diehardtwinsfan

The issue was and continues to be that Hillary was conducting state business from said private server so as to avoid oversight, and was doing so with classified information. I want to be clear that this is one of the largest classified data spills in the history of this country, and there is no way it was accidental... That data had to be moved off of a classified environment that is designed to prevent the removal of data. The fact that the FBI was doing simple searches for "classified" in the emails should also tell you that HRC and staff made zero effort to scrub the classification marks that appeared on said emails (every email sent on a SIPR network is given a classification designation). This was no accident, and the only plausible deniability she had was not taking the mandatory training (one I'd add that failure to do results in access termination, and she got around that too). Add to it that when Obama found out she was doing this, he told her to cease and desist. She didn't. There's no way that she and her staff were that ignorant. None. You may not want to call it treason, that's fine. It certainly wasn't her intent, but I can say with 100% certainty that if this were someone like me, I would be praying to God that unemployed was the only thing that would happen to me, and I don't have nearly the access that someone like HRC has to classified data. So let's stop the pity party for HRC over this. She made some bad choices. If she had simply decided to play by the rules, this wouldn't have been a campaign distraction.

I wish either side had a plan like this. I've done enough federal work that I can say with confidence that you could reduce the size of the work force in the Federal government by a good 20% without actually cutting into services. Way too many people just collecting a pay check and just standing in the way to justify their jobs. If they actually invested in implementing technology, they could modernize too and probably further cut the size/expense. Right now, the gov. just buys tech and does a half***** job implementing it. They literally own every piece of tech that an American company makes with zero effort in actually implementing it in a way that reduces costs. This is my concern with Trump's appointments so far. The fact that he's talking to guys like Romney, Cruz, etc. is nothing more than using guys in the system (though in Romney's case, he does have experience running large organizations)... He'd be wise to stay far away from familiar names and go for successful businessmen and women with an established track record for turning around companies. That swamp won't be drained putting a guy like Ted Cruz in charge of anything.

Most voters had so much problems with the establishment and Clinton that they didn't show up. Let's not delude ourselves into thinking Clinton had a majority. She didn't.

My two cents on all of this. It's all true. Churches, unions, corporations. Solution is simple. Abolish PACs, and allow all of these to make a donation direct to the candidate with the cap being that of the individual person cap. Power is gone, and financial donations are forced back into grass roots efforts, with one corporation having just as much say in the process as one person.

Never saw anything in Plouffe indicating he was a bad guy, so definitely wish him well. He could get hot sometimes and absolutely mash the ball. Hopefully he catches on somewhere else. That said, the move needed to happen. I like what they're doing so far. I'll be more curious how they approach their tradable assets.

Tad bit surprised about Walker, but then again, I pretty much expected his name on this list next year. These guys can get DFAd at any time, though, correct? The biggest challenge this week was protecting the guys that needed protecting. No reason to DFA a guy when you only need to clear 6 spots for the Rule 5.

I'm not sure that I'd bundle Esan and Dozier together unless the return was enormous (and I'd add that included an opening day starting C to go with the ace P prospect). Not sure many teams have that kind of capital. That said, if the Dodgers were willing to take Plouffe on a 1 year deal to fill in at 3rd, by all means, I'd throw him in. Plouffe is a non-tender candidate though, so he's not really going to raise the return all that much.

This pretty much explained why Kintzler is their top choice. They've shied away from the big trades. They may have to though if Kintzler refuses to waive the no-trade.

problem with this is that they have young guys that they need to evaluate. I suppose I could live with them burning an option on Mejia and letting him start in AAA, that's depth, but too many of those type moves and all you have is mediocre vets blocking opportunities for younger talent.

While the 4th option gives the Twins some options, given how Vargas played during this last stretch, I really hope that's just an option in case he fails again, not the plan to start 2017.

I think LaRoche was the 3rd piece... but Johan also made it clear he didn't want to go to LA. That kind of torpedoed that one from the start. I remember the Dodgers being a bit miffed when Bill Smith didn't call them back.

that said, quite a few seasons with 800+ OPS. Those aren't bad projections... not Trout like that some of us thought he'd be, but hardly bad.

These are just fun, but pure speculation. Go look up his crystal ball on Phil Hughes.

bid early, bid often. Let's hope that a few other teams contract the Twins about him.

I'd love to add Thorpe, but he hasn't pitched above low A and hasn't pitched in 2 years. I doubt he can stick, even with a rebuilding team.

Mauer has been a bounce back candidate for 3 seasons now... I think it's fair to say that what you saw this years is probably what you're going to get. I hope I'm wrong here, but I'm not holding out much hope. He was pretty decent this season, but not worth anything close to the contract, nor an extension 2 years from now if the 1B/DH glut continues.

There was no question he had the injury earlier. The question was whether his downfall in MLB was related to that, pitchers adjusting, or a bit of both... and if it's both, how much was the wrist a factor. Park gets a second shot, and I'm fine with that. He was looking like a steal in April. We tend to forget that given the horrid month we had, but I think it would be foolish to sell low there. He may have to earn it (that's fine), but I'd like to see him get plenty of opportunities to do so.

I agree that Molly's lineups certainly deserve some question, but if the GM is micro-managing that, we have a real big problem, and not a good one.

perhaps we should tell him that male pattern baldness comes from the mother's line.

I really think that the nation as a whole needs to revisit what capitalism means now to what it meant several decades ago... just saying. Many of the problems relating to capitalism as it is presently implemented is due to corporate lobbying to reduce the competition it claims to employ. I'm not giving Republicans a pass here, we saw that under GWB in particular. But we don't have healthy competition in this country anymore. It's a big reason why many of our costs continue to rise while many jobs continue to head oversees to markets that aren't nearly as open to us as we are to them.

America recognizes that the political system is broken. The middle class is well aware of the war against it, and it is well aware that it's losing. What they haven't figured out is that their problem is both Democrats and Republicans. All they've done in the last 8 years is vote for a perceived outsider within the two party system. It very well may be cutting off the nose to spite the face, but until the two party system gets back in touch with the middle class or it collapses, you're going to see this.

You show your true colors when you post crap like this. Jill Stein, by the way, was a medical doctor, and her opinion on vaccines mirrors that of a lot of people, namely that there are real questions not being answered with anything other than corporate lobbying of the government. People have figured out that that when a big corporate entity lobbies the government in the best interests of the people, that in reality the end result is in the best interests of the people. Johnson does have a foreign plan. It was "Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations-entangling alliances with none." (Jefferson said that originally by the way, but I suppose he was clueless too). You just don't like it. Regardless, that doesn't get around the real point I was making in regards to electioneering that is going on in this country. Both of those candidates were forcibly excluded from the process despite it being mathematically possible for them to win. They were on every single state ballot. Neither of those candidates got federal matching funds (Trump and Hillary did), and both were excluded from the debates by a committee that exists solely of Republicans and Democrats. For all the complaints around here about gerrymandering, I would think that this would offend everyone here. This is nothing but a legal form of election fraud, and if you want to start fixing what is wrong with the system, it might be wise to start letting more voices be heard. One of the big reasons why Trump is President right now is that he had the money and name recognition to force his voice to the forefront; in spite, I might add, of a system that actively fought it. Jill Stein, Ron Paul, Bernie Sanders, and Gary Johnson, had no such power. When the system actively resisted them, there was little they could do.

Not to ask a silly question, but has anyone here even read Trump's 100 day plan? There's nothing in there about women and LGBTs.... The infamous wall is in there, but that's about it. I posted something similar on facebook as what I've said here. A big problem with this entire discussion is the stereotyping and refusal to listen to what is actually being said.

Plouffe is to be non-tendered in my plan, so yes I'd move him for a non-40 man option, even if it isn't a good one.

If you want ceiling, the further down you go, the more you can get. It's about risk/reward and there's a ton at the A/A+ level. As Ryan said, once they hit AA, it's much harder to get them. Dozier could probably get a guy like Glasnow (much less risk at this point), because as ceiling goes, Dozier is established it and shown he can reach it, all while being under contract at an affordable rate. He can get several Justus Sheffields, because those guys, while not a dime a dozen, carry quite a bit more risk, time, and quite simply there are more of them. Dozier has value, just as AJ did when Ryan traded him. The difference was that Ryan hit on all of the guys that he traded for AJ and AJ failed in SanFran. That is why that trade was lopsided. There was still risk there for Brian Sabeen, but he rolled a snake eyes. Odds and positional value determine trade value. Dozier has that at this point. Santana does as well.