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QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ May 30, 2017 -> 10:28 AM) Democrats never have to answer for the party. Some low level state rep from a district nobody ever heard of before could make a sexist joke and suddenly the President and every republican has to renounce him and say sorry , but a Democratic president can cigar-f*** an intern and he is just a lone wolf. Democrats never took the idiotic position of declaring war against the entire world media and 'deep state.' They also never argued Donald Trump wasn't the rightful president because he wasn't born in America. Republicans spent so much time opposing the Obamas, they actually forgot how to govern with a majority. Heck, they have control of every single branch of government and can't even repeal Obamacare after promising those who voted for them in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2018. Four separate elections and 23 years (since resisting the Clintons originally) to somehow come up with a bill 50% less popular than the most unpopular president in the history of these United States!!!

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 30, 2017 -> 10:07 AM) Why is it when someone disagrees with a specific belief they have to answer for a whole political party who they may or may not agree with or identify with? At the least, why is it someone who disagrees with something has to respond to all of your irrelevant tangents? It's a deflection. It's pretty simple here. I, and many others who have come out of the woodwork to speak out against your's and Reddy's opinions, believe in equality of opportunity. You and Reddy believe there is not equality until the outcome is entirely equal. That will never happen. You and Reddy are not fighting a losing battle. This isn't something that's going to happen. You are looking to get others on your side. But in action, you are just pretentiously arguing an altruistic, utopian dream is attainable (it's not) and the first step in achieving it is putting down others based on their race, gender and orientation is essential to achieving this. The contributes to divisiveness. Unfortunately, institutions have followed suit in contributing to the race and sex based discrimination but at the end of the day, it's a blatant departure from equality. No holier than though standing and personal opinions of yourselves is going to change that. Then why bother bringing up a plethora of hurtful stories like the Seth Rich one that are completely unfounded in fact or the latest conspiracy theory or throw out talking points of the day about the Clintons or Obamas? Those are the definition of tangents. They have real world consequences to grieving families. Or take the Portland, OR, stabbing deaths over the weekend. This is the inevitable conclusion to hateful rhetoric directed at immigrants, Muslims, women, in this case someone who became a target simply for being born black or wearing a hijab on a train (and this has been happening more and more frequently over the past 22 months.) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michae...4b0065b20b6b6e5 Former Bush Speechwriter Lashes Fellow Conservatives For Pushing Seth Rich Conspiracy “The conservative mind, in some very visible cases, has become diseased.” Essentially, these merely serve as deflections from the issue at hand, which is Donald Trump. (And they don't serve the cause well, because 60% are lies, according to Polifact, and another 19% at best are half-truths. Whether it's a Fox News item, or your crusade to defend Trump, although I'd guess the number of times your links were proven to be accurate/based on facts was much less than 21%.) Altruistic, utopian dream? Tell Gandhi, Cesar Chavez, John and Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., all those who fought for the right of women to vote or to have equal rights in the 1970's, or who fought against the Vietnam War, that they were all on the wrong side of history. Don't confuse a handful of posters disagreeing with the idea of white privilege equalling some type of moral victory for the "white guys empowerment movement." Martin Schulz, leader of the center-left Social Democrats, told reporters Trump was "the destroyer of all Western values", adding that the U.S. president was undermining the peaceful cooperation of nations based on mutual respect and tolerance. "One must stand in the way of such a man with his ideology of rearmament," Schulz added. A million times over, I will stand in the way of any 1%er with so much white privilege that he never even took the time to learn such basic subjects as economics, history or geography.

How Conservatives Awoke to the Dangers of Sean Hannity The Fox News host is under attack as never before because many Americans are now forced to take what he says seriously for the first time. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archiv...528144/?ref=yfp Grandpa Trump watches television an average of five hours every day. And Bloomberg reports that the longer his presidency has gone on, the more he has shifted to watching Fox News. Sean Hannity is the main beneficiary of his evening viewing. A conspiracy theory aired on that show might be repeated by the president on Twitter, or even determine irreversible actions that he takes in his official capacity. The stakes could not be higher. So it no longer matters whether one thinks Hannity is a decent person or a bad person; an earnest broadcaster or a liar; or a figure who helps or harms the Republican base. Insofar as he spreads misinformation, he risks doing harm to the United States. And while that was arguably always true, it’s easier to see the import of a man’s words when a gullible president seems ready to credulously receive them. At the unlikely climax of his career, Hannity’s job is under attack because the most powerful man in the world trusts his words in a way no similarly powerful man ever has––and with that great responsibility, with that opportunity to inform the president about any matter in the world, Hannity indulges in half-baked conspiracies. Love of country is a sound reason to hope he retires. The Pulitzer Prize-winning website PolitiFact found that nearly 60 percent of the statements it checked on Fox News were either mostly or entirely false. Another 19 percent were only half true. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/us/trump...crime.html?_r=1 Contrary to Trump’s Claims, Immigrants Are Less Likely to Commit Crimes

So you (the collective anyone on the board) would take Evan White over Pavin Smith? Burger and Hiura too?

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 29, 2017 -> 12:10 PM) What a terrible article and an absolutely pathetic click-bait title. Did you even read it Caulfield? Yes, not great but the overall message that customers are sheep who don't matter if they're in coach was relevant...but yea, in general the content quality at yahoo has been decking for at least 2-3 years.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/29/us/portland-...ions/index.html Portland mayor asks Feds to step in and prevent alt-right demonstrations to prevent further loss of life https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-condemns-f...-165145427.html Trump Free Speech Rally planned

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 29, 2017 -> 08:36 PM) Caulfield, what the f***? The point is that just because Engel's approach looks unorthodox and like he would need to have lightning fast hands to get from starting position to the hitting plane...it doesn't mean it can't work. That's the point about Julio Franco, nobody in God's green earth would teach someone to hit that way, with that heavy a bat (Moncada's even got some detractors worrying about "bat wrap")...but it worked FOR HIM. If they tried to change him, it probably would have messed him up completely. Every hitter needs their own unique timing mechanism, etc.

QUOTE (ptatc @ May 29, 2017 -> 09:53 PM) Nothing you said applies to anything I wrote. Last time I checked, international students on visas are legal. There are plenty of ways to make migrant workers checked and legal. There just needs to be a limit. I worked at one of the IBP plants in high school. It was a great way to make money during the off season and summers. I should have specified transitioning to H1B (business or investment) visas or work visas after school is completed...the Trump administration wants to further limit those numbers, as there are specific numbers allocated per country. The number for Chinese accepted has hit the limits and they've started turning away applications, for example. The other part of this is the pending legislation coming from "California state residents" to limit the number of international students admitted into the Univ. of California system of state schools...with the idea that these "foreign/international" students are BLOCKING local or native California residents from being accepted into the best of those schools because their (Asian) test scores/SAT are significantly higher than the white, Hispanic and African-American student populations. SEE BELOW. https://www.voanews.com/a/california-to-lim...ts/3863065.html

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 29, 2017 -> 10:56 PM) Are you claiming it didn't happen? I don't throw my arms up in the air when someone posts CNN. What's your point if you have one? It happened. Why do you need to deflect. http://www.dartreview.com/eyes-wide-open-at-the-protest/ What the need to get everyone on your side? Your side isn't attractive to many - it's founded in being pretentious and having arrogance. Most of us don't have our political compass formed on how we can put others down to feel better about ourselves. The problem with this is the opposite corollary....most Republicans (not ALL) have never walked in the shoes of those poor people whose programs they are gutting, have no first-hand experience with Meals on Wheels, etc. It's equally pretentious and arrogant to believe that simply getting rid of ALL government programs spending for poor populations because 1) it's difficult to quantify the results and "prove" how beneficial a program is (or isn't), and 2) this idea that we should be dramatically increasing defense spending without any accountability, auditing of programs, we still in Month 5 of the Trump Presidency don't have a clearly-articulated foreign policy or plan going forward, other than to spend 10% or more on defense than in previous years, yet somehow put Americans first, not lecture our foreign "allies" like Saudia Arabia and not get entangled in North Korea, Syria, Iran, Israel/Palestine, Russia/Ukraine, with NATO commitments, United Nations, etc. Spending money...government or private, is not inherently good or bad, but you at least have to articulate a vision of what you're attempting to accomplish or achieve.

I am curious to hear if all those claiming "white privilege" doesn't exist also agree with the concept of charter schools? I'm pretty sure the answer will be yes. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/201...r-school-215201 PAUL RYAN'S FAVORITE CHARTER SCHOOL I think this is an absolutely fascinating argument, about charter schools/vouchers vs. public schools...and wrapped up in this is improving educational outcomes for mostly African-American and Hispanic students in the US. Having taught for four years in one of the worst-performing public school districts in the US (Kansas City, MO), I understand the arguments on both side and have a lot of sympathy for the cause of WELL RUN charter schools. Reading this article, it made me think a lot of the way students here in China are prepared in KG, primary/elementary and middle school...the "study robot" approach which is so provocative to many parents, with its assorted pluses and minuses. Along with my many examples of "white privilege," I also am grateful that I had opportunity to work for 2-3 years (1999-2002) on a weekly basis with former H&R Block CEO Tom Block's President's Community Service Awards program, as well as his charter school, University Leadership Academy (and finally, the Ewing Kauffman Foundation). He co-founded this particular school with the Helzergs (they were also on the board of the non-profit I worked for, if you know Helzberg Diamonds in the Midwest, which Warren Buffett acquired for Berkshire-Hathaway) and I would be happy to support charters like this one and the ones in NYC as described in the article at the top of the post. One of the most amazing life stories (Tom Bloch) of a billionaire you could ever imagine... https://kcmo.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/kcl...r+the+Best%2522 https://www.kclibrary.org/event/tom-bloch-a...urban-education

Turn them into "bots" for a proposed left-wing media equivalent of Fox NEWS, lol? Deploy them to finally get a significant DEM victory for Ossoff in the GA-6 race? Btw, Reddy...you will enjoy this article (not roaming white privilege gangs related)... http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/29/b...t-losses-238889

The only "bad" thing right now is we currently are sitting with the 13th pick in the draft (nowhere close to Top 3-5)...but, even more concerning for potential trade deadline deals, we're now being joined by more and more teams in dumping talent on the trade market. You've got the Angels who will have to fold with Trout out 5-8 weeks, the Royals will be starting a huge firesale with Duffy down and blowing yet another game tonight against DET (starting with Moustakas, Hosmer, Cain, Herrera and Vargas), the Astros are so completely burying everyone in their division that the Angels will probably have to think about getting what they can for some of the assets on their roster...not that they have many with huge value. The Tigers have to decide if they want to max out any trade value for the likes of JD Martinez, Ian Kinsler, Avila, etc., or try to hold on and battle with the Indians for the division. The odds of them being able to compete all year long with CLE are slim, and none. Right now, we're only going to be able to deal Swarzak and Holland at higher value. Robertson, although we might have to eat some salary depending on who we trade him to. Cabrera and Frazier are "trending up" in value but still far from the best situation to deal them for prospects. Then you have MiGo and Shields, who hopefully comes back soon.

Greg, his "bunting" has led to the 7th best runs scored/runs allowed differential in all of baseball...and a better record (percentage-wise) than the 2016 team with Sale, Eaton and Nate Jones recorded. As it stands today, we'd have the 13th pick in the 2018 draft. One of the 3-5 candidates for Manager of the Year. Hinch of the Astros would win it, hands down, if the voting were held today.

Well, that wipes Duffy out of the trade market. One less left-handed starter. Erwin Santana (assuming Twins collapse), Greinke (depending on how the DBacks play and how desperate they are to dump that contract), Dan Straily, Ivan Nova, Marco Estrada, Samardzija, Jason Vargas, Triggs (A's), Hellickson, Ramirez (Angels), Darvish, Archer, G.Cole, Cueto, Holland, Jaime Garcia, Andriese and Cobb all have better WHIP numbers than Q (of those who are realistic trade possibilities). Jose is 41st, with a 1.30 WHIP. Tampa Bay is in a very vexing position for management to pick a direction...especially with their overhanging stadium issues.

What was the weight of bat Julio Franco used? Something insane like 44 or 46 ounces. And started it pointed straight at the pitcher....and hit until well into mid 40's, to boot. Never stopped hitting.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ May 29, 2017 -> 06:00 PM) Well counting guys on the DL, you can Covey, Infante and Holmberg to begin with. Those three, plus Ynoa and Beck. I have a feeling Ynoa is staying around as long as possible due to his connection with Luis Robert and their mutual trainer/agent/buscone Edgar Mercedes. Minaya is the other to have come up, if I am remembering correctly.

except for the weird s*** about Caulfield's foreign concubines and Reddy's shirtless picture threats. WTF? Speaking of "concubines"... Trump and Bill Clinton might want to keep their heads down http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016...hillary-clinton The irony is that Donald Trump brought two "models/escorts" into the US (Ivanka and Melania) that resulted in a net immigration gain of six if you add in Donald Trump, Jr., Ivanka, Eric and now Barron. At least my ex had 4 1/2 years of education in Russia, 2 years at UMKC (History and Spanish) and now 2 more years for an MFA at Washington Univ. My current wife has a degree in international politics and philosophy from the #5 university in all of China, is bilingual and our son will also be fully fluent in at least two languages and an expert in the STEM subjects when he comes to the US to start schooling in middle or high school. So my net immigration contribution will ONLY be 50% of Trump's. At any rate, I guess I have some chasing to do to catch Trump in the "concubines and beauty pageant/models groping and grabbing category." Does it count if I was a judge for the Miss Kansas/Miss Teen Kansas pageant fifteen years ago, lol? Guess I have to start my own agency as well as buy a pageant or two, haha. Saving for financial freedom is the No. 1 priority for millennials — 63% of millennials said they’re saving a set amount of money to enjoy their desired lifestyle. This is a stark contrast to older generations: the majority of the Gen X and baby boomer generations prioritize their savings specifically to leave the workforce and retire. “Young adults tell us they are willing to do whatever it takes to achieve freedom and flexibility, even if it means working for the rest of their lives,” said Aron Levine, head of Merrill Edge. So where does that money go to if it’s not being funneled into retirement accounts? According to the Merrill report, 81% of millennials spend their money on traveling. Eating out and exercising are the two other activities millennials listed before they’d save for retirement. These spending habits point to a shift in the way millennials use their money for personal fulfillment, compared to older generations. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/millennials-...-195619131.html

Trey hit a homer, yay? Some Fincher dude, as well. Kanny rained out.

Kahnle Swarzak Abreu Avi Holland Robertson We'll get just one, though...most managers would probably take Kahnle the way he's going now. Leury Garcia even merited consideration a week ago. Davidson hasn't played enough, but his hr/ab number is quite impressive.

21,636 average after today...moved up to 27th. 27,148 was the Memorial Day crowd. Now within 100 per game of CLE and CINCY. Average in 2016 for whole year was 21,828....but we still have prime drawing months with Red Sox, not to mention June and July to raise the average numbers. 26th last year, but we will be 25th by end of homestand with 75% of home schedule remaining. http://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance

Waiting for this Rabbit argument: Having a casino, however, does not automatically make a tribe rich or mean that its tribal members receive casino payouts. The National Indian Gaming Association reports 562 tribes in the U.S. Only 223 of them have casinos, and of those, only 73 give per capita payouts. In fact, the research shows that casinos need to be within 50 miles of a metro area (with 10,000 or more residents) to be highly profitable. In our experience, the rural casinos do not have enough traffic to generate large profits — they do create a few tribal jobs. http://www.nativepartnership.org/site/DocS....pdf?docID=1441 Waiting for Reddy's response on this one...at least now we've discovered the board isn't NEARLY as liberal as alleged, and can acknowledge that.

Delmonico hot again, hit his 9th homer...Knight down late by 1. Moncada single and a walk.

True team effort by the White Sox. Need Jones, Putnam and Petricka back before the bullpen burns out...but only thing to do is enjoy it for now.

Astros in the process of putting up 8 and maybe more on the Twins in one inning. 11 now, Beltran homer, still not over in the 8th. 3 1/2 gb if things stand in both games. 8-2 lead turns to 13-8 reversal.

https://www.milb.com/milb/news/chicago-whit...900/t-185364810 Bump...article on 15 k game with lots of positive quotes.