1984Echoes

The simple solution was to NOT allow the Shia to demand an immediate handover of the government to them, but rather, to instead enforce a MacArthur Plan (as in General MacArthur dictatorship over Japan for 7 years) whereby the US maintained control over Iraq for at least a few years and... Enforced a tripartite provisional government on Iraq with an equal say from each of the Shia, Sunni and Kurdish regions, including a Tri-Presidential office (2 of 3 votes to win on any position/ law/ etc...), an equal sharing of oil revenues between the 3 regions (Sunni are currently shut out since they have no oil), an agreement to rebuild Sunni areas as they were the areas most devastated by the US takeover (I know Sunnis/ Saddam were the cause of all angst prior to the US but gotta put them back together again, for the people, not the old political/ repressive establishment), NOT just disband the Sunni military forces (this was the cause of, first, Al-Queda in Iraq consisting of all fired Sunni officers and military personnel, and then ISIS which also was initially comprised of 95% of these fired Sunni officers and military... all done at the demands of the Shia... just... STUPID!!!) but instead start an immediate integration program to have equal representation from all 3 regions in a representative military. I don't know if this succeeds any better, or worse, than actual history. But I am firm in my belief that I had the correct plan, to put the country in its best possible position to succeed, rather than just giving in COMPLETELY to Shia demands... who had an OBVIOUS axe to grind with the Sunni... Just my 2 cents.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-war-biden-prepared-meet-082353083.html

Yeah... exactly. I don't see this as Avila-esque. I see this as no different than any other team that looks for a back-ender that can pitch in AAA, start, long-relieve, whatever based on circumstances, to fill out a rotation. A recovery play for rotation depth, and we, along with every other team, pretty much does the same. Per Edman's post, it looks like Harris has had some success with this. Avila not so much. Teheran, Fiers, etc... no different than this Boyd signing. Fiers was his one good job and pretty much miss on all the rest. Hoping Harris is better at this than Avila by taking a shot with Boyd... And it's after he's already made his health recovery last year and got back to pitching in MLB. And for just 1 year. I can live with it, and expected exactly this type of signing and probably one more recovery project signing for rotation depth... I don't see this move as deserving of any angst... IMO.

Not necessarily... But even if so... OK, trade us Lawrence for one of our 1sts then...

Or... (And this won't happen but just speculating...) Jax finishes with the worst record and then holds an auction for the #1 pick going to the highest bidder...

Even so... Biden pressed Zelensky into dropping the "Refuse to negotiate with Putin" stance that he was holding... about a month or so ago... This was one of the under-the-radar diplomacy moves Biden/ U.S. were making that I had alluded to earlier...

After the way the game started... Yeah.

Well I guess I played my part then...

Damn...! But I'll take the point. Should have been a few more shots taken on that 5 on 3 but we score nil so... OT.

If we get a point out of this game I would feel grateful... And Sundqvist SCORES AGAIN!!! 4-4 tie, 7 min's left...

Awesome! Not giving up... Sundqvist scores!!!

Which is playing out on the ice right now as we speak... Losing 4-2 now though after the Perron goal...

Because I don't have a lot of confidence in Hellberg's 3 NHL starts/ 6 total NHL games in the past 9 years either...

Can we get back any value from Ned? I would think he's at his lowest value right now. I still believe he can play better than this... but can we get better play, right now, from Hellberg or any other backup goalie?

He got back on the ice to skate around... looks ok but I'll bet he's got a nice little bruise and a lot of soreness where he got hit with the puck...

I don't think the first goal was terrible... it was close to point blank and the defense was beat on the short-handed as much as anything... But that second goal... so weak...

This is the correct response.

I don't think so. Teams recognize him for what he is. There's no one that is going to look at him as an RB1.

I don't think he's going to take a pay cut. Not a chance. But if you mean will he take less than max value to stay... I'm on board with that if it is indeed "reasonable". But $7 mill is just too much, even given the culture/ locker room presence, which I agree with, and all those TD's he scoring...

At $6.9 mill AAV... yeah, elsewhere. I'm with buddha in that bruisers are easy enough to replace/ find another effective one when the real star is an excellent O-Line and a sharp O-Coordinator...

PS: Raise your hands if you vote Kevin McCarthy to be second in line for the Presidency: https://www.yahoo.com/news/wanna-dress-rehearsal-next-house-002011171.html

I would LOVE to have Miggy on the Tigers in 2023. As a bench coach where he can wave to the fans every game... not on the roster.

Yes.

No (meaning: I think you're right... no need to worry about Seider)... But I'd rather give him a good pairing that boosts him up rather than a crappy pairing that is dragging him down...

Unless he goes down for 10+ games in 2023?