do or die

Leafs boards are pretty amusing. Need more ticker tape in TO. Some Leaf fans are pretty charged up, and doing plenty of tub thumping .....about beating a poorly coached, non-playoff team, at the end of a tough road trip, with a depleted D corps.....in overtime. Laine has 5 goals in two games against the Leafs, but he is some kind of junk......."sigh" Too bad that the Big Dumb Buff showed up......the penalties, the walkabout on the tying PK, and the dumb 4 on 4 play in the overtime. PS, Laine will just have to score a lot more points than anyone to win that Calder.

We need Beastly Buff tonight.....not that other guy.

Just came across this: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”

Hate to break it to you......but there will always be some boobs, around here.

Sweden: Never Forget: Scandinavian Strong

You guys and your cheap gimmicks.......the key is to be simply likeable.....

Calling it now......Laine gets 4 points - 3 secondary assists, and an empty net goal. Leaf fans talk afterwards about how invalid, all of it is.........

Was watching a interview with the guy who was called up on stage, by Trump in his Florida ego recharging event.

Rättvik Massacre.......

Well, the Republicans in the House and Senate, stood behind the Donald (while some held their noses) as the ticket to the Presidency. But Trump's bromance with Putin, and this whole Flynn thing, has some of them grinding their teeth. The ever shrinking circle around Trump, in effect, bypassing everybody else in decision making, is also causing tension. Trump and Bannon may thrive on chaos and confusion.....but not plenty of other Republicans. Trump talking "directly to the people", like that last press conference - while one can practically see the marbles rolling around on the floor, must be making folks pretty uneasy as well.....

"You can't handle The Plan!"

Why pay Lafrance 100K if he is never going to get any touches?

More solid, boring moves today. Hardly uncorking the gin, these days...

Incredibly exploitative and sexist...... Well executed.

Take it outside and let us get on with the drama.......

Wiecek actually needs to be idiotic and insulting.......to garner and maintain some attention Because that is all he has. There isn't much as far as the craft of sports writing or journalistic credibility.

Strictly hobo logic.......

Now I know what Flutie looked like at 10....

Just watched that press conference.......good grief! Jaw dropping stuff all round. Republicans better hurry up with that intervention. Because even more Agent Orange is being released, by the hour......

Just like last year, when I learned that the Bombers had blown money on washed up FA players on Day one,......while the Riders wisely scooped up all the good young ones on Day 2. At least that was the story.

Well, Walters could of dropped 100K for an unproven CDN RB, or another chunk for a oft-injured 34 year old WR/KR. But Walters hemmed and hawed and dawdled, and we missed out......

As the heat turns up......the circle of decision makers gets smaller....never mind the House, Senate or the rest of the entire WH administration. Trump, Bannon, Priebus, "Javanka " (Kushner and Ivanka) and Steve Miller... hunkered down in the Trumpenbunker, insisting that things are still going according to plan....as the shells are whistling overhead.

Well, not enough frenzy yesterday...... has got me in a bit of a frenzy....

.....or the Judiciary ......or the media ....or the mainstream members of your own party.....

During the election I was traveling through the Dakotas, Minnesota, and Illinois. Talked to a bunch of folks about it, got some varying reasons on why people were supporting Donald Trump. Some of them seemed fascinated with his celebrity status, Some considered him a "straight shooter" and more importantly "not a politician" But, the key concept I took away, was that a lot of people were angry - real, real angry.... and mistrustful of not just the Democrats, but of the entire current economic, political and judicial systems.....and were looking for an outlet to vent that anger and "make ourselves heard" In short, the general feeling among Trump supporters was....that the "deck was stacked" and "no one was really listening to us" and that it was time to "send a message to Washington" Trump really cashed in on this.....running as the ultimate outsider (even attacking mainstream Republicans) , telling people what they wanted to hear, utilizing very simple and strident messages, or sound bites....and a very simplistic problem/solution mantra....while actively encouraging folks to get as "mad as hell" and then channeling that anger into an over the top aggressive posture....which also helped Trump play pretty fast and loose with the truth, and having it accepted in quite a number of instances... "Make America great again" "Build a wall, and make Mexico pay for it" "Tear up NAFTA, etc, give Americans a better deal" "Lock her up" "Drain the swamp" Trouble is, without the what and the how.....these statements are in themselves, are really pretty meaningless. During the election, Trump articulated no plans or policies to accomplish any of this - depending on his supporters to take it on strictly face value. (they did) So in the end, this real estate baron, CEO, 1 per-center, business mogul....had now somehow become the acknowledged voice of the legit concerns and enabler....of blue collar America. Ironic. Without going further into what has happened in the first month, in the Trump White House.....as I am out of breath, at present...