Everything posted by bmags
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2016 Rio Olympics Thread
Yes, team handball is the best.
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2016 Democratic Thread
Shocked./green
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New Police Shooting video in Chicago about to be Released
The wildly shooting in a residential area...reminds me so much of the self-caused times square shootings. Really just need to be more careful on engagement. Have not seen actual shooting video.
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2016 Rio Olympics Thread
QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 5, 2016 -> 11:22 AM) Their bank accounts strongly disagree
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2016 Democratic Thread
Georgia will swing back, probably next week. Not buying it. Still pretty sure we are in a bump. On election day I'm fairly certain we'll be walking to the polls with at least a "Clinton 46%, Trump 42%" scenario. Problem for trump is PA is looking like toast, and he already seems to have lost CO.
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2016 Democratic Thread
Iowa uses an independent commission and it works very well.
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Trade Deadline: Sox Make No Moves
Could be, could also be that re-setting value for their prospects after the deadline to let everyone know they value those prospects and aren't giving them away after their trades for Pomeranz/Kimbrall.
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2016 Rio Olympics Thread
Chicago is a beautiful city with lots of things to do and see and accomodations. Would have been great here.
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2016 Democratic Thread
I don't really care. I'm still pissed about 2010 and how timid progressives got and didn't vote in the election. Still paying for that to this day.
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New Police Shooting video in Chicago about to be Released
QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 5, 2016 -> 09:59 AM) This is gonna be bad. The bad thing already happened. The next bad thing that could happen is it was sweeped under rug. This, to this point, is how these things should be handled.
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New Police Shooting video in Chicago about to be Released
Chicago has acted swiftly against the officers, but video is about to be released and the internal review board president said it is disturbing. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/c...-htmlstory.html
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2016 Democratic Thread
Reading that, I can think of one thing: PEOPLE VOTE IN YOUR STATE ELECTIONS
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2016 Rio Olympics Thread
I agree, plus Brazil is kind of an expert at pulling it together "enough" at the last minute just to make it competent enough that people don't mention it. You have to wonder what the stories would have been about Chicago at the Columbian Exposition had Twitter been around. A serial killer on the loose and many buildings still under construction when it started. Anyway - Go US. Beach Volleyball is going to be pretty awesome as that is a big deal in Brazil.
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AND THAT'S A WHITE SOX WINNER
I just feel like deja vu. This is like, the exact 1 year point from when he also hit 5-6 homers in 2 weeks then fell on his face again.
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2016 Democratic Thread
I want to point out something though, in the wake of the recent jobs report. 50% of people without a high school degree are unemployed (stay in school, kids) http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/p...eport-suggests/ The reports on Seattle have been largely complimentary because no huge change occurred. But hiring did slow in a boom area, and hours were cut back, in a fashion big enough that it neutralized the earnings. That means while it may help those workers who have jobs do better, it may permanently cut out the others. We have a lot of social spending being means tested to work. This basically cuts out an already vulnerable population and would basically push them to a life of living off exclusively food stamps. That thought is very scary. Also, Seattle is in a boom economy and is doing a better job at building. A lot of this income will be sucked into unproductive housing rents unless people in urban areas keep their preference for preventing all building.
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2016 Democratic Thread
I support Clinton. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I'm actively trying to "normalize" her mwahahahahahaha
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Financial News
As wage growth accelerates, we have this chart https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS17200000 Will Yellen allow economy to run hot to make up some of that dip?
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Financial News
Absolutely fantastic jobs day.
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AND THAT'S A WHITE SOX WINNER
Is Tim Anderson ok?
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2016 Democratic Thread
It was worth it. That was the best.
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2016 Democratic Thread
Hahahaha. Oh man that's the best line.
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2016 Democratic Thread
Oh, when I see a + next to a poll I usually think it's referring to the movement from the last poll.
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2016 Democratic Thread
Good think he had higher viewership.
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How much hope should we have for Anderson?
QUOTE (TheFutureIsNear @ Aug 4, 2016 -> 02:22 PM) Interesting..thank you. Some better names than I would have thought, but still doesn't exactly paint a pretty picture. If Anderson goes onto have the career of Erick Aybar there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. He should be proud of that kind of career and no one would have the right to complain...BUT when that's your organizations best hitting prospect its a huge problem. *And not saying that Aybar is Anderson's ceiling either before anyone gets their panties further in a bunch. Just saying that its a likely career path IF major changes aren't made to his hitting approach. That's a different argument. But worth noting that Mark Grudzellliank and Shawn Duncan were Andersons common reference points. Frankly of the above, it's anderson's athleticism/speed potential for SB and defense that makes him more promising. But considering the SS who just came up in the game, Anderson will be a solid starter for many years for us (IMO when he settles in) but not close to top 5 which Alexei probably was during that SS downtime.