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The 2004-5 offseason felt similar to me. After the Lee trade there was the same feeling of checking items off the list. People forget now how exciting the Iguchi signing was. Basically was the last piece left, people were clamor img for the signing at soxfest. Reminded me of bonifacio.

Finished "the sleepwalkers", an examination of the causes of the outbreak of World War One. Totally eye opening. Incredible read.

was this list ever released?

I just got back from vacation and am pretty alarmed at the Measles outbreak. This obviously is not epic proportions yet, but to see a disease come back after being defeated is very, very frustrating. The reactions so far, have been predictable. The worst being a certain amount of fradenscheude at the nonsensical anti-vaxxers. It would be fun to partake except actual very vulnerable children and elderly may die from this. I'm happy to see real societal consequences being thrown at those who do not vaccinate their kids. They should have difficulty being admitted to public schools. They should see difficulty getting treatment from doctors. The reactions I've read so far from the anti-vaccination league has been, predictably, victimization. Gain footing by acting oppressed, always a strongsuit. It is almost comically scary they way they can deflect any criticism though. It reminds me of interactions with very, very unflattering group examples which probably aren't constructive to say. But, deep down it hurts that something so ludicrous is going to kill helpless people. You'd think listening to them that the world has never seen an unhealthier time than 1950-2015. Before that was fine and dandy. edit: here is the article that spawned it http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/31/us/vacci...-share&_r=2

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jan 29, 2015 -> 12:51 AM) It was a crazy game. Not use to seeing the Bulls play fast, back and forth basketball like that. It was sort of frustrating they were playing into what the Warriors like to do but the end result is all that matters. I thought there was little chance we would win with Jimmy and 0% chance we would win without him so I was shocked. Team has a long way to go though The Bulls actually have looked much more comfortable in the fast western conference pace than in games vs Indiana/Miami

Cue mexsoxfan

Guessing you haven't watched mizzou play this year.

I wouldn't blame him if he did leave though. Barry Odom was a no-brainer hire, but Kul wants to be a DC and just got passed over after 15 or so years. He'll need to move to get that job. Maybe he just cuts that chord now. Just hurts to see prior to Beckner officially signing on.

I hope it's just going to require a raise by Missouri. Because "co-dc" seems like a terrible idea.

Although I do like the slate-pitchiness that alpha hit. Here we are thinking of ways to make college more affordable by tax breaks and public funding. But, boom, there it is: Why don't we just make college cheaper by making it less effective?

I think the idea that hiring a QB coach that has had that position for like 10 years as some placation of Cutler, or even the hand-wringing over it, is ridiculous.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 07:07 PM) How about lowering the cost of tuition? 6 figure salaries for professors and even higher for admin and some coaches? More admin staff than teachers? Quit trying to figure out how to afford the high prices, figure out how to get the prices down. While I agree that positions like President of the UM system in Missouri for example is a gross expenditure for ex CEOs who want to build their public resume and suck out millions while performing nothing, I think it would be fantastic for you to look at where colleges spend their money and then get back to me about cutting tuition via teaching staff cutbacks.

Hillary Clinton: first politician to ever take advantage of her name.

Man, how did everyone just know to find that quarter. Clips for volume scoring like that just don't do it justice.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 05:08 PM) Yeah how's that working out for our k-12 systems? No thanks. Colleges control their inputs.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 04:42 PM) I'd rather we get back to fully publicly funded world-class universities than having a bunch of Rube Goldberg 10-20 year tax incentive programs. It seems like a much more reliable and even-handed way of assuring access to higher education for everyone, poor to wealthy. Would you rather raise taxes to fund universities, or cut universities public funding so that the offsets in tuition will be balanced by raising revenue to pay for tax cuts to help pay for raised tuition?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 03:52 PM) It is working, just not for the people Obama wants it to work for. It's not as if this program is designed ONLY for people who are rich. It would greatly benefit the middle class. They just have to use it. If the goal is to make college more attainable, than this program isn't really serving as anything more than a tax credit.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 03:32 PM) Those purchases are necessities, not wants. You cannot live in 2015 without a smartphone and date plan no less than 1 year old. This, by the way, is why it infuriates me when liberals want to cut things that benefit people with money but not those without. In reality it COULD benefit a ton more people, they just don't take advantage of it. Let's penalize people for being smart and successful. That'll show em. If this plan isn't working as well as others, why wouldn't you cut back on it and extend the others. This is just "oh but it SOUNDS bad"

http://www.blogabull.com/2015/1/23/7877327...tions-thibodeau I've never seen Rose quotes so on point and not non-sensical.

He used to be good against stronger, bigger 2 guards, but now even they are faster than him. He's just old as hell. I hope he retires so we don't need to pay his ass next year.

Yes, yes, if only our politics could get back to the good ole days of party loyalty based off of racisim and civil war legacy.

I don't want to only have a negative post about last night. I was terrified that we would have all this s***, with a team meeting and refocus, etc, and get blown out again. Was so pleased they came out firing. The spurs certainly had an off night, but, I mean almost 0 teams have had an offnight vs the bulls all season. So the easy buckets weren't there.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 08:44 AM) I really feel like they need to cut Kirk Hinrich. I've never been a Kirk fan, and certainly not the past few seasons, but I understood why he was kept around. Now, there's no reason. He's like our kendrick perkins now. Except infinitely more expendable.

Amazes me how sharapova is never out of it.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jan 22, 2015 -> 07:08 PM) Remember when the Sox traded him to TB and we were all wondering if what we got back was dependent on how much he pitched for the Rays. Hasn't pitched since . Good times. If there's one knock on Hahn, he's had some terrible luck with his deadline tradebait.