Leferd

Economic Left/Right: -5.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.44 I would have thought I'd be a bit more fascist.

FiveThirtyEight's Forecast. Control for the Senate is a virtual dead heat 50/50 tossup.

He definitely kept that one in play.

Yeah, but Sam Wang never helped me win bets on baseball or draft for my fantasy league.

Had a rough day at work yesterday. Got called to the floor by the suit in the corner office over an ad-hoc field decision I had to make with my lead's concurrence from the day before. We stood by our decision and that we were in the right and made the correct call. Opinions differ. Meh. Driving home, I decided to do my civic duty and stopped to vote before heading back. Chatted with the poll workers and my fellow citizens in the community. Everyone was super friendly --good people --and on the up and up. Saw no signs of fraud or voter intimidation. Walked out with an I VOTED EARLY American flag sticker and left in a good mood with a smile on my face. The Republic is working.

So many clutch ex-A's. Rajai, Lester, Zobrist, Addison Russell, Coco Crisp. Hell, even Billy Beane recommended Theo Epstein for his first GM job with the Red Sox after he reneged on his contract.

OK. Well....this explains it. Look at the tweet date.

Rain Delay?? It's Extra Innings in Game 7. C'MON!

I'm tormented. The world's not right if the Cubs aren't losers. But yet, it'd be nice to throw 3-1 back at Cleveland fans.

Rajai.

Geeze Bruce. That's quite a story. Thanks for sharing and I'm truly sorry for your loss.

Vegas is currently giving the following odds: Golden State Warriors 2/3 Cleveland Cavaliers 13/4 San Antonio Spurs 11/1 Boston Celtics 25/1 Los Angeles Clippers 35/1 Oklahoma City Thunder 70/1 Toronto Raptors 75/1 To me, Golden State is the clear favorite. Cleveland, and San Antonio are a notch below and are getting decent odds. Boston, Toronto, and the LA Clippers would be in the next tier over. This is where you can get awesome value, especially Toronto at 75/1! The markets are way too bullish on OKC at 70/1. They're dead money as far as I'm concerned. ... This is pretty spot on.

Anthony Davis's shine has worn off the past couple years --mostly due to injury, but when healthy he's the best big in the game. If not this season, Karl-Anthony Towns will be even better than Davis. These guys will probably be the next players not named Kevin, Stephen, or LeBron to win MVP.

Curry and Durant will cancel each other out. Westbrook and Harden are gonna put up impressive counting numbers but their team standings will be too low. Cleveland will win the East, and LeBron is unquestionably one of the best players in the league. He will win.

How can HE not be the MVP?? Volo is just your typical LeBron hater.

Unfortunately, the Election season is almost over --BOO!...taking away primetime entertainment. But the Great Rebounder in the Sky blesses us from the heavens above with the start of the NBA season! Here are my Annual Leferd's Infallible Pre-Season Predictions: EASTERN CONFERENCE 1. Cleveland 2. Boston 3. Toronto 4. Atlanta 5. Detroit 6. Indiana 7. Milwaukee 8. Chicago 9. Charlotte 10. Washington 11. New York 12. Philadelphia 13. Orlando 14. Miami 15. Brooklyn WESTERN CONFERENCE 1. Golden State 2. San Antonio 3. LAC 4. Houston 5. Portland 6. Utah 7. Minnesota 8. Oklahoma City 9. Denver 10. Memphis 11. Dallas 12. New Orleans 13. Sacramento 14. LAL 15. Phoenix Cleveland over Boston in the ECF. Golden State over LAC in the WCF. Golden State sweeps Cleveland going 16-0 in the Playoffs. MVP: LeBron James ROY: Joel Embiid DPOY: Kawhi Leonard COY: Brad Stevens ALL NBA FIRST TEAM G: Stephen Curry G: James Harden F: LeBron James F: Kevin Durant C: Anthony Davis ALL NBA SECOND TEAM G: Chris Paul G: Russell Westbrook F: Kawhi Leonard F: Paul George C: Karl-Anthony Towns ALL NBA THIRD TEAM G: Damian Lilard G: Klay Thompson F: Blake Griffin F: Draymond Green C: Boogie Cousins ALL NBA DEFENSE FIRST TEAM G: Avery Bradley G: Danny Green F: Kawhi Leonard F: Draymond Green C: Rudy Gobert ALL NBA DEFENSE SECOND TEAM G: Patrick Beverley G: Klay Thompson F: Andre Iguodala F: Paul George C: DeAndre Jordan

Looks like the Betting Markets have dried up for Trump. Paddy Power stopped taking bets on the Presidential Election and are so convinced of a Clinton victory they already started the pay outs to those who put money down on Clinton three weeks early. http://blog.paddypower.com/politics/2016/10/18/paddy-power-pay-out-hillary-clinton/

I'd prefer a starship or fleet simulator ala Starfleet Command.

Thanks, Gromnir. I shared this with my social circle. A teacher friend wants to include this in a lesson plan.

Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights-transcript

Latest Election chances from FiveThirtyEight's model.

The latest Cook Political Report map. Clinton - 272 EV Toss Up - 69 EV Trump - 197 EV House ratings: Solid Seats: 202 Rep, 177 Dem Likely/Lean Seats: 25 Rep, 7 Dem Toss Up or Worse: 20 Rep, 4 Dem http://cookpolitical.com/house/charts/race-ratings

http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/10/09/foreign-policy-endorses-hillary-clinton-for-president-of-the-united-states/?utm_content=buffer8a5de&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Foreign Policy has never endorsed a candidate in its 45 year publication history.

Bill Clinton's sexual misconduct has been covered by the media, the US Congress, the Courts, and public opinion extensively --ad-nauseum for the last 30+ years. The legal, political, and general societal fallout has long played out its course. Bill Clinton isn't running for President. Donald Trump is.