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Not the least of which is that Labor supports it. I bet they feel dirty about it. That guy is an idiot. The "A" is for "Agreement". So the US got two scoops of letters and Mexico and Canada each got one. Idiot.

He's a wind sock. Actually, wind socks have more usefulness.

They didn't have the balls to do it last week when Trump was actually at the UN?

Welcome aboard! I agree about Francona, too, and I wouldn't mind Cleveland winning it all.

I don't think the delay strategy has so much to do with D's thinking that they can flip the Senate. They want their "on the fence" candidates to be free to vote with the D's after the election. Before the midterms, there are a few D Senators that need to vote to confirm Kavanaugh. He will probably wind up as a PBS talking head.

Wilson looked like a useful piece last season. To bad he got injured. It will be interesting to see what happens when he gets back on the ice. All in all, this group is so much more talented than we've seen in years. Hopefully they get off to a good start and make it past that historic Halloween "deadline".

Imagine Hilda's surprise when she retired and got her first SS monthly benefit check for $50,000. I hope she thanked her boss.

Funny how Trump's net worth isn't worth much until it is useful for it to be worth a lot.

I would have said I have to think about it, but in order to keep my kid off the open market he'd have to let me kick him in the nuts right there and then.

Red Sox played the Yankees 19 times. Won 10, lost 9. Sox were 7-3 at home and 3-6 in Yankee Stadium. 5-game series are weird and makes picking a winner very dicey. I totally give the Yankees a good chance to knock off the Sox (and I am a Sox fan / Yankee hater). And the Red Sox went 3-4 against both the Indians and the Astros.

I'd love to see Red Sox vs. Dodgers. Sox are NOT a shoo-in to get past the Yankees (assuming they beat the A's), let alone the Astros.

And Ristolainen is just turning 24 later this month -- starting his SIXTH year.

It looks like I may need to wear my tinfoil hat ALL the time. I am decidedly a low-tech guy. This cant be a good thing that goes well in the long run. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612212/the-first-social-network-of-brains-lets-three-people-transmit-thoughts-to-each-others-heads/

Iran: If their claim is true, then that's been done before by other countries (except the "no notice" part -- I think other countries usually get notice ahead of time, no?). China: I was going to post a BBC article in the South China Sea thread, but I can't resurrect it, and this is as good a thread as any. Just wanted to say "China sucks". https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45718000

If detente with NK results in higher beef prices then I say it's time to re think the policy.

If Kavanaugh gets confirmed (big IF at this point), Trump should give him one of these. https://www.ebay.com/p/Fairly-Odd-Novelties-Beer-Soda-Guzzler-Helmet-Make-America-Great-Again-donald-TR/10017033670?iid=172843518723&chn=ps&ul_ref=https%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F1%2F711-117182-37290-0%2F2%3Fmpre%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.ebay.com%252Fp%252FFairly-Odd-Novelties-Beer-Soda-Guzzler-Helmet-Make-America-Great-Again-donald-TR%252F10017033670%253Fiid%253D172843518723%2526chn%253Dps%26itemid%3D172843518723%26targetid%3D486089505058%26device%3Dt%26adtype%3Dpla%26googleloc%3D9004456%26poi%3D%26campaignid%3D1499095156%26adgroupid%3D64669591624%26rlsatarget%3Dpla-486089505058%26abcId%3D1139396%26merchantid%3D7897994%26pt%3D%26gclid%3DEAIaIQobChMI96nRjNTm3QIVCBgMCh049wLJEAQYASABEgLV5vD_BwE%26srcrot%3D711-117182-37290-0%26rvr_id%3D1688590858413%26rvr_ts%3D327fd2501660ac191b013475fffe421f

I disagree. All we have is "she said, he said" and it's a matter of who do you believe? It goes towards that. Or, the way this story is morphing, Kavanaugh detractors can say: "see, he got REALLY drunk". Either way, I agree with 4mer. It is never a good idea to shame a 15 yr old for her looks. That tweet was basically a "would ya" post for a teenager. There's no supporting that.

It'd be cool if, after all these years, someone finds the cure to cancer in a plant that gets discovered growing in the dmz. Then Trump could get credit for curing cancer!

Agreed. Makes me wonder why Tillerson didn't make more progress. And it makes his sacking and replacement look like a good move. Edit: though Tillerson did cut a lot of fat from the DOS. Got to give him credit for that.

No. No he's not.

Cuomo campaign slogan: "Governor of New York, so easy a cave man can do it."

High level meetings?

I know what Apple news is, thanks. And I have WSJ send me breaking stories -- they never sent me anything today on this story. Thinking that maybe I'm mistaken, I just went to the WSJ site. You're wrong. The only mention of the Avenatti story is this op ed piece: https://www.wsj.com/articles/has-michael-avenatti-become-an-embarrassment-to-stormy-daniels-1537993145?mod=hp_opin_pos1

Funny how I noticed that Avenatti is not in my iPhone news feed. Usually, when the MSM thinks the story hurts the administration or is slanted toward Democrats a story like that is splashed everywhere. This one has crickets. The Dems have no use for Avenatti.