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QUOTE (Jack Parkman @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 09:44 AM) Advantages of making retractable roofs mandatory: 1. NO Weather delays/game cancellations. 2 Both players and fans are always comfortable, which makes for a better on field product and viewing experience for fans. Disadvantage: 1) The billions in taxpayer money to retrofit stadiums with a retractable roof. You can't expect owners to pay for this themselves

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 1, 2018 -> 11:05 PM) Do you agree with advertisers showing their displeasure with TV hosts by pulling their ads from the shows? This is the most confusing question I think you've ever asked. What are advertisers supposed to do, continue advertising on a show they (or most of their customers) don't agree with? Of course they are going to pull their ads. They're running a business.

Has anyone else gotten the Movie Pass? $10/month and you can see one movie per day (excluding 3D). I've had mine for just under two months and I'm on my 9th movie: 15:17 to Paris: Thumbs Way down The Commuter: Exactly as good/bad as you'd expect a Liam Neeson movie to be. Den Of Thieves: Cool bank robber movie Three Billboards: Didn't like. McDormand was great, as usual. Annihilation: Interesting Death Wish: Terrible Black Panther: Great if you're into the Marvel Movies Game Night: One of my favorite comedies in a while Unsane: Could have been a lot better. The Iphone has a long way to go to be able to make a movie that looks professional 7 Days in Entebbe: A movie that tries to make you feel empathy for terrorists. Interesting choice.

QUOTE (ewokpelts @ Feb 27, 2018 -> 10:12 AM) https://www.yelp.com/topic/chicago-2018-chi...nted-by-scottyj I posted links and info at yelp. Thanks. Opening day bought. Paid way too much in fees. I wish they could find a way to open the box office for pre-sales too. Would have gladly headed that way to avoid TM fees.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 26, 2018 -> 04:57 PM) Until we can get laws changed, as many as needed. Private schools will have to double their tuition. Public schools, tax the public to pay for the guard. Maybe it will force the politicians to get the guns off the streets. There is absolutely no reason to have these weapons in the public's hands. I actually agree with Greg on this. Let's figure out what the true cost of protecting our schools will be if we do nothing else on guns. Once the thought of raising taxes is proposed, maybe then people will be outraged enough to do something about it.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 26, 2018 -> 09:17 AM) The fact that Ross didnt win is criminal. I'd like to see him on an all star season, he was masterful I think the non-sequestered jury really hurt Ross. I think Shannon really poisoned the jury and he would have lost to Marissa, Mark or Ari.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Feb 22, 2018 -> 03:59 PM) I have no idea what’s more deadly. What I do know is that a few sparkler bombs loaded with shrapnel could wound or kill hundreds of people in a crowd quite easily. Just throwing the idea out there that if all the semi automatic rifles are banned, will something replace them? Because a sick sonofab**** that wants to kill lots of people thinks like a sick sonofab**** that wants to kill lots of people. What vehicle of destruction does he then choose? Not against or for gun laws, just trying to apply rational, unemotional thinking to examine a sick mind. Why are there no mass sparkler bombings in some of these countries with better gun control?

QUOTE (Tony @ Feb 15, 2018 -> 09:43 AM) I have similar questions. What are you supposed to do here? What is proper action? I'm only half kidding, but what you're supposed to do here is take away his guns. I know that is probably illegal, but it's better than the alternative.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 14, 2018 -> 04:03 PM) Ah, so technically we havent had a single day where its "been ok" to talk about guns. It really sucks every time this thread makes its way to the top of the page. Almost a half a year ago this thread was started and nothing meaningful to help stop it has even been proposed.

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 8, 2018 -> 10:54 AM) Never ever again. EVER! 0-2! f*** cbs for that entire omarosa Ross exchange.

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 8, 2018 -> 09:34 AM) These guys already look like better players than BB19. Shannon has loose lips and as much as I hate her, Omarosa is already in control. Brandi is a trainwreck already on the feeds. The Omarosa meltdown will come eventually. Big Brother really can't stop putting Paul on their show. Do people really want to see him anymore?

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 1, 2017 -> 02:16 PM) Celebrity Big Brother will start in Feb and only run 3 weeks. Yawn Anyone catch the first episode? Is Shannon Elizabeth the early favorite?

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 11:15 AM) Dan Lipinski is in trouble. I'll be voting for Newman. However, I still think she's an underdog in this race. She's got to get her name recognition up and (unfortunately) will need to go ultra negative against Lipinski tying him to Trump. Some people I talk to think she is setting herself up for a 2020 win.

Just like the nets that were put up behind the goal in hockey, in a couple years, nobody will really notice. It will be weird not seeing kids rush to the dugout between innings to try and snag a ball from a player.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 30, 2018 -> 11:26 AM) President Donald Trump says the Trump National Golf Club in Florida is worth more than $50 million. Palm Beach County Property Tax Appraiser Dorothy Jacks disagrees, saying the Jupiter course, where Trump plays when he visits nearby Mar-a-Lago, is actually worth much less — $19 million. But in a twist, Trump's lawyers are now suing Jacks, saying her estimate and the nearly $400,000 property tax bill it generates are too high, even if her appraisal is only 40 percent of what the president listed in his 2017 financial disclosure form. I'd be interested to see what he thinks his Chicago building is worth. No doubt he will be appealing this year.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 29, 2018 -> 02:38 PM) Not even the best logo in their own building I'm guessing that logo's days are numbered. Although you have to give Rocky and company credit for reaching out to Native American communities to try and be a partner/advocate.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 15, 2017 -> 01:09 PM) They post a whole bunch of words that basically amount to "they used a period instead of an ellipses," which yes was a legitimate error, but even when you include what comes after the ellipses, Wikipedia still looks just as bad. Wikipedia? This conspiracy goes even deeper than I thought

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Nov 3, 2017 -> 09:26 AM) That site was incredible for local news. The Ricketts family are terrible people. I know JR has his issues, but everyday I'm glad I don't root for a team owned by the Ricketts

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 1, 2017 -> 11:35 AM) Dude did win an election. Maybe the rules of politics aren't the rules we thought they were. You're absolutely right. I guess I'm even more amazed that people buy into what he's selling.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 1, 2017 -> 09:25 AM) White dude murders 5 dozen with guns, injures hundreds more: DON'T POLITICIZE THIS!!!! Brown dude murders 8 with a rental truck: BAN MUSLIMS!!!! It's amazing to me how bad he is at politics. He just couldn't resist taking a shot at Schumer whether it made sense or not.

10 game plan is still the way to go (although I wish they had kept the 7 game plan). They give you a ticket rep (mine has been great the last three years.) You get to pick all of the games you want to go to instead of being assigned games by plan. They have also invited me to the last three grinder bashes. Once the playoffs become a real possibility, I'll probably upgrade. Hopefully they'll do what they did in 2005 and offer playoff tickets to people who put a season ticket deposit down for the following season.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Oct 25, 2017 -> 10:36 AM) They should just cut it short period. A whole month of goes seems too much and it seems the players think the same. You're right. However, ST is big business for Phoenix and Florida cities and way too much money is being spent on these facilities these days.

QUOTE (champagne030 @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 04:36 PM) Don't know if this will work....never tried to upload a file here. Am I reading this right? The only way to get a guaranteed Opening Day ticket with a 20 game plan is through a weekday plan?

I think its worth exploring in a minor league/arizona fall league test case.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 01:05 PM) JR owns part of the United Center. The Bears? Who knows, maybe they get some sort of benefit from Soldier Field events. I guess it's like being part of a union. Maybe the Bears and/or Sox are considering building their own stadiums in the not-too-distant future and don't want that tax on the books when the time comes.