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I’m listening in the Pens app.

That the biggest joke and slap in the face to so many people.

I don’t see it as race based although I guarantee there are people whose motivation to cut health care is based on race. Just because their motivation is wrong doesn’t mean mine is. It’s hard to help others if you can’t help yourself. It’s hard to help non citizens if aren’t doing the very best we can to help our own. Regardless of skin color.

There is nothing they could do. That’s like asking what could the 9-11 victims have done to make themselves a more hard target. IMO using the NC shooting to justify the issue of personal security as not being cut and dry and in the same post talking about people not wanting to lock their doors is wrong. It’s conflating personal security vs common crime with a mass shooting involving a highly irregular method compared to historic mass shootings. The idea of fear and paranoia being subjective I also don’t completely agree with but am open to discussing further. I think the world gives us a baseline of common crimes both violent and non violent to include situations where risk is higher. Something like a thief breaking into a house can be mitigated by locking doors. There is still residual risk and if someone is inclined, can be mitigated further. At some point the remaining risk (likelihood and severity) becomes acceptable because not doing so would be the definition of paranoid.

Taxes don’t cover all of our expenses. Not saying healthcare for illegals is the whole cause for the national debt but reallocating ICE’s budget is not the answer. There’s a lot of people crying about healthcare for illegals but I don’t see anyone being as vocal about the garbage VA. After 20 plus years and counting of war, a lot of vets get dog $hit VA support but yeah let’s cry about the people who crossed into the U.S. illegally. How about we reallocate every penny that previously supported healthcare for illegals to better healthcare for those who took the fight to Al Queda, Taliban, ISIS, and their proxy groups so that those unwilling to do so didn’t have to.

Sabres play today. yay.

I don’t think age should be used as an excuse to get fat. Granted senior enlisted and officers aren’t exactly the ones going into firefights or four hour patrols or conducting middle of the night raids and ambushes. They are there for their knowledge and experience. Still not an excuse to let yourself go. Nor is the POTUS’ weight an excuse. As far as using U.S. cities as training grounds, it happens. Can’t execute every training objective on bases and ranges.

Yes there are times where we have to trust people that we don’t know but that is 100% not the case in the scenario discussed. I agree the environment you are in impacts how you respond. If it’s a town hall meeting I’d engage with a stranger on whatever topic. A random car not from my neighborhood sitting in the dark across the street with a bunch of people in it, no. I will observe and if absolutely necessary I will interact. I’m not going up to their car and knocking on the window to say hi. Your scenario about the girl walking and not paying attention? Yes, she is naive. Same for a man. Purposely being aloof just doesn’t make sense to me. Not locking doors at night seems pretty stupid because it’s such a simple thing to do that offers a measure of physical security and peace of mind. Crime doesn’t happen to you until it does then it’s too late for could’ve, would’ve, should’ve. Fear and paranoia are not the same as maintaining awareness and being responsible for your own safety. IMO you guys are conflating those concepts. Being a shut in because you’re afraid something could happen is being paranoid. Observing and assessing your surroundings and situations seems to make sense given the world we live in.

I didn’t think about the bold until i read this. You’re right, it’s disappointing.

Common sense comes with life experience. The idea of observing your environment and being realistic about the times we live in should not be a foreign concept. Confusing those simple concepts with paranoia makes people soft targets for criminals. Same type of people who stare at their phones in public, think complete strangers value life as much as they do, and mix reality with what they want reality to be.

Literally nothing of what you said has anything to do with my post. Somehow you equate common sense paranoia.

Yes I have. And those acts are part of the same mechanism. They provide a plausible reason to assess. Although, walking up to a stranger car parked down the road late at night (by yourself) is borderline naive.

People naturally distrust groups not like them. Ever watched out the window when a new family moves into the neighborhood or wondered what that car is doing parked down the road late on a Friday night? Congratulations you have a survival instinct which makes you observe things outside of the baseline.

I don’t think there’s any surprises to be had. Since the offseason acquisitions, the only disagreements were on line combinations and pairings. Nothing really as far as the overall roster.

You think every person “trained” or manipulated into distrusting others outside their group are hateful to begin with? That is incorrect.

It starts with the goat head and then the slug. May it bring them a decade and a half of success.

Looks like the last two preseason games will be in ESPN+.

Reino yes. Ullmark, meh. Still better than UPL though.

I don’t see how it kills the in a couple years. That cap is going up by a lot over the next few years. Trading him in five years isn’t going to be that hard.

Not really. He chose a two-year deal probably to see what direction the team goes and to wait until the cap increases. Byram wants to be a top guy which will not happen with Dahlin and long-term, Mrtka could take his spot on the top pairing.

Assuming Byram wants to stick around.

If all other things remain the same: Dahlin Byram Kesserling Mrtka

I am enjoying watching Mrtka. He’ll probably be the first prospect I have ever really cared to keep tabs on development.

About the only thing SS agrees on is Muel’s absence would be negligible at best. I honestly wonder what metrics or matrix this organization used to evaluate his on ice value.