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QUOTE (illinilaw08 @ Dec 20, 2012 -> 05:55 PM) I didn't grow up around guns. I have family and friends that did. There is certainly a time and a place for guns. ptatc's use is one that I think gets generally overlooked (farmer/rancher protecting their livelihood). I get the appeal of target shooting. I get the sense of security a gun provides in the home (probably a similarly flawed sense of security to my alarm system - input after a burglary this year - but I understand that). When I get uncomfortable about guns generally are the examples cited above at the barbershop and at the Little Ceasers. People get mad. They see red and don't think. I would rather that, in that situation, the Law Abiding Citizen get mad enough to punch me rather than have access to a gun to shoot me. The things that frequently get ignored in this debate are: 1) There are plenty of practical, reasonable uses for guns in a society (ban all guns!); and 2) Just because you are comfortable around guns doesn't mean everyone is comfortable around them (arm the teachers!). We will never legislate away gun violence entirely. The goal should be to lessen the likelihood of another Sandy Hook. But it should also be to lessen the likelihood of the barbershop and Little Ceaser's shootings. Why that guy needed to be carrying while he waited in line for his pizza is something I just don't understand. Excellent post.

QUOTE (Jake @ Dec 20, 2012 -> 06:36 PM) I'm not upset with our draft success, really. We've had a total dud or two, but we tend to get some value. I'm not upset, but say there are 5 players who the draft legitimately likes and it's a big drop off. I just feel like that is a time where you need to strike a deal and get a potential playmaker. But if we have the 11 pick, I feel like we'll sit and get a starter or nice bench player. But we really need a potential player. Obviously, there have been some great players from the 12 pick in the past, so it's not like it's impossible.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Dec 20, 2012 -> 06:21 PM) *Garpax And yeah, that's the problem. While other teams are finding steals throughout the draft, the Bulls at best find the try hard rotation guys. I actually really like my typo.

Ha, I remember that from last year. Killed me.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Dec 20, 2012 -> 04:54 PM) Also, Bobcats' pick protections... Given that they've lost 13 in a row, the odds of them improving enough to be a fringe-playoff team next year (what would be needed for the Bulls to get the pick) don't seem very good. I could maybe see getting it for the 2015/16 season since Walker/MKG looks like an okay start and you'd be adding two more lottery picks. Right. I was hoping for them to be horrible through 2016 and have a high lottery pick chance. I doubt we'll find much more than a role player with a pick 10 or higher, especially with Gorpax.

The thing is, Charlotte might not be horrendous for 2 more years.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 20, 2012 -> 04:11 PM) We put up restrictions on the sale of alcohol and cigarettes, but if you want them, you're still going to get them. So we should tax the hell out of guns and bullets too.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 20, 2012 -> 03:57 PM) Really? In a thread about a school shooting you write things like that? Can't we have a little more dignity than actually wishing people harm? I agree. I have no way of putting it succinctly, and I know saying it like this is likely to offend, but attitudes like that expressed above I feel is a great representation of the culture that needs to change.

although I'm heartened by the sudden attention to deaths involving cars. We certainly could use some added rules and regulations to help prevent the tremendous loss of life each year.

I think this is one topic we don't really need analogies for to understand, it's just convoluting the argument. I have no doubt that is the aim of a few posters right now. From a couple of pages to go, Jenks was arguing against that Heller was making it easier to restrict guns because there was no slippery slope. I tend to agree with him, however, I do believe it still left quite a bit of area for regulations on guns, especially concerning sales. I'd prefer we really dive into the new assault rifle ban so it doesn't repeat the same mistakes. I'd like a hard magazine size restriction. I'd like Colorado's law to be encouraged federally by providing matching grants. I'd like gun shows to be shut down, or force any gun show seller to get a license and be forced to follow new regulations.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 10:37 PM) i actually think what he said is very plausible - the whole thing about quinn saying "I kill bad guys" had to have more meaning to it Doesn't the released tape of brody make it a sure fire thing that he was set up? I'm not saying he had 0 involvement, but someone knew this tape existed, and used brody as the patsy (ie the Lee harvey oswald was just a patsy argument). I mean, as far as i know, only a hand full of members in the CIA knew the tape existed, and those that did know it existed all knew it pertained to the first bombing, not the most recent one. But the CIA wasn't the only one who had the tape.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 11:05 PM) That is what happens when you take over a team that won 2 games in 2007 and 3 games in 2008. In the last 2 years, hes 18-8 and has not lost by more than 10 points to any opponent. You never know what will happen, but his team should have won @ Wisconsin this year. Which isnt bad. I kind of can't believe that you are surprised that Wisconsin pulled a coach from Utah State. Nobody dreams about coaching at Utah State. Every coach is looking for a job at a top tier school in one of the 3 stable conferences in the country. It be more surprising if he had stayed at Utah St.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 10:07 PM) In general. I just would not have imagined that the next Wisconsin coach would come from a team that is technically rated higher than Wisconsin right now. I figured they would either get a guy from the Pros or a coach on a team that has been meandering. Really? I can see an illinois fan thinking this, but Wisconsin?

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 05:57 PM) Its hard to believe Wisconsin hired a coach of a team that is ranked in the top 25. Are you saying this just because they had to hire so late in a tough year to hire coaches? Or in general?

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 06:19 PM) http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/footb...0,7747007.story Briggs piles on fans Yes, chicago fans boo more than KC fans have booed their home team. Or the Jets. Or Philly.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 09:26 PM) in this situation he has ALL the leverage in the world. there's pretty much no way for him to lose/look bad UNLESS he caves for no reason. Or he wants to put this away to focus on a new legislation (gun control/safety and immigration). There's really no reason to be worried about the deficit right now, unless you are in DC which for some reason is obsessed with it.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 04:30 PM) More on the LIBOR Scandal, UBS edition The latter point is key: UBS didn’t just manipulate its own submissions, but actively attempted to manipulate other firms’ submissions as well. And at points the bribery was so explicit as to beggar belief that anybody would ever communicate such things on the record: it would be nice to see some of these criminals go to jail THEY"LL NEVER GO TO JAIL BECAUSE THE CIA HAS THEIR KIDS COMMITTING MURDER TO DISTRACT PEOPLE FROM TEH STAND

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 05:09 PM) Kinda like immigration, which has now shifted so far to the left anything but blanket amnesty is "you hate brown people!" This is grossly inaccurate.

I agree. I think the polarization of the parties is not a bad thing. Centrist candidates have largely proven to be more corrupt and absolutely more pork-oriented. That said, I'm a democrat, no qualms about saying this. I disagree with them on a few of their economic items recently, but prefer to pressure members in the party rather than not vote for them, let the opponent win, and lose any progress I might have gained for my preferred policy preferences. I am a democrat on the national level, and forced to be on a local level often just because their bizarre social policies they'll enforce. I don't think the national ideologies make sense on a local level, and we end up just seeing a one party system that becomes very corrupt and enforces policies against interest of greater good. I'm a big supporter of what SS said. It annoyed me NSS's "neither party" thread "where people should be". It's largely patting yourself on the back for no reason.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 03:28 PM) Kodak just sold it's patent portfolio to Apple and Google (together who paid 525M for it). Wouldn't it be great, if instead of that money going to a bankrupt company's lawyers, that money was spent developing new products that benefit future consumers? No? Oh, right, our IP system is working wonderfully.

I guarantee it was written improperly, and that's probably a good thing. They probably gave this to their lawyers asking for what they wanted to accomplish (sponsored links, ads for instagram, etc), and the lawyers put in language that broadly gave this powers. But they probably did not consider how this read to regular customers. I think by and large these TOS freakouts are good for consumers, it brings awareness on customers to read TOS and pressure companies, and it will likely lead to companies writing simpler TOS or blog analysis of their TOS so people can understand.

How much money could someone honestly make selling instagram photos to ad companies. That sounds like the dumbest business model i've ever heard.

Which is weird because this has been a fascinating NBA season so far. The bulls haven't been, but I've really enjoyed everything else. The resurgence of a genuinely fun to watch knicks team, memphis playing aces, the struggles of the lakers and I've enjoyed the Rockets too.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Dec 18, 2012 -> 09:56 PM) I think the guy wants to get paid and get laid. And if that is true, then he stays in the NFL for the next decade as a backup QB. Annnnd, I just realized you were talking about Tebow while I was talking about the Sanchize. The Jaguars will come calling for Tebow. I just don't get how the Jags haven't pulled the trigger if they really want him.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 12:05 AM) I think there will always be these types of massacres and there's nothing you can do to prevent them. So, to some extent my answer is yes. You take away guns, these crazies will just find another means of achieving their goal. I still think it's bulls*** to label my desire for protection in a life or death moment a "gun hero," but whatever. And yet america leads the world in them.