Conference III Championship Belt Tale of The Tape: Minnesota at Winnipeg, 29 December 2014
by J.R.
Fresh off an overtime defense of the Conference III Belt Saturday in St. Paul, Winnipeg hosts the Wild again for the strap.
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December 27, 2014
Conference III Championship Belt Tale of The Tape: Winnipeg at Minnesota, 27 December 2014
by J.R.
Tonight, surprising Conference III Belt holders Winnipeg take on the Wild, which held the Belt for 51 days to start the season.
December 16, 2014
Conference III Championship Belt Tale of The Tape: Minnesota at Chicago, 16 December 2014
by J.R.
Tonight, Chicago defends the Conference III Belt against Minnesota. The Wild held the Belt for 51 days to start the season. They’ll try to end Chicago’s run that began earlier this month.
November 15, 2014
Conference III Championship Belt Tale of The Tape: Minnesota at Dallas, 15 November 2014
by J.R.
Tonight, Minnesota takes on Dallas for the Wild’s first title defense since November 1 when they successfully defended the Conference III Belt against … Dallas. It’s Brunchrence III For The Belt. Let’s go to the Tale of the Tape:
November 1, 2014
Conference III Championship Belt Tale of The Tape: Dallas at Minnesota, 1 November 2014
by J.R.
Tonight, the Minnesota Wild defend the Conference III Belt for the first time since winning both ends of a two-in-three set with the Avs to start the season. Their first Central Time challenger? The Dallas Stars, who will try to add the Conference III Belt to their Precog Stanley Cup.
October 31, 2014
[Redacted]: Catching Up
by obscenealex
If nothing else scares you today, this probably should.
Happy Halloween, you bunch of spooky dark [entrances to tunnels of terror]. It’s been too long! I know. I have so much [loving stink] going on in my professional and personal life that it’s been hard to carve out time for my normal in-season weekly forays into the ridiculous with you, you jovial [family men]. It’s good [positive developments], though, except for the part where it keeps me away from III Communication.
Here’s a quick wrap up of recent events around Conference III before I finish a 50+ slide powerpoint deck and head to the Halloween store to pick up this year’s costume…
October 11, 2014
Conference III Championship Belt Tale of The Tape: Minnesota at Colorado, 11 October 2014
by J.R.
The Avalanche’s 188-day run with the Conference III Belt came to an end Opening Night with a 5-0 shellacking in St. Paul. Can Minnesota extend their title run, their first in nearly a year?
We’ll find out tonight, but first the tale of the tape:
April 4, 2014
DemocraThree: 4 April 2014
by J.R.
Every Friday bloggers from around The Heptarchy will update us on the news and notes from their teams (with that fancy header image courtesy of Mike D; like democracy itself, it’s a perpetual work-in-progress). Yes, we ripped this off from TRH’s Pacific War Room; no, we don’t care. And since we ripped it off, we’ll follow their lead and go in standings order.
March 14, 2014
DemocraThree: 14 March 2014
by J.R.
Every Friday bloggers from around The Heptarchy will update us on the news and notes from their teams (with that fancy header image courtesy of Mike D; like democracy itself, it’s a perpetual work-in-progress). Yes, we ripped this off from TRH’s Pacific War Room; no, we don’t care. And since we ripped it off, we’ll follow their lead and go in standings order.
March 11, 2014
Great Game Previews In History: 11 March 2014
by J.R.
Today In History
On March 11, 1649, the Peace of Rueil is signed, bringing to an end the first phase of the Fronde, the French civil wars of the mid-17th century.
The wars — particularly the first Fronde, the Fronde Parlementaire — were not necessarily revolutionary. The objective was to protect the ancient rights of the parlements — a false friend, our linguist friends would say, because they were not like parliaments in the English sense, but rather courts of appeal that had the ability to nullify royal edicts if they ran counter to tradition.
To pay for the Thirty Years War, the King (through his clerical puppetmasters, first Cardinal Richelieu and later Cardinal Mazarin) needed to raise taxes, but the nobles refused to pay, citing their ancient exception. The bourgeoisie were left to bear the brunt, leading to insurrection in Paris. Meanwhile, the Peace of Westphalia was signed and French troops returned to Paris to quell the uprising.
Very little blood was shed in this first Fronde, but nevertheless, it was in everyone’s best interest to halt the fighting.
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