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Chief is going to have to go to Mount Doom and throw his premature chicken dinner picutre into it to prevent game disaster. It should not be too much of a problem, since he and Sauron went to school together during the First Age.

I am actually ok with the Lord of the Ring movies - its the Hobbit - a two hundred some page book that is stretched into three overly long movies that sent me over the edge. When you need to make up an elf-dwarf-elf love triangle to stretch the book into three movies, you probably should not make three movies... http://cdn.20m.es/img2/recortes/2013/10/31/144816-944-550.jpg

Hmmm - I wonder if Diamondbacks Daily similar posters -- DiamondbackSouth who lives in the country just on the other side of the border, and someone how lives in the neighboring state who starts a lot of game threads and is either a creative genius or fell on his head as a child, an older poster who remembers when the Grand Canyon was a slight ditch when he was a child etc.

There is some speculation that this might be a pretty messy break-up. With two such mature, above-board, people of moral character, that seems unlikely.

American Experience had something on WWI earlier this year, and a big portion of the series was the spike of attacks against blacks when people were afraid they were going to expect too much on their return. These soldiers risked their lives and lived through hell in Europe and then were figuratively and literally spit on when they returned and worse case scenario lynched. Trump is tweeting in support of the statues today - no care or thought to how his words might further exacerbate the situation. I think the press conference was in a way a water shed moment for him, not that he was not bad before, but I think he is going to fully embrace his alt-right side. Sadly, so far he seems to be getting away with saying anything. There were some tisks tisks from Congress, but nothing of real consequence or teeth. I read an interesting comment that said getting rid of the statues is not erasing history, the statues themselves falsified history by glorifying the Confederate and making it something it never was. There was a nice and peaceful candle light vigil and Charllottesville last night. Trump did not comment on it, but I am sure he is carefully crafting a thoughtful response.

He actually did lie about the winery -- they quickly disavowed any connection with him. He lies about things great and small. He is the text book of so many mental disorders. If you did not know he was real, you think he would be some hypothetical in some psychology exam. The mother did issue a tweet thanking Trump, but he most likely misrepresented as communication between the two of them. I guess she gave a beautiful eulogy today. Trump has probably already forgotten her name.

Yes - look at the video ChiTown posted on the previous page - it is chilling. These were not "fine people". The horror of his appeasing the white supremacists and Nazis aside, he is narcissist he still had to praise himself even while discussing this by bragging how Heather Heyer's Mother thanked him for his statement. He actually made the death of her daughter about him. Throughout this whole domestic crisis he has be tweeting or retweeting tweets that praise him - usually by Fox New or by someone who is a known extreme right-winger. He has no empathy, he has no shame, and he has no soul.

I am not sure what is more disturbing, that he is president and what he said today (and has dog whistled for a long time) or if you go look at the internet how many people thing what he said was great and these groups feeling validated and more emboldened. The fact that he got elected, with these traits largely on display during the campaign, is depressing.

Well Gorka (another ringing endorsement of Trump's views) did say they wanted to make sure it was real and basically said we think it might be really the left behind it. They are all vile individually, but as a group - it is off the charts. His latest tweet is calling out someone who had just quit one of his councils. The reason Frazier quit was Trump's response to Charlottesville. Trump has not been more vocal in his anger about someone who criticized his weak response than he has been to the actual white supremacists. Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 1h1 hour ago Now that Ken Frazier of Merck Pharma has resigned from President's Manufacturing Council,he will have more time to LOWER RIPOFF DRUG PRICES!

Sessions was just making the morning news rounds defending Trump's statement. Somehow Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III with his less than stellar history in race relations (and yet he is AG) making a statement defending your white supremacy stance rings a little hollow. Trump's tweets today so far are completely avoiding Charlottesville and the fact that people are upset with his tepid, equivocal statement, but he can rant about obstructionist Democrats and how he can fix things.

I alaways thought the media was way too silent on what Steven Bannon stood for when he joined Trump's campaign. This man is the alt-right and he is in Trump's inner circle. Two of Trump's three tweets today are retweets of someone saying how great he is an how is better than Obama. His third retweet was a simple statement about the DOJ opening a civil rights investigation. Even with everything going on - Trump is most concerned about himself being viewed as the greatest ruler ever.

I agree with Vanimal's original points, but I also like this statement above. The NFL as an organization bothers me in how they try to steam roll everything and Goodell acting like he is some omniscient leader who should never be questioned or defied. It really bothered me how they hardballed Minneapolis into giving them a tax exemption in order to host the Super Bowl (not that they could not have simply said -forget it). Everything is about milking out every penny they can, and then pretending they care when something goes wrong. Their non-profit status is a whole other story. I do still watch the Vikings partly out of habit and family tradition. It does get harder with the health concerns for the players, the greed and hubris of the organization, and them games not being as enjoyable to watch.

Yes, I don't see him playing anywhere else if a deal does not get made. I saw a post that somewhere implied he really did not care (the no heart argument), but I think it means a lot to him to be a Twin, and while he might not be doing what some people want him to be doing, I think his heart is still in the game and with the team. He seems to enjoy being on the field. If he does continue, it will be even more part time, so I don't think he will necessarily be blocking any talent, and it won't be a huge financial burden with whatever the new contract price will be. While he is not the vocal leader that people want, I suspect he is still a pretty good example in the locker room (I am a homer that maybe foolishly gives him the benefit of the doubt of having a good work ethic, gets along with teammates etc) . I suspect he will be around one or two more years. That said, it would not shock me if next year was it due to a combination a deal not working out, his body telling him it is time to quit (who knows how his legs, knees, back etc. really are due to the years of catching), or his daughters reaching the age where he wants to see more of their activities.

Not exactly Trump related, but you could argue his rhetoric has made people more comfortable attending a white power rally. This was at the U of VA last night (not the people from the town). They were shouting Blood and Soil which has some history in Nazi Germany. It is the kick-off to a alt-white rally scheduled today. They are protesting the taking down of a Civil War Monument. I am sure Trump will have a thoughtful statement about this soon -- speaking out against racist and anti-semantic slogans. Or, one of the alt-right protesters will get hurt in a confrontation and his statement will be how violet the left is and how they are trying to suppress free speech.

Nice series.... It helps that the division is pretty mediocre this year. Things could remain intersting into September.

Even though he has not caught for awhile, I suppose the ten years crouching behind the plate has helped the aging process for the legs. I remember playing kickball in my mid-30s after not having played kickball or softball for a few years. I was running regularly at the time, so it is not like I was sedentary, but it was a rude awakening at how much more difficult the base running was. I remember Souhan really did not like Slowey - and had some comments (I think early tweets) that were really personal and mean-girl that seemed unprofessional even if Slowey was the biggest jerk on the team. Not that you can really judge a person by the fact that Souhan doesn't like you.... I have somewhat low standards and fall back on the bandwagon fairly easily, but I will be happy if they finish the season at or about 500.

I am not sure he is doing a good job of unwinding and relaxing over his vacation. I heard the folders discussed on the radio this morning. Supposedly, if they don't find enough they are supposed to include pictures where he looks good -- insert easy joke here.... Meanwhile, on a more serious note, he is the worst possible person to be in his position with all that is going on world-wide. His advisers are Fox & Friends and maybe Game of Thrones.

I am still waiting for him to make some sort of statement of the Marine deaths off of Australia and the attack at the Islamic center in Bloomington. They must not be discussing these things on Fox and Friends, Ah - he just sent another set of tweets, he must have finished his round of golf. Good to know he is busy prepping for his big meeting on the opioid crisis...

I heard someone reading this on the radio this morning, and sadly while I thought it was probably a satire, I was not 100% sure until the person clarified that it was. This is not that far from something which he actually would say - which is a bit scary and "sad!".

I guess the governor of WVa is going to announce at Trump's rally tonight that he is switching parties to the GOP (the GOP really has a strong hold on the governorships). He actually was a Republican until 2015, so I am guessing he was Democrat in name only from 2015 to 2017. I should not stereotype, but looking at his picture and knowing he is from WVa, I would have guessed he was Republican in the first place. http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/wvpn/files/styles/medium/public/201707/JusticeFairmont14.jpg

It is like Trump was created by taking Ed Bundy, Archie Bunker,Gilligan,Frank Burns and Barney Fife and blending them into one person, then lowered his IQ by an additional 75 points. I can only imagine how much foaming at the mouth is going to be occurring at the West Virginia rally tonight.

I guess this means Golf Digest is also fake news -- or it might mean Trump is lying in his tweet, which seems unlikely. Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 19m19 minutes ago I love the White House, one of the most beautiful buildings (homes) I have ever seen. But Fake News said I called it a dump - TOTALLY UNTRUE Think of all the predictions people were making in September and even October 2016.

Easy for someone to say when he is not the leader of their country....

I agree about Murkowski - red state and had some implied threats of losing Federal funding, but she held her own. Then there was Lindsey, who admitted the bill was bad and only voted for it on hopes it would fail down the line. It will be interesting in a lord of the flies sort of way how Trump reacts as he does not seem to care who the person is when he is slighted. The more things go against him the more violet his rhetoric seems to get and the less he seems to care. He is really going to keep trying to amp up the fear. From a speech to Long Island police today: “And when you see these towns, and when you see these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon—you just see them thrown in, rough,” he said. “I said, ‘Please don’t be too nice.’ Like when you guys put somebody in the car and you’re protecting their head—the way you put the hand over, like don’t hit their head, and they’ve just killed somebody. Don’t hit their head. I said, ‘You can take the hand away, okay?'” The police probably did not win PR points when they roared with laughter and approval. I am guessing Trump was not thinking about Freddie Gray when he made the statement.