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It's pretty clear there would be a lot less sexual assaults if only women had more men telling them how to live their lives correctly. Historically, they are a population that has just been out there, living way too free and clueless the the predatory world surrounding them. God bless you Kasich. You are just the president we need to make america pure again.

He may not be responsible, but he does live in a world that already exists. He's either ignorant or malicious and he's running for president so he can be better regardless. But of course, male politicians aren't responsible for the environment they surround themselves in, only sexual assault victims are.

No, he's saying that women are smart enough to read that statement by Kasich and see the pervasive attitude that women that participate in social events are by the nature of being there "asking for it".

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 11:45 AM) That is more to answer the idea that a running back has no effect on an offense, not a valuation of Ellliot. Even looking at vikes numbers, aside from the Favre magic year, the best they've done in total ypg is 13th, and had several years in the bottom 1/3rd, including last year where they were 29th. I struggle to figure out what the value is there. Seems to be the vikes success is based off of their defensive strength.

Yeah, while many colleges use RBs that are undersized and shifty, Alabama has put huge rbs in their backfield, and along with a bigger than normal offensive line, the results seem to be due to overpowering vs incredible vision/elusiveness. You lose that when you go Pro. Not sure if I'd care for him.

I won't be against Elliot pick, per se, but if we pass on him I'll be fine with it. I'm not sure we'll need to though. I think if we can trade down and get a 3rd and get someone like Mackenzie Alexander that would be ideal to me.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 11:04 AM) Which has nothing to do with what Kasich said. Just because other people are victim-blaming doesn't mean Kasich is. Saying it to a specific victim is very different than answering a general hypothetical question. He's a member of the gov't being asked what he would do to keep women safe from sexual assault. The US fed government has a number of levers they've used to try and reduce local crimes, but for sexual assault their lever is to tell women to stay at home. Got it. He's just a dad, talking to his daughter!

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 10:58 AM) It's not victim-blaming, it's giving advice to people on how to best avoid becoming victims. I will tell my daughter 1000 times not to get herself into those situations, but if she does, I'm going to insist on full prosecution of the offender and not tell my daughter, "See, I told you." But the latter continues to happen in police offices, prosecution offices and juries. Feel free to tell your kids not to walk home alone late at night. Go out with friends to parties. That isn't really helpful from a politician though. Would he instead offer to ban alcohol for men, since it seems to cause so much more crime among them?

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 10:43 AM) They don't have a QB though. Rams probably make the playoffs with Cutler. Right but how many offensive positions add so little marginal value when you add the best player there?

I'm torn by thinking that Elliot is both very good, but also knowing that the Rams added maybe the best RB in the league last year and their offense ended up basically the same (bad).

BUT WAS THOME CLUTCH?

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 09:30 AM) Despite what either side of the issue might lead you to believe, it is not an open and shut case. For pretty much ever, the standard was that if you have a penis, you use men's restrooms and locker rooms, and if you have a vagina, you use women's restrooms and locker rooms. This has always been a problem for transgendered people, some of whom dress in the style of the gender they identify with instead of the gender they actually are. M->F people often were ridiculed/bullied/attacked if they entered a men's room dressed as a woman. F->M people dressed as men are often mistakenly identified as sexual predators there to attack women. For transgendered people, the solution seemed simple: let them use restrooms and locker rooms of the gender they identify with instead of the gender they actually are. Seems simple but has two major complications: 1) There is nobody at the door of restrooms and locker rooms verifying that people with penises who are trying to use women's facilities are actually transgendered. There have already been cases of straight men taking advantage of this rule to expose themselves to and/or get a look at women. 2) Even if only transgendered people were to use the other restroom/locker room, there are still plenty of women who just don't want to see a penis while they are in a locker room, and certainly plenty of parents who don't want their teenage daughters exposed to that. While some of the people who favored bills like the one in North Carolina are bigoted, bigotry is clearly not the only reason one might have for supporting this bill. I would propose a compromise that ought to be good enough (but not necessarily ideal) for everybody: A) Any newly constructed buildings must have restrooms/locker rooms for men and women, as well as open/family facilities that can be used by anyone. B) Any existing buildings that have at or above a certain number of restrooms/locker rooms must convert some to open/family facilities. C) Any existing buildings with limited numbers of restrooms/locker rooms that are unable to convert some to open/family facilities must post notices at the entries that they do not have open/family facilities. Restrooms are clearly a much easier fix than places with locker rooms and showers. Also, PayPal and Bryan Adams (and probably most other musicians) = total hypocrites. Both do plenty of business in Muslim countries where transgendered people aren't accommodated and even worse it's actually illegal to be gay. But they needed to take a stand against North Carolina. Paypal didn't threaten to stop allowing transactions in North Carolina, they decided not to employ people there if they needed to follow that law. I do not see any Paypal offices in Muslim countries.

Is the unlawful action entering the womens bathroom or exposing yourself to others there? Women's bathrooms stalls in them. Fairly easy to keep a law on the books to prevent that.

I saw jungle book friday. It was visually pretty cool! But it's a tough sell for me to watch a two hour movie with a live action child actor as the only real person in movie. Also - the king louie song scene was very awkward. Not sure why they decided to do it that way.

If their OBP is last and also they made no improvement in power numbers, then I will be worried. But we knew we did not make large OBP improvements, but we did think we made power improvement. I think we'll see that.

I skipped rest of thread after reading "the bats aren't getting any better" Really? Abreu is going to be a .220 15 hr power hitter this year? Frazier is confined to Adam Dunn status? Our pitching and defense has shown to be good enough to win us games themselves, that's good. last year we had pitching but no defense. Yes, it's possible that the bats get sucked into a blackhole of suckness like last year, but we don't need to be so fatalistic after losing 1 series.

Another great at bat

Another great at bat.

eh, can't win if we don't score

Avi swung at every pitch and didn't look close to recognizing one

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 16, 2016 -> 05:35 PM) Both teams must have nice dinner plans tonight I mean, there are so many food courts in Tampa

Lol I'd be so pissed if I was a Rays fan not scoring at those pitches

I hate when there's no pitch trackers

Yeah you can usually tell right away if Danks has it and he does not. Going to be a lot of albers

danks nowhere near home