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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 7, 2017 -> 01:41 PM) If this had been Clinton (or Obama or any Dem), Republicans would already be holding impeachment trials in the Senate. And they would be right to.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Jun 7, 2017 -> 01:37 PM) Honestly I took it as, this doesn't really strengthen the Dems' claims and in fact in a lot of ways makes them less serious (e.g., he never told Comey not to investigate him and Trump is actually right in that Comey did confirm to him that he was not being investigated personally), yet on the other hand, it clearly shows Trumps efforts to, at a minimum, push or influence Comey in his duties (with Flynn and with the Russia probe generally). Trump was also not using the appropriate "traditions" of going through third parties to talk with Comey and instead elected to speak to him directly on a number of occasions. I'm not really sure any of this is actionable though. Inappropriate, yes, but impeachable? Ehhhh. I was hoping for something more. Perhaps in isolation, I find it hard to see your point with the knowledge that trump eventually fired Comey and told Lester Holt that he was thinking about the Russia investigation. If he was just giving Flynn a recommendation of character by dismissing all from the room and then saying to let the investigation go, I don't find it necessary to then fire the FBI director. And again, Nixon was never found to have ordered the Watergate break-in. But I don't see how you could look at this behavior and not think that Trump is demanding that federal law enforcement will not be allowed to hold his administration to account.

I am saddened to read that, and feel pretty cynical about it. This was a line I grew up thinking was the one thing that could not be crossed or tolerated. But it will be now.

Every year I go through the draft order and get mad at the competitive balance picks.

AAA Charlotte vs. Durham Pitcher: Danish AA Double Header Birmingham v Tennessee Pitcher 1: TBD Pitcher 2 : Cooper A+ Off A Kannapolis v Lakewood Pitcher: Blake Hickman DSL stats will post at a random time, started 3 hours ago Edit: http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?s...mp;ymd=20170607 Thanks!

No way it hit a catwalk, I thought they were saying it may have hit a piece like a wire holding up a catwalk. So weird. Get a real stadium.

Well they have been rewarded for not letting anyone deliberate on it, so that's a part of it.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 7, 2017 -> 10:07 AM) When I was in school coke was the rich kids drug, and the poor kids smoked pot. Heroin wasn't even a blip on the radar. There were certainly kids taking painkillers though to get high, stuff like vicadin. Makes the jump more coherent, but evenso, still surprising. Both of those seem rather social, and opiods seem the opposite.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 7, 2017 -> 10:01 AM) I remember thinking how weird it was several years back when a few of my little brother's more distant friends or friends-of-friends were being hospitalized or dying from heroin OD's. That was unheard of when I was in the same high school only a four years ahead of him, and suburban Chicago isn't exactly the epicenter of the crisis. Would have been insane to hear of a classmate doing heroin when I was in high school, but was considered much more through the lens of using it with needles. Heroin was always the scariest due to addiction, but also the rather vulgar way of using it. I do wonder if it moving to pill form has removed a "scare" barrier that has led to kids trying it more.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jun 7, 2017 -> 09:25 AM) People gotta die somehow. I wonder how many of these are assisted suicides? I would guess less than a percent. Addiction is complicated and terrible, very many of these victims would certainly not want to be overdosing. A good many more may have gotten addicted via a pain killer prescription that sent them down a spiral. I have addiction throughout my family, and I'm terrified of getting back problems. People deserve more respect than "gotta die somehow".

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 7, 2017 -> 09:26 AM) I would read next to nothing from 3 games in the DSL. But, he's 17 years old and got a six figure bonus, so certainly he could be a guy. I know Maitan, etc, but do you think the Venezuela signings get deflated with less competition of scouts to see these guys?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 7, 2017 -> 09:12 AM) Speaking of Twitter, perfect timing... NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump may be the nation's tweeter-in-chief, but some Twitter users say he's violating the First Amendment by blocking people from his feed after they posted scornful comments. Lawyers for two Twitter users sent the White House a letter Tuesday demanding they be un-blocked from the Republican president's @realDonaldTrump account. "The viewpoint-based blocking of our clients is unconstitutional," wrote attorneys at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University in New York. The White House didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. The tweeters — one a liberal activist, the other a cyclist who says he's a registered Republican — have posted and retweeted plenty of complaints and jokes about Trump. Yeah that's actually pretty interesting. Kinda love when new tech needs to be defined for laws like that.

Is Anthony Coronado worth following? He's had a bit of a hot start and looks like he's 17 out of Venezuela for 150k.

It's going to pass.

Crazy and terrible. These are some high profile places for an attack.

Stay strong, Yoda. Praying for you.

Poor Kahnle gotten squeezed on obvious strikes. Now it's in his head.

In DSL Coronado was 4-4 with 2 doubles. J Guerrero was 1-5. Mieses had 3 hits. All of those were 2016 signings? I think.

I don't even really know where the rumors are, seems like typical politico garbage. I just don't think he's history's greatest monster.

Ha, yeah, I've wondered with Carlos. Feels like he's being held back and doesn't necessarily agree with hit. Not surprised he may go all out right away.

dreading this game tbh. Struggling to just enjoy having q and instead am just paranoid and if he does well it's just a relief.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 6, 2017 -> 01:59 PM) Who out there is the progressive base actually excited about right now? Jerry Brown? Liz Warren? https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/loca...a004_story.html Virginia GOV race upended by Sanders and Warren wing Stories framing is kind of ridiculous. Periello is endorsed by a lot more national dems than Sanders/Warren that would compromise that framing. John Podesta for one.

What matters a lot is turnout. Everyone thought this would be a low turnout (16), it was not. Far from being depressed, something (we're not allowed to talk about it) suddenly catalyzed a lot of exurb and rural voters to come out to vote for Trump. Trump is seeing collapse in the strongly support numbers. Would those voters, even if broadly sympathetic to Trump, make the time to vote again?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 6, 2017 -> 01:32 PM) Is it just me, or did that just say he was telling classified information? The names of the states were what was classified.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jun 6, 2017 -> 12:40 PM) He probably makes the most sense to replace Zevela, with maybe Carlos Perez as an option too? I think Schnursbusch got sent back to extended, so he probably takes an OF spot at some point. The only other positional guy on Great Falls roster who was halfway decent and unaccounted for is Jake Jarvis. Doubt they want to rush many of the Latin guys from the AZL. so Call probably stays right, so Schnurbusch, Adolfo, Call seems like the OF.