Jim Cowan

I certainly hope not, that would qualify as "as stupid as the Rangers". Sorry Correa, that shortstop job has been filled and we are moving on for more pitching.

I have done some work with Siemens in the past, and can report that they are still the master race. They really don't get it.

Ha ha that didn't age well.

Where do you get this nonsense? I hope the ringing in your ears stops soon.

I'm going to do my own research on census data.

I'm surprised to hear that Detroit is a problem, I thought that OCP had cleaned that all up.

Ha ha, I forgot about that guy! What an asshole.

I might have been interested in this deal a year ago, when "buying a prospect" would have been more appealing. But now, on the verge of having a good team, it seems like a step backwards. I keep reminding myself that Avila has a budget that has been set by ownership. For all we know, he has already spent it. But if he hasn't, if there is still $20 million left, I don't want to spend it on a stiff like Myers who is the 4th OF at best on the Tigers, just to get a prospect who might turn out to be good, or might not. I want to spend it on another starter and a reliever.

Larish looks good at third base. He moves well for a big man, has soft hands and a strong, accurate arm.

Oh OK. They were the "swing" team in the East that year I think.

Oh ye of little faith. Didn't 35-5 start out on the coast? That just my recollection without looking it up

Did you see those French guys? They weren't laughing. They knew that their opponent had just become more powerful than they were before they performed it.

I think that when you perform the haka, it does not matter whether or not the opponent is intimidated. The main reason that it is so powerful is the effect that it has on you, not them. It is how you motivate yourself.

Exactly the same here. Maybe Omicron results directly in deaths, maybe not, but it looks like it is going to completely overwhelm the hospitals, and deaths will result at least indirectly from that.

I don't think that anyone can answer your Omicron questions yet, it is too new. Where you and I differ is that I didn't get vaxxed so that I can stop wearing a mask, the vaccine was never advertised that way. I might stop wearing a mask when the virus reaches some long term stability, with infection rates of less than 100 per day in a population of 14 million. Or I might not.

Hey I didn't know that Bobby Kennedy Jr is a leading anti-vaxxer and dog-whistle racist. I just read about him in The Guardian. You sometimes just have to laugh at how stupid some of these second generation political royalty kids are.

When you hear "fully vaccinated" it means two, not three. Data about "boosted" is not revealed yet because there aren't enough of them to matter. I think that the answer to "how worried should I be" depends upon your habits. If you maintain social distancing and keep to 100% mask discipline, you should be at relatively safe. Of course, "100% mask discipline" means that you don't go to restaurants, or anywhere else where food consumption is used as an excuse to remove masks.

Brilliant.

Restaurants are going back to 50% capacity. I think we are headed for another lockdown, experts are forecasting daily cases at 10,000 by Christmas Day.

If he makes the major league team, he can teach them a haka to perform before each game. The Red Sox and the Yankees would crap their pants.

But he is the one who applies the description "democratic socialist" to himself, which is harmful to a centrist position.

Canada just dropped the dumbass travel restrictions against those 10 African countries. Instead, there will be increased screening of arrivals from every country. Today's daily cases in Ontario is 3,100, and the 3 day progression is 1,800 - 2,400 - 3,100. Two thirds of the new cases are fully vaccinated. Two thirds.

It's delusional to think that any "progressive" goals can be achieved with 50 Senators, 2 of whom are Manchin and Sinema. AOC hurts her own cause by not acknowledging this, she looks silly. Hey kids, if you want to achieve your goals, elect more Senators and stop whining. While you are at it, tell Bernie Sanders that health care is the most centrist policy you could imagine. It isn't "progressive" and it sure as heck isn't "democratic socialism", but he has a brand image to project and as a result you get farther away from achieving goals that he shouts about.

He borrowed a clean shirt for that photo.

Blindfold? Cigarette?