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I guess I'm unclear what CNN has to do with the fact that Trump, physically, went golfing far more times than Obama did while in office. Doesn't really matter who reports it, CNN, Fox, whoever.... those are just the facts bro.

As for 3/29...

I agree.... trembling in fear at offending Putin doesn't make Putin go away.

Ouch

As I was saying

Umm, OK... do these guys prefer the alternative?

Is that THE Roman Abramovitch?

That's a new one lol

It kinda goes back to the Washington Post headline (ie. GLOBAL UPROAR) versus the more muted reaction that the remarks actually recieved.... including from Moscow! It's fine to be critical of the remarks in terms of geopolitics while recognizing that they aren't a DEFCON 1 situation and that the remarks may be received differently depending on who the audience is. I don't get why that is controversial, but here we are.

Could also be the need to evaluate other talent to determine who gets remaining open roles on the team.

I still really don't get people's desire to bring Reyes over Hill, but idk

Miguel Diaz definitely had a bad day yesterday

As I was saying.

Whether this was the intent or not, it's almost exactly how it has played out.

Again, my only point is that the speech was aimed for an Eastern European audience. Especially given the location. And that how certain phrases were recieved here may have been recieved different elsewhere. Go look at Thomas Ilves twitter feed (ie. Former President of Estonia) if you don't believe me. I was not commenting on whether it was the right thing to say or not.

Did you read my post at all? My only point is that how the comment is recieved here may be a lot different than how it is in Warsaw or Tallinn. It's a nuanced point that I don't believe warranted this kinda reaction

This is what I meant in my previous post alluding to having to "walk on eggshells" with Putin... Like, it is just really strange to see "peace through strength" conservatives treating Vlad like Billy Mumy's character in the Twilight Zone. All whole simultaneously calling POTUS response weak. It just defies logic, kinda hard to engage on it really.

I dont even know that its that, the comment felt more directed to Eastern Europeans. As much controversy as it has generated here, I could see it being pretty popular in places like Warsaw (where he made the speech), Vilnius and Tallinn. All of whom (for existential reasons) are pretty hawkish on Russia policy. I dont know the degree to which Americans get that... judging by the media's reaction, probably not much.

Has anyone blamed Biden for Chris Rock being slapped yet?

Parker Meadows had another nice game today... really would be nice to see him turn it around!

Every time you bring it up, you just further convince people of your Biden Derangement Syndrome. Protip... Criticize Biden on policy? Totally cool, I'm on board with that... ewsieg, 1776, others do that all the time. Engage in innuendo and ageism? People just laugh and tune you out.

The one thing that has been interesting during this period has been the subtle break between the Shanghai economist/academic types and the government types in Beijing... Economically, very little seems to be gained throwing in with Russia... but Xi may be working on a different calculus than they are.

It would be a closer race, but the lack of plate discipline and the fact that Derek Hill is better defensively makes it hard to justify giving Reyes the final OF bench spot

Miguel Diaz appears to have given up some ground in the race for the final bullpen spot