A sense of loss

Well, that was depressing...Duke loss.  One had such high hopes, especially because...well, they just pissed that game away, literally and figuratively.  Alas.  They're already mentioning that Duke could lose SIX players...two seniors will be gone, and I suspect one, if not both, of the fab freshmen will leave.  As for Allen and Kennard...maybe; I am not sure Allen should leave, given his, well, statistically bad year (to say nothing of other issues).  Ditto for Kennard; yesterday showed his weaknesses.  On the other hand...maybe a swamp-draining would be beneficial.

Bad news on the Tribe, too...Cody Anderson out with TJ surgery...not that I had huge hopes for him, but he was starting depth and a reliever candidate.  With Clevinger not pitching well, that is a concern, especially with Carrasco and his swelling.  Kipnis is also a concern, given the way they fucked up the Brantley issue last year and the general desire among everyone not named Francona to give Michael Martinez as few ABs as possible.  The Ramirez to 2B is a possibility, though that opens a hole at 3rd.  Urshela/Diaz is an interesting possibility, though they will prolly use just one, and the glove guy at that.  I don't necessarily mind...but the whole rash of injuries does not bode well, even given my cheery nature to begin with.

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-03-16/the-man-who-made-us-see-that-trade-isn-t-always-free
Well, this does explain President Trump, and more deeply, why so many people are hurting in the heartland and beyond.  And, as you note, the solution he advocates -- support of industry, military spending to boost technology...well, I wouldn't exactly say that the new budget promotes this directly, but I would strongly suggest it is a deep underpinning of it.

http://news.wgbh.org/2017/03/15/politics-government/major-new-study-shows-political-polarization-mainly-right-wing

I think this is largely true, but they diagnose it wrong...some of this, is, of course, political, but I suspect a lot of it is that people on the right are fed up with the bias (intentional or not) of the mainstream news, and thus, you look for Plan B....I DO fault the mainstream media, if you will, for this...I mean, with subscriptions in MOST publications falling, I suspect pissing off potentially a third of you potential readership to be unwise.