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So we assume Edvinnsson as one. McIssaac is at GR and at least he is finally playing regularly - so maybe some hope on that front if his shoulder holds together. Two guys can make a big difference on D. Look at how much difference Seider has made by himself.

Probably true, but in the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is king. They don't have better skaters to put at Center.

works for me!

kits are available again now, the shortage was largely a transient issue with the explosion of Omicron. The industry is/will catching up. Demand per se is not the problem, the capacity is there, it as much inconsistent demand defeating sales forecasts. But there is a valid point that if vaccination is not effective for containing contagion, then the rational for the OSHA rule is undercut and does appear vaccination is not particularly effective at stopping Omicron contagion. The problem is that Omicron may not be the last variant and vaccination may be very effective at stopping transmission of the next variant or next epidemic. Law needs to be generalizable to be of any value so one would hope that the court doesn't make a ruling tied to a particular case that may or not be a good representative of the general situation. The case needs to be decided on some general principle beyond the technical question of how good these vaccines work against this variant of one virus. Doubt it will be though.

Of course a lot, maybe even most, OSHA regs are cumbersome. Generally the way around that is partial exemptions for smaller orgs without the resources. But really, getting an employee tested once a week and recording said result is a lot easier than even the most basic requirement for say air monitoring or toxics exposure. My sympathies are pretty limited here.

I suppose it depends on how you define "stupid." 🤔

yeah - those are pretty terrible - just bad research.

I think it depends. If you have two candidates with long track records they probably don't have any impact (eg Trump/Biden), but Obama against McCain did a lot to give people confidence that Obama was up to the task, and Hillary hurt herself with lackluster performances in the latter debates -- so they can be important. But more important is that it will hurt a candidate to duck a debate even with people who wouldn't have watched it in the first place. The downside for ducking debates in US politics is usual severe. Americans hate cowards.

Time isn't going to help when they don't care, and they don't care about football in LA.

When you don't have guys that can't pass accurately or carry the puck past at least one defender, that's where you end up. And of course dump and chase is pointless when you don't have the speed to get there first. Offensively they are just a useless group once you get past the 1st line, which on most teams would actually be a good 2nd line. Veleno and Zadina have no more than 3rd line potential. They need to upgrade probably 6 (OK, 5 if Vrana is 1) forwards and a couple more D to be any definition of a good team. As much as it gets frustrating and you start to focus on Blashill, the truth is you watch the games and you see that even when they win, player by player the other team is putting faster more skilled players on the ice, and that makes me reconsider if there is any point to dumping on Blashill.

yes. In Washtenaw county vax rates are getting near 80% but the majority of hospital admits are still unvaxed. When you consider that vax rates are highest in the most vulnerable populations - the elderly, it's pretty clear that vaccination is helping people resist Omicron illness as well even if the they are less effective at preventing spread with Omicron than with previous variants.

Part of this is that Seider is good enough that everyone else back there is looking even worse by comparison. No argument Hronek has a problem, his skating just seems in the toilet, they all pass him like he's standing still. But it's also true that some of the forwards are so bad defensively that guys on the blue line don't get much help and I think that makes them look even worse than they are. After Larkin, Seider and Raymond, the Wings are a poor skating team and so they are going to look terrible anytime they play a team with better than average speed. They also play pretty soft physically so that means they get pushed around a lot by teams that play a hard edged style. That doesn't leave a lot a teams they can beat on a given night.

Yup, Coulter is a bona fide Aryan Nation xeonophobe. She was bound to part company with any leader unwilling to use machine guns nests at the border. Even kid's in cages wasn't enough for Oberherrin Coulter.

IDK, even if it has, that doesn't mean it should continue to be.

More proof the Dems are in disarray

Disagree. When no-one can complete a game and half the staff on every team has surgically rebuilt arms, pitchers need some help. There is something wrong with a game that guarantees half its players are fated to a serious injury no matter that they have done everything right.

Nice thought. It would be nice if there was some kind of guarantee that Igor the coach could make the Wings play like Igor the player did- it’s exactly what they need.

right - by definition you have to be "infected" before any vaccine can do anything. How effective a vaccine is can vary all the way from so effective the virus can't multiply at all (these are the cases that stop spread the best), to effective enough you may become infectious but not sick, to you may still get somewhat sick but not get as sick or die, and everywhere in between. What we have seen with COVID is that the vaccine prevented replication of alpha and delta well enough that they were pretty good at stopping spread, but they don't stop replication of Omicron effectively to stop its spread nearly as well. That does NOT mean they don't still help prevent serious Omicron illness, which evidence appears strong they do.

L. Cheney has walked back on some of the cultural warrior stuff - seems to have at least reconciled with her sister to a degree. To me the test for people who I oppose politically is are they loyal to the process. Everyone needs to be able to accept that on the issues you will win some and you will lose some. The frightening thing today how many people are out there for whom that is not good enough.

It's been said before but bears repeating, Romney's complaints with Trump were always about his personal conduct, not policy.

IIRC he's gotten up and walked out of interviews in the past, so I don't see this as anything new.

You mean watching him skate 30 seconds of circles off a power play only to then pass to a team mate that was backhand to the net doesn't impress you as inspired play?

what was the old John Denver line about Toledo? "I spent a week there one day" ?

Conceivable a change might benefit him. Less conceivable a team will give you anything for him on that basis!