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The case was filed in March, 2012D003142, not sure why its news.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 02:52 PM) I'd still like to know where that leads us though - what about marrying family members or having multiple wives. At some point marriage has no independent meaning separate from religion, so you should be able to marry whomever you wish and how many you wish with the same equal benefits. You make a strong case for the legalization of incest and polygamy. I dont really care, but I can easily support polygamy, incest is slightly more difficult due to potential health ramifications of the child, but if the 2 adults were willing to agree not to have a child, Id give them a license too. Who cares what consulting adults do if it doesnt hurt anyone else? I sure as hell dont.

Caring about words is a losing battle. The best way to attack it, is just to use the word in a way people dont like. I always refer to my gay friends as married.

Possibly Mike, who he already has some friction with. The only reason Im leaning towards Jesse is that Mike/Walt dont really have a "father/son" relationship, which is the Icarus reference.

Delay on weekdays makes sense. Delay on weekends for something that would be 2 pm cst, does not make sense.

I think it was more about Jesse negotiating with Mike and not letting Walt do the talking. Walt was not going to pay the "legacy" costs, but then Jesse undercut him.

Yep, how can I protect myself against a govt with nukes, unless I have a nuke?

I dont know, the look of shock on their face as Phelps finished 4th was worth it. Its as if they truly thought he was so special he wouldnt even need to train hard to win.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 10:04 AM) Did you see Bob Costas discussing it with Bela Karolyi(sp)? He made the awful mistake of comparing it to the NCAA tournament not allowing the 3rd place ACC/B1G team in to let a weaker team in. Um Bob, the tourney is not the best 68 teams. Several lower teams make it, simply because of their conference affiliation. The better comparison is to how MLB used to work, where the team with the 3rd best record in the AL may not make the playoffs if they happen to be 3rd in the AL East.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 09:59 AM) The Americans were only allowed to send a team of 5 to the Olympics. Even if all 5 were monsters, that's only 5/24 slots. There's plenty of remaining room. Just doesn't make sense to knock out a #4 seed in favor of a #25 seed. But it happens in basically every Olympic sport. Usually the cut is before the Olympics, most people just dont realize.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Jul 30, 2012 -> 09:31 AM) Ridiculous that Weiber, who finished 4th in qualifiers, doesn't make the 24-person All-Around competition because two other Americans were ahead of her. These type of rules are pretty common place, its why countries can only qualify X teams in certain sports. It hurts the overall competition, but its to give everyone a chance.

Wow odd ending to Gausha boxing match, I think he knocked the guy down after the clock was at 0, but bell never rang.

Yeah this has been a good match. Wish the US would just put them away though.

So Destinee Hooker, classy name.

QUOTE (BlackBetsy @ Jul 28, 2012 -> 01:23 PM) There are a lot of trades that make a lot of sense that won't happen. Mauer is the golden boy in Minnesota. If you don't keep a guy like Mauer around, who is going to be part of the solution for any franchise, why even have a franchise in the first place? The Nationals-Twins have at least one trade that makes a lot of sense that should happen - Denard Span for a reliever + Roger Bernardina or Denard Span for two relievers. Im pretty sure thats why the article is "Trades that should happen, but wont". That being said, Mauer will be 30 next season. Are the Twins really going to be contenders in the next 2-3 years? Trading Mauer makes sense, just for non baseball reasons the Twins will keep him.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jul 28, 2012 -> 01:18 PM) There were a few cool moments that were spaced by a lot of dullness. The transition between farmers and industry was WAY too long They should have had more live performances. Rolling Stones. Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin (the last 2 for the most part) still are a live, it would have been a million times better if Gilmour and Waters actually played Eclipse, instead of just using a recorded version of the song. Its the damn Olympics, get them to perform live.

Well most of it wasnt great, but they played Eclipse, to bad they couldnt have convinced them to actually perform live.

Just started watching on the DVR, but it was awesome that they put in the factory from the cover of "Animals" with the pig and briefly played Time, they really jammed a ton in there.

Federal court is much quicker, but they are still going to give the City plenty of time to prepare their case. It just depends, the City would obviously file a motion to dismiss, then they would appeal it if they lose, that could be a year right there. Appeals take forever, even a simple one can take about 3-4 months before they even give out a briefing schedule or decide if they take the case. Disagree here. The best thing for CFA is for this to go away. If you were the CEO of McDonalds you dont want it to come out that the reason you couldnt get a permit was you didnt like a certain group. Its nothing more than a Pyrrhic victory if they fight the City and win. So much goodwill destroyed by this.

Where did I mention traffic? I dont even know what that reference is to. The quote who cares, I ask the follow up, what did you mean: "I meant that i couldnt support the permit because the community was so against his ignorance. Its not up to me, its up to the community, I am just the community's representative." It wouldnt be summary judgment, itd be a trial on the facts, thats years down the road at best. And CFA still would have to prove that but for his actions, they would have received a permit.

Yeah there is: Can you explain what you meant in your statement? "Oh I meant that my community is against that and I misspoke, I should have been clearer but I wasnt thinking." Good luck trying to convince a jury that the Alderman wasnt looking out for his own interest, and that interest being keeping his community happy so he can get re-elected.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 27, 2012 -> 03:55 PM) Agreed. Also, I wish the NCAA could retract the sanctions and hit them with the four year death penalty. Their back's been broken, but not their spirit. Break the idiots spirit. Big 10 is to powerful for this.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 27, 2012 -> 03:28 PM) But he specifically cited a religious belief as the basis for denying the permit. Not his communities preference of one chain over another. That's unconstitutional. Doesnt really matter, I could muck this case up so badly that it would be years before CFA would even come close to a zoning board. Chicago gives Alderman almost complete discretion in zoning, so all he has to do is say, "Well I thought the community would be against it and I dont approve zoning unless the community supports it." That no longer is an illegal reason, and its almost impossible to argue what he was actually thinking.

It doesnt need to be traffic concerns. It can be that the community doesnt like CFA, that is entirely legal. Ill give an anecdote: I was working on a zoning project in a ward. The community refused to approve any zoning that would allow a Subway, but they were okay with Panera. That was absolutely okay.

You would think that the smart move would just be to take the punishment, keep your heads down and let it pass. Just stupid and they are burning any support they may have had.