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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...m=.671d4285e4b7 Of course there's a Taoyuan Trump Hotel project involved in all of this. Speaking of swamps...all the Cabinet members can be shielded from paying taxes on gains as they choose to sell assets or put them into a blind trust upon entering DC. http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/02/politics/don...iwan/index.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-speaks-tai...--election.html White House National Secrity Council obviously displeased. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/arch...2/03/2003660473 The phone call was scheduled ahead of time and anticipated by WH. Read the last four mini-paragraphs. Not coincidentally, one of Dick Cheney's deputy security advisors was in Taipei at the time, Stephen Yates. Expected to play a roll in the Trump administration. Drain the swamp!

Seven seasons in the minors and over 2,000 at-bats is hardly rushed... Bautista had 755 and 753 ops seasons his first two years in the majors with the Pirates. Garcia is well short of that.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016-12...nt_27556397.htm Great, now we get Kissinger playing a pivotal role in China. What can go wrong for a 93 year old?

He's had a lot of minor league at-bats during his career. The only reason he was "rushed" was he started putting up big numbers in in the Detroit system in High A and AA and they must have felt the numbers were sustainable. He started out with the Tigers being a high average, low power guy despite that size and Mini-Miggy stuff. That was partially blamed on Comerica. And then always that potential word.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38...hoo&ref=yfp List of all the pending conflicts of interest for Trump... https://gma.yahoo.com/sarah-palin-says-trum...topstories.html Now Palin, who was supposedly seeking a job with Trump, turning against "crony capitalism" dangers of Carrier deal, socialist market interventions "The free market has been sorting it out and America's been losing." Mike Pence to NY Times this week.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Dec 2, 2016 -> 12:41 PM) A deal is just that, a deal. Gotta see what comes of it since they are still losing 1000 jobs to Mexico. Who's jobs are going there? IF they are majority blue collar manufacturing jobs, those stories will get spread through the unions quicker than 15 minute breaks. Except unions are losing influence/power by the day....witness the broad swath of losses in Ohio, MI, PA and Wisconsin. Or the complete 180 from 2008 in Iowa.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/carrier-deal-sho...-165900707.html The Carrier deal shows what Trump understands about the politics of jobs ("creation/preservation")...Dems need to counter this argument with something better or they will continue to lose.

Brett Gardner's career trajectory with the Yanks might be a better comp...more steals, less of an arm. The Yankees could have gotten a haul for him in his prime, but now he's become a lot more expensive and aging/more injury-prone. A combination the White Sox are quite familiar with in terms of veteran acquisitions.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/op-ed-democrats-...-144905697.html I promise all Republicans will enjoy reading this...and all Democrats have to admit there's at least some truth as well.

Is Rodon really going to be valued by other teams as the equivalent of Gray or Archer? The only reason this makes sense is if they won't be competitive in Years 3-5 of the next upcoming 5 year plan...with 2017 and 2018 as clear retrenching/stockpiling two more Top 10 draft picks. OR they can get the position players they want back for Rodon, but jesus, thinking about how long it will take to have a competitive starting rotation again...and Fulmer didn't exactly inspire much confidence last year. Gonzalez will obviously be gone as well, so that would leave an unending series of question marks unless we pick up the likes of Urias/Giolito/Alvarez to replace them. The proposed Boston trades, with guys like Owens/Rodriguez/Kopech....you're talking about a high bust rate/relievers or back of the rotation starters. They're unlikely to also send Groome WITH Moncada/Benintendi/Devers (2 of those 3).

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Dec 1, 2016 -> 03:49 PM) I wonder why they're picking on Kellogg's when a slew of other brands decided to pull ads (i.e., Allstate, Vanguard, Nest, Warby Parker, etc). It's obvious your site has major issues when so many brands decide to stay away. Not to mention Michigan is TrumpLand now...and the DeVoses there as well.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politic...725614/?ref=yfp Sanders says Carrier deal sets a dangerous precedent...(does kind of feel like we'll have hundreds of Jerry Reinsdorfs threatening to pick up and leave as a negotiating tactic...not to mention that everyone feels that "great deal" was more about the parent company preserving future defense contracts with the actual Carrier part being a "win now" media moment for Trump...and that Carrier is still going to continue on with their Mexico plans and not abandon that project completely) http://finance.yahoo.com/news/what-just-ha...-223106708.html What just happened with Carrier is crazy

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 1, 2016 -> 03:48 PM) Eh, would prefer to get players a little more reliable than latam cash. With a cap limit and limited White Sox resources, that does have increased value...but what is it equivalent to? A Moran or Swihart (more $) in terms of the final piece of a deal?

http://qz.com/461688/a-list-of-everything-...his-name-on-it/ So is an attack (Balta raised this earlier) an attack on any of these Trump properties (especially outside the US) going to now be considered an act of war or imminent threat against the United States of America? Only in countries with 25%+ Muslim populations? What if Pakistanis attack the new project in Mumbai, for example...not exactly a city without a long recent history of terrorism-related events. If you want to provoke the US/Trump now, this is the most obvious path forward and doesn't even require setting foot on US soil or nearly as much planning/investment of resources. Who's going to vote the bill for "extra protection" of these sites. Will Trump be content to take it out diplomatically or with a barrage of tweets?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Dec 1, 2016 -> 03:20 PM) The Day After: Obama on His Legacy, Trump's Win and the Path Forward Rolling Stone interviewed Obama the day after the election. Some interesting thoughts from him there on the path forward for progressives, Democrats' challenges in winning state and Senate elections, and the "information bubbles" people increasingly are closing themselves off in. Of course, the main sound bite this week is Obama supposedly blaming the ubiquitousness of FOX News being on everywhere for the loss. Nobody's picking up the lines about contesting/appearing in 99 counties in Iowa in 2008, and the value of retail politics vs. carpet bombing with advertising. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/8-big-change...-124500270.html More details on Price's plans for ObamaCare. One only needs to read Change #1 to get a sense of dread about what's coming, followed by #2...that pre-existing condition situation will have lots of caveats, surely

https://www.yahoo.com/news/lawyers-trump-se...-124914780.html Trump might "have to" sell hotel in DC according to contract language but probably won't since it's Ivanka's pet project and he feels he can do whatever he wants as president https://www.yahoo.com/news/breitbart-urges-...-152042623.html breitbart vs. tony the tiger/kellogg's https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/6615cc99-1ba9-...sher-trump.html More Goldman guys on the way... https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-transition...-170401049.html For claiming to be so isolationist, seems Trump instead is going for a video game All-Star collection of "gung ho" wartime generals

Hosmer should still get the money because of his age and defense. Cain, Moustakas, Duffy....at least those four. Then Wade Davis will get a deal similar to Robertson's. Of course, they wouldn't be able to afford to pay him $17+ million for one year, but they might work out a deal where he promises to turn it down (if he has seasons like 2014-15 and stays healthy) in order to sign a $50 million deal elsewhere. Escobar would have to put together a huge rebound season.

That's the problem with the Rangers' deal. They don't want to give up Odor because they need him for 2017, and Profar has fewer years of control as well. Then you run into the fact that they can't easily afford to part with Mazara, either. Too many pieces off the major league team, and not enough enticing minor league prospects at the lower levels. Trading for Gallo is the equivalent of the LaPorta/Sabathia deal way back in the day. They not only need hitting, but players who can hit and field their position at an above average level simultaneously.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Nov 30, 2016 -> 09:50 PM) That seems... controversial Surely the White Sox will continue to be defined as a large-market team while Detroit and St. Louis, not to mention the rest of the AL Central, continues to be considered small market. Sox never took advantage of that international cap to sneak one or two years of huge Latin American classes into the system. As someone else said, rich and forward-thinking teams got richer and richer, everyone else got left behind at the starting line.

QUOTE (Ro Da Don @ Nov 30, 2016 -> 08:50 AM) Good post. While Carpe is starting to make some ridiculous threads, you can't deny KW being a cancer. It'sso hard to judge Hahn's moves with the influence of KW and JR above him. I doubt he has the absolute say in any moves he's made so far, for the most part. For all the s*** Hahn gets, he has signed all of our prominent players (Sale, Q, Eaton, Jones) to cheap, team-friendly extensions and drafted much, much better (at least with the top picks) under hia tenure. We got Anderson, Rodon, Fulmer, Collins. KW would have drafted some raw athletes (Hawkins, Mitchell, Walker) Anderson was the definition of a raw athlete and started as a basketball player. You can't blame KW for Hawkins and then credit Hahn for Anderson...and you're not mentioning Thompson or Semien, either. Which teams with mid-range budgets haven't done the exact same? The Indians more than the White Sox, for example. And calling Jones prominent is pushing it. Plus KW is the one who traded Jones, Addison Reed, Hector Santiago in later rounds. Fulmer hasn't proven much, and Walker was the first pick that year but wasn't close to a Top 10-15 selection. Mitchell got hurt seriously, but obviously he didn't pan out in the end.

Carpe Diem, what exactly has Rick Hahn done in four years to earn your trust, exactly?

And Hahn has made 1 1/2 good moves in 4+ years...Eaton for Santiago, and how much credit you can actually give for Tim Anderson to Hahn vs. Kenny Williams? Abreu goes mostly to KW and Paddy. KW has to get some credit for Sale, Quintana, etc. And Hahn hasn't made a single really good free agent signing...Miguel Gonzalez, theoretically, is the best.

Emanuel shouldn't even be called a Democrat. He simply cares about himself and retaining power, period. A lot like Weiner.

This came out within 24 hours of him becoming prez elect. He talked smack about Hillary and her Goldman Sachs connections and getting paid to speak at events, then he turns around and makes a GD GS exec a part of the swamp! I'm sure he'll add an ExxonMobil crony eventually too, with their mad-crazy billion dollar profits snd massive tax exemptions. Show replies (5) Reply 107 On Secretary Treasury nominee...lol