Balta1701

Don't worry Cubs fans, for there is hope...Jon Adkins has come in to pitch against you!

QUOTE(Soxy @ May 12, 2006 -> 12:07 PM) I'm confused again, don't you mean John Gibson? Or did Mel second it? Yes, yes, my drunk sober ass means John. Bah.

Joe Scarborough's show opening last night.

Mel Gibson to white people: have more babies!

I wonder what the record is for the oldest guy to ever get a drug suspension.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 12, 2006 -> 11:15 AM) Echeleon wasn't new to Clinton either. Some of the reading I did had some of the programs with roots all of the way back to the Reagan era. This is the way that business has been done forever, and I see no reason to believe it will be changing anytime soon, as this stuff has gone on through both parties administrations. I would love to see it stop, but at the sametime the incentive for the spy agencies to get as much info as possible means there is little reason for them to stop just because someone found out what was going on... again. Call me jaded if you like, but even if you get the ultimate goal of impeaching Bush and elected a democratic Pres and Congress, you can bet this will still go on, and the people feigning outrage today, will be the ones defending it then, just like they did 6 years ago. I would be happy and content with just some congressional and judicial oversight.

So, if nothing else, can I at least note that those would be overseas taps, and thusly not be covered by FISA in the least?

From the Wikipedia entry on Ekstra Bladet, the paper you're citing there:

So, according to press reports, both the house and the office of the former #3 guy in the CIA, Dusty Foggo, were raided this morning by the Feds. Foggo's name has come up repeatedly in connection with the Duke Cunningham bribery case, and he resigned within a very short period after Porter Goss resigned last week.

Curt Schilling left Yankee Stadium yesterday with an undisclosed medical issue.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ May 12, 2006 -> 09:44 AM) never even heard of it happening. Neither have I, and I'm wondering if there's a reason. I'd imagine that if you can see a basketball hoop well enough to shoot through those things, you'd be able to see a baseball well enough to swing a bat at it. Or at least that makes sense to me. When's the last time a major league starter actually broke their nose?

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ May 12, 2006 -> 09:42 AM) Hmm ok well if it's a team option through '07, he's not going anywhere. If it were a player option and we showed interest, I guess it's possible he'd come back..... I just want to give Brian a chance, he has too much potential to give up on, as solid a player as Rowand already is. And remember, Crash went through A LOT of struggles at first too. B.A. is 5 for his last 14 with 2 home runs. That's a start.

QUOTE(YASNY @ May 12, 2006 -> 09:02 AM) I heard something this morning about a program called Echelon, that the NSA was intercepting everything from email to baby monitors and mining that data. Apparently, 60 Minutes had a show about this group back in 2000. I believe our current president was inaugurated in January 2001. Former CIA director and current Presidential Medal of Freedom winner George Tenet, testifying under oath before Congress in 2000.

QUOTE(Soxy @ May 12, 2006 -> 09:11 AM) I heard that. I hope they continue to withhold his/her name. Seems like, unless that person comes forward and says "It was me" they'll have to, as not even the jurors themselves know who it was.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ May 12, 2006 -> 09:35 AM) An absolute spectacular catch, IMO the best one I've ever seen him make period. Knowing Crash, he'll be back in a week or so, dude is like a hockey player. So, no one has answered me yet as to whether or not a guy can get away with wearing one of those Rip Hamilton style masks in baseball?

QUOTE(AbeFroman @ May 12, 2006 -> 08:54 AM) I know... its amazing. I don't know what the Yankees could offer... That said, I really believe the day is coming when George just starts offering money for players. Hypothetically, Steinbrenner could offer: We'll pay a quarter of Johan Santana's contract for Torii Hunter." It would be like the European Soccer League where player trades are rare and money is almost always the bargaining chip. They can basically pick up anyone's bad contract. I.e. a Bobby Abreu type contract. And they can return one of their spare pitchers and pay most of the contract on that pitcher if necessary. I.e. the Yankees send Pavano for Abreu, and then agree to send along like $20 million of the remaining $30 million on the deal.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 12, 2006 -> 08:47 AM) Those estimates are based on Iran developing all of the technology by themselves. As we have seen with Korea you can get some help from the outside to accelerate your nuclear program. Korea already sends their missle technology over for money, why not some tips and tricks on how to get around the difficult technical problems of nuclear weapons. I have the stomach to sit with the peace process, I hope you have the stomach if we have to detonate a thermonuclear weapon over Tehran in about 5 to 10 years. If we at least try the peace process...instead of sitting around refusing to negotiate...and it totally fails, and we have evidence that they are enriching uranium beyond what is necessary for electricity, we will have to do WHATEVER it takes to prevent Iran from getting the bomb.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 12, 2006 -> 08:42 AM) I love the tinfoil hat talk. You really need to put down your copy of 1984 and realize that the government really doesnt care about Joe Citizen. I doubt if they care about Joe Liberal like yourself. They care about Joe Bin Laden and his phone calls. Which is exactly why they need my phone call records, of course.

QUOTE(AbeFroman @ May 12, 2006 -> 07:59 AM) I'm not so optimistic that any reliable reliever's will be available... Anybody decent bullpen arm is going to cost a fortune because nobody seems to have a decent bullpen right now. I'm inclined to believe that this is our bullpen for the year Kenny said last year that we need to be ready to use what, 14 or 15 pitchers during the year? Counting Charlie, this Montero person, and Nelson, we'd be sitting at 14.

QUOTE(whitesox1976 @ May 11, 2006 -> 11:04 PM) I would have started McCarthy in the first place after Jose went on the DL I think we've been over this...BMac isn't adapted to throwing more than 60 pitches or so per outing yet, and he just threw on Sunday. He got a nice long game on Wednesday, and he'll be on 6 days of rest for his next outing.

I can't quite put my finger on it, but there's something ironic about that statement...

QUOTE(AbeFroman @ May 12, 2006 -> 08:21 AM) Torii is in the last year of his deal... the Twins will probably deal him if they are still far back in July. Still, I'd rather not see the sox pay Torii Hunter half of his 12 million dollar salary just to hit .265 and play good defense. I'd rather keep BA in hitting .200 (hopefully by then) and playing good defense and see that money appropriated elswhere. The Yankees happen to have a couple of openings in their outfield.

QUOTE(smalls2598 @ May 12, 2006 -> 08:00 AM) i hope he'll be able to play on his homecoming to Chicago That's about 11, 12, and 13 days from now, conveniently enough.

QUOTE(Jimbo @ May 11, 2006 -> 11:21 PM) The yankees will have to settle for a guy like David Delluci or Juan Rivera or Joe borchard :banghead The Angels are not giving up Juan Rivera, especially now that Erstadt's injured.