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QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Sep 19, 2016 -> 04:33 PM) I dont want any of them. Its a very frustrating election for me. As I mentioned a few days ago I would have preferred Bernie, or even Biden than any of these people and I really disagree with their politics. My strongest opinion in this election is Id rather have anyone on the planet as President than Hillary Clinton, its just really unfortunate that the only plausible way for that to happen now is with Donald Trump. The problem is articulating an argument for why he would do a better job in foreign policy. Let's forget Clinton for a moment, which is going to be a more right wing version of Obama...more hawkish. Does he have the temperament to NOT get America involved in a major foreign conflict the next four years? That America would be safer with him as leader? Other than arguing he'll surround himself with the best and the brightest...and that's exactly what led Kennedy into the Bay of Pigs, listening to his top military advisors. Since he doesn't have the requisite expertise, the concern is that he'll simply be led astray, just like GW Bush was by Wolfowitz, Cheney and Rumsfield.

It is ironic that Reed pitching well in Albers' spot was exactly what the Sox needed...meanwhile, we had to trade three more minor leaguers to cover 3b. Devenski would have done the job as well. That's the cost of all in every year.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Sep 19, 2016 -> 04:19 PM) lol youre barking up the wrong tree if you thing Im going to defend Trump. He's said and done plenty of stuff that warrants these attacks. I just think people focusing on the pettier stuff like his taxes and birther is a poor approach because of reasons Ive stated in the other thread. There is plenty of stuff to go at Trump for that is a lot more important than that stuff. So what exactly do you and Greg want? At least Greg has occasionally supported Sanders and mentioned the other two candidates as possibilities...but it's clear he is more anti-Hillary than pro anyone else, which is his democratic right.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 19, 2016 -> 04:05 PM) You forget you were the one who mentioned it first? Again, what is the point? Being snippy wont win a lot of arguments. This just in...we also accidentally shot Pat Tillman, too, and deliberately covered it up. That, and the "enhanced interrogation/rendition protocols" are 1000x worse than an accidental bombing or human error. Abu Ghraib ring a bell? Talk about losses of America's cloak of morality, justice and righteousness, you can start there. Guantanamo Bay, for good measure.

These threads are starting to motivate me even more to send in my Iowa absentee ballot from China for Hillary. No, she hasn't articulated well her reasons for seeking office, and it seemed like she was just hoping to run out the clock like UNC with their four corners offense, but when every day brings about another police shooting and/or sorority girls from KSU thinking it's cute to dress up in blackface and use the N word...the idea that Trump has the capacity and compassion to change America for the better is just anathema. Everything he has ever done was to serve his own best interests, or, basically, his corporation's. His children are exactly the same. Calm and poised they are not. Ivanka even got rattled by questioning from a Cosmo reporter. And she's supposedly the best and brightest of the bunch. When you deliberately lie about the president's birth certificate for years on end...what possible defensible reason is there for doing that, or deliberately mis-stating his religion? The worst part is I'm convinced 90% of American history and govn't teachers have better grasp of foreign/domestic/public policy...I just wish he was debating with Bill Clinton instead next Monday night.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Sep 19, 2016 -> 03:03 PM) What's new... KC kicks the sox ass. To be honest, KC really plays well against the central and bad against everyone else haha. They have a losing record against Cleveland but double digit wins against everyone else. Specifically, two AL West teams...inexplicably, one of them is the A's.

Would still be shocked if they gave it to a Baltimore reliever when they could vote for a Red Sox starter...the bar is just so high for relievers since they have their own separate award, or at least they used to.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/features/cyyoung Looks like Porcello and Lester in a close battle with Scherzer...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-...a8ff_story.html Horrrific scandal! Read all about it! GW Bush handlers in 2000 and 2004 no longer rich enough to be bundlers in 2016 or even relevant if raising $100,000 or less, but many received priviledges and bought ambassadorships. Shocking stuff, folks.

By that argument, Danks and Latos should still be the back end of the rotation. Clearly, Tim Anderson hasn't improved SS and Lawrie's better than Saladino because the team is 17 games under .500 since May 6, even with the "really good" version of Abreu and Morneau instead of Avi at DH.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 17, 2016 -> 10:13 PM) Bad game for the Sox. We still haven't beaten KC in a series this year. This one is 1-1. There have already been 7 one run games in the season series....Sox are 1-6 in those games. Bullpen.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 17, 2016 -> 10:19 PM) OM gosh. The world of participation trophies. The world is WAY WORSE now than when Barack Obama took over. The economy in the USA is horrible for the middle classes. health care is AWFUL. Costs are astronomical. There is no leadership. If I were president I'd kick some ass to the pharm companies and tell them to get real. 800 dollars for a prescription unless you have insurance??? You guys are easy graders. Barack's America is a DISASTER! Chaos in cities. Violence. Horrific relations between cops and the people. Gridlock in trying to get any cooperation from Congress. Obama gets a D or D-plus! That said I do like the man personally. Great sense of humor and a Sox fan! But as a president ... please! He's not a leader. p.s. I VOTED for the man. Would a Republican try to control pharmaceutical prices? Even for the Epipen (worth noting a Democratic senator's daughteris the one responsible for unchecked avarice there, Manchin.) Let's not forget you'd have lost all the Detroit automakers' jobs (let them fail, Romney famously said) and Bush is the one who created the unfunded mandate in Medicare Part B which blew up the budget by another $1-2 trillion. Another $3-5 trillion was defense spending on multiple wars in the Middle East which clearly have't made the world any safer from terrorism, as you pointed out.

http://www.businessinsider.com/ivanka-trum...nterview-2016-9 Ivanka is really just Donald in disguise....

Also had a terrorism/religion-related multiple stabbing incident in St. Cloud, MN.

See Gordon Beckham, Avi Garcia or Dayan Viciedo...

QUOTE (Ezio Auditore @ Sep 16, 2016 -> 02:19 PM) idk where this thing comes from that Hillary doesn't talk policy, she does, it's damn near all she does (when she is not directly attacking Trump, which is something that gets more air time), it's actually her entire persona as a politician. Hillary literally just talked about policy at the BWA symposium this morning. CNN even covered it this time! But what are media people and consumers of media (who somehow think they are exempt from this equation) talking about? Trump's birtherism, because of course. If you ask 100 Democrats, less than ten percent could articulate her campaign theme (everyone knows Trump's) and even fewer could articulate her top five ideas for improving the economy. Or maybe the other way around. This is not the time for Dick Morris triangulation. There's just no compelling vision of what she wants to do, and that's typical in elections when the incumbent party is trying to hold the White House three consecutive terms. We saw it in the 1988 and 2000 elections.

MLB looked at all the trades and four allegations (including the Sox) and now considers the matter officially closed with the 30 day punishment.

There's zero hope for bipatisanship with Clinton...with Trump, the odds might be higher but not easy to envision him turning into a centrist/moderate Democrat again, as nobody would trust him and he seems incapable of maintaining a consistent position on anything for too long. The Left won't forgive two years of incendiary and intolerant remarks, the Right would treat him ten times worse than GHW Bush when he went back on his no new taxes pledge. http://www.thinkadvisor.com/2016/09/16/har...turn=1474125869 Blame the White Sox....first MLB managers needed no experience in managing, now it's migrated up the ladder to the most powerful office in the world not needing any experience in governing in less than five years!

http://www.espn.com/mlb/player/gamelog/_/id/30948/chris-sale I'm not sure 11 consecutive starts averaging between 110-115 pitches per outing will look like a good idea in 2017 if he struggles out of the gate.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/201...sparency-214250 Lots of good insights into why the Clintons will never be transparent and the consequences... http://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-trump-fo...-172645913.html Comparing the Clinton and Trump Foundations....

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Sep 17, 2016 -> 12:26 AM) I'm glad that it looks like the Sox are sinking the Royals chances. They were already sunk when they lost 4/5 to NYY and Detroit. Then 4/4 to Oakland at home was the nail in the coffin.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 16, 2016 -> 07:30 AM) Man Snowden sporting some rock hard pecs! http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-5...WQDBHNlYwNzcg-- https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160915/...osss-boss.shtml All out offensive this weekend to go after Snowden...

That's at least 11 if not 12 starts with 100+ pitches for Sale. 120, 118, 118 and 119 in four of the last five outings.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/cubs-owner-bu...-233627778.html Ricketts attempting to dance, worth a laugh or two...

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 16, 2016 -> 08:50 PM) Sanchez with the bomb. Nice. Folks, Robin might have saved his job which is scary. The Royals have checked out mentally, evidenced by their complete annihilation by the A's for four consecutive home games this week. Not quiiting, but their fight is gone...like the Sox in mid May.