EvilJester99

I am glad to see they are upgrading that pathetic O line... However, I was hoping also for Levitre.. but the money he got I doubt the Bears could have gotten him anyway.

Absolutely love the way Saad plays...

The pope is giving up being pope for lent??

Tim Sassone ‏@TimSassone #Blackhawks defenseman Michal Rozsival will miss some time with a knee injury suffered at Dallas, the Daily Herald has learned. Look for a call up soon.

Don't worry... Coop will fix him... oh wait

I highly doubt we would have what it would take to get him.... Marlins Will Listen On Giancarlo Stanton By Zach Links [December 30 at 10:29am CST] In the wake of the Marlins' blockbuster deal with the Blue Jays, the Marlins publicly stated that they wouldn't trade Giancarlo Stanton. Assistant General Manager Dan Jennings says that the club isn't shopping the right fielder, but they will listen to all offers for him, according to Jim Bowden of SiriusXM (on Twitter). Teams have been inquiring on Stanton ever since the Marlins shipped Jose Reyes, Mark Buehrle, and Josh Johnson to Toronto in November. Stanton was vocal about his displeasure with the Marlins' front office after the trade and agent Joel Wolfe declined comment earlier this month when asked if his client had requested a trade. Jennings also told Bowden (Twitter link) that Miami isn't going to surprise anyone and pursue any of the top free agents left on the open market. As the MLBTR Transaction Tracker shows, the Marlins have only signed two free agents so far this winter: Placido Polanco and Juan Pierre. Read more at http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/#Kgb2d7WmMAmHiuRM.99

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 29, 2012 -> 11:14 AM) No offense, but I don't feel like I learned anything from this statistic. For me all it says is he would make a decent bench player.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 29, 2012 -> 10:32 AM) I'd really like this suggestion. How is his defense these days, 3b/middle IF? http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kennead01.shtml According to them his Fld% at 3b is .967 and at 2b its .958 for last season. Looking at it though he only played like 60 games last season. 2011 @3b he was .965, 2b .993 and 1b .992 in 140 games

Only other one I can see to get fairly cheap would be Adam Kennedy... versatile defensively and hits lefty a bit of an old guy though at 36.

Don't know if he counts as a celeb... Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf Dead at 78

Bernstein was saying that Phil Rogers IIRC was linking the Sox with Ben Zobrist.. personally would love this.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Dec 17, 2012 -> 10:44 PM) yep. who knows? all i know is that in THIS moment I'm a lot happier than I was before. so I'm gonna ride that till it's no longer the case. Hell as long as you are happy then roll on bro. Just keep your eyes open.. like everyone else said,it sounds odd.

I don't know if Morgan Freeman actually said this, but if he did, I swear he should be knighted: Morgan Freeman's statement about these random shootings.... "You want to know why. This may sound cynical, but here's why. It's because of the way the media reports it. Flip on the news and watch how we treat the Batman theater shooter and the Oregon mall shooter like celebrities. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris are household names, but do you know the name of a single victim of Columbine? Disturbed people who would otherwise just off themselves in their basements see the news and want to top it by doing something worse, and going out in a memorable way. Why a grade school? Why children? Because he'll be remembered as a horrible monster, instead of a sad nobody. CNN's article says that if the body count "holds up", this will rank as the second deadliest shooting behind Virginia Tech, as if statistics somehow make one shooting worse than another. Then they post a video interview of third-graders for all the details of what they saw and heard while the shootings were happening. Fox News has plastered the killer's face on all their reports for hours. Any articles or news stories yet that focus on the victims and ignore the killer's identity? None that I've seen yet. Because they don't sell. So congratulations, sensationalist media, you've just lit the fire for someone to top this and knock off a day care center or a maternity ward next. You can help by forgetting you ever read this man's name, and remembering the name of at least one victim. You can help by donating to mental health research instead of pointing to gun control as the problem."

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 02:11 AM) I don't think this guy would have been able to get off 100 rounds with a revolver. Oh I also know its near impossible for a revolver to unload that many rounds. However, not knowing the clip capacity of his semi auto hand guns, I would have to assume the semi auto rifle he had which usually holds 30 rds was the majority of what he used. I know some pistols can hold up to 17 shots though. Either way this is a major tragedy but to solely blame this on the guns is bs IMO. I stand corrected he didn't even use the assault rifle according to police. A federal law-enforcement official said a .223 Bushmaster rifle was found in the back of a vehicle at the scene. Two firearms were recovered near the alleged gunman's body: a Glock and a Sig Sauer, both handguns.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 01:17 AM) Would you not be able to shoot paper targets or people who wish to come in to your house uninvited with a regular pistol, or non semi-auto gun? Sure I can,hell that is why I have my 12ga really.. but can't take a 12ga to the firing range. I have a revolver too but with a speed loader I can fire off damn near as many as my semi auto does. However, having the clips makes it much easier to deal with my semi auto. It really doesn't matter the type of gun. It all matters on if I choose to go on a shooting spree or not. You can kill just as many people with a revolver as you can a semi auto.. and revolvers don't jam. Semi auto can jam up the more you fire it. Either gun is a bringer of death if the person using it chooses it to be.

As it goes for guns though I do agree that assault rifles and machine guns don't belong in the hands of the public. There is no practical reason for those to be available. However, you get on that slippery slope then of handing over freedoms for perceived safety. As Benjamin Franklin said "He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither"

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 01:01 AM) source? Simple rebuttal to that is Canada, where there are many more guns per capita than the US, but the gun homicide rate is 20X lower, something like that. Why is that? Keep in mind, also, that very few hunters or gamesman in Canada would ever think to have a semi-automatic weapon in their possession. Ok stating EVERY state is a bit over board. http://www.statemaster.com/graph/cri_mur_w...ate-per-100-000 Just read something interesting on that link. 57% of ALL deaths by firearms are Suicide. USGO 2010 Did not know that.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 12:58 AM) He didn't live at home, did he? I thought he had roommates? Do we know when she actually purchased the guns? Maybe there were a series of break-ins in the neighborhood, or she could have even bought them to protect herself from her son, although that's probably not the most likely reason, as he probably wouldn't have known where they were in the first place if that were actually the case. Maybe the conditions of his mental illness (what we're all concluding before knowing the facts 100%) didn't manifest themselves until well after the fact...and maybe he never once showed any propensity for violence before this time (not unusual). Keep in mind, holidays/Christmas season always seems to be one of the most stressful times of the year for many, many families...especially after the 2008 financial crisis hit. According to what the news has been reporting they knew he had mental issues pretty much all along. Who knows though the info has been changing. From the moment this started they said his mom was the teacher and now they are saying she was the aide now I believe. Of course this will probably keep changing. Not sure about him not living at home though.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 12:53 AM) lol so explain to me why gun violence rates in every other civilized country is lower than in the US Explain to me why every state that allows concealed carry or open carry have a much lower death rate due to guns than most other places do? This debate can go on forever. Hard fact is even with all this, they won't be able to take away the guns. Its pointless to keep going on and on. Also, just because you can carry openly or concealed doesn't mean people will. Its your choice to do so.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 12:50 AM) and there are lots of bad parents across america. how do we keep their bad decisions from killing children like this? You don't or can't. There is no way to stop it. Only way you can stop things like this is to be prepared.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 12:46 AM) but the fact that the guns were in the house and accessible made it EASIER for him to kill 20+ kids. That all goes to poor judgement on the mothers part... she knew her kid was troubled. She decided it was a good idea to buy guns anyway. Bad parenting there.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 12:44 AM) I guess it's a bit easier for Bloomberg to go off on President Obama...since there's probably a closer split in NYC over gun rights. No matter how many times one discusses this issue of the right to have a gun as part of a militia (which was the context 200 years ago with the Revolutionary War and War of 1812), the Articles of Confederation (especially), where there was not one unified national military for the new country...the argument keeps going around and around in circles. One wonders when the "tipping point" will actually come where people start changing their minds on this gun control/gun rights issue. I doubt it will ever come... many people will refuse to give up their guns. As I told a friend earlier on, they made alcohol illegal and that didn't stop anyone from getting alcohol. All it will do is bring forth the black market gun dealers and people will still get guns... it won't stop anything.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 12:39 AM) yeah no s***. what kind of target? For me its paper targets. Or anyone who wishes to come in my house uninvited. Other than that I wouldn't shoot at anyone or anything else.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 12:36 AM) and how the hell do you know??? I know because I spend time with my family and I pay attention to them. Given people can snap.. but this kid was mentally messed up and they knew it and he needed help. If he would have gotten the help he may not have done this is all I'm saying. Just having a gun doesn't make it more likely people are going to go on rampages.. hell if he didn't have a gun, he could have made pipe bombs, molotov cocktails... what ever to do the job.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Dec 15, 2012 -> 12:36 AM) out of curiosity - why do you have automatic weapons? what purpose do they serve? Mine are semi auto.. its illegal to have fully auto. The purpose they serve is to be able to fire off more rounds at a target b4 having to reload them.