Jays' Trades - by Moses - Saturday June 2nd - Tuesday June 5, 2012

    
 1.  From the Toronto Blue Jays;  (RF/3B) Jose Bautista - Bats Right
                                             (RHP) Francisco Cordero
                                             (LHP) Matt Wright

     to the Cincinnati Reds for;     (LHP) Aroldis Chapman



2.  From the Toronto Blue Jays;   (RHP) Danny Farquhar
                                             (1B) David Cooper - Bats Left

     to the Cleveland Indians for;  (1B/DH) Travis Hafner - Bats Left



3.  From the Toronto Blue Jays;   (RHP) Carlos Villanueva
                                             (RHP) Kyle Drabek
                                             (C/1B) Travis D'Arnaud - Bats Right

     to the Philadelphia Phillies for; (LHP) Cliff Lee




  As a result of the proposed changes the 2012 Toronto Blue Jays 40-Man Roster would look as follows;

Batting Lineup;

1.  (LF) - Bats Left              Anthony Gose
2.  (SS) - Bats Right            Yunel Escobar
3.  (RF) - Bats Right            Vladimir Guerrero
4.  (CF) - Bats Left             Colby Rasmus
5.  (DH/1B) - Bats Right       Eddie Encarnacion
6.  (1B/DH) - Bats Left        Travis Hafner
7.  (3B) - Bats Right            Brett Lawrie
8.  (C) - Bats Right              J.P Arencibia
9.  (2B) - Bats Left              Kelly Johnson

Bench;

1.  (OF/1B) - Bats Left         Eric Thames
2.  (C) - Bats Right              A.J Jimenez
3.  (Inf) - Switch-Hitter        Omar Vizquel
4.  (OF) - Bats Right            Rajai Davis      
5.  (1B) - Switch-Hitter        Michael McDade
6.  (OF) - Bats Right            Moises Sierra
 
Pitching Staff

1.   (LHP) Ricky Romero
2.   (RHP) Brandon Morrow
3.   (LHP) Cliff Lee
4.   (RHP) Henderson Alvarez
5.   (RHP) Drew Hutchison
5.   (LHP) David Rollins
5.   (RHP) Aaron Sanchez
5.   (RHP) Noah Syndergaard
6.   (RHP) Jesse Chavez
6.   (RHP) Joel Carreno
7.   (LHP) Luis Perez
7.   (LHP) Justin Nicolino
7.   (LHP) Sean Nolin
8.   (RHP) Jason Frasor
8.   (RHP) Chad Beck
9.   (LHP) Darren Oliver
9.   (LHP) Danny Herrera
10. (RHP) Casey Janssen
10. (RHP) Danny Barnes
11. (LHP) Aroldis Chapman

5-Man Roster to Make the 40 Man-Roster;

1.   (C/1B/3B) Bats Right      - Sean Ochinko
2.   (SS)        Bats Right       - Adeiny Hechavarria
3.   (2B/SS)   Switch-Hitter   - Cesar Hernandez.
4.   (SS/2B)    Bats Right      - Joaquin Arias   
5.   (C/1B/3B) Bats Right      - Yan Gomes                   

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2012 Cleveland Indians

Batting Lineup

1.   (2B) - Bats Left          Jason Kipnis
2.   (RF) - Bats Left          Shi Soo Choo
3.   (SS) - Switch Hitter    Asdrubal Cabrera
4.   (CF) - Bats Left          Michael Brantley
5.   (C)   - Bats Left         Carlos Santana
6.   (3B)  - Bats Right       Jose Lopez
7.   (1B)  - Bats Left        David Cooper
8.   (LF)  - Bats Right       Shelley Duncan
9.   (DH)  - Bats Left         Johnny Damon

Pitching Staff

1.   (RHP) Jeanmar Gomez
2.   (RHP) Derek Lowe
3.   (LHP) Scott Barnes
4.   (RHP) Zack McAllister
5.   (LHP) Tony Sipp
6.   (LHP) Rafael Perez
7.   (RHP) Joe Smith
8.   (LHP) Nick Hagadone
9.   (RHP) Jeremy Accardo
10. (RHP) Vinnie Pastano
11. (RHP) Chris Perez




2012 Cincinnati Reds

Batting Lineup

1.   (CF) - Bats Right     Drew Stubbs
2.   (2B) - Bats Right     Brandon Phillips
3.   (1B) - Bats Left       Joey Votto
4.   (RF) - Bats Right     Jose Bautista
5.   (LF) - Bats Left       Jay Bruce
6.   (3B) - Bats Right     Scott Rolen
7.   (C)   - Bats Right     Ryan Hanigan
8.   (SS) - Bats Right     Zach Cozart

Pitching Staff

1.   (RHP) Johnny Cueto
2.   (RHP) Homer Bailey
3.   (LHP) Sean Marshall
4.   (RHP) Bronson Arroyo
5.   (RHP) Mat Latos
6.   (RHP) Jose Arrondonda 
7.   (LHP) Matt Wright
8.   (RHP) Logan Ondrusek
9.   (RHP) J.J Hoover
10. (RHP) Alfredo Simon
11. (RHP) Francisco Cordero




2012 Philadelphia Phillies

Batting Lineup

1.   (SS) - Switch Hitter   Jimmy Rollins
2.   (CF) - Switch Hitter   Shane Victorino 
3.   (RF) - Bats Right       Hunter Pence
4.   (1B) - Bats Left         Ryan Howard
5.   (C)   - Bats Right      Travis D'Arnaud
6.   (2B) - Bats Left        Chase Utley
7.   (LF) - Bats Left         Juan Pierre
8.   (3B) - Bats Right       Placido Polanco

Pitching Staff

1.   (RHP) Roy Halladay
2.   (LHP) Cole Hammels
3.   (RHP) Vance Worley
4.   (LHP) Lance Diekman
5.   (RHP) Kyle Drabek
6.   (RHP) Joe Blanton
6.   (RHP) Carlos Villanueva
7.   (LHP) Raul Valdes
8.   (RHP) Chad Qualls
9.   (LHP) Joe Savery
10. (LHP) Antonio Bastardo
11. (RHP) Jonathon Papelbon

2012 Toronto Blue Jays Trade Forecast by Moses on Saturday, June 2nd, 2012

1.  From the Toronto Blue Jays   - (RF/3B) Jose Bautista - Bats Right
                                              (RHP) Francisco Cordero,
                                              (LHP) Matt Wright
 
     to the Cincinnati Reds for     - (LHP) Aroldis Chapman


2.  From the Toronto Blue Jays   - (RHP) Danny Farquhar
                                              (1B) David Cooper - Bats Left

     to the Cleveland Indians for  - (1B/DH) Travis Hafner - Bats Left


3.  From the Toronto Blue Jays   - (RHP) Carlos Villanueva
                                              (RHP) Kyle Drabek
                                              (C/1B) Travis D'Arnaud - Bats Right

     to the Philadelphia Phillies for -(LHP) Cliff Lee




  As a result of the proposed changes the 2012 Toronto Blue Jays would look as follows;

Batting Lineup;

1.  (LF) - Bats Left               Anthony Gose
2.  (SS) - Bats Right             Yunel Escobar
3.  (RF) - Bats Right             Vladimir Guerrero
4.  (CF) - Bats Left              Colby Rasmus
5.  (DH/1B) - Bats Right        Eddie Encarnacion
6.  (1B/DH) - Bats Left         Travis Hafner
7.  (3B) - Bats Right             Brett Lawrie  
8.  (C) - Bats Right              J.P Arencibia
9.  (2B) - Bats Left              Kelly Johnson

Bench;

1.  (OF/1B) - Bats Left         Eric Thames
2.  (C) - Bats Right              A.J Jimenez
3.  (Inf) - Switch-Hitter        Omar Vizquel 
4.  (OF) - Bats Right            Rajai Davis        
5.  (1B) - Switch-Hitter        Michael McDade
6.  (OF) - Bats Right            Moises Sierra
   

Pitching Staff

1.   (LHP) Ricky Romero
2.   (RHP) Brandon Morrow
3.   (LHP) Cliff Lee 
4.   (RHP) Henderson Alvarez
5.   (LHP) Brett Cecil
6.   (RHP) Joel Carreno
7.   (LHP) Luis Perez
8.   (RHP) Jason Frasor
9.   (LHP) Darren Oliver
10. (RHP) Casey Janssen
11. (LHP) Aroldis Chapman
                       
Special regards to my Dad who turns 69 today...

The OPEC Controversary - by Moses

It is Tuesday, May 22, 2012 and Canadians are paying roughly $1.30/Litre for gasoline. In the U.S gasoline prices have more than tripled since 2003. As recent as 1988, Canadians paid 45 Cents/Litre. OPEC, essentially the same in dynamics as the Colombian Drug Cartel, has created a dichotomy of warfare. At this point in time it is probably advantageous to distance ourselves from OPEC Nations in trade. It is known that both Europe and the America's (North, Central, and South America) could self sustain in Oil and Gas, in excess of 10 years currently. This would create an influx of economies within the four aforementioned Continents. With a ten year leeway we could see a huge breakthrough with respect to Electric and Hydrogen fueled vehicles. By the way, oil and gas powered vehicles 10 years from now with this mandate would result in much lower gas prices, as demand for gas would be much lower, even if only 25% of the vehicles on the road in ten years were electric or hydrogen fueled. In terms of warfare, what are North Americans buying into; an idea that Trillions of U.S Dollars have to be traded to OPEC Nations yearly to support their' economies. This is fallacy of the highest order. Sultans, Sheiks, and Kings, pocket roughly 90% of the revenue generated by crude oil sales, and have their populations living below poverty lines incomprehensible to North American standards. By the way, has anyone noticed that the Nations that make up the Oil Producing Economic Countries' collective populations are roughly 98% Muslim in their faith?

The Occupy Movement Part 4 - by Moses (a.k.a Stacey Marc Goldman)

Breakfast in bed for 600,000

The lineup for the 2015 Occupy Concert;

Pink Floyd (with Roger Waters), RUSH, The Rolling Stones, Triumph, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, The Tragically Hip, Our Lady Peace, Alice Cooper, Neil Young, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Gordon Lightfoot, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Ozzy Osbourne, The Wailers, Eric Clapton, Santana, Robbie Robertson, Metallica, The Replacements, Van Halen, Kim Mitchell, April Wine, ZZ Top, The Steve Miller Band, Bruce Cockburn, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Sean Kingston, The Black Eyed Peas, LMFAO, Tracy Chapman, Van Morrison, B.B King, U2, Aerosmith, Sting, RUN DMC, Snoop Dog, Nickelback, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston (in spirit), Mariah Carey, Motorhead, Supertramp, Willie Nelson, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, The Pixies, Quincy Jones, Delfalo Marsalis...

The question as to how is this feasible becomes a question of want. We're fighting for our livelihood in streets across North America. The media broadcasts UFC matches practically every hour on the hour. In the NHL off-season this past year three former enforcers, namely Wade Belak, Derek Bougaarde, and Rick Rypien all committed suicide. The age of instant gratification has taken away the craftmanship of work formerly associated with the Canadian and American labour force. What's going to happen to North American' retirement funds if our Dollar becomes de-valued to 2 cents on the dollar? $2 Million in RRSPS becomes worth $40,000. In a global economy this could in fact happen. What North America needs to realize is that paying off the National Debt brings us an air of hope. We will be able to sustain an economy with our heads above the water, not below.
The Canadian National Debt was starting to be paid off in 2001, here's a detailed account of our National debt over the past 50 years;

1961/62 - $14.825 Billion
1970/71 - $20.293 Billion
1980/81 - $91.948 Billion
1990/91 - $377.656 Billion
1996/97 - $562.881 Billion
2001/02 - $511.946 Billion
2007/08 - $457.637 Billion
2008/09 - $463.71 Billion
2009/10 - $519.1 Billion
2010/11 - $551 Billion
2011/12 - $586 Billion (Projected)
2012/13 - $605 Billion (Projected)

As we can see, we're back to having a yearly deficit in the Billions. To pay off the National Debt brings us back to reality, which we so sorely need.
Many people have asked what the occupy movement stands for, and it stands to reason that 'occupying' ties in to the equation. So let's make a deal Canada.

100 New Government Towns with 600 people in each new town. Tell us what you want us to produce. We'll divy up the 600 people so that there are 200 1st Nations' People, 200 Caucasian People, and 200 African Canadian/American People. Let each new town (or Kibbutz) be regardless of faith or religion. The total amount of people in this context is 60,000. Let's do this in every Province and Territory. In fact, let's do this across America too. This would mean that there would be 720,000 across Canada, and 3,000,000 across America now gainfully employed with housing. We'll harvest Olive Oil, Canola Oil, Canadian Maple Syrup, Chocolate Milk, a new Cola Product, Health Food Products...

At this point we can start doing business with the Bank of Canada, instead of corrupt private Banks.