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By the way, the RMB is at 6.84 and falling. Trump argued the Chinese were a currency manipulator...artificially undervaluing their currency. Now the opposite? It was 6.3 not too long ago...and they've spent almost a trillion USD in capital reserves on defending it from falling too far and patching up the stock market. So Trump theoretically should be against this (even if it's market forces of supply/demand/speculation) because it will make Chinese exports cheaper/more competitive. So let's see if anyone in the GOP really wants to start a trade war or favors a 45% tariff...making 75% of the goods coming (also increasing supply chain/assembly costs into the equation) into America more expensive for those (lower) middle class Wall-Mart customers who elected him. Even if he lowers taxes, disposable income would be cancelled out by protectionism-based losses to consumers' shopping carts and Iphones going up to $1000 like here in China.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 12:14 PM) I know nobody wants to hear this right now but the continuing to call people sexist, racist etc for disagreeing with you isnt helping anything. How long did the GOP spend trying to work with Obama in 2008/09? If they pass legislation that's beneficial to the country, then there will be progress...potentially. The entire philosophy of the Congress after 2010 was blocking/obstructionism. Why would that be any different now? The country didn't change last night so much as Hillary was just a terribly flawed candidate and repudiated by the same groups who got her husband elected, African Americans and voters under 30...the new administration tries to veer too far to the right, it will be as popular as the Brexit movement is right now in England. There's no massive mandate like Obama originally had to work with...

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 9, 2016 -> 11:50 AM) This doesn't help anything. Her husband had his chance in 1988 and then didn't challenge Hillary this time around when he is more popular than anyone but Michelle Obama and Liz Warren. They both should be doing some soul-searching. And plagiarism isn't a disqualifier anymore...especially when compared with the litany of Trump personal and ethical issues.

How are we selling high on Abreu again? His value has diminished considerably from midseason 2014.

https://gma.yahoo.com/video-shows-man-chant...topstories.html

https://gma.yahoo.com/video-shows-man-chant...topstories.html More good 'ol Trump supporters with offensive comments to get off their chests...

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/04/opinions...nion/index.html Read the last third Greg, "Clinton Fatigue." Clinton is afraid to argue for globalization because it flies in the face of labor unions and protecting the jobs of American workers...it would be simple to articulate that the average American family saves hundreds, if not thousands per year because of it, and how much slapping a 45% tariff on every good exported from China would take from the disposable income of every American without returning a single job. She can't blame corporations for maximizing profits or protecting their gains in off shore shelters because it's not her nature, or that of her husband. Lip service, sure. What it comes down to is that corporations have a "moral duty" to consider the consequences of their actions...that they wouldn't exist in America without the unique freedoms and protections provided by the Constitution, and that short term revenue gains from developing markets for their products are at least partially offset by losing 5-10 million blue collar American families in the chase for growth at all costs over the last twenty years or so. That's a Bernie Sanders argument, and the main reason those under 30 are voting at rates approaching 25-30% less than 2008 and 2012, while Republicans the same age are actually more energized and involved again.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2...NFUO/story.html Trump/Brady story from Boston Globe...what was that statistic they compiled, 65-70% of the things Trump said throughout the campaign could be verified to be outright lies or deliberately misleading?

What is the payroll? If it's the same or less than last year, forget it. Not willing to give up the draft pick as well, forget it.

Sloppy Joe's and Maid Rites rule. You aren't a Midwesternerner without being able to eat one of those, or at least BBQ (which isn't too far removed from a SJ). And peanut butter? Really? Since Labs (the coolest of all breeds, haha) love peanut butter, it's un-American to be against that, too. Unless you're allergic, unacceptable. Bill Self Loves PB. So does Roy Williams. Ozzie Guillen. Meghan McCain. It's not like you said cottage cheese. Are you a Daemon, Greg? Not demon...you might have to look it up, technology/internet term.

Where's Dr. Strange to contain you in a mirror room?

QUOTE (dmbjeff @ Nov 7, 2016 -> 03:50 AM) The Sox have been bad at building their own talent, no doubt. However, whether they draft it or whether they obtain it through trade, there is no doubt that they need more talent for the long term. Trading and rebuilding gets that done far more quickly, especially when you have assets to deal to get those deals done. You look back on the 2005 team, sure there were only a few home grown players in Buehrle, Crede and Rowand. They also went out and brought in other teams top prospects with very little MLB experience to be a part of it like Konerko, Garland, Cotts, Uribe. The point is, it doesn't just have to be the White Sox scouts and draft alone to build this back up. It is OK to make moves and help shape the roster to be good in the future and also cheap enough where they aren't hamstrung financially like they are now. They have to run more like the Oakland A's than the Cubs. The front office has to embrace that philosophy and stop with half measures in order to have prolonged success. The A's will come back for a couple of years until their players aren't affordable, which isn't sustainable either. The Pirates, Royals, Astros, Rays (not recently)....are better models to follow because they at least developed 3-5 year windows. The Indians would be another obvious one. Unfortunately, we're more like Mariners (or Padres)...without their ability to bid on guys like Cruz and especially Cano due to their advantageous tv contract, and they still haven't made the playoffs in a division with one less team. Plus Beane's been able to bring them back from a rebuild to briefly the best team in baseball, something KW and Hahn haven't exactly mastered as of yet.

As it stands now, Abreu, Robertson and Fulmer are all worth significantly less than they were a year ago. Rodon hasn't made that big jump forward, either. Frazier's value is probably down a notch or two just by virtue of being one year older and due to his ugly BA. Cabrera had a very solid year but his contract of $15 million for essentially being a DH increasingly works against his value. Then the guys who have increased value, like Jones, Eaton and Anderson...we are unlikely to sell high on. Not to mention you have injury risk to mitigate as well with any pitcher. With Sale, it's even an increased risk that his general temperament issues will cause a non-throwing injury. Those are the risks as non-decisions erode values...kinda how they got into this mess in the first place between major league talent gap, minor league non-development and additional payroll/decreasing revenues pressure.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/04/opinions/imp...amar/index.html Clinton/Kaine/Dems would actually benefit from impeachment proceedings.... Also would have given Gore the presidency in 2000 had Bill stepped aside for 2-3 months and let him run things (arguably).

They didn't dye the river black in 2005, did they? Maybe I missed that.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/national-enquire...-012900281.html Poor Melania. Made a deal with the devil. Former Playmate Karen McDougal provided $150,000 by National Enquirer to keep story about ten month affair out of the press.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Nov 5, 2016 -> 01:33 PM) Make a poll on here and you'll see how many will admit to loving Hillary and the idea of 8 years of Hillary. We already went through this a week ago. The how much time have you spent reading over the bios and backgrounds of the third party candidates so far this election cycle? If you's devoted just 10% of the time you have to that rather than anti-Hillary speeches, you'd realize how lacking they are...not to mention Trump is actually gaining votes now from those wavering on Johnson and Stein, moreso than Clinton. None of them can win, so you're actually saying you want Trump more than Clinton if you push the third party option. It's kind of taking the easy road out...instead of choosing from one of the two win possibilities. It doesn't make sense to think Hillary's the devil and then not choose the likeliest probability for defeating or stopping her.

Beloved Hillary? Only two or three posters have come close to expressing anything resembling affection for her.

It's not like they were going to get talent returns for the likes of Zambrano, Soriano, Marmol and LeHair. Especially the first three, those were just huge black holes sucking up payroll.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Nov 5, 2016 -> 06:11 AM) Even President Obama is having trouble on the campaign trail in Fayetteville. http://www.vox.com/2016/11/5/13533468/trum...hoo&ref=yfp And the story of how he actually was defending a Trump heckler...very presidential of him, despite the temptation of going the easy route. It's getting to the point where people don't even take the time to watch the videos or first verify the validity of tweets/retweets (that don't fit their narratives) before posting them these days.

Guess the Cubs are going to be forced to trade Montero for 50-75 cents on the dollar... Probably Step 1 in the retooling on the fly process.

Dr. Strange was definitely a breath of fresh air, but won't resonate with everyone. Not sure where to place it in the overall pantheon. In the middle.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oc...ed-rape-lawsuit But it would be awesome for president-elect Trump's counsel to be compelled to NY district court on December 16th about the alleged rape of a 13 year old girl by Trump and Jeffrey Epstein? That will be a fun one to discuss with the kids.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Nov 4, 2016 -> 10:05 PM) It's amazing how you hear different stuff. CNN has Hillary winning in the landslide I predict. However ABC I think had it tied. Meanwhile, don't shoot the messenger, Hillary fans. But driving tonight I was listening to Hannity and he had a sheriff on blasting Hillary for his behavior in allegedly laughing while representing the guy who raped a 12 year old years ago and the 12 year old was brutally attacked. Is this some sort of bulls*** story or did Hillary really do this? Hannity was playing clips of Hillary laughing, etc., and the sheriff and victim were on and both attacked Hillary. If this story is true, how can you Hillary supporters even consider voting for her? I'm assuming there's a chance it's all true since Hannity spent his whole show on it. I mean, yes, Donald is disgusting, but how can anybody put an X next to Hillary Clinton's name? I also heard Larry the Cable Guy say the U.S. will fall apart completely if she is elected and has eight years to wreck things. So is it over? Will the USA become an utter disaster under Hillary like they say? http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clinto...5-rape-suspect/ So we're now to the point where no political candidate can laugh under any circumstances. If you're a lawyer, there are nuanced cases like this (often taken pro bono) where there's no clear right or wrong. If we jump to the conclusion that any man accused of rape is guilty without a trial and no female lawyer should ever defend someone accused of rape, where does that get us as a society? She wasn't laughing at the defendant or her client. Twitter's ability to allow posters to slant every situation through their own politicized lens is slowly eroding public discourse to the point where there's really no incentive to be honest, rational or even attempt to be objective anymore. And that does it. Larry The Cable Guy and Joe The Plumber are the only ones capable of really fixing this mess, getting under the hood and really giving our entire Federal government an overhaul.

It might be the first Word Series since 2001 where nobody complained about the late time the game finished....kids having to stay up too on a school night. The fact there is no timer in baseball is one factor. The game was over until that crazy wild pitch. When's the last time a runner scored from first on a single and two runners scored on the same wild pitch in a single game, let alone the span of minutes? Ross homer in his final game. The eighth inning. The Indians really should have won that game, with their best hitters in the bottom of the 9th, a struggling Chapman and then not scoring in the top half of the inning on the insane bunt try and Lindor play up the middle. The craziest thing would have been the game being restarted the next night....sudden death in prime time. But the weather gods giveth and taketh away. And at least it was guys like Zobrist, Montero, Edwards and Montgomery who will be remembered for that last inning.