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  1. TheLeviathan
    Obama listened to his generals, I am not going to be outraged by military strategy to protect Americans. People walked in our streets carrying torches and chanting racism and our President couldn't find the balls to say they were bad people. He didn't get enough criticism for that. It should stain him for the rest of his miserable life.
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    I'm not sure that's fair. Do you have anything to substantiate that tie? I agree there is overlap, but that's not the same thing.
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    The threat from radical Islam, at least to America, does seem to have been reduced. I'm curious what you are referring to as radical/terrorist Christians?
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    My god man. I have to keep saying the same thing because you refuse to listen. I'm not advocating Biden or Buttigieg or Klobuchar because they fall in line with me. No one falls in line with me. I have plenty of far left policies I have advocated here (which I now feel the need to repeat since you aren't as capable of keeping up these days): college loan forgiveness, UBI, single payer. My push to beat Trump is based on how 2016 was lost. Not, and I will edit this in freaking neon colors and strobe lights if that's what it takes to get through to you, based on my personal ideological preferences. If that was the case of probably lean Warren. Or not be voting Dem at all. But I want Republicans to lose....so I want the strategy to win and cannibalize over policy later. You want the reverse FOR YOU. That's the differsnce. You aren't alone and that's what worries me.
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    There is no convincing to be achieved. Probably related to why your posts have become so predictable one could type them for you. It's cool. Gunnathor is definitely more liberal than me, I will await continuing with him.
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    And (as evidenced by your use of "moderate") you will keep being wrong. I only hope that you, and the many other loud people on the left, will take a long look in the mirror after 2020. Your ideological selfishness will have steep consequences for us all.
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    I agree, but the ideological left didn't learn the lesson of 2016 I fear. At some point people will realize the GOP stopped believing in anything other than what sells to voters. The right doesn't truly care about how pure a conservative you are. They care about winning and will engage in any hypocrisy, court any set of voters, and sell any hairbrained ideas to do it. Meanwhile, the ideological left wants to talk policy and how leftwing it is or isn't and form their circular firing squad. We need blue collar whites to beat Trump. And beating Trump has to be, by far, priority number one.
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    Wsyndes, I thought the article spycake posted was helpful on that. Not definitive of course, but helpful.
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    I'm with Brooks, 21. Just consider that the age we allow controlled substances to be purchased and the justification is exactly as straightforward as he's said: keep it out of schools. 18 isn't a magical age and there are many other things where the age we allow it to happen varies. That's ok, doesn't have to be one set age for all things IMO.
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    Listening on the radio is still my preference, but that's why I bristled at your observation so hard. Every former player I've ever heard on a broadcast (in my fifth different market now and I'm including TV and radio) has repeatedly stated the challenge it is adjusting to the umpire's zone. It isn't a positive thing, it's something they talk about adjusting to all the time. Some were more obviously negative on that aspect than others (see: Hawk Harrelson) but every single guy would talk about it. And every single guy would talk about wanting "consistency". That's why I want the robo umps too. It's not about "Getting it right" per se, it's just about eliminating the absurd inconsistency umpires subject players to every night. You commented that it will reward those who can adjust to the "new" zone, but I'd argue those players are already too richly rewarded. The players we want to reward are the ones that can be consistently excellent, not those that can manipulate one person behind the plate on one given night.
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    That's true, it opened another hole. But so would have trading Gibson....and yet there are several here with some bizarre hypocrisies on that front in this thread. You don't always get the luxury of trading from a surplus. When your season goes south and people want to buy high on players that are aging or you have limited control over....you sell those assets. Hopefully you do a good job trading and create a future surplus you can work with with the assets you acquire. The Twins had ample resources to address the pitching staff. They chose to deal Pressly and keep Gibson (at likely peak value) and then turned around and did nothing to address the bullpen holes or supplement the staff in a meaningful way. There simply is no excuse for that and it's frustration with that lack of effort that is fueling most of our frustration. I'm frustrated too, btw. In my offseason plan I had us signing Allen and Herrera for the pen and trading for Gray and Grienke for the rotation. Why? Because I saw the depth of the pitching staff as far too thin. Still do. That's why I'd be calling Kimbrel and offering 3/33 right now.
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    Do the Dems even have such a candidate? (I agree with everything you said there)
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    Wait until August. That press conference where they ask about Kimbrel is going to turn into the Red Wedding.
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    Of these Colorado and NC seem like solid opportunities. AZ is running a good candidate, but I'd be surprised if they had two Democratic Senators. (Not that I won't be voting to help that) The Senate map is better, but it still sorta sucks.
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    It doesn't seem to make sense for anyone to discuss this with you. You have so much bitterness from those decisions you are not capable of making reasonable arguments. Hence you arguing that even if Alcala becomes a HOFer they lose the trade. I'm not exaggerating anything. Your stance on this is silly at it's core. The only misconstruing that is happening is all these people (who normally applaud deals where we shed veterans in losing seasons, yet here...the exact opposite!) lining up to put lipstick on the pigs you're tossing out. I'll stick with Jham, he appears willing to stay within the realm of rational discussion on the how the Twins could build the 2019 pen. I will agree with him that moving Pressly adds to the shopping list and makes it harder. But it is not, in and of itself, a damning blow. Nor should it be seen as such. You are stuck in your own feelings about last July. If Alacla someday has a Twins cap on his HOF bust we will love that deal. To suggest anything but that is just....plain...absurd.
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    Except, this scenario doesn't fit. Getting laid off would be an unexpected event that you couldn't plan for. That isn't this scenario. If I had to rework your example, you sold your car for some stocks you think have a real chance to net you significant profit down the line. You could do that because while you know the car is a nice car, you don't need it right now because gas prices are pretty much forcing you to accept the reality that carpooling is the way to go. (See: 2018 was a lost cause) You also knew that in about six months you'd have ample opportunity to buy a new car to replace it. As luck would have it, you also just managed to pay off your credit cards and have a ton of flexibility to sink into that new car. Time goes by, you get through the car pool period of your life, and the day comes when all the shiny cars are available. You have enough money to buy any car you want. Several of them in fact. And you buy one jalopy that is struggling to get you to work every day. Yes, you miss your old car but here's the thing.....it ain't the only car that can get you to work. You might miss it and it'd be nice to have, but you had a chance to purchase several other options.Now you're about to lose your job because you failed to invest when you had the opportunity and ability. Yeah, you loved that Pressly you were driving (even though for years you swore it was garbage) but dammit it tuned up nice. But it ain't the only car on the road man. There were other options. And you could have had ANY of them AND kept those stocks you really believe in. Best of both worlds right?
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    Agreed, which is why all of these concerns come back to the same thing: they failed on the relief front this offseason. The notion we doomed the 2019 pen when we traded Pressly is just silly. We doomed it when we thought Parker was enough and everyone in this thread, so far as I can tell, agrees on that. Where the disagreement starts is when we veer off that down some really bizarre lines of thinking.
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    My god...the false dilemma overload is off the charts in here. In July of last year it was time to think of the future because the present was sunk. Pressley had limited team control and someone came knocking with a strong offer. The Twins took that deal and the outcome of it is not clear. We knew (I assume the FO was aware as well) that the team had substantial room to spend money and an offseason market that was rich in potential bullpen arms. The team acted like contenders throughout the offseason adding players that are win-now options. They just, inexplicably, didn't sign any relievers. That's the mistake. How anyone can be "on the side of" the idea the Twins killed all chance of contending because they traded Ryan @#(%$#(@% Pressley (in a lost season) is off the wall crazy. Why are we even playing baseball games? The Astros have Ryan Pressley. Season over for everyone else. I guess. I'm going to start building him a church I think. Join us or starve and lose baseball games. Pressley Be Praised. (This paragraph still isn't even in the top ten most ridiculous in this thread. I'm trying though!)
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    Also shocked that he hird people competent enough to ignore him 10 times from committing obstruction. Basically, he was saved from obstruction by renegade staffers who think he's a joke. The times we live in man.....
  20. TheLeviathan
    The most shocking thing about the "I'm F'ed" remark is that it demonstrates Trump is capable of self-awareness.
  21. TheLeviathan
    Consider? Sure! But there are other considerations too. For example, good, hard throwing starters are valuable and hard to acquire. If the Twins believe Alcala is that, wouldn't a year of a reliever be worth six years (or more) of that. I know your answer, but that is a hard question, not easily answered.
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    Well, I don't agree with that last part at all. Making smart trades is not at all easy. All aveues are hard, that's why navigating player trades, signings, etc. is hard. But it's not an excuse.
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    Sure it's hard. Is the fact that it's hard a sufficient reason for you that they did nothing? If not, it's not a viable argument against my point either.
  24. TheLeviathan
    I believe Barr and the Republicans were biding their time to try and delay the redacted report to erode confidence in it.
  25. TheLeviathan
    Without something damning, it's a dead end. That appears to be the case.
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