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QUOTE (Reddy @ Mar 4, 2013 -> 09:10 PM) This is called bad math, bad science, and straight up manipulation. I spend $50 a week and eat 2500 to 3000 cal a day. All healthy foods. It said specifically that all the foods were of low calorie density. If you're buying organic, whole food products with very low calorie density...things could add up but it wouldn't be very fun to eat either.

Usenet any good? Seems to help avoid some of the piracy cop concerns, but also isn't free

RapidGator?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 4, 2013 -> 09:51 AM) Just gonna point out that you don't seem to have any idea how our welfare system works or any concept of the size and expense of the bureaucracy that would need to be created for these crazy ideas for your "public slaves." Other than Duke's stated desire to act like this: what purpose does his proposals serve? It certainly won't make the system any more efficient or cheaper, instead increasing it by at least an order of magnitude.

Bad coaching at the end, they can't look that s***ty on two straight inbound plays. That was terrible.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Mar 3, 2013 -> 08:04 PM) Wow. So I didn't read your article but I wonder if there's something else genetically that allowed her to fight it off? If so, this poor kid's going to have genetics testing for life. The logic seems to be that it was treated very aggressively before it had a chance to spread -- normally, it would re-emerge after lying dormant despite the drugs...but in this case, it never got a chance to spread to those corners of the body where it could "hide." It doesn't appear to be very applicable to those who contract it via sex/drugs, yet, unless perhaps you treat aggressively the moment you come into contact with it.

Shock troops not doing so bad!

QUOTE (ptatc @ Mar 3, 2013 -> 07:09 PM) You could be right but I don't think so. I think it's 2015 at the earliest as a regular. I could see him as a Sept call up next year but not starting the season. Our OF looks like it will be fairly crowded until that season anyway, plus there are a few guys in the OF in our system that are farther along and might get themselves spots before then as well.

Thibs just benched everybody.

I burst out laughing when I read that tweet. I feel bad for the guy, how does this happen?

I'm interested in joining something if you have any open spots. Haven't done any fantasy stuff here since I was about 15 years old.

Are VPNs effective at eluding the torrent cops?

They're spending quite a bit of time talking about Joakim Noah on Sportscenter, so we can lay off ESPN for today.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Mar 3, 2013 -> 08:16 AM) I'd rather there be no welfare at all. Honestly, just none... that's unfortunately impossible nowadays so I have to tone myself down a little. Way I see it welfare is having an individuals life subsidized by the state, and by state I really mean taxpayers. Taxpayers deserve to be updated on their investments and have every single possible guarantee possible to information that facilitates that process. What does that mean? (1) Welfare recipients must use one debit card for all transactions made with taxpayer dollars. This debit card cannot be used to withdraw cash. All cash purchases must be accompanied by a matching receipt and reported. (2) That information is then made public to the taxpayers, so we know exactly where, when and how our money is being spent. (3) Taxpayers can file complaints against what they see as waste and within a week a judge must make a ruling on whether the complaints are legitimate. If the judge rules that they are indeed valid the welfare recipient is cut off from funds permanently. (4) Once a month all welfare recipients must attend a public forum to answer questions from taxpayers about their efforts to get off welfare. Failure to attend is automatic grounds for removal from the welfare system. (5) Purchases of more than $500, changing of address, conceiving a child* and trips outside the resident state by a welfare recipient must be pre-approved by a judge. (6) Mandatory drug testing *if rejected the baby does not need to be aborted, but will be put up for adoption immediately upon birth. I know this will create a little bureaucracy, but the damage it does to the welfare system will offset that cost and then some. Before you say its a breach of someone's rights, if you're on welfare you've given up all of your rights except the right to life and cruel and unusual punishment. You've become government property and should be treated as such, if you dont like it get off welfare. I feel like you would be against restricting freedoms, but this essentially slavery. "Do things right and we'll let you go free!"

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 2, 2013 -> 08:29 PM) Searching for Sugar Man has to be not only the best documentary of 2012, it's probably the best overall movie/entertainment of the year. Amazing story. Too strange to be true. I had watched War Witch and 5 Broken Cameras (another excellent documentary), but I've never seen one quite like Sugar Man....and, with all the controversy over Zero Dark Thirty, Lincoln and Argo playing around with the truth and events being compressed, made up or overly dramatized, well, nobody could make up the Rodriguez story if they tried for 100 years. I'd argue that The Invisible War was more deserving for doing what the best documentaries do: affect change. The Invisible War leads to policy changes, even before opening

Just don't see Morel having a spot on the team right now. He has much to prove and I'd like to see that happen in Charlotte.

Joe Flacco = not worth that kind of cash

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Mar 1, 2013 -> 10:46 PM) hates them probably except Chief Blackhawk, I hope

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Mar 1, 2013 -> 01:11 PM) Is Dewayne Wise better than Jordan Danks? Does he deserve the spot over Danks? I don't think so, but most posters on here would say Wise > Danks

Can someone tell me what it means to be a knee pad?

When I drive to Memphis on 55/57 (both interstates are equidistant for me, so I take 57 if the weather is decent and/or it is light out because I have to take 20 miles of two-lane roads to get to it)...I keep it at 70 until I get to Missouri, then I let it eat.

Derrick can shut the f*** up. You're 24 years old and soon as we gave you a coach and a team, you choked in the Eastern Conference Finals with a lead against Miami. He has no idea what another year, a role player that fit better, or perhaps just better play on his end could have made all of the b****ing from his "people" moot. Just get healthy and shut up until your contract is up and see where you are then. We have Luol Deng, Joakim Noah, Carlos Boozer, and Taj Gibson on market value or better contracts -- it would sure be nice to get guys below market value for the sake of our cap, but for now you have a damn solid supporting cast. Why can't you be MVP Derrick? MVP's win with a supporting cast this good. His memory seems so short since the last season he played healthy we had a legit shot to beat Miami and we lost it in a single playoff series...that series loss has defined our franchise to the fans and apparently to Derrick as well if we believe his people speak for him. Now I'm not hating, he only had one shot at it in the first year with a new coach and a big new face in the lineup and he himself has plenty of room for growth. I'm one that believes that this squad with Derrick could be able to win the Finals. With that said, he needs to look in the god damn mirror before he wants to start throwing his weight around to pressure the FO. You aren't LeBron, buddy.

Considering they were unlikely to turn either of those into a decent QB, you can't be too upset about it. That team needs a serviceable QB

I don't think money had much, if anything, to do with whether they brought AJ back. Eventually, you need good players under you control for the foreseeable future. AJ is old -- you'd be happy if he was still serviceable in 3 years. Flowers, due to age alone, could last you up to 10 years from today (the age we'd be super happy to see AJ still playing). You need that to develop a franchise...young guys, regardless of cost, that will be on your team for a long time. You can only buy back so many mid-30's year old players before the rug comes out from under you.

Illinois only lost a single game in this conference one year, and it's because some bench player arsehole took PEDs or amphetamine salts or something