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So you agree he's ten times worse? We don't have to worry about Hillary because she's not President.

It's... the unfortunate byproduct of the Internet sensation with memes.

Booked. I will be in Sweden from Nov. 7 - 13. (Leaving the 6th in the US). I really, really wanted to travel to Kiruna and ultimately to Abisko. I might still pull the trigger, but I will be paying a hotel in Stockholm those nights as well. More likely, I travel closer to Stockholm and then try a return visit in the "near" future. Sigh.. if only I could go for a few more days.

It says only games 3 and 4 are on TV (on their site). Was so wrapped up in other things that I neglected to pick up $17 tickets to tonight's playoff game... oh well.. that's life. I can't get my wife to let me go on Sunday. Sigh.

Mike Sullivan? (I know what you are doing... it won't work.) ?

The Sabres won both games I attended this year.. Capitals (meetup) and Blues (during my week long hiatus for being too positive).

Okay.. I'll go with that. Although I thought both Lydman and Campbell had been injured at some point. Perhaps the timing is off. We'll go with 4 of the top 6.. and I'm still going with fluke. Laviolette's only run comes when his opponent his extremely hindered on defense and they still barely won and managed to face the Oilers who somehow finagled their way into the SCF despite being terrible. Either way, I'm wholly unimpressed with Laviolette. Also, he's from the New England area and I still recall his accent. EVery press conference would feel like I was listening to a Bruins game... and I can't have that.

So, your opponent losing all 6 starting D to injury is not a fluke? Hmm. I guess the Sabres fans are going to have to go back and give Carolina credit for that series then.

Gary Oldman is very underappreciated. I love his versatility.

He's signed there twice, so he's choosing the market. I can appreciate players like that. Plants his flag and says, I'm all in.

If so, perhaps you'll buy the Sabres and spare roughly 30% of Sabrespacers their apparent misery?

I don't follow his personal life, so if his SO has changed then we're talking about different people. A few years ago I was at lunch with an uncle of the SO and he talked about how Eichel would disappear and play with the kids during Thanksgiving, etc.

USA Hockey has really taken a serious upturn over the past 15 years. I really think they've done a great job with their ADM. Couple that with increased exposure and more kids in the US playing hockey and you are bound to see some success.

Ahh.. I've never paid attention to Tinder. The graphics weren't obvious to me I guess that there was a swipe right and left thing.

I'm not sold on Laviolette. The guy has led teams but his only Stanley Cup win was a fluke. Other than that he's been fired for NOT getting the job done despite having a talented roster. Think about it. Advocating for a guy, who despite Nashville's roster, could not win the Stanley Cup against Pittsburgh and would have just lost to Dallas.

I happen to be in the same boat. There are a lot of athletes who demonstrate their charities but it comes across more as self-promotion that just happens to be for a good cause. The athlete who gives their time without the promotion, to me, is to be more admired. In those situations it would appear that they are in it for the charity and not at all for themselves, at least from a self-promotion standpoint. It's not that any athlete working for a charity is bad, it's more of which is better. Although, given the way charities can be used as tax shelters, I do sometimes question how some athletes use them, especially those named after themselves.

I'm confused.. why are there references to teams they are not playing in there? I saw at least the Raiders and Jaguars and I think others. I'm not interested in going back. Is there also no sound to it? This is amazing. I'd have to watch it a few times, but the S dropping from SAINTS sign to reveal "Aints" was classic.. not as classic as the Ram running over the Saints guy and the referee coming in to call incomplete pass. THAT was an amazing touch.

Especially if there are hot dogs waiting for him.

There's so much focus on how bad Tampa failed. However, if CBJ had this lineup all season how good would they have been? They radically overhauled their roster for the playoffs, it was a gamble, and it paid off. At least in Round 1. What's clear is that CBJ was prepped and ready to play and executed their game perfectly. They were relentless. It'll be interesting to see how far they go. It'll be even more interesting to see what happens to that team after this season. Of course, winning the Cup will make people more forgiving, but if they see players walk away from the team it could be an epic collapse that awaits. It's one way to live.

I would suspect that as the tax burden increases on corporations they will find the next loophole. I applaud the simple tax initiative, but even then, doesn't this ultimately end up in a higher cost of living for everyone as corporations are forced to improve revenues to overcome their tax burdens? Exemptions are bad. Even in personal taxes. They are usually some kind of band-aid attempt to something that was already broken thus resulting in an even more complex situation that remains broken. Just like my $300 jacket that is always on sale for $45 and with discounts can be had for $30. But it's okay because it only cost $3.50 to make. ?

33% of this is already happening, isn't it?

Just like moving between states, what prevents corporations from changing their structures to become non-US based entities and avoiding much of the tax concerns? I've always seen it as a balancing act. You have to find the right amount. Unfortunately, government seems unable to do so.

Unfortunately it's only temporary. Welcome back!

It's deeper than labor. We need to change education. Our children are purposefully under educated and that's even in the best "suburb" schools. Let's not even get started on urban school issues. Ignorance breeds ignorance. Ignorant people are easy to control because they lack the ability to question and understand. What passes for intellectual discussion these days was what was considered neanderthalic diatribe 20 years ago. It's not getting worse. It's not idiocracy, because the idiots that are put in office are not really in charge. Until we demand ourselves to be educated at a higher level we won't have the sufficient tools to combat the problem.