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QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 26, 2017 -> 11:26 AM) Reddy, Playing into it does nothing. Just let him/her have their meltdown. I mean the person who should really be offended here is me. I didnt even make the cut to be b****ed about. You need to be more of a b**** like me. Come on!

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 26, 2017 -> 11:09 AM) Too bad they are going to ban you, it would have been fun to see your comeuppance. I am actually proud to have been mentioned by the great Obama35.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 26, 2017 -> 09:38 AM) Start now and start local. How do I log my request when Dick Durbin's line keeps going to voicemail and then hanging up on me?

QUOTE (Reddy @ Jan 26, 2017 -> 10:08 AM) Contact info and scripts for calling your representatives. This site is the best: https://5calls.org/# Dick Durbin's line says leave a message and then hangs up on me. Every f***ing time.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 26, 2017 -> 09:55 AM) This is worth sharing again. "What the Nazis were doing was not describing what was true, but what would have to be true to justify what they planned to do next." Elliott Lusztig on twitter (@ezlusztig): Hannah Arendt in her book The Origin of Totalitarianism provides a helpful guide for interpreting the language of fascists. She noted how decent liberals of 1930s Germany would "fact check" the Nazis' bizarre claims about Jews like they were meant to be factual What they failed to understand, Arendt suggests, is that the Nazi Jew hating was not a statement of fact but a declaration of intent. So when someone would blame the Jews for Germany's defeat in WW1 naive people would counter by saying there's no evidence of that. What the Nazis were doing was not describing what was true, but what would have to be true to justify what they planned to do next. Did 3 million "illegals" cast votes in this election? Clearly not. But fact checking is just a way of playing along with their game. What Trump is saying is not that 3m illegals voted. What he's saying is: I'm going to steal the voting rights of millions of Americans. But I have no idea what we can do to combat this other than start shooting rockets at the White House. Dear Internet, I am not proposing that anyone shoot rockets at the White House. I believe President Trump to be a great and honorable man. I will go quietly when the black cars arrive here in 15 minutes. But in seriousness, what can a caring citizen of the United States do other than place phone calls and send emails?

DAVID MUIR: When you say "in your opinion" and "millions of illegal votes"—that is something that is extremely fundamental to our functioning democracy, a fair and free election. Now, what you have presented so far has been debunked. It has been called false— TRUMP: Take a look at the Pew reports— MUIR: I called the author of the Pew report last night and he told me that they found no evidence of voter fraud. TRUMP: Really? Then why did he write the report? MUIR: He said, "No evidence of voter fraud." TRUMP: Excuse me. Then why did he write the report? He’s groveling. You know, I always talk about the reporters that grovel when they want to write something that you want to hear but not necessarily millions of people want to hear, or have to hear. TRUMP: I will say this: of those votes cast, none of them come to me. They would all be for the other side. None of them come to me. But when you look at the people that are registered, dead, illegal, and two states, and some cases maybe three states? We have a lot to look into.

Keystone Pipeline to create 35 new permanent jobs. "The pipeline in question will create a minimum of 18,000 new and permanent jobs." - Sean Spicer The keystone pipeline will actually destroy jobs as oil normally shipped by rail is switched to transport by pipeline.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 26, 2017 -> 09:29 AM) President Donald Trump to publish weekly list of crimes committed by immigrants "It can't happen here" has already become "it's happening here." Whelp. Hopefully we can have our country back in 4 years. I assume the confederate flag will be flying high shortly as well.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 26, 2017 -> 09:25 AM) I haven't responded to most of the individual Holy s*** moments of this young Presidency. But I have to say, this story hit me hard. The combination of outright racism, lack of either honesty or memory (or both - scary either way), and the fact that he's driving policy based on 2nd hand anecdotes... somehow this particular vignette delivered it a little stronger. None are a surprise - just this was a striking illustration. It's just horrific.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 26, 2017 -> 01:07 AM) The Sox are rebuilding. They traded their two best assets away and sold off somewhere around 8-10 wins, which takes an 81 win underachieving team to a 75 win perfectly achieving team. There are a few of you who know though. I won't name names (because I f***ing can't name names anymore, s***, there are too many of you who are new) who just so happened to catch on to the fact that the Sox traded [GASP] clubhouse cancers. Maybe the Sox really do believe they have a chance at competing next year. KW is still Senior VP and still Rick Hahn's boss - they didn't acquire these guys to compete 3 years down the road. They are winning it all this year, buddy. The first part of this exercise is that you can only trade with teams projected for 78 wins or fewer according to the FanGraphs projected standings for 2017 (***excluding the Rockies, including the Rays***, whose projections do not appear to reflect the apparent intentions of the current clubs, given the Rays selling Smyly and the Rockies buying Holland and Desmond). The second part is that these have to be logical offers, and any suggestion you make must be justifiable. I don't care about names unless they are big prospects, because the Sox have lottery tickets within the system that can complete a lot of deals. They also have lottery tickets that can buy salary. The third part is that you can only add one bad contract. As an example, the guy I'm going to use in mine is Joe Mauer, because he's like a 1 WAR player as a 1B, but you move him back to catcher, even 1/3 of the time, and that value increases by probably about 1 full win. A 2 WAR Joe Mauer at $23 million is now slightly justifiable. The fourth part is that you cannot sign a free agent for more than 1 year guaranteed. No player or club options. Vesting options work. The Sox are selling everything for this season, because they know they got it, ala the '97 or '03 Marlins. This will be the year. The product will almost literally be a tire fire beyond 2017. It gets ugly. Finally, we will look past luxury tax penalties so long as you are not bringing in every single player who makes $15 million a year. Assume there is no budget, so long as there is no long-term ramification. (NOTE: Author may or may not be slightly intoxicated) With that said, I'll give it a shot: -Sox trade Yoan Moncada, Reynaldo Lopez, Avisail Garcia, and lottery ticket to Minnesota for Brian Dozier, Max Kepler, Ervin Santana, Joe Mauer, and Glen Perkins. --soooooo much salary (almost $50 million), but, based on Steamer projections, the Sox gain 8.4 WAR, and that could easily be better (or much, much worse). The Sox fill their hole at 2B, RF, and C, even if C is only 60 games of the year. No one on this list is signed beyond 2018, so a small jumpstart to the rebuild is possible. The Twins take this because they are way further away than they realized and get the unquestioned #1 prospect in the game, plus a phenomenal arm, a highly talented player, and a linebacker playing baseball, plus they rid themselves of soooooo much salary. [+1 WAR added to Mauer based on play at C] NET EFFECT: 79.4 WINS -Sox trade Adam Engel and Dane Dunning to San Diego for Carter Capps --the Sox trade some high upside players for a high leverage reliever. Sox are overpaying to end games sooner and build the bullpen with a highly talented player likely to make his way towards the Bourjos line and a recent pick. NET EFFECT: 80.1 WINS -Sox trade Lucas Giolito, Alex Hansen, and lottery pick for Kevin Kiermaier --the Sox trade arguably the #1 pitching prospect in the game, plus a super high upside arm and another "player" for an established dominant defensive player who also happens to provide some value on offense. NET EFFECT: 84.5 WINS -Sox sign Chris Carter, 1 year, $8 million --a homecoming, Carter is projected at 0.4 WAR as a 1B, but he will hardly see the field, which will allow us to take his projected -11 runs defensively into effect according to positional adjustment (DH is -17.5 compared to -12.5 for 1B), and essentially add 0.5 a win. It won't be quite as drastic, as Mauer and Abreu will split time there as well, in an effort to keep said players healthy and rested. We'll say 0.7 WAR NET EFFECT - 85.2 WINS C - Mauer/Soto 1B - Abreu 2B - Dozier SS - Anderson 3B - Frazier LF - Cabrera CF - Kiermaier RF - Kepler DH - Carter SP - Quintana, Rodon, Santana, Holland, Gonzalez RP - Robertson, Jones, Perkins, Capps, Jennings, Petricka, Putnam C - Soto/Narvaez 1B - Soto/Mauer/Abreu/Lawrie 2B - Lawrie/Sanchez 3B - Lawrie/Sanchez SS - Sanchez/Lawrie LF - Tilson/Sanchez CF - Tilson RF - Tilson/Lawrie ------------------------------- Forgetting slight adjustments and all that jazz, that team would currently project at around 84 wins. There are currently only 7 teams in the majors projected to win more than 84 games, though 11 teams are projected to win more than 83 games. This puts the Sox right in the thick of things, so to speak. Figure 0.5 WAR out of a hard throwing Kopech out of the bullpen come July 1st, and they could snag a Wild Card spot. You may have to move Lawrie for a better fit, but that will be a negligible difference and it works as of now. Tilson seems to be a perfect 4th outfielder for this club. It may not be deep, but I think the talent is there, plus Kopech hasn't even been moved yet, the guy I think the Sox coveted the most. Anyways, tear me apart, come up with your own. Let's forget about trading Quintana and let's focus on winning a World Series in 2017, and then being f***ing awful for 5 years. If you need help on finding ways to quit drinking, I'm just a PM away.

I think Carson is the least of our worries.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 26, 2017 -> 08:15 AM) No, lets build a wall. Fantastic use of tax money I love that I have no choice but to fund this wall. Such a better use of my taxes than subsidizing healthcare costs.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 25, 2017 -> 05:55 PM) No but I'll check it out. It's fantastic (formerly Keepin' It 1600). Man, was Intercepted fantastic. I love that it doesn't lean either way - how f***ing interesting. Thanks for the recommend.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 25, 2017 -> 03:36 PM) I bet they did. No s***. Love is in the prime of his career and playing wonderful ball.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 25, 2017 -> 03:57 PM) His team scored more points with him on the bench. They didn't and were not open to trying to retain him. http://www.sactownroyalty.com/2016/7/1/120...ign-rajon-rondo He wasn't good. As you can see from watching him now play up close, he will pass up free layups to kick it out to bobby portis covered at the three point line. His stats are empty. I didn't say he was good. I simply refuted the point that he flunked out of Sacramento. They played hunk huge minutes. Huge. Huuuuuuuge

QUOTE (Reddy @ Jan 25, 2017 -> 02:37 PM) Why did they stay home? Because of the false narratives about HRC that were pushed by the GOP and the far left. This isn't a controversial statement if anyone but me were making it haha It's not controversial because it's true.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 25, 2017 -> 02:19 PM) Every move they make is calculated. They don't concern themselves with loyalty and opinion of the rest of the league. If you want more money then they are offering? Good bye. Collins clashed with the coaches, and they shipped to Cleveland for a draft pick even though he still could play. They have also had lots of success with guys like Blount who may have been black listed by the rest of the league for off the field stuff. But most importantly, they have mastered the art of the white wide receiver. Shea McClellin is a f***ing regular for the Patriots. And they're headed to the Super Bowl. They're just doing it better.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jan 24, 2017 -> 09:55 AM) What if it's Kylo Ren and the red font hints at that? YES LET'S MAKE KYLO GOOD YESSSSSSSSSS LOVE IT I still think it's in reference to Luke and his standing as pretty much the hidden, last-known jedi throughout episode 7 who must be found.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 23, 2017 -> 04:21 PM) What is Rey is the LAST JEDI!?!?!?! I would imagine that this is a film all about Luke Skywalker who's commonly known as the last jedi. Clearly they're not going to remove the Force from all Star Wars canon films episode 9 and beyond.

Prepare for NASA's website to go down shortly as they've chosen a very interesting time to show how the planet is changing. http://climate.nasa.gov/images-of-change?i...o-central-china

Good may come from this imbecile ignoring science. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive...-office/514229/

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 25, 2017 -> 10:08 AM) Jeremy Scahill has a new podcast called Intercepted. Good discussion in episode 1. Subscribed. I assume you're already subscribed to Pod Save America.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 24, 2017 -> 03:50 PM) PBS's Secrets of the Dead had a show about a similar instance where Britain bugged an estate where they were holding a bunch of captured Nazi officers. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/bugging-hi...ll-episode/947/ People blab a whole lot about things they probably shouldn't when they think nobody is listening. Another Nuclear Nazis link: When did the Allies know there wasn’t a German bomb? And if you're interested in the early history of nuclear physics and the Manhattan Project, I strongly recommend Making of The Atomic Bomb. Fascinating.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 23, 2017 -> 11:58 AM) I will be shocked if Rondo can find a home at his cost. Since Boston: - Flunked out of Dallas - Flunked out of Sac - Flunked out of Chicago Oh yeah gimme gimme! Unless you get a bulls pick and have space to just suck it up and cut him, will be hard to find a team. Rondo didn't flunk out Sacramento. He played 72 games and led the league in dimes and then signed a free agency contract in the offseason.