My read on the upcoming “referendums” in the occupied regions is that it’s an open admission by Russia that their ground forces have capitulated and they have no capacity to take further ground. Of course they will “win” the vote but the result will be rejected by the entire international community and the fight will continue.
PGA Tour comes close to nullifying the money advantage for top players considering LIV with all the changes announced today. The only guys who make the jump will continue to be douchebags (Reed) or guys who want to “play less golf” (direct quote from DJ). Cam Smith seems to fit in the second category, although I wonder if the President’s Cup + increased purses / benefits from the Tour will give him any pause on his planned departure.
Lol at Maryland repeatedly running end-around sweeps while our 290 lb MLB struggled in pursuit.
Herman and Orlando looking at each other - “I don’t see a problem with the scheme. Players need to try harder.”
My favorite part of the Crimea videos is the absolute shock and confusion of the Russian people behind the camera. Delicious turnabout that they now understand what it’s like to live under the threat of an incoming missile at all times.
I could see the nuke plant attack being a false flag to justify mobilization to a domestic audience. Another possibility is that they do it with the idea that it’ll degrade the western appetite to continue supporting Ukraine in the war effort. The idea being that when we see how dirty / dangerous the conflict has become we’ll reassess whether Ukraine really matters that much.
It’s a completely psychopathic and disgusting frame of mind, but that’s who Putin is.
Really glad to see this. Honestly not sure why it wasn’t done sooner. Russians need to realize they’re no longer welcome to participate in the civilized world.
Losing Cam Smith is not good for the Tour. The thing is though, the Tour is what made Cam Smith. And when he’s gone, another 25 year old who worked his ass off and played the KFT and the opposite field events will win a British Open or The Masters. He’ll rise in the OWGR, get all the sponsorships, an no one will even be thinking about Cam Smith. LIV is a very lucrative one-way ticket to irrelevance.
For all their talk of growing the game, LIV hasn’t even made a token effort to set up a feeder league or relationships with junior / amateur golf. Competition is what creates great golfers, not money. Eventually the Saudis will tire of trying to pick off the good golfers at a nine-figure price tag and the whole thing will disappear into thin air.
Manpower is one issue, but Russia is also running out of weapons. I seriously doubt that the NK deal with come through - not least of all because Kim knows half of them will surrender to the first non-Russian they see outside of NK. But if it does, are they just going to human wave attack? Or will they bring their own weapons?