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Of course despite what Biden has said, do you think we start sinking Chinese Men-o-War in the Taiwan straight (and risking the sinking of a Bush class carrier or two)? I'm pretty much all in on Ukraine and I still have a lot of reservations about what it makes any sense for us to do in Taiwan. The tactical reality is that Ukraine is defendable against Russia because it shares hundred of miles of resupply border with the rest of Europe. There is a real front there on both ends. If China gets as crazy as Russia (which is still an open question) I'm not sure we can actually 'save' Taiwan even if we want to - it's a way tougher calculus. We can help make Taiwan enough of a porcupine to force the Chinese to re-evaluation the cost and hopefully change their declared intent, but if they are determined anyway????

sure - I would agree chili powder has a more varied highlights with the 'hot' than the crushed pepper - you are just moving the locus of your flavor palate a few thousand miles westward...🍲

meh - Everybody in the military wants a bigger piece of the pie at all times. And every service is immedately in the ear of their most captive media contacts everytime a dollar is being spent with another service. That's procurement politics. Sure if the Army burns stocks that leaves less budget for the navy in theory, but that assumes that the money being spent on Ukraine is not new money, which I will wager most of it turns out to be, so if it had not been spent there, it would not have been spent on new toys for the navy anyway. The US military budget is almost uncomprehendingly large. All the Ukraine expense so far has been pretty much rounding error.

Sure, there are bad actors in Ukraine, it's a nation of 40 million people. And there is always a possibilty that at some point - should Ukraine preserve it's independence, it back slides on the quality of it's civil society. But you can't be paralyzed by every possibility either. The best you can do is look at who is running the store now and how, and all in all they appear to be a reasonable client to support. I'm less impressed with the argument about somehow depleting our military stocks for a Taiwan conflict. Taiwan would look nothing like this. If China moves on Taiwan it will be a total naval blockade to cut them off and force them to capitulate, not a land battle. So the resources in question are going to be those of the US Navy, USAF. not tanks and land warfare equip, and it will be a direct US/Chinese air/naval confrontation rather than client supported warfare as in Ukraine. EDIT: LOL - 84 types faster than I do......

Capsaicin is pretty much Capsaicin regardless of the source?

At the U there are IT policies you can violate, which would put you at risk of Univeristy sanctions, and then of course there are crimes. Something that got elevated from ITS (internal IT) to UMDPSS would seem to be on crimey side but there could be some grey areas - for instance if you used a U account in some way that was an alleged Title IX violation I could see that ending up at UMDPSS.

porn theft?

instant pot has a bit of a long learning curve and you can't trust half of the instructions/recipes you get, but it will grow on you once you get to where you know what it will do without looking everything up. Also great in the summer in an air conditioned kitchen because it wastes almost no heat.

Unlike Mary Sue or Schlissel, Ono has a history of interest in the athletic programs at the Universities he has served. He had a lot to do with the build out of the program at Cincinnati. He's been around the block with coaches before.

Maybe - or maybe I don't. Just because I don't expect certain things from them doesn't mean I don't take a certain cynical pleasure in laughing when they show the degree to which they are lacking those things. Note that at least as far as I can remember, I've never called for JH to be fired, only expressed that I won't particularly grieve when he leaves either.

And let's be completely candid here - every successful football coach is fundamentally a con man. You have to be, it's the core of job, which is to persuade a bunch of young men with a lot of other things on their minds that providing casual entertainment to the great unwashed masses is the single most important thing in life to which they must dedicate every fiber of their waking being. The only difference is in the nature (and sometimes legality) of their methods, but all will appear pretty unsightly if you happen to get a view too deep below the patina.

And the funniest thing to me now is that there is no money in it. Prices have collapsed. The invisible hand is all in on the herb.

Schlissel has probably found reason to enjoy his forced sabbatical a little extra the last month or so....

His unfinished NFL business is to win a Super Bowl. Harbaugh will make lots of NFL noise to beat UM over the head with, but he's not going to jump except to a team that gives him a shot at the trophy. Denver was never any kind of serious possibility. I can believe Warde being smart enough not to have been taking the bait may be why Harbaugh has no present use for him. Which is not to say he is as likely to end up the loser in that dynamic anyway. But Warde will be able to write his own ticket if he is forced out at UM, so he can afford to stand his ground if he cares to.

Most catchers are good with the throws, but there is really no way around the value of wingspan for a 1b and Hasse will never have that at 5' 10". Of course Torkelson isn't your ideal 6' 4" either....

My guess - Haase is going to get the ABs, and where he plays depends on whether Rogers or Sands hits. If they don't, they will suffer his defense and catch him, if one of the others hits enough to be viable, Haase will get his AB in the OF, but I think he is likely to play regularly one way or the other. Not getting Haase more than 350 AB was one of the more glaring personnel errors last season.

Never was a chance and never will be, but still can't get over my fantasy that somehow the Tigers came up with a pot of gold big enough to lure Mike Turico. Our local guy is the best in the biz - IMHO.

Lots of possible reasons to ease out Morris. Pick any combination of: -he's somewhat a loose cannon - re: suspension over Ohtani comment -he may want to cut down on his travel from MN -the Twins may have rehired him -they've been grooming Monroe to move up, someone had to lose the air time -his demographic *is* probably the worst of the current crew. -he and Shep are the worst combination. That's not necessarily Jack's fault (though it might be), but Morris is the one guy where Shep can't seem to loosen up and get over acting like a waterboy, which makes a poor telecast.

why should I like the guy just because he wins? Lot of guys win whom I wouldn't care to have a beer with. Urban Meyer was the most successful coach at OSU since Woody - If I were an OSU alum should I like him? What would your feelings about Krzyzewski be if you'd gone to Duke? Harbaugh's sins may not be of of same nature, but they are sufficient that I find him personally distasteful. I'm not dissing anyone who disagrees - that's their choice.

Note that Harbaugh apparently cut Warde out of the loop to give the news of the blessed event to Ono. Nice to know it's all sweetness and light at the Athletic Dept.

Yeah - they like to win close and lose big.

He just can't bring himself to say he's staying. Like I've said - a total nutjob. He may be a good football coach but at some point you have to wonder how much of the garbage he brings with him is worth it?

Agree. Dmen I'm most willing to lose are Osterle and Chairot. Walman made a great play the other night where he skated down a breakaway. He ended up getting a penalty on a terrible call when the guy blew a skate blade and crashed, (they actually showed the trainers working on the skate on the bench but the officials didn't reverse the tripping call....surprise) but in any case it was impressive speed by Walman-no one on the team but maybe Larkin would have been close. Recently he seems to me to be showing more of those good wheels that he's supposed to be known for.

But they aren't giving him enough PT to stay sharp either..... Have to give SY credit - he hasn't lost one yet.....

I guess the reporting from Grand Rapids was a bit over optimistic?