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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 30, 2013 -> 07:26 PM) So what do we do about the fact that the rebels almost certainly used them too? I don't know. Did Kerry just ignore that conveniently?

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Aug 26, 2013 -> 12:17 PM) Jake Peavy pitched a three hitter against the Dodgers last night, so I hope Garcia turns out to be the beast we all want him to be. I have faith though. I like the guy. Should be interesting to see who goes farther in the postseason: Peavy, Rios/AJP. It's going to be weird if AJ wins another WS title with a different team. Peavy is a great gamer; looks like we still have one in Sale.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 30, 2013 -> 02:21 PM) There's really not much we can do about it, unfortunately. Any action against NK will piss off China something good and result in NK leveling Seoul and killing millions of civilians. There were two really interesting documentaries I've seen on NK. The first was a NatGeo look inside the country by a team of journalists ostensibly traveling with this eye surgeon who has developed an extremely cost-effective cataract surgery procedure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxLBywKrTf4 The second was about a US soldier who defected to NK in the 60's. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473181/ If I don't watch the second one, WTF? What's the story on this guy? Why the hell would he defect there and is he being treated well?? Is he crazy?

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Aug 30, 2013 -> 05:49 PM) Figured i would save you all the mental gymnastic to make whatever I said appear that way. Bottom line is I don't give a crap about anyone over there. I have zero desire to help them. If they need help they need to get it from someone 'like' them, otherwise whatever our motives actually are, they will be described as less than honorable since we are NOT like them. You know, white devil, American scum, all that. No thanks. Did you read Kerry's comments? Pretty compelling. The use of chemicals weapons truly is horrible. Heaven forbid if this is the world's future. How the hell are we going to prevent the use of those weapons in big stadiums, etc? I don't even want to think about it.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacifi...r-camps-exposed How can we and the rest of the world allow North Korea to have hundreds of thousands of people in these prison camps? To read the story online of a 23-year-old escapee who lived the first 23 years of his life raised by guards. ... This man was taught if you know of someone trying to escape you tell the guards or you are killed. His mom and brother were planning an escape, so at 13, he turned them in. They shot and killed both in front of him. He 10 years later did escape. But seriously, is North Korea run by animals?? It sure sounds like it. How can the civilized world have anything to do with these people? I pray for those poor people being tortured in those camps.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 29, 2013 -> 07:03 PM) What do you do when you are done with your girlfriend? Charge her with pornography and have her executed by a firing squad. http://www.businessinsider.com/kim-jong-un...executed-2013-8 My God that is appalling. And sad. Even the crime of porn was probably fabricated. And the "notorious labor camps" mentioned there sound horrendous as well. This truly shows the barbaric nature of some countries still today. Proud to be an American.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 30, 2013 -> 01:57 AM) Same here. NO more personal attacks. I apologize for posting on Ozzie. I will stop. I can go through and delete all my posts on Ozzie as well.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Aug 29, 2013 -> 04:06 AM) Garcia is hitting .352 in 19 games with the Sox That is awesome. Also, time just won't slow down. I can't believe he's already played in 19 games as a Sox player. QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Aug 29, 2013 -> 04:22 AM) Funny enough, he actually has a negative WAR this season, because defensive metric hate him. I'm guess before the week is over he will be back to 0.0 though. Not to belittle the advanced stat people, but how do you explain your great stat, WAR, when it is obvious that Avi is a contributing greatly, looks great and has a negative WAR. Give me batting average, on base percentage, HRs and RBIs and SBs as stats and I'm happy.

I think Sale thanked Ventura for letting him start the ninth when Robin came out to take him out. It looked like it was a pleasant conversation. Sale knows when he walks the leadoff hitter the skipper has the right to bring in a reliever to mop up. Sale is so good. And Hahn may be our GM forever after bringing us Avi Garcia.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 28, 2013 -> 09:28 PM) Considering the 3rd most holy site in the Muslim religion is located in Jerusalem I sincerely doubt they are going to blow it up. Tel Aviv, sure, Jerusalem, not likely. Even back in the olden days people like Saladim respected it. Historically speaking, it was the Babylonians and Romans who did the most destruction (see first and second temple respectively). In my next life I'm going to be a history buff. It would be cool to be able to rattle off the facts you just did.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Aug 28, 2013 -> 09:25 PM) 11 I could post a picture of her but I better not. Let's just say you'd agree she was a 10. You know it when you see it.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 28, 2013 -> 09:21 PM) I doubt it. A lot of the Persian Gulf countries are US allies and wouldn't attack Israel. The one that you'd have to worry about is Iran and if Iran wants to get into a battle with an international coalition of the US, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Israel then they can go right ahead and get curb stomped. I went to Jason's Deli for lunch after "saving" 200 bucks on the last day of the sale at Kohl's here and was reading USA Today. The lead story was about Jerusalem natives getting their gas masks out of concern they might get hit. That would suck for them.

As far as puke stories, one time in college I had talked to a girl in a bar for a couple hours and decided to go for the one-night stand (OK I guess that makes me a jerk) and drove back to the girl's dorm and she puked when we got out of the car and that was that in my mind. I actually walked her into the dorm (she didn't need to go to the hospital), unlocked her door, put her in her bed, put her blanket on her and left. I heard later she was embarrassed but told people I did a nice thing in taking care of her.

Is it true if we bomb Syria, then others bomb Jerusalem of all places? Sucks to be in Jerusalem minding your own business then boom!

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 28, 2013 -> 07:32 AM) So yes. Do you really think I would bone Hillary? Thanks for the uncompliment.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 08:43 PM) Greg, let's just skip to the important question. Would you hit that? That is, Hilary Clinton. I think I better take the Fifth. I don't want to come across as rude or superficial.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 28, 2013 -> 03:20 AM) it sounds like she was the player in this story. Two fancy dinners, helped her move and she only had to give it up once. That's what my friend is thinking. He got played. Cause she cut a line after they had sex saying, 'You can leave now.' He said, 'What?' And she said, "I'm joking. Isn't that what guys do nowadays?" He was kind of taken aback. I'm not kidding you. She is a 10. I have no idea how she can have that kind of body after 2 kids, but does. She's 25 nearing 26 but perfection in the looks deptment. I am probably an asshole for listening to this guy tell me his stories. I should probably just say I don't want to hear it and stress he needs help. I do love his wife and his 2 kids are the greatest little lads and laddies.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 09:01 PM) He's not a nice guy. He is cheating on his wife. He is a scumbag. He claims he's an addict and knows he needs help. I meant the way he treats girls he's a nice guy. Pretend he has no wife. I'm referring to how he is treating this one, nice dinners, giving her emotional support during her custody cases for her kids etc. Lots of guys cheat. Does that make them scum if they treat their wives and kids well? I would never cheat. Can't do it. But many can and do. QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 09:08 PM) I actually agree with you here. Despite my complaints about this girl I've actually already gotten into touch with another girl I know has interest and am in the process of setting up a date with her and if the girl I have sort of been seeing does surface then great. Perfect way to approach life.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 07:55 PM) ...have you read the scopes (or various other links you could google) review of those quotes yet? A lot of them are from one source in a book over 20 years ago, and even then, have had the gratuitous profanity added in from the original. Too bad none of us have lived in Washington. Certainly there are TONS of people who know if she's a full-fledged b**** or not. None of us have sources. If I had to bet big bucks on it, my guess is she is the B word. Can't prove it obviously.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 06:43 PM) The problem with many of you and dating is quite simple, and I can give you a few tips on how to fix it. All you have to do is follow these five easy steps: 1) You'll have to get in better shape. Way, wayyyy better shape. This is a must, because she has to think you care about yourself more than you care about her, which will force her to try to make you care about her more than you care about yourself. 2) You'll have to learn how to let everyone around you know that you're better than them, without actually saying so, as that's the difference in being conceited, which nobody likes, and confidence, which the girls love. This will cause the girls to gravitate to you while telling their friends how annoying you are, but like a moth to flame, she will come. 3) You'll have to learn that when in the "group of BFFs" situation, where your actual target is the cutest one, be sure to pay more attention to her obviously less cute friends, as this will annoy her, and cause her to go out of her way to get your attention back from the lesser minions that surround her. 4) You'll have to learn how to be an "asshole", because let's face it, the ones you want to date love the asshole. Sure, they'll tell their very sad puppy dog friendzoned guy friend what an asshole you are, and how nice and awesome they are, but you'll be the one they're texting or calling later that night for some action. 5) You'll have to get way better looking. This is probably the most important step. If you can get them to say to anyone they know, "He's not THAT good looking!", then you've won. If you follow these simple steps, I guarantee that dating will be easier, more successful, and even if you go out of your way to f*** it up, they'll forgive you. I would pretty much agree with this, at least regarding very hot girls in college and their early to mid 20s. There are always exceptions, though. I know a guy who married a very sweet, kind girl who I'd physically rate an 8. They met at a party, she facebooked him and sent him a message saying they'd met that night, he got up the guts to ask her out. No games, exclusive dating and few years later they were married. He can't believe how he got such a perfect girl since he considers himself a 6. Then there's that married guy I know who cheats on his wife. We go to a Hooters type place one day to eat lunch (I know, pretty lame considering the food sucks) because he goes there to drink once a week and wants me to go with him for lunch. We go there and the owner comes out to talk to us and he introduces us to some employees including a waitress who is a 10. He also introduces us to a set of gorgeous twins, but anyway, my friend goes back to the place one night and the 10 talks to him and they go to another bar when she gets off work. So he takes her out twice to great restaurants, she's all into him texting all the time. He helps her move one day. Finally they have sex. He said it was great, no hiccups there. Great sex. Now she's not texting him at all. When she does text, the tone is not sexual like it was before. He's ready to give up on her. Now is this because he's married and she sees no future in it? They've finally had sex and that's it? Or is it because he's been very nice to her with the nice restaurants, etc? She is 25 with 2 kids and her exes treat her s***ty. He's treated her so nice, is he getting the nice-guy dump? My point is I've seen people meet and there's a storybook dating experience/marriage. And there's many many more who have to play the game constantly and it frustrates them. I would think once girls hit the age of 27, 28, they change a bit if they want to get married, have kids. I do know some hot 30 year olds at work who are single and even are staying home alone on weekend nights probably because they were too picky and finally opportunities let up to meet people, except at work. Comments?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 07:31 PM) That's already happened, there are millions of refugees. The international community is paying, somewhat, to keep them barely alive. The more of them there are, the more expensive that gets. The other downside of doing nothing is that Assad and the rest of the world really begin to understand that there is no actual consequence to using chemical weapons in a civil war if the west doesn't have an economic interest in the country, and they start being employed and manufactured much more often (also increasing the likelihood they eventually wind up in the hands of terrorists). That and a much more rapid growing body count. This chemical weapons thing is not good and really in its infancy. Hate to be a doomsayer but the future of the world looks pretty bleak right now. Can you imagine the scene if terrorists use these things at events in big cities?

Maybe I'll be dying to have Hillary back as Secretary as this Syria thing plays out.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Aug 22, 2013 -> 07:10 AM) We better not use this as our excuse to get involved in this mess (we totally will). What will Russia and China try to do to us if we get involved? They sound upset.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 07:09 PM) So warplanes are on the move. NK caught trying to smuggle in gas masks and weapons. Russia and China order us not to attack and Iran threatens to attack Israel first if Syria is hit. This will be "fun." Shouldn't we be working with Russia and China on this? Why are they so adamant about us not attacking? Do they think there's not enough proof of the chemical weapon attacks?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 26, 2013 -> 08:13 PM) I've read multiple times over the years that the rate of diagnosis for ADHD among MLB players is way higher than the general population rate. The belief is that they seek this diagnosis so that they can take the various highly stimulative drugs used to treat it. A modern, completely legal alternative to amphetamines. Geez. Ballplayers are sick if this is true. Some apparently will do anything to get the edge. I know the season is long, really long, and they get tired but just play the game the best you can drug-free. My gawd.