chasfh

As much as we gloat at the seeming incompetence of the Russian military so far (this couldn’t really be some sort of ninja-level con, could it?), thousands of Ukrainian civilians are still dying at their hands, and it seems likely to only escalate from here.

The Army That Couldn’t Shoot Straight

Just another reminder that practically everything these Trump people accuse Democrats of doing, they themselves have already done. IOW, they use their accusations to tell on themselves.

Seems as though some people are still more wary of the virus still than they are weary of the restrictions surrounding it.

Ah, yes, sorry.

If only Ukraine had given up their country to Mother Russia and the US had unilaterally pulled NATO out of everywhere east of the old West Germany, none of this would have happened.

Putin wants some things from Russia that Putin does not have?

Good news, although, remember also that if true, it backs Putin into a corner even more, which makes him more dangerous to the world as he lashes out for survival.

supplicant

Finally! Jesus, AT&T ...

Move over, Justin, there's a new heartthrob world leader in town!

I remember that half decade very well! If they're gonna drop a nuke, though, it would be wasted right on downtown Chicago, since half the blast would affect only the lake. Better to drop it a few miles in, where more people out west can be vaporized. I suggest Humboldt Park. Four miles in from downtown, while only about four miles from the western city border. Complete vaporization coverage Plus I live only a couple blocks from the park, so I can go immediately and not have to become one of the invading survivors.

Do you believe MLB revenue has not gone up and/or player comp has not declined?

I'm going to stick with my original prediction: 162 games, starting on or around April 14; season gets compressed by scheduling a few games on off days or day-night doubleheaders to lop off a week; season ends October 9; playoffs get scheduled for a week later.

Apropos of nothing, I kind of miss the tradition of having guests stick around for other guests on late night talk shows.

Well, if you've never had to make your way around India, how would you know?

I think it's gotta be three wild cards, right? They would have a hard time explaining away a 92-win third-place team losing a wild card spot to an 80-win second-place team, as would have happened just last season. Especially if that 92-win team is either the Yankees or Red Sox. Not only is the 12 an improvement over 14, but the bye situation should be an improvement as well. Instead of only the top record in the league with a bye and the other two division winners playing in a six-team wild card rounds, I assume they'll give byes to the top two division winners and have only the worst division winner play in a four-team wild card round. I assume they're still going to have the rose ceremony, though. After all, it is the 21st Century.

Or they asked for what's fair, given how revenues have been rising and overall player comp declining. One or the other.

First time we’ve had a situation in which the next word literally could not have been anything else. Wordle 255 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Some were speculating death counts could go over 2 million in the US, applying the then reported death rate to a projection of a majority of people infected. A million seemed more (for lack of a better word) achievable, especially with Trump in office leading an administration not taking it seriously.

players' fault tho

FWIW, I could see Russian technical and tactical incompetence as being something that's been endemic to that country for at least since WWII, and which may have been instrumental in the Soviet Union's demise.

Nobody asked for this, but a quick look at Indiana vs Illinois on COVID cases and deaths, fresh off the google machine: Pop Cases Rate/100K Deaths Rate/100K IN 6,732,000 1,680,000 24,955 22,800 339 IL 12,670,000 3,030,000 23,915 36,792 290 IN vs IL Diff: + 4% + 17% Is any of the difference due to masking or distancing requirements? I don't know. Probably due to a bunch of things.

I don't know how many total games I saw at Tiger Stadium, but it had to be at least 200, maybe 300 starting with my first game in 1972. Working at an ad agency as a client to media starting with the 1987 season, I'd get Tiger tickets a lot. Reps would call me if they couldn't get rid of them, which was not uncommon. So, maybe 15 or 20 or 25 a year for those five seasons. Then I moved out of town for my work. I saw probably another eight or ten at The Corner coming back into town for games. In the 21 seasons fans have been going to Comerica, I have come in for at least one game nearly every season since, and mostly I'd see two in a weekend. Plus a lot of those playoff games, at least one every round, including the 2006 World Series (not 2012, though). So I'd say maybe about 50 games total there? Give or take a dozen?

One thing I've been wondering about is, what happens if Zelenskyy does die? I have heard of no other names among that leadership. If it's a top-heavy leadership, then cutting off the head would do much more damage than if leadership responsibility is being diffused downward.