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Kushner companies are still swimming in debt on that 666 Bldg...theyve tried to offload it to a Chinese insurance company which later was nationalized for risky financial moves like buying the Waldorf Astoria, various Middle Eastern banks and sovereign wealth funds, Russia, Deutsche Bank, etc. When you give foreign entities financial sway over your personal finances, the possibilities for influencing Trump admin policy are endless. Most recently, it played out over huge Chinese loans for a resort project in Jakarta that mysteriously had Trump bailing out ZTE telecom company days later in spite of Congress being universally against the move.

Can we see the exact quote? Don’t we hear from the right wing news media that stuff like that (Roman Polanski or Woody Allen, Corey Haim/Feldman, Spacey, etc.) has gone on for years and years in Hollywood with everyone turning a blind eye due to money and power? Where does admitting something is a problematic issue (like #metoo) equate to sanctioning or condoning it? Realistically, what would you expect Reddy do? Follow the playbook of the Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas and stage daily protests?

That’s basically like you accusing everyone in the GOP of condoning pedophilia for not expressly condemning Judge Roy Moore...makes about as much sense, logically, to jump to that extreme conclusion.

For one thing, the profits from any international governments/officials/lobbyists using that hotel were supposed to be sequestered or donated...but that of course hasn’t happened.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance Averaged has picked up by about 500 per game since last update...but it would have been truly ugly to look at yesterday’s numbers without making it a combined DH. We are doomed to battle back and forth with Pittsburgh for 26th and 27th. 26. Pittsburgh, 17,607 per game 27. White Sox, 17,414 per game KC and Detroit will eventually sink below the Sox in future years...they (KC) have two more seasons before the World Series bump wears off and attendance returns to historical norms there. Minnesota is really in trouble if they can’t manage to be competitive this year after all their moves this past offseason. Detroit could be (especially) hard hit again by a trade war affecting Big Auto and yet another recession (not as bad as a decade ago.) Hopefully in 2020/21 we are back approaching where the Phillies or Mariners are currently.

People want to know how an evangelical can support a self-proclaimed pimp,” Fuentes said in an interview at his home in Pahrump, an unincorporated town of 36,000 people that is the largest community in the sprawling, rural district where Hof is favored to win in November's general election. He said the reason was simple. “We have politicians, they might speak good words, not sleep with prostitutes, be a good neighbor. But by their decisions, they have evil in their heart. Dennis Hof (Bunny Ranch owner in NV, Cathouse reality show) is not like that." The pastor said he felt Hof would protect religious rights, among other things. In Hof's Republican-leaning district, seven evangelicals said they voted for him because they believed that he, who like Trump is a wealthy businessman and political outsider, would also clean up politics and not be beholden to special-interest groups and their money. "I’m kind of rich, I’m kind of famous, and I’m surrounded by hot chicks. I don’t give a damn what anybody says about me," Hof said. The source of Hof's wealth - he owns a strip club and five legal brothels - did not deter his supporters. Nor did the allegations by several women that Hof sexually abused them. Hof denied the accusations, including a former sex worker's claim that he raped and choked her several years ago, and the voters interviewed by Reuters dismissed them as lies. Hof was reluctant to discuss his own Christian faith. "I don't share my beliefs with the public," he said. "I don't feel the need to go to church on a regular basis." https://www.yahoo.com/news/age-trump-evangelicals-back-self-styled-top-u-112721399.html

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, the president’s daughter and son-in-law, brought in at least $82 million in outside income while serving as senior White House advisers during 2017, according to new financial disclosure forms released Monday. Ivanka Trump earned $3.9 million from her stake in the Trump International Hotel in Washington, while Kushner reported over $5 million in income from Quail Ridge, a Kushner Cos. apartment complex acquired last year in Plainsboro, New Jersey. The filings show how the couple are collecting immense sums from other enterprises while serving in the White House, an extraordinary income flow that ethics experts have warned could create potential conflicts of interests. While both Kushner and Ivanka Trump were required to file financial forms last year, it is difficult to compare their past to present wealth because there are several months of overlap in the reporting period and the Office of Government Ethics uses broad ranges to calculate assets and liabilities. https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/06/11/disclosure-jared-ivanka-made-82-million-last-year/

Rabbit, how was the Tea Party, GOP outlets like Fox/Drudge/Breitbart....any different in their obstructionism and assaults on Obama than we’re currently witnessing with Trump? Would you say that Obama deliberately on played to his base in 2009 and 2010 and 2011? What good did it do for Obama to try to work for bipartisanship when the stated strategy of the GOP was to obstruct him at every turn? What is your evidence that Trump is facing something categorically different? The only difference is approval ratings for Trump have hovered between 36-42%, for Obama 10-15 points higher.

Similar to Peavy?

Ernie Banks?

I always thought NFL games were closer to 3-4 actual minutes of action/plays...20 seems too high.

Overall revenues and franchise values are soaring due to MLBAM. Gambling will allow the analytics side of risk assessors t make hundreds of bets that are impossible in any other sport, driving up a viewing interest that wasn’t there before. Baseball is becoming more and more international (although losing the star power of Ohtani sucks) and will probably return to Canada and also add a team in Mexico. Cubs, Red Sox, Yankees, Astros with mega teams. Dodgers could get there too by the end of the season. The NFL is losing both fans (politics) and potential players (mom’s/concussions and CTE). Cincy, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Detroit...those markets are really struggling (or will struggle due to rebuilding/talent/ownership) issues. Then there’s the A’s and Rays and their stadium issues, Jeter’s PR problems in Miami, but the tanking issue for NBA is far worse and there are 8-10 teams that can win it all in baseball, not just 2-3. You can also add the overshifting to your list of complaints, Greg.

He and Shields have both been playing around with different arm angles to give the hitters different looks and perhaps more movement, especially to LH batters.

Moncada played that ball like the Sox definitely needed the win...a sense of controlled urgency.

We’re going to have to live with Moncada and Anderson...but what, if anything, do we have in Davidson and Yolmer? RH platoon DH and a utility infielder?

Narvaez somehow only 32 ops points behind Moncada. Tilson 25 back and climbing. Sanchez also falling below 700 for the first time all season long.

Blake Hickman always had more hype (at Univ of Iowa), but Booker’s been the better pro...injuries, of course, have been a big part of the Hickman story.

Losing ten games in row doesn’t exactly help young players to develop either, not when their manager is part of the problem.

That was almost disastrous...

McEwing tomorrow please...

Giolito ERA back to 7.01, of course!

Board meltdown coming if somehow Giolito doesn’t get this win...

I get it Volstad and Fry aren’t exactly Addison Reed and Marte/Thornton....but c’mon. Piscotty to counter.

Career high for IP but one batter too late...

Renteria?