1984Echoes

Yeah... we need these secondary guys to make improvements though so, Please more of it... Hronek, Lindstrom, Zadina, Ras... would help if they could just get better...

This.

We can only hope. Nobody wants war. Well... Putin did. Uncertain if he still wants it or if he'll take the offer that the U.S. is giving him (after pushing for as much as he can get with his saber rattling...).

Or he was just tweaking your nose with that... There's a lot of tweaking in this place...

Biden threatened a comprehensive microchip embargo (including non-US companies using US chip mfg. equipment and/ or technologies...). That would grab his attention. Germany squawked about dropping Nord 2 but I don't know if they were serious about that. Probably not. But if they were... another attention getter. I want a serious threat of removing them from SWIFT. Putin may think he has a way to get around that but... another attention getter. Although Europe suffers quite a bit from this too as they get cut-off from Russia (paying for Russian nat-gas) as much as Russia gets cut off from the rest of the (normal) finance world. And the last attention getter is the unified voice against their potential aggression by, not only NATO, but also other non-NATO countries as well... And this doesn't even count Ukraine's willingness to fight tooth and nail against another Russian invasion/ theft of their territory. Weapons flooding in from all over... troops being built up in surrounding countries... Non-NATO countries stating they'll think about joining NATO now... I think Putin is overplaying his hand. I wonder if he realizes it at this point.

Yogi Berra is way, way too high on that list. Another heavy New York bias. Better than Jimmie Foxx, Nolan Ryan and George Brett? Really?

The 'Mandies? How's that work...?

On that basis I am an: Anti-racist. No let me restate that: I am virulently anti-racist. I've been tossed out of a few relatives homes (verbally, not physically) by retorting to a racist comment with a patented 1984Echoes stream of invective. And I'm not shy about that either. Nor am I kind. If anyone thinks what I state in here is bad... do not meet me in person, with racist comments at the ready. I will verbally shred the skin off of a racist. I am not a non-racist or color blind. I'm a raging anti-racist. I didn't realize that was a thing going around because I've defined myself that way for a long time (starting in 1998 when I got tossed out of my Aunt's house (mom's sister) for calling her a _______ _______ ________ _______ __________ _________ _______ _____ when she wouldn't stop using the n-word). However, I do not fight every battle or look for racism around every corner. With my entire family white trash bigots (they're not white trash... but they are mostly bigots) I let quite a few things go in one ear and out the other. I guess I pick my battles. But on the basis of awarding draft picks... I don't think "anti racist" is definable. I just wasn't thinking of that in terms of an organization because while I've defined myself as an anti-racist for quite a long time... I don't see how Organizations can be defined that way so it didn't occur to me they were the same thing. I would prefer "minority opportunities". Maybe on an organizational ranking basis, the most diverse or non-discriminatory Orgs by some ranking could get 3rd through 7th round picks. Say the top 6 Orgs...

PS: I spent middle school and high school in Gehringer's hometown...

Yeah I don't think that's the correct wording... Along the lines of a reward system for "minority opportunities". But I don't know how that would work either... based on some ranking system? As others have mentioned it shouldn't be HC's only but, rather, all coaches, maybe the front office personnel, etc...? Just on semantics alone though... I think I have the better semantics there...

This is what will happen If/When the Dems lose midterms: The loss of our Democracy: https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-pushing-gop-jan-6-100826189.html

This Ignore option is not really working all that well because I see a constant stream of quotes from this person. And it's almost all poisonous. IMO.

Bullshit. Bullshit. That's Today's Republicans. Bullshit. It was the Lying POTUS who was impeached, twice, once for attempting to overthrow our Democracy. Pure bullshit. Pure bullshit. Pure bullshit. Or were you thinking of Trump licking Putin's boots on a daily basis? Pure bullshit. Absolute projection. Republican legislatures all over the country have decided to throw out their states votes and just elect whomever they want by fiat. This is a straight up LIE. You have got to be fucking kidding me. I have no f'ing respect whatsoever for this tripe. And I'll stop here because the rest of what I want to say will get me permanently banned on this site.

White Trash Bigots who have decided to resort to violence and fascism and would rather shit all over the Constitution of the United States of America rather than learn to live with people who don't look like them.

Los Angeles Kings, 23-16-7, 10-6-5 AWAY ESPN+ 2/2 7:30 PM Detroit Red Wings, 20-20-6, 14-8-3 HOME

Gehringer is already criminally underrated on this list.

I'm going to have to get ESPN+ for next season...

Plus you're listening to what they are streaming which may, or may not be, exactly what you would like to listen to. I like my USB because there are no commercials and the playlist is MY Play List with ONLY the songs that I like on it. Not "extra" or "sort-of-related" songs that I never heard before and don't really like... but exactly what I want to hear. I just bought a set of 8 USB's (8 gigs each) which hold I think roughly 1,200 songs at the high quality MP3 rate (320K/S); more songs at the lower rates... I'll have sticks for: (A) Compleat Beatles Compilation, (B) Alt Jazz, (C) Alt Christmas, (D) Trip Hop & Related, (E) Alt Country, (F) World Music, (G) Alt '80's, (F) Rock n Roll, (G) Alt EZ Listening. I'll come up with a mix for the 8th USB...

Unless it's all a Putin Bluff. Or... he overplayed his hand and is realizing the cost of playing this game is way higher than he first thought... 50/50 on whether he actually invades. Biden has successfully laid out his plan of attack, apprised Putin of the cost, got all of Europe to buy into this tough stance ("calling" Putin's Bluff - even though Germany dragged it's feet in this), and has a near united Congress & Senate behind him... He's been genius in this predicament.

And that is why I am a Teddy Roosevelt Republican. Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick. Although I'm not known for speaking softly... more like bluntly or "blunt as hell". I guess I should modify that to Carry a Big Stick and Don't be Afraid to Use It When Necessary.

Inside this is a link to a real down-to-earth review of the Ukrainian mindset: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/ukraine-russia-kyiv-putin-bluff/621145/

We're losing our Democracy to Fascism.

Straight up Fascism. There is no longer a Republican Party. I've stated this before. They are now the Fascist Republicans of America.

Yeah... I added that to my X-Beatles Playlist... Thanks!

Don't be so sensitive NYL. Good for Stafford. It sucked we couldn't build a championship-level team for Stafford to lead us into a SB but... it's time to move on. I'm feeling no swift kicks at all. I just feel great for Matt & Kelly...