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QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 24, 2015 -> 11:39 AM) They were/are pushing their citizens to buy up real estate in empty cities built for millions as great investments. It's crazy. Does the outside real estate investment in US from China actually help US in any way? It seems to be a hinderance considering rent/house prices in th emajor cities.

How come all of the strongdollar heads aren't out there telling us how great this is?

Was reading something interesting on how china's huge investment into real estate to the point of overextension means they don't have an easy area to target to reinflate economy.

My favorite thing about Rodon is when he is in a jam I think " well he can just throw a bunch of sliders and get out of it"...and that happens.

Trayce is must watch territory for me right now

Love when Tyler and Carlos have good games.

I liked the ode to fight club with playing the pixies at the end. I actually hope that they do not unwind for us too much when elliot was speaking and when he was just imagining his dad speaking. That's part of the fun. Tyrell, well, there is the possibility he was this gung-ho because he also had a plan to bring down E Corp but from the inside. But that's...a hell of a plan. (Hey become the most successful tech person at the biggest company in the world, and then destroy it) But that's my wife's idea.

Not really Chicago, but on Twitter today Adam Schefter was tweeting thinking he had been fired, turns out it was a mistake at HR at ESPN.

If LaRoche goes crazy and hits 9 hrs thru end of season for 20...how will we look back on his year?

Anderson just looks like a baseball player in everything he does.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 20, 2015 -> 11:50 AM) Because North Korea's economy is strong and heavily involved in international trade? GMAB. They trade a bit of money with China for electricity and then receive food aid to keep their people from starving. They have a sweet counterfeit trade with China.

What grounds does the US have to tell a sovereign nation to change it's government?

Oh was that not in his examples?

You guys remember when Clinton was appeasing North Korea too much and then Bush came in and we broke off communications to make it so much tougher on them and then they had an atomic bomb. They really respected the harder line.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 20, 2015 -> 10:22 AM) Terrible. I used to pretend I was Erik Kramer throwing to Curtis Conway and Jeff Graham when I was a kid. Feel really bad for his wife. At the time of your life where you can settle in with family hers is disappearing.

Apologize if this was explained, But wasn't the issue last year in JR rejecting that they were basically going around the back of JR's friend, the current president of the blue jays, in pushing him out? It wasn't that he objected to KWs move.

Title - also still the same. Basically a replay of the NYT Hillary Email scandal.

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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 20, 2015 -> 10:24 AM) yes, you're relying on Iran to collect them, but that's why the video and photography equipment come in. It's not independent collection, it would be collection with verification of appropriate collection, with no "trust" involved. If you don't personally collect the samples but you can verify the locations and conditions the samples are collected under and verify the chain of custody by observing that the appropriate sites are sampled after initial measurements, the seals on the samples are closed on video, and then the sampels are returned to the IAEA in a short time period with no damage to the seal, then you've got what you need to conduct an appropriate investigation of the site for nuclear material. That doesn't involve trusting Iran as I've outlined it here. Again, since the AP article was so vague I can't say with 100% certainty there is no loophole in there, but this seems like an entirely logical setup that an international organization would arrange in order to get access to secured military facilities for nuclear inspection. No country would want foreign observers on military sites so some procedure would need to be prepared to allow the necessary monitoring and sampling of those sites in order to make any agreement possible. It's vague because they scrubbed the older paragraphs, they said Iran did not have to provide photos and that IAEA would not be present during the sampling, except the final agreement will have the IAEA there on the ground while Iran gets the samples. Luckily, to assume more space, they have added four introductory paragraphs of politicians denouncing the revelations they have since removed.

Good lord, I just re-read this story and half of the older information has been removed. http://bigstory.ap.org/article/a9f4e408039...-nuke-work-site

Also more interesting since Barnum days is the extra budget this provides. Signing top picks slightly below slot leaves more room to sign more picks in rounds 10 and later that may be legit prospects.

One thing to emphasize about this whole 24 day review outrage, is this is only referring to suspected nuclear sites, not known nuclear sites. Which basically means people expect iran to allow inspectors into any area of their country immediately. a) Iran has a military and military secrets, allowing inspectors into confidential rooms would be untenable for any independent country b) the 24 day appeal process by Iran can be overruled by US earlier in the process It is worth repeating that the US has a lot of control here, the US can effectively force the snap back by itself, and can overrule almost every appeal by Iran without support from others in the agreement.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 18, 2015 -> 06:08 PM) Mundy was pretty good last year, I don't get why he's a backup. Honestly I think they just know what they have in him and are trying out the other options with the ones to see if there's anything special.

I have been very excited about Trayce making it, but this idea that he'll be a plus starter is unlikely. On the other hand, we've had a terrible bench for 4 years. We may actually have a plus defensive substitute with a worthwhile offensive skill (RHP hitting and pop). That's valuable! And we haven't gotten value from our farm in even that most basic function.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 24, 2015 -> 02:50 PM) I've listened to more Fred and Angi or Colin Cowherd the last few months than ever before. The Cubs talk just dominates Chicago radio right now with so much optimism, it makes it look like I'm pessimistic about their future. If the White Sox were having a parallel season, I know there's no other topic I'd want to listen to/talk about.