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Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton slams idiots who think allowing transgendered males to play girl's high school sports means Clay Matthews will play girl's basketball and violently injure everyone on the court.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 01:41 PM) I agree with something like that. Maybe 2 weeks is a little long, but spoilers for the first week since airing, at least. I don't really know if a hard and fast rule is necessary. I tend to use spoiler tags if I'm talking about it in the few days after it airs.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 11:06 AM) Unfortunately, it's not just for profits. Many state universities will accept are larger number of questionably qualified students as freshman, knowing many will drop out for a number of reasons. 1. It brings in extra tuition and freshman classes are big lectures with TA lab sections where grad students make alot less than the tuition. 2. It makes the university look good for the state and thus can get more dollars from the state based on the Fall credit hour count. 3. It makes the university and state look good because "they didn't just look at grades and exam scores" when they admitted students. This has been a huge problem for law schools, though it's been curbed in recent years. Mostly because they realized the business model couldn't work.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 11:54 PM) Dude wears high socks. That's worth a 4th year. This man speaks the truth.

Newsroom Homeland

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Dec 7, 2014 -> 07:23 PM) They've settled lawsuits over it in the past. That's also pretty much how diploma mills work anyway.

My favorite band is Gaslight Anthem. Which is why I was jumping around like a little girl last night when I realized I AM IN A GASLIGHT ANTHEM MUSIC VIDEO. 1:43 All of the footage here was shot at the show at First Avenue in Minneapolis.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 7, 2014 -> 02:09 PM) Surprise! All the NFL kickers have been replaced by college kickers. Isn't that how it normally works?

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Dec 6, 2014 -> 06:39 PM) I think Byron Wesley s*** his pants. Yeah that was pretty awful. Just airballing the first one.

Indiana won tonight but holy s*** that was a boring game

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Dec 5, 2014 -> 06:55 AM) There are 81 bowl eligible teams, plus two more than can become eligible by winning this weekend. There are 78 bowl slots. I find it hard to believe that a BIG team is one of the only 3 teams left out. Bowls aren't going to pick these teams over Illinois: 6-6 Ohio 7-5 Central Michigan 6-6 South Alabama 7-5 Texas State 6-6 Old Dominion Not sure about how the OSU-Wisconsin game affects things, but you definitely want Oklahoma to beat Ok St and Tulane to beat Temple. I know at least South Alabama already accepted a bid.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Dec 4, 2014 -> 01:12 PM) I didn't say it excused it. I said that HE is the one that elevated the situation first by resisting arrest. He started a chain of events that had the eventual reality of him being dead. He could have prevented this by not resisting arrest. It also could have been prevented from somethign other than a choke hold, maybe a tazer, or how about a baton against the back of the knees? He opened the door to potentially bad things and bad things happened. By saying this -- even if it follows a statement of what the officers could have done to also prevent Garner's death -- you're absolving the officers of everything once Garner "opens the door." You don't see the problem with that? And how you can watch that video and think Garner "opened the door" at all is beyond me.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 3, 2014 -> 12:30 PM) Refused to answer whether or not alcohol was involved, lol. Rumor is that he was seen at the Rise Against (who?) concert at the HOB on Monday night. Arlington Heights's finest!

The Eric Garner video was ridiculously damning. Ferguson, whichever way you came down on it, at least had arguments that could go both ways. I don't really see what someone could say in defense of the officer(s) here. I read the prosecutor is trying to get the grand jury record released (there's a law that says you can't release grand jury documents, but he's trying to get it waived under a certain exception). That should shed more light on it.

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 4, 2014 -> 05:10 AM) I stopped watching after like 3 eps cuz I felt it was not good. Maybe cuz I'm not a 13 year old girl. Exact same for me. Except me as a 13 year old boy would still have watched it.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 3, 2014 -> 07:08 AM) Paradise Pup on River Road in Des Plaines. That place is the best So damn good. Line out the door even in winter.

Did not expect that from IU. Best performance of the year. Yogi and Blackmon didn't even do that well.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 1, 2014 -> 11:02 AM) Hard to know how his ankle would hold up going fast paced. Jimmy Butler is so stinking good right now. It is awesome to see. I hope it continues and obviously hope we give him his money, haha. That thought's been in the back of my head -- "Better enjoy how awesome Buckets is doing now, he might not be here next year!" And then the rest of my head tells the back to shut up and enjoy it.

Of the true fast food places (McD's, BK, Wendy's, Sonic, Culver's, Hardee's/Carl's Jr), it's definitely Wendy's. Of the almost-fast food places it's Five Guys. SmashBurger is good too. My favorite in Chicago though is Rockwell's. It's in Lincoln Square, on Rockwell two blocks south of Lawrence. When I make them at home I'll usually do it jucy lucy style and put cheddar in the middle, add in some steak seasoning and garlic powder. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 27, 2014 -> 10:20 AM) I think my favorite burger in the world is the char cheddar double cheeseburger from Gold Coast at Union Station. Real ground beef, plus liquid cheddar cheese poured on top which oozes down into the cracks and crevasses of the burger. I can hear your mangasm from here.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 1, 2014 -> 01:16 PM) It may make a defense easier to mount by saying "I was just kidding" but a tweet saying "I know where you live I'm coming to your house with my gun" seems like it should be a threat taken seriously by law enforcement in all cases. I get the feeling right now that it typically isn't. The more specific a statement is, the more likely a reasonable person would find it to be a threat.

Really happy for Tevin Coleman that he got to 2000 yards. I'd be shocked if he's back next year.

Newsroom a little too overdramatic for me last night. Only two episodes left. What a short final season, only 6 episodes.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 26, 2014 -> 06:40 AM) go out in style f*** you, f*** you, f*** you, you're cool, f*** you, f*** you

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 25, 2014 -> 09:51 AM) Its exactly what we thought they would be. Good and bad. I fully expect to see my boys lose some serious head scratchers but then take down some powerful teams. The Big Ten is talented but with really only one experienced team. Yeah, it really is Wisconsin and then everybody else. No idea how the standings will shake out this year.