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Are you ready for some Baseball?

Happy Easter to all!

Some quick thoughts.

Today also happens to be the beginning of the 2010 MLB season and that's always a good day. ESPN is featuring the Yanks vs Red Sox tonight, (one of the best rivalries in sports) as the season opener. That means I get to listen to Miller and Morgan butcher the facts as they usually do. I thought the Yanks would have signed either Matsui or Damon, but Cashman let them both walk away. It'll be weird seeing the WS MVP in an Angels uniform, but he read the market right and jumped on a contract fast.

If the Rays get good starting pitching, the AL East will be a three way race. By the way, have you ever wondered why they changed their name from the Devil Rays? The word Devil wasn't a popular word for some in Florida.

The Phillies are my pick to go to the World Series again unless Lidge can't rebound and they don't trade for a closer in July from the NL. I'll be rooting for the crazy Dodgers to win their division and then beat the Phillies, but the Rockies are strong too and could edge out LA. The idiot pundit class seems to have forgotten that the Dodgers owned Colorado last year in head to head play. I dislike the Mets almost as much as the Red Sox, but I kind of felt sorry for them a little with all the injuries they had last year. I think the pundits are too giddy over the Braves too. How does Florida always develop such great talent?

Will the Cubs finally get back to the big dance or even make the playoffs? The Cardinals will be tough to beat in that division.

The Twins need to replace their injured closer or the White Sox will beat them out, but that team is always competitive and they do have a great offense this year and a new ball park. The Dome will be missed.

And I never underestimate the Angels. The Mariners improved their team immensely, but still are lacking in the hitting department. I'm not sure what to make of Texas. They are a good team and will be in the mix, but the heat during the summer is a killer.

Who do you root for and what do you expect? I know I missed writing about a lot of teams.



Baseball Playoffs Begin Today!

I can't believe it's time for the baseball playoffs already. If you missed it yesterday, Detroit and Minnesota played an awesome one-game playoff that resulted in a 12-inning win for the Twins, who made one of the great comebacks in MLB history. And Joe Mauer is the MVP for sure. Soon to be the named the greatest catcher of all time.

The teams are:

The Rockies at the Phillies

The Twins at the Yankees

The Cardinals at the Dodgers

The Red Sox at the Angels.

This is a very wide open field. You know who I'm rooting for, now who's going to win the first round?



Baseball playoffs

Go Yanks ...

A's beat Twins, Cardinals beat San Diego...



Trash Can in St. Louis

Trashcan.jpg A woman was blasted by a trash can while entering a St Louis Cardinals game over the weekend. This was captured by a cell phone. Emailer E: These storms caused a lot of damage at this game and around St. Louis, even knocked out the windows of the broadcasting booth.

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I hope she wasn't injured. That had to be a shock.



The Spitfire's Grill

Hal Turner

C&L had a post pointing us to Hal Turner's (blog-like) Website. First of all, if I were to call Turner a far-Right-Winger, it wouldn't be fair to him, and it definitely wouldn't be fair to Republicans. This guy is definitely not a Republican. He believes (like many Democrats) that Bush lied about WMDs in Iraq. But Turner believes its a lie for a different reason. Michael Moore Democrats maintain it is about oil. Turner just plain doesn't like the fact that we freed Iraqies (ie, non-whites (ie, "not God's "Chosen")).

Among Hal Turner's site's more recent posts was this post (not a true blog as there aren't permalinks):

RUMOR: CARDINALS MAY SELECT AN AFRICAN OR LATIN AS NEXT PONTIFF TO REACH OUT TO THE THIRD WORLD
If they do, it will rightly mean the total destruction of the Catholic Church
Non-Whites can never be Pope because they are not of God's Chosen; Jews have been trying to steal the title of "God's Chosen" for centuries, but those of us who understand the Bible know that only whites constitute God's Chosen. It says so in the Bible, Book of Genesis.

Now being a Roman Catholic, the concept that the Book of Genesis says that non-Whites are not God's Chosen perturbs me. As such, I emailed him. Please, if you just want to insult him, don't email him, I believe that the only way to beat stupidity is civility. This is my email:

Subject: Where in the Bible does it say "Non-Whites...are not of God's Chosen". You said it says so in the Book of Genesis. Chapter and Verse?

To my delight, he responded:
It simple. In Genesis 1, it reports that on the first day, God created. . . . Second day God created. . . . . etc., until the SIXTH Day. On the SIXTH day, God createed all Human beings? On the seventh Day, God rested. Are you with me so far?

What is the very NEXT thing God did? Genesis 2: God looked at what he created and realized there was no one suitable to take care of the land. So he reached into the dirt, carved out the image of Man and blew the breath of life into him. The man was called "Adam"

If you look at a book such as Strong's Concordance, you will see the name "Adam" was actually Awdom, meaning ruddy of complexion. Where you can see the blood beneath the skin. Which is the ONLY race on earth where you can see the blood under the skin? White people. We're the only one's who can "blush." TO REACH OUT TO THE THIRD WORLD
If they do, it will rightly mean the total destruction of the Catholic Church
Non-Whites can never be Pope because they are not of God's Chosen; Jews have been trying to steal the title of "God's Chosen" for centuries, but those of us who understand the Bible know that only whites constitute God's Chosen. It says so in the Bible, Book of Genesis.
Now being a Roman Catholic, the concept that the Book of Genesis says that non-Whites are not God's Chosen perturbs me. As such, I emailed him. Please, if you just want to insult him, don't email him, I believe that the only way to beat stupidity is civility. This is my email:

Subject: Where in the Bible does it say "Non-Whites...are not of God's Chosen". You said it says so in the Book of Genesis. Chapter and Verse?

To my delight, he responded:
It simple. In Genesis 1, it reports that on the first day, God created. . . . Second day God created. . . . . etc., until the SIXTH Day. On the SIXTH day, God createed all Human beings? On the seventh Day, God rested. Are you with me so far?

What is the very NEXT thing God did? Genesis 2: God looked at what he created and realized there was no one suitable to take care of the land. So he reached into the dirt, carved out the image of Man and blew the breath of life into him. The man was called "Adam"

If you look at a book such as Strong's Concordance, you will see the name "Adam" was actually Awdom, meaning ruddy of complexion. Where you can see the blood beneath the skin. Which is the ONLY race on earth where you can see the blood under the skin? White people. We're the only one's who can "blush."
Then comes the whole Rib thing with Eve and you have the beginnings of the WHITE race. His Chosen People "Israel."
That's why the "original sin" has only to do with white people. It has nothing to do with non-whites, all of whom are SIXTH Day creations!

Hope this helps.

The email actually seems fairly nice, albeit disgustingly racist. I'm working up a response right now which I'll post when I'm done. But I plan on ignoring the racism aspect entirely. I pride myself on my logical and argumentative skills, so I plan to break down his logic piece by piece and show him just how many logical leaps he takes. I'll attempt to do this as nicely as possible.
 
ed.note: good luck...we doubt logic will sway a confirmed winger like Hal, but keep us posted!
 

The Brutality of Empire      Agitprop

Information about U.S. military abuses in Iraq at the beginning of the war is slowly leaking out thanks to several Freedom of Information Act requests made by the ACLU. Detractors and haters of the ACLU claim that the organization is hurting the image of the United States by uncovering this information. I believe it is the right of every American citizen to have access to this information--to have access to the truth and know how our tax dollars are being spent in this illegal war based on "dead wrong" intelligence. We have now learned that our tax dollars have been used to enact policies of torture as our soldiers have been ordered to beat,  maim and kill Iraqi citizens, detainees and prisoners.

Then comes the whole Rib thing with Eve and you have the beginnings of the WHITE race. His Chosen People "Israel."
That's why the "original sin" has only to do with white people. It has nothing to do with non-whites, all of whom are SIXTH Day creations!

Hope this helps.

The email actually seems fairly nice, albeit disgustingly racist. I'm working up a response right now which I'll post when I'm done. But I plan on ignoring the racism aspect entirely. I pride myself on my logical and argumentative skills, so I plan to break down his logic piece by piece and show him just how many logical leaps he takes. I'll attempt to do this as nicely as possible.
ed.note: good luck...we doubt logic will sway a confirmed winger like Hal, but keep us posted!


Pope Benedict XVI

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Cardinal Joesph Ratzinger

Mark writes satirically: It's official - new pope is a fomer member of the
Hitler Youth - Jews around the world rejoice at the
remarkable selection - just days before passover!
"May he stay forever young"
Robert Zimmerman.

Conspiracy feared. Hanging chads held up ballot count for a week. Liberal Cardinals demand recount. Morning after pill renamed Zyklon C.

Ratzinger served John Paul II since 1981 as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. In that position, he has disciplined church dissidents and upheld church policy against attempts by liberals for reforms. He turned 78 on Saturday.

(Update)-Ny Daily News has this: New Pope? Nope

Ezra says Da New Pope: ...In any case, this isn't exactly the guy I'd like to see get the job, indeed, I fear he'll just continue the rightward politicization of the Vatican. But then, nobody asked me, and I'm not even a Catholic, so my thoughts on the matter don't much count.

Update: EJ Dionne has some thoughts, Andy Sullivan is markedly unhappy, The Corner is typing so fast that the magazine is going to be sidelined with a staff-wide case of carpal tunnel, Giblets doesn't much like his new Pope costume, Ed Kilgore thinks the "conservative" label is misplaced, and Sam Rosenfeld asks the operative question: Where's Gary Wills?

Majifthise says: habemus papam

Liz says:Pope Watch Is Over: Oh boy, watch out for the Catholic Church now. Progressive Catholics will probably start committing suicide any day.The new man in the big hat is Benedict XVI who is really Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.
Women beware. We're going back in time.

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