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Who me? Biased? Insightful video series by the NY Times. Peanut butter, jelly and racism. Implicit bias vs. Racism, and how they're different. https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/1000000048...and-racism.html Carter was a brilliant man but terribly ineffective president. We can't retroactively give his presidency points because of his honesty, integrity, charitable work like Habitat for Humanity, or Sunday school sermons...or diplomatic efforts even. To me, his biggest accomplishment/credit lies in the area of Mideast Peace negotiations, but everything else was pretty much a disaster. His term led to 12 consecutive years of GOP leadership of the presidency, not easy to pull off after Watergate for the Dems. But perceived weakness or let's call it softness on crime/death penalty and the military is largely attributable to this era of leaders in the party, whether we want to admit it or not. It's why Clinton/Gore were able to rise to power a generation later as Southern DLC moderates.

Alcohol has always been a part of the culture of baseball, look no further than Guillen and LaRussa. I suppose they could put something in all their contracts, but wouldn't you have to do that for all players, not just the Latin American ones? There's a fine line between safety and taking away individual freedoms. It's not like MLB is going to pay a subsidy for additional police checkpoints in all those countries, or have private security contractors/designated drivers stay with their players 24/7. I guess I'll believe it when I see it, like dealing with steroids, or the gun and domestic violence culture in the NFL. http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-colum...e128092259.html

QUOTE (Reddy @ Jan 22, 2017 -> 09:16 AM) of course they aren't. you think greg can handle complexities? Greg has appeared on the same number of Time Magazine covers as everyone else at SoxTalk. Richard Nixon, by the way, is first with 55. Not Trump. FDR second. HRC 19 times.

QUOTE (L. Ron Paultard @ Jan 22, 2017 -> 12:36 AM) . . America's status: 'saved' Never in doubt from June 2015 on. the Boss overcame 18 months' worth of wall-to-wall Orwellian propaganda + massive Dem voter-fraud + lack of conventional groundgame, ads, money, etc "Darth Voldermort McHitler" will be an amazing President. yay! Best part? Some of the most effective "pandering, urgent" lines in the final stretch of the campaign that won over key demos in swing states ( "Save America.... "this is it, one last chance".. .won't touch SS & Medicare for our wonderful seniors... no WW3 with Russia" preserve freedom of religion...speech...free internet for my Millenials" mexican drug epidemic + 20 trillion dollar debt consigning our daughters & granddaughters to a dark, hopeless future" etc, etc, etc) -----> were in part courtesy of yours truly. Miller, Bannon, KA et al notwithstanding not my field at all; just couldn't stay on the sidelines. so when a couple of friends asked...had to help save America from the impending hellish nightmare Kenyan traitor & Grandma Nixon, Soros-Alinsky pedo-satanists, et al conspired to create. truest story, haha considering how razor tight the race was in MI, WI, PA, & FL (they love their SS & Medicare in FL, amirite?).. ....that existentially-urgent, laser-focused messaging might have made all the difference Feels fantastic #SaveAmerica #MAGA https://www.instagram.com/p/BPgWi9iBsOD/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iotk6ES3ToY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoKnfWhdqDw . . Lol...that same deficit that is projected to have another $7 trillion added by Trump? Interesting for the first time in eight years there's no longer talk about fiscal responsibility and balancing the budget coming from Republicans. Oh, but you get access to the health care market but only if you have enough money because all the rates will go up 25-50% with 32 million disappearing from the rolls...or you'll be left with a bare bones policy that only is helpful in a dire emergency but not very practical for a growing middle class family. And glad to know the Republicans under Herbert Hoover, oops McCain and Romney, would have made the Great Recession into Great Depression II by not doing anything, letting banks (unless they're run by your hunting buddies) and automakers go bankrupt and creating a spiral effect in terms of unemployment and economic carnage by refusing to use government stimulus spending, the same exact thing that China did. Obviously private industry with no regulations was fully capable of solving all the problems themselves.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 22, 2017 -> 08:54 AM) FWIW the DJIA and "the economy" are not the same thing Yes, you have to look at the unemployment rate, GDP growth, CPI/inflation indexes as well as interest rates, home purchases, PPI, import/export numbers, balance of payments and trade deficit, etc.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 22, 2017 -> 08:52 AM) for some reason you keep assuming that people who went to the largest protest in US history, which was organized by women and primarily focused on a rejection of Trump, either didn't vote or voted for Trump. The numbers you brought up multiple times in this thread aren't really relevant beyond trying to make a smuggo point that doesn't really work. Trump did lose the female vote big amongst minority voters — 94 percent of black women voted for Clinton, as did 68 percent of Latino women, according to exit poll data. But nearly twice as many white women without college degrees voted for Trump than for Hillary, and of college-educated white women Hillary won by only a narrow margin — 51 percent supported Hillary, compared to 45 percent who supported Trump. Overall, 53 percent of white women voted for Trump, alongside 58 percent of white men who did so as well. http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld...illary-clinton/ I'm going to guess 75-80% of that crowd on the Mall was college-educated...if for no other reason than those with college degrees typically have much higher incomes and the ability to finance such a trip to DC. It's a good starting point for the Democratic version of the Tea Party to have 1 million in Washington, NYC and Chicago alone.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 22, 2017 -> 08:52 AM) for some reason you keep assuming that people who went to the largest protest in US history, which was organized by women and primarily focused on a rejection of Trump, either didn't vote or voted for Trump. The numbers you brought up multiple times in this thread aren't really relevant beyond trying to make a smuggo point that doesn't really work. Trump did lose the female vote big amongst minority voters — 94 percent of black women voted for Clinton, as did 68 percent of Latino women, according to exit poll data. But nearly twice as many white women without college degrees voted for Trump than for Hillary, and of college-educated white women Hillary won by only a narrow margin — 51 percent supported Hillary, compared to 45 percent who supported Trump. Overall, 53 percent of white women voted for Trump, alongside 58 percent of white men who did so as well. http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld...illary-clinton/ I'm going to guess 75-80% of that crowd on the Mall was college-educated...if for no other reason than those with college degrees typically have much higher incomes and the ability to finance such a trip to DC. It's a good starting point for the Democratic version of the Tea Party to have 1 million in Washington, NYC and Chicago alone.

First, it describes a reality that some but not most Americans perceive. As everyone who’s written about the economy in this Second Gilded Age, including me, has noted, far too many people are displaced, left behind, shortchanged, and dead-ended by the effects of technology and finance. That’s the human and economic challenge of this economic era, and it’s especially true for older people, less educated people, and those in some majority-white Appalachian and Rust Belt-locales where businesses have been closing rather than opening. But for most Americans, the past few years have represented economic progress rather than decline. (Employment; recently median-wage levels; inflation; financials; energy-production; manufacturing; trend in deficits; emissions; etc.) I’ll save the full “some-vs-most” arguments for another day but will cite these two illustrations: the strong popular-vote majority for what was essentially a continuation of current economic policies; and the classic Politico headline from the GOP convention. It was “GOP Delegates Say Economy Is Terrible—Except Where They Live.” Again, there’s more to say about these figures. But as the dominant theme in the speech, it represents pure rallying the base rather than reaching beyond. James Fallows, The Atlantic

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 22, 2017 -> 07:30 AM) I'm not sure it's entirely relevant. Women would look for equal rights under any president. It's sad that it's still an issue. http://ew.com/books/2017/01/17/ivanka-trum...e-may-2017/amp/ Don't worry. Ivanka is on the case. Her new book will provide simple yet exquisite (actor James Woods' apt description) solutions to all the working women of America. Best of all, the book advance and proceeds from sales are all going to charity!!! Act now, and you can get a machine-autographed copy, printed in the good 'ol USA.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Jan 22, 2017 -> 06:57 AM) 1) Do you believe trickle down economics works? 2) Which of his policies do you feel will accomplish this? 3) In 2008, stock market was sub 10,000. Today it's near 20,000. That's doubling the strength of the economy over four years. You really think Trump will do better? The stock market returns averaged 17.4% per year under Clinton. http://www.forbes.com/2004/07/21/cx_da_0721presidents.html Greg will argue that the average middle class family wasn't able to invest in the market due to inadequate savings and that wage growth for the middle class has been flat for 30 years. Of course, that has very little to do with Obama...and those stock market gains Trump is getting credit for since the election aren't going to last if Trump's policies are enacted.

“I am so behind you,“ Trump said, adding, “You’re (the CIA) gonna get so much backing. Maybe you’re gonna say, please, don't give us so much backing, Mr. President, please, we don’t need that much backing.” Trump, who endorsed bringing back torture during the campaign, also said at the CIA that he would destroy the Islamic State. “We have not used the abilities that we have (referring apparently to enhanced interrogation/rendition),” he said. “We’ve been restrained.” Trump repeated another campaign line — about how the United States should have taken the oil when it invaded Iraq — and said, “maybe you’ll have another chance,“ without further explanation. Trump went on to boast about how many covers of Time magazine he has appeared on. And then he singled out a Time magazine reporter, by name, for making a reporting error about a bust of Martin Luther King, Jr., being removed from the Oval Office on Friday, for which the reporter has already publicly apologized. Trump also touted his intellect in a brief aside. “Is Donald Trump an intellectual? Trust me, I’m like a smart person,” he said. Trump’s unusual appearance earned the quick rebuke of Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. “He will need to do more than use the agency memorial as a backdrop if he wants to earn the respect of the men and women who provide the best intelligence in the world,” Schiff said. http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trum...-langley-233971 https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-hotel-star...-081621559.html The Trump Organization has directed that no communications of the organization, including social media accounts, will reference or otherwise be tied to President-elect Trump's role as president of the United States or the office of the presidency," a company attorney wrote in a briefing released earlier this month. Trump has voluntarily taken these measures, since few conflict laws apply to the president or vice president. That means people will have to trust that the president and his company are following through. "We are waiting for you Mr. President! Thank you!" Trump's Washington hotel wrote on its Twitter account shortly before the president was scheduled to roll past the Pennsylvania Avenue property as part of the inaugural parade. Indeed, Trump hopped out of his motorcade to walk and wave in front of the hotel. The tweet would appear to violate the company's no-reference-to-the-president policy. Trump Organization representatives did not respond to requests for comment. Patricia Tang, the Washington hotel's director of sales and marketing — who said she was responsible for social media — did not directly answer a question about the possible violation. But she said, "We have nothing to do with the administration. We have nothing to do with the presidency. We just want to be the best possible luxury hotel that we can be."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-webs...-221241308.html "Cult of personality" settling in as WH website hails and hails the Chief

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jan 22, 2017 -> 12:33 AM) I mean he'll improve the economy enough I hope that I can make more money working and save money on price of things, etc. He's supposed to help business owners make more loot and maybe they'll pass it on to me. I liked your entire post, but especially that line. He's supposed to work his ass off to turn the economy around with Laffer's policies. http://economistsview.typepad.com/economis...ffer-curve.html Is the goal to increase the deficit? That's the only thing we know will happen historically.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jan 21, 2017 -> 09:52 PM) I told you I'm a Republican yet I voted for Obama last time. I did not vote for Trump or Hillary this time. I also told you I didn't vote for Romney as I didn't like him. I despise Hillary, of course I do. But if she had won I wouldn't have continued the rant until the next presidential race was underway. I am an American. I don't understand those who actively root against the President. If he does well it helps you and me! I would show Obama respect despite the fact I thought he was a lousy President. I thought I was gracious in my initial post on this thread. one.) That's sad. I am an American first and foremost. Yes I'd complain incessantly about her in 3 years during the next campaign if she had been lousy. two. He may not deserve a clean slate, but our President deserves a clean slate. Don't you want prosperity?? I do. I want some money. I dunno. I like Bill Clinton. I love Jimmy Carter. I didn't like Obama. I think I told you before, the military LOVES Trump. I know that for a fact. I can't believe we Americans can't get along. What policies has he proposed that will bring prosperity to the typical family of four earning $30-60,000 per year in Lawrence, KS?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 21, 2017 -> 08:52 PM) 40-50% of the people protesting today didn't vote? Source? I'm sure he was talking about the general...or extrapolating those averages onto today, but that's unlikely since most typical activists don't sit out elections. https://www.yahoo.com/news/bergdahl-case-pr...-153616764.html Bergdahl desertion case presents early test of tolerance for prejudicial Trump rhetoric

Silence A-/B+ But way too long, almost three hours. Andrew Garfield really has shined this year with Hacksaw Ridge and this one which underperformed at the box office. "A Monster Calls" B, surprisingly effective children's movie, Felicity Jones is everywhere. XXX. For a pure popcorn film, B+. Felt like another Fast and Furious enseble cast film, but entertaining for the most part except for forcing international stars (India, Australia, Thailand, China) into nearly every movie now.

Greg, since you always get bent out of shape when veterans are disrespected. Here's a whopper. That was one of the more disconcerting speeches I’ve seen,” said a senior U.S. intelligence official who was not present for the Trump speech but watched it by video. “He could have kept it very simple and said, ‘I’m here to build some bridges.’ But he spent 10 seconds on that and the rest was on the crowd size,” the official said, referring to Trump’s repeated complaints that the media had undercounted the turnout for his inauguration. Referring to Trump’s use of the CIA memorial wall as a backdrop, the official said, “People are going to think that was offensive." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tru...m=.807c1bd1f506

QUOTE (Con te Giolito @ Jan 21, 2017 -> 07:44 PM) Dont misconstrue what I'm saying. They didn't fake a rebuild just to get rid of Sale and Eaton, but they were definitely more motivated to be rid of them and in the case of Sale settled for less from Boston to have him gone. Ummm...in the end, it was the cumulative haul from those two trades, made possible by playing Boston and Washington against each other. But I guess there will always be Sox fans who will swear Hahn screwed up because he should have gotten Benintendi, Robles or Devers as well.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jan 21, 2017 -> 06:42 PM) Why? I thought it was a nice point to make. Cooper obviously did not want Trump yet was thoroughly professional in covering the 3 inauguration balls and commentary, etc. I always wish well for my country. I'm glad I am not full of bitterness. I despise Hillary but I can assure you if she won I wouldn't have ripped her every move. Now in 3.5 years when the next election season came around? If she stunk as Pres of course I'd have renewed venom toward her. Trump is president. Just as I wished Obama well I wish Trump well. I want my country to get powerful again. I want the economy to grow. He's in charge now. I think everybody should give a clean slate to Trump, but I realize that's impossible. Even a nice thread like this didn't last but 1-2 posts before turning to Trump disgust. Whatever. Peace to you all. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jobs_create...sidential_terms Greg, do you not see how many more jobs were created during the Obama and Clinton terms than the Bush (either one) years? https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-l...m=.4499e387e234 Reagan did pretty well, but FDR and Clinton will go down as the most successful with Obama not far behind. Do you really believe tariffs and isolationism will grow the economy and bring back jobs? Not to mention that trickle down economics (lowering taxes on rich and corporations) has never been proven to be beneficial to anyone but the elites you're always complaining about, as well as multinationals that don't even pay a fair share of taxes in the US to begin with because of offshore tax loopholes written by mostly Republican lobbyists. Do really think Goldman Sachs about anyone in Kansas, other than the Koch Brothers in Wichita?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 21, 2017 -> 06:50 PM) The thing to keep in the back of your mind when you see things like this is that this is how creeping fascism takes hold. Deny everything, attack everyone regardless of the merit of the criticism, build culture where the only source to be trusted is the leader, not the lying media. There's no guarantee that it'll be effective, but it's something to watch for. Former CIA director Brennan says Donnie should be ashamed of his speech in front of the CIA memorial wall. https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/82295...src=twsrc%5Etfw Ex-Director Brennan is already a traitor for leaking the "Golden Shower" dossier and should be sent to Guatanomo Bay for enhanced interrogation. Joe Six Pack Goebbels http://www.track-trump.com/roundups

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-po...m=.9be6861589f5 Spicer seems like a great candidate for the first staffer not to make it to 2018. Does he think the next presser will be easier? There's blood in the water now. You can't just demonstrably lie over and over again to the media unless you're Trump.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jan 21, 2017 -> 06:25 PM) I just don't get how Burdi isn't a top 100 prospect. The guy has the chance to be an elite closer and his floor is probably an elite setup man. Not suggesting he should be a top 50 or even 75 guy, but to not crack the list is crazy to me. Was Addison Reed? Betances? Giles? Usually those guys end up 75-100 but not much higher...although, with the new elevated focus on multiple inning elite relievers, you'd think some theoretically could be at least in the 60-75 range.

What about Keller, Bell and Newman?

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jan 21, 2017 -> 01:47 PM) I doubt Burdi or Fulmer is in his top 100. He'll have Moncada, Kopech, Giolito, Collins, and probably Lopez in there for sure. I bet he has Hansen too. Will vote no on Hansen for this year.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 21, 2017 -> 03:49 PM) During his speech today at the CIA, Donald Trump accused the media of falsifying images of his inauguration to make the crowd look smaller, while standing in front of the memorial for fallen CIA operatives. The White House is now setting up for a press event with large, blown up photos of the inauguration taken from the perspective of the Capitol Building. Edit: President Donald Trump today also told the CIA that we may have to reinvade Iraq to take their oil. This might even be more incredible. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpo...m=.e6a287de4423 Crowd comparison 2017 vs. 2009 Interior Department banned from Twitter after retweet of smaller than usual Trump inauguration crowd. Not only that, but the Women's Day Metro ridership was significantly higher today. Clearly lowest inauguration day turnout since 2004. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-grid...omepage%2Fstory