Ghost of LL

Sure. Why not. If someone hits you with his car, you sue, and win a judgment … and then the next day the guy hits you again with his car, why would you not be able to sue again? The issue, however, would be damages. Presumably she recovered for the diminution of her reputation already. If he repeats the lie, has her reputation been further damaged?

Not just that, but a series win against the Astros. And all three series wins on the road. In a season in which we now only have two road series (and two home series) against each of our divisional opponents. That's pretty fucking stout any way you slice it. And it's a big part of the reason why we're now three games up on the division.

The Kaliningrad thing is really interesting. It is home to a huge military base--primarily navy. But much of that garrison has been sent off to Ukraine. And of what is left there . . . doesn't want to be sent to Ukraine. Historically, Russian revolutions start with or are fueled by naval mutinies. The Potemkin in 1905, the Kronstadt mutiny in February 1917, the Aurora in October 1917--they reflect pretty clearly that the navy has always been the most politically suspect of all of the services. And the Soviet Union recognized that--the Soviet Navy had a zampolit on every boat, and the navy was never really trusted. You have to wonder how much of this sentiment had made its way inside the Russian Navy base at Kaliningrad. Certainly the easiest way for these sailors and marines to ensure that they don't get sent to Ukraine is to . . . be in the Koenigsberg Navy rather than the Russian one. And from a practical standpoint, if it were to happen, I don't think there's a lot Moscow could do about it in the near term. There's no overland route to the Kaliningrad Oblast. So any ground expedition to retake it would have to be amphibious. And that would be pretty impossible if the local garrison were supporting the secessionists. But that's of course a big "if." And it's an "if" that probably depends entirely on the military's morale and present sense of how things are going (and are likely to go) in Ukraine.

This is precisely the reply I was hoping for.

Nice skating , Maxi!

Pevs just had a magical stick. I have no idea how the puck jumps like that for him.

Let’s keep it going!

He’s had a couple of really ugly giveaways in the defensive zone, including one with about 90 seconds left in the second period where he just whiffed on the clearance pass. Separately, watching Jamie Benn on the intermission interview just confirms how good the Generic Hockey Player who calls into the e-brake really is.

Robertson is now just actively hurting us. Turning the puck over in the defensive zone and just hopeless on offense.

Solid reverse-jinx. Have some rep.

Good start, and damned glad to see Pevs back on the top line.

And lawn darts were awesome.

We have a bunch of people around America who openly prophesize and fantasize about a civil war. But these fuckers don't know what a civil war is. Americans think a "civil war" looks like our "Civil War." But our Civil War wasn't a civil war at all. It was a war between sovereign states that had up to then be part of a confederation of sovereign states. So it looked a lot like any other war between warring states. There were fixed lines, national armies, prisoners of war, and prisoner exchanges. A civil war doesn't look like any of that. In a civil war, your enemy lives next door. There's no prisoner exchange; you just kill your neighbor because he is on the other side. And if you don't, he's going to kill you. It's a horrible, bloody affair. And don't look now, friends--but we're in a state of low-intensity civil war.

Piers Morgan.

I'm just amazed by the "fiscal conservatives" who are against police oversight. The police cost the taxpayers millions of dollars every year in judgments resulting from their misconduct. And they think the taxpayers shouldn't have any oversight? I'll tell you what--I'll oppose police oversight just as soon as the police start paying the civil judgments for their misconduct out of their pension fund. How about that?

PP to start the third—now we’ve got them right where they want us.

Yeah—this game is over.

Robertson could probably be out there for 60 minutes and you’d never notice him.

Whoa, hey—can we get more attention on the blonde in the leather pants and white sweater behind the Stars bench?

There’s your wraparound, you whiny bitches.

Jason Robertson is actively hurting the cause right now.

Well, right. And they have to keep dropping the new prices in part because nobody wants to drive a political statement. I mean, there's also the issue that Tesla hasn't developed a new model in years. Their design looks tired and old. And the engineering and quality seems to be . . . questionable. All of that is contributing to it. But don't downplay the role Elon has in Tesla's woes.