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https://sports.yahoo.com/tampa-bay-rays-trade-alex-222646847.html Colome, Span traded to M’s for two prospects, salary relief

Last year, after a founder of Apollo Global Management had multiple White House meetings with Kushner, the company loaned $184 million to the Kushner family real estate firm. Similarly, shortly after Kushner met in the White House with the chief executive of Citigroup, the company lent the Kushner family real estate group and a partner $325 million. Now the Kushner family real estate business is reportedly close to entering a deal with a company linked to Qatar that could bail Kushner Cos. out of a flagship troubled property and a huge financial hole. Jared Kushner had previously sold his stake in the property involved to a trust run by his mother. Nevertheless, the Kushner family real estate business stands to lose an enormous amount of money without this bailout, and Qatar certainly knows that Kushner’s White House portfolio includes the Middle East. Meanwhile, U.S. policy towards Qatar has apparently softened after Trump originally took a hard line against the country. Are these events just coincidences, or do they involve the exchange of U.S. policy for financial benefits? The transactions create the appearance of a conflict of interest for Kushner, and through him for Trump. Here too, there is no way for the American people to know what happened behind the scenes. This is why it is so important for officials like Kushner to divest holdings that could cause conflicts and why it is so dangerous when they do not. https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-given-us-ultimate-chinese-import-american-princelings-182805997.html

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher loses endorsement for saying it's OK to not sell homes to gay people https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/25/politics/dana-rohrabacher-congressman-homeowners-lgbtq-people/index.html

Solo might not even hit $10 million in China this weekend. Could have done without droid and love story elements, but blame the Kasdan’s and Howard. As a heist flick, pretty decent. I was actually expecting worse.

Reddy, just don’t act like this in Iowa, lol...I grew up in the Quad Cities and spent the first 22 years of my life in that state...identity politics simply don’t work there (not unlike GA or rural Western PA). Just follow everything Cheri Bustos has done and said on the other side of the Mississippi. Or the South Bend mayor, if an openly gay man can win elections in rural Indiana, he’s doing SOMETHING correctly, yes? Fwiw, the (old) district I lived in had one of the most popular (and centrist or left-leaning) Republican representatives in Jim Leach that you could ever find in the Heartland. But remember it’s the state of Grassley, Branstad, Steve King and one of the toughest proposed abortion laws in the country...and one of the biggest states for born-again/evangelical Christians, especially for that region of the country.

Anderson got to strike out twice there...

Rutherford’s back in action tonight...

Woudn’t we have said the same thing about his Republican primary opponents in 2016? Combating a sitting president like Trump is something the Dems (and no American political party) has ever fully contemplated...someone who has no moral/ethical compass, who panders to his own base and deliberately tries to divide the country (Nixon is the closest modern example, but even that doesn’t stand up to close scrutiny)...who constantly changes positions and who sucks up all the airtime because he draws ratings and makes the media immense profits. Right now, Biden’s the only one capable of beating him. None of the early Dem favorites like Gillibrand, Booker, Harris, etc., have yet been able to emerge was as the obvious “hot” choice like Obama already was in 2005/06 (dating back to his Dem.Convention speech). You can identify as many followers for Kennedy as for Garcetti or even the Mayor of South Bend, Indiana. Plus this current fracture between the progressives/pragmatists, and uncertainty over what Sanders/Warren will do, and who is the “heir apparent” to take up their cause of the younger generation. Odds are the country will go into a recession (based on 2-3 economic cycles of QE/easy money) due to inflation fears and interest rate rises, higher gas prices, slightly higher wages and then the overhang of numerous Americans paying significantly more for their health care insurance (and Trump’s complete failure to fix it as promised). Who knows where immigration and gun control are as issues at that point...but I’d still say the odds rest with the Dem’s over Trump winning another election, if for no other reason than so many Hispanic and African-American voters will be motivated to get out to the polls this time out...and so many older Americans are afraid to lose their SS/Medicare/Medicaid due to the GOP Congress. Finally, the fact that Trump’s been relatively lucky so far with his foreign policy blunders not blowing up the world (YET).

Contreras and El Duque age rumors...but not sure how that connects to Abreu.

What pitcher that we actually signed/drafted have we done so great with? After Sale...there’s Hansen? Gio Gonzalez? It always seems we do better acquiring or claiming pitching from outside the organization. Can’t even declare a Rodon a total success story yet, either.

I think “deliver AL for the Dems” was 90-95% based on the fact Moore is a pedophile lunatic...any halfway normal GOP candidate and they lose quite handily. Just like Ossof should win most of the time under the conditions he ran in...Dems finally learned this hard lesson not to weigh in and let it be a “local race” with Lamb. That was the only really impressive win, nevertheless, Saccone lost twice now this year and was also a poor fundraiser/campaigner.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/white-sox-sent-down-carson-223246025.html Differences between Fulmer/Giolito, why Renteria and Sox believe that Lucas needs to stay (for now) at the big league level and work through his difficulties...guess it can't get much worse, right?

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23598602/mlb-real-not-al-central-worst-division-1994 AL Central the worst individual division in baseball since 1994....yikes (that's when the White Sox should have won the World Series, if the season had actually been allowed to play out)

The only thing I DON'T get is why even weigh in when she realistically DOESN'T have a shot? That will just make it seem, once again, that the establishment is interfering/tipping the balance in one way or another. Hillary endorsing is one thing, but Perez doesn't need to get involved...or why does he feel the need, is the question? https://www.amny.com/news/elections/new-york-governor-race-1.17681878 The race for New York governor is picking up steam, as a new poll released Wednesday shows incumbent Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo with a commanding lead over the competition. According to the Quinnipiac University Poll, 50 percent of New Yorkers surveyed would vote for Cuomo over Democratic primary challenger Cynthia Nixon. The actress and education advocate from Manhattan garnered 28 percent of votes from those polled, with 22 percent abstaining. "Actress Cynthia Nixon is a nuisance to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he seeks a third term, but at this stage she is not running strong enough to make either the Democratic primary or general election challenge successful,” Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said.

Ruffcorn was never considered to be the Top RH pitching prospect in all of MLB...maybe even the top pitching prospect in the game. He was a fairly high pick, but nothing like the expectations for Giolito 2-3 years ago.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/trump-nfl-protesters-maybe-shouldnt-country-114402328.html Trump deliberately trying to flame more racial/immigration tensions over Kapaernick and Reid...apparently because he needs to shift the story from the failure of the North Korean negotiations. As the article notes, even a 1st grader understands you can't "throw someone out of the country" for exercising their 1st Amendment rights. Imagine if Obama said gun owners should be thrown out of the country because that particular amendment doesn't cover assault weapons.

29 pitches already for Hamilton...struggling to close things out, runners on 1st and 2nd, just one out and lead cut down to one.

The Padres also have another top prospect, Urias, a 2B....in AAA. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=188365 Putting up an 834 OPS in AAA at age 21. It's going to come down to pitching with them...and how much money they have left after that mega-deal for Hosmer. They're also needing to decide on Wil Myers' long-term future. https://www.milb.com/gameday/missions-vs-drillers/2018/05/29/546981#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=546981 Batting average finally up to .271, 16 doubles, 845 OPS. June 9th, .280/860 ops

Meanwhile, Rose has managed to leave 8 men on base despite hitting a two run bomb... Let's see if Hamilton can manage a 2 inning save.

Yeah, Eloy!!!!!! Mr. Clutch.

Collins with runners on 1st and 2nd, 2 outs. Fisher pinch ran and got cut down trying to get to 3rd on a ball hit on the infield... And he walks on 4 pitches to bring up Jimenez with bases loaded. 3 for 3, plus 3 walks.

Ian Hamilton hunkered down in the bottom of the 9th and preserved the tie to put BIRM into the 10th. The big names should get an opportunity this inning to take the lead....well, maybe not, Schroeder/Polo/Mendick, hopefully one can get on to get the game to Collins/Jimenez/Rose.

After the Merrick Garland debacle, and with how Trump's packing the court with idealogues and fanatics, ANYTHING seems possible at this point...not to mention killing the "blue slip" tradition and all the arguments about the filibuster.

The weird thing is that Kanny has one of the best records in the minor leagues of any team...and they have the least amount of "prospect talent" of any team in our system. Jirschele has (seemingly) done a very good job with them.

Most people over 40 or 45 don't even know what Twitch is...maybe the sequel to Hitch with Will Smith and Kevin James reprising their roles? Actually, I do remember meeting an "internet model/VJ" in Manila a couple of years ago who went on and on about how much money she made from her Twitch channel. Her name is Ann B. Mateo.