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29 minutes ago, Adullin said:

have to come out like the game in tied and go on a run 

LOL - just what State did.

7 minutes ago, Edman85 said:

 

Works out. Plastic Face can shoot the dogs. The Haitians can eat them.

Win-Win!

33 minutes ago, Tigermojo said:

Every new thing that pops up is like another domino to the end of democracy. Not just the USA, they are coming for the whole world. They don't care about billions and trillions.  They want complete control and forced devotion just like North Korea. It's not just Trump, it's his filthy rich backers too.

Maga thinks it won't affect them, but they will have chains around there necks just like everyone else. 

the generations after the WWII generation in Europe and the US have gotten lazy, and since we have been the richest, we got the laziest. For close on 35yrs we've basically forgotten to take care of all the things that make a society work - education, fairness, citizenship, equity, truth. So here we are. 

10 minutes ago, Screwball said:

I only want to say this, and I will say no more. I don't know how much of this stuff is true, and nothing would surprise me. I have read about this Epstein stuff for years, for the record. 

If this takes down Trump, and if he is guilty, I hope it does. But don't stop there. There are a whole bunch of other sick ****s who were also a part of all this. They ALL need to pay the price.

Nothing less is acceptable. I have a daughter. Nuff said. And probably better off not said.

Agree. The thing is though, as much as the people one the one side would currently like it to be true, I'm afraid it is not true that the rich bad boy's club breaks particularly on political ideological grounds, which is why as much as each side talks about the other, they never quite actually get all the way to dropping  the hammer.

9 minutes ago, Screwball said:

For some reason I think a curling rock weighs around 40 pounds. I don't know how I know that. Looks like fun.

After bowling night was over, we used to go to another bar and play shuffleboard. Probably a 20ft table. Threw sawdust on the top and threw little metal pucks. Another sport. 🙂

It was all just an excuse to drink beer. 🙂

Sorry for the distraction.

Make it 3 Stone.' Seems only right to give the weight of a curling rock in 'stone.'  

And who is this 'Harris'? Haven't seen nor heard from anyone of that name.

26 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

go for it. If he can piss off Ohioans, that would put an end to  GOP 2028 hopes.

38 minutes ago, oblong said:

I have a family member who likes to show off with "fancy" gifts.

I just remembered, when we were in school the SO had to take an anthro course and part if it was about some group of arctic natives and the way chief established himself was to intimidate the members of his tribe by giving them better gifts than they could give him. This guy happen to have any Innuit blood?    

6 minutes ago, oblong said:

I have a family member who likes to show off with "fancy" gifts.  Drives everyone crazy.  I've gotten 2 Miggy autograph related items and another Miggy thing and they're huge.  I don't want them in the first place as I don't like "stuff".  And If I were to hang sports things in my office it would not be him.  He might have spent $1000 total on these things and I'd have rather gotten something else.

Ebay

10 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

Gonna guess he'll be acquitted in like five seconds...

But still meant to chill any sort of independent journalism

the people who stood up and got arrested in the civil rights era were celebrated the rest of their lives. The same will likely happen here.

6 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Jerry Dior, the creator of the logo, says that the logo is not any single player.  Killebrew says it's him.  

If by 'no 'single' player' he means 75% Harmon and 25% his extrapolation I'd believe him. Aside from the bat position being exactly right, the tell is the nose. Harmon had a very pointed nose and so does the logo. 

1 hour ago, Arlington said:

Yet Harmon is reportedly the batter in the MLB logo

 

Pretty sure this is true.

1 hour ago, buddha said:

bring back the reserve clause!  screw you, curt flood.  you ruined everything.

✅ - now yer talkin!

32 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Making predictions on past performances is shortsighted. Have faith in Stevie, if the Wings miss the playoffs this season, his days may be numbered.

if they miss because they suddenly run into more injuries beyond Edvinsson, it's a 'what can you do' situation. But if they are relatively healthy and collapse again, with a previously successful and experienced coach, then you have to start thinking about rebuilding around a different core - like maybe a Larkin trade.

I think the Olympics are going to be a major test for Larkin's captainship. If he doesn't take care of himself and come back healthy, then he is too selfish about his personal goals to  be a team captain on a winner.

6 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

 

I would say SF has described it more correctly.

Also... I don't think I would use Ty Cobb as an example.

 

If you are looking for less-than-athletic looking baseball players who could hit a baseball and played in MLB...

Maybe start with Prince Fielder, Hack Wilson, Tony Gwynn (much more athletic than his svelte figure belied...), Bob Hamelin, Kyle Blanks, Willie Horton and George Scott (in their later years...), amongst many others.

Billy Butler comes to mind. Alejandro Kirk - though not as good a hitter as Butler.

I'd even nominate our own Victor Martinez, who was a great hitter but a marginal athlete at best.

23 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

Desperately looking for growth but doesn't realize how important stability is for growth.  

A Weaker Dollar Has Always Been Part of Trump’s Plan A lower exchange rate is one more lever for the U.S. to boost growth, but it chips away at America’s traditional role as a safe haven

 

One place this shows up is that despite the 225 basis pt reductions the short term funds rate, 10yr Treasuries are virtually unmoved over the same period.

3 hours ago, Deleterious said:

Odd about MS.  They beat earnings but it looks like people are concerned about how much they are spending on AI.  

They've also had a real fiasco with recent Windows updates. Not an issue revenue wise but leaves a lot the public re-considering their incompetence.

4 hours ago, Screwball said:

MSFT is getting smoked to the tune of 12%

Still down 11% last in the session.

I have very mixed feelings about MSFT. They have been a terrible, terrible company through most of their history. They aren't as bad now, but are still a terrible SW house, so in a just world the market should have and should still be punishing them. The problem is that mostly via their past unscrupulous practices, we now are all pretty dependent on them sticking around to support the SW we've been forced to depend on.

48 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Rivian almost went under but now have a 5 Billion loan/investment from VW. If they don't turn a profit in 26 they might be done. 

From an engineering POV, the practical question is whether the cost of the minimal ICE plus a battery with a 30 mile range for a plug-in hybrid is going to settle out at more or less than the cost differential to a 300mi battery that can fast charge regularly without being killed. From an environmental standpoint, plug-in hybrids can take ~90% of the CO2 burden out of the automotive transportation sector because ~90% of your trips are short. The small ICE probably also weighs less than the step up to a 80-100KWhr battery so could make for an overall more efficient vehicle. Bottom line - it all depends on battery tech, and where the endpoint for that will turn out to be is still anybody's guess.

34 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

The R2 is what they are banking on. 300 mile range 5 seater.

https://rivian.com/r2

Nephew had a Rivian pickup. Loved it. Totalled it.

Too bad they are butt ugly.

1 hour ago, Screwball said:

Target isn't the same as what the numbers tell us, but I get your point. This is the deal with interest rates.

What is the price of debt/credit? Some think interest rates should be punitive as a throttle of credit creation. Others think they should create all they want. Why not, the more money, the more there is to go around, right? What's not to like?

Again, library's full of this debate.

and its always a matter of a good deal for me, but not for thee. Your friends at the bank can draw funds from the Fed's overnight window to put into the carry trade at rates that you and I couldn't get within 10% of.

38 minutes ago, Screwball said:

What 1% rates would those be?

Fed Funds rate from 2010 to 2017 ran pretty much at zero

2 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Not only that, but it can't be said that players are making $60 million a year. Its a couple of guys making that big of a contract, other players have to live on $20 million a year or so ..🤣🤣

The interwebs just informed my that in any given year up to 60% of MLB rosters are at the MLB minimum salary of ~$825K

4 minutes ago, RedTeamGo! said:

Honestly, I think baseball certainly takes a lot of skill and practice but all the great hitters have one thing in common - extremely freakish perfect eyesight. One could be just as flippant about baseball and say "I mean, Ty Cobb had freakish eyesight, whoopdy do"

I'd add you have to have the reflex speed to go with it, but I agree that hitting is a genetic gift. You can do things to augment it if you have it, but if you don't it's been proven that you can be Michael Jordan and it still won't get you to the majors.

7 minutes ago, romad1 said:

Ideology is a luxury. 

Ideology is a luxury, in fact i'd say ideology is always stumbling block; but good ideas are a necessity.

25 minutes ago, RedRamage said:

And also, of course, this only works in a cap/floor situation where teams have at least similar resources to spend enough towards the caps.

A lot more things become possible if you get past this hurdle.