Giancarlo Stanton sweepstakes

Lots of rumors and speculation on where the new home run king will end up. Teams said to be in the mix are the Red Sox, Cardinals, Giants and Phillies.

No mention of the Yankees through, thankfully. Like they need Stanton AND Judge!

https://www.sbnation.com/2017/11/11/16636514/mlb-hot-stove-offseason-trade-rumors-giancarlo-stanton-marlins-giants-phillies-red-sox-cardinals

Every U.S. state ranked by quality of its food

Who do you think is #1?

I won't spoil it in case you'd prefer to click on the link and discover it for yourself. But I will reveal that West Virginia bears the distinction of coming in last!


https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/every-state-ranked-by-its-food-drink

McCain slaps down Trump

Hilarious wildlife photo contest

I didn't even know this was a thing until today! Many more pictures at the source, and in larger file sizes. These are just a few of my favorites. The seals really seem to be the front-runners!















https://www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/

How much worse will it get?

And when will something finally be done to rein in lax gun laws?


Of the 30 deadliest shootings in the US dating back to 1949, 18 have occurred in the last 10 years. Two of the five deadliest took place in just the last 35 days.

Below is a list of the 10 deadliest single-day mass shootings in modern US history. If the shooter was killed or died by suicide during the incident, that death is not included in the total. (Here’s an explanation of why we say “modern history”).

The Harvest Music Festival
58 killed
October 1, 2017 – A gunman, identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, fires from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on a crowd of more than 20,000 gathered on the Las Vegas Strip for the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival. He kills 58 people and injures more than 500. Police believe the gunman then kills himself. It is the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.

Pulse night club
49 killed
June 12, 2016 – Omar Saddiqui Mateen, 29, opens fire inside Pulse, a gay nightclub, in Orlando. At least 49 people are killed and more than 50 are injured. Police shoot and kill Mateen during an operation to free hostages officials say he was holding at the club.

Virginia Tech
32 killed
April 16, 2007 – Student Seung-Hui Cho, 23, goes on a shooting spree, killing 32 people in two locations and wounding an undetermined number of others on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. The shooter dies by suicide.

Sandy Hook
27 killed
December 14, 2012 – Adam Lanza, 20, guns down 20 children, ages 6 and 7, and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, before turning the gun on himself. Investigators later find the shooter’s mother, Nancy Lanza, dead from a gunshot wound.

First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs
26 killed
November 5, 2017 – A man walks into a small church in a rural Texas town and guns down 26 people. The shooter, identified by two law enforcement sources as Devin Patrick Kelley, is found dead after a brief chase, but it’s unclear if he is killed or takes his own life. It is the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history.

Luby’s Cafeteria
23 killed
October 16, 1991 – In Killeen, Texas, 35-year-old George Hennard crashes his pickup truck through the wall of a Luby’s Cafeteria. After exiting the truck, Hennard shoots and kills 23 people. He then takes his own life.

McDonald’s in San Ysidro
21 killed
July 18, 1984 – In San Ysidro, California, 41-year-old James Huberty, armed with a long-barreled Uzi, a pump-action shotgun and a handgun, shoots and kills 21 adults and children at a McDonald’s. A police sharpshooter kills Huberty one hour after the rampage begins.

University of Texas
18 killed
August 1, 1966 – Charles Joseph Whitman, a former US Marine, kills 16 and wounds at least 30 while shooting from a tower at the University of Texas at Austin. Police officers Ramiro Martinez and Houston McCoy shoot and kill Whitman in the tower. Whitman had killed his mother and wife earlier in the day.

San Bernardino
14 killed
December 2, 2015 – Married couple Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik open fire on an employee gathering taking place at Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, killing 14 people. They are killed in a shootout with police later in the day.

Edmond, Oklahoma
14 killed
August 20, 1986 – In Edmond, Oklahoma, part-time mail carrier Patrick Henry Sherrill, armed with three handguns, kills 14 postal workers in 10 minutes and then takes his own life with a bullet to the head.

http://wtvr.com/2017/11/05/2-of-5-deadliest-mass-shootings-in-modern-us-history-happened-in-the-last-35-days/

Republicans, this is YOUR president!

WTF are you going to do about it? Purchase Kevlar vests?

"You can help by praying for these families and their loved ones, first and foremost."

"Everyone can do that... If you want a way to help, it's through prayer and it's through financial donations."

-Audrey Gossett Louis, district attorney in Sutherland Springs, Texas re: the shooting massacre.


I wonder what the people in the church were doing prior to getting shot. Praying, maybe?

We're going to Game 7!

Not us! The Dodgers and the Astros.

Hell yeah!

Darvish vs. McCullers scheduled. Bring it on!

Jerry Jones and 16 other NFL owners try to block Roger Goodell contract extension

Anyone here willing to make a case for keeping Goodell around? Who would you like to see replace him?

Can't put the phone down syndrome

How many times have you watched a pro sports event on TV and shook your head as the camera operator pans the crowd and you see numerous people playing, texting or talking on their phones during the action?

I have the World Series on and can see people behind home plate staring at their phones. I mean, sure, I'm typing this post instead of locking my attention on Game 1, but I DIDN'T PAY MORE THAN $1,000 FOR A TICKET!!!