The Big Ragu's Recent Activity
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The Big Ragu replied to the thread The Economy.
The other half if this is that the PCE deflator was way up (3.7 percent). Maybe it will click with people that we are mired in a...
Apr 25, 2024 at 9:04 AM -
The Big Ragu replied to the thread 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs thread.
Mike Zibanejad and Chris Kreider are joined at the hip. Really good friends, line mates and they have developed amazing chemistry. They...
Apr 25, 2024 at 5:58 AM -
The Big Ragu replied to the thread Meanwhile on the International front.....
They can start maybe by acknowledging that they ARE terrorists. ... and by not supporting terrorist acts like the attack on October 7 in...
Apr 24, 2024 at 8:18 PM -
The Big Ragu replied to the thread 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs thread.
It was a pretty goal. Mika had everyone focused on the pass back to Kreider, and instead passed it to a streaking Miller who came...
Apr 24, 2024 at 12:03 PM -
The Big Ragu replied to the thread President Biden: The NEW one and only politics thread.
Demagoguery.
Apr 24, 2024 at 11:38 AM -
The Big Ragu replied to the thread The Economy.
They haven't. Inflation (as people use the term -- i.e. consumer prices of goods and services) is running hotter here than in Europe....
Apr 24, 2024 at 10:10 AM -
The Big Ragu replied to the thread The Economy.
The overstimulated superpower Some of that fiscal and monetary stimulus is still coursing through the system, keeping growth...
Apr 24, 2024 at 9:15 AM -
The Big Ragu replied to the thread President Biden: The NEW one and only politics thread.
I'm not a lawyer. ... I knew what you are saying. But don't a lot of states (all?) have a discovery exception to the statute of...
Apr 24, 2024 at 6:44 AM -
The Big Ragu replied to the thread Meanwhile on the International front.....
In 1978, did you learn to identify and avoid places where you might get kicked in the shin?
Apr 23, 2024 at 3:49 PM -
The Big Ragu replied to the thread Meanwhile on the International front.....
I wasn't making it an either / or. I was rolling my eyes at the "send in the storm troopers" bluster, too. I'm not worried about a...
Apr 23, 2024 at 2:55 PM -
The Big Ragu replied to the thread Meanwhile on the International front.....
To me, what's going on there looks more like a nascent holocaust. Or maybe it's a nascent genocide. It's what I have said before...
Apr 23, 2024 at 2:05 PM -
The Big Ragu replied to the thread NPR essay on losing "America's trust".
1) They are using the tax code to offer a benefit to one company (privately-owned news organizations), but denying the same benefit to...
Apr 22, 2024 at 11:26 AM -
The Big Ragu replied to the thread 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs thread.
Yeah, I know how beaten up they are. I was just commenting. It's not like I was overly afraid of the Caps as a first round opponent, but...
Apr 22, 2024 at 11:00 AM -
The Big Ragu replied to the thread NPR essay on losing "America's trust".
This is not what a government in a free country that protects and values individual civil liberties does. "Anti-Trust" has become a...
Apr 22, 2024 at 9:04 AM -
The Big Ragu replied to the thread The Economy.
It's a little (actually a lot) different. Fortress actually owned (and gave themselves a juicy management contract to milk the corpse...
Apr 22, 2024 at 6:08 AM -
The Big Ragu replied to the thread 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs thread.
Re: Georgiev . ... from a Rangers' fan perspective. I always thought he was a mediocre goaltender in terms of his actual talent and...
Apr 22, 2024 at 5:52 AM -
The Big Ragu replied to the thread 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs thread.
BTW, I feel almost guilty seeing what Washington is putting out there on defense and feeling great about the Rangers' prospects. I can't...
Apr 22, 2024 at 5:41 AM -
The Big Ragu replied to the thread 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs thread.
Heh. I don't want to overstate Rempe's value as an actual hockey player, and you didn't get to see much of it during his brief regular...
Apr 22, 2024 at 5:33 AM -
The Big Ragu replied to the thread Meanwhile on the International front.....
She earned the right to speak as valedictorian. Her safety should be her concern. The safety of everyone else is the responsibility of...
Apr 20, 2024 at 9:48 AM -
The Big Ragu replied to the thread 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs thread.
I don't think it means anything when the playoffs start. But all of those games were clustered in the middle of the Rangers midseason...
Apr 19, 2024 at 3:21 PM -
The Big Ragu replied to the thread 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs thread.
I think Colorado is the most talented team in the NHL. I think you pick against them at your peril. ... but Winnipeg is my (not such a)...
Apr 19, 2024 at 10:11 AM -
The Big Ragu replied to the thread NPR essay on losing "America's trust".
To the contrary, my guess would be that the 25 years made him feel way too comfortable. Like it somehow gave him leeway to be critical...
Apr 19, 2024 at 10:02 AM -
The Big Ragu replied to the thread 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs thread.
Florida vs. Tampa Bay: Florida in 6. Boston vs. Toronto: Boston in 5. N.Y. Rangers vs. Washington: not touching this. Carolina vs. N.Y....
Apr 19, 2024 at 9:14 AM
