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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

As usual, in reality, it's a very nuanced situation. There's no quick/simple/easy solution to immigrant assimilation in the US. Nice write-up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empowering_Patients_First_Act This is likely to be the Republican Health Care plan introduced by Price/Ryan...as the replacement for ObamaCare. Judge for yourself whether people will be better off today or in the future. Major provisions of the Act include tax deductions and credits to aid in the purchasing of health insurance, the promotion of state-based high-risk insurance pools, the creation of individual and small employer membership associations and association health plans, allowing for interstate insurance markets, a reform of malpractice lawsuits, and loan and loan repayment programs. The Act intends to fund itself through cuts to future spending increases, more commonly known as sequestration, and expected declines in the uninsured population. The Act's effects on the general public and the federal budget have yet to be assessed by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT).

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 29, 2016 -> 03:06 PM) Except it will be years before that actually happens, if it ever does. What rebuilding team has ever traded off three Top 30-50 MLB talents in Sale, Q and Eaton and completely whiffed? Not to mention Abreu, Frazier, Cabrera, Robertson and Jones, etc. If they are not in a better position...also having Anderson/Rodon/Collins, when would they EVER be? As it is, we only have the Padres, Mariners and Marlins between us and infamy, and the Marlins won two trophies in their first decade. Of course, they also lost one of the franchise pitchers in recent baseball history (senselessly).

Can't wait for Putin and Trump to hold their first joint news conference.

Bell for Sosa Garland for Karchner Here's the thing, the odds are just as high Sale has a career threatening injury (see Sirotka/Wells deal) or those Cubs' position prospects lead to a rebirth on the SouthSide. Nobody can predict what will happen with pitchers. Look at Wood and Prior as 2003 ended, or even Zambrano. The biggest threat to the Cubs is pitching-related if Hendricks returns to human again or after Arrieta leaves or gets injured from overuse/overdoing his conditioning. Epstein knows this clearly, but also knows going after the Rick Porcellos and Maeda/Ryu/Kazmir/McCarthy/Anderson types in free agency (not unlike Hammel/Lackey) is more cost effective than risking top prospects getting away unless you do get that "sure thing/over the top" piece. Even then, that sure thing in Chapman turned out to almost be the source of their undoing in the postseason.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 29, 2016 -> 12:32 PM) After reading the posts that pass for fact on here, I honestly laughed at this. If there were really 213,000,000,000 fake anti-Hillary story page views in the last three months of the election (planted by Russian propagandists), SoxTalk has a long time to catch up, lol.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 29, 2016 -> 12:34 PM) So the tweet is bad enough, and even worse that she can't figure out that it was he was El Presidente as in President, and not present. But hey, since the left is now fond of pointing out when are leaders our attaching themselves to people who praise dictators... Meet Hillary's new buddy! Dr. Jill Stein Verified account ‏@DrJillStein Nov 26 Fidel Castro was a symbol of the struggle for justice in the shadow of empire. Presente! 14,517 replies 2,288 retweets 3,328 likes Unless she meant to say "present!/I"m here or aqui in Spanish" instead.

So how will Trump solve the ISIS problem in 30 days or less? More carpet bombing/bomb them back to the Stone Ages approach?

QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 29, 2016 -> 12:39 PM) My tiers of cabinet appointments (grouped rumored and official) Unacceptable due to experience, temperament or background Guiliani Bannon Flynn Sessions Arpaio/Clarke Jr. Carson - tier down from the madness above him. Just clearly unqualified. Kobach Acceptably qualified but scary re: policy DeVos Price Bolton - if sec. of state should be considered unacceptable Cotton Not acceptable under any normal circumstances but considering Trump I would be fine with: Gen. Petraeus Normal Candidates I disagree with on views but take roles seriously: Romney Haley Mattis Corker Pawlenty Hensarling Scott Brown J Brewer And Pompeo for CIA? Obviously, he's trying to mock the American people by spending months on Hillary's emails while totally overlooking what Petraeus did to get in hot water. Apparently any violation due to "seduction by younger woman" or cheating/affairs is perfectly understandable. And Christian fundamentalists won't care if he pays lip service to overturning Roe v. Wade. Scott Brown, the former pin-up model/beefcake anti-Democratic establishment candidate?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 29, 2016 -> 09:42 AM) Because when "your party" does it, no one blinks, and makes excuses to justify it. It would help if Trump actually took tangible steps to unite the country...and acted more like Reagan/Lincoln than someone who is creating more and more betting pools by the day on when he'll be impeached or resign. Try holding an unscripted press conference. Hasn't had one in four months. Worrying more about the daily national security briefing than your DC hotel's rental rates or new real estate development projects in Mumbai and Buenos Aires would be a start. Stop picking fights with everyone in the world on Twitter. Stop claiming you won the popular vote. Instead of thinking the Green Party wants to destroy you, imagine they're trying to actually prove that the votes that went their way aren't the reason HRC lost the election.

Here's a very simple solution. Cut military spending and profits from the pharmaceutical industry, hospitals/billing/needless testing and insurance industry by roughly 15-25%...and keep this in place until the Federal deficit is down to $15 trillion (at a minimum). Capitals gains tax on all households over $5+ million at a more reasonable 10-20% instead of wiping out all that revenue by phasing it out completely. Reinvest that money into education and infrastructure. Wipe out everything we know about public education/charter schools and start over. No Common Core or No Child Left Behind. The goal would be to get back into the Top Ten on the PISA exam. Bring in experts from Singapore, South Korea, China, Finland, etc., and also create a system where only the Top 10% of students would be able to become teachers and pay them a subsidized Federal salary that's at least competive with private industry. No more teachers working second jobs or teaching all summer long for money. Stop pretending climate change isn't real. Continue to provide incentives for the best and brightest immigrants to believe in the American Dream.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 29, 2016 -> 08:47 AM) BETSY DEVOS, TRUMP’S BIG-DONOR EDUCATION SECRETARY https://thinkprogress.org/meet-mike-pompeo-...e2ac#.c1ks91xvs And thus, we can tie DeVos, the Koch Brothers, Mike Pompeo (CIA nominee) and Kris Kobach (immigration/Homeland Security) all together in a neat little bundle. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_T._Flynn See "Retirement" Mattis, Flynn and Petraeus were 3 of 5 "warrior class" generals named by Fiorina...along with McChrystal and Keane.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 29, 2016 -> 06:42 AM) Trump's infrastructure plan is a bunch of tax breaks, not actual projects https://www.google.com/amp/www.cbsnews.com/...android-verizon In fairness, the Republicans refuse to spend any new money on infrastructure so there has to be some creativity involved...the obvious problem is that most of the benefits will fall into Top 1% hands, bondholders, banks....bridge and highway tolls, everything privatized. Of course, they're perfect willing to increase defense spending and wipe out 75% of the social safety net.

http://observer.com/2016/11/republicans-th...mented/?ref=yfp NYC and Trump administration on a collision course on immigration...

Still won't get Benitendi and Moncada together as a package even by including Frazier. The Red Sox still have plenty of options for 3B and DH that are less costly...both internally and in free agency. We should pick the one with the highest ceiling and then build rest of the package around him. Probably Moncada.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/trumps-tacti...-194518444.html Trump's tactics for saving jobs could kill them instead

5. White Sox Since winning it all just over a decade ago, the team has imploded so spectacularly that even its few loyal fans have since applied for conscientious objector status. The Apathy-O-Meter at Guaranteed Rate Field seems permanently stuck at 11. I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that the Sox actually did bring home hardware in 2016, as they were awarded the coveted Guinness Book of World Records plaque for most dogs attending a sporting event. I think the front office needs to come to terms with the fact that canine Sox fans might outnumber human ones. For a team near the bottom of the standings in both wins and attendance, it’s hard to argue against running the Bark at the Park promotion more often—although I’m not sure PETA would let the poor pups be subjected to more than nine innings of Sox baseball. http://www.redeyechicago.com/sports/redeye...mp;noRedirect=1

Also would be ironic to give it to Petraeus when Giuliani and Christie were disqualified due to work for foreign governments and Bridgegate ties (not to mention the Kushner Sr. prosecution) respectively.

Christina Kahrl on what the Giants should do if they can't afford Cespedes/elite closer: My thought? Place a priority on getting one of the closers on the market. And then, to give the offense a boost, I’d be fascinated to see the Giants go to the Minnesota Twins to talk about Brian Dozier, because second base is a place where the Giants don’t have a long-term financial commitment, yet they could make a massive upgrade on offense without having to spend anything like what it would cost in cash to buy Cespedes on the open market to add a right-handed power bat. Start with second baseman Joe Panik and shortstop Christian Arroyo, put Ty Blach and whoever else from the prospect pile into the conversation on the pitching side of things, and see if the Twins listen. And maybe then get in on a late-market loser from among the many corner outfielders on the market, any one of whom might settle for signing short-term with San Francisco to get a shot at winning, having failed to get the huge multiyear money he expected. But if the Twins don’t talk and the closers walk, go to the Chicago White Sox to talk about a multiplayer package to get David Robertson to close and Adam Eaton or Melky Cabrera to play left. http://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/...all-in-for-2017

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 28, 2016 -> 06:05 PM) Insurrection? Doubtful. They are silent as he refills the swamp. When working class voters start deciding if they like the "replaced Obamacare," and their new tax rates/disposable income, then we'll have a bit clearer picture. Of course, immigration was the single biggest issue for Trump, along with trade, so he'll have to toss them some type of red meat in the first 2 years. Mitt Romney as SoS will not be it. I guess the other issue is waiting for the actual confirmation hearings themselves in the New Year, and seeing which candidates the Dems go after the most. Right now, Sessions is the most obvious flashpoint, and CIA/Pompeo, although senators typically don't like to go after one of their own (unless they're the opposing party). Petraeus hearings could be interesting as well, if that's the pick. Ben Carson, if he's nominated. The typical arguments with DeVos about school choice/voucher programs that have been going on for 20-30 years. But my intuition says they'll really pinpoint the 2-3 most egregious and go after them.

Pence as president would lead to a insurrection from Trump voters who wanted to drain the swamp and ended up with a typical Republican "social values/military first" leader. Great for the Dems in 2020, perhaps safer for the world but perhaps hard to say if it would be better for the country or nor. Tough choice. It would be an an interesting battle, with Pence hemmed in on both sides but technically in country of every wing of the US government, including the Supreme Court. The biggest Roe v. Wade challenge would be coming, at a time when the economy is 10x more important to 85-90% of the country.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Nov 28, 2016 -> 03:30 PM) Agreed. I don't think anything comes of it, but then again I didn't expect any of this election to play out as it did. I'm guessing the next move is that Pence becomes president in a year or two, due to a number of possible scenarios. 25th Amendment, Section 4 http://theweek.com/speedreads/664168/keith...re-donald-trump

His talking point actually should have been that there wasn't a gun involved...except for law enforcement.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/delta-ceo-calls-...-181824872.html One can just about guarantee Trump will go after Delta Airlines now. Sigh. https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/rosie-odonn...-215931968.html Or Rosie O'Donnell over the "Baron Trump might be autistic" video...with Melania threatening to sue the video's producer, who simply wanted to bring more attention to the cause (more like a PSA intent) but probably over-speculated based on Baron's mannerisms and then it started getting viewed by 3 million and Rosie jumped in as well having her own autistic child. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cuban-dumb-e...-172209145.html Cuban: Trump is basically playing the MSM with every single "controversial" appointment...