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QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 20, 2013 -> 09:28 PM) The same can be said for hate speech - why do we allow it, why protect that speech. Well, because we deal with that in a free society. We're more concerned about the slippery slope than of the offense of the speech. And I agree with that position. I feel like there's a compelling difference between saying something offensive (like calling a 15 year old a b**** and a skank), vs stating that you would kill or assault someone. WIth one, there is a reasonable assumption that they may follow through, or cause someone stress if they believe they will follow through.

Is McBride good at special teams? Cause: In 2010, McBride had a career-high 5.0 sacks for Lions. Over his six-year career, he has 9.5 sacks. He ain't at rushin the passer

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 20, 2013 -> 06:57 PM) Sec. 12-1. Assault. (a) A person commits an assault when, without lawful authority, he or she knowingly engages in conduct which places another in reasonable apprehension of receiving a battery. I think in case law though verbal threats aren't enough. You need some kind of physical motion as well (short of physical contact though, that would be a battery). Waiving my fists in the air, running towards you, etc. There's zero immediacy in this example. They posted it on facebook and on twitter. She didn't know if it was coming 5 minutes from now or 3 years from now. Penn law might be different, I dunno. I don't think this would fly in Illinois unless there's another more specific statute for online bullying/threats that I don't know about. Btw, here's what they wrote apparently: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-th...-by-mean-girls/ Bunch of skanks mouthing off. I'm not going to lose sleep over the fact that they got arrested. But I don't think it's really appropriate either. Edit: I should add too that they got arrested and they'll be in juvenile detention for over a week since their court date isn't until March 27th. So. Yeah. A total overreaction, IMO, even if they are pieces of s***. enough with the usage of b****es and skanks, please.

You guys are haters. Those dunks were awesome.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Mar 20, 2013 -> 04:13 PM) He's just being honest. You can't put him out there on passing downs. Which is just killer, b/c Urlacher's HOF value was his ability to block those middle of the field passing lanes with his speed and vertical. Just sucks seeing people get old.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 20, 2013 -> 04:22 PM) No, it just means they're full of crap because they're high schoolers. Kids are stupid and say stupid things all the time to look impressive/sound intimidating to gain some reputation. I don't think we should assume that what high schoolers say or what they post on the internet is the gospel truth. I think the vast majority of these hyperbolic tweets are ignored. But in this case a number of those high schoolers have proven to do extraordinary things, and precautions are warranted.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Mar 20, 2013 -> 03:44 AM) But we have to have absentee voting and early voting or nobody would be able to vote on Election Day. Somehow over the past 10 -20 years it is impossible for people to vote on the actual day they hold an election. How in the hell did this country survive 41 Presidential elections without early voting.....Because like that fraud in Ohio who voted multiple times....it never happens......purge dead people from the roles? Why do you need to do that? I like how the example of a handful of voter fraud cases that were persecuted is proof that voter fraud is rampant. You only know about them (nun who voted for their dead friend, etc) because they were tracked down and caught via voter rolls. It is not an advancement for the photo id cause.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 20, 2013 -> 03:01 PM) Yglesias compares the Congressional Progressive Caucus's budget to Paul Ryan's. http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/0...e_liberals.html I'm not sure why Paul Ryan and his incredibly ideological budget that would fundamentally alter the structure of government and is full of terrible math gets treated as a Very Serious Person while the CPC gets completely ignored and Democrats get attacked for not presenting a budget. Patty Murray's budget is the Democrat budget.

I really hate the sun-times mobile site. I like reading Sean Jensen's articles he posts on twitter. But you can't log-in on my phone or tablet. And when typing in the password it keeps hiding the keyboard every five seconds. Can't standya.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Mar 19, 2013 -> 09:55 PM) That is merely speculation. I dont think voter fraud is that big of a deal, but I do admit that if people were being clever I may not have any clue they are doing it. They must wear guy incognito glasses or something.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Mar 19, 2013 -> 09:48 PM) And so would creating a system to increase your chances of getting duplicate or false votes. This is about winning a game, nothing more, nothing less. That's not creating a system, that is the system, a system which is remarkable for how free of that type of voter fraud exists. Hey Dad, check out this rock! Wow, what does it do? It keeps bears away. How does it work? I don't know, but I don't see any bears around here, do you? Lisa, let me buy that rock. That's the dialogue from the simpsons that I think of any time this s*** pops up.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 19, 2013 -> 09:40 PM) Twitter though, jesus. This case is all sorts of f***ed Tell you what though, it is sick looking at reply's to any celebritys tweets. There will be 10-15 "i hope you f-ing rot you f" things completely unprompted. There really should be some way to report abuse.

I should be allowed to threaten to kill anyone I want! And then go buy a gun without issues!

not sure if this has been posted: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/highschool--s...-164129528.html

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 19, 2013 -> 08:18 PM) There's no question it would have hit the side of the rim but I don't think it had any chance of actually going in. I know by the letter of the rule that's still interference, but it's a dumb rule. If the ball had bounced off the rim, was still on "top" of the rim and moving outward, they allow guys to dunk those balls or tip them in all the time. But having watched the NBA for decades now, we all know the NBA could give a s*** about the rules until it suits them. Just about everyone travels but so long as the dunk/lay-up is made at the end they don't care. TBH, I'm not sure I would like it changed. I very rarely see that play, and I'm fine with that.

That was clearly goal tending. However, I think there is a legitimate argument that the refs 1) blew another goaltending earlier in OT and 2) refs did not call goaltending on the floor, and should not have reviewed it. If 1) was correctly called, hopefully we win by 1 but you never know. If 2) happened correctly, we are just hoping to win on B.S. ourselves.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 19, 2013 -> 04:28 PM) According to Stacey King, Rose is dominating practice and is very explosive. He'll be fine, once Reggie gives him the OK to suit up. And obviously Stacey King is never hyperbolic and always reliable source of info.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 19, 2013 -> 03:36 PM) They've modified the proposal to exempt smaller accounts, but Cyprus still seems set to reject the deal. Good. Germany has been making dumb move after dumb move. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/20/business...p&_r=1&

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 19, 2013 -> 02:28 PM) Wade is probably a top 50 player of all time. The Heat became a totally different team when they went from Wade's team to LeBron's. They are almost unbeatable now. Someone is going to have to beat them 4 times in the playoffs. Good luck with that. well the heat also weren't very good prior to Lebron b/c wade kept getting injured. I've said it before and I'll say it again, Lebron could have stayed at the cavs and they would've won the title last year. Lebron hit his peak and we are seeing what that looks like - an unstoppable scoring force combined with a top 5 defensive player (and the 2nd most helped by officials) But also, the Rose hate is f***ing stupid.

Glad justice was served. Sure was a lot of lies in that anonymous local leaks site, however.

LOL

Well, they beat seabrooks ass. So they have that.

This is like playing on level rookie

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Mar 15, 2013 -> 06:11 PM) Marty is clearly trying to say that $7m per year doesn't seem like much, but that it adds up to a lot of resources over time. This is a stupid point though.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Mar 15, 2013 -> 05:02 PM) Ramirez hit so badly last year almost solely because of poor pitch selection. That's something he can definitely improve upon -- I don't think his failure was due to declining athleticism. I was just surprised because I thoguht the oddly warm April and May would lead to better #s for the season for him. But clearly that did not pan out. Maybe the cold just doesn't matter, people just start slow.