all any of us really care about.

ukraine is not a part of our collective security alliance. we owe it nothing and we will provide it with nothing but moral support and maybe some cash money. we are not willing to go to war over the ukraine. you can insult me all you want, but you know its true.

i'll have what you're having...