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QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Sep 14, 2016 -> 03:21 PM) Im not sure if Hillary's strategy today is a good idea. She is accusing Trump of some serious stuff, likely some of it is true, however its all stuff that she has been implicated with too. Going after his charity and saying business deal with foreign entities could become a conflict for him. I know she's slumping pretty bad but shining a larger light on stuff that she is also doing doesnt seem like the best idea to me. Most of her slump is dems being demoralized. Typically rebounds when she "fights" back. Not sure you are right.

Rosenthanl just reported that Cherington would be reporting to current Jays GM Atkins. bwahh?

man. you have all of those in a 14 team league?!

I used to listen to a lot of comedy podcasts but they are too prolific and i felt bad when i had 1000 unheard podcasts.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 14, 2016 -> 12:21 PM) Blago was just an idiot. I mean he barely even knew how to use a computer (watch the episodes of the Apprentice he was in). That being said I think his problem is that other people in the state didnt like him and it was an easy opportunity to go after him. I think there is also the risk factor. When you give a presidential candidate a lot of money there is no guarantee that they will win. So its seen more as a "reward" for helping. Where as if you paid Blago it was a guarantee. So many people went down around blago though, I think pay to play was the norm, I just don't think they proved it, and I totally see what ss2k5 is saying, and I do think that he would have accepted a quid pro quo, but it just was not an impressive case. edit: I have more commas to use, if you need them,

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 14, 2016 -> 12:15 PM) If the reward is implicit in the agreement, not really. I know Rod's big mistake was making a clear and public suggestion to make it obvious, versus the usual, wink-wink stuff that goes on here. There's no real qualification for ambassador though. Had it just been an Obama bundler going to ISrael that would be a big deal, but, throughout history we've had a lot of interesting ambassadors. I don't know, I don't find ambassadorships to bundlers corrupt. Question now is whether ambassadors are needed at all.

QUOTE (knightni @ Sep 14, 2016 -> 12:03 PM) Taking a flyer on Jalen Richard. It's a 14 team league and my guys are getting hurt too much. I am 100% confident Latavius Murray will eventually lose that job. I'm just unsure which backup it goes too. More likely they start a 3 way RBBC

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 14, 2016 -> 12:06 PM) It makes you wonder who did Blago piss off. I mean, everyone. But difference between rewarding campaign supporters and explicitly extorting them. That said, I have never really felt like they proved the case against blago. That no sums or anything were discussed, I do feel like the "I've got this thing and it's gold" is not enough. BUt, oh well, glad he went to jail. If not for this, would have been taken down with rezko likely.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 14, 2016 -> 12:03 PM) I don't know what it looks like for sure, but it feels like he is cashing in with RISP at a much higher rate over the last month or two. It seems like he just isn't missing out in clutch situations right now. I'm sure he has, but also seems like either Anderson or Eaton are on every time. From SSS: Eaton September .400/.464/.640 That'll do pig, that'll do.

What do you find so corrupt aobut these documents. They were also dumped ten hours ago, were not emails, and was a big file. More personal donor info, though. Really hard to prevent, obviously.

You can attribute some of those RBIs to eaton's incredible september as well.

Nevermind - not included in their income: About Tweet Share on Facebook Census money income is defined as income received on a regular basis (exclusive of certain money receipts such as capital gains) before payments for personal income taxes, social security, union dues, medicare deductions, etc. Therefore, money income does not reflect the fact that some families receive part of their income in the form of noncash benefits, such as food stamps, health benefits, subsidized housing, and goods produced and consumed on the farm. In addition, money income does not reflect the fact that noncash benefits are also received by some nonfarm residents which may take the form of the use of business transportation and facilities, full or partial payments by business for retirement programs, medical and educational expenses, etc.

After reading that, I think it's plausible that the cash transfer for subsidies for health insurance could be claimed as additional income, but gonna keep looking.

Anyone wanna read this with me then:? http://www2.census.gov/library/publication...6/p60-256sa.pdf edit: Doesn't get into survey questions.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 14, 2016 -> 09:48 AM) The issue is that it doesn't line up at all with wage growth, GDP growth, inflation, savings rate or any of the other traditional measures. So where did the money come from, and where did it go to? This is just another in a series of numbers that don't really make sense in a package. These are all valid reasons to think this is an outlier (again, the way census measures is peculiar, but measured against it's own previous reports would show we are picking up something) The "don't buy it us workers less skilled than ever" is not accurate, as they would certainly be MORE skilled as there are more of everything, than ever before. But even if there were less skilled workers, that may be a reason for wages to increase as there is scarcity.

I wonder if this Bayer/Monsanto merger will go through. http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/14/investing/...deal/index.html

Also I do think there is room to question the census data as some of their measurements are a quite different than what we are used to from BLS and FRED

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 14, 2016 -> 08:07 AM) So, you don't buy a massive year-long data set conducted and reviewed by mathematicians, but you buy your personal view that people in a certain age range seem less skilled? Also, and important, skill level and pay are not necessarily linked. In fact the US economy, for good or bad, continues to drop away from hard skills in engineering and manufacturing, into softer service-side skills, which are much harder to quantify. Re: skills. 2008 moved a lot of former construction workers to other industries (or dropped out), now there is a shortage of construction workers, and so far they aren't matching up. May be what SS is alluding to in terms of geographical mismatch right now.

I didn't do a very good job showing that was the authors writing and not my own in that post. Going to edit now, but won't fix in SS.

I probably paid too much to claim fuller but severely thin at WR, and also claimed chris thompson for small fee.

If NY keeps winning I think it's Tanaka otherwise I think Sale may honestly do this. Unless Q keeps this up

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 13, 2016 -> 09:26 PM) Bill Simmons needs to realize podcast wise, there is such a thing as too much. I like his shows and 1600 but all this other stuff is awful The Ringer is putting out. As an old school wrestling fan, the new Bruce Prichard podcast is great. To some extent I agree but I'm a big greenwald/Ryan fan, and really like Robert mays and especially Kevin Clark for Nfl. Also enjoy 1600. So hit or miss like any channel

Great thread. I'll post thoughts soon

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Sep 13, 2016 -> 03:50 PM) The real question isn't what to do with Saladino but can Lawrie recover from what appears to be a very serious injury. Lawrie proved his worth to the Sox and so did Saladino. Having them both on the team is a very good thing for next year I thought he just kept reaggravating a hammy. Is there an update?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 13, 2016 -> 02:52 PM) The MLB average for 2B in 2016 is .773. Throw into that Saladino ranks 22nd in all 2Bs in defensive WAR according to fangraphs while only playing 87 games so far this year means you are looking at a middle of the pack second baseman as is. Sure if a stud comes along you don't turn it down, but if this really is Tyler Saladino, he is a pretty acceptable player, assuming he doesn't improve or fall off. If he continues to improve you have a top 10 2B. Further - losing your starting second baseman, and being able to recreate that production, is the depth that playoff teams require (see Jose Ramirez). People should be excited about that.