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Basket of Deplorables.

Sabre-rattling is sabre-rattling, but when you have two potentially unstable heads of state having a pissing contest--this takes it to a new level.

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2017/08/08/north-korea-seriously-considering-strike-on-guam-reports-citing-state-media.html Guam threatened. Not good.

*Oozing sarcasm* Sure, go ahead and privatize and outsource the US military. http://amp.usatoday.com/story/548004001/ Maybe Hamid Karzai can play the Enrico Chivaldori stand in role in the Hollywood adaptation.

Lost Sonny, Doolittle, and Vogt. But atleast Tim Raines is finally in the HoF.

The whole Seth Rich episode was just distasteful. http://www.npr.org/2017/08/01/540783715/lawsuit-alleges-fox-news-and-trump-supporter-created-fake-news-story

Darn.

http://www.newyorker.com/news/ryan-lizza/anthony-scaramucci-called-me-to-unload-about-white-house-leakers-reince-priebus-and-steve-bannon/amp This is nuts. Part of me is hoping Scaramucci can last until SNL starts up again in the Fall. If Spicer is comedy gold for them, Mooch will be a goldmine.

And I thought the White House was dysfunctional...

Well...I mean, a hit from 60 pounds of dope can conceivably kill you.

Wait, wait. By the discussed criteria, surely you're all not implying that Harold Baines didn't deserve to have his number 3 retired by the White Sox??

It'll be interesting to see if the Cavs can hold on in the East. Boston now has: Isaiah Thomas, Gordon Hayward, Avery Bradley, Jae Crowder, and Al Horford, with Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart, Kelly Olynyk, Amir Johnson, and potentially Ante Zizic rounding out the rotation. That's a really good team with solid depth.

I don't disagree at all. But why is it that the players are the ones that have to sacrifice when the league -- and the Warriors in particular are rolling in $$. This ownership group essentially had their team's value explode by greater than 500% in the seven years since they've bought the team for a record $450 million.

My flaming red hot take: LOL @KD for opting out of his contract with the champs one year early to become an unrestricted free agent and to re-sign back with the Warriors for $9.5 million less than his max and taking a paycut from last year. http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/03/warriors-kevin-durant-is-taking-even-less-money-than-we-all-thought/

I love the NBA.

Too many humbugs here. Everyone should get in the spirit of Bobby Bo Day!

They can practice advanced flopping techniques together as if it was a Warhol-esque incubator commune. Avant garde- high level theatrics.

Morey: We have a superstar ball dominant point guard who draws fouls with spaced shooters around the perimeter. What can improve this formula? D'Antoni: I want two superstar ball dominant point guards. Morey: Genius. I shall crunch the numbers.

My new favorite wrestler: Dan Richards, The Progress Liberal. Heel Extraordinaire. “I want to exchange your bullets for bullet points. Bullet points of knowledge.” http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/336011/progressive-liberal-dan-richards-wrestling/ http://deadspin.com/the-progressive-liberal-is-maybe-the-perfect-wrestlin-1796426671

And Phil Jackson is actively shopping Porzingis. Of course, I'd take KP over any draft pick, period.

A's sweep the Yankees and the Giants got swept by the Rockies. Good weekend.

Does the phrase, "Trust the Process" still apply?

Yeah, Golden State is stacked. They drafted Curry at #7, Klay at #11, and Draymond in the second round. They made shrewd trades to offload salary in order to sign Andre Iguodala to be a defensive wing stopper with little pressure to score. They hired Steve Kerr to implement a team-first offense based on ball and player movement that complemented the team first locker room led by Steph Curry. Which all ultimately appealed to Kevin Durant. That's how you create a stacked team. Draft well, create a team oriented culture, make smart player decisions, and hire a coach with vision.

As far as I'm concerned, more than half of you are Eldar/Cant etc., alts, and unless you can name unequivocally who had the better glove -- Jeff Blauser or Rafael Belliard -- half of the remaining half are Putin aligned trolls.