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Where do you expect him to find an English-to-pigeon translator?

You're looking for an apology on PPP? Not sure that you're a whiner, but you do seem to be a loon.

That's not surprising. What's surprising is there hasn't been a single 3.5, clown balancing on a board, nor truculent dinosaur reference.

You are comparing quotes from a theoretically unbiased Time magazine w/ a self-professed right wing shill to show media bias works both ways?!?! The use of Hannity as an example works if the initial citation was from Maddow. Otherwise, you are reinforcing the OP's point.

Except the 2nd strawman wasn't even President Obama's. The author claimed that it was either limited quick strike hit or full invasion w/ boots on the ground; but the latter was never his policy. It was always drones or providing air support & "leading from behind." Obama was never going to intentionally put regular ground troops in where they weren't already.

Yes, you'd stated that. And he should not have been suspended for it. (As stated in the post you were responding to. ) He SHOULD have recieved a 5 minute major for the injury inducing slash & the automatic game misconduct that accompanies it. He should NOT have recieved a suspension on top of that. (That he didn't get the 5 & game because the officials were boneheads should not be a reason to give him a suspension. (& yes, we know that is not why you thought he should be suspended. )) There was no intent to injure & it was a normal (though typically illegal) hockey play. That a horrific injury occurred due to seriously bad luck should not make the pkay suspension-worthy. Nor should Ristolainen's hit been suspension-worthy for the same reasoning. We don't see eye-to-eye on this and basically are beating the proverbial deceased equine.

IMHO, Crosby should've recieved a 5 & game for a slash that resulted in an injury. As there was no intent to injure & it was a legit hockey play (note, legit, not legal) there is no cause for supplemental disciple. Intent absolutely factors in on supplemental discipline but there was no intent on the play. It appears we will not agree on this and there is little likelihood either will change the other's opinion, so I will be dropping from this discussion.

So what is your opinion of Crosby not getting suspended for slashing Methot's finger off? Though it wasn't ruled a slash on the ice, it was a textbook slash & resulted a grievous permanent injury. How many games should he have gotten?

Not at all. He WAS held accountable IN THE GAME. He interfered w/ the forward & was going to get 2 minutes. The play resulted in an injury, so the punishment was upped to a 5 & a game. That was the appropriate penalty & it was enforced. He suffered the consequence of his action. The league, quite ridiculously IMHO, bases supplemental discipline on results rather than intent. As Shrader correctly pointed out, the league doesn't add supplemental discipline to many infractions that ARE dirty because there was no injury. There is little consistency in the discipline & in this particular case the punishment far exceeded the crime.

And, my comment was strictly referring to your take that if Kulikov isn't re-signed then that trade was a complete loss. ONLY if Asplund ends up a bust as that swap of 2nds was a large component of that trade. No. The hit wasn't legal. The call on the ice was correct. BUT the hit was not dirty. And there should not have been supplemental discipline, IMHO. There was no obvious intent to injure & as previously pointed out had Girgensons not intercepted the buddy pass it would've been a clean & legal hit. The play was set up to be VERY similar to McCabe's legal hit on Laine earlier this year. The swipe at O'Reilly's twig & berries by Crosby "wasn't clean."

Wouldn't want to have money against the R's picking up some Senate seats in '18 but it isn't a slam dunk. Midterm elections usually see the side holding the WH lose seats in Congress. Gut feel would be D's pick up from a handful to a dozen of seats in the House & R's pickup 2-3 in the Senate.

Dems now really have to hope Ginsburg stays healthy for at least 2 more years & realistically at least 4. If she or Breyer is gone, the swing vote is no longer Kennedy but either Roberts or Gorsuch. And they really have no way to stop the next nominee now. Very short sighted of them to fillibuster this one. The R's would have gone Reid Option at that point, but they could've faced pressure introducing that on a nominee that altered the balance of the SC. Now, they'll have already killed the fillibuster, so the left won't have nearly as much leverage. And we thought progressives were acting unhinged for the past 3 months. That'd definitely turn it up to an 11. Ginsburg, Kennedy, & Breyer all born in the 30's. Thomas is oldest from the right & he's just a smidge under 10 years younger than Breyer. Likely won't happen, but President Obama's 2 could be the only ones left from the left by the time President Trump leaves office.

Not exactly. Sabres were really high on Asplund and moving up 5 slots meant that they got him. Pysyk was not expected to be protected in the Vegas draft & would almost definitely be higher on Vegas' board than anyone else the Sabres would make available (Kulikov being an UFA @ end of this season doesn't factor into Vegas draft), so the Sabres pretty much traded 1 year of Pysyk's services for 1 year of Kulikov's & Asplund. The 3rd round pick was pretty much a throw in.

After '13 it was pretty much inevitable once a single party held the WH & Senate. Sad day.

But he DOES have a Masters degree, so really none of the bolded is necessary for the discussion. If that doesn't carry the day, his HS IB diploma certainly will.

Hope he scores the winner against them. Then this horrid season can be oficially done.

Like you said, Deb, progressives depend on a "somewhat" informed electorate. Someday, we hope you break through that barrier, but we don't have much hope for it.

Perhaps when the new stadium is built, for the new Ring of Fame they could put '32' up but not put the name that goes with it. It allows the football accomplishments to be acknowledged while not honoring the person. Which seems to be what the Bills have tried to do since that fateful summer day.

Nope. That's how Gary Unger's iron man streak ended.

Saddened to read that your wife's health took a hit. Hope everything works out for you & her. We get insurance through my wife's employer who is self-insured. Obamacare was not kind to self-insured companies. Since the ACA went through, our monthly bill is up significantly & our deductible is also up a lot. We don't drop it though because we have kids playing sports.

Or, perhaps, we can fix our immigration system. And, we also could, after proper vetting, if no red flags are raised & they meet the criteria for admittance, allow the entire family into the country.

Reagan appointed O'Connor, Kennedy, & Scalia.

Clearly, there'd be more to it, but that would be a pretty solid starting point towards radicalizing some that would be entirely self-inflicted on our part.