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Too soon??

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 6, 2014 -> 01:11 PM) The results are going to be everywhere. I don't see a need to hide them here. Yea, you almost need to go on complete media lock down to avoid it.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Feb 6, 2014 -> 11:13 AM) I am very dubious of Bernstein and his sources. His sources always say something vague and obvious, making me question if he really has sources or is just trying to make himself look important. They were just talking during cross talk between Mac and Speigs and BandB. There is a few, but one in particular, that s flat out refusing to negotiate. Speigs confirmed it. So, there's some truth there.

QUOTE (Jake @ Feb 6, 2014 -> 12:50 PM) If I'm the rooftop owners, I'm pricing myself unbelievably high. I would be calling their bluff on moving perpetually. I would make them go very far down the process of moving before I'd budge unless they met an obscenely high demand, something like my next 30-50 years of projected profits The problem is that the contract runs out in 2019. After that, they could easily put a giant wall up around the park and completely block the rooftops. So, they only have legitimate expectations of income between now and 2019.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Feb 6, 2014 -> 11:06 AM) I think one benefit from the disaster that is the Sochi Olympics is that all three of the Winter Olympics, Summer Olympics, and World Cup will be returning to the US soon. As much as I dont like the idea of a Chicago Olympics, I kinda want it.

Dan Bernstein ‏@dan_bernstein Sources: #Cubs frustration w/rooftops' intransigence is high enough that they are discussing "unavoidable prospect" of options elsewhere.

Ivan Watson ‏@IvanCNN We paid for 3 Sochi hotel rooms days ago,then left for 2 days on a trip (with the keys!). Came back to find guests living in all 3 rooms.

There are no Sochi bathroom issues. How do we know? Russia checked the bathroom spy cameras... Russia Says Its Sochi Bathroom Spy Cameras Show No Plumbing Problems

Bernstein said he was told by a source in the Cubs organization that it's still a VERY slim chance the Cubs would move, but it' becoming an increasing possibility. Previously, there was ZERO chance they'd move. What are the Cubs legitimate options? Rosemont? I dont think it would work since the ballpark would be RIGHT in like with Runway 4R. And, the overall noise level would be too loud. Arlington Heights? Barry Rozner floated replacing the Race Course there, but I dont see that happening anytime soon. However, i'd LOVE to see that turn in to a sports complex. A new Cubs home and maybe space for a future Bears stadium. AH would bring a TON more tax revenue with a sports complex there. That being said, it's near a major expressway and has a train station. Schaumburg? not likely. But, they do have room to replace their current minor league stadium with a pro stadium. There is room to add more parking. It's located next to a train station, and once the Elgin-O'Hare is expanded, there will be a more direct ink between Schaumburg and the city. One problem is that the stadium is right in-line with the Schaumburg airport. Planes already buzz the stadium as it is. Either they's have to limit takeoff and landing paterns, or move the stadium further north and butt up against the expressway Elk Grove? The Bears almost moved there, and the land they were looking at is still available.

1983, good year. my opinion has nothing to do with me being born in 1983...

NBC News' Richard Engel: My Computers, Cellphone Were Hacked 'Almost Immediately' In Sochi

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Feb 5, 2014 -> 01:31 PM) I have a neighbor who works for NBC. He turned down some pretty good money by not working this Olympics. Smart man

I am putting snow on notice! I am taking hostage the next snow flake that falls from the sky. I am putting it on a plate in the freezer. If another flake falls from the sky before next November, I am putting that plate in the microwave on high.

Unfinished Sochi Cultural Center Just Covered Up With Tarp This project will, of course, never be finished. As soon as the Olympics are over, the government will completely forger where Sochi is.

Because there's absolutely NOTHING political about the Olympics and the IOC... Thomas Bach, IOC President, Slam Politicians Over Sochi Olympics

Ex-Giants QB Jared Lorenzen weighs 320 pounds, still playing QB in the CIFL That's one big dude...

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 4, 2014 -> 01:03 PM) Are all Russian bathrooms like this? THE LOVE TOILET!

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 4, 2014 -> 12:28 PM) Pyeongchang is in S. Korea. I was using North Korea as a reference point... it's the lowest on the scale. Russia is only 20 points higher.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 4, 2014 -> 12:18 PM) I'm serious. I didn't remember anything like this during the Chinese Olympics and I'd think Russia is a little less corrupt than China and could actually get something done. Edit: NVM, I was wrong. The PRC is somehow less corrupt than Russia. http://www.transparency.org/cpi2013/results Brazil is ranked 72nd with a score of 42. By comparison... Rank - City (score) 1- Denmark (91) 14 -United Kingdom (76) 19 - United States (73) 127 - Russia (28) 175 - North Korea (8)

The Olympic Hockey Teams' Bedrooms Are Very, Um, Cozy

‏@CharlesRobinson We'll trade you our raw sewage bathroom. RT @alanspringer: Sochi hotel room: no wifi, tv, heat, working lock on front door or shower curtain @CharlesRobinson Seriously, there are so many weird things on the walls/ceilings of our apartment, I'm almost certain our place is being bugged/surveilled.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 4, 2014 -> 10:42 AM) So the media has descended on Sochi and the hotels are not ready nor fully functional. http://deadspin.com/staying-in-sochi-is-a-...dium=socialflow Doesnt surprise me. I heard there is some real concerns about the construction quality of all the buildings... hotel and venues. Corruption + Behind Schedule = Shoddy craftsmanship and cheaper materials.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 3, 2014 -> 09:17 AM) the new Transformers looked terribad yea, i thought that too.