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Colorado gym teacher accused of assaulting student who wouldn't stand for pledge Cleve R. Wootson Jr. Washington Post A 20-year veteran teacher is accused of assaulting a middle school student who refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, the latest incident in which a protest over the flag has devolved into apparent violence. The teacher is Karen Smith, who until recently taught physical education at Angevine Middle School, about 20 miles north of Denver. She couldn't immediately be reached for comment.

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-network-top-10...ion/c-264680678 Abreu 6th at 1b, Tyler Flowers 9th at catcher...

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/03/opinions/tru...nion/index.html I guarantee if Greg reads this article in isolation he will argue that he should have voted for Trump instead...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/another-marlins-...-174617875.html Acquiring teams would have three (two relatively more expensive) years of control...if it was through 2021, or the Sox could extend him, but the cost would be pretty darned prohibitive. Otoh, the jury is far from out on Collins/Zavala defensively, and Castillo will (likely) only be around 1 1/2 years.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 3, 2018 -> 06:32 AM) In that draft we could have just taken Happ. Happ and Schwarber have proven to have minimal or negative defensive value...

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/01/opinion/...col-left-region Republican tax cut could actually turn five Red States (including Texas) Blue with more young people moving due to higher state and local taxes

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/03/opinions/tru...nion/index.html Trump May Be Making a Comeback https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/03/c...ublicans-389076 How conservatives Learned To Hate the FBI

Uh-oh. But according to an official cited in the Post on Friday, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter's sensitivity, the Justice Department presented "ample disclosure of relevant, material facts," to the FISA court, including that "the research was being paid for by a political entity." The New York Times also reported Friday that the FISA court was told about political motivations behind the dossier. A Democratic memo written to rebut the allegations in Nunes' document said the FBI did, in fact, tell the court that the information in the Steele dossier was politically motivated, even if the bureau didn't mention that research that went into the dossier was paid for by Democrats, the Times reported, citing two people familiar with the Democratic memo. The Wall Street Journal further reported that, according to a person familiar with the matter, the FISA application disclosed that Steele was paid by a law firm working for a major political party. Steve Vladeck, a CNN legal analyst and professor at the University of Texas School of Law, tweeted Saturday that the news reports served as "proof that the #mehmo deliberately misrepresented the record to make the #FISA application look shadier than it was" and called the revelations "(f)atal to the memo's entire premise." www.cnn.com #releasethenunes

Their There They’re Would be nice to have a president who could seem intelligent on twitter at least...

We sign Holland, we end up one or two spots away in the first round from drafting another Benintendi...creating the need to spend yet another $150-175 million (or Yelich equivalent talent load) on a premiere free agent.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/02/politics/nun...page/index.html Nunes memo undermines its own argument That the Papadopoulos "information" also played some role in helping to secure the FBI's desired warrant throws into doubt claims by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes and other Republicans that law enforcement officials leaned too heavily on the contents of a dossier funded, indirectly, by Hillary Clinton's campaign and the Democratic National Committee. The timeline here is key. The FISA application, under protracted scrutiny in the memo, was granted in October 2016. But, as confirmed here by Nunes himself, a potentially related investigation had begun months earlier, in July. And while the memo states that "there is no evidence of any cooperation or conspiracy between Page and Papadopoulos," it does not articulate the degree to which evidence gleaned from the Papadopoulos probe weighed on the court's decision to grant the Page warrant. Nor does it address whether that intelligence might have corroborated details from the dossier, compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele. On Thursday afternoon, Republican Matt Gaetz, a vocally pro-Trump Florida congressman who hasn't seen the underlying FISA application and related materials, speculated in an interview with CNN that the "entire universe of Papadopoulos claims" might well have been enough to win over a FISA court judge -- at first. If Nunes tries to put out even more memos without first allowing a Dem rebuttal ... there will be a civil war over more than immigration with another government shutdown looming Thurs and still zero progress on the House side about immigration. "I doubt this was the intent, but the House GOP and the Trump admin just blew up the right’s favorite conspiracy theory," argued National Review conservative commentator David French. "The Russia investigation isn’t the fruit of the poisonous dossier; it existed well before. The decks are now cleared for Mueller." Politico.com Republicans to Launch War Against State Department Next http://thehill.com/homenews/house/372109-n...in-russia-probe

Markets hate dramatically rising bond yields, interest rate increases and political uncertainty...we’re about halfway to a 10% correction.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 05:25 PM) Russian bots attacking Trump Sure, because they suddenly have reversed a two-year strategy and now want Mike Pence as president instead. A true friend of Russia.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 05:55 PM) I can't handle all this swamp draining. via That’s not as good as Ben Carson’s kid leveraging HUD to do business for personal gain...or the “party planner” now being second in command at that agency.

Three of the applications to monitor Page under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, were approved by former FBI Director James Comey and one by his deputy and successor, McCabe. Those applications were also approved by several other top Justice Department officials — including Sally Yates, a deputy attorney general in the Obama administration who briefly served as acting attorney general in January 2017; Dana Boente, who succeeded Yates; and Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller. In each case, a federal judge who sits on the FISA court — whose deliberations are kept secret — approved the request to monitor Page's communications. Politico.com Comey, McCabe, Yates, Boente, Rosenstein (two Republican appointees, three if you count McCabe) and potentially as many as FOUR Federal judges...all potential conspirators, lol. McCabe told the newspaper the FBI is “very fortunate in having very, very clear legal authority, a very clear position within the federal government, and an entirely professional cadre of men and women.” McCabe, a career civil servant, said there is only one political appointee in the FBI. “For 109 years, we have maintained our commitment to do our job professionally, competently, and apolitically,” McCabe told Indian Express. “We pursue every case, whether it’s a counter-terrorism matter, or a counter-intelligence matter, or a criminal matter, or a public corruption matter, in exactly the same way: we follow the facts wherever they lead us.” https://heavy.com/news/2017/05/andrew-mccab...hotos-bio-wife/ Sounds like a Boy Scout, just like Comey. Interesting to also learn this entire Russia investigation was kicked off by “coffee boy” Papadopoulous’ conversations with an Australian diplomat in July of 2016...confirming NY Times original reporting.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/party-animal-ari...-073022151.html #metoo movement takes down Arizona (State) GOP lawmaker

James Comey @Comey That’s it? Dishonest and misleading memo wrecked the House intel committee, destroyed trust with Intelligence Community, damaged relationship with FISA court, and inexcusably exposed classified investigation of an American citizen. For what? DOJ & FBI must keep doing their jobs. Carter Page The brave and assiduous oversight by Congressional leaders in discovering this unprecedented abuse of process represents a giant, historic leap in the repair of America’s democracy.Now that a few of the misdeeds against the Trump Movement have been partially revealed, I look forward to updating my pending legal action in opposition to DOJ this weekend in preparation for Monday’s next small step on the long, potholed road toward helping to restore law and order in our great country. Uh, huh. Sure. The irony here is the Republican Party has always been the party pushing for the broadest possible government surveillance powers, beginning with The Patriot Act after 9/11. When the term “permanent mass surveillance” comes up, do progressives EVER get listed as staunch defenders? As a result, a lot of Republicans who previously have been pro-surveillance are having some qualms as well about the issues civil liberties advocates have focused on for years. For example: “Incidental collection”, where US citizens’ information is “accidentally” collected along with the foreign citizens being targeted A series of “deeply troubling” leaks from the intelligence services to the press The NSA once again admitting routinely violated their terms for “upstream collection” — the latest episode in their 12-year pattern of breaking the law The battle over Patriot Act reauthorization in 2015 showed that the alliance of progressives, libertarians, and Tea Partiers is strong enough to have an impact if they stick to their guns. Lawfare’s detailed analysis of support for Section 702 in the Senate suggests that in addition to Rand Paul, up to a dozen Republican Senators might not support reauthorization without reforms. https://medium.com/get-fisa-right/permanent...te-c634466a2939

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 12:35 PM) Yeah that part was...really bad. Berating him for being awful is fine, but "prison rape as punishment" is pretty disgusting. Speaking of gross statements: https://t.co/UZWtNL83F5 Is that guy running for office in Missouri, too?

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 12:21 PM) This memo is going to be the new Benghazi. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/01/opinion/...col-left-region Finally, the idea that investigators were out to fool a federal judge shows a profound ignorance of how the intelligence courts actually work, and of the degree of vetting that precedes every warrant application. As one former F.B.I. agent explained, a conspiracy to obtain a warrant based on bad information would have required the involvement of at least a dozen agents and prosecutors, a corrupt or incompetent federal judge and the director of the F.B.I. — all working in concert to undermine Donald Trump. .... It would be nice to treat Mr. Trump, Mr. Nunes and their cohort as the junior high school pranksters they resemble, but what they’re doing — cynically undermining the nation’s trust in law enforcement, fostering an environment of permanent suspicion and subterfuge — is far more dangerous. The question is whether there are any adults left in the G.O.P. The evidence so far is not encouraging, notwithstanding a sporadic furrowed brow in the Senate. At some level, one hopes, a sense of shame and responsibility to the republic will finally kick in. But that, too, is unlikely. Republicans from the top on down have made it clear, expressly or otherwise, that this is all about winning the political fight directly in front of them, the consequences — and the rest of America — be damned.

The stock market is falling due to Obama/Clinton/Democrats/FBI/Colin Kapaernick/MS-13.

Trump’s more of an idiot than we thought underestimating the American peoples’ collective intelligence so badly. Teal when his approval rating spikes to 45% next week, lol. Fire Nunes, replace him with a bottle of Drano for so effectively eliminating the Swamp from DC politics. Award nominations for Fox News if they can continue to spin this for more than 72 hours over the weekend and not collectively bore everyone to death. On the plus side, Wray probably won’t resign due to this release as it looks so clownish....like a Reese Witherspoon mini-plot from the film Election.

Don't forget Cleuluis Rondon, the fielding wizard who can't hit a lick (from BOS)

Pennsylvania GOP leader defies court order on gerrymandering https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/01/politics/pen...ring/index.html Washington (CNN)A top Pennsylvania state Senate Republican is refusing to follow a court order requiring lawmakers to turn over data that would redraw the state's congressional map. In a letter to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which struck down the map, state Sen. Joe Scarnati on Wednesday called the order unconstitutional and said he would not comply. "In light of the unconstitutionality of the court's orders and the court's plain intent to usurp the General Assembly's constitutionally delegated role of drafting Pennsylvania's congressional district plan, Senator Scarnati will not be turning over any data identified in the court's orders," wrote Brian Paszamant, Scarnati's attorney.

Sisco and Aarsdma in particular...I remember they must have auditioned about 10-12 lefties too, the only one who turned out to be any good we traded to the Red Sox, Javier Lopez.

https://sports.yahoo.com/chris-getz-describ...-194919118.html Getz hypes up Micker Adolfo "That was the first time I'd ever seen Micker Adolfo," Getz said during a Sunday afternoon SoxFest panel at the Hilton Chicago. "I don't know the Micker Adolfo prior to 2017. Ultra talented, lots of tools. "When I saw this kid for the first time, I thought, ‘This is one of the most physically gifted players I've ever seen.'" ... "Those were raw skills. He just needed to play baseball. He needed to get comfortable on a baseball field," Getz continued. "From an offensive standpoint, he was a guy who was trying to generate power, but he was already strong enough, he didn't need to do that. So he really became disciplined last year with an approach. He stayed on top of the ball longer, and he would run into balls naturally and drive them out of the park. "It was great to see him take strides. And now the confidence is coming, so who knows what's in store next."