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This is too far away.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ May 20, 2016 -> 09:32 AM) We're watching a future Hall of Famer in his prime. Enjoy it. Truth.

He's incredible. Can't believe a pitcher can just decide to be something else and have possibly more success when they are already great.

Can't tell you how nervewrecking it was looking at gameday when it said that last batter had strike 3 but then didn't say the game ended for 5 more minutes.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ May 19, 2016 -> 05:16 PM) The most recent season of the Serial Podcast was all about Bergdahl and thats what REALLY soured me on the whole trade. It seems like there was so much shady back door stuff going on to be able to get this trade to go through including bypassing the mandatory vetting that is conducted by numerous government agencies to determine if a gitmo prisoner is released if they will be a threat down the road. According to the podcast it sounded like whoever was running this show knew the 5 guys wouldnt be cleared so they just skipped the whole process and pushed the deal through. I also think it sets a bad precedent. Youd think any Americans over seas could be more appealing to capture knowing that we will do unbalanced prisoner exchanges. I don't disagree with you but prisoner exchanges are historically pretty common and compared to Iran Contra seems like small potatoes of dealing with undesirable groups.

I would have felt better about Bergdahl had they not paraded him home as a hero. They still shold have done what it takes to bring him home (as they do with other americans who break laws in foreign countries by and are disappeared)

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 17, 2016 -> 02:35 PM) Chicago is freaking awesome. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-...0517-story.html Owner of old main post office was dead when $130M sale closed Whether above the table or not, that was a good thing to finally happen for the city.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 19, 2016 -> 03:10 PM) This makes a lot of sense, but many would still say it's bending over too far to accommodate the private insurance companies' profit margins...that threat of the private insurance market collapsing has been used as a "threat" for years and year, just like "death panels" as a scare tactic. How did the Romney/Massachusetts plan account for this issue? Except we saw exactly how this played out without the mandate in the US Territories which were not accounted for in the initial rollout and saw their plans skyrocket. Romneycare had a mandate. Also - even with the mandate, insurers are pulling out of some states because there are not large enough pools - see alaska. There could not be more evidence for this.

QUOTE (shipps @ May 19, 2016 -> 12:52 PM) I really like Portugal. the man but I have to be honest, the lyrics they sing are about as atheist as it gets and I consider myself a christian. Not a crazy conservative bible thumping Christian, just something that I believe in. I feel kind of bad liking them. There is plenty songs that I have loved over the years with crazy lyrics but its something about their lyrics that feel pretty bad. Do you guys ever run into liking music that doesnt quite line up with your beliefs? I mean, the misfits have some truly horrible lyrics. I listen to incredibly misogynistic rap and older tunes. You can take it literally as endorsement, but I don't find it that different than watching a violent movie or tv show.

whoa. I'm thinking about an M.S. degree. Going to give it 2 months and see if I still have the desire to load up debt.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ May 19, 2016 -> 10:15 AM) Wasn't he compared to Shawon Dunston? I think that was Keith Law's comparison due to high contact, lack of power? Can't remember. Anderson has me super excited. His default seems to be to try to get to every ball and hit every ball because he largely can, but he has also shown (from reports) an ability to digest coaching and adjust. Sky is the limit for him, especially if we see a power surge in charlotte (likely anyway due to stadium).

QUOTE (Tex @ May 19, 2016 -> 10:38 AM) How many folks here have a regular place they go to hear live music? No cover, just a regular restaurant, bar kind of place. Not "shows" or "events" just a singer, small band, type of place. Before Brendan Sodikoff ruined it, I used to go to california clipper that has a regular band. Occasionally go to empty bottle on fridays when they have the hoyle brothers playing every week. Not many places in Chicago just have music like that. Almost all are venues. Carols also comes to mind but that's just kind of a fun dive.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 19, 2016 -> 10:30 AM) btw bmags, i hadnt heard "Mene" or "I am Nightmare" from Brand News upcoming album yet. I f***ing love "Mene". "I am Nightmare" is good, but not as good as the other I got kind of grossed out last year when it seemed like TBS and Brand New "feuded" as a tool for media hype so I ignored that they were in an album. I'll check it out.

Yeah I don't like festivals much either. The sound at riotfest was terrible too. I doubt that I will go mainly due to family stuff, but the only band that had sound set up correctly was replacements.

Actually I forgot that she actually did vote to fillibuster that bill after it wasn't signed into law in 2001 due to a hilarious abortion element (it did not allow terrorists who had bombed or threatened abortion clinics to claim bankruptcy after civil judgments, which is a bridge too far!) She did not vote for passage of that bill, she was absent due to Bill's heart surgery. Her comments on it: Mrs. Clinton. Mr. President, while I strongly believe that Congress should act to fix the problems in our bankruptcy system, I also believe that this bill is misguided and deeply flawed. This bankruptcy bill fundamentally fails to accord with the traditional purposes of bankruptcy, which recognize that we are all better off when hardworking people who have suffered financial catastrophe get a ‘‘fresh start. . .’’ It [bankruptcy reform] should be about making sure that both large corporations and individual citizens are held to the same standards of responsibility and accountability. This bill is flawed in a number of ways. But I want to begin by commenting on one of its most distressing elements. As many people know, I have long been concerned about the burdens placed on America’s families by a lack of health care insurance and by rising healthcare costs. In this bill, the Senate had an opportunity to take one important step to help citizens driven to the point of bankruptcy by unavoidable medical problems. Instead, the Senate rejected this opportunity to lighten the load on Americans dealing with the twin blows of medical and financial difficulties. The Senate’s failure to act is all the more striking to me today, because I must submit this statement into the Record while attending to a medical situation in my own family. The world has changed since this bill was considered in 2001. During the past 4 years, workers have sustained unprecedented job losses, endured termination of pension plans, and faced wage cuts and elimination of health care and other benefits as a result of their employer’s bankruptcy. Many of these bankruptcies have been the direct result of wrongdoing by corporate mismanagement. The people who take the biggest hit when big companies go bankrupt aren’t the top executives, but the ordinary employees whose pensions and healthcare coverage disappear overnight. And to make matters even worse, yesterday the Senate, again led by the Republican leadership, rejected an amendment offered by Senator Kennedy, which would have outlawed unlimited homestead exemptions. This would have prevented the wealthiest Americans from avoiding responsibility by hiding their assets from creditors. The Senate also rejected an amendment that was intended to reinsert language that had been in the legislation the Senate passed in 2001, which would have prevented the discharge in bankruptcy of all liability for willful violation of protective orders and violent protests of providers of lawful services, such as reproductive health services. Even though this language was in the 2001 Senate-passed bill, it is conspicuously absent from the bankruptcy bill that the Senate is now considering 4 years later. Because of unforeseen and unavoidable circumstances, I will not be present when the Senate votes on final passage of this bill today. But were I able to be here, I would vote no, because this bill is clearly not in the best interests of the American people. So basically, that story is nonsense. Like many of the stories against her, the hearsay is either completely made up or woefully inaccurate.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ May 19, 2016 -> 10:19 AM) I've never been to Riot Fest before, but this is probably the year I will go. I hope The Specials are playing the same day as The Misfits. Beware that riotfest has a knack for playing all the bands you want to see at the same time so that you can't see them.

What the hell is fitz and the tantrums doing there. ooOoooOOOo death grips.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ May 17, 2016 -> 06:10 PM) Ive never been fond of Obama's politics but I have always found him likable, and thought he did an amazing job at getting people who have felt alienated by Washington inspired again. I think it was important to finally have a President who wasnt an old white guy as well. A couple things that bothered me about Obama's presidency were the Iran deal and the prisoner exchange for Bergdahl. I know he had a hostile congress and that made things difficult at times. I want everyone to get health care as much as the next person but I really dont like some aspects of Obamacare, particularly that they fine people who cant afford to pay for health care. Dont get me wrong, I think its great that people who were previously uninsurable are guaranteed coverage. I just genuinely dont understand the logic of fining people who cant afford insurance. Hillary is a different story for me. Id rather have Obama be the President for the rest of my life than have her as President for a single day. She is the most untrustworthy candidate I can think of in my lifetime. She has been a part of so much corruption for so long. Id honestly prefer Trump to be President than her (Im shuttering just typing that) That video that greg posted a few pages back of Elizabeth Warren telling a story of a personal experience she had with Hillary where Hillary convinced Bill to veto a bill sponsored by credit card companies about bankruptcy and then when the bill came up again when Hillary was a senator and she voted for the bill. Warren says that Hillary was bought by the credit card companies and the financial influence was too much. Thats exactly what Bernie brings up at all of the debates and she laughs it off and claims shes never swayed by money. Bernie is another guy who I REALLY dont like his politics but he comes across as the most honest politician and I believe the things that he says. This election really makes me sad for the future of our country. I cant believe there isnt a candidate on either side that I can even get a little excited about. Edit-Forgot to mention. Obama's Press correspondence dinners (or whatever theyre called) where he roasts people are hilarious. I was really surprised how funny he can be and keep a straight face. Just wanted to point out, I read this. I have had the times where I've sat down to write down my thoughts for this board. I enjoyed this and appreciated it, but that Elizabeth Warren thing is not an accurate representation of Hillary Clinton. When that bill was sent to Bill Clinton it was done so with a republican majority congress. He pocket vetoed it. Then Hillary Clinton was elected to the senate as part of a +4 pickup of the dems. The senate makeup was then 50/50 split, with a Republican president. The house was majority republican. At the time, democrats did not run the senate as it is today with requiring 60 votes, so the bankruptcy bill would have been reintroduced and signed. Clinton then used her influence to say she would sign the bill to make it bi-partisan, and watered down the bill to still allow single mothers to collect cihld payments evn after the father declares bankruptcy (seriously, this would have been part of the Republican bill). So yes, this is an example of how clinton rules. She saw a fight coming that would hurt people, and engaged in the fight to make it hurt as little as possible. I'm sure Sanders probably abstained and can keep his purity. But a whole of people are better off because she took this fight. Clinton's remarks on the floor: Senator Clinton: I rise today in support of final passage of S. 420, the Bankruptcy Reform Act. Many of my colleagues may remember that I was a strong critic of the bill that passed out of the 106th Congress. While we have yet to achieve the kind of bankruptcy reform I believe is possible, I have worked with a number of people to make improvements that bring us closer to our goals, particularly when it comes to child support. Women can now be assured that they can continue to collect child support payments after the child’s father has declared bankruptcy. The legislation makes child support the first priority during bankruptcy proceedings. This year, we have made more progress. The Senate agreed to include a revised version of Senator Schumer’s amendment to ensure that any debts resulting from any act of violence, intimidation, or threat would be nondischargeable. Earlier today, this body agreed to include a cap on the homestead exemption to ensure that wealthy debtors could not shield their wealth by purchasing a mansion in a state with no cap on homestead exemption. In addition, I was concerned about competing nondischargeable debt so I worked hard with Senator Boxer to ensure that more credit card debt can be erased so that women who use their credit cards for food, clothing and medical expenses in the 90 days before bankruptcy do not have to litigate each and every one of these expenses for the first $750. Let me be very clear—I will not vote for final passage of this bill if it comes back from conference if these kind of reforms are missing. I am voting for this legislation because it is a work in progress, and it is making progress towards reform.

Yeah I was excited for that. Not only signifies the Bears see him as valuable, but that Willie may be more bought into this role than he was last year.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 18, 2016 -> 06:18 PM) Zenefits, for example, is a case study dream for a unicorn company gone awry...but it hasn't received nearly the attention of Theranos because of the unique nature of Holmes' story IMO. It's hard to resist. Other than Meg Whitman, Melissa Mayer and Carly Fiorina, there haven't been many women at the highest levels of a tech company...let alone being perceived as the "technical-side" brains behind the operation. In fact, the first time I read her story, she was being referred to by none other than Bill Clinton as a future Nobel Prize winner for how innovative the "blood drop" tech was supposed to be. I think the main issue with Theranos is 1) cheating on HR regulatory issues is less sexy than cheating on medical tests, and lying about how you are doing them and 2) Zenefits hasn't had the Feds require their CEO step down. That last part I literally didn't even know could happen.

Would be very happy if it happens. Not much chance to add fairly cheap depth without giving up anything mid season. No idea what price tag is, however.

I'm at the point now where I assume the White Sox will have every one of these go against them. Very frustrated, similar to shysocks. This is now kind of going back to 2013. I just feel like we have had an extended run of crap hit us and we always end up eating it.

Honestly if you all are saving money for retirement now you are doing better than a vast majority of Americans. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archiv...t-shame/476415/

QUOTE (bmags @ May 18, 2016 -> 03:14 PM) I like Ingraham a lot but you are right he's probably a #2. I liked most all of the sixers players in college, but I worry their growth in the NBA was severely stunted from so many non-nba players around them where they were covering up their mistakes and not truly learning to excel with their talents. Compare that to the celts. Amazing when you have a typo and actually add more letters to their name.

I like Ingraham a lot but you are right he's probably a #2. I liked most all of the sixers players in college, but I worry their growth in the NBA was severely stunted from so many non-nba players around them where they were covering up their mistakes and not truly learning to excel with their talents. Compare that to the celts.