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there is a thread on this subject that I started yesterday in the politics club.

East German?

Thanks, Trump. (psst.. it's a silly joke. You know who you are)

My take was that he put so much pressure on himself in the moment that he became overwhelmed by it. That tells me he doesn't trust his teammates to share the load. He's got to do it himself. He needs to grow out of that.

I don't believe for a minute that our economy wouldn't grow with an influx of immigration. Every study I've ever seen shows immigrants as way over represented in small business statistics. Immigrants make up 14% of the population yet own 18% of small businesses, and account for 30% of all small business growth. Those businesses account for 14% of the private sector employment. Simply put, immigration drive economic growth. I'm certainly not advocating a let them all in policy. There should be some level of assurance that they will be contributing to the economy. I'm sure someone better learned than I can devise a screening to identify the potential contributors. But right now we have an immigration policy that makes it impossible for all but an elite group to get in. And that has resulted in uncontrolled immigration and cries for a wall. We don't need a wall. We need real immigration policy.

I am assuming that Frolik is Sobotka's repalcement. At least until the end of the season. Men vs. boys and all that. If Frolik does well I could see an offer to him f0or next season. Frankly, I think we need the grizzled veteran presence. Wouldn't mind another one too.

I hate icing the kicker

I just lost my feed....

Or not LOL

I guess I mis timed your post I quoted?

Looks like the FG would have been the right call with Allen under pressure. Several bad decisions with things on the line.

Well no, not as things currently stand. Right now you could quadruple the staff and it wouldn’t matter. Current rules only allow for very specific scenarios to have a legal path onto the country. Everyone else is excluded. The rules need to change first. Edit to add: Here’s a good test if there is real immigration opportunities in this country. If you were a citizen of, say Poland, or Romania, with your current education and vocation, with no family in the US, could you successfully, legally obtain long term entry into this country. For nearly every member of this forum the answer is no. That’s not real immigration policy.

I like the authors thoughts. Turn immigration into “shall grant” instead of “shall not grant” as a baseline. Perform thorough background checks at application. And let staffing levels determine the pace of immigration. There is a real pathway to entry so the risks of illegal entry are no longer worth it for most. That way we are actually controlling immigration instead of having the immigration theater that we have now.

How did you pull that out of the article? Speed of the process isn't the problem. Total lack of a process for all but the wealthy and certain areas of academics is the problem. Our laws are the cause of illegal entry. If they had a reasonable opportunity to get a visa they wouldn’t take the risk. Not certainty, but opportunity. Right now illegal entry is the ONLY path for 90%+ of potential immigrants. That’s ridiculous.

A dog asleep with her head on your lap

Yes! And the weight you feel when you sweep the rod back.

The first sip of warm tea on a sore, head cold throat.

We've talked about this in the President thread. I think it deserves its own topic. Most of the immigration hawks complain that potential immigrants need to stand in line and wait their turn and emigrate legally. I've countered in the President thread that there is no legal path, so waiting in line is not an option. If you don't give someone a path, a motivated individual will make one. Simple, open immigration IS a conservative concept, and a free market concept. It's the concept this country was founded on, and for most of its existence was practice. I've mentioned before that legal immigration is only really possible for the wealthy and the highly educated. Here's a link to a Reason magazine article describing it in more detail. https://reason.com/2019/12/18/there-is-no-line/

I'd feel alot better about this if, 1. Congress had been involved and 2. We were actually at war with Iran. Right now it feels like state sanctioned assassination, and that ain't cool. This won't help us get out of the middle east.

Too lazy to look up the numbers..... When did Johansson go cold? Was it before his injury? Did it coincide with Sobotko's injury?

Because it takes longer than 5 years to upgrade virtually every position in the organization when you can't use trades because your tank players are NHL junk.

You're on ignore now.

It’s foolish to assume we have more time with Eichel. Pro athletes have their careers shortened all too frequently. Long term is a great unknown. We should be trying to win while we know we have Jack.

Did anyone else think that penalty shot call was ticky tacky? I'll take it anyway. Nice to be on the positive side of those.

Truck driver, correct?