D. Hocking

Think he will take time from patting himself on the back, gloating, and mocking his enemies to tweet about the latest school shooting? It is amazing how many tragedies he simply ignores often tweeting something petty about something else while they are happening.

John and Torii Hunter?

Damn - forgot about 99 year old Millie. Now I am depressed. At least she saw an exciting game last week. .http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/01/21/millie-wall-still-a-fan/

Good call - think I am about to join you.

Yes - there were some not so veiled comments about Zimmer after the season. I would say I am having flashbacks to 41-0, but I blocked most of that game out of my mind and thankfully remember little of it.

How many days until spring training?

I think Keenum has his moments both good and bad, but I had a feeling he was going to do something reckless when it was third and long and was not surprised when he through the interception. I was a little more surprised when no one seemed to be able to stop the player as he zig zagged his way to a touch down.

Plus there is the whole creepy aspect where he told her she reminded him of his daughter. Can you imagine the Fox outrage if it came out that Obama had an affair with a porn star when Michelle had just given birth? I guess the FBI is now investigating whether Russia illegally funneled money through the NRA. The NRA has evolved into a kind of scary organization.

If it were not for his bone spurs, I bet he could have been a hall of fame athlete in any sport he chose to participate.

The government is on the verge of a shut-down and Trump and company are taking their time to mock the news media with the fake news awards, which are (or at least were attempted to be) posted on the GOP webpage. That the GOP is posting this on their official webpage is wrong on a number of levels, but accurately points out how Trump is not an anomaly - he reflects the party. Just more evidence that Trump is a symptom of the problem, and he would not have existed if not for the toxic environment that has been building for years. A lot of people out there in power who deep down are not too different than Trump - they just are not as overtly boorish. Somewhat fittingly, they screwed up loading the awards (although strangely Fox News seemed to have them).

I have a hard time taking the medical report seriously when it starts out with him weighing 239 pounds... (coincidentally one pound short of being considered obese for his height). I suppose if he is filled with gaseous sulfur from the pits of hell, he is lighter than he looks.

He talks like a petty child -- often making up facts, belittling people who don't agree to him or bow down to him, playing on people's fears or prejudices, constantly bragging about things he often had nothing to do with, repeating the same things over and over again. He does not say things everyone agrees with and certainly things we do not want the President of the United States saying. He should be trying to elevate conversation not bring things down because that is what his base wants to hear and he has a desperate need for applause.

I don't think I would agree with that -- I think you could say his cabinet, family, Ryan, McConnell,much of the Congress and Senate etc. also fit the description.

I think he is now about one step away from saying N***** at a public speaking event. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-asks-why-u-s-welcomes-people-from-shole-countries-report/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab8f&linkId=46865791

I am hoping the 2018 World Series ring is what helps push him over the edge.

Chief or RiverBrian, but I suspect they might be too expensive and too heavily booked.

I know he still spends time there, esp. right before spring training, but didn't that change when he got married? I remember an interview of Perkins a couple of years ago where he said Joe no longer did the complete FL move in the off-season and they had spent the winter building an ice rink. Even when he did the move, it seemed like he was in town a fair amount through the holidays. I think there were signs of the 2017 resurgence in 2016, but it got derailed by the hamstring injury. August and Sept. really sunk his numbers for the season and Molitor said it was a mistake that they did not DL him. I am guessing there will be a one or probably two year deal after this year. I see him retiring before playing elsewhere.

The network media is still trying to normalize him to some extent (I don't have cable, I suspect this is not true for MSNBC). GMA had Scarmucci on yesterday and Spicer on today to discuss Wolf's book. Now, I admit cannot just take the book at face value and need to investigate its claims, but to have two of the bigger liars for Trump out there to refute the book and defend Trump as not being insane seems like sloppy journalism. These two men should not be taken seriously by anyone, much less by people who are supposed to be journalists. [Full disclosure - I changed the channel before the Spicer interview, so maybe George grilled him and called out any lies or suspect statements.)

They both consider themselves on the level of the founding fathers. Maybe they will take a page from two of them, and settle their differences like Hamilton and Burr did.

It seems golfing 7 or so days in a row while probably breaking the emoluments clause (or at least having some undisclosed conflicts of interest) to get money for your resort the entire time does not make one more sane or more human.

Do the Twins blow-up the Yankee Death Star to advance in the play-offs?

If the Twins moderators had been around - they would have resolved middle earth tensions before things got out of hand and there would not have had to do the whole big final battle. Many lives would have been saved and there would still be elves around. Thanks for all of your hard work.and most of your wit and jokes. You have created an environment with a lot of interesting and diverse discussions.

This is very important to his evangelical base for some reason ( I think partially so they will be ready for the rapture and partially because it sticks it to the Arab population). I think part of the timing is that he is throwing them red meat to them to get them motivated to vote in the AL election next week. He really only thinks of his needs -- does not think of any long-term consequences or how other people might be affected. If you want to get cynical it also creates a diversion from certain investigations. I have noticed Fox and other right wing sources are doing their best to make the Mueller investigation seem like a vindictive partisan witch hunt who have said a sacred vow to Hilary. I cannot even comprehend how much damage Fox News has inflicted over the country over the years. I also found it a little odd he made this announcement about the Jewish state in front of a Christmas tree. Although I just read he hosted the White House Hanukkah party with no Hanukkah decorations but in a room with four large Christmas tree, so I guess it should not be a surprise.

If ever there was a thread that needed an "agree" button rather than a "like" button - this would be it.

I don't think it will be a group of people that history will treat kindly. At least he is giving millions of acres of artifact rich land with great significance to the Native Americans back to the mines people. It is almost surprising he did not somehow manage to work Pocahontas into his signing statement. I could possibly do a better job than Trump's attorneys (although to be fair to them, he is not exactly an easy client) and I have not written a brief in over 15 years.