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Exactly the right approach

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Haha!... the local sports talkers in DFW practically had him penciled into the Rangers rotation as soon as the lockout ended

Quite a position for Israel, of all countries, to take

I'm fine with them not getting Rodon... that is too much money Grienke is polarizing bc of his velocity loss, but I'd still consider him for a #5 slot. May command too much money tho

And let's be honest: there are plenty of examples in history of a much larger military inserting itself into a conflict with a smaller country and not prevailing. Vietnam and Afghanistan (x2) are the ones that come to mind. Russia definitely can still win the military conflict part of this war, but it wouldn't be unprecedented if they didn't.

Morale matters a lot in war, and Ukraine is winning by a significant amount on that front. Both Russia and The West underestimated their desire to fight and die for their country while, on the flip side, it's not clear how many Russian soldiers knew of the objectives ahead of time or actually want to be in this conflict. Until that changes, it seems hard to RUS to meet its objectives. I suspect that the carpet bombing and threats of chemical weapons are meant to try to cause cracks in morale. We will see

The age thing would seem to be big as it seems like convention wisdom that the younger generation does not watch their news as much as the older generations do

Depends on his asking price is.... he's great to have as a long relief option, but I suspect he may be asking for more than relief money.... either way, they would ideally have someone else as a 5th starter (ie. one of the Andersons, Pineida, etc.)

The thing that I wonder is, on top of all the companies pulling out of Russia, what impacts Russia placing bans on popular apps/business (such as Instagram) will have on the population. The Russian people must obviously notice when they pick up their phone and can no longer send, recieve or view content. Or that they cannot buy products from stores they are used to. When you really sit down and think about it, you realize how much of an impact just not having access can upend someone's life. Propaganda can probably help ameliorate the effects, but I doubt it can wipe the effects away entirely.

The Parish Priest where I grew up always commented that God's concept of time was different than man's. I suppose that was his way of backfilling an explanation for why evolution was real and to account for the discrepancy between the Bible and Science on the age of the earth. Either way, my view is that Catholics generally believe in evolution and the science behind it, although I'm sure more conservative Catholics may differ.

BREAKING: There is, In Fact, Gambling Going on in Here.

Transdniestria is such an incredibly complicated place.... pro-Russian, yet highly reliant on the West as well.

Anti-American

So, who is Al talking to tonight?

Lt. Gen Hertling used the term "cannon meat" on the Bulwark podcast yesterday.... He wasn't kidding. They just don't care about sending their young to die in such a meaningless way

Jeff Passan locked out of his account.... (greaaat.... have to follow Heyman again)

Is today the day?