15 minutes ago, JustATroutFan said:

Abolish the wild card altogether so teams like the Yankees don't have any chance of winning the World Series. Not second chances in baseball. Either win your division or deal with it and stay home come postseason!

Given how good the Astros look to be for years to come, I think this is a terrible idea.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/10/breaking-parking-tickets-prove-stephen-paddock-mandalay-bay-sept-25th-3-days-feds-say-arrived/

FBI still claiming he checked in on the 28th when clearly he was already there on the 25th.  Nothing conspiratorial about this, the fact is they are lying.  Wake up.

20 hours ago, calscuf said:

They really should do a study of the intelligence levels (IQ) of conspiracy theory goofs.

If 70 is like learning disabled, but not special classes in high school D-F student,  90 is MAGA, 100 is average, 130 is gifted, I would estimate that most conspiracy theorists are about 105-110.  Smarter than most dummies they meet, but not smart enough to understand that in big picture, they're not smart and quite average and anyone that they meet who is truly intelligent thinks they are basically stupid. 

Ah yes the old "everyone I disagree with is stupid" fallacy.  Weak sauce.

I bet the conspiratards are still smarter than the sheep that buy the BS the media and gov feed us.

I'm somewhere in the middle but lean towards not buying the official story.  I tested 138 IQ on the MENSA entrance exam, 2200 on my SAT, and went to Stanford for my grad degree.  Tell me how much smarter you are again?

Besides, all those measures of intelligence are one dimensional.  I work with people from top schools that have no common sense and couldn't change a tire to save their lives.

6 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Apparently this guy had an endless source of funds but no discernible job. He must have made an absolute fortune in real estate and/or gambling. British press is reporting he bought the house in Mesquite and paid $369,000 in cash for it.

from CNN:

In addition to his frequent forays into casinos and gun shops, Las Vegas strip killer Stephen Paddock took 20 cruises, many of them in Europe and the Middle East, investigators have learned.

The cruises included stops at ports in Spain, Italy, Greece, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, according to information provided by a law enforcement source who asked not to be identified because the source was not authorized to share information about the investigation. Paddock's girlfriend, Marilou Danley, accompanied him on nine of the cruises.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/06/us/vegas-shooter-paddock-foreign-cruises/index.html

 

Cuz he was an arms dealer?

2 hours ago, calscuf said:

He was shooting blindly in the dark. They would've helped him know exactly where his bullets we're going and help him target remaining people after the masses ran.

And they knew where he was almost immediately because of the fire alarm.  It still took the PD an hour to enter his room.  I doubt visible tracers from a general area of the exterior of the hotel would make any difference.

Shooting blindly?  He was shooting at a lit up target at night.  Even a cheap red dot scope would do.  You're not talkign about precision marksmanship here, it was a crowd of 20k.  When's the last time you shot a gun?  You seem to have more opinions than knowledge.

What do you call a smart blonde?  Golden retriever.

Three women are about to be executed for crimes. One's a brunette, one's a redhead, and one's a blonde. Two guards brings the brunette forward, and the executioner asks if she has any last requests. She says no, and the executioner shouts, "Ready . . . Aim . . ." Suddenly the brunette yells, "earthquake!!" Everyone is startled and looks around. She manages to escape. The angry guards then bring the redhead forward, and the executioner asks if she has any last requests. She says no, and the executioner shouts, "Ready . . . Aim . . ." The redhead then screams, "tornado!!" Yet again, everyone is startled and looks around. She too escapes execution. By this point, the blonde has figured out what the others did. The guards bring her forward, and the executioner asks if she has any last requests. She also says no, and the executioner shouts, Ready . . . Aim . . ." The blonde shouts, "fire!!"

A baby seal walks into a club.....

NRA calling for a review (ban) on bump stocks.  Interesting.

Listen to the gunfire at the beginning of the video vs the distant gunfire around the 45 second mark. Huge difference in apparent distance and volume.  Also look at the flash at 4:55-515.  That ain't coming from the 32nd floor.  Either it's a strobe of some sort or if it's muzzle flash we're being fed a line of bs.  If you want to hear a real far out theory, there's documents online that seem to show that his gf's sponsor for immigration was a guy named Carl W. Ford, a CIA guy. 

The food receipt shows 2 guests in his room were ordered for, too much food for 1 guy and 2 drinks ordered.  Receipt also says "table" number was 32125...his floor and room number.  IRD, in room dining.  Who was up there with him?  What's this second person the police are alluding to?  Lady told people at the concert they would die soon.  

Whatever the case I think there's more to come. 

9 hours ago, JustATroutFan said:

But it was still just one bad postseason/series and one of the main reason to not label Trout as a "choker". Like every great players have bad postseason or series in their careers, including those who are considered "clutch" by everyone. 

Your obsession with Trout is downright creepy.

Face it he hasn't done good under pressure so far in his career.  It's a pattern with him at this point.  Terrible in the playoffs, if he had tore it up you wouldn't be screaming small sample size.  His performance in high leverage situations this season barely exceeded that of Albert.  Terrible September this year but as soon as they were officially out of it he had a great couple games.  If you look at his career numbers his OPS peaks in June, goes down in July, then lower yet in August, and his worst month is September.  That's a six year average, not a "small sample size". That's a definite trend at this point. Hopefully he outgrows this.  But it can no longer be denied.  He's choking until he proves otherwise.

23 minutes ago, Tank said:

With automatic weapons being illegal, how is something like this even remotely legal?!? If me or one of my family was a victim in Vegas, I would sue the living hell out of the manufacturer of that device and whoever sold it. It's time to hold companies like this one accountable for what they're selling. This is a product that has no business being in the hands of any single one of us.

I don't disagree on the ridiculousness of it being legal but a couple points:

It's a legal device at the moment and the manufacturer isn't liable if someone uses it for illegal means.  A car can kill but you can't sue Toyota if some idiot runs your family down maliciously.  This was not its intended use,  from a legal standpoint.

You would have a very hard time proving that this device was responsible for the death of your particular family member.  A semi auto can put a lot of bullets downrange without one.

I personally think abortion and serving alcohol to people when you know they are likely to drive home are terrible ideas, and many more lives have been taken because of these activities.  Part of freedom is tolerating things you don't agree with at times. Part of a civilized society is pursuing legal means to change things you disagree with.  I'm sure these devices will be illegal soon enough.

1 hour ago, Troll Daddy said:

I guessing everyone here wants the Yankees to win

Only so I can see the Indians humiliate them.

37 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

You’re right ... Yankees wouldn’t make that trade

They would have to be complete morons to.  By any measure, Sanchez and Judge are worth more to a team than Trout alone. Not to mention they will make a combined 1/30th of what Trout will next year.

37 minutes ago, Taylor said:

8.2 WAR as a rookie, will make over 30 million LESS than Trout, and so far doesn't suck in the playoffs or September.  Do it.  Spend the extra 30 mil and Stanton or JD Martinez too.  Trout has been underwhelming when it counts, time and again.

8 hours ago, Troll Daddy said:

 

Sign Lorenzo Cain and stuff Trout in left field ... .300 Ave .363 OBP .803 OPS and yea, he's a gold glove defender too

Cheaper and better fit imo

This.  Upton has a history of being very inconsistent.  He had a great year but he's had plenty of mediocre ones.  Plus he's a terrible defender, seems like his mind is in outer space half the time.

Judge 2-4 with a walk, a HR, 3 runs and 2 RBI's in the WC game.  Not bad for a rookie.

5 minutes ago, Jason said:

As far as this shooting goes, stuff isn’t adding up to me. Seems like a difficult task to do this with no help. This dude had plenty of ammo to shoot up the cops too but he blows his brains out? Maybe @Vladdylonglegs can back me up here. I generally don’t buy into conspiracies but this one feels like there’s more to it

A lot of it stinks.  

Sure looks like gunfire coming from the 4th or 5th floor.  The flashes are in time with the sound, delayed due to distance just like you'd think.

Guy has zero criminal or mental health history.

He owned at least one plane, and had material to improvise explosives.  You'd do a lot more damage and be far more sensational by loading it up and flying it into something.  Clearly he was intent on max damage, and given his background I'd say he was no dummy (different from being nuts).

But maybe that can all be explained away.

The picture sure looks like him and his gal at the anti Trump rally.  Whoever shot up a country concert certainly was targeting conservatives.  Maybe his wife radicalized him.  I don't trust the gov to ever tell us that even if they found it out.  Maybe he had a bad gambling streak and decided to go out in a big (yet horrible) way.  His dad was nuts, maybe he inherited some bad mental health and was good at hiding it.

9 minutes ago, Lou said:

And the best of them all...

 

All the facts in the world won't convince a dyed in the wool liberal.  They operate on emotions and when proven wrong either swear at you, call you a nazi,  a racist, or some combination of the above.  When someone says their is no leftist media bias I mentally dismiss them.  Fox news is the one and only mainstream right wing network and not a fan of them either.  Tell me the facts, I'll form my own opinions.  Oddly enough RT is probably about the most factual news station.  Who would have ever thought it would come to that?

18 minutes ago, Lou said:

And just because this is so damn funny...

 

That's a great compilation of WHY Trump won.  Not because people like him so much.  But because they are sick of self appointed elitists telling them what's best for them and how they should think. Funny, most of these "elitists", especially the Hollywood types, are as sharp as bowling balls and their lives are moral cesspools.  I went to a top university and the so called elite liberals there have ZERO real world accomplishments.  Never ran a business, never created one job, never invented anything, never helped anyone but themselves.  I got the paper I needed and never looked back.

Say you are an average southern white redneck type.  You grow up with few financial advantages, parents don't send you to college, then you spend the rest of your life being brow beaten by the media about how "advantaged" and racist you are, when in reality you see a large chunk of your hard earned wages go to illegal invaders, deadbeats, and then are told how all the world's problems are your fault.  No wonder they're pissed off.

 I saw an article the other day that Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, and some other idiot were chiming in on gun control again.  Those type need to wake up.  They're absolute trash with no morals, no brains,  and they want to weigh in and tell US how to live all the while having their own 24/7 armed security details.  Trump will win again in 2020, not that I'm particularly excited about that, but the dems continue to dig their own graves.

5 minutes ago, nando714 said:

I think this dude was brain washed. A single older man with money. Easy target. 

I would love to see if he really was a convert.  Or is it just more Obama coined "workplace violence"?

1 hour ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Just saw a pic on CNN, definetely had a bump stock on at least one rifle.

I've shot bump fire and watched experienced people do it.  At one point in one of the videos you see the bullets sweep in a straight line side to side..   At that range with a bump fire, no way., you'd be all over the place.  At some points you hear a varying rates of fire but at others it's very constant.  I'd venture he had at least one illegally modified full auto.  You can tell because the rate of fire is quite a bit slower than a true full auto. Plus an illegally modified gun dumps the whole clip even if you let off the trigger, and that is exactly what happens.  No pause. Go to youtube and listen to a truly automatic AK or M16 and you'll see what I mean.

No doubt they will use this to ban that style stock.  Fine with me, I see no use for it besides causing trouble.  My range banned them ASAP when  they came out.

20 hours ago, Mark68 said:

Race baiter? Are you fucking high? Give it a goddamn rest. The only way Obama was a race baiter is by his mere presence as a black man in the White House--a house built by slaves.

I am so sick of idiots like you parroting this nonsense. If you want to point fingers at race baiters, look at the current occupant at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave--that is, during the week, because every weekend, he's on one of his goddamn golf courses. He kicked off his campaign with racial dog whistles. Even before he "officially" ran, he was one of the unofficial heads of the "birther" movement. Obama a fucking race baiter, my ass.

The mainstream media reports the news. That's their job. Not to make shit up but to report what actually does happen. If it isn't 100% right-wing in its reporting, then it must be "liberal media". 

I am so sick of this tired narrative.

By the way, the mainstream media has a good deal of responsibility for Trump's election, with all that free publicity he received from the get-go. More time on the public airwaves than any other candidate.

 

The swearing really doesn't do much to make your point seem more credible, quite the opposite. Not impressing anyone.

Anyways.

Study after study has shown that the media is biased towards liberal viewpoints, and reporters are on average quite a bit to the left.  Have you ever lived anywhere besides California? I've lived in 5 states and most of the country is NOT liberal. Members of the media went so far as to give Hillary the debate questions ahead of time.  I didn't like either candidate but that's downright scary.  Hello Pravda.

As far as Obama race baiting, you're living in lala land.  He sent three representatives to the funeral of Michael Brown but none to Chris Kyle's. Three to Freddie Gray's but Margaret Thatcher, one of our strongest allies since WW2, yeah he sent no one.  He is the most racist President in history.  Honored drug dealing scumbags over soldiers and allies, all based on race.  Even criticized his own grandmother for being "white". Used the IRS to attack conservative groups.

I don't know anyone who didn't like him because he's (half) black.  The average person didn't like him because he was a liar, added more debt to our country than EVERY President before him combined,  made snide comments about anyone who disagreed with him, and in general was a do nothing bum who let other world leaders walk all over him.

The only people "responsible"for Trump being elected are the idiot dems, who illegally sabotaged Sanders, and tried to force the evil sociopath Hillary down our throats.  I'm glad it blew up in their face.

6 hours ago, nate said:

He bought legal kits to convert his guns to fully automatic

Just stop. Once again, you are making it up as you go.  There is no legal way to convert a gun to full auto.  No permit.  Nada.  If someone sold it to him it was a federal crime.

2 hours ago, Mark68 said:

There are some who are still fighting that war. And as much as MAGA would love to deny it, most of them voted for Trump.

Many of them have shit-tons of guns too.

But as for the recent ratcheting up of hatred between the two sides, yes, it was right-wing radio and Fox. There was no equivalent on the left--and don't say "mainstream media". That's such horseshit. 

Don't try to preemptively deny the truth.  The MSM is in the bag for the dems and the way they pandered to Obama and Hillary was revolting to anyone with a lick of common sense.  I don't like Trump either but the race baiter Obama did more to divide this country than anyone in my lifetime. I wonder if the shooter used some of Obama and Holders fast n furious weapons?

4 hours ago, gotbeer said:

This dude's story is getting weirder.

Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock enjoyed gambling, country music; lived quiet life before massacre

 

So he shoots up a concert of music he likes?  

No, he shot up a crowd that he figured would be full of Trump supporters.