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QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 31, 2017 -> 01:31 PM) Its almost as if we need a movement to vote out every incumbent. Just to put the fear back into them. The majority of the hard-liners were voted in in the last 6 years.

Caulfield it is a lot more readable for you to just post a link and pull out a block quote than pasting these huge excerpts. I just scroll right past every time.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 31, 2017 -> 10:23 AM) That's the key thing, and why all these corporations that had or have bases in the suburbs or ex-urbs are moving their executive and management roles and headquarters downtown so regularly. It's actually more costly in the direct sense, but gets them a much better base of talent. I hope IIT uses this as a boost and tries to create a relationship and recruiting point with caterpillar. IIT has too good of a history to have fallen off this much.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 31, 2017 -> 09:58 AM) Caterpillar moving their corporate headquarters and CEO to Chicago. It's only 300 jobs, but another kick to the junk for Peoria. Wow. Edit: not too surprised though, have had friends turn down jobs with caterpillar not wanting to move.

Here's a good critique of the EO on immigration from the Right: http://thefederalist.com/2017/01/30/heres-...ys-needs-fixed/ Point being: while I recommend taking refugees from Syria, there is ample room for president to make policy on that through EO. Yet, the thing was so overly broad and ill thought out.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 30, 2017 -> 04:42 PM) other subject - who was it here who repeatedly said that LGBTQ people had nothing to fear from Donald Trump and Mike Pence because he hadn't campaigned on hating them as hard as he did his hatred for Islam? That appears to have bought an extra 5-6 days, per press reports of what's coming. Mary Emily O'Hara on twitter saying WH pulling back for now on new exec order.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 30, 2017 -> 04:12 PM) Bannon's being front-and-center in his administration is what makes it a hell of a lot harder to simply dismiss as an honest mistake. When you put a white nationalist in as your chief policy adviser, you don't get the benefit of the doubt when you "forget" to mention the Jews when talking about the holocaust. I would have thought honest mistake up until Spicer kept defending it. Like, why?

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 30, 2017 -> 04:03 PM) What do people think of this whole "holocaust" controversy? I actually side with Trump on this. He didn't single out any group, but I didn't think there was anything horrible or malicious around his use of words. This is what I think is dangerous about how Trump's detractor's are taking things. If you complain about every little thing, including things, like this, which I generally believe to be small (of course I'd like to think I'm rationale and could be delusional instead) then you start to get people who maybe aren't as logical / rational who look at the media and say, if they are going to complain about every little thing, then it is the old "boy who cried" wolf and you basically are just hammering a person and people stop believing everything (which is the wrong answer). It's mainly that he has a lot of ties and support from white nationalists and saying the holocaust was not targeted to exterminating Jews specifically is a popular form of holocaust denial. To remove mentions of Jews from a holocaust Remembrance Day press release is at best showing their incompetence and at worst a sign of more to come. But of course they go out and try to clarify by actually diminishing that it was about Jews more by saying "lots of people suffered in the holocaust." Could this be a thing like people assuming saying Islamic terror will save all? Maybe, but he also didn't have to hire a guy who uses his media company to stoke white supremacy memes.

Don't be afraid to mention this is your first call, it underscores how motivated you are.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 30, 2017 -> 12:19 PM) 1. Generally you do expect that people will pick up, although for some reason over the last week their staffs have been overwhelmed. 2. Do not ask to speak to the Senator or Congressperson unless you also are writing them a $2000 check. 3. Focusing on 1 or 2 issues per call is best. 4. Be polite. These are low paid staffers or volunteers who take down people's comments and record them in sort of a "pooling" fashion. Don't yell, don't be angry even with them. 5. If you get sent to voice mail, leave a message stating your name, your zip code, and express your opinion on that issue. Someone will get to that eventually. 6. If the lines are completely jammed and voice mail is full, call back another time and feel free to complain about that when you call back as that's a failure to meet the needs of your district. 7. There is debate over whether calling the local office or national office is preferable, some people strongly advocate for both. I think you're good either way. Good rundown. If you don't know how to start just go with "I'd like to know the senators stance on X" and then they may or may not yet have one, so tell them your stance and what you'd like to see.

EOs like that mean nothing for now

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 30, 2017 -> 11:18 AM) Paul Zipser looks like he can play. He isn't a defensive sieve and he looks like he's got some stones for a rookie. Hit some huge shots late, including a nice drive. Looks the opposite of Niko and Doug, who tend to be defensive sieves that make a lot of "negative" plays. What the hell is the real story with Denzel Valentine. Something has to be going on that is driving him to get such little playing time? The inability to develop Portis, Valentine, Niko, and Doug are so damning. While I don't expect any of those guys to be great, they all have enough talent to be solid rotational guys, imo. We aren't seeing it at all though. I feel part of that is how jacked around some of them get (Niko being the exception...I feel he gets too long of a leash at times, but I just can't bear with how little progress we've seen). Jerked around a lot in positions too. But all were tweeners.

QUOTE (G&T @ Jan 30, 2017 -> 10:52 AM) I'm going to guess those reports aren't entirely true. Otherwise there's a suspicious lack of investigating. There is a curious situation right now where both the detainees are not getting access to lawyers but also reassurance that the court order is going to be followed. If people still detained thru tomorrow, it will be more clear.

Yeah something is going to give soon with that. The priebus interview defending the removal of mentioning Jews from the holocaust is something that is so outside how we have treated things forever.

Did they walk back the dual citizenship part yet? Getting accurate info from this group is impossible

This story of a doctor on residency at a Cleveland clinic getting forced out is just so cruel https://www.propublica.org/article/clevelan...tent=1485734179

QUOTE (Reddy @ Jan 27, 2017 -> 03:47 PM) Support Jon Ossoff for Congress, running in Georgia's 6th district for the seat vacated by Tom Price. Already endorsed by Rep. John Lewis. Head over to his site, like his page on facebook, donate to the campaign. Election this spring. https://electjon.com Thank you

can someone ask hahn if he gets a call to put it on speaker

Weird, it's almost like encouraging players to undercut the coach they didn't like in the media had a longer term consequence of also having their players undercut the coach they did like. Couldn't have seen that coming!

Moves only need to be made after THE move is made - Firing Pax and Forman.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jan 27, 2017 -> 11:28 AM) When it comes down to it, Law is a great evaluator. At the same time, he's very bent on himself. Looking back at these rankings in 2020, when these players start showing their true value, I think the actual rank is less important to some writers than where they were against the consensus of writers. This type of thinking, in theory, would make Law dive in on guys and write guys off but it's also a natural hedge. If Moncada becomes a very good player Law can still say, "I had him as the #17 best prospect, that's a very good player, That's a 3 WAR player, etc." If Moncada is a total bust than Law can say, "I didn't see him as highly as everyone else." or "I was the low guy on Moncada." I could be and probably am wrong, but given the insight Law has given us into his person, I wouldn't be surprised if he viewed these rankings as more of a pissing contest than a meritocratic process. That being said, to have an arm with one appearance above A ball like Mitch Keller in front of Yoan Moncada...I just can't get behind that. My impression of Law from his chats is he takes "updating your priors" to a more extreme level from half to half. These are some pretty big ceiling/floor jumps from AFL impressions.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jan 27, 2017 -> 11:15 AM) Why is that nonsense? How do you think his job performance is evaluated exactly? Do you think someone at ESPN does a post-audit on his rankings every few years? Of course not, they simply look at how much traffic he drives to ESPN Insider. I'm not suggesting that's his reasoning for the Moncada ranking, but let's not pretend there isn't an obvious incentive here to stir up interest in his articles. ESPN has numerous shows where dumb viewpoints are the underlying hook. Why do you think Skip Bayless lasted as long as he did? Also, it's real annoying when the ranking Nazi's come out and accuse people of being "butt hurt" for questioning a specific player's ranking. First, this is a message board and we're meant to discuss things like rankings here. Second, we don't have to accept whatever a professional writer puts on their website as gospel. The amount of policing on what could be good, quality debate by certain posters is getting out of control here. Please, people aren't questioning his rankings. They are reflexively dismissing anything that doesn't rank sox prospects high enough as being biased. That isn't interesting debate it's just whining. You could use these to learn more about prospects strengths and weaknesses and decide yourself what you think is more important, or you could just get mad about output. And output (in terms of list rankings) won't matter, ultimately when these guys arrive next year. Would I now rank Moncada lower than Kopech because of this list? Hell no. I know Crawford is good defensively but no way in hell I'd take a 1-for-1 swap for Moncada. But it's good to know that Moncada is not finished developing. He may very well come up and struggle some more, he has a contact issue that will be up to him to correct. The good news is he already walks and could very well have some big power seasons where he identifies what pitches to drive. And that is more than most others in top 20 can do.

Maybe he'll say he's resigning. hahahahahahahahahahahahahaj kjkjkjkjk

Do you guys really think ranking a bunch of amateur pros across a number of different specialties is such a linear exercise?

It just sucks because Magneurius is such a great name it really seems like we won't get him in any trade.