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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 04:40 PM) The problem with that statement is that anything that removes a child from their parents is generally a traumatic event. I think the available studies on this are pretty clear - unless the home the kid is in is a true threat to their life, if it's possible to keep the kid in their original home, there is a solid benefit to keeping them their in terms of the kid's grades, likelihood of winding up in jail, drug use, etc. That wasn't a directive. That was a hidden warning of the fact that the government has done an incredible awful job of raising people's children.

QUOTE (illinilaw08 @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 04:20 PM) Sure. And we don't disagree on the point that parents have a huge impact on how kids develop, and that if that window gets missed, the kid is much less likely to succeed. The point I'm making is that it's much, much more difficult for the parent in the poverty cycle to provide that support. If we're trying to make an efficient use of federal (or local) tax dollars, targeting them toward those kids seems like a smart thing to do. That is just it. I don't think there is a particularly effective usage to be had here. Even in the offering of public education, if a student isn't willing to participate in it, it is a waste. In this case, if a parent who already has the attitude that education is worthless is being depended on to provide for that child, even if it means getting them to some programing, it isn't going to be done with education in mind. In order be effective, you would have to have the government raise that child.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 04:09 PM) The "pulling up your bootstraps" method doesn't work for everyone. When in poverty, often the parents get severely depressed and get other mental health issues. The government method doesn't work for everyone either. In fact it is WAY less likely to work than it being done inside of a household.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 03:56 PM) Right. So you can write off gambling losses against gambling winnings...so basically to prove you had no long-term gains. The Vegas casinos typically require you to sign tax forms for winnings of $10k or more, I believe. Is Bovada technically illegal still? If so, I'm not sure how much good it would do you to pay taxes on income related to an illegal act. That depends. If you get caught, you add tax evasion to any gambling charges. And honestly it is the tax evasion that they will hunt you down for.

QUOTE (illinilaw08 @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 03:46 PM) This is definitely spot on. Part of this, however, is that the difficulties of getting by on a day-to-day basis are much more difficult for those in the poverty cycle. Couple of easy examples from my career: When I was a prosecutor, and I handled misdemeanor courts, the people on the lower end of the income spectrum were much more likely to bring their kids to court because they didn't have reliable childcare. They were more likely to miss a court date because they didn't have reliable transportation. They were more likely to end up coming back to court over and over because they failed to make the payments required on their speeding ticket or what not. When I was doing debtor bankruptcy work, it was the same thing. The people at the lowest end of the poverty spectrum, and with kids, have a harder time getting by. If they are working minimum wage, they have to deal with crappy scheduling that they have no control over. It's more likely they don't have reliable transportation, so they end up missing work, or their commute is significantly longer. If something throws a wrench into the schedule, they have to scramble for childcare because that's a thing that is absurdly expensive. If you want to make a dent in the poverty cycle, there need to be resources available so that the kid of a single parent who works 12 hours a day doesn't end up with their kid behind the 8-ball. It's crappy that the choice in the poverty cycle is frequently working or spending time reading to their kids. Sure. But the truest indicator is the push the kids get from the people around them. I live in a town with about a 50% poverty rate in the schools. My daughter goes to school with kids who are quite literally homeless. Her best friend has a dad who was never around, and mom who lost custody because she is a drug addict and part time criminal to pay for it. An Aunt who is herself working 3 jobs is raising this kid. Despite the situation the kid is close to a straight A student. It is all because the Aunt forced the child to do early education activities from day one of taking over her parenting. For other kids in the situation, school is nothing but a day care and lunch counter. Their performance reflects that as well. I mean government can try to help all it wants, but there is an absolutely vital period very early on that if development doesn't take place, the kid is close to doomed statistically speaking.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 03:36 PM) That is important, and it seems to be a big part of what ultimately ends up being blamed on the school systems. At its root, a lot of our education problems are really poverty problems. Study after study shows that a large part of the finished product is already statistically determined by the time a kid is put into K.

QUOTE (Dam8610 @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 01:11 PM) Those are so rare as to be statistically irrelevant. I mean what are we talking about 5 in all of baseball in a year? Maybe 10? Let me put it this way, the AL had almost 100,000 PAs this season. Even if there were 10 hit in the AL this year, we are talking about a 1 in 10,000 event. We are talking about 0.0001.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 03:24 PM) I do believe that early child education, pre-K, is hugely critical for development. That said, I don't necessarily think the federal government should be the ones to address that. This is one I think the states and localities need to get addressed. It is something that benefits the entire community, and much like public education in general, should be funded by local and state taxes. If you want to keep the existing providers, then use a voucher system for pre-K levels (and only pre-K levels, because that's where the private structure is already the ONLY structure for the most part). But it is important, and I do think it should be an added tax. Then remove the federal credit entirely, and if people want to pay above what the public structure provides in services or voucher amounts, then don't get a tax break on it. I will probably manage to piss of R's and D's at the same time with that one, haha. Honestly through the exposure I have gotten to differing amounts of early education, the biggest thing that needs to be done is to convince parents stuck in the poverty cycle that the best way for their kids to break out of it starts from Day 1, and not Age 5. I run into so many people who think because they didn't do anything with their lives, that their kids won't either, so their kids never get exposed to things like reading until a much later age than they should. That failure follows them as they trail their contemporaries all of the way through school, and never full recover as a whole. Sure some individuals get saved and recover, but as a group, no.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 03:04 PM) FWIW: Boston/Providence paper and talk media are pretty consistent today. Red Sox priorities in order: 1. DH-Bullpen( esp.lefty) and 3B. Most figure bullpen via trade and DH and 3B in house 2. Alex Speier who is one of their prime reporters said they have 6 starters signed for next year. "This may be an offseason defined more by subtle changes rather than fundamental ones. In the rotation, the team retains control over its six primary starters this year – David Price, Rick Porcello, Eduardo Rodriguez, Drew Pomeranz, Steven Wright, and Clay Buchholz (whose $13.5 million option represents almost a no-brainer given its short term and the righthander's solid performance down the stretch). Will the Red Sox explore the trade market to see if the White Sox are inclined to deal Chris Sale or Jose Quintana? Certainly, but in a thin market where the prospect cost of starters is likely to be exorbitant, the team may also stay the course. " https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2...fLwI/story.html lol, apparently the Boston front office was up early this morning writing propaganda. If they had no interest in these guys because of their six starters, they wouldn't have been sniffing around them three months ago. GMAB. Add to that a first round sweep, and the pressure goes UP on them to make a move, not down.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 03:02 PM) Some of the wikileaks recent emails showed that that is pretty much exactly what happened. Trump was their dream candidate to run against. It is exactly why they didn't smear him until later on in the campaign. They KNEW they could destroy him, and they wouldn't have to run on any platform at all.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 02:44 PM) This isnt even close to the amount of a welfare check though. Reality is that it isn't rationale. But that doesn't really matter.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 02:40 PM) Why wouldn't we think he was serious? Who falsely brags about sexual assault? Trump already admitted on Howard Stern that he would barge into the dressing rooms of Miss USA contestants to see them naked. This isn't a guy who gives a s*** about what women want. They're sexual objects. He does whatever he wants and knows he has enough power/money to get away with it. To be fair, the guy is a pathological liar. I don't think you can assume that anything that comes out of his mouth is the truth.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 02:31 PM) LOL, you seriously think people would have kids to get a $1,000 TAX credit and ultimately lose money in the process? Jesus Christ thats moronic. I have actually heard high school girls talk about getting pregnant for the increase in welfare. Of course the few times I heard it, these kids were coming out of extreme situations so it isn't like a common thing. But there are a non-zero percentage of people who see that kid as a paycheck because their situations are so dire and hopeless.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 01:44 PM) John Quincy Adams spread around that Andrew Jackson had a whore for a mother. The dialogue around the Gettysburg address came after A PORTION OF THE COUNTRY DECLARED WAR AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT TO OWN SLAVES. So yeah I'll take modern incivility with a grain of salt. Again the difference is the incivility IS the political process today, versus it being a part of political process at times.

Bernie Pleskoff ‏@BerniePleskoff 2h2 hours ago Just read a report that the #dbacks are interested in bringing #Nationals Mike Rizzo back to the organization to run baseball operations.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 01:20 PM) Carthago delenda est! Pithy political phrases have been with us as long as we've had politics. The difference is that they have become a substitute for actual intelligent information.

QUOTE (Ezio Auditore @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 01:18 PM) I wrote this on Facebook back in the summer. Thomas Jefferson: everyone, I will write a document outlining the principles for why we are breaking from the Crown, and then we will enumerate these rights- John Adams: wait, before you get that far you should know that in 240 years no one will actually read these documents. Jefferson: what? Why? Will we fail with literacy and education? Adams: Actually no, they are far more literate than us and have access to information at levels unfathomable to us. It's because they only digest information via photographs with short phrases on them. Benjamin Franklin: he's right. They share these pictures somehow on magical devices constructed from aluminum and glass that fit in their pockets. Adams: the phrases may or may not even be true. In fact most of them don't really have a point, they just mock politicians they don't like. Jefferson: f*** it, nevermind, what's the point of this? Let's all just go home. King George can just have our tax money, this isn't worth it. Yeah, it reminds of the outrage over protest. "Hey King George, do you mind if we protest by dressing up as Indians and throwing tea from the worlds biggest corporation into Boston Harbor costing both you and them a lot of money? Oh, that is offensive? Nevermind."

QUOTE (Ezio Auditore @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 01:08 PM) I don't really get into this whole "calling someone what they are is as bad as them being whatever it is they are" game. A significant number of Trump supporters are garbage people who the political process (and the whole country, really) would be much better off without. This whole confrontational process (on both sides) has just degraded the entire electoral process. Instead of an intelligent presentation of ideas and ideals, it has degraded into name calling and who can create the most effective meme's. The personal attacks portion of the process has led to the deepening of division in this country and the lack of trust in the other side. Instead of ideas, we get labels. It is historically embarrassing. I am reminded of where we have come since the Gettysburg address. In its time the Address was scandalous for its shortness, many political speeches were hours long events, complete with depth of thought, and sourcing of materials. Today we have gotten to the point where if the text can't fit on a picture, it isn't noticed. Typically I hate the whole good ol' days crap, but this is one way that we really have degraded ourselves. Despite having a world of information instantly at our fingertips, people get their news through memes and headlines. f*** people, wake up.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 12:40 PM) I don't think the Red Sox would move both JBJ and Benintendi. I know you've said the same earlier in the thread, but I don't think a rental of Melky really changes anything. JBJ and Benintendi are both franchise CFers. The BoSox could move one, but moving both would take a huge strength and turn it into a huge hole. Neither Melky Cabrera or Brock Holt will make a difference in that regard. I do think a lot of posters on this board are underrating JBJ. I know we're trading the best asset the White Sox have ever had in this hypothetical and people want better than JBJ as a headliner, but JBJ is a .340-.360 OBP guy with 20+ dingers and great defense. Other than depth of the roster, our problem is the lack of power/OBP/defense. JBJ does all of those things at a premium position. At home, he can really take away the gaps. Seeing what Lorenzo Cain does when KC come to town, it would be incredible to have our own guy forcing teams to hit the long ball to win. Especially with Eaton in RF. I think Kopech is the guy the Sox would insist on including. He'd be the next ace prospect in the system hopefully to replace Sale in a few years. He had some makeup concerns coming out of the draft and has since been suspended for stims and suspended for fighting with a teammate. That adds another layer of risk on a 20 year old who throws 100+. He is filthy though. Despite a clear need to stop tipping his off-speed pitches, Kopech absolutely dominated A+ as a 20 year old. He stays tall and closed on the fastball but has a bad habit of dropping down and slowing down on the offspeed offerings. From my largely untrained eye, his mechanics would check out with the Sox. So to me, one of JBJ/Benintendi is a must. Kopech is a must. One of Swihart/Vazquez makes too much sense. If it's JBJ, we need Moncada too. If it's Bentinendi, the last four pieces are higher quality guys than the last three on Moncada/JBJ starter. If we could somehow get Moncada/JBJ that would be incredible. My deals in order of preference and least likelihood: 1.) Moncada, JBJ, Kopech, Swihart/Vazquez and Eduardo Rodriguez/Brian Johnson. 2.) Benintendi, Kopech, Devers, Swihart/Vazquez and Eduardo Rodriguez/Brian Johnson 3.) JBJ, Kopech, Devers, Swihart/Vazquez and Luis Alexander Basabe There is a ton of really solid logic in this post.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 11:41 AM) Kicking around this idea of Sale to Boston, I've thought about this including Melky in the deal to give them an OFer. Now that could be an interesting way to fix the problem of Boston dealing two OFs in the same deal. I wonder what they think of him.

QUOTE (Ezio Auditore @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 11:20 AM) Adding to my other post: People (Republicans too) keep saying Reince Priebus is a weak leader, and maybe he is, but what's he supposed to do? Trump won the primaries fair and square, and convincingly so. He can't just disavow his party's nominee as the party chairman, the voters will go into open revolt and it would destroy the party. This is the one thing the Republicans do right. They aren't afraid to demand more of their party and candidates, even if it means losses on the short term. And honestly, if it means the end of this version of the GOP, it opens up a big middle for a new party to waltz into.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 11:29 AM) I dont know, I think many of them have stepped up. Schmaltz and Motte are going to be very good IMO. And realistically speaking this group will get a chance to prove itself. Typically guys can get buried by Q if they don't play the style right. With as many kids as we have on this roster, this isn't really an option this year.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 10:57 AM) I don't think this is totally accurate. Trump benefited from a lot of split votes. There is a large contingent of Trump supporters than I would not like in the party, that's true. But I don't think it's what the party "is," just like I don't think Clinton is what the democratic party "is." There are a lot of people who are holding their noses to vote for Trump so that they don't cede the White House to Clinton.

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