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KCTV5 confirms Belcher

FYI, the term "rape" is beginning to take on an expanded definition since people (primarily men) are preoccupied with the requirement for penetration for an act to be rape. Therefore, any other act is not in the same league. In truth, all these acts are different and just because a man doesn't put his penis in you doesn't mean you won't live in paralyzing fear that the next time they will. If things went down as she described, she would have forever lived in fear that yet another man or that same man would use her body against her will. She was willing to die instead of face that fear. This is just like politics where points that might get legitimately debated are completely nullified because one side is completely insensitive in their discussion of it.

QUOTE (knightni @ Nov 29, 2012 -> 03:03 PM) That was Briggs' quote. Maybe boners reminds him of his feelings for Marshall.

Andro doesn't do s***. Compared to legitimate steroids, you're looking at maybe 5% of the gains. The fact that they outlawed it was on a technicality anyway, but yeah those guys took it when it was legal and it hardly offered a performance advantage. In all likelihood, they could have easily achieved the same gain with a tweak to their workout program or diet.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Nov 29, 2012 -> 06:18 AM) So, does anyone know if mood stabilizers can just like...eliminate moods all together? My seizure medication is also a mood stabilizer and ever since it went into full effect I've felt like a large part of me has been missing. I've always been a very passionate and emotional person, yet it seems gone. I mean I asked out a friend two weeks ago and when she turned me down I quite literally felt nothing, whereas in the past I'd be upset for a while. Or I'm just not stressed out at all about all my tests, papers, and projects being due soon...which sounds good until the fact that I work best under stress. Hell, I went and looked at my poetry and I've written 3 poems since July, when I use to turn out two a month...and those past three were written without emotion. I dunno. It's just really, really weird. What's the medicine? Topamax turned my girlfriend into a depressed zombie.

QUOTE (flippedoutpunk @ Nov 29, 2012 -> 01:13 AM) Dang so Sherman and Browner from the Seahawks tested positive for Adderall eh? Yep, thats a hell of a performance enhancing drug. When youre on it, you can be the MVP of anything in life. The one semester that I took Adderall (As prescribed, mind you), I legit got straight A's in all four of my classes with EASE, and they were all 300 level history courses. Now that im off it, im a C average student with anti-social tendencies. Time to schedule an appointment. They are never informed of what they fail the test for. The players themselves would have leaked that info, likely to get away from steroid allegations.

Illinois really is just in a different league from these guys. We cut our turnovers in half and make free throws at an acceptable rate, it's a blowout. Nevermind the other room for improvement, like Tracy Abrams.

This team is really fun to watch. Last year, even when we were winning, it was excruciating.

JOE BERTRAND

Tech looks better than I anticipated, but Illinois even moreso so far

Illinois turning it on. Paul continuing Wooden campaign

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 01:09 PM) Illinois ranked #22 in both polls. I'd love to finish the year right around there Don't be such a pessimist! QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Nov 28, 2012 -> 11:05 AM) Illinois can beat anyone in the conference on a given night but the frontcourt isn't good enough to be a threat to any of those 4 over the long haul. Unless the light goes on for Egwu, and I think that is at least a year away, we just aren't going to get enough production inside and our rebounding isn't good enough to really be a true threat to finish in the top 4 in the conference this year with how strong the league is. The frontcourt could be a huge issue. I think they can defend, but the lack of rebounding is particularly confusing. I don't expect much offensively other than from Griffey, who has looked surprisingly good on offense. Depth at PG could be a problem. Abrams is another guy that looks much improved, but we still haven't seen him against real good competition as much as I'd like. He has no backup, and I don't like Paul/Richardson bringing the ball upcourt. And B-Paul looks like he wants a Wooden Award, we'll see if he can keep up anything like the pace he has so far.

QUOTE (Brian @ Nov 28, 2012 -> 04:42 PM) I doubt there is competition for Pettite so not sure why they would just give him 12 million. Not even close to being worth it. The competition is retirement

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Nov 28, 2012 -> 01:22 PM) Wrong. Not American views of labor in a nutshell. American views of labor from people who have had to deal with unions, however, absolutely. Like at a company I may work for now or have once worked for...if a power cord happens to not be plugged in, don't touch it...because it's a union electricians job. You're supposed to call them to come up to your office and plug it back in for you. If you do, they have the option to file a complaint which can lead to termination for breaking union labor agreements with the business. Like I said, s*** like this brings this opinion of them on themselves. You act like they made rules like that out of spite. It's always a response to an abuse. It's a vicious cycle.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Nov 28, 2012 -> 09:42 AM) ESPN asked twenty writers where Hamilton would end uo. Two said the Sox. One said five years, 125 mil. Other, four years for 81 mil. Link or insider?

mint.com is cool.

Whether the union started off with too high of wages at some point is debatable. The reasoning for rejecting the deal is absolutely sound, though. They had already taken massive cuts to wages and knew their long worked-for benefits were to be lost as well.

Yeah, I don't see any indication beyond inference that this is race related. Same with Trayvon.

George Schultz threatened to quit his job as SoS several times when he disagreed with his POTUS's position. The 'Saturday Night Massacre' in the midst of Watergate is an example of TWO people quitting their job to avoid doing something shady. The third guy did the deed and immediately resigned afterwards.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Nov 27, 2012 -> 06:29 AM) My usual response to what I want for Christmas is "I don't know" or " A gift certificate", but this year I'm actually wanting a few specific things. I'd love to have a Keurig. I drink coffee everyday at work (I have a coffee pot in my office), but it's hard to justify making coffee at home on the weekends. So, having a Keurig would be nice as I could make one cup at a time. In addition, my wife and kids could use it for hot chocolate. I also have been eyeballing a tablet. As cool as an iPad is, I think I'd actually like the new 8.9" Kindle Fire. We had a very constructive thread recently about tablets. I ended up buying an ASUS TF300T 10.1" for $280. There have also been good deals on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10" for $300. If those deals stay live, I'd look at those first. I don't really suggest Kindle Fire under any circumstance unless there is something magical about that size for you. The hands down best thing out right now is the Google Nexus 7 + 10. The Nexus 7 is the best value and simply the best 7 inch tablet, the Nexus 10 isn't a super-duper value but is the best Android tablet out there and still provides great value compared to iPad.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Nov 27, 2012 -> 12:13 PM) Jamarcus Russell, obviously. I think that sounds fair. I think they should increase the penalty for offensive interference too, atleast to the 15 yards. I would make the yardage minor but do loss of down.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Nov 27, 2012 -> 11:30 AM) That is very subjective, even if most situations will be black and white. They would need something clear and concrete. If they challenged on that, for whatever reason, and the ref suddenly said no, because you challenged, you lose the touchdown, that would be a bigger travesty than the Forsett play. I misphrased it - they can't benefit from the REVIEW.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Nov 27, 2012 -> 11:17 AM) In his TMQ column, Gregg Easterbrook pointed out a loophole in the 'red flag on a scoring play' rule that some coach could take advantage of: 1) Team A scores a touchdown on a play that is almost certain to be reversed upon review. 2) Team A's coach throws the challenge flag with the specific intent of having the review nullified. Team A gets a 15 yard penalty, but the touchdown stands. Doesn't work like that. Throwing the flag only prevents you from benefiting from the play, not preventing review. At least, this is how it was explained on TV.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 27, 2012 -> 10:17 AM) She stated the case presented to him. She didn't know it was bulls***, she was doing what CIA should have been doing - quesitoning everything. But in the end, she had to go with what they told her. She just made sure they fully staked it, which is all she could really do. Look, now you're talking about Susan Rice! Except people want her head on a platter. Colin Powell followed his marching orders and all we got was countless deaths, a lot of wasted money, an increasingly antagonistic Middle East, etc....but everybody loves Colin Powell! The real question to be asked is whether the CIA is doing nearly a competent enough job given the amount of scandal it has produced versus useful information.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 08:45 PM) That's totally not anything resembling the proposed filibuster reforms. Everything I've read says They'll keep 60 voted but remove the filibuster on the motion to proceed, and maybe require the minority to actually hold the floor rather than the current painless filibuster, if they can even pull those off. I hope they go nuclear.