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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 9, 2017 -> 01:12 PM) straight forward committal to Article 5 of NATO still thinks NATO "pays" the US though completely bonkers press conference Felt sorry for Romanians caught in middle of that mess...

http://thefederalist.com/2017/06/09/cnns-w...mingly/?ref=yfp CNN's war against Trump going swimmingly Amazing proof cited!!! James Comey’s testimony shows Hillary Clinton was right (on Trump) all along (but not enough cared) https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/201...ight?yptr=yahoo

The Mummy quite easily could be the worst movie of the year. Just terrible. And not in a fun way.

$23 million spent on Ossoff so far Lots of parallels with Bernie Sanders https://www.yahoo.com/news/labours-corbyn-s...-110040089.html While May portrayed Corbyn as untrustworthy and out of touch with average voters, Labour painted the Conservatives as the party of the rich and special interests. Labour's pitch was summed up in the slogan "For the many, not the few." That translated into proposals to raise taxes on corporations and the wealthy, while increasing funding for schools and the National Health Service. Labour appealed directly to young people by promising to scrap university tuition fees and suggesting it might cancel debts run up by recent graduates. The party also said railroads, water companies and the Royal Mail should be returned to public ownership. Turnout figures by age have not yet been released, but Ipsos MORI said 77 percent of people 24 and younger planned to vote in this election, compared with 55 percent during the last election two years ago. Young people have borne the brunt of austerity measures embraced by Conservative-led governments since 2010, said Tim Bale of Queen Mary University of London. "They're worried about housing, tuition fees, the gig economy, stable jobs — it's no surprise they are fed up," he said.

Don't get David Dao'ed...

Wonder if he had any comments about hitters the White Sox drafted...?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 9, 2017 -> 08:17 AM) You just keep deflecting from the main discussion here - which is why everyone sees that you are really very much a Republican, and will defend your "side" instead of sticking with the subject. Lynch is an aside, and sure, if you want to see it pursued, go ahead. But it's kind of ridiculous that you keep saying things like this... ...ignoring the obvious take-aways about a sitting President trying to make an investigation go away by attempting to intimidate the director of the FBI, and instead focusing on something that wasn't a topic of the hearing. People might actually believe you aren't a dyed-in-the-wool GOP'er if you at least acknowledged the obviously huge issue of Trump being pretty clearly guilty of Obstruction of Justice. To wit... ...the bolded is why Trump is guilty. Obstruction doesn't require impact, it only requires action, which is why what Trump did clearly falls within that space. Did Lynch too? Maybe, I don't really know, but again it's not the subject at hand. You just keep ignoring the core facts here, focusing on a side note. And if it's he said, he said, really, it's no contest and Trump has already lost. Comey has a career-long reputation for being very honest (even if his methods have been questionable at times), and has a paper trail for his protection on this. Trump has made even the most corrupt politicians look like paragons of honesty, taking lying to a new and amazing height. I don't recall saying, well...what about Nixon? or Iran-Contra? during the Bill Clinton impeachment trial. Maybe because we had a sense all along he was going to be censured since the economy was going along so well at that time. And the seriousness of that case (more like partisan witch hunt) in terms of national sovereignty, not even the same ballpark as today's situation with at least 7 Trump administration figures/advisors. Clapper said even Watergate pales in comparison.

Then there are many women who would rather have their husband cheat physically than have a psychological affair where the man really falls in love with another woman and shares every bit of himself...whereas he might have been closed off with his wife for a long period of time. That's yet another form of betrayal than can be even more impactful. Granted, lots of women in Thailand will try to cut off the man's you know what if they even suspect him of cheating...that type of jealousy is often common here in Asia.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/09/us/racist-ra...trnd/index.html Chicago Starbucks racist incident "Your children are disposable vermin," Boucher said to the unidentified black man before walking away. "Shut up, slave. Do not talk to me," Boucher said to a second unidentified black man who approached him, the video shows.

http://www.athleticsnation.com/2017/6/7/15...w-hanging-fruit Here's an interesting take on Beck...all centered on inability to hit pitches low in the strike zone. Then says he still likes Beck over Haseley, Smith, etc. But wants them to draft Brent Rooker at six. What? http://www.athleticsnation.com/2017/6/5/15...welcome-oakland Makes long and detailed case for Rooker here...

I think he means the cumulative career WAR from each of those draft positions...

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 9, 2017 -> 06:38 AM) I do recall seeing how the economy evolved from the comey discussion I don't recall a story about Trump punching an elementary school teacher being relevant to anything C-Span brought it up today to discuss or characterize Trump's mentality. They had the ghost writer of The Art of the Deal on to discuss his impressions from interacting with Trump while putting the book together nearly thirty years ago. He specifically referred to that story in his segment, and his concerns about the psychological well-being of the President.

No way Durant has the quickness to stay with him...despite that 7' wingspan. Now comes word from Kevin O'Conor of The Ringer that "rumblings across the league" suggest that LeBron James' days in Cleveland are numbered and that when he can opt out of his contract after next season, he will take his talents to Los Angeles. The feeling is that LeBron would either team up with Paul George and join the young core on the Lakers or form a Super Friends team with Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade, and Carmelo Anthony on the Clippers. Yahoo sports

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 9, 2017 -> 06:22 AM) Caulfield, Comey thread and trump thread. Try and keep the matching tangents in the correct threads I don't recall Comey testifying about the economy...but apparently Comey is single-handedly keeping it from firing on all cylinders (in the minds of Republicans).

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/09/opinion/...col-left-region Wrecking the Ship of State So what was Trump doing? There’s no hint of a strategic vision; some sources suggest that he may not even have known about the large U.S. base in Qatar and its crucial role. The most likely explanation of his actions, which have provoked a crisis in the region (and pushed Qatar into the arms of Iran) is that the Saudis flattered him — the Ritz-Carlton projected a five-story image of his face on the side of its Riyadh property — and their lobbyists spent large sums at the Trump Washington hotel. Normally, we would consider it ridiculous to suggest that an American president could be so ignorant of crucial issues, and be led to take dangerous foreign policy moves with such crude inducements. But can we believe this about a man who can’t accept the truth about the size of his inauguration crowds, who boasts about his election victory in the most inappropriate circumstances? Yes. And consider his refusal to endorse the central principle of NATO, the obligation to come to our allies’ defense — a refusal that came as a shock and surprise to his own foreign policy team. What was that about? Nobody knows, but it’s worth considering that Trump apparently ranted to European Union leaders about the difficulty of setting up golf courses in their nations. So maybe it was sheer petulance.

Donald Trump said he once punched a elementary teacher in the face (and was almost expelled). Did he? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-...m=.cda2e1326e2f "By his own account, Trump’s primary focus in elementary school was “creating mischief because, for some reason, I liked to stir things up and I liked to test people. … It wasn’t malicious so much as it was aggressive.” As a second grader, as Trump has described it, he punched his music teacher, giving him a “black eye” because “I didn’t think he knew anything about music, and I almost got expelled. I’m not proud of that, but it’s clear evidence that even early on I had a tendency to stand up and make my opinions known in a very forceful way.” Peter Brant, his best friend at Kew-Forest, is among several of Donald’s pals who recall neither the incident nor Trump’s ever mentioning it. When Trump was asked again about the incident decades later, he said, “When I say ‘punch’ when you’re that age, nobody punches very hard. But I was very rambunctious in school.” The teacher, Charles Walker, who died in 2015, never told anyone in his family about a student’s striking him. Yet Walker’s contempt for Donald was clear. “He was a pain,” Walker once said. “There are certain kids that need attention all the time. He was one of those.”

"Despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication...and WOW, Comey is a leaker!" Trump tweeted. Despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication...and WOW, Comey is a leaker! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 9, 2017 Trump doesn't have a clue how weakened his administration was by yesterday's testimony. And how can you leak your own memo if it's not classified? How is that any different from Trump's side of the story being tweeted out, such as the "nut job" comment to the Russians? https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/05/upshot/w...employment.html We're getting awfully close to "full employment"

https://sports.yahoo.com/mystery-shohei-ota...-164931928.html all being mentioned...the first two would seem to be the betting favorites so far.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Jun 9, 2017 -> 01:52 AM) We're getting off topic here, but I guess in the conversation of physical abuse vs. adultery being worse, or more scarring, I guess I would say if each only happened once, adultery is worse. If it's repeated, then physical abuse would be worse, IN MY OPINION. I feel like if someone could choose to be slapped by their wife/husband, or their wife/husband f*** their friend, each only once, they would take the slap. But if it's REPEATED cheating, then I feel like you are probably dumb for staying, and the initial shock has already happened. Repeated physical abuse though becomes potentially physically dangerous and can create a hostile environment in which the victim is scared to leave and would rather continue to be abused for fear of what worse could be done. Either way, garbage behavior in both instances. Except how often is it limited to just a slap? That's too simplistic a trade...broken jaws, arms, ribs, fractured eye sockets, that's closer to reality.

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump Jun 7 Getting ready to leave for Cincinnati, in the GREAT STATE of OHIO, to meet with ObamaCare victims and talk Healthcare & also Infrastructure! The Dems aren't EVER going to work with the admin until there is basically zero choice to save the ACA. Right now, they're not even close to that point, and might never be again after this week. Not only that, but how insulting for the Senate to have 13 in their work committee (I think there must be one woman, maybe Collins) on the AHCA and not even make an attempt to reach across the aisle to Democrats?

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jun 8, 2017 -> 11:41 PM) What's a nice way of Fox News to put it, to recite quotes from Congres(wo)man and that FBI director? Save me the fratboy way of argumentation with the distracting and likening me to Fox News. I swear the same people who rip on greg for bringing up Hillary and Chelsea all the time can't type a paragraph towards someone they don't agree with without calling them Fox News, Breitbart or the President himself. Keep it together. Show me criminal statue on Trump. It's not there. The Dems and media will keep looking but this will be a year very shortly and with 500 unsourced leaks, a media spectacle and two administrations pursue it but we have nothing. So Obama Admin shouldn't be held to the same standards as Trump because they're no longer in office? I don't get it. Is being held accountable for transgressions of election fraud only applicable to the victors? And again with the Fox News. You make fun of Trump for the fakes news stuff but you have your own replica of what he does. Anytime he disagrees with something he says fake news (he may be right wrong), anytime you disagree with something you say fox news (you may be right or wrong). You both write off the opposing opinion. You're both narrow-minded. Where have you been? Because Mueller should publish all the findings before he's even had time to have his budget/resources approved? HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY KNOW THEY'VE FOUND NOTHING? Someone is leaking to you from inside Mueller's/Comey's camp? As soon as they clear the following individuals from "collusion/treason/collaboration" camp with Russia, then (and only then) you can argue they have nothing. Remember, the MUCH simpler Watergate Investigation lasted two years, and you had fewer actors involved, and not nearly the sophistication in terms of communication techniques/technology at play in the early 1970's. Jeff Sessions Jared Kushner Carter Page Roger Stone General Flynn Michael Cohen Paul Manafort Now if you mean the president has yet to be publicly identified as a target of the investigation (since Comey was fired, since we don't even know that)...you've still got Flynn was major issues (perjury, at the very least), Manafort in danger of indictment, Sessions also has the same perjury charges pending for withholding information (on at least 3 occasions that we KNOW of), and finally Jared Kushner. Page also has his own unique set of problems, even though the administration is trying to downplay his significance to the campaign retroactively. So that's FIVE people...not exactly nothing. Now it's going to be difficult to prove that Trump coordinated this (he can't even understand our strategic/tactical situation in Qatar), but it's not difficult to imagine all of those actors bending the law for different reason/s to bring personal or professional advantage, and/or improve their standing with the incoming administration. https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/06/07...ussia.html?_r=0 What is Clapper's (former Director of National Intelligence under Republicans AND Dems) reason then for calling this current situation "worse than Watergate?" "I think (if) you compare the two that Watergate pales really in my view compared to what we're confronting now," Clapper said. Trump firing FBI Director Jim Comey reflected "complete disregard for the independence and autonomy" of the bureau. "I am very concerned about the assault on our institutions coming from both an external source — read Russia — and an internal source — the president himself," Clapper said.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jun 8, 2017 -> 09:54 PM) I don't get the purpose of the tangent fest but small busines owners would instantly be able to hire more employees and invest in more equipment. Now I'm highjacking this thread. Not my intention, sorry. Just originally was saying I'd like to see him get his shot. Trump needs to shut up and quit feeding the dogs and the dogs need to shut up as well...for the f***ing good of the country. If you mean, investing in robotics/automation, sure. Buying back stock. Potentially, more going into R&D. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archiv...economy/504845/ Would cutting corporate tax rates really grow the economy? http://www.nber.org/papers/w20753 To Cut or Not to Cut? On the Impact of Corporate Taxes on Employment and Income We find little evidence that corporate tax cuts boost economic activity, unless implemented during recessions when they lead to significant increases in employment and income (and, even then, the benefits are more likely to come from state tax cuts, rather than Federal).

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/opinion/...ol-right-region James Comey, and our own tin-pot despot, Donald Trump Apart from Comey and the Russia investigation, Trump has systematically attacked the institutions of American life that he sees as impediments. He denounced judges and the courts. He has attacked journalists as “the enemy of the people,” and urged that some be jailed for publishing classified information. He has publicly savaged Democrats and Republicans who stand up to him. More broadly, Trump has ignored longstanding democratic norms, such as that a presidential candidate release tax returns and obey certain ethics rules. He flouts conventions against nepotism. And perhaps most fundamentally, he simply lies at every turn: Politicians often spin and exaggerate, they even lie in extremis to escape scandal. But Trump is different. He lies on autopilot, on something as banal as the size of inauguration crowds. Obama was meticulous about ethics rules. He consulted lawyers before accepting the Nobel Peace Prize; aides were forced to give up Twitter accounts when they left office, to ensure they had not benefited improperly by gaining followers.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/top-ranked-col...-235801741.html Top Oregon State pitcher outed as convicted sex offender from when he was just 15.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jun 8, 2017 -> 08:46 PM) Certainly possible but I like that there are plenty of NL teams they can beat any series. The Sox' rotationis starting to show its colors so it's hard to imagine winnijg too many series against a pretty competitive AL. PLUS the Sox potentially stand to get much worse after the deadline. Not too familiar with San Diego's roster but what pieces do they have to trade that will impact their competitiveness? Surely no Quintanas, DRobs & Kahnles We also get to call up the AAA guys. Hopefully they shine but the rest of the rotation stays garbage Myers, but that's far from certain. He will be their lone All-Star representative. Brad Hand, their closer. Solarte as a bench player/5th infielder. Chacin, Richard, Cosart....the same trade possibilities as White Sox veteran starters, which isn't much.