Malee
October 20, 2019, 3:03pm
#41
There has been a lot of government papers released in recent decades, your info is dated. The US had cracked Japan’s codes, and FDR gave the green light to give Japan the impression a US invasion on Japan homeland was imminent. They didn’t think Japan attack Hawaii, they thought other targets more likely…but still.
Malee
October 20, 2019, 3:11pm
#42
Black_Swan:
I like Lebron, seems like a conscientious dude. I don’t know of too many people given that much fame, talent and money that early in life that didn’t turn into total D-bags.
Nerdy. Problem with the whole China analogy is nobody really appointed them a boss. They’re a customer, and sometimes you fire customers, even rich ones. Happens all the time and often the best organizations are the most disciplined about doing it. Also unlike a boss, they aren’t the sole relationship, in fact, they’re still a small minority of the relationship. People focusing on short term gain is you have to take a long term view (which may ultimately agree with you or not, depends on how people do that calculus).
Anyhow, people keep repeating those tropes (thx, we get what happened) and the GM will probably sit back and be quiet, but I get the impression the major star players aren’t done (although maybe on CN, who knows what they think).
Didn’t Lebron speak out on Darfur, didn’t he say there are things more important than money… You can’t be so woke, and then pick and choose. Anyways… this is an interesting take on NBA controversy, worth a read.
https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3032868/chinas-targeting-nba-shows-why-it-may-fail-building-soft-power-and
Malee:
Black_Swan:
I like Lebron, seems like a conscientious dude. I don’t know of too many people given that much fame, talent and money that early in life that didn’t turn into total D-bags.
Nerdy. Problem with the whole China analogy is nobody really appointed them a boss. They’re a customer, and sometimes you fire customers, even rich ones. Happens all the time and often the best organizations are the most disciplined about doing it. Also unlike a boss, they aren’t the sole relationship, in fact, they’re still a small minority of the relationship. People focusing on short term gain is you have to take a long term view (which may ultimately agree with you or not, depends on how people do that calculus).
Anyhow, people keep repeating those tropes (thx, we get what happened) and the GM will probably sit back and be quiet, but I get the impression the major star players aren’t done (although maybe on CN, who knows what they think).
Didn’t Lebron speak out on Darfur, didn’t he say there are things more important than money… You can’t be so woke, and then pick and choose. Anyways… this is an interesting take on NBA controversy, worth a read.
https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3032868/chinas-targeting-nba-shows-why-it-may-fail-building-soft-power-and
No, I agree it was not a good look for him.