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https://www.yahoo.com/news/immigration-hard...-015354176.html Here comes the wall (without even a Congressional vote to get it started) and immigration round-ups... http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/16/politics/tru...ders/index.html All the areas where Trump will be at odds with Ryan/GOP Congress https://www.yahoo.com/news/giuliani-favorit...-082235190.html Transition team already struggling...but great, we've spooked RMB down almost to 6.9 and freaked out the mortgage markets as well. (And Jared Kushner's running off all the former Christie aides because of the vendetta he's held ever since the Christie administration went after his father.) The irony here is the Chinese want the RMB to stay in the 6.4-6.5 range, and are fighting to strengthen/preserve its value against speculators shorting it, instituting numerous capital controls on currency leaving the mainland. Doesn't matter...stock market's doing great, so God continues to bless the 1%

http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/15/pf/taxes/t...plan/index.html More details on tax plans...there goes trillions more added to the national debt. And of course, the poor end up worse off than before Trump.

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/ed-klein-...1/15/id/759037/ This article by Ed Klein basically argues that HRC lost primarily because she failed to listen to her husband's political instincts, and Mook/Podesta/pollsters/Cheryl Mills/Huma Abedin tuned him out as well. https://www.yahoo.com/news/ohio-state-stude...-160111812.html Tackling public speakers at universities in the name of "defending Trump" isn't going to go over very well. Realistically, John Kasich might be the only Republican right now that would be able to achieve a modicum of "moderate/independent" support, and that's if you concentrate specifically on his last 5-10 years and not his entire history in government (which is much more conservative, especially on values touched by religious or spiritual belief). No way it could be Ted Cruz. Kasich is also appropriate because he understands more than anyone what's going on with those Rust Belt/Obama voters more than anyone as a governor.

Carson became new national chairman of MY FAITH VOTES this past year, but not sure if that's a salaried or honorific position/title. What political office would he run for in Michigan? He lives near Baltimore now? Maryland offices to run for? Of course, many have predicted he will ACTUALLY be named the new Secretary of Education instead.

The entire foundation of "Hahn's good at this" is Eaton for Santiago...and if you're willing to give him (instead of KW and Paddy) credit for Jose Abreu. Who's the one within the Sox organization who pushed hardest for Anderson? We all have this scenario where KW was directly responsible for former footballer Courtney Hawkins, but why wasn't he equally responsible for Anderson, another raw/toolsy guy with more of a hoops background as a youngster?

And there's certainly zero opportunities for his family/Trump Corporation to take advantage of whatever information they have before the rest of the world... And it's not like Jared Kushner's not already tied directly into Wall Street. No insider trading going on, of course. SIGH. It will be interesting to see who wins. Ivanka/consumerism/shopping/fashion and style VS. liberalism/feminism. Because she gave a speech about giving women more time off to have a baby, daycare tax credits and had a ghostwritten book about female empowerment and entrepreneurialism AND she rebuked her father (a few times) for his public stances, then we should congratulate her instead of boycotting her product line.

Just not sure you also get Groome included there as well. What are there now, ten teams? Boston NYY LAD Texas Houston Atlanta Pittsburgh St. Louis Washington Cubs (nah)

QUOTE (Brian @ Nov 15, 2016 -> 05:19 PM) ...and her husband. The funny thing there is you have Bannon and Jared Kushner as part of the inner circle after all the anti Jewish statements and even his favorite kid converting to Judaism...so many moral and ethical compromises taking place already as everyone wants to get their thumbs on the wheels of power to jam unwanted policy changes on the American people who clearly didn't mandate them as much as they rejected (well, from an electoral college and not popular vote standpoint) four more years of the Clintons. Well, at least Slovenian model/starlet exports are going to benefit.

Of course, we also heard Austin Jackson would be back in July and Lawrie's situation wasn't career-threatening...

QUOTE (Brian @ Nov 15, 2016 -> 04:16 PM) Wonder how she would feel if someone called Melania a "tramp" or "slut" because of her pin up past. That's the delicious irony...that Melania will make anti-bullying/shaming/cybercrimes targeting youth her key platform issue. Start with Ann Coulter and Steve Bannon.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Nov 15, 2016 -> 04:49 PM) They also added Aoki already who's number look good last year. Added him to help off-set all the K's in the lineup. At this point, he's more of a fourth outfielder type/veteran presence with World Series experience. Tucker's older brother would be a decent candidate as filler to take DH and RF/LF at bats depending on what happens with Eaton and Cabrera. Of course, so would Puig...on an absolutely nothing to lose team. That said, having Eaton, Puig and Shields together in that scenario would be a highly combustible mixture. Of course, bromances in our clubhouse haven't gotten the Sox anywhere, either.

And no country is well positioned to do that, which is Trump's only leverage. Maybe Russia, but certainly not economically with depressed oil prices. Who does that leave? India? Japan and South Korea? Germany? Brazil? Indonesia? China's the clear choice, along with Russia (depending on how seriously you treat Iran, ISIS and North Korea)...to fill that vacuum. But China has to first deal with Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and Vietnam/Indonesia, to start with. I highly doubt Singapore and Finland/Norway/Sweden/Denmark want to ruin their pristine reputations. Meanwhile, lots of Trump voters are gobbling up $10,800 Ivanka Trump collection gold bracelets and baubles. https://www.yahoo.com/style/ivanka-trump-wo...-174930008.html Economy, fixed!

How is Chris Getz qualified again to work with 12-18 of the better prospects in baseball when he was the second rung from the bottom on his previous organization's management depth chart?

Houston will probably look to give away their 1b/DH who struggled mightily (Tyler White), just like the Rangers with Gallo. Tucker, the first round draft pick with some similarities to Ryan Sweeney but more power potential, is another name. Plus they do have a logjam with Bregman, Gurriel, Altuve and Correa, unless one of the first two go to LF/DH/1b (losing some surplus positional calue.) Plus, they already have Gattis. There's also the Pirates, Rangers and Cardinals to consider. Still believe the Dodgers want to send Puig packing in any major trade.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/official-west-vi...-132100329.html Trump is going to lose any remaining goodwill if he doesn't disavow this stuff immediately. Yet another obvious partial consequence of the birth certificate nonsense we kept hearing year after year. Already half the Chinese intl. students in my prep school are looking more closely at Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Not to mention they already have heard so many stories about gun crimes and robberies in major cities like zchicago, NYC and LA.

2018 they have a very fun and entertaining team. 2019, compete for wild card spot, add at the ASB...and best position themselves for key broadcasting rights contract negotiations. 2017, obviously suffer but get another high draft pick for 2018. Let's not forget we already have Collins, Burdi, Fulmer, Adams, Stephens and Hansen in the pipeline.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/internation...yadier-alvarez/ Yadier Alvarez isn't a decade away. $16 million price tag on July 2nd. It would be amazing to bring in both him and Moncada. Was easily hitting 100 mph in the Midwest League, you take him over DeLeon, especially if no Urias. http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?sid=m...tching/2016/ALL 55 ks in 39 IP for Great Lakes, MWL. Will turn 21 next March. With Sale and Frazier, it feels like you almost have to get Urias. Otherwise, you clearly need 5-6 guys back, starting with Bellinger, De Leon, Verdugo and Alvarez as well as a catcher. Puig would be the other wild card...although more for selling tickets and repackaging him. Might not want him for more than a season or 1 1/2 years anyway. But he would meet the bill of providing some marketing hype.

How much is Brett Gardner worth today? That might be Eaton in 2-3 years, especially if he piles up some more injuries. Peak value will never be higher. We can only equate Sale, Q, Jones and Eaton as being close to their highest value, and Melky based on freeing ourselves from under that contract when we're not going to be a contender. Frazier has a lot of value still, too. Gonzalez. Robertson, Abreu...wait and see going into June/July. Shields, same, obviously. Rodon and Anderson are going nowhere but you might trade Rodon if he blows up into a stud or hold onto him if you feel you are a contender his last year or two. That's a toughie. We know he's gone, though.

Eaton has a 5.1 average WAR over the last three years. That said, his "bad clubhouse rep" in AZ, somewhat controversial Twitter history (bonding with Sale and the LaRoches) and propensity for injuries and reckless play won't get you a Top Ten player haul in return.

The irony is Trump wants to make it easier to get any new drug through the FDA pipeline. That's great. Who cares about safety when there are quick profits to be made? Theranos isn't dead yet. Of course, he doesn't want to make it easier for an American to go to Mexico, Canada or even Cuba and buy that same drug for 15-20 cents on the dollar. But he will take care of those with preexisting conditions and those under 26 can stay on parents' plans without raising costs because medical savings accounts will save the day. Great! We don't even need to have Medicare anymore, forget about President Bush's unfunded Plan B mandate that cost a trillion or two. Boom! Deficit reduction. While we're at it....privatize Social Security! But damn...the stock market has only done exceptionally well from 1993-2000 when Clinton was president and 2009-2016 when Obama was president. Oops. Might want to overlook that little detail. Forget about 1987, 1998, the tech bubble, 9/11, 2008....we can blame all those problems on irresponsible tax and spend liberal Congresses.

Walsh=Gandhi, Mandela, Cesar Chavez, MLK, Thoreau, Emerson, Tolstoy

QUOTE (brett05 @ Nov 15, 2016 -> 07:26 AM) I'm sorry, who is the official cabinet? I'm sorry, Mr. Bannon is already a banner start. There was someone exactly like him in Obama's cabinet named Janet Reno. Oops, that was Clinton. What next, security clearance for his three kids and Jared "Not The Bad Type of Jew" Kushner? How much do you want to bet he doesn't name even one Democrat to his cabinet, let alone arguably the second most important position after Secretary of State?

QUOTE (brett05 @ Nov 15, 2016 -> 06:59 AM) I think many on this board need to know what the phrase civil disobedience means and how in many instances that is NOT what is happening now. Democrat protests=sedition and treason GOP=righteous indignation when their fundamental rights and freedoms are abridged by a gun confiscating socialist Muslim loving apologist for America's rightful Christian dominion across the globe

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/another-republ...obamas-cabinet/ Brett, what concessions has Trump made so far? Obama had the biggest mandate in modern times, and picked Republicans like LaHood and Gates for his cabinet. PT Trump is trying to jam every possible right wing misfit in the last decade into those positions. Why would anyone be surprised by the reactions?

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Nov 15, 2016 -> 07:08 AM) Yeah, I don't see Braves as an ideal partner. For me, a package would have to be around Inciarte, Swanson, and Albies, but that's still on the light side. Inciarte is Eaton Lite. He's not going to put up huge offensive numbers, but should always be between 2.5-4.0 in the WAR category. He's a lot more valuable in a bigger outfield than G-Rate.