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In my humble opinion, Patrick McHenry is the most logical solution to this circus. But what do I know.

The international community "must protect innocent civilians and punish Hamas," Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said on Wednesday, commenting on the Gaza hospital strike in which hundreds of people died. -Finally, a statement from a politico that isn’t garbled mush.

The IDF confirmed late Tuesday night that a Palestinian Islamic Jihad failed rocket attack damaged a Gaza hospital, leading to a still unclear number of deaths. The army spokesperson gave a press conference declaring that "an analysis of IDF operational systems indicates a barrage of rockets was fired by terrorists in Gaza, passing in close proximity, to the hospital at the time it was hit. Intelligence from a few sources that we have in our hands indicates that the Islamic Jihad is responsible."

Jordan has canceled a summit it was to host in Amman on Wednesday with US President Joe Biden and the Egyptian and Palestinian leaders to discuss the situation in Gaza, the country's foreign minister, Ayman Safadi, said.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has canceled a planned meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, following an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital on Tuesday that killed hundreds, a senior Palestinian official said.

Why has this trip been so publicized? Doesn’t make sense.

I don’t know that Biden’s trip to the ME is the smartest move. I hope something positive comes of it but I’ve got my doubts.

In a shocking turn of events, the Marlins announced on Monday that general manager Kim Ng will not be returning in 2024. "Although the club exercised its team option for her to return for the 2024 season, Kim has declined her mutual option," Marlins chairman and principal owner Bruce Sherman said in a statement. "We thank Kim for her contributions during her time with our organization and wish her and her family well.

It is early yet in this war. However, one thing is different from past wars around the State of Israel. I don’t ever remember the US government ever giving Israel as much leeway to act as they see fit. In past wars/conflicts the US has supported Israel in a more muted response. As in some version of Israels right to defend itself, generally followed by some language stressing moderation or the like. As it stands now, the White House has a huge GO FOR IT message out there. The, “We’ve got your back’” from the Biden administration clearly gives BiBi and the IDF what they’re looking for, but may not have expected it to the degree it was given.

Morningstar is projecting that the Fed will begin cutting at its March confab, fwiw. They do have a pretty good batting average on the economic projections.

It’s official, the SS COLA is 3.2% for ‘24. You can go ahead and book that cruise you’ve been putting off for awhile.

I don’t have the answer but I totally agree with your point here.

I personally believe Verlander would choose Houston over Detroit. Going back to the days surrounding his trade, I believe the deal was handled poorly by Avila and company. No doubt, Verlander still loves the fans in Detroit but remembering the trade day as I do, I believe he was more or less pushed out.

So there will be an Old School AL finale. The Baker vs Bochy matchup should be a good one.

ERod will appreciate the deeper left field fence in Camden next year with his new team?

The Orioles are down 6-0 in the 3rd inning. Ain’t looking good for the El Birdos.

The AL East is 0-6 in the playoffs.

Concerning: The U.S. expects Israel to request more munitions from Washington imminently, though the U.S. cannot easily meet all those requests, a congressional official said. Israel launched advanced U.S.-produced GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs over the weekend and is expected to seek more from the U.S., the official said. The U.S. also anticipates Israel will request small arms, ammunition, 122mm tank rounds and mortars, the official said. Providing Israel with enough Tamir interceptors for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system “is the most worrisome,” the official said.

One team, one example… The Twins played their last regular season game on October 1st. They’ll play their third post season game on the 10th, eight days later. That has to impact a team one way or another, for better or worse. Shutting teams down for extended periods of time isn’t good for the game.

For what it’s worth… Several Tampa players voiced dissatisfaction with the league for getting stuck with consecutive 3 PM starts to start the playoffs. They weren’t attributing this to the losses, rather the attendance. I do know the Rays were down several starters due to injuries when the playoffs rolled around. Gotta’ be tough on the fan base after such a strong start to disappear from the playoffs in the first two games.

I have listened, via MLB audio, to several playoff games but I enjoy regular season games more as well. Post season, I had thrown my lot in with Tampa Bay (Durham Bulls) but that didn’t last long did it… I’m not really a fan of Texas but Bochy is making noise there so I’ll stay tuned. I guess I’m more interested in the characters than I am the show at this point.

DUBAI—Iranian security officials helped plan Hamas’s Saturday surprise attack on Israel and gave the green light for the assault at a meeting in Beirut last Monday, according to senior members of Hamas and Hezbollah, another Iran-backed militant group.

I’ve been listening to this game. I am enjoying it thoroughly.

Bruce Bochy & Company are 3-0 versus the AL East on the road to open the playoffs.

I don’t there is any “might have” to it honestly. Mossad and the other intelligence apparatus will be under serious scrutiny, post crisis. It’s like 1973 all over again, unfortunately.