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  1. G&T

    Job Thread

    This is how my office works. With young kids, the flexibility is necessary. There's a lot of other crap we put up with, but micromanaging isn't one of them.
  2. It surprises me that anyone would think the Sox will land an elite free agent and would develop Moncada based on that. This is where the Sox should be maximizing the in house potential, which it seems to me they are.
  3. I agree with the bolded. I have found it frustrating how easy it appears to kill the dragons, so it would be cool if it didn't die.
  4. The crypt was pointless. You hear everyone screaming, but apparently no one died. I will say they lost the ability to kill named characters when the books ended.
  5. He survived dragon fire. It was pay off for watching 2 seasons of Arya training.
  6. High ankle sprain says Sox Twitter.
  7. The first thing you need to do is talk to her about the changes and that she needs to go back to get help. That's a hard conversation but she needs to hear it. Speaking personally, I was just recently diagnosed with anxiety and panic disorder. I've had depression in the past, and the two are linked. It sucks, but I wasted no time getting on meds (which are pretty awesome) and I'm looking for a therapist. These things happen and shouldn't be a big deal to anyone. Getting help is important and should be treated like a broken bone. For whatever reason, depression always felt like a thing I should just fight on my own. But the panic disorder became impossible to ignore or fight. Being honest with myself has been liberating in a sense and I know that it will make me a better husband and father. If you also suffer from anxiety, it might help to see a relationship counselor. I never would have done this when I was younger, but experience has a way of changing perspectives.
  8. I use State Farm. Had a claim for hail damage and got all new siding and gutters. No hassle.
  9. I don't even know what you are arguing. You claimed that Foxx broke the law by recusing herself but not having a special prosecutor appointed, and I said that wasn't likely true. Nothing in this statement contradicts my position. She didn't recuse herself before the court, so the statute doesn't apply. I'm not debating that she appears to have breached ethical rules and best practices, but I don't see where she broke the law. Funny thing, that statement was written by a guy I went to high school with.
  10. First, I'm speaking in likelihoods, not definitives because I doubt the issue has ever been decided. Second, I have tried to explain that in the event the office is entirely conflicted, then a special prosecutor is appointed. For example, if an employee of the State's Attorney Office is a defendant, or a family member thereof, the whole office is probably conflicted and a special prosecutor is appointed. There is nothing wrong with Foxx having a conflict and invoking a firewall to remove herself from the investigation, which is covered in the ethical rules. The unethical part is violating the firewall, which may have resulted in this outcome. That's a serious problem.
  11. Not likely. State laws don't normally account for an office full of employees so, unless the whole office is somehow conflicted, Foxx could assign a case to a deputy. However, she can't then be interacting with the assigned attorney, or the defense team about the case. It's not illegal, but unethical. I don't see how she "has a conflict" but then doesn't have a conflict. And the argument that the whole office is automatically conflicted is nonsense. Law offices have conflicts all the time and ethical rules guide how it's handled. There are cases where a smaller State's Attorney office will not be able to take a case due to conflict, in which case a court appoints a special prosecutor.
  12. G&T

    Amazon HQ2

    Politicians don’t “enforce” or “hand out” anything and I’m not sure what “bylaws” you’re talking about. They make approvals on land use applications which are driven by ordinances, design standards, and community input. There are committees made up of political and non-political members that make design recommendations for city council approval. Generally, unless the City wants to risk a lawsuit, council doesn’t make arbitrary decisions on land use approvals. Permits are approved by city staff based on the land use approvals.
  13. G&T

    Amazon HQ2

    57% of NYers approved of the deal. So I don’t know what you’re talking about.
  14. This is the KW motto from forever ago. We aren't cheap, we are poor. What's totally odd is that every other team points to player valuation for why they didn't pay for a guy, but the Sox have never said that. Their excuses about signing a new core is so lame. Not one guy right now can be seen as a future core player. Eloy hasn't played in the MLB. Kopech is out for the year. Everyone else has been underwhelming or hurt.
  15. Hahn claims he told JR their chances were less than 50/50, so I doubt he didn't want to give more money. I really think JR just wouldn't pull the trigger on $300M. Logic need not apply.
  16. The Sox are literally on a media tour explaining the failed Machado negotiations to fans. A better apology to fans would be landing Harper.
  17. Maybe, but the current deal has a lower AAV, so failing to counter is stupid. Restructure the deal over 10 years at $300M and see if he takes it. Front load money. If the Padres go up another $10M, and the AAV exceeds $31M (which is where the sox were), then maybe you drop out. I'm not mad that they lost, I'm mad that they lost to that deal, and can't explain why.
  18. Yeah that's the only way to put it. They didn't lose him for $50M, but 2 years and $50M. You can structure how that money is disbursed to alleviate a future salary crunch, and take advantage of having no immediate obligations. No explanation they've given absolves them of failing to get Machado. They viewed him as a $30M+ player every year for 8 years...but adding 2 years at a reduced salary was a "no go"? It hasn't helped that KW reacted the way he did. There's no objective explanation for where the Sox offer came from, or why limits were placed on the contract other than hope that some prospects might deserve new contracts in six years.
  19. The Sox publicly released the contract offer for Machado. There's no way they get into another huge contract negotiation right now.
  20. That's true. They structured a $250M deal to look like a $320M deal for optics. No one expected the top end to be reached. Here's something, why not just front load $10M extra a year in 2019 and 2020 and save it on years 9 and 10? There's no payroll obligations right now, and no one knows which, if any, of the prospects will deserve huge salaries in the future.
  21. Didn't his sister's family just end up with $300M in guaranteed money? He should be happy. I would be.
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