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That same area in Syria where the chemical attack occurred Tuesday was struck by Russians/Syrians again today, with at least one local civilian woman a casualty. Now what? Plus, you have a Russian warship heading to the East Med from the Black Sea.

Hard to poke holes in much of this narrative without more documentation...but it seems to be typical of the responses I've been reading on the message board from the conservative/nationalist side about this recent truck attack in Sweden. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics Interestingly, the per capita number of rapes reported in "happy" Sweden is roughly 2.5X greater than the US, and it only goes back to 2010, before the latest wave of Middle Eastern immigration hit Europe. http://www.wonderslist.com/10-countries-highest-rape-crime/ Sweden 3rd, highest in Europe. Had no idea. Forty years ago, the Swedish government decided to change the formerly homogenous Sweden into a multicultural nation. The Socialist regime in Sweden realized it was losing the support of ethnic Swedes, so in an attempt to cling to power, they threw open the doors to Muslims. In fact the Swedish socialists have actually invited the entire nation of Syria to move to Sweden. This policy has had disastrous results. Violent crime has increased by 300 percent and rapes by 1,472 percent. Sweden is now number two on the list of rape countries, surpassed only by the tiny nation of Lesotho in Southern Africa. Statistics suggest that 1 out of every 4 Swedish women will be raped in their lifetime. A report by the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention found that that Muslim immigrants from North Africa were 23 times more likely to commit rape than Swedish men. In the big picture 77 percent of rapes are committed by the 2 percent Muslim male population. What has truly made Sweden "The Rape Capital of Western World" is the lack of punishment for Islamic immigrants who commit rape. Only 3 percent of Muslim rapists are ever convicted. The Swedish courts have demonstrated shocking sympathy for the rapists. They have acquitted suspects who have claimed that the victim wanted to have sex with six, seven or eight men at a time. When one Islamic rapist was about to be deported, he claimed to have converted to Christianity and was given political asylum. A three year child was raped by an Islamic migrant and the Swedish immigration board hid him from legal authorities. You can find endless lists of these horrors on the Internet. The following story shows savagery of these perpetrators: In Stockholm, Sweden, as many as 20 Muslim men gang-raped an 11-year-old girl. A mother was hosting a birthday party at a public bath/swim center for a group of 11 and 12 year old children. Up to 20 Muslim men who lived at a nearby refugee center arrived at the public facility. They immediately began to assault the children, ripping their swimsuits off and beating the boys who tried to stop the assault. Eventually, the men cornered one of the little girls in a grotto in the bathhouse and gang raped her. The police refused to make any arrests. [1] The Swedish media also go to incredible lengths to cover-up Muslim rape crimes. News organizations will frequency pixelate or lighten the skin of Muslim rapists. The newspaper Aftonposten described the rapists in one case as "Swedish men" when they actually were Somalis without Swedish citizenship. In another case, a Swedish woman was raped for hours by what the media called migrant "children." In reality, these were full grown men. The Swedish people have failed to understand that there is a culture of rape in Islam. Under Sharia law, Swedish women are "infidels" and as such, are, according to Allah's teachings, sanctioned targets for rape by Muslim men. The feminists of Europe should be the most outraged by Islamic rape. These progressive women are so diluted by their own liberal ideology that I don't think witnessing to Islamic rapists would change their minds. They do nutty things like wear head scarves to show solidarity with Islamic women. The craziest thing about this problem is what can happen to someone who points out the obvious truth. If someone cites the governments only stats about who is committing the most rapes in Sweden, that person can be convicted of a hate crime. Sweden Democrat Party politician Michael Hess of Karl//skrona was sentenced last year to a fine after he simply connected the religion of Islam with rape. It is just pure madness that the MSM refuses to report on this or for not saying it is wrong for Muslim men to rape women and children.

https://mobile.twitter.com/hashtag/Stockhol...-115854156.html Looks like he's from Uzbekistan. 39. Some very graphic pictures in this feed. Be warned. The suspect in Stockholm's deadly beer truck attack is a 39-year-old native of Uzbekistan who had been on authorities' radar previously, Swedish authorities said Saturday. The prime minister urged citizens to "get through this" and strolled through the streets of the capital to chat with residents. Prosecutor Hans Ihrman said the suspect has not yet spoken to authorities and could not confirm whether he was a legal resident of Sweden. Anders Thornberg, head of the Swedish Security Service, said security services were working with other nations' security agencies to investigate the attack, but declined to elaborate. https://www.yahoo.com/news/swedish-authorit...-065945086.html

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/201...y-theory-214999 "President Not-Obama" Obama continues to be dogged by critics of his tentative and professorial foreign policy...even from his own former staffers. Amazing something so symbolic can get almost everyone on board, but that's been true for generations of Americans. Never thought Brian Williams would become such a missile attack fan boy.

LOL. How does one join the 1% club? $1 million or more in investable assets? White privilege "victim"? Raised in the suburbs? $2.5 million in assets, including primary residence? Maybe Chicagoans have a different idea than native Iowans...so my numbers are probably on the low side.

QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 10:52 PM) Moncada would look awful nice in CF. 7 for 11 to start the year in AAA He had just 177 at-bats in AA last year. No matter what he's hitting, he won't be up any earlier than the end of May. Saladino shifts to 3rd when Frazier is gone, or potentially becomes a supersub if they think Delmonico should the starter there. Sanchez and Leury move on to greener pastures. Leury might actually stay for awhile simply because he can also play the outfield and has better speed. Moncada won't be moved off the infield unless his defense forces a change. All reports say the raw tools are there with repetition and experience. Remember, he played mostly 3rd last year.

Basically, if the player doesn't have the capability of putting up at least a 2.5-3.0 war at any key position...or slots as a 750-775 or lower 1B/DH/LF, he's just filling filling roster space, suppressing the winning percentage for draft positioning and/or buying time for Moncada and Collins. So that only leaves you Anderson, Abreu (since they can't or won't trade him) and possibly Saladino...with the two already mentioned. You sign Robert, you've got 5-6 useful pieces (three dynamic athletes and Saladino a step behind) and aren't that far off from being a very competitive team in 2019, if not the second half of 2018. But it obviously depends just as much on the young pitching and Rodon.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 09:30 PM) Realizing that Leury, Davidson, Delmonico and May are all AAA calibre players. The jury's still far from out on Delmonico. Hayes, for that matter. That said, if he can't stick at 3rd, his chances go down quite a bit.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 09:15 PM) Poor guy doesn't seem to stand a chance of making any $$ in this game. He has earned $15,000 so far this week...

It is strange you don't order him to take at least one pitch, especially with the top of the order coming after. It's not like he has earned a green light. Probably just overeager. Makes me miss Jerry Owens. Almost.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 08:57 PM) Was there an attendance figure released tonight? 14004 I think.

Steverson must be in possession of the Steele/Russian hotel videos.

Hopefully Anderson can at least start learning how to spoil off speed stuff in order to get more fastballs. Abreu lets the cookie go by and chases outside of the zone. Sigh.

Putnam when he's going good might be the most underrated player on the roster...but he deserves the opportunity to pitch for a contender that needs 6th/7th inning help.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 08:27 PM) Would you rather have Buxton or TA? Tough call but I'd have to go TA. Probably Buxton because Saladino would be a pretty darned solid SS...but we don't have a game-changing outfielder other than Basabe. If you guaranteed Robert was coming on board, would have to rethink it. Buxton has certainly had longer periods of flailing away offensively...but the huge 30/30 potential and more walks. That said, Anderson has the quickest hands on the team and should be a 15-18 homer guy pretty consistently. Anderson has yet to fail.

So much for Byron carrying over his hot ending to last year. They will be 4-0 with Dozier and Buxton both scuffling. Positive sign for MN. And that outfield defense in LF and CF can make up for lots of pitching mistakes.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 08:18 PM) Benetti just needs to focus on talking about baseball and not make 50 corny jokes a game. He's much better announcing football and basketball where he's more serious That and always deferring to Stone and asking him to explain things even non-pitchers should be able to grasp. Feels like he is trying too hard to teach a community college class on baseball for dummies that everyone's auditing.

So much for the theory that fundamentals will change overnight with Renteria. Of course, it doesn't help to start every game with two abysmal defenders. Another tailor-made double play opportunity missed. Given them two extra outs/bases this inning.

"The odds are long, but here we go. Jose Quintana does his usual thing. James Shields suddenly starts pitching like the James Shields of at least 2014. Derek Holland makes 30 starts and has that one big year that's maybe buried deep inside him. Miguel Gonzalez is solid. Carlos Rodon suddenly turns into Steve Carlton, with the best slider in the game. Then Yoan Moncada comes up in June and is an immediate star. Boom. Print your playoff tickets." For Greg's optimism club. Yes, Moncada walks a lot more than expected, to an earlier point.

QUOTE (Baron @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 07:23 PM) Correct I remember a few years back the DRS was atleast bearably bad. Seems Viciedo had more outfield assists from LF than RF, fwiw. The problem is the LF gets considerably more action.

QUOTE (Baron @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 07:23 PM) Correct I remember a few years back the DRS was atleast bearably bad. Seems Viciedo had more outfield assists from LF than RF, fwiw. The problem is the LF gets considerably more action.

Hopefully Hawk on the road next week will give up the idea Abreu is ever going to be a competent 1b. He is what he is...have to accept it.

QUOTE (Scoots @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 07:21 PM) Just a thought...i guess more realistically I would rather see May in C.F. with Luery Garcia in right, with Avi at DH. I would rather have the bett3r defense out there than the slim potential upside offensively with the left handed bar in Asche up there. Idk. That's fine, but they're not going to invest 300-350 at bats in Leury to determine he's the last guy on the roster. Just throw those AB's to anyone else, except Hawkins. Engel's not ready, so probably Liriano next. The other problem is four DH's in Avi, Abreu, Davidson and Asche.

QUOTE (Scoots @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 07:14 PM) Who would YOU rather have as DH? Avi or Abreu? I say DH Avi and try Davidson out in RF...i know he doesn't have the build of an outfielder but it can't be worse than Garcia. You need to give Davidson an opportunity to build some confidence that he belongs in the majors (offensively) before you even consider an in-season position change so dramatic.

At least Holland looks pretty good. He's always had that quiet swagger when he was going well with the Rangers.