That Aud Smell

Seems like every time I see him in the ice, he’s on the wrong side of the play.

I watched about half of the game. Sabres were under siege in the 1st, yet SOG were even. Weird. I can’t get too angry over a game where they got almost 50 SOG. Skinner was just unlucky not to tie it in the 3rd. And, as @Randall Flagg notes: The team needs more consistent secondary scoring.

Absolutely.

In my heart and soul, I want this to be true. But America is the world's most powerful empire. It is in decline, no doubt. But it is still the top dog. There are innumerable aspects of our economy, society, culture, and way of life that depend on the world order being a particular way or ways. There are therefore many, many logical and justifiable reasons for the United States to police most of the world.

did their #fancystats portend as much?

I, for one, am shocked, SHOCKED, that Evander Kane's name would be associated with such lurid and tawdry allegations. And I yearn for the days when the Sabres could count on his fast, heavy, low IQ style of play. I mean, when's the last time a Sabres winger took 5 or more unscreened 45 foot wrist shots in a game?

I love that Pominville's in for his 1000th game at the site of his greatest moment as a pro -- also one of the franchise's greatest moments ever (and my personal favourite). Let's Go, Buffalo!

I think I'm remembering the turnover that killed a minute of the power play, then.

I am not a fan of this sort of take. Fans can reasonably conclude that there was no (legitimate) plan with respect to the QB position, given what's transpired. I mean, there obviously was a plan -- but is it worthy of being called a plan given how patently horrific and historically incompetent it has proven to be?

I was gonna say. I have not gone back and watched the replay (actually the clip I saw did not show the buildup), but my sense in real time last night was that the turnover in OT that led to the goal was because Risto wasn't where Eichel thought he should/would be. Given Risto's track record, I presume that he screwed up there.

Education and opportunity would go a long, long way. Here in America, by and large, people who develop this level of hate and anger tend to be under-educated and un- or under-employed.

Haha - fair deuce. I had not thought of that. Based on how that culture is depicted in popular culture, sheriffs in the wild west functioned almost like local warlords. I'm not inclined to welcome an expanded role for strongmen leaders -- we have one of those in the White House already and I think the country's ability to govern and be governed is worse for it.

Thank you for your contribution to the discussion @Hank. The thread's title might have tipped you off to what's going on here.

An American where just about everyone carries a gun and can protect themselves with lethal force when they are, or even maybe just feel, threatened. So, back to the wild west. What's old is new again.

I successfully trapped a pesky mouse in the kitchen last winter. In doing so, I wasn't protecting anyone in my home from it (let alone just the women). I was just doing my part to get rid of some vermin. Dig?

I understand this perspective. And while I don't agree with it, I'm also not sure what else an empire in decline is positioned to do.

I can't say I've ever found polished and unbelievable BS to elucidate a gotdam thing. That goes doubly when it's coming from a billionaire.

I'll happily settle for the gratitude of just my daughters, which, I'm happy to say, I've earned to this point in time. But I'm a work in progress.

The markets and Capital won't countenance significant cuts to things that make their engines roar. They will come for entitlements, eventually. It may take a full-blown crisis and meltdown, the likes of which we have never seen as a nation or a modern western culture, to make it happen. But entitlements will primarily be what gets cut.

As for church shootings (in America, anyway), those attacks are not motivated by animus for the Christian faith in the same way that attacks on synagogues are plainly motivated by anti-Semitism. There's a decent write-up on the subject here, although I recall reading a more in-depth analysis of the issue elsewhere. https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/06/us/church-shootings-truth/index.html There's a virulent and despicable subculture in America and elsewhere in the west that vilifies Jewish people in a way that I find stomach-turning and breath-taking. There's no corresponding subculture -- in America, anyway -- that seeks a similar eradication of Christian peoples. It's a dangerous proposition to equate the attack in Pittsburgh with a larger trend of anti-religiosity, as Kelly Conway has sought to do. In modern western culture, Christians have never been slaughtered by the millions because of their religious and ethnic identity. Jewish people have, though.

That's a horse of a different colour, IMO. Many, if not most, goalies are thought to be a bit kooky. But not legitimately mentally ill. I've heard variations of this sort of thing in the past. But I'm done with jokes that are predicated on the idea that women are weak, etc. And I'm gonna keep calling people out on it until I stop seeing it. Here, and elsewhere. That includes giving my buddy the side-eye stank and quiet request to cease and desist when, 3 beers in, he let loose with his familiar "hit 'em with your purse, Housley!" at a game earlier this year. I'm glad to have missed this juncture of the game.

Given the strength of opponent and piss poor quality of their own offence, I'd say that D played remarkably. I also think their (the D's) resolve will start to falter in the coming weeks.

Let's Go, Buffalo!

I have no use for Witten, obviously. Booger’s meh. But Tessitore is legit. The guy’s paid his dues calling everything and anything for a decade, too (e.g., X Games stuff, dogs catching frisbees). And he’s got a big game voice, IMO. It’s (mostly) over between us. She’s proven herself to be a dolt with bad taste. No one knowingly ripped on anyone while they were struggling with mental health issues. No one. You may recall that the acne jokes met with a fair amount of disapproval, too. Of course, people who suffer from acne haven’t, because of said acne, struggled through the course of human history to be treated as co-equal human beings. The person who pushed the marfans joke was banned. If people mocked Connolly for being brittle, then they were ignoring one of the smartest posters we ever had around here — @X. Benedict — who would carefully explain how brave and even reckless that guy was with his body. In sum: Stop making women the butt of jokes and take the L on this one.

Same, and it's not really close. Love Thurm. Stevie's pretty great in his own right.