USA winning gold is extremely unlikely given its a 50/50 chance NHL lets players compete and Canada has better players.

In women's, it looks like Abbey Murphy is the goat and can body Canada for the next 4 medal games

The women's team is old now. They had a great run and decided out of respect to let the vets go for it 1 last time. Next set of younger players will take over the next one.

all that talk for both teams to go to overtime. Russia got banned just so these teams could struggle in the quarterfinals

Yes. Yes they do.

There is no other country that provides the freedom and opportunity that the U.S. does. None. Speak openly against the government if we want, and also make enough money to live comfortably with endless opportunities.

This post was edited by Sixers on Feb 18 2026 06:26pm

As soon as people understand you cant have a perfect country in an imperfect world, they will understand why America is #1

Personally I can live like a king in about 50+ countries whereas in the U.S. I can barely make enough to be considered lower middle class

I could make more if I was willing to throw away my principles. I’d rather work for a nonprofit to help ordinary folks than go down the path of working to maximize my income potential

Live like a king doing what? You moved there from the U.S., right? Which country are you in, Thailand?

Start out there and say that. The U.S. pays more, and the ceiling is MUCH higher with far more opportunities.

To each their own though. Live where you want to live.

I live in Chicago now, I really disagree with the idea that the US is so great. I think it's only so great for a very small minority of people who now can live comfortably.

According to the comfortable living index, to have a family of 4 in Illinois "living comfortably" you need an income of $240k today. That means both the husband and wife working 50+ hour high demand jobs basically just to be middle class today.

You can throw a dart on the map in SE Asia, Latin America, some places in Europe, some places in the Middle East where you can live like a king on $50k a year.

Your argument about "start out there" seems silly in a time where everyone can work remotely. Especially with AI eliminating so many office jobs and having some digital nomad doing it instead.

This post was edited by MildSambal on Feb 18 2026 09:09pm

Almost 20 years later and this moron still uses JSP as his personal blog space about irrelevant teams?

irony.