Election Day Hoopla! November Madness!
Abe Lincoln once said: “You can’t fool all the people all the time,” but that doesn’t stop some politicians from trying! And so….election day has finally arrived. Like the long baseball season, full of highs and lows, and moments of joy and despair, the long election campaigns finally come to a close for 2012. And there’s much at stake. Nate Silver’s reputation, for example. His 538 blog now has Obama at a 92% chance of winning. Nate is ALL IN on this prediction.
Speaking of Abe Lincoln, I dressed up like Abe for a Halloween party this year. Well, I was trying for Abe, but I think I probably achieved a 19th-century undertaker, or magician. Consider it my challenge to that poser Daniel Day-Lewis, whose version of Lincoln is in a Spielberg film. It could be a good film. I haven’t seen it yet. The film is based on an excellent book: “Team of Rivals,” by Doris Kearns Goodwin, whose baseball memoir “Wait Til Next Year” is a very enjoyable and poignant book.
Of interest to me in the election, besides the presidential race, is the Brown/Warren Senate race in Massachusetts, and the challenge that Michelle Bachman is getting for her Congressional seat in Minnesota. In California, there are several important Propositions being voted on that affect a diverse group of topics, including school funding, unions, food labeling, and the death penalty.
But getting back to Lincoln- it’s possible that Abe was aware of baseball. The sport was around in those days, in its early forms. Some Civil War soldiers played it. 19th century baseball is a pretty cool concept. Baseball- it flows through our nation’s history; a wonderful part of life’s rich pageant. Enjoy election day, Flappers, and I hope everyone VOTES!!!!
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just a bit of swag
WTG Edd
nice flag in the back
Fucking A – Way cool, Edd! Love it that you are representing half-way around the globe!
Lookin’ good Zum, you got my vote.
one more time, who do the who do man?
excellent Zman
flappers, Giants, and ST
right after the break
🙂
*19th century baseball is a pretty cool concept*… Totally agree and the more I think about what that must have been like the more I wish I could go back in time and play the game.
That costume is rad. You might have left the popcorn ceiling out of the pic, though. I don’t think they had popcorn ceiling back in Abe’s heyday. The brick fireplace for sure.
I voted by mail (for the first time) last week.
Nice deal for Papi, and If I could vote it would be by mail. Who is the G’vnor? My Giants “kept on fighting ’till the end”
NOTHING BETTER
Nice, zum. Wilson or romo beard might have put you over the top.
A long time co-worker grew up in scandinavian country that gets top grades for residents being happiest in the world. Yes, they pay high taxes, especially on luxury goods. A BMW over there would cost 2 or 3 times what it would here. Bu the country is run very efficiently, its people have access to adequate health care throughout their lives, they have excellent transit, and libraries and other services are not being curtailed.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch…Merc had an online story about the pct of taxes on foreign income being paid by Apple, which is 1.9%. They, of course, are hardly alone even among tech giants, who routinely launder profits through Ireland, Netherlands and the Caribbean to avoid such things. All of which is perfectly legal, as I’m sure their well paid accountants would tell you.
As per usual, the richest of the rich use the legal system to hang on to as much of what they have as possible, while across America there are people out of work and families in need, and infrastructure crumbles. Even if laws were changed, I’m sure the Chevrons of the world would find a way around paying fair share of their profits to the country and its citizens and like Bain capital, creating jobs here would be a distant second to maximizing profits. How about doing something that actually helps people improve quality of life, which is what it seems like the above mentioned country is more interested in doing?
Socialist . . .
I kid, but that’s the range of political discourse in the country now. If you aren’t for unadulterated corporate greed at all costs, you are a commie who wants an 80% tax rate across the board.
It comes back to the old saying What Would Jesus Do (as all these evangelical bible-thumpers like to say)?
Yeah, he’d vote for tax cuts for the 1%.
And higher suicide rates per capita than the USA
but that’s the long winters. i lived in NY/NJ for long periods and every jan/feb was a trial.
As a former resident of New Jersey, I declare: vote early and vote often. (As a faux resident of Florida let me proclaim, don’t vote unless you read the Wall Street Journal; live in a gated community; go to church Sunday morning, Sunday night, and Wednesday night; are Caucasian; and are married to a person of the opposite sex though you are miserable. All this needs to be demonstrated in a picture ID, amigos.)
That’s some funny shit, Pawlie…LMAO…
I’ve probably watched this video about 30 times since yesterday. Everytime I watch it I find something new that I like about it. At the 1:26 mark and he’s talking about being down 3-1 those 2 doofy guys just look at the camera and give this epic knowing dude head nod that had me just about rolling on the floor laughing.
The best thing about this video is that he ties in the real Queen video with this one–that’s pretty fucking cool.
Same as he did with the 2010 “anthem” with Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’.” I want to have a beer (well, a few) with this dude while watching a Giants game…
He did do that in 2010, I forgot about that. And he probably gets just as rowdy as I get at games–I yell and scream as if I was at a football game.
Love to have some beers and watch a game with the guy…
cbs site has interesting take on destinations of some top FA guys, including bourn and upton. One guy who picked Upton going to cubs said, “Upton is also young enough he could be part of next relevant cubs team.” wow, still have a hard time remembering the last one. tho I guess will clark wouldn’t.
Here is the way I see it.
Pagan (signed sealed and delivering)
Scooter
A big hitting guy (Hamilton?)
Posey
Pablo
Pence (an RBI machine)
belt
Crawford
Pitcher
midnight tonight GMT a special broadcast: the American election
My co. operates a couple stores in Utah, one in SLC and another just outside it, run by super people…one of whom told me if mormon mitt loses, look out. Not sure if he meant it would just be bad for biz, or something darker.
One thing I like about jolly old England is their election process.
6 weeks of campaigning. It’s a goddamn 2.5 year process here . . .
they do question that. Seems excessive. And here you elect a whole party,
If your election lasts longer than one year, consult a doctor.
I will never take this off
classic. I like the classic. But I’m going with the grey “Champions” hat. I’ll post a pic when I buy it.
So I’m guessing the caption for Edd’s photo would be – Up here for thinking and down there for dancing! You go edd.
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and that is a good idea, how?
bonfire night, November 5th. Many people have a party letting off fireworks, on the Saturday or Sunday. It is a big day here. Today is the 6th and still a few are celebrating. They do not know. Every blast I hear is a blast for my team.
Go Giants!
They did bonfire night on Saturday night at the local brewery that is a couple of miles from my house. It was a big all day celebration with dancers, etc., and culminated with them lighting this huge-ass bonfire. Good brew, good stuff…fun times…
Send in the black helicopters . . .
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/13221476-romney-family-buys-voting-machines-through-bain-capital-investment
I read about this awhile back. I kept thinking that the folks in Ohio wouldn’t even have to show up to vote. It’s already being done for them.
couple weeks ago chron biz report section had a column on stanford wonks who are backbone of Mitt’s eco program. Reading what they want sounds like old bush loony tunes mantra, less regulation, lower corp taxes and of course that big jobs promoting concept of tax cuts for the super top of the mountain types, th eguys who need it the least.
I dunno, but my old buddies from work etc that were at the opposite end of the spectrum had little trouble spending money when they felt like having a good time, which was not always restricted to friday nights. Paying the PGE bill or making a car payment, maybe not so much. So my theory was that if these guys had more money to spend it would give an immediate boost to local economy, instead of that of Cayman Isles.
Well said.
Henry Ford, a long time ago, understood that his auto workers should get a good enough wage to be able to afford to buy a car that they’re building, and that’s in everybody’s best interest.
i’m making a joke here, but really, guys without a lot of money are that way because they spend it all. If they had a little more, they wouldn’t use it to speculate on pork futures…their idea of a pork future would wind up on the grill.
Pork future? Is that when you tell your girlfriend “Bend over sweetheart…I’m driving…”
Since the days of Reagan, the meaning of “trickle down” economics:
The uberrich and their political hacks pissing on everybody else…
Odds to win the 2013 World Series*
Detroit Tigers 6/1
New York Yankees 7/1
San Francisco Giants 10/1
Los Angeles Angels 12/1
Texas Rangers 12/1
Washington Nationals 12/1
Cincinnati Reds 14/1
Philadelphia Phillies 14/1
St. Louis Cardinals 14/1
Atlanta Braves 16/1
Los Angeles Dodgers 18/1
Tampa Bay Rays 20/1
Boston Red Sox 22/1
Arizona Diamondbacks 25/1
Baltimore Orioles 25/1
Milwaukee Brewers 25/1
Oakland Athletics 25/1
Chicago White Sox 28/1
Pittsburgh Pirates 30/1
Toronto Blue Jays 35/1
Miami Marlins 40/1
New York Mets 40/1
Seattle Mariners 40/1
San Diego Padres 60/1
Minnesota Twins 66/1
Chicago Cubs 75/1
Cleveland Indians 75/1
Colorado Rockies 75/1
Kansas City Royals 75/1
Houston Astros 150/1
* Canadian Bovada Sports Book . . . Even the Canadians don’t give us respect. 🙂
Can “third best odds” be declared the “underdog role?”
Yeah…let’s run with that…
Still blows me away.about East Coast Bias.
Yanks at 7/1 odds next year.Unbelivable.that team is older then Dirt(no pun intendedDirt).Only Cano left with any star quality.Fucking Joke….
flav, where u think Upton and bourn wind up? CBS guys thought either Nats or philly. Allegedly Nats been after bourn for a while and would slide harper to a corner. Philly might have dumped vic and pence but they still have all that pitching and are out to reload and compete.
I’m not into bourn but upton would be intriguing….chance to tap gloves with his brother too if he was here. I still think SF is class of the divsion, even if LA wins Greinke bidding war with Angels. They still have some other holes to fill, including middle of the chest of a few of them.
I think they will end up in Philly and Washington, probably respectively. I could also see Upton in Atlanta once Bourn is gone for sure. I’d love Upton but he isn’t coming out to San Francisco unless we totally overpay which we won’t do. And I’m just not that interested in Bourn unless it’s on a 2 year deal which is probably 2-3 years less than he will end up accepting……….
Hey, there’s always Raul Ibanez. . . .
7/1 Yankees is laughable. And you’d think the A’s and O’s would rate a LITTLE higher than 25/1 seeing as they did make it to the postseason.
For some reason I was thinking about Angel Villalona. Melky is one thing but Angel adds another can of worms . Right now he is on the 40 man but Restricted (Visa problems? Wink, wink.). If he gets his visa the Giants are going to have to do something with the kid. Granted he’ll be back in San Jose but I’m wondering if the Giants will burn a spot on the 40 man for him?
I think he’ll eventually be dropped off the 40 on some deep, dark winter’s day, or on New Year’s Day with all the bowl games, when the news will be buried somewhere. Or traded as a PTBNL in some innocuous transaction with the Royals, or some such. I think there is a snowball’s chance this kid will ever be a real Giants prospect again…
Wasn’t there some sort of a lawsuit threat or something if they hadn’t added him to the 40 man? Granted after year that’s probably not an issue any more and you’re probably right Snarkk (hell, the kid might not ever be able to get a visa). I was just curious about it.
Villalona filed a lawsuit against the Giants at one point, but that was later dropped.
Couple of points of interest here. First, he is a first baseman. I think we have that sorted out for the near future with Belt.
If the team does not put him on the 40, he will be exposed via the Rule 5 draft.
He played this summer in the Dominican Summer League. Here’s the line on him:
44 games, 193 PA, 155 AB, 47 H, 32 R, 9 2B, 7 HR, 34 RBI, 23 BB, 40 Ks. .303, .430, .497, .927.
Not bad numbers, and he is only 21. So, I would be surprised if he doesn’t end up on the 40 again.
But seriously, what do you do with him long-term when you have Belt?
He’s only 21, but he signed when he was 16, I believe. That’s an old 21, considering part of that time was dealing with the law, so he had no training for a long time. Whether he was innocent or guilty, I think he’s got too much baggage for the Giants, and the 40 man position was some sort of thing the Giants agreed to do — remember he sued the Giants in 2011 for breach of contract, then dropped it. I think suing your employer is generally not good for your future there…
We’ll see how it all plays out…
Sandoval followed that path and it didn’t hinder him at all.
Well, no murders in his past . . .
I can’t remember but I thought there were some weight issues. If they keep him on and he’s in shape, I’d throw him in the OF since he would have to start all over again.
Here is a good read that Demp28 shared with me…wanted to share with the Flap Nation…
http://tinyurl.com/d88rz8r
Great intro, zumie, really nice. It’s got everything to do with America as it should be
My Predictions:
1. Obama is re-elected as President.
2. Rep. Michele Bachmann loses and becomes a missionary in Kenya.
3. Todd Akin is raped and becomes pregnant.
4. Richard Mourdock is busted after exiting a brothel.
5. DJLoo is elected a ward in his Riker’s Island cell block.
6. The Koch brothers forget their offshore account PIN number(s).
. . . And Bozo and I discover them. Paydirt baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First thing blade, we gotta get Loo out of Jail and then fill up a jet with Flappers to watch some Winter ball. Dude, it’s a lot of money and won’t set you back too much.
That was a V8 moment on my part Clown . . . What was I thinking. Plenty of scratch for us, Loo’s breakout, and a Flapper party on Air Force One with the Boss and the Prez.
Fire that mother (jet) up…Winter ball it is!
Let the voting begin
Colorado a turn state?
Giants, still champs!!
Awshucks, wrestling mogul Linda McMahon loses in CT Senate race. #sarcasm
Woo Hoo moment in my mind too!
Carolina goes Romney, Mormons are christians, too
Mississippi for Romney
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Texas, Roney
SFGs
still winners
B-A-S-K
full on
E Warren in
Yep, they just called it for her. Probably the most honest person in the Senate now. Happy for her . . . 🙂
people of color
IN
Pennsylvania
Obama
Edd, I appreciate the updates but we all have access to this info and are probably all following it live.
my badl being in the UK, I am struggling to see
and it is late here.
Still have my baseball hat on.
full on
shifting to my FB page
You’re the best Ed . . . Keep on truckin’ my man. Love the pictures too!
New Hampshire
Obama
It looks like the be town be rockin’ in Nairobi tonight 😉
only with you, my friend
Warren is awesome. First time I heard her speak I was blown away. She’s not hard on the eyes either…hey, I dig librarians..
Watch for her as a pres candidate 2016…
Well, if Hillary doesn’t run. She could announce now be declared the 2016 winner tonight. The Replublicans and Democratic contenders should be thinking about 2024.
Uh, IMO…maybe we’re ready for Two Mommies. Mommy and Granny? Clinton/Warren: “you’ll vote for us if you know what’s good for you, young man…”
I think she is finer than frog hair…
It’s over-Obama re-elected.
It’s especially satisfying knowing vermin like Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter are absolutely despondent.
RU Kidding? Limbaugh is laughing all the way to bank. Another 4 years of ripping a dem president…
And jackasses like Trump. Anyone see the text of his tweets…fucking idiot…
Virgina and Florida tending towards Obama.
Colorado now projected Obama.
Looks like an Obamaslide…
Congrats to Obama!
And it was cool to see that the GOP Senate candidates that said weird things about rape got defeated. McCaskill won!
And Warren won. Cool! Scott Brown, take a hike.
And kudos to Nate Silver. You rock! Take a bow.
McCaskill gave a great speech, IMO. Even managed to compliment Akin wiithout really complimenting him. Akin, on the other hand, managed to make his concession speech sound like a victorious one. I don’t think he ever mentioned McCaskill’s name…
That result was a bitter pill for Republicans to swallow. They were ahead in that one until Akin’s rape comments.
Washington State has voted to legalize recreational use of pot.
Let Timmeh Smoke!…
Oh man. (grin)
Firing one up for Timmy!
Time for the hat trick – GO NINERS!!!
Giants, still champs
I’ll be tossing up a new thread in the morning…
just a little bit of love