Jake

The refs have consistently f***ed our defense. This is at least two TDs gifted to GB by officials.

Cutler has consistently had INT due to he and receiver not being in sync. It was always about bad coaching or dumb WR. Have to start thinking it's him at some point.

Awaiting the anger at the defense for not stopping GB with a short field

Cutler steps in to remind us which team has the better QB

My NFL Sunday Ticket stream is less reliable than the Bears

Cutler has been very good so far today

The call against Peppers was mystifying on the Bears first drive but they've been victimized by the refs several times since

Remember defense is missing its best DT, their starting DE, and their best CB. Starting safety is also gimpy

Reviews that talk about battery life that don't use some sort of standardized test do often understate the battery life. Not because the reviewer is necessarily biased, but because they were constantly using the thing to test it. When there is a standardized battery test, I find that it usually overstates the battery life.

If he was a White Sox player he wouldn't have received the attention that annoys so many people. He's not better than Frank Thomas, who was greatly unappreciated for much of his career. Big Frank only got attention when he was actually doing something better than everyone else (like winning the MVP on the strength of his bat). I think a secondary thing that annoys people about the Jeter mythos is that he was never a good SS. He played his entire career out of position. There's a decent enough chance that he would have been a far more valuable player as a 2B.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Sep 26, 2014 -> 02:46 PM) Damn, 2 weeks in a row. He was very good the first 2 weeks. Guess I'm just glad all it is a concussion and not something worse. Well a concussion could very well be worse, it just isn't automatically so by definition. The longer a guy is out with a concussion, the more I worry that he'll never be the same. A not noteworthy concussion usually doesn't take 3+ weeks to recover from. Even worse for a lineman who will bang his head against the guy across from him every single down.

They were very good deals. Hector has been quite valuable this season and very well could improve next year as he spends the offseason training as a starter. I think there is still a fair amount of untapped potential in him - reminds me of Javy Vasquez in some ways, at least in terms of having pretty damn good stuff but not getting everything out of it. I don't know what we have in Moises. I recognize some of the tools. He's pretty fast, has a great arm, some natural fielding ability, and I think there's raw power there. From what I've seen this year and his past in MiLB, I'm not sure if he's all that good at hitting or will ever be. Bench piece is probably what he is - but is he better than Jordan Danks? He and Tank will probably be up against one another for a roster spot as well. Tank has the "we see so much hitting potential in you" advantage, but Moises is more useful in every other way.

Only Yankees fans could help make a HoF player into one of the most overrated players in history. In reality, he's a fringy HoF guy who is put over the top into "definite HoF" territory for being an excellent playoff performer.

In some regards, I see the expansion of renewable energy as great in that it cripples Russia. On the other hand, I have to wonder what a crippled Russia might do

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 26, 2014 -> 01:15 PM) What that Pew poll that Jake posted in the "Religion in America" found is that an awful lot of white people simply don't believe that sort of discrimination still exists, or at least that it has meaningful impact. There is a certain subset, at least, that sees black folks as no particular victim of discrimination. That same subset thinks they themselves are the most persecuted group of people

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 26, 2014 -> 11:02 AM) Will Leitch had a good article on the Simmons situation: http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/96333...espn-suspension I do disagree with the point he makes that the only reason ESPN has all the power is live sports. That might be a key differentiator today, but what made ESPN big was SportsCenter. A huge portion of the day you can watch news all about sports. Or not watch - you don't have to pay close attention, it can just be the thing that's on in the background. I almost wonder if some of the other channels are screwing up by not focusing on this. NBCSN, I don't want to watch cycling. Tell me the same thing about yesterday's sporting events over and over.

It's like when State Sen. Obama was at a campaign fundraiser and he had potential donors treat him like a waiter - not because they were thinking hard about it, because their subconscious mind just decided that guy had the look of a waiter

If you're catering directly to voters, chances are you are executing the will of voters. I think there are times when you should not do that, but doing what the people want is often the lesser of evils The problem we face is that it costs money to reach voters and typical voters aren't typically the ones donating

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/09/apple...iphone-6-fixes/ iOS 8.0.1 update disables TouchID and cell service. Apple has pulled the update, but if you see it right now, don't download it. They are telling folks that if you have updated, you have to do a system restore

IIRC wireless Genie invokes a one-time $99 installation fee. Funny, since it takes infinitely less installation than running coax

Derek Jeter - 2,743 games, 119 wRC+, 73.6 fWAR Barry Larkin - 2,180 games, 118 wRC+, 67.6 fWAR Larkin's sin is that he didn't play for the Yankees, so he only got to go to the playoffs twice.

I would guess that the rounded back of the HTC One would make it substantially harder to bend

Pew Research, widely regarded as the best survey firm in the USA, released some findings from a representative sample of Americans asked various questions about religion. Here are some highlights. 49% believe churches should express political views to congregation. White evangelicals (66%) most likely to say that churches should express these views. 41% believe that politicians do not share enough about their faith in public. 30% say they do it too much. For republicans, 53% say not enough do versus 17% saying too much. Democrats have 42% saying too much vs. 30% not enough. 68% of white evangelicals say too little. "Unaffiliated" Americans as a group have 56% saying too much. 59% of Americans want congresspeople to have "strong religious beliefs." 72% of Republicans want this vs 50/50 split for Dems. The only subgroup that disagrees is the unaffiliateds (68% disagree) 50% of Republicans say Democrats are unfriendly towards religion. Equal amounts (30%) say Obama is friendly towards and unfriendly towards religion. 57% of white evangelicals say he is unfriendly toward religion. List of % saying that there is "a lot of discrimination" against these groups: LGBT people (65%) Muslims (59%) Blacks (54%) Hispanics (50%) Jews (32%) Evangelical Christians (31%) Atheists (27%) Catholics (19%) Some highlights of the group by group perceptions of race... White evangelicals think they are the most discriminated against group, more frequently rating evangelical christians as facing "a lot of discrimination" than any of the other groups. While 50% think evangelicals are facing discrimination, they think catholics are the least discriminated against. White evangelicals are also the group least likely to believe Muslims face a lot of discrimination. Just 36% think blacks face a lot of discrimination. Hispanic catholics are the most likely to perceive hispanics and catholics to be discriminated against (77% for hispanics, 41% for catholics), exceeding the perceptions of discrimination by the general group of hispanics. Blacks were the most likely to perceive discrimination for atheists, even moreso than the "unaffiliated" group, which one assumes contains many atheists. White "mainline protestants" are the least likely to believe Jews face a lot of discrimination, followed closely by white catholics. Interestingly, black protestants are the most likely to believe Jews face discrimination. Others... 34% of evangelicals say it has become more difficult to be religious in recent years. 18% of Catholics feel that way. 31% of "persons with no religion" say it has become easier to be religious in recent years. Most of all groups say it hasn't changed much. 30% of white evangelicals say they believe they should be considered a minority due to their religious beliefs. Compare to just 10% of white mainline protestants or 8% of white Catholics. Party ID by ethnoreligious group... All - 48% dem/lean dem vs 43% rep/lean rep White evangelicals - 72% rep/lean rep vs 20% dem/lean dem (gap has been widening for past 20 years) White mainline - 49% rep/lean rep vs 41% dem/lean dem (gap has been narrowing recently, hasn't been very wide at any point in past 20 years) Black protestants - 84% dem/lean dem vs 10% rep/lean rep (gap has narrowed in past couple of years) White catholic - 53% rep/lean rep vs 39% dem/lean dem (gap is widening, had been relatively even most of past 20 years) Hispanic catholic - 67% den/lean dem vs 26% rep/lean rep (no particular trend) Jews - 70% dem/lean dem vs 26% rep/lean rep (slight widening of the gap recently) Unaffiliated - 63% dem/lean dem vs 27% rep/lean rep (much wider than 20 years ago, but not particular trend right now) Gay rights... Since May 2013, there has been 5% increase (45% to 50%) in people saying "homosexual behavior is sinful" 82% of evangelics say yes to this, while just 42% of white mainline do. 44% of catholics. Black protestants also high on this one, 77%. The strongest "favor gay marriage" group was white mainline protestants, with 57% in favor. Compare to 75% oppose for white evangelicals. Next highest was 51% oppose for black protestants. A majority (52%) of Catholics favor gay marriage. Abortion... 55% say abortion "should be legal in all or most cases." 40% say the opposite. Men and women have insignificant difference in response to this question, interestingly enough. All age groups have a strong majority "legal" response, except 65+ (46%) 44% of rep/lean rep say legal vs 65% of dem/lean dem 30% of white evangelicals say legal vs 65% of white mainline, 52% of catholics, 56% of black protestants, 75% of unaffiliated

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Sep 24, 2014 -> 07:48 AM) While I've never been one to do this, I guess it applies for those that do. The conversion from huge phones in the early 90's to small phones by 2000' back to huge phones in 2012 is somewhat ironic. While they've become infinitely more usable, they have become less portable and prone to breakage. There was a time where cracked screens or bent phones just wasn't a thing. I think people need to adapt to that or adapt to using those huge, invincible otter boxes. This is a time where Samsung is vindicated for using plastic. I've been watching YouTube videos of people trying to bend the Note 3 and while there is a little give mid-rip, it is back to normal when you let you go. Where Apple f***ed up here, though, is the thinness. The other iPhones could bend, but only if you did something crazy to them. Making these so much bigger and thinner made them relatively flimsy. I'm a sort of phone free agent, and as someone has had a phone break in their pocket, there's no way I feel comfortable getting an i6+ at this point.

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