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Hurter in to finish it.

Cramping is the word.

Anxious to hear what the injury (?) is.

What percent of this money is deferred?

I’m seeing Ryan Pepiot as the Rays’ starter and Sawyer Gipson-Long as the Tigers’ starter on the MLB app. We’ll know at game time I guess. Happy Summer Solstice!

Did our intel think they had WMD or were they directed to back that narrative? To this day I find it hard to believe that the US intel actually believed that some dude riding a jackass through the streets of Baghdad randomly firing off a rifle with a cigar in his mouth was any kind of threat, whatsoever, to the security of the United States. It just didn’t add up. It never will. It was a prefabricated lie. Colin Powell, the man that urged Bush, Sr. to end the Desert Storm Operation push when he did, is the same guy that did W’s dirty work in front of the congressional bodies to sell Americans on the lie that Hussein and Iraq posed a threat to our national security.

From today’s WSJ (The Weekend Interview) As Israel’s mission to destroy Iran’s nuclear capacity continues, a grave and obvious question confronts us: How did the West, the U.S. in particular, allow Tehran’s nuclear threat to grow unchecked for so long? David Albright, an American physicist and nuclear-weapons tracker, is among the world’s foremost experts on Iran’s nuclear program. He’s president of the Institute for Science and International Security, a nonprofit, nonpartisan institution that focuses on the spread of nuclear weapons to rogue nations and terrorists. On June 12, the day before the first Israeli attack, Iran could “make enough weapon-grade uranium for 11 nuclear weapons within a month,” Mr. Albright says. Pre-attack Iran was on track to have enough highly enriched uranium for 22 weapons in five months. https://www.wsj.com/opinion/iran-is-down-but-not-yet-out-nuclear-development-program-tehran-915d683d?mod=WTRN_pos2

The effect of tariffs is the big unknown.

As I read it, the Fed is “penciling in” two rate cuts this year. Will be interesting to see.

Thanks for posting this. I hadn’t seen this. Good news.

These MOP’s are supposed to be able to penetrate about 200’ into the ground. Is there any intel anywhere that has an estimated depth on how far in the ground these nuclear sites are?

They are not pursuing a nuclear bomb carries the same level of truth as the lie that Saddam Hussein possessed WMDs. I’ll take Mossad’s word over the bull**** in Washington. And I’d say that regardless of party.

Wow! You don’t see this very often: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Israel was doing the “dirty work” for other countries by carrying out strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites. “I can only say I have the greatest respect for the fact that the Israeli army and the Israeli government had the courage to do this,” Merz said in comments to German media at the G-7 leaders’ summit in Canada.

For sure. The issue is, I don’t know that Iran has any credibility left as far as deal making goes. As long as the current regime is large and in charge, nothing is going to change. They cannot be trusted. Ever.

Supposedly Trump told Bibi that was a no go. It has been discussed. Getting crazy.

I don’t think the Iranian/Israeli conflict is anything new. I’ve read some things in the last hour or so that are concerning regarding our military presence in that area. In all seriousness, this has the potential to get crazy fast.

No nukes. However, Iran has run out of cards to play. Israel has a free run of Iran if it wants it. Trump doesn’t appear too interested in suggesting Bibi cease operations. Israel has said they intend to complete their 14 days plan. Maybe there is more than talk here. We’ll see.

I saw a comment that referred to this trade as a blockBUSTER trade, as in Buster Posey.

Sorry for the confusion. I understood that you were referring to Chapman. I was just commenting on Devers’ age. Agree that Chapman isn’t going anywhere. He’s a gold glove third baseman and playing for a manger that he’s been with the majority of his career.

Devers will turn 29 in August. He’s under contract through 2033 at 28,500,000 annual until then. Chapman is a lock at third. Wilmer Flores is having one of his best years at the plate as the DH. He bats from the right, Devers from the left. Devers can play first base as well. The looming question is this… the Giants #1 prospect is first baseman Bryce Eldridge. Eldridge is currently at AAA Sacramento and is booked to be in SF no later than opening day 2026. Eldridge is 6’ 7.” Hits for power from the left side. I don’t know where this trade is a year from now. Flores is a FA after this year so Devers could be a full time DH…if he will.

…and every one of the divisional opponents lost as well today. Nice.

This is my take as well. Too many innings are falling on the bullpen. The pen was lightening in a bottle last year. That ain’t happening again.

I can’t help but remember Sparky when the Tigers and Reds play each other.

If I’m not mistaken, I believe Willie Horton is going to be on the pregame show today for those that can access it.

I don’t know what’s worse, Brebbia’s pitching or the three stooges doing the game on TV.